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An autumn night in the witch's cottage
In this witch's cottage in the woods, you sit beside a bubbling cauldron on an autumn night, free to play in your browser. Dried herbs hang from the low rafters above you. In the iron pot, a thick brew heaves up heavy bubbles that pop and slosh.
A small birch fire snaps in the hearth, bright and quick, close enough to warm your hands. Now and then a long wooden ladle stirs the pot, and wood scrapes on iron. A bundle of dried herbs crackles as someone crushes it over the brew.
Outside, a cold wind combs through the bare trees. Far off, a black bird caws from a high branch, and for a moment the dark woods feel huge. Then a twig broom swishes across the floor in slow strokes, and the little room feels safe again.
To keep only the bubbling pot and the fire, choose Fire and cauldron only. Busy at the cauldron brings the ladle, the spoon, the herbs, and the broom much closer.
What you hear inside the witch's cottage
- Cauldron bubbling over the fire: A thick brew bubbles slowly in a big black iron pot over the fire. Heavy bubbles rise, pop, and slosh right beside you. Plays all the time.
- Small hearth fire: Dry birch logs snap and crackle in a little brick hearth, very close by. Plays all the time.
- Cold wind in bare trees: A cold autumn wind moves through the bare branches outside the cottage. Plays all the time.
- Ladle stirring the cauldron: A long wooden ladle stirs the brew with slow, gloopy sloshes and a scrape of wood on iron. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Brew stirred and ladled: A wooden spoon drags through the thick brew, then a ladle lifts some out and pours it back with a splash. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Dried herbs crumbled into the pot: Hands crush a bundle of dried herbs over the pot with a crisp, brittle crackle. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Broom sweeping the floor: An old twig broom sweeps the wooden floor of the cottage in slow, scratchy strokes. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Black bird cawing far off: A big black bird caws a few hoarse times from a bare tree deep in the woods. Plays at random moments, about once every 10 minutes.
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