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her daughter came through the snow.

and tamar was struck by how much she had grown. "i am looking for acorns," she explained. "animals leave them in the ground, under the snow. i want to know if we can also eat them."

epoch had a strong balance of young and adult. but in the spring, she, towhee, and perhaps even keyni would be mothers again. it was good to know that they could consume more than meat if necessary. "ah, look," she told zulema, exposing a cold, dirt-stained acorn in the small hole she had dug.