Rock-a-Bye Witch Part 3
"Sabrina, are you okay?" Harvey asked as he shook Sabrina's shoulders. She was laying with her head on the cafeteria table and her eyes closed. She had been nodding off in class all day and Harvey was starting to get worried.
"Harvey?" Sabrina murmered as she slowly opened her eyes and struggled to set up. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just so tired. Aunt Zelda's babysitting for a friend of our cousin and the baby's been crying constantly for the last three days. I don't know how much longer I can take this!"
"Babies, what a nightmare." Harvey said sympathetically. "I can't believe my parents decided to have another one." Just then he remembered something. "Sabrina, does Mr. Kraft know that your aunt's babysitting?"
"No. Believe me, if he knew about this kid he would be running the other way faster than a cheetah. Why?"
"Well, I saw him leaving a few minutes ago. I think he was going over to your house for lunch."
"Great! Finally something good will come out of this baby mess! She'll scare Mr. Kraft out of my life forever!"
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"Why won't she stop crying?" Hilda moaned. She was sitting in the kitchen with her head held in her hands. She didn't know how much longer she could stand this. Three days of straight crying were definately taking their toll and what was worse was the fact that their magic couldn't silence the baby since she was a witch. Any spells that Hilda had tried to block out the noise failed against that horrible child's magical screams. All of a sudden, Hilda noticed something different. The house was quiet. "What happened?" she muttered, "Did Zelda finally take my advice and gag her?"
Just then Zelda came in. She was still in her bathrobe and looked just as exhausted as her sister. Her hair hadn't been brushed and her pale skin showed dark circles under her eyes. "I finally got Marissa to sleep. Hilda, would you watch her for a few minutes? Willard's coming over for lunch and I have to get ready," Zelda said as she dragged herself up the stairs to her room.
"Watch the baby? Like I don't have better things to do with my finally quiet time. Hopefully, the sight of her will scare Willard off so that I never have to deal with him again," Hilda said as she dropped her head onto the table and instantly fell asleep.