It isn't only Angus Tuck that is concerned about taking Winnie home. The entire Tuck family is concerned about taking her home. The reason that they are concerned about taking her home is that Winnie has discovered their secret. She knows that the Tuck family is immortal, and she knows how they became immortal, and she knows the location of the spring that gave them their immortality. The Tucks are concerned about what Winnie might...
It isn't only Angus Tuck that is concerned about taking Winnie home. The entire Tuck family is concerned about taking her home. The reason that they are concerned about taking her home is that Winnie has discovered their secret. She knows that the Tuck family is immortal, and she knows how they became immortal, and she knows the location of the spring that gave them their immortality. The Tucks are concerned about what Winnie might do with such knowledge. They don't want their secret to get out, because they understand that creating a world full of people that can't die is ultimately a bad decision. They also don't want Winnie being tempted to drink from the spring herself. The Tucks absolutely want her to know the dangers that the spring represents before letting her go back to her life.
"We got to take you home with us. That's the plan. Tuck—he'll want to talk it out, make sure you see why you can't tell no one. But we'll bring you back tomorrow. All right?" And all three of them looked at her hopefully.
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"I'll take you home. I promised I would, soon's we've explained a bit as to why you got to promise you'll never tell about the spring. That's the only reason we brung you here. We got to make you see why."
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"Hush," Tuck interrupted. "Everyone hush. I'll take Winnie rowing on the pond. There's a good deal to be said and I think we better hurry up and say it. I got a feeling there ain't a whole lot of time."
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