The Child acting isn't great, and that wig is awful, but the story itself is sweet.

Some more classics of witch folklore are those of the Fey and the Familiar, and I think they're blended together really nicely here. You get the image of the trickster fey, just there to cause mischief, here stealing apples, as well as that of the darker fey stealing children. You also touch lightly on the idea of fey laws, with one being forced into the role of a familiar for acting against the other. It's a really nice look at the folklore, touching on everything it needs to for the story without feeling at all rushed.

There's a genuine heart to this story as well, the fondness with which Hawthorne talks about her cat, her sounding sad as it goes missing, and the reveal that after the brief respite, returning home, her familiar returns again in the guise of a new cat.

It all just sort of works for me... apart from the child acting and the wig