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THERE WAS A DOCTOR, WHO AS A LITTLE BOY, LIVED IN A TOWN
WHERE A WITCH RESIDED. EVERYONE WAS ALWAYS WARNED NOT
TO GO BY THE WITCH'S SHACK. ONE DAY, HE HAD TO GET
SOME MEDICINE FOR HIS SICK MOTHER, AND HE DECIDED
TO TAKE THE ROAD THAT WENT PAST THE WITCH'S HOUSE.
AS HE WENT BY, A BIG, BLACK CAT JUMPED ON HIS HORSE.
HE MANAGED TO BEAT IT OFF. THE NEXT MORNING, THE
TOWNSPEOPLE FOUND THE WITCH IN A SHED DYING, WITH
SLASHES ALL OVER HER BODY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal

Date learned: 03-22-1972

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