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69:(1978), Low tells the story of a young witch, Wendy, whose older bossy sisters tell her she will never learn to fly on a broomstick, mix potions, or make up rhyming spells like they can. One Halloween, with the help of a friendly trick-or-treater, Wendy finds her self-confidence, decisively out-witching her sisters. The
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