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Chapter One
Chapter One
Mother promises that someday my brother and I will be friends, like she and her brother Sharp Tooth finally got to be. She whispers when she tells stories of how my uncle acted when he was a boy – how twice he laughed at her when she got into trouble or how he told a lie and never untied it, ever, with the truth. She became very still, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath at the memory, but then she shook her head, looked into me the way only she can do, and said that she used to believe she’d never forget what he had done; but look, she has. And now Sharp Tooth is exactly the brother she wants, the person in the whole world who remembers important things from when she was a young girl, who remembers Grandfather when he was alive and before he grew old.
--- Morning Girl, page 3How is Mother feeling about her relationship with her brother, Sharp Tooth?
Why do you think Mother takes the time to explain her relationship with Morning Girl?
