When Bad Gossip Goes Good

Gossip is a form of bullying. This little story teaches it's not nice to gossip. “Did you hear the grapevine gossip? Oh my,” the witch sighs, with woe. “It’s so unkind. “The town folks say that I’m a witch who brags, I’m glad to be bad. “That’s not true,” she adds. “Fiddlesticks,” said the witch. “I have to fix this mad mess of mine.” “I can't deny it,” the sad witch said. “Why, oh my, am I thought of as bad in this neighborhood? “Somehow I must turn this bad gossip to good, although there’s no rhyme or reason for bad gossip. “Oh my,” the witch sighs. “This just isn't pleasing.” “That’s true,” she adds. “Hey now, that’s right. “It’s time to read the book, to find out what will be achieved on Halloween Eve, when bad gossip goes good. “If you don’t, you will be sneezing Ah-Ah-Achoo!” Drawings by, Maki Kayano.