Although the milkmaid was a young woman, she still played with the children, she was a tomboy. Tall and slender, with long mousy brown hair and peachy skin. Today the children had dared her to steal an apple from the Lord of the Manor's garden.
She easily climbed over the wall, even wearing a dress. People said that the Lord of the Manor was a Wizard, but she didn't believe in magic. She climbed up the tree, grabbed an apple and climbed down. And there was his Lordship, standing a short distance away. She ran for the wall.
She glanced back, to see that he was pointing something at her. Suddenly she felt a pain in her backside, as if she'd been smacked. And abruptly she stopped running. Her upper half swayed forwards then back. What has he done to me, she thought?
She lifted up her dress, and was horrified to see that she no longer had feet or legs. Her long legs and dainty feet had merged together and changed colour. So, from waist down, she now had a slender grass green plant stem.
It was true, his Lordship was a Wizard. He slowly walked up to her. Her heart was pounding, she was in trouble. She was literally rooted to the spot.
He stopped behind her, "Take off your dress," he said with a deep voice.
She hesitated, "Do as I say, or I will turn you into a monster."
She didn't want that, so reluctantly lifted up the dress over her head, and dropped it on the grass. She covered her breasts with her crossed arms.
He walked around her to stand in front of her, but five feet away, so he could get a good look at her. He wore a long dark brown robe.
"Put your arms by your side," he said. Slowing she removed her slender arms, to expose her small breasts. He studied what he had done -- so far.
She had the upper half of a beautiful young woman, and the lower half of a smooth green plant stem.
