Willow Diary Entry

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Wednesday, February 16, 1777, Exactly 100 years later from the hanging of the witches….
It's cold, ice covering the ground, dead grass, gray skies, dead trees, all for except the weeping willow. Yes, the weeping willow that grew right where the 4 witches had been buried, 100 years ago, the weeping willow is still alive!!

They’ve invented a sport, called “football”. Really weird sport. In The Field, which is now the football field. They just recently built a school. It is said that, near by neighbors see 4 people standing in the field, just standing there, in daze looking at the weeping willow. Every time they would try to check it out the figures would be gone, nothing but their footsteps. So, there were people standing there. But no one was able to get
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Dockman. Before Mrs. Dockman left she asked, “What do you plan on doing??” Sammy replied, “Those witches, were our great ancestors, we want to bring them back, and we will.” “But, you can’t do that, those witches want revenge, they’ve did horrible spells on innocent people, they’ve cursed innocent people! They’ve-” “They did that to whoever told! They did it for their safety! It all could’ve been avoided if people in this town kept their mouths shut!” interrupted Amber. “What did you expect us to do?! There's witches in this town doing bad things to people, so of course we're gonna tell!” said Mrs. Dockman. “Not if you wanna get cursed….or killed.” said Kate under her breath. “You will not tell anyone about this and you know what will happen if you do..” said Sammy. “And to make sure you don't tell..” Jude said as all 4 girls grab Mrs. Dockman but her arms and legs. Kate then put her hands on Mrs. Dockman’s head and begins chanting. She’s chanting a spell that will make Dockman forget that they're witches, forgot their plan, forget everything except that they're just new neighbors looking for a fresh start. When she’s done, Mrs. Dockman gets up, clutching her head, asking what happened. “What

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