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Wanda, the neighborhood witch, was a good witch and had been one for about 221 years. Her fondest dream was to become a fairy godmother. She had been going to the Fairy Godmother Academy for 103 years, learning fairy godmother magic: how to turn pumpkins into coaches, how to make things vanish in clouds of smoke, even how to change mice into horses and footmen.
Just that very morning the principal of the Academy had said Wanda was ready for her final test. She was to change the first animal she met into something else. The animal was to be so happy at becoming whatever it became that it would say, “Oh, happy day! I’m a ____.” If it did, Wanda would pass the test. She would become a fairy godmother, with a sparkling pink dress, a golden crown, and a magic wand tipped with a shining star.
However, if she failed, she would have to start school all over again—all 103 years of it.
“Good luck,” the principal said as Wanda left the Academy.
旺達是附近鎮上一位善良的巫婆，她干著一行已經整整221年了。旺達最大的夢想就是有朝一日能成為一位仙女教母。為了實現理想，她花費了103年的時間，在仙女教母學院刻苦學習，掌握了不少仙女教母的魔法，比如：如何將南瓜變成南瓜車；如何讓東西化作一縷青煙神奇地消失，甚至還學會了如何將老鼠變成馬或者仆人。
就在學業全部結束的最后一個早晨，校長通知旺達準備迎接最后一項測試。在這項測試里，旺達被要求對今天出門后，所遇到的第一個動物施加魔法，無論這只動物被變成什么，這只動物必須說一句：“啊哈！真是一個開心的日子，我是一個——”，如果它真的說了，旺達就算通過了測試，她將能穿上粉紅閃光的裙子，戴上一頂金色的皇冠，拿著一根鑲著水晶星的魔法棒，成為一名仙女教母。
相反，如果失敗了，一切就得重新開始——旺達將回到學校再學習103年。
“祝你好運！”校長對正準備離開學院的旺達說。
