The Witch's Egg Author:Madeleine Edmondson, Kay Chorao (Illustrator) Agatha, a bad-tempered old witch, wanted nothing to do with the abandoned egg she found in the nest where she lived. But when she realized that all the mother birds on Lost Mountain wanted the egg, she decided to keep it. after all, she thought, if a stupid bird can hatch an egg, a witch can hatch it better. — But hatching the egg was... more » only the beginning. Agatha spent her nights searching from worms and bugs for Witchbird, the tiny cuckoo, and her days telling him stories and teaching him how to fly. When he grew bigger, she even taught him the secrets of being a witch.
All summer long Agatha and Witchbird swooped through town together, rattling windows and scaring people. for the first time Agatha was truly happy. then in autumn, Witchbird grew silent and restless. He was longing to fly south with all the other birds, but Agatha wanted him to stay with her...« less