Cautiously and carefully, Sophia returned to the house and laid the child on the table.  Ophellia rolled on her side and looked at the kitchen in discomfort.  "You're the witches!" She sprang from the table and tried to run for the door, but Sophia blocked her.<br/><br/>"What're you going to do with that?" Lilliana asked in distaste. "You're not going to keep her are you?"<br/>"I am"<br/>"Why on earth for?  It's stupid!"<br/>"For one thing, this girls mother most likely abandoned her here from what she told the boys.  For two, it'll get to them and bring them back here.  And for three, little girls don't stay little girls forever.  We could have another set of hands."  She turned to the little girl and smiled.  "You'd like that wouldn't you dear?"<br/><br/>"No!" Ophellia protested and tried to kick Sophia in the knee, but Sophia was much taller and picked her up around the waist and held her with her legs dangling in the air.<br/><br/>"That's quite enough out of you." She looked the girl straight in the eyes, hers filled with stern force, which made Ophellia feel more and more like a child. "Do you know what happens to naughty children in this house?"<br/>"How would you know, we never had any." Lilliana chimed in, stirring her pot on the stove.<br/>Ignoring her sister, Sophia continued.  "Naughty children don't last long here.  They're cooked and they're eaten.  Is that something you'd like happening to you?"<br/><br/>"No..." Ophellia began sobbing, prompting Lilliana to snicker and turn her back to the child to hide her expression.