Here is my Fall Writing Frenzy story. Another Spanish/English code-switching bilingual rhyming cuento for all the brujitas and brujitos out there hoping there will be un poco de Halloween this year! Inspired by this prompt picture and my Galician roots that filled my head with meigas and the conxuro da queimada.

BRUJITA BOO!

Brujita Boo prepares her brew,
A bit for her, a taste for you.
Putrid potion full of snails.
Cucarachas, dirty nails,
Sapo tongues and lizard tails.

Adds growl of perro, scratch of cat,
Murcielago and whiny brat,
Gooey, slurpy, zombie brain,
Earwax, mocos, tummy pain,
Relampago and hurricane.

Brujita sips her steaming stew,
Wings spring from Brujita Boo.
Fly her over bats with fleas,
Espantapájaros in trees,
High above the siete seas.

Until her wings turn into scales,
Her piernas, spiky dragon tails.
Diving deep beneath the waves,
Skulls and bones in creepy caves.
Explorando pirate graves.

Then she rockets to the moon,
Where she hobnobs with a goon,
Werewolves prowl ‘round Saturn’s ring,
Hocus Pocus! Snip life’s string!
Los fantasmas dance and sing.

Come and taste Brujita’s brew.
There’s enough to share with you.
Take a sip, it’s not too hot.
Goes down smooth, like slimy snot.
Pura magia in the pot.

You could turn into a rat!
Momia, ogro, ghost, or bat,
Ven, come closer, it’s for you.
Bubbling, burbling, magic brew,
Guaranteed Brujita…
BOO!