Status Updates From The Oxford Book of Modern F...

“‘Wishes always come in threes,’ the Wizard said. ‘And sacrifices, too. So far, you’ve given up walking. You’ve given up speech. One more to go.’ ‘Why does he want me to give up the dog?’ she wrote. The Wizard looked sorrowfully at her from under his bushy brows. ‘Because you love it,’ he said. ‘But that takes nothing from him!’ she scribbled…the same thing could be said of her height and her speech.”

Every witch should have a pet bat named Basil 😊
Also…giving suitors impossible tasks that might kill them probably should be regarded as a red flag, either of the prince/princess being an insufferable asshole or the future in-laws being insufferable assholes who are either forcing their kid to marry or not considering anyone good enough for them.

“‘I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive,’ said Alan apprehensively. ‘Oh dear no,’ said the old man. ‘It would be no good charging that sort of price for a love potion, for example. Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a love potion.’”