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15 Cards in this Set
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It was a dark and stormy night in fairyland. A night just perfect for witches.
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With fairy godmother in the clink, I began to wonder if we were ready for a world turned topsy-turvy.
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Sweet witches and friendly wolves. Wise wizards and princesses with pig noses.
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It's a world gone mad but somehow things are looking sunny-side up and we may find some kind of happily ever after in fairytale land.
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I was about to call it a day because I had this over easy feeling coming over me... when she rolled in.
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She had the figure of a fortress and the countenance of a cobra. She was the goddaughter; the witchiest woman west of Walla Walla.
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I wondered if this was some kind of yolk. I had already cracked the case of the sleeping prince.
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Fairy godmother was left with egg on her face. The sleeping spell was only the Easter coloring on a much more rotten egg. She had bigger eggs to fry. |
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And the corruption nearly broke fairytale land apart. Thankfully they had me to put it back together again.
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I could continue walking on eggshells around her like everyone else or I could put all my eggs in one basket and say it straight
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I knew she was trouble and I told her so. I told her she was like one of those riddles that scramble your brains like, "what came first, the chicken or the egg?"
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I told her to beat it unless she wanted to have a talk with all the King's horses and all the King's men. |
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But then her eyes teared up and I was speechless because I'd never seen this cool egg crack before. |
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Hey, I've got feelings. I'm a bit soft-boiled around the dames. And this dame needed help. And help is what I do, because I'm
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Humpty Dumpty, Private Egg. Hard-boiled detective.
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