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The magic spell

Billy and Tom are pretending to be wizards and they are making a magic spell. Will it work? Watch and find out!

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Billy and Tom put some horrible ingredients in the pot to make their magic potion. What other ingredients could you use to make a magic potion? Tell us your ideas!

Average: 3.7 (23 votes)

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Submitted by LadySongWand on Wed, 17/07/2024 - 23:42

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I think they can use horse hair, tears, frog paws, vampire teeth and a bag of stones.

Submitted by BlackChefAcrobat on Sun, 12/05/2024 - 05:37

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Elephant went to the school.

Submitted by PrincessTrumpetTabla on Sun, 22/01/2023 - 00:13

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My horrible ingredients are cat hair, 3 hearts of a dog, pig noses, a spider's web, an elephant trump, owl feathers, and 6 dead spiky caterpillars. I think that if magic exists, all my ingredients could work.

Submitted by FunkyAmethyst5000 on Sat, 29/10/2022 - 08:51

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cat hair, dog hair, pigtail, pig nose, hearts of pig and dog and cat

Submitted by QueenPaper600 on Sun, 16/01/2022 - 10:46

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sorry i. I don't know what to say

Submitted by QueenPaper600 on Sun, 16/01/2022 - 10:43

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well I've never chat like this be for. because my mom was not leting me chat to other peple. but my dad help me do this

Submitted by QueenPaper600 on Sun, 16/01/2022 - 10:32

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I'm not a witch. then why is story is here?

Submitted by PrincessOceanDJ on Fri, 23/07/2021 - 06:51

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I don't know, I don't make potions anyway. And it is so funny.

Submitted by MissDuckTram on Tue, 23/02/2021 - 19:19

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I don't know, I don't make potions anyway

Submitted by GoldCrystalWater on Tue, 23/06/2020 - 12:42

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Oh hahahahahah can't stop laughing!!!!

Submitted by RunningFootbal… on Fri, 16/08/2019 - 17:05

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Very funny story.I just can't think how much teasing he have to face.

Submitted by PurpleHappy2 on Mon, 20/08/2018 - 11:52

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interesting!!!

Submitted by SkippingTrainOrbit on Fri, 27/04/2018 - 19:01

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I could put in my magic potion ingridians like fish eyes, broken chair, smely leg, dead mouse.

Submitted by ExcitedUnicorn… on Fri, 27/04/2018 - 18:09

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It will be the most hard Rubik's Cube, fish eyes, evil's blood and boring books.

Submitted by KingMusicTune on Fri, 27/04/2018 - 15:55

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I will put to my potion disgusting cat's fur, some poop dirty shoes, broken legs. Come and enjoy my drink :D Good luck!

Submitted by SkatingHarbour… on Thu, 18/01/2018 - 14:07

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i think when he go to school. everyone will run away

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