Five friends stumble upon a deep hole in the woods. It leads to a cave with a magic crystal. A grouchy witch has been guarding the crystal for 50 years. The friends find out that as great as magic seems, it won't give you friendship. Should they run and never look back? Or should they help the lonely witch, even though she is stubborn and difficult? BONUS FEATURE Includes an excerpt from A Tale of Regrets, the next book in the Unexpected Magic series.
In this story, Rissy tells her young friends how her being self-centered and selfish resulted in her being stuck in that underground cave for 50 years. It is a good story how being self-centered results in our own unhappiness. It may make our friends unhappy when we act that way but it certainly doesn't hurt them as much as it hurts our own self. When magic is used for good in this story, happiness is the result. When it is used for selfish purposes, bad things happen. It would be good to say that the magic at the end of the story results in a lot of happiness.