"Eat the beans!" the old witch cried. The little children sat there sobbing. They didn't want to eat the beans. "But you must!" the witch would reply whenever they complained. For hours the children sat there poking their beans. They couldn't leave the table unless they took a bite. But the beans were so gross.
Finally, Jeremiah mustered up the courage to defy the old witch. "I'm not eating the beans" he yelled to her. The witch glared at Jeremiah, and with a slow, intentional, menacing voice she spoke "But. You. Must." Jeremiah stood quivering on his chair but refused to back down. Slowly, one by one, the rest of the children too stood up on their chairs and defied the old witch. No one had ever stood up to the witch before, and she wavered slightly, but only for a moment.
The witch shook it off, and with renewed vigor, she cackled and screamed at the children "Eeeeat the Beeeeeeaaannns!" and finished her cry with another cackle. Together, in unison, the children yelled back "We will not eat the beans!" and they all leaped off their chairs with their forks in their hands, and began stabbing the witch's garments, pinning her to the floor.
Little Mariah was the last child left with a fork, but before she could take her turn pinning the witch down, Jeremiah stopped her and instead encouraged her to take the honor of feeding the witch the beans from each of their plates. Mariah gladly took the opportunity to do so, and soon after, the children stood in a ring around the witch chanting "Eat the beans! But you must!" over and over while Mariah fed the witch beans slowly, and intentionally.
Finally, Jeremiah mustered up the courage to defy the old witch. "I'm not eating the beans" he yelled to her. The witch glared at Jeremiah, and with a slow, intentional, menacing voice she spoke "But. You. Must." Jeremiah stood quivering on his chair but refused to back down. Slowly, one by one, the rest of the children too stood up on their chairs and defied the old witch. No one had ever stood up to the witch before, and she wavered slightly, but only for a moment.
The witch shook it off, and with renewed vigor, she cackled and screamed at the children "Eeeeat the Beeeeeeaaannns!" and finished her cry with another cackle. Together, in unison, the children yelled back "We will not eat the beans!" and they all leaped off their chairs with their forks in their hands, and began stabbing the witch's garments, pinning her to the floor.
Little Mariah was the last child left with a fork, but before she could take her turn pinning the witch down, Jeremiah stopped her and instead encouraged her to take the honor of feeding the witch the beans from each of their plates. Mariah gladly took the opportunity to do so, and soon after, the children stood in a ring around the witch chanting "Eat the beans! But you must!" over and over while Mariah fed the witch beans slowly, and intentionally.
She continued until the witch had choked every single bean down, and once she had, Mariah let the fork clatter to the ground. The children then found their belongings and escaped the witch's house. They navigated through the forest, seeking civilization, never to return to the witch's house again.
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