Summary Of The Legend Of Amanda's Fiction: A Narrative Fiction

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By the time Laura and her brother Will returned from the mountains Amanda was dozing again and the evidence had been cleared away. “Amanda will get better now.” Laura exclaimed. “We found the root next to the abandoned coal bank on the other side of the ridge.” Without delay, Will carried the brown paper bag that held the prize to the kitchen. Since Will was older he recalled the specific formula their root doctor father used to prepare the tea more distinctly than Laura. Will himself boasted some of those skills, although he told the children that an Indian chief trained him while he was living with them. Unfortunately, Laura's mother passed away when she was a toddler and her much older brother and his family cared for her until she was

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