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Thomasin attempts to milk the nanny goat, only to get blood. The next day, the twins converse and sing songs with Black Phillip, the family's billy goat, and accuse Thomasin of witchcraft. Later that night, as a storm rages, Thomasin discovers Caleb outside the home, nude, delirious, and mysteriously ill. To defend his daughter, William reluctantly admits that he sold the cup. William finds Thomasin and takes her home, and Katherine angrily chastises her for taking Caleb into the woods. She kisses and embraces Caleb, her arm growing old and withered as she caresses his head. He then discovers a hovel, from which the witch disguised as a beautiful woman dressed in a red cape emerges to seduce him. Caleb becomes lost in the woods and stumbles upon Fowler's disemboweled body. The horse throws Thomasin (as Thomasin herself has no experience in riding), knocking her unconscious, and runs away. Their dog Fowler gives chase to the hare, and Caleb pursues them. In the woods, they spot a hare, which sends their horse into a panic. Later, Thomasin finds Caleb at the stable preparing to check a trap in the forest, and forces him to take her with him by threatening to awaken their parents. The children overhear their parents discussing how important Katherine’s silver cup was (which is the only substitute if their crops continue to die), and the thought of sending Thomasin away to serve another family as she is reaching womanhood. That night, Katherine questions Thomasin about the disappearance of the cup and suspects her to be responsible for Samuel's disappearance. William discloses to Caleb that he traded Katherine's prized silver cup for hunting supplies in order to gather enough food for winter. While hunting with his father, Caleb questions whether Samuel's unbaptized soul will reach Heaven.
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With their crops not growing sufficiently to harvest before winter, William takes Caleb to the woods to hunt for wild animals to eat. Katherine, devastated by Samuel's abduction, spends her days crying and praying. It is soon revealed that a witch has stolen the unbaptized Samuel, killing him and using his body to make a flying ointment for her broomstick and her body. One day, when Thomasin is playing peekaboo with Samuel, the baby abruptly disappears. The family builds a farm near a large, secluded forest and Katherine bears her fifth child, Samuel. In 1630s New England, English settler William and his family-wife Katherine, daughter Thomasin, son Caleb, and fraternal twins Mercy and Jonas-are banished from a Puritan colony over a religious dispute.