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About Veronika Martenova Charles. Maiden of the Mist: The cherries were moving because they were full of worms.
The worms were fat and white and they wiggled all around. When the boys speculate on why, they each tell a story which combines the supernatural and eating items which may not be safe. Daku is hunting with his friends when they see a fig tree. Daku is sure that his grandmother has told him the story just to scare him so that he will obey.
Daku decides to eat the figs, and the creature swallows him whole. He then remembers that his grandmother also says that the creature will only eat people who are alive so Daku lies very still and pretends to be dead. The creature returns to the tree, and Daku returns home where his grandmother knows that he has eaten figs because he is smaller than before.
The boys speculate whether or not Daku will have to return to kindergarten because he is smaller. They spot a small cottage by the road.
There are two barking dogs in the doorway. Two women come to the door and invite the boys in for some food.
Because the women appear to be kind, the boys agree. When the women are fixing the food, Avi and Ben notice that one of the women is stirring a hot pot of soup with her fingers and the other is taking bread out of the oven with her bare hands. Realizing that the women must be witches, they attempt to leave. The dogs bar their way so they agree to stay the night but say they will eat in the morning.
Through the night, the dogs are sent out to bring in four donkeys. The donkeys turn into men who carry water and cut wood.