James and the Giant Peach
What was the recipe for the magic crystals?
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The tiny green things that looked similar to crystals were made from one thousand, long, slimy crocodile tongues boiled in the skull of a dead witch for twenty days and twenty nights with lizard eyeballs. Then the fingers of a young monkey were added to the mix, along with pig gizzards, a parrot's beak, porcupine juice, and three spoonfuls of sugar. Once mixed, the potion was left to stew for a week, after which, it was ready to use.
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