YES!
First of all, they KIDNAPPED Winnie!! As said in the book, they swung her over and onto the horse. And after Winnie admitted later, “Honestly, I was too scared to do anything.” In the dictionary, the definition of kidnapping is: “the action of abducting someone and holding them captive.” Which, in my opinion, is exactly what the Tucks did. And this is the reason why I believe that they need to be punished!
NO!
Although the Tucks kidnapped Winnie, they had GOOD intentions. For example, they never wanted to kidnap Winnie! They were just alarmed when they saw Winnie by the spring that they took her. They also didn’t harm her or make her drink the spring. And last, but certainly not least, they protected Winnie, and the WHOLE WORLD because when the Man in the Yellow Suit wanted to sell the water, Mae hit him across the back of his head and he was left unconscious.
