TO DO LIST

mend my dancing shoes feed the bear a basket to Grandmother spindle, shuttle, needle plant the hazel twig take the goat to graze fetch water from the well strawberries in December the frog on my pillow so many mattresses bread to crumble a skull of fire to carry home

I must cut off my finger to open the mountain. I must find the key to the dungeon door. I must roll my stepsister to the front of the bed. I must mop the kitchen floor.

I must learn the nightingale’s song. I must learn to spin straw into gold. I must let my hair grow so long that my story will always be told.