Because water is the source of life and we need It to live we waste it but maybe somebody poor might need it
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someone destroyed the door with an axe and said HERE'S JOHNNY!!!!!, it was so scary and traumatizing
Danforth needed a confession because the rule was that if they did not confess, they were hanged. If they did not confess and Danforth decided not to hang them, the town would become angry because 12 others were already hanged for not confessing.
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