
Thorfinn the Nicest Viking: Piebald’s Potion Maker
Posted on 19/03/2020 in Fun Stuff
In the latest prank-playing, turnip-mashing, bunny-kidnapping adventure, Thorfinn the nicest Viking must find a cure for Chief Harald, who has been poisoned by a putrid sleeping potion! Follow the simple steps below to create your very own putrid potion!
1. Your last name
The first part of your potion is your last name – easy!
2. The day you were born
What day of the month were you born? Find out which word makes up the second part of your potion name.
- 1. Snit
- 2. Jinx
- 3. Blight
- 4. Bother
- 5. Trouble
- 6. Blast
- 7. Twinge
- 8. Woe
- 9. Piddle
- 10. Flip
- 11. Wink
- 12. Bane
- 13. Pulp
- 14. Snipe
- 15. Sorrow
- 16. Thingummy
- 17. Twist
- 18. Pang
- 19. Boogie
- 20. Widdle
- 21. Burden
- 22. Pump
- 23. Ruin
- 24. Plague
- 25. Wrinkle
- 26. Curse
- 27. Poop
- 28. Spin
- 29. Snub
- 30. Stitch
- 31. Bilge
3. The month you were born
Which month were you born? That gives you the effect of your potion!
January: Weeping warts
February: Galloping eyebrows
March: Purple wee
April: Transform into a moose
May: Musical farts
June: MOO like a cow
July: Hair like worms
August: Uncontrollable dancing
September: Flaming burps
October: Everything you eat tastes like smelly socks
November: Tremendously itchy bottom
December: Speak in gobbledygook
For example…
David MacPhail was born on the 22nd of May so his potion is:
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Thorfinn and the Putrid Potion
You might think all Vikings are ROUGH, TOUGH, MEAN, HAIRY and SMELLY.
But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking!
When his dad, Chief Harald, is poisoned by a putrid sleeping potion, Thorfinn and his friends journey to Scotland to get help from the world’s best potion-maker.
Can Thorfinn the Nicest Viking find the antidote and wake Harald before power-hungry Ragwich takes control of the village?
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