What about you? What do you do?” I needed to ask questions, draw him out. I needed to find out all the information I could. My voice sounded strong and smooth, but my hands were shaking. I put them in my lap so he couldn’t see.“ I prey on innocent villagers and terrify their children, ” he said with a nasty smile. “And sometimes when I’m feeling really evil, I read books or paint. Kate Avery Ellison
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I prey on innocent villagers and terrify their children, is a quote from the book "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. In the book, there are many characters who are described in detail. One of these characters is Offred who is one of the Handmaids. The quote above describes what Offred does when she is in society in this book.

She often gets jobs in which she is in charge of children in order to get information about where the main character, June, lives. Once she has gathered information about where June lives or what she is doing, she then takes her action to scare the children into obedience.

Source: The Curse Girl

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