Chapter+Summeries7

In this chapter, the Tucks told Winnie their story of the spring. 87 years ago, they had come across the spring when looking for a place to settle. They were thirsty so the whole family, including the horse had drunk some. They started to realize that they were going to live forever when Jessie fell out of a tree, but wasn't harmed. Then the horse was shot, but it went straight through him without leaving a mark. Miles's wife thought that he was with the devil, and left with his kids. So many bad things happened to them, but they were never hurt! For example when Jessie ate poison toad stools and Mae cut herself with a knife. They went to the spring again. One of the trees there looked exactly like it had years ago. When they realized that they were going to live forever because of the spring. Angus Tuck [Mae's husband] shot himself to make sure. The bullet went straight through him, leaving him unhurt! This chapter stopped with Jessie saying that he would be 17 forever as far as he knew. How creepy! -Morgan