Chapter 7: Sophie and the Witch of the Wilderness
Creak...... Sophie returned to the hat shop, opened the door, entered the store, closed the door reflexively, put down the hat on her head, and lit the oil lamp a little absently.
Sophie, Sophie, you are the eldest daughter of Haight's hat shop, you are the eldest daughter destined to be ordinary, don't think about anything else.
Creak! Ding Bang, the bell hanging at the door of the store, a light crisp sound of opening the door, a guest came in, Sophie was slightly flustered, didn't she close the door just now? Although there were guests who came to the door, Sophie was in a bad mood today and didn't want to do business.
In came a middle-aged woman of great beauty that she had never seen before, oh, she looked a little swaggering, she was wearing a sable coat, and a shawl hanging from her elbows, and a necklace around her very plump and even somewhat fat neck, which was made of precious pink, green, and blue gemstones...... Sophie was more concerned about the wide-brimmed hat she wore on her head, the brim of which was dyed purple and black from real ostrich feathers.
As the eldest daughter of a hat shop, Sophie didn't have to look at anything else, the wide-brimmed hat made of ostrich feathers alone was worth a lot of money, not to mention anything else.
Such a woman who was not rich or noble looked extremely tall and graceful, and her face was very beautiful, but her figure seemed to be a little too plump, and her beauty was slightly reduced, but she was certainly a noble lady.
"I'm sorry, guest, we're already resting, sorry, I thought I had closed the door."
The lady ignored Sophie's words and looked left and right, her wide-brimmed hat obscuring Sophie's vision and making her unable to make her look clear. But I heard Madame's voice, oh, with a sense of pride. An authority that cannot be refused.
"Is it Miss Haight?" Sophie, full name Sophie. Haight, Haight is her last name.
"Yes, ma'am," Sophie replied.
"I've heard that the hats you sell here are the best in town, and even the ones that make people happy, come on, let me see."
There seemed to be a kind of contemptuous arrogance in Madame's tone. Sophie was a little uncomfortable listening.
Without waiting for Sophie to reply, the lady had already begun to look at it, and picked up a milky one. A wide-brimmed hat with roses sewn underneath the brim, this hat was loved by many wealthy people in town.
"Cheesy that only nouveau riche like."
She picked up a baby green hat adorned with a curly green feather.
"The taste of youth? Obsolete. ”
Finally, he looked at a hat decorated with a veil and a back piece hidden behind it.
"Oh. It's a bit mysterious. But it's very average. ”
A sense of foreboding rose in Sophie's heart, because every time the lady commented on the hats was what Sophie said to them when she made them, yes, every time Sophie made the hat, she would send blessings to the hats.
Like what.
That milky hat, she said, "You will marry a rich man." ”
That bright green hat, she said: "You have the taste of youth." ”
And the hat decorated with a veil, she also said, "You have a mysterious allure." "Sophie is lonely, ever since the death of her father, Mr. Haidt. As the heiress and eldest daughter of a hat shop, she never had much time to go out and play. Staying in the hat shop every day, the only ones who could accompany her were these hats, and over time, Sophie developed the habit of talking to hats.
And today, the mysterious lady in front of her, just by looking at it, said what she had said to the hat, yes, and with a taste of contempt! This upsets Sophie! Even if she vaguely understood in her heart that she was most likely a witch or a witch, Sophie was still unhappy.
"The shop is cheesy, the hat is cheesy......" Madame gave Sophie one last glance and said contemptuously, "even you are cheesy enough." ”
Sophie replied with almost irrepressible anger, "Ma'am, we're just a hat shop in the old neighborhood. Sophie walked straight to the door, opened it, and gestured to the lady.
"We're going to fight the ocean, please go back!"
The lady turned her head to look at Sophie with interest, her lips grinning slightly, as if looking at Sophie with a mocking smile.
"It's not a small courage to dare to talk to a wilderness witch like this!" Madame's eyes widened slightly, and her mocking smile grew even stronger.
"Witch of the Wilderness?!" The ominousness in Sophie's heart finally erupted.
Madam, no, it should be said that the body of the Witch of the Wilderness suddenly stretched out and turned into a black transparent wind, and the whole person passed through Sophie! Sophie held her face in her hands in fear and did not dare to move, and squatted on the ground.
The Witch of the Wilderness looked at Sophie triumphantly, what a jealous youth, are you the Hal who attracted you with your youth? Then I'll let you lose it!
"This magic can't be explained to anyone, take me to say hello to Hal." The Witch of the Wilderness's triumphant and mocking voice reached Sophie's ears until the bell rang outside the house, and the terrible Witch of the Wilderness had left the shop.
And at this time, Sophie stood up with the fear in her heart! It seemed that nothing had happened, but when she saw her hands, what she saw was a pair of old hands that only a 90-year-old woman had! Sophie realized something in her heart! She stretched out her hands and touched her face, and she felt soft wrinkles like leather!
She tried to run to the mirror, but found that she could only stagger and walk.
Finally she came to the mirror, ah, is this really me?!
"Is this really me? I want to be calm, I want to be calm! ”
In the mirror is an old woman with a rickety body, and the face in the mirror is the face of a thin old woman with white hair! Haggard and yellowish.
This is the curse of the Witch of the Wilderness! She made Sophie lose her youth, from an 18-year-old girl, to an 8, 90-year-old woman!
Sophie is calm, Sophie is scared, Sophie is also strong, she has been cursed by the witch of the wilderness and turned into a 90-year-old woman, she has no tearing cry, no desperate wail.
"I want to be calm, I must be calm, it's not good to be flustered."
"Sophie, nothing happened, nothing happened......"
Having said that, Sophie still walks around the store like an ant on a hot pan, looking in the mirror from time to time......
This should be a day of celebration, but also a girly romantic day, Sophie met Hal like Prince Charming, as the eldest daughter she was very mature, but at this time also had the girl's spring, the deer bumpered with the mind...... But God played a joke on her!
The Witch of the Wilderness, Hal's sister, has been chasing her to get Hal's heart, and Hal is kind enough to solve Sophie's harassment of the drunken soldiers, but it has caused even more trouble, and the Witch of the Wilderness has cast a curse witchcraft on Sophie that will make Sophie lose her youth! (To be continued.) )