Witchcraft

Would I really of lived or died? The question of life and death on the line with only one word to say? My experience after reading and answering to this story gave me chills up my whole body. Why did I die when I answered honestly and had nothing to hide? Or would I of lived if I lied but confessed? There are so many question in an experience like this but after reading this passage it makes me wonder how I would of reacted if I was really there in that time period. I wonder how people reacted when asked if they were a witch or not. Did they now that if they said the wrong answer that they would die? This passage not only frightens me but it is also sad if you take time and think about it. If a family has kids and both the mother and father die from this situation what happends to the kids? When I first started out reading the passage I did'nt really understand it completely and I was kinda lost but the more I read about it the more I got into it. I did'nt really know what to expect 200 to happen next. But when the question was asked towards me "Are you a witch" my response was "No". Then they replied "Just confess" and they keep on going trying to get you to say that you are but I never did. I didnt know that while doing this my life was on the line and I thought that by telling the truth and not lying I wouldnt be harmed but actually taken care of or i would be put in some differnet type of place than the ones who did confess and say that they were witches, not lose my life! Then I wondered... what would of happened if I would of responded "Yes", would I still be alive, where would I be, and what would of happened to me? This was a very unsual but unique pasage to me and I learned that even when you do tell the turth the ending is not always what is seems that it should be and that also life is not always fair.