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About Tuck Everlasting by N. Babbitt Chpts. 1-5

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 Uploaded Winnie Foster is a girl who lived a long time ago.
 Uploaded She lived with her parents and grandma in a house by a woods.
 Uploaded No one knew that there was a little house in that woods. A special family lived in that house.
 Uploaded Mae and Angus Tuck live in this house in the woods. There is something different about their family.
 Uploaded They have a secret. They do not grow old. They look the same all the time. They look the same every year.
 Uploaded Mae is happy. Their two sons are going to come home again. She has not seen them for 10 years!
 Uploaded Mae does not look in the mirror before she meets them. She always looks the same, not different. She knows she never changes.
 Uploaded She always takes her music box with her. It is a small box that plays a happy song.
 Uploaded She is going to ride her horse to town to greet her sons. Tuck reminds her not to be seen. No one must know their secret!
 Uploaded Back at Winnie's house she is sad. She does not have friends. She talks to a toad. She thinks she may run away from home.
 Uploaded The next day a man in a yellow suit came to Winnie’s house. He asks Winnie questions about any strangers she has seen.
 Uploaded Listen! They hear music. Winnie’s grandma called it elf music. She heard it when she was little.
 Uploaded The next morning Winnie sees a boy in the woods. He gets a drink of water from the water on the ground. It's called a Spring.
 Uploaded The boy’s name is Jesse. Winnie wants to drink the water. The boy tells her not to drink it.
 Uploaded Jesse’s brother, Miles, and his mother come to the woods. They see Jesse and Winnie. Uh oh! They are not supposed to be seen!
 Uploaded Winnie has seen Jesse, Miles and their mother Mae. What should they do?
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