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---> "What are alligators used for, Miss Price?" asked Paul.\\

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* WizardWorkshop: Miss Price's workroom includes a zodiacal chart, a sheep's skull, a chocolate box full of dried mice, herbs both in dried bunches and growing in pots, and a small stuffed alligator hanging by wires from the ceiling. She admits that the latter doesn't serve any particular purpose and the habit's out of date, but she likes the way it looks.
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%%* FlyingBroomstick: Miss Price feels that it is very traditional.

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%%* * FlyingBroomstick: Miss Price feels that it is very traditional.traditional. The children first discover that she is a witch when they help her to recover from a flying accident she had with one.
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The individual novels are ''The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons'' and ''Bonfires and Broomsticks''. They are commonly republished in a single volume as ''Bedknob and Broomstick''.[[note]]The spelling of "Bedknob", "Bed Knob" or "Bed-knob" varies by edition; we're sticking with the non-hyphenated spelling here for WikiWord convenience.[[/note]]

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The individual novels are ''The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons'' and ''Bonfires and Broomsticks''. They are commonly republished in a single volume as ''Bedknob and Broomstick''.[[note]]The spelling of "Bedknob", "Bed Knob" or "Bed-knob" varies by edition; we're sticking with the non-hyphenated spelling here for WikiWord Administrivia/WikiWord convenience.[[/note]]



* FlyingBroomstick: Miss Price feels that it is very traditional.

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* %%* FlyingBroomstick: Miss Price feels that it is very traditional.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: When originally published in 1944, ''The Magic Bed Knob'' contained several references to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, with the children being BlitzEvacuees. In the 1950s, the text was altered to remove all references to the war, apparently in an effort to make the story less dated, and this is mostly the version that's been reprinted ever since. Despite this, the 1971 Disney adaptation retains the World War II setting from the original edition.

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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: When originally published in 1944, ''The Magic Bed Knob'' contained several references to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, with the children being BlitzEvacuees. In the 1950s, 1957, the text was altered to remove all references to the war, apparently in an effort to make the story less dated, and this is mostly the version that's been reprinted ever since. Despite this, the 1971 Disney adaptation retains the original World War II setting from the original edition.setting.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: When originally published in 1944, ''The Magic Bed Knob'' contained several references to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, with the children being BlitzEvacuees. In the 1950s, the text was altered to remove all references to the war, apparently in an effort to make the story less dated, and this is mostly the version that's been reprinted ever since. Despite this, the 1971 Disney adaptation retains the World War II setting from the original edition.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Miss Price briefly turns Charles into a frog.


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* ForcedTransformation: Miss Price briefly turns Charles into a frog.
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* StewedAlive: When the children visit a South Seas island, they are captured and put into a cooking pot by the natives.
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* AlliterativeTitleAlliterativeTitle: '''B'''edknob And '''B'''roomstick.
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--> "What are alligators used for, Miss Price?" asked Paul.\\

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--> ---> "What are alligators used for, Miss Price?" asked Paul.\\
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-->"What are alligators used for, Miss Price?" asked Paul.\\

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* ApothecaryAlligator: Miss Price's workroom includes "a small stuffed alligator, which hung by two wires from the ceiling."

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Miss Price's workroom includes "a small stuffed alligator, which hung by two wires from the ceiling."

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The series inspired the Disney film ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.

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The series inspired the Disney Creator/{{Disney}} film ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.



* TimeTravelRomance: At the end of ''Bonfires and Brooksticks'', Miss Price decides to return to the 17th century with Emelius.

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* TimeTravelRomance: At the end of ''Bonfires and Brooksticks'', Miss Price decides to return to the 17th century with Emelius.Emelius.
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* BurnTheWitch: Emelius's proposed fate when he returns to the 17th century to learn that his house escaped the Great London Fire. He's first subjected to the dunking stool (he survives because his heavy robes trapped air inside of them), then sentenced to burn at the stake.

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* BurnTheWitch: Emelius's proposed fate when he returns to the 17th century to learn that his house escaped the Great London UsefulNotes/{{London}} Fire. He's first subjected to the dunking stool (he survives because his heavy robes trapped air inside of them), then sentenced to burn at the stake.
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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Creator/MaryNorton (who also wrote ''Literature/TheBorrowers'').

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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Creator/MaryNorton Mary Norton (who also wrote ''Literature/TheBorrowers'').
''Literature/TheBorrowers.'')
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* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: The children acquire the bedknob by threatening to reveal Miss Price's witchcraft to the village.

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* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: The children acquire the bedknob by threatening to reveal BalefulPolymorph: Miss Price's witchcraft to the village.Price briefly turns Charles into a frog.

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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton (who also wrote ''Literature/TheBorrowers'').

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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton Creator/MaryNorton (who also wrote ''Literature/TheBorrowers'').



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** Later, the children are thrilled to learn that Emelius's workroom has one.
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BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: The children acquire the bedknob by threatening to reveal Miss Price's witchcraft to the village.
* BurnTheWitch: Emelius's proposed fate when he returns to the 17th century to learn that his house escaped the Great London Fire. He's first subjected to the dunking stool (he survives because his heavy robes trapped air inside of them), then sentenced to burn at the stake.
* CapturedByCannibals: The dramatic confrontation in the first book involves this, complete with large cookpot.
* CorrespondenceCourse: This is how Miss Price is studying magic.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: Miss Price fends off the cannibal's shaman through a dance-off mixed with magic.
* FlyingBroomstick: Miss Price feels that it is very traditional.
* FourthDateMarriage: Miss Price and Emelius had known each other only a little more than a week before they decided to marry.
* LeftHanging: The end of the second book has Miss Price in the 17th century and the children telling stories about how Miss Price is likely doing. Then, they hear her voice out of thin air asking them to get out of the cabbages and the book ends.
* PhonyPsychic: Emelius does not learn until his master is on his deathbed that none of the magic he had been taught was valid.
* TimeTravelRomance: At the end of ''Bonfires and Brooksticks'', Miss Price decides to return to the 17th century with Emelius.
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The individual novels are ''The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons'' and ''Bonfires and Broomsticks''. They are commonly republished in a single volume as ''Bedknob and Broomstick''.[[hottip:*:The spelling of "Bedknob", "Bed Knob" or "Bed-knob" varies by edition; we're sticking with the non-hyphenated spelling here for WikiWord convenience.]]

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The individual novels are ''The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons'' and ''Bonfires and Broomsticks''. They are commonly republished in a single volume as ''Bedknob and Broomstick''.[[hottip:*:The [[note]]The spelling of "Bedknob", "Bed Knob" or "Bed-knob" varies by edition; we're sticking with the non-hyphenated spelling here for WikiWord convenience.]]
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The series inspired the Disney film ''BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.

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The series inspired the Disney film ''BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.
''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.

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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton (who also wrote ''TheBorrowers'').

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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton (who also wrote ''TheBorrowers'').
''Literature/TheBorrowers'').

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