ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!
You never know where they're gonna go!
ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!
You never know where they're gonna goooooo!
Now I know why they call this the Black Forest.
Yeah!
It’s lunchtime but it’s as dark as suppertime!
All the spookiest Grimm Brothers fairy tales happened here.
You know like, Snow White,
Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel!
They ARE just stories. Right, Annie?
Of course -- that’s what fairy tales are -- just stories.
It’s a trail of bread crumbs.
Let’s follow them and see where they go!
Hey, Annie.
Yes, Ben?
Wasn’t there a trail of bread crumbs in one of the fairy tales you read to us at bedtime?
Yeah.
It was in Hansel and Gretel.
They followed a trail of bread crumbs to --
-- a witch’s gingerbread house!
Ohhhhhh. I didn’t think -
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU THREE!
CAMILLA!!!
We haven’t seen you since Vlad’s party in Transylvania.
They’re still talking about what fun that party was when you three showed up.
Are YOU the witch with the gingerbread house?
From the fairy tale?
No, that’s my Aunt Agnes
She’s on holiday and I’m planning a surprise for when she comes back.
We LOVE surprises! Can we help?
Actually, yes. I’m going to build my aunt a new house.
A new house? Why?
It looks great --
And Mango says it tastes good, too.
Yes, my aunt makes delicious houses, but there’s a problem with gingerbread.
Ohmygosh! What happened?
It rained.
Gingerbread grows quite soggy when it’s been rained on.
Are you going to use your magic?
Make a new house appear?
Can you do that?
Unfortunately, we witches only have one house spell and it’s for gingerbread and candy houses.
Well, you’ve got plenty of trees for a new house.
Oh, no,
it’s against Witch Law to cut down trees.
Good. They’re too beautiful to cut down anyway.
So... what ARE you going to use for the new house?
Vegetables!
VEGETABLES!?
Don’t be so surprised.
A witch’s vegetable garden is a very special place.
How strange.
This looks so different from the rest of the Black Forest.
Actually, it’s not part of the forest.
Annie, this smells like... a carrot!
This is my Auntie’s vegetable garden.
Wow! Giant vegetables!
We’d better get to work before Mango eats all the building stuff.
This is going to take forever!
Oh, I didn’t think about this.
We need the proper tools.
Bigger shovels?
No...
... bigger DOG!
ALRIGHT! HERE COMES THE BIG DOG!
I think Ben likes being a giant dog.
But the spell will only last a few minutes.
That’s good --
I don’t think I have enough dog food to feed a giant Ben.
Oh, Camilla, this is a great idea!
They’ll be beautiful when we’re done.
Onion skins will make fantastic windows.
Once they dry... so will our eyes!
These will make a great roof.
Uh-oh.
Ben’s falling!
I’ve got the perfect spell.
ZAPPO!
Whew! Thanks, Mango!
Leave it to Mango to make work a game.
We witches have always had a soft spot for flying monkeys.
Can I ask you a question, Camilla?
Yes, of course. We’re friends.
Well, in the fairy-tale the witch used the gingerbread house to catch children
and, uh...
-- cook them!?
I know. Isn’t that silly!?
We witches are all vegetarians.
And my Auntie invented that story and told it to the Grimm Brothers to keep the children AWAY!
She doesn’t like children?
She likes them very much,
that’s why she wanted them to stay away.
I don’t understand.
They were nibbling on her house
All that sugar gave them painful cavities in their teeth!
Oh. That makes sense
That’s just...
... MAGICALLY BEAUTIFUL!
I couldn’t have done it without you.
Oh, I think you could have.
Yes. But it’s so much more fun to have friends helping.
We hate to leave, Camilla, but it’s getting late.
You can’t leave without something to remember this by.
Hey, our own vegetable house.
No nibbling, Mango.
Thank you, Camilla. We had a great time.
And now that we’ve built a vegetable house...
... let-tuce leaf. Get it!? Let us leave!? Lettuce leaf!?
Ooooh, bad joke, Ben.
Actually, I found that BERRY funny!
Get it, Berry funny!? Very funny!?
Oooh, good one!