Week 15 Reading Notes, Part A : The Witch Girl
The Girl Witch Image Source: wikipedia.org One evening, a Cossack rode to a village and asked to stay He was offered a place to stay but if he didn't fear death When he went into the cottage, he saw women and children crying and praying After inquiring, he was told that at night death looks into a cottage and the next morning people are put in coffins When the people fell asleep. At midnight a window opened and a witch appeared She reached her arm in with her sprinkler and the Cossack cut off her arm She howled and left The Cossack cleaned up the blood and placed the witches arm under his coat The next morning when the master's of the home awoke, they saw everyone was still alive The Cossack explained that he would show them death He gathered the villagers to look for the witch When they got to the Ponomar's cottage, he explained that one of his daughters was ill He asked to see her, and it was a girl missing an arm The Cossack told the story and showed the arm The girl