The Little Witch stood three inches tall with her hat on. Which was one of those traditional looking pointy black hats witches wear that makes them taller. Without her hat on she stood about two and a half inches tall or approximately 3 centimeters. This Little Witch was not traditional in most things, but she liked dressing in black. She didn’t know why, she just did. She felt dressing in black made her slinky. She liked that. And she liked that word to describe it, slinky. The Little Witch loved unusual words, like slinky.
You could normally see the Little Witch with her main accessory, her broom. Which was actually not an accessory, it was like an extension of herself. That was why she wondered if the problem in performance it was having now was due to her becoming ill in the previous weeks. But more of that later.
So as far as her physical size was concerned, it’s clear she was little. But in terms of her spirit… Holy cow! That’s where she shone verrrry brightly. That’s where she excelled. That’s where she had panache. She had a spirit that those who knew her called fierce. If she’s your friend she’ll be there for you through thick and thin. You can count on her. But if you make her into an enemy… well, in general it’s not a good idea to make people who know spells into enemies.
As far as her dress went, she dressed pretty much in line with the traditional witch image – black pointy hat, black ankle length gown with long sleeves. She added white cuffs. The white cuffs were an exception, and there was one more exception to the traditional witch look. The Little Witch wore a white rose.
There were two reasons why the Little Witch wore a white rose. And of course the white rose she wore had to have the correct shrinking spell cast over it, otherwise it would be way too big for her to wear. But she did that easily, it was never any problem to cast a shrinking spell over the white rose and then it was the perfect size for her to wear on her breast pocket.
The first reason why the Little Witch Wore a white rose on her breast pocket was it was a way of dressing that did not conform to the traditional witch ways. Our little which was a nonconformist. The white rose was a small but noticeable declaration of that.
The second reason why the Little Witch wore a white rose, was that it indicated she had something called panache. That was another word she loved. She heard it the first time quite by accident while sitting on the flower one early evening right outside the window of the house where her garden was. There was a mom and her two sons who lived in that house, regular humans, and the mom was reading a story to her older son.
She remembered the story was about a famous swordsman and poet called Cyrano de Bergerac. This character Cyrano de Bergerac caught her attention as she listened, quite by accident, to the story. She really liked him. He was not only a bit of a rebel like her, he was a great poet and a great swordsman who was fierce and fearless in battle. She really liked that.
In the story the fierce and fearless Cyrano wore a white scarf. The white scarf made him more visible to his enemies and wearing it was dangerous. But he liked the look, and didn’t care about the danger. So the white scarf became a symbol for his bravery and style. The word “panache” was used in the story to describe this way of being stylishly fearless and so the Little Witch adopted the white rose for herself as a way of declaring to the world,
“I’ve got panache.”