Mischievous Niffler Kitty woke with a start. Like Brady she had passed out when the Hag grabbed her - and so she had missed being dragged into the forest and being tossed into a pot. For one moment she thought that it had all been a nightmare, but then Brady was asking her if she was okay and she realized it had all been real. "I'm not okay," she said with barely more than a whisper, too terrified to talk louder. Every inch of her was shaking with fear. "We're going to die, aren't we?" In her terror she hadn't even realized that there were others nearby coming to help, and she did not feel strong enough to climb out of the cauldron. She moved so as to be sitting right next to Brady, not wanting to die alone.
The Hag was approaching them. Then a bucket of water was poured into the cauldron, followed by chicken feet and vegetables. |