Winnie: A Short Story

Several years later six years to be exact.Winnie is seventeen years old.She is at her twelfth grade class ready to go home cause today is the special day.It’s the day she will go back to the spring.The clock strikes three o’clock and she races out the class and down the road to the touch-me not cottage.She reaches home opens the fence and goes in.She is greeted by her mother and father she stares at them for second knowing she will never see them again.Then
As she walks she thinks about her life when she drinks from the spring.Then she reaches the spring and is surprised at what she saw.She saw the tuck there sitting looking at the spring.She dosen’t make a sound and watch as they each take a drink.Then turn around and see winnie.At first they didmn’t know what to say.Then Mae sai”Winnie it’s good to see after all these years.” At first Winnie didn’t know what to say.Then Tuck said”well I wonder what your doing here.Then she finally said something”I came to drink the spring water.” They all gasped except Jesse.He just said”well she does already know might as well let her drink it.” She walks up and fills the bottle.Then she drinks the spring water.Then she walks over and sits down and the sit in silence for awhile.Then finally she says”it tasted good.” Then they all laughed.After that Winnie and Jesse got married and had a kid named Daniel.He grew up to be fifteen before he drunk the spring water and Winnie and the Tucks lived their lives as normal as they could.Winnie still had doubts about drinking the water,but she did what she did.Then one day Mae came in to talk for why she drank the water.”Hey Winnie can we sit and have a friendly talk.” Winnie wondered what she wanted to know.”Sure what is it.” “Well I wanted to know why you would want to be like us to live forever.” Winnie thought about that and wondered herself.”Well it felt like the right thing to do.” Then they sat there in silence until Jesse came in with Daniel.”What