Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump
There once was a witch named Babbity Rabbity who lived in a small cabin in the middle of the Ghostly Woods. Her most prized possession was her Stump. This Stump was no ordinary Stump, for it had originally been her younger sister Cog the Frog.
One day, while Babbity Rabbity was working on a brand new spell, Cog the Frog had crept silently behind her older sister in the hopes of scaring her. Babbity indeed had become frightened and accidentally turned her sister into a Stump. Whenever Babbity failed at something, her sister would cackle with glee.
Babbity Rabbity would get even more frustrated when the Stump cackled and often gave it a good kick. But, all that would accomplish was a sharp shooting pain in Babbity Rabbity's foot.
One day, a young muggle boy, not older than eight, wandered into the Ghostly Woods, in search of a very special flower he wished to give to his mother. It was to be her birthday the next day, and he wished to surprise her with her favorite flower that could only be found in that particular woods.
While walking, he came across a Stump, but even more peculiar than this Stump, was a little cottage with a huge billow of smoke coming out of the chimney. He curiously opened the door a crack to find a little old woman mumbling strange words under her breath.
"Hello," he had called out to the unaware woman. Babbity Rabbity was so frightened that she turned around and turned him into a Stump.
This was just the start of the bad habit Babbity Rabbity had gotten into. Weeks went by and she soon had forty-eight Stumps surrounding her home. The Ministry of Magic was getting suspicious of the amount of Stump transformations going on in the Ghostly Woods.
They had decided to pay Babbity a friendly little visit to her home in the woods. They were shocked at what they saw. One by one, the Ministry Officials transformed the Stumps back into their previous shapes. Then they went inside to find Babbity.
They found Babbity bending over a bubbling cauldron. "Babbity, I am sorry to tell you this, but you must be punished for such disastrous use of magic."
Babbity was frightened, but before she had a chance to turn them into Stumps, she was turned into a Stump, and that was the end of that.
So children, do not turn people into Stumps, or you will end up like poor Babbity. You can still visit her in the Ghostly Woods, cackling to herself miserably.