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KING: We must kill out all the witches in this land. A witch may be a man or a woman, young or old, skinny or fat-<\/p>\n
GENERAL: (interrupts king) Your Majesty. If a witch can be any type of person, how do we know if a person is a witch?<\/p>\n
KING: We have a list of all witches in the country. Basically, we went around the country and any person found holding a broom was assumed to be a witch.<\/p>\n
GENERAL: Your Majesty, don’t you think that you are jumping to conclusions? Just because someone is holding a broom, that’s not proof that he is a witch!<\/p>\n
KING: Well, it’s called a WITCH HUNT for a reason!<\/p>\n
GENERAL: You are right. The problem of witchcraft has been going on for years and for too long we have been sweeping it under the rug.<\/p>\n
The general takes the list from the king and begins to knock on doors.<\/p>\n
GENERAL: Is this the Goldberg family?<\/p>\n
PERSON: Yes, it is.<\/p>\n
GENERAL: Are you the Goldberg I am looking for?<\/p>\n
PERSON: Which Goldberg are you looking for?<\/p>\n
GENERAL: HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS LOOKING FOR WITCH GOLDBERG? YOU MUST BE A WITCH!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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