@/.@ ([hen 1 was a little ~irl， I never gavc much th{m~ht<br > ~ /<br > (.//(J to d{)in~ magic. I d watch my aunt (;rassina pcr-<br > ~{ ) t~ 111 i ~ C~C 1~g d~l~ atl(t S ~1 C n C ~1 C1" S CC I]IC~ ] t ( ) 11 ;~~C ;t I 1 ~~<br >pr{}hlcms. Vhcn I started practicin，~ magic， 1 cxpcctcd it<br >t{} be as easy for mc as it had l)ccn for her. I c{}uldn t have<br >been more wrong. My first attcmpts :it ma~ic wcrc a<br >series {}f small disasters. 1 made crab-apple tart:s that<br >grew claws and pinched us. My cleaning spells wcrc s<><br >strong that my bed made itself evcn whcn 1 was in it， and<br >a whirlwind swept up everything 1 dr{}ppcd， including<br >my shoes and hair riHl~ong， clumping them it1 the dt， n，~<br >heap bctnind the stables. 1 bccamc a fr{}g I}ccausc {)f (}m:<br >kind of magic， while another kind turned nit back int() a<br >frog at the worst possible times. Soinctimcs my magic<br >didn t do what I d intended， sending mct{} the dungc{}n<br >or making me prematurely old. When dra，<{m stcam<br >enhanced my magic and I became a p()wcrful witch， I<br >thought that my problcms with magic wcrc over， but<br >