Chapter 1: In the first chapter the author introduces you to Treegap. It explains how the Fosters owned the wood. No one went into the wood because it belonged to the Fosters. Then it tells you about Winnie. The Fosters only child. It also tells you that if humans decided to venture off and populate the woods, "That would have been a disaster so immense that this weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin."
Chapter 2: in this chapter the reader meets Mae Tuck and her husband. Mae wakes up early and gets right out of bed so she can go see her sons. She doesn't see her sons but every 10 years. She wakes her husband and quickly gets dressed. She can't wait to see them. But the last sentence of the chapter just intrigues the reader and
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Winnie insisted in sleeping in her clothes because she did not want to wear Mae's spare nightgown. All through the night each of the Tucks checked on her Mae, then Tuck, then Jesse. Jesse had a little late night conversation with Winnie. He told her his "great" idea that Winnie waits until she is 17 years old then drinks from the spring and her and Jesse can get married and have a family.
Chapter 15: in this chapter we go back to the tall man and the Fosters. They are sitting in the Foster's parlor. The tall man is offering them a deal. He will go retrieve the girl and in return they will sell him the forest. At first Mr. Foster is reluctant but he has no choice since the tall man is the only one who knows where Winnie is. So Mr. Foster agrees.
Chapter 16: In this chapter the tall man sets out to find Winnie, the constable came with him and they are riding horses side by side. The constable keeps trying to have a conversation but the tall man doesn't. Finally the tall man is just flat out annoyed and asks the constable if he can ride ahead and wait for him at the