Witches are famous for their ability to use any nasty thing like mole claws or something worse to brew a love potion, a deadly poison, or soup for lunch. Of course, not everything mined locally or brought from distant lands goes exactly into the cauldron: a stray good fellow can be heated in a bathhouse, put to bed, and given gifts for the journey. It’s just... sometimes something comes out of the forest that would neither be described in a fairy tale nor removed with a bulldozer! From the author: FIRST BOOK IN THE CYCLE. ATTENTION: the book in its concept is a HEAVYLY illustrated novel, that is, the visual materials here are not just additions, but an integral part books.