Chapter 7 Summary

The Tucks told Winnie of how they came to find the spring. Each one of them had taken a drink from the water: Jesse, Miles, Mae, Tuck and the horse. The cat had refused to drink from the spring and although he lived a long life, he eventually died. However, the rest of them never did, even when they had accidents that would normally cause death. They told her of the accidents and the lack of injuries from these accidents that led Tuck to shoot himself to see if their new-found understanding of their life was correct. They had stopped aging and were never going to die.

Miles told Winnie about his wife and children. She left him and took the children, believing that he was working with the devil. The whole community began talking about them as witches and said that they...