Which part of the story contains the climax? there once was a beautiful maiden who lived in the countryside. she spent her days wandering the fields and picking berries for her father, who was a baker. one day, an evil witch showed up on their doorstep. the witch demanded that the baker create a dozen pies. each pie had to contain her special ingredient, or she would take his daughter away forever. the baker got to work. but he worried about the witch’s ingredient and what it would do to the people who ate his pies. the beautiful maiden wanted to her father. but she certainly didn’t want to end up living with the evil witch for the rest of her life. she took a piece of one pie and placed it in the witch’s mouth while she was sleeping. the witch ate the pie in her sleep and immediately turned into a crow. the beautiful maiden grabbed the crow and threw it into a cage in her home. the beautiful maiden and her father fed the crow pies and lived happily ever after with their new pet need