Winnie the Witch lives in a black house with her black cat Wilbur. She has trouble seeing Wilbur and trips over him. To solve this, Winnie uses her magic wand to turn Wilbur green. However, this causes other problems seeing him outside. After more magic, Wilbur is a colorful mess. He hides miserably at the top of a tree. Winnie feels bad and turns Wilbur and her house back to normal black, solving the issue.

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3. Winnie the Wicch lived in a black
house in the forest.
The house was black on the
outside and black on the inside.
The carpets were black.
The chairs were black.
The bed was black and it had
black sheets and black blankets.
Even the bath was black.

5. Winnie lived in her black house with her cat, Wilbur.
FIe was black too. And that is how the trouble began.
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10. But when Wilbur closed his
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So she tripped over him.

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decided something had to be done.
She picked up her magic wand,
waved it once and ABRACADABRA!
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when he slept on the bed.
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to sleep on the bed . . .

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17. lhis time, Winnie was furious.
She picked up her magic wand,
,raved it five times and . . .

19. .. . 4ltoco/nlral wilbur had a
red head, a yellow body, a pink tail,
blue whiskers, and four purple legs.
But his eyes were sdll green.
Now, Winnie could see Wilbur when
he sat on a chair, when he lay on the
carpet, when he crawled into the grass.

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he climbed to
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tallest tree.

21. Wilbur climbed to the top of the tallest tree to hide.
He looked ridiculous and he knew it.
Even the birds laughed at him.

22. Next morning Wilbur
was still up the tree.
Winnie was worried.
She ioved Wilbur
and hated him ro
be miserable.
Wilbur was miselable.'
He stayed at the top,
of the tree all day
and all night.

23. Then Winnie had an idea.
She waved her masic wand
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Wilbui was a black cat once more.

24. Then Winnie waved her wand again, and again, and again.
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25. Now instead of. a black house,
she had a r-ellow house with a
red roof and a red door.
The chairs were white with red
and whire cushions. The carpet
was green with pink roses.

26. The bed was blue, with pink and
white sheets and pink blankets.
The bath was a gleaming white.
And now, Winnie can see Wilbur
no matter whejry h. sits.