Should Kit have rescued Prudence’s doll? Have you ever acted rashly in your anger? In the book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Kit is a young girl who leaves her home in Barbados, and travels by ship (along with a sailor boy named Nat) to live with her Aunt Rachel in Connecticut. As the ship pulls into Connecticut, she notices a young girl named Prudence accidentally drop her doll into the water. Kit grows angry when she sees Prudence’s mother scold and discipline her for her mistake. Kit jumps in after the doll and returns it to Prudence. While a seemingly innocent act, Kit should not have rescued Prudence’s doll for three reasons. It was dangerous for Kit, it was dangerous for Nat, and it was dangerous for Prudence. The first reason Kit should