Ravings of a Textual Deviant

Ella watched, fascinated, as the pumpkin and mice turned into a carriage and horses.

“Could you teach me that,” she asked her fairy godmother. Mirelle was taken aback, but agreed that it was possible.

Ella was a quick study, and mastered the spells in just a few weeks. She gathered her paltry remaining possessions, a few squashes from the cellar, and an empty birdcage, and left her stepmother’s house forever.

Before long, she owned one of the most prosperous—and economical—livery stables in the kingdom. And on the side, she grew prize-winning pumpkins and bred the loveliest fancy mice.

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