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In place far far away, lived an evil king and 

his two daughters, Isabella and Irene. When 

the girls were young their mother, the queen, 

went missing and no one in the kingdom 

could find her. The girls grew up knowing their 

mother was gone, but didn't understand why. 

One day, Irene and Isabella were mad at the 

king. This was because he never let them 

leave the castle, even if they wanted to go on 

a walk. Both the girls had been wanting to 

leave the castle because they were tired of 

their fathers rules and wanted to find their 

long, lost, mother.

The girls grabbed a bag and put their peasant 

clothes on, in fear that they would be noticed with 

the dresses they had before. Isabella told Irene to 

meet in the garden near the castle to discuss the 

plan. "Okay," said Isabella. She was the oldest and 

most mischievous of the two. "We are going to the 

Mysterious Forest, and then to the village on the 

outskirts of the kingdom." Then Irene asked with a 

puzzled look, "Is that where the old witch lives?" 

"Yes sister. Did you bring mothers locket like I told 

you?" "Right here." Said Irene. The locket was gold 

and had a heart inside with both girls names carved 

in it."When we get to the village we must give this to 

the witch. It will help us find mother."

 After the long discussion the girls both 

understood the plan and started on their way 

to the village. When they reached the forest it 

was about night fall. This was the worst time to 

go. "Isabella, can we wait till morning to go 

through the forest? I'm scared." Said Irene. 

"No father has probably realized we are gone 

by now. We have to keep going."

They walked through the deep dangerous 

forest with only the moonlight to guide them. 

Trees rattled, wolves howled, and creatures 

saw them and watched their every move. All of 

the sudden a strange noise echoed in the 

night.   They then saw a wise, old owl that 

appeared on a branch near them.   The owl 

asked what they were doing in the forest at 

night for there are ogres and dragons that 

were near them. They told the owl about their 

mother and how they were looking for her. 

They mentioned the witch they wanted to find 

also. 

"No!" the owl interrupted. "The witch is evil 

and will trick you. Trust me I've seen it happen 

many times. Do not trust what she tells you, in 

fact I say don't even go to her." The girls 

agreed to not see the witch and the owl 

brought them to the village. By this time the 

sun had come up and the girls were 

exhausted. "Sister please let us rest!" Irene 

insisted. "No! Not till we find mother!" Isabella 

was stern and Irene followed along.

Isabella asked around the village in hope that 

someone knew where their mother was. No 

one knew. "I'm tired of this!" shouted Irene. 

"Fine! I'm going to the witch. Then this can all 

be taken care of." Isabella was annoyed. "The 

owl said not to see her." said Irene. "You 

coming?" Isabella ignored her sister and what 

she said about the wise owl.

The witches cottage was near the village but 

mostly hidden by trees, and not in view for the 

citizens to see. Isabella knew exactly where she 

was going for her father was friends with the old 

witch. 

When they reached the place where the witch 

lived, Irene started to get nervous and didn't 

want to go in. "Come on Irene", Said Isabella, 

"You know how badly we want to see mother." 

Irene thought about her mother and how much 

joy she brought to their family and decided to 

listen to her sister. The thought of what the owl 

had said was on her conscious.

They knocked on a old wooden door. The door 

creaked and opened slowly. When the girls 

looked inside they saw a dusty room with glass 

scattered on the floors. "Where is she?" Asked 

Isabella. "Come on, lets go inside." The girls 

tiptoed in the room, when "BAM!" the door 

slammed and the old witch appeared. "What 

has brought you in today my darlings?" The 

witch said in a deep, strange voice. "We've 

come to find our mother!" 

"Oh yes, I've actually been expecting you."   Said the 

Witch. "Please tell us where she is, I can even show 

you something important that she owned." Said 

Irene with a shaky voice. "Oh gifts you say, let me 

see." Irene got the gold locket out of her coat and 

showed the witch. The witch told the girls she could 

make a deal with them under one condition. She 

wanted to keep the locket. Isabella was quick to 

agree because the excitement of seeing her mother 

stood out from keeping an old locket. "I will make a 

potion for you girls," Said the witch. "It will bring 

you to your mother." "Anything that could bring us 

to her." Said Isabella.

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