Oxford Bookworms Library: The Witches of Pendle: Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 1)

Witches are terrifying. A witch can kill you at first sight or with one word. Witches may send Satan to take the form of a dog or cat and send him to you. The witch makes a mud doll in your appearance, then destroys it – and in a few weeks you will lose your life. Of course, today, most people do not believe in the existence of witches, but in 1612 everyone was afraid of witches. Young Jennet Device, living in Lancashire, knew the witch well. Because I lived with the witches of Pendle. The witches of Pendle were her family.
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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi. Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it... and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family... Oxford Bookworms Library, 2000. — 52 pages. Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it . . . and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family . . . Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it.... and a few weeks later, you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612, everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family...--Quatrième de couverture Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. In 1612, everybody was afraid of them. In this story, young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family. Jennet Device is taken in by kind Mr. Nowell after her mother, brother, and sister are charged, on her testimony, with being witches and hanged, and years later, after her protector is dead, the villagers imprison her for witchcraft, too The pedlar Roger Nowell A family of witches Truth and lies.