On that cool and sunny afternoon in early May, the little witch suddenly got into the mood to venture into the world of the humans once again.  She summoned her trusted friend, the Eurasian eagle-owl and soon they were flying towards the surreal and mysterious realm of the humans.  Since the persecutions of the 16th Century, witches have kept their distance from people.  A pure being like a witch is in any case not capable to understand the vices of mankind like greed, jealousy and discrimination.  So as a precaution, from her very first day in the forest at age 9, the little witch kept people out of the woods with the help of all forest animals.  But now, a decade later, she slowly had become more and more curious and mellow about the human world, which – according to some other young witches – isn’t all bad and even contains a surprising amount of beauty.  A few weeks earlier, the girl had made her very first trip to the human world, which was a weird and confusing experience, but also confirmed the stories that there’s quite a bit of beauty on the other side.
After flying for half an hour, the girl’s attention was drawn by a colorful gathering near the edge of a forest.  After a closer look, it turned out to be a music festival where a few thousands of people had gathered.  It was the very first time the little witch had heard sounds other than the singing of birds or the blowing of the wind.  Luckily it was a downtempo electronic music festival and not heavy metal, otherwise the girl would have been terrified.  The shy witch cautiously mingled with the crowd, while her friend the eagle-owl perched himself near the top of a big tree overlooking the whole festival perimeter.  Luckily for her, the dress code of the event was ‘fairy tale’ and her immaculately white dress didn’t draw too much attention, despite the fact that she was the only person who was walking barefoot.  She quickly felt at ease in the middle of all these people, who all looked warm and peaceful and obviously belonged to a kinder, gentler section of mankind.  And while the fancy dresses of the ‘fairies’ and ‘wizards’ were pretty accurate, the girl was astounded by the blatantly inaccurate depiction of witches, which couldn’t be further away from the truth.
After a few minutes, the witch was stopped by a steward who asked her why she wasn’t wearing a pink bracelet like all other spectators.  But given the fact that she doesn’t speak a single word of any human language, the witch couldn’t understand what he was saying.  So she looked at him with an innocent face, and for a split second he looked into her mesmerizing green eyes, which was long enough to put him into a state of deep hypnosis.  Without realizing what he was doing, the steward took a new pink bracelet out of his pocket and fastened it around the girl’s wrist.  After that, he stayed in a state of hypnosis for an awkward 2 minutes, before the startled girl finally managed to bring him back to his senses with a wake-up spell.
After that incident, the girl walked to the quietest corner of the festival ground, where children were playing and jumping in a bouncy castle.  The young witch seemed to have an irresistible effect on them and soon she found herself surrounded by a group of ebullient kids, who were especially fascinated by her sparkling green eyes.  Luckily none of the kids got hypnotized by the witch’s gaze and they played together for many hours.  Finally, it was well after midnight when the witch and the eagle-owl flew back to the safety of their forest.
The following day, all the forest animals got very curious and inquisitive about the mysterious pink bracelet around the girl’s wrist.  And after sunset, the little witch lit a bonfire and told many fascinating stories to the forest animals about her odyssey in the wonderful and weird human world … 

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Witchtape #93 | Guest Wizz : Vincent Gericke

Witches are the guardians of the forests.  We're not evil or dark, just a bit shy.  And even surprisingly sweet and kind... as long as you respect the forest.

Art project of Hekske ('Little Witch' in my native Flemish language).
Founded on the 22nd of January 2017

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Witchtape #93 | Guest Wizz : Vincent Gericke

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