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So the Salem witch trials were really, really serious. Like, people died, right? And there was horrible torture and innocent men and women were thrown in jail. Well, yes. But before we get all serious about all that serious stuff that Arthur Miller wrote about in The Crucible, let us to have a little fun, will you?

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The Crucible is famous for its witches. Which witches?

Um, let’s take a look.

This is no ordinary apple. It’s a magic wishing apple. One bite, and all your dreams will come true. Now, make a wish, and take a bite.

No, not her.

I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too!

No, not her either.

Round about the caldron go;
In the poison’d entrails throw.—
Toad, that under cold stone,
Days and nights has thirty-one;
Swelter’d venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot!
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

OK, she’s classic, but she’s still not the witch I’m talking about.

You will not! Begone! Begone I say! Why—? Why do you come, yellow bird?

As yes. The witches of Salem. Ordinary townsfolk, blamed for witchcraft by a group of teenage girls.

Girls who had their own agenda.

And with that, our story begins.