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    Sasperilda
    Sasperilda
    Sasperilda
    Ebook83 pages49 minutes

    Sasperilda

    By Michael Lynch

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    Sasperilda is a classic bedtime or any-time story for children of all ages published more than thirty years after the author, Michael Lynch's death. His daughters, author K.M. Daughters, for whom he wrote the story, proudly share his legacy with you.

    Young readers will delight in the wickedly funny, and forgetful witch, Sasperilda; her unusual sisters, Hilda and Matilda; and their clever cat, George. Sasperilda matches wits with the powerful Great Genie and the ruler of the kingdom of Blarney, King Dennis, while hilariously mixing up the words in her magic spells and brewing up mysterious, exploding brews in her cauldron. Who would believe that the fearsome Sasperilda might help humanity?

    Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Lynch
    Release dateJun 22, 2012
    ISBN9781476436197
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      Book preview

      Sasperilda - Michael Lynch

      by

      Michael J. Lynch

      1924-1970

      Published by K.M. Daughters

      Copyright 2000 by Michael J. Lynch.

      Published by K.M. Daughters

      Cover design by http://www.formatting4U.com

      (As the anthology Three Wishes)

      Library of Congress Number: 99-91863

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes:

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Michael Lynch was our father. He died before we were grown.

      This story was his third, written for us when we were quite

      small. We're adults now, and yet we love it more and more.

      We dedicate this book to his memory, to Mom's memory, for she

      diligently typed all his manuscripts, and to all the children,

      big and small, who wisely believe in magic.

      ~ K.M. Daughters

      For Tommy, Jennie, Michael, Brian and Emilie.

      For their children, Natalie, Michael John, Maeve and Lilly.

      For you, and your children.

      Through you, Mickey Lynch’s magic lives forever.

      Table of Contents

      Cover

      Chapter One - HILDA, MATILDA AND SASPERILDA

      Chapter Two - GEORGE

      Chapter Three - KING DENNIS

      Chapter Four - THE GREAT GENIE

      Chapter Five - QUEEN DORA

      Chapter Six - MESSENGER FROM THE QUEEN

      Chapter Seven - A MAGIC CEREMONY

      Chapter Eight - THE DARK DUNGEON

      Chapter Nine - THE GENIE RETURNS

      Chapter Ten - SASPERILDA REMEMBERS

      Chapter Eleven - A LITTLE YELLOW MOUSE

      Chapter Twelve - SASPERILDA RETURNS

      Chapter Thirteen - SECRET BREW

      About The Author

      Chapter One

      HILDA, MATILDA AND SASPERILDA

      Many, many years ago in the faraway Kingdom of Blarney, there lived a very powerful and wicked witch. Her name was Sasperilda, Grandpa Reilly told his little granddaughter, Nancy. Her home was hidden deep within the Drowsy Forest.

      Grandpa, Nancy interrupted. I’m afraid of witches. They scare me.

      This one won’t, Grandpa promised.

      Is she mean like all the other bad witches Daddy told me about? Nancy asked.

      Meaner, Grandpa replied.

      Then I don’t think I like her, Grandpa. Please tell me a different story.

      Give my wicked old witch a chance, Grandpa bargained. After I tell you about her for a while, if you want a new story, I’ll tell you one, Darling.

      Is she scary, Grandpa?

      She would scare you out of a year’s growth, the minute you looked at her, Nancy.

      But she likes little girls and boys? Nancy asked hopefully.

      Sasperilda hates children most of all, her Grandpa told her.

      She is a bad, bad lady, Nancy declared, holding tighter to Grandpa’s hand.

      She is the worst female you could ever meet, Grandpa agreed. But I still think you will like her when you hear her story. And this story of mine is not just about one witch, but three of them.

      Grandpa Reilly made himself comfortable on Nancy’s bed. He leaned back against the headboard and raised his arm up inviting Nancy to draw close.

      She scooted back to rest in the crook of his arm and looked up at her Grandpa expectantly.

      Hilda was the tallest, thinnest and oldest of the three witches, Grandpa began. "She was seven feet tall, nine inches wide and four thousand nine hundred and sixty-three years old. There were so many candles on her

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