Folktale Week Witch Prompt The Black Cat's Message African American folktale " The yellow cat was lying by the fire. She looked up when she heard my voice, and came to sit by my chair. I offered her a morsel of food, which she accepted daintily. “I’ll worry more if you don’t tell me,” said Ethel. “I think maybe something is wrong with my brain,” I said slowly. “While I was walking home, I thought I saw a group of black cats carrying a stretcher with a dead cat on it. Then I thought I heard the cats talking to me. They asked me to tell Aunt Kan that Polly Grundy was dead.” The yellow cat leapt up onto the window sill. “Polly Grundy is dead?” she cried. “Then I am the Queen of the Witches!” She switched her tail and the window flew open with a bang. The yellow cat leapt through it and disappeared into the night, never to return. " --This is an excerpt, you'll have to read the entire thing yourself :) -- #folktale #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2018 #folktaleweekwitch https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqi3gNdneZA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wrf9tvtuchk2
