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What things happened to make the Tucks realize something strange was happening to them?
What four things made the Tucks realize something strange was happening to them? (1) When Jesse fell out of the tree and didn’t get hurt, (2) Hunters shot the horse and it didn’t die, (3) Faces never changed/aged, (4) T on the tree looked freshly carved many years later, as if it stayed that same forever.
How has the Tucks figured out they were going to live forever in Tuck Everlasting?
How had the Tucks figured out they were going to live forever? He has maybe heard of the spring and the Tucks and he is trying to find them to question them. Why do you think the man in the yellow suit is following Winnie and the Tucks?
What happens at the spring in Tuck Everlasting?
Eighty-seven years ago, the Tucks came upon the spring in the clearing on their way to find a place to settle. Each of the Tucks and their horse drank at the spring, but the cat did not. After spending the night there, Angus Tuck marked a tree with a ‘T.’
Why did Mae Tuck not drink from the spring?
They explain how everyone but the cat drank from the spring, and they later realized they could not be hurt or die. Mae Tuck tells Winnie this is why she should not drink from the spring. “And we figured it’d be very bad if everyone knowed about that spring,” said Mae.
How do the Tucks feel about living forever in Tuck?
The Tuck family feels that living forever makes them miss out on the human experience. Because they cannot age, they have to live apart from other people and can’t get to know anyone. The two younger Tucks, Miles and Jesse, can’t marry. None of the Tucks can have any serious relationships. There are some benefits to living forever.
When did the Tuck family discover the spring?
The Tuck family describes their discovery of the spring’s magical powers in chapter 7. They passed and drank from the spring without knowing anything had happened. The Tuck family eventually found where they were going to settle and began building their homes. That’s when they started to notice that not everything was entirely normal anymore.