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At one point in the story, the narrator remarks, “This wasn’t like the woods, where you had to be your fastest and your strongest and your bravest self. Different sorts of calculations were required to survive [..]” (par. 25). What do you think she means? How might this comment help us to understand both her later behavior and the roles that Jeanette and Mirabella play in her life and in the story?

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