The first reason why people should not drink the special water is because they can not grow old anymore. The special water is magical, if people drink it they stop growing. “Mae tuck and her husband and Miles and …show more content…
People who drink the water have to hide themselves entire life, “Anyways, it's ten years since I went to Treegap, No one’ll remember me” (p.10). Mae can meet her son ten years once, and they have to make sure nobody will remember them. People who drink the water can not have normal people life, “Tuck family all drink the water even the horse, but the cat. The cat had live long and happy life on the frame” (p.40). Tuck family can not enjoy growing old with their family, They can not actually enjoy their life. Also, people who drink the water can not make friends with other people because of they can not let other people find out the secret. “They have work the farm, settled down, make friends, but after 10 years, theme twenty, they have to face to face that there was something terrible wrong, none of them was getting older” (p.39). This means, people who drink the water can not make friends or if they do, other people can find out the secret. This is another reason of hey people should not drink the water from the …show more content…
First, if other people find out, they think ita black magic, and kill the people who drink the water. “They come to pull back from us. There are talks about witchcraft. Black magic…” (p.39). Miles’ wife and his two kids die because of people find out Mile’s secret. Second, if bad people find out the secret of the water, they use the people who drink the water to do bad things to other people to get money. “The man in the yellow suit have a paper here, all signed and legal, to prove it, I’m going to sell the water…. only for people who deserve it” (p.97). The man in the yellow suit want to use Tuck family to sell the water help him to get a lot of money. Third, people who drink the water cannot find their true love. “Jesse say:” two years, she dies two years…” (p.138). Jesses and Winnie loves each other, When Jesse leave, he give Wienne a bottle of water from the spring, and ask Wienne when she 17 years old drink the water. Therefore, they can together forever, but Winnie did not drink the water. She enjoy her life and die. This is the last reason why people should not drink the water from the