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“It’s not water down there,” she whispered when she reached the top.

“She fell,” he said, smiling.

And that’s when I realized: Jack didn’t push her. He showed her what was underneath. And now she’ll never leave the hill again. The Pail and the Promise jackandjill hayley davies

I looked into the well. Jill was not at the bottom. She was climbing back up, one hand bloody, the other holding something wet and shining. “It’s not water down there,” she whispered when

Jack touched her broken crown. “I know.” “It’s not water down there

Jill went up first, her bucket gleaming like a dare. I waited at the bottom, counting her footsteps. When she screamed, I ran. But Jack was already there, holding the rope, looking down into the dark.