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Why won't Jesse allow winnie to drink from the spring ?

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She has to wait until she's 17 so the two of them could marry and live together forever.
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In Tuck Everlasting? When they first meet, it's because the water is what makes them live forever. He can't let her drink it or she'll live forever, too.
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