Seeing that Halloween is approaching, its time to turn my attention to a question that’s been vexing me. Namely, do magic spells have to rhyme? I mean, do they lose their effectiveness if they don’t? Are you a poor conjurer if you can’t find words that sound the same?
Take “bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.” Would it be less effective if it was “toil and difficulty?” Or “toil and problems?” And what if you’re in a hurry? What if a boulder’s about to fall on you, or a piano, or an anvil – and you just throw together whatever you can spit out?
Do they rhyme because they work better that way, or just because it makes the person saying it feel clever?
I bet a wizard or witch that can’t rhyme gets busted on all the time. It’s gotta be embarassing.
I get stupid
I shoot an arrow like Cupid
I use a word that don’t mean nothin’
Like looptid.
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