sentences:  In "The High King", the witches make one final appearance near the end, this time in the shape of beautiful maidens (a form only glimpsed in "The Black Cauldron").They give Taran a farewell present of an uncompleted tapestry which depicts his life's story.They tell him that they will leave on a journey of their own and when Taran asks for them to give him the answer of one final question as a last boon, they reply (a little sadly) "When in truth did we ever give you anything?"