The old witch Morgana used to live in a hut built in a dense forest. As small as her hut looked from the outside, it was far bigger from the inside. There were all the luxuries in her hut. Utensils, furniture and decorative items all survived. Morgana had brought them back to life by pouring her magic powder on them all. When she called them they would respond.
"My glittering broom, where are you?"
"I am lying here on the ground, just look under the bed."
"Come to me, my broom. Take me for a ride."
"Here I come. Where will you go today?" the broom waved and asked
"Let's go to the high sky where there are no humans nearby."
The witch jumped and sat on the broom and the broom flew away with her. The witch liked to fly in the air sitting on her broom, no one could see her, and she would go out in the dark of night. The witch kept flying here and there for a long time and then came back home. Now she was very hungry.
"Where are you, my black Cauldron?" The witch waited but got no answer. She spoke again.
"Where are you, my black, round-handled Cauldron?"
But the Cauldron did not say anything. The Cauldron did not like the sorceress. She would heat it on a fire and make magical smelly decoctions from it. That's why the cauldron was hidden. The witch herself started searching for it.
"Has anyone seen my lovely cauldron?"
"Yes, I saw her hiding on the rack below. " said the tongs.
The witch took out the pan and put it on the gas but it was not getting hot.
"Why don't you heat my lovely pan? I am hungry, why don't you cook vigorously?"
The cauldron did not say anything. The witch got angry.
"Go away from my house. I Don't want to see you here for a moment."
The witch threw the cauldron away from the sky and it fell in front of a hut. Where a little girl named Pari lived. Pari was seven years old and liked gravy and rice. When Pari came out while playing, she found a cauldron lying there.
"What is this, where did this cauldron come from?" The cauldron was very clean and new and Pari took it home. She gave it to her mother, she also needed a big cauldron, so she was happy. Some guests were about to come, and they raised the cauldron to cook vegetables, but no matter how high the flame was, the pan did not get hot. Then her mother said.
"This cauldron is useless. "
She cooked vegetables in another pan. And threw that cauldron back out of the house. Pari thought that this cauldron was not useful for her mother, that's why she could play with it. She took the cauldron and started playing with it. Many children came and started playing with the cauldron. The stubborn cauldron liked the cute children very much. It liked their soft touch and laughing very much. The children cooked food in the cauldron. They were assuming that without fire this cauldron would not cook anything. But in a moment the pan prepared and gave them their favourite dish. All the children became happy. The cauldron also started dancing happily. It kept cooking and dancing. At the same time, the sorceress flying in the sky saw the cauldron and came down on her broom.
"My black cauldron, are you okay? Come on, it's too late for me. I am hungry, I need to cook food. "
But the cauldron retreated. The closer the witch got, the further away the cauldron went. The cauldron kept jumping and the sorceress could not catch it. This scene was very entertaining.
All the children started laughing. The vegetable curry made in the pan was spilling and falling here and there. The witch saw that the vegetable looked very tasty. At last, the witch accepted defeat and spoke to the children.
"The cauldron does not want to go with me, she wants to stay with you, so you keep her. But I am hungry so please feed me too. "
Pari then said- "My dear cauldron stop and feed us all." The cauldron immediately stopped and cooked delicious vegetables and rice. Everyone ate to their heart's content. The sorceress started leaving without taking the cauldron.
She said - "When there will be extreme darkness on the night of Amavasya (New moon night), my magic will be removed from the cauldron ." This magic remains alive from one Amavasya to another Amavasya only"
Now the cauldron started living with the children. She cooks food for them. But all the children were worried about the new moon night. On the new moon night, the magic of the sorceress ended, now the cauldron is no longer magical. Now it was a normal cauldron which did not bounce with the children. All the children were sad at the loss of their beloved cauldron. That's why the sorceress flying in the sky came there. When she saw the sad faces of the children, she cast a spell on the cauldron from above. The cauldron became alive again and the children became happy.
