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If they land in the water, they die right off. If they land, say, on a rock and dry out, well, they can't grow none. And whatever damp spot they land on has to stay damp-not too wet, not too dry—for years before that seed'll sprout." Ada remembered the look on her mother's face when she gazed out over the swamp
"Every tree out there is a miracle"" like that was proof of something she wanted to keep believing.
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"Every tree out there is a miracle"" like that was proof of something she wanted to keep believing.
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"It's nearabout a miracle for a cypress tree to come into being,"her mother had said in her quiet whisper of a voice, which Ada had always had to take care to hear. Her words were timid and delicate, like a candle flame, and just as easily smothered. "They only make their seeds certain years, and those seeds have to fall onto dirt that's damp, but not too wet.
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