She demonstrates her formula by inviting a boy called Bruno, who had been previously given a chocolate with the formula, as he slowly turns into a mouse. The Grand High Witch especially had a plan that would climax in turning all the children of England into mice, to be disposed of either by the witches themselves, or by their Afraid parents.
This was considered to be her ultimate punishment, and the other witches were terrified of her. "Because by then I'll be a very old mouse and you'll be a very old grandmother and soon after that we'll both die together.As one of the most influential and powerful sorceresses on Earth, she leads a secret society of like-minded witches in their never-ending quest to wipe out children once and for all.ĭuring each and every single meeting she ever attended, she would murder one of her own followers simply to keep the other witches focused.
"Will you live another eight or nine years?" She had a way of fondling me behind the ears with the tip of one finger. "I couldn't stand being looked after by anybody else." "Because I would never want to live longer than you," I said. "Why do you say that?" she asked, surprised. "That's great! It's the best news I've ever had!" "A mouse-person will almost certainly live for three times as long as an ordinary mouse," my grandmother said. "How long does a mouse-person live, Grandmamma?" You are a mouse-person, and that is a very different matter." "Well, an ordinary mouse only lives for about three years," she said.
"If you really want to know," she said, "I'm afraid a mouse doesn't live for a very long time." "I have been trying to find out everything I can about them." "I have been reading about mice," she said. She sat there smoking away and gazing at the fire. "I've been waiting for you to ask me that."
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