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Upon The Blasted Heath
The three witches planned a hell-broth for Macbeth. Their boiling cauldron was ready for the eye of newt, toe of frog, wool of bat, tongue of dog…
“Wait a minute.”
Hecate, the main chef, added extra frown lines to her wrinkled face.
“Look at the flies on the newt’s eye and frog's toe.”
The dog’s tongue, lizard’s leg, and Howlett's wing were also covered.
“The recipe doesn't call for that many flies.”
So Macbeth passed, on his way to Duncan's camp, undisturbed by the Weird Sisters, but swallowing flies. The bulbous-headed insects were murderously thick that night on the heath.
From Guest Contributor David Sydney
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