Now Mother Rigby was one of the most clever and powerful witches in New England, and might, with every little trouble, have made a scarecrow ugly enough to frighten anybody.

• 且说里格比大娘在新英格兰，也算一个最为聪明、法力无边的巫婆，她可以毫不费力就做一个稻草人，丑陋得谁见谁怕。