There used to be several ways of brewing

There used to be several ways of brewing a liquid as delicious as this one, but now, with sunset sky in short supply, there were hardly even enough cauldrons to brew it in. Because

The witches were on strike.

They'd tacked glittery pixie dust signs to their brooms that said "We won't fly til U buy!". It was the 10th day of work stoppage. Witches refused to chant, curse or augur until

they were given health insurance. They only wanted the recognition and equality given to all employees. Oh, and an apology for that Salem thing. On their blog, the headline read

"Fire Hurts!" And indeed it does. Minerva vividly remembers that day, a mere 228 years ago, that

fire had been abolished. If the Loud Fellows were going to bring it back, they had their work cut out for them. Glooba decided that it it would be much more fun to add chocolate to

the potion. While they were a fearsome lot, they never could hold their chocolate. This might yet be an interesting evening. Further back in the room, there was the sound of

On the night of the performance, the handler in question, Donald Rogan, caught a bad case of tonsilitis, and so could not make it. Who was to care for the weasels?

Ass Ventura was called on emergency, he came and stole the show with his wisecracks and anecdotes and tried to use a weasel as a ventriloquist dummy, which ripped his ear apart.