Original subtitles

[witch laughing]

[snoring]

[birds chirping]

[cat] Meow!

Meow.

-Meow! -[snorts]

[yawns]

[yawns]

[narrator] The witch had a cat.

-And a very tall hat. -[cat meowing]

And long ginger hair, which she wore in a plait.

Ha-ha!

[fizzing and bubbling]

[fizzing and bubbling]

[witch clears throat]

[groans]

[gasps]

[fizzing and bubbling]

[chuckles]

Iggety, ziggety...

zaggety, zoom!

[explosion]

[low growl]

[laughs]

-[wind blowing] -[gasps]

[thunder rumbling]

[bones cracking]

[purrs]

[narrator] How the cat purred, and how the witch grinned...

as they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.

[inhales deeply]

[laughs]

[cawing]

Whoo-hoo!

[sniffing]

Witch...

[growls]

But how the witch wailed, and how the cat spat,

when the wind blew so wildly, it blew off the hat!

Down!

...cried the witch, and they flew to the ground.

[brakes screech]

They searched for the hat.

[gasps]

Hmm.

[hissing]

But no hat could be found.

Hmm...

[leaves rustling]

Then out of the bushes, on thundering paws,

there bounded a... dog, with the hat in his jaws.

Ha-ha!

[growling]

[splutters]

[whistles]

Uh-huh.

[whimpers]

He dropped it politely.

-Mmm. -[witch chuckles]

Then eagerly said,

as the witch pulled the hat firmly down on her head...

I am a dog, as keen as can be. Ooh!

Ooh!

[gasps]

Is there room on the broom for a dog like me?

Oh...

-Yes! -...cried the witch.

Ooh!

[hisses]

And the dog clambered on.

The witch tapped the broomstick...

Meow!

And whoosh! They were gone!

Over the fields and the forests they flew.

Oh!

[growls]

The dog wagged his tail, and the stormy wind blew.

[exclaims]

Hmm.

[chortles]

The witch laughed aloud and held onto her hat.

But away blew the bow from her long ginger plait!

[gasps]

Down!

...cried the witch, and they flew to the ground.

-[barking] -[cawing]

They searched for the bow.

[sniffing]

[beeping]

But no bow could be found.

[deep growling]

[barking]

[dog panting]

[snickers]

[bird cawing]

Then out from a tree, with an ear-splitting shriek,

there flapped a green bird with the bow in her beak.

She dropped it politely and bent her head low.

Then said, as the witch tied her plait in a bow...

[clears throat] I...

[clears throat]

I am a bird, as green as can be.

[crows grunting]

[crows cawing]

[cooing]

Oh...

[crying]

[bird clears throat]

Is there room on the broom... for a bird like me?

[gasps]

[gasps]

-Yes! -...cried the witch.

So the bird fluttered on.

Meow!

The witch tapped the broomstick...

And whoosh! They were gone!

Over the reeds and the rivers they flew.

[panting]

[shrieks]

The bird shrieked with glee.

[shrieking]

And the stormy wind blew.

Whoo-hoo!

They shot through the sky to the back of beyond.

Whoo-hoo!

-The witch clutched her bow... -[howling]

...but let go of her wand!

Down!

...cried the witch, and they flew to the ground.

Whoa!

They searched for the wand.

-[bleating] -Huh?

Mmm?

-[jaws bite] -[witch grunts]

But no wand could be found.

[cawing]

[dog] Hmm.

[cat yowls]

Then all of a sudden, from out of a pond,

-leapt a dripping wet frog... -[croaks]

...with the dripping wet wand.

[exclaims]

He dropped it politely, then said with a croak,

as the witch dried the wand on a fold of her cloak...

I am a frog...

[grunts]

as clean as can be.

[all croaking]

[groans]

[inhaling sharply]

[cat whistles]

[laughs nervously]

Mmm?

Is there room on the broom... for a frog like me?

[cat] Meow!

Mmm, mmm, mmm.

-Yes! -...cried the witch.

[croaks]

[cat grunting]

[chuckles nervously]

So the frog bounded on.

The witch tapped the broomstick...

And whoosh! They were gone!

[cat snarling]

[laughing] Whoo-hoo!

Whoo-hoo!

[croaking]

[low growl]

[broomstick creaking]

[frog yawns]

[shrieking]

[sneezes]

[bird shrieking]

Meow!

[gasps]

[laughs]

Whoo-hoo!

Over the moors and the mountains they flew.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

The frog jumped for joy...

[snaps]

And the broom snapped in two!

-[cat screams] -[bird shrieks]

Down fell the cat and the dog and the frog.

Down they went tumbling into a bog.

[sighs]

The witch's half-broomstick flew into a cloud,

and the witch heard a roar that was scary and loud.

[roaring and growling]

I am a dragon as mean as can be,

and I'm planning to have witch and chips for my tea. [growling]

No!

...cried the witch, flying higher and higher.

The dragon flew after her breathing out fire.

[gasps]

-[dog growls] -[bird shrieks]

Hmm.

Meow!

-[gasps] -Help!

...cried the witch, flying down to the ground.

Help!

[metallic thud]

[witch] Help!

[dragon growling]

She looked all around...

[voice breaking] Help...

[body thuds]

...but no help could be found.

The dragon drew nearer and, licking his lips, said...

Mmm. [smacks lips] Maybe this once...

[chuckles]

I'll have witch without chips.

But just as he planned to begin on his feast...

[water bubbling]

...from out of a ditch rose a horrible beast.

Oh!

It was tall, dark and sticky,

and feathered and furred.

It had four frightful heads, it had wings like a bird.

[gulps]

And its terrible voice when it started to speak

was a yowl and a growl and a croak and a shriek!

[shrieking]

It dripped and it squelched as it strode from the ditch.

And it said to the dragon...

[all] Buzz off! That's my witch!

The dragon drew back and he started to shake.

-I'm sorry. -...he spluttered.

I made a mistake.

It's nice to have met you, but now I must fly.

And he spread out his wings...

[shrieking and howling]

...and was off through the sky.

Then down flew the bird and down jumped the frog.

Down climbed the cat and...

-Phew! -...said the dog.

[gasps]

-And... -Thank you! Oh, thank you.

...the grateful witch cried.

Without you, I'd be in that dragon's inside.

Ah!

Oh! [laughing]

Hmm?

-[giggles] -[sighs in relief]

Mmm.

[inhales and exhales deeply]

[witch sighs heavily]

[sniffs and sighs]

Meow...

[gasps]

[fire crackling]

Then she filled up her cauldron, and said with a grin...

Find something. Everyone, throw something in.

So the frog found a lily, the cat found a cone.

The bird found a twig, and the dog found a bone.

They threw them all in.

[sniffs]

And the witch stirred them well,

and while she was stirring, [whispers] she muttered a spell.

Iggety...

ziggety...

zaggety...

zoom!

Then out rose...

a truly magnificent broom...

with seats for the witch and the cat and the dog,

a nest for the bird and a shower for the frog.

-Yes! -...cried the witch.

And they all clambered on.

[giggles]

The witch tapped the broomstick.

[bird shrieks]

And whoosh!

They were gone.

[theme music playing]