The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

The Itchy Sock Spell

There was a winter witch
Who knitted itchy socks
And if you didn’t wear them
She turned you into a fox

So if you see a fox
Tiptoeing down the street
Be ever, ever so nice
For it has very itchy feet
Picture by Ellen Forkin
Picture by Ellen Forkin

About the Writer


Ellen Forkin

Ellen is an artist and writer living in Orkney with her menagerie of lovable animals. She has alpacas, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, a semi-wild rook and a dog called Raffy. None of them are interested in her poems, stories or pictures whatsoever.