Pa had always had a lot of respect for Sam's grandmother. That must have been at least partly to do with what people in the village used to say about her. Pa used to say that civilization took the ... [+]
I'm writing about the witch in the woods for my social history project. Ms. Titian said to interview an elderly relative but mine all died before I was born, so I'm doing the witch. James Suggs laughed at me and said she's just a mad old woman, but I know she's a witch because she's got a broomstick that she beats people away with. Plus James Suggs is too chicken to even go into the woods.I'm not chicken though. My garden backs onto the woods, and I've always played there. I've watched that witch my whole life. I saw her catch a rabbit once and wring its neck with her bare hands, and I've seen