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house and invite the girls to sit in
the shade of the deck. There,
enjoying the porch swings, they
would talk. Donna had a million
things to do: papers to grade from
the class she taught, dishes to wash,
and floors to sweep. But she knew
that these little girls needed more
friendly adults in their lives, so she
put it all aside to visit. She didn’t
really do anything other than listen.
When I came home from work
one day, Donna told me about the
girls. I thought of when I first put
in the flower garden. It was still
early in the spring of that year. I
had mulched it, tilled it, put in a
sprinkling system, and finally
planted the early spring bulbs.
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