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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scion" data-source="post: 1455754" data-attributes="member: 5777">BEDEVEREQuiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.ARTHUR and PATSY ride up at this point and watch what follows with interestALLThere are? Tell up. What are they, wise Sir Bedevere?BEDEVERETell me ... what do you do with witches?ALLBurn them.BEDEVEREAnd what do you burn, apart from witches?FOURTH VILLAGER... Wood?BEDEVERESo why do witches burn?SECOND VILLAGER(pianissimo)... Because they're made of wood...?BEDEVEREGood.PEASANTS stir uneasily then come round to this conclusion.ALLI see. Yes, of course.BEDEVERESo how can we tell if she is made of wood?FIRST VILLAGERMake a bridge out of her.BEDEVEREAh ... but can you not also make bridges out of stone?ALLAh. Yes, of course ... um ... err ...BEDEVEREDoes wood sink in water?ALLNo, no, It floats. Throw her in the pond Tie weights on her. To the pond.BEDEVEREWait. Wait ... tell me, what also floats on water?ALLBread? No, no, no. Apples .... gravy ... very small rocks ...ARTHURA duck.They all turn and look at ARTHUR. BEDEVERE looks up very impressed.BEDEVEREExactly. So... logically ...FIRST VILLAGER(beginning to pick up the thread)If she ... weighs the same as a duck ... she's made of wood.BEDEVEREAnd therefore?ALLA witch! ... A duck! A duck! Fetch a duck</blockquote>