rich witch?
Be that as it may,
you don't want us to blab, do you?
Have you considered
what danger you might be in?
I am a witch, you know.
What will you do?
Turn me into a toad?
Lovely. A toad with pink eyes.
I might just do that.
- Go on, then. I dare you.
- Very well, Charles.
You shouldn't have said that.
She don't frighten me.
She can't even ride a proper broom.
Excuse me, Charles.
Filigree, apogee,
pedigree, perigee.
Charlie!
That's better than a toad.
That's a rabbit.
Bother. I never seem
to be able to manage toads.
Stop! Leave him alone.
- Don't let Charlie get hurt.
- My spells don't last very long.
I'm just an apprentice witch.
Look out, Charlie!
You flaming brute.
I'll teach you to do that to me.
Let Cosmic Creepers alone.
Weren't his fault.
I'm afraid it's my fault. Bad enough
not being able to manage a broom.
I can't perform a simple, basic spell.
You dared her to do it.
I don't see why we can't all be friends.
Maybe she's not a wicked witch.
Of course I'm not.
- See?
- If only I could trust you.
You see, the work I'm doing
is so important to the war effort.
How do you mean?
I mean exceptionally important.
Most secret.
What do you say, Charlie?
We can keep a secret.
Yeah. If someone
made it worth our while.
- I don't follow.
- Simple.
You give us something valuable
to seal the pact.
Don't try to be clever again.
It's for our own protection,
ain't it?
If we broke the pact, we'd have
to give back the valuable object.
I think it's an excellent idea.
I wonder what I could give you.
Would you settle for one of my spells?
Bet that's not worth much.
Come with me.
- I like you better as a rabbit.
- Shut up, you.
I never had a rabbit.
Careful what you touch in here.
Rum sort of place, ain't it?
When I signed for my witchcraft course
there was a free bonus.
A certain marvelous traveling spell
if you paid promptly in advance.
I think I'll give you that one.
- Is it valuable?
- Certainly.
Poisoned dragon's liver?
Poisoned dragon liver.
You mean you poison the dragon
or just the liver?
It comes prepared.
It's part of the school equipment.
Here we are. The traveling spell.
All right. Everybody gather round.
All right now. Let's see.
Does any one of you have
a bracelet or a ring?
- Something that you can twist.
- No, Miss Price.
- What about you, Paul?
- Always carry a few things around.
Never know when they might
come in useful.
Piece of blue glass.
Lovely bit of string.
Horseshoe nail.
What's that?
Knob from the bed upstairs.
- It twists, don't it?
- Yeah. Twisted right off.
Yes, I think that will be all right.
Carrie, turn the light down
a little bit, will you?
Hellebore, henbane, aconite...
glow on fire, firefly light.
There. Isn't that pretty?
Is that all we get?
This knob will now work
the famous traveling spell.
And what's
the famous traveling spell?
How does it work?
You take this knob
and put it back on the bed upstairs.
Then turn it smartly
a quarter turn to the left,
then in a firm, clear voice,
tell it where you want to go.
- And the bed will take you there.
- Go on.
- Will it really?
- I see no reason to think otherwise.
- Thank you for the lovely gift.
- Sorry, but it belongs to Paul.
He's the only one
who can work the spell.
- Me?
- Yes.
That's right. My knob, weren't it?
That's the way the spell works.
Nice mess he'll make of things.
Bother. You children run upstairs.
Mind you, don't try anything
with the bed knob till I get back.
"Dear Madam, it grieves me to inform you
that due to the war
"we have been forced to close
our College of Witchcraft".
"This means that we shall not be
sending you the final lesson
"in which you expressed
so much interest".
We were wondering
what was keeping you.
- I've had some very bad news.
- Is there anything we can do?
No. No, thank you.
Yes.
Yes, there is something
that Paul can do.
Me?
I need the bed knob back.
I must get to London