This story can be found in the excellent book 'Dancing with Trees- Eco Tales form the British Isles.
Often Halloween stories are full of fear and gloom, but no this fun folk tale from Scotland!
Archie is tired of being treated badly by his lazy brother so when he meets a 'tinker' who makes brooms he soon realises that he no longer needs to slave away for his brother.
Archie's first broom is a wonderful sight but it is so big that regular folk dont want to buy it, then Archie meets 'Big Mags' and the true value of his giant broom is revealed.
Following this story consider the following activities of quesstions:
Head out and try your hand at making your own broom- we made a video to help guide you: https://www.webekids.net/community/nature-activities/nature-activity-witches-brooms
This story has lots of important messges and lessons, what di you learn from listening to this tale?
During the story the wicked witches make fun of Big Mags and call her names based on her appearance, what did you think of this? What could we do if we heard somebody being treated that way?
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