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"... the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle."

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"... the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle."

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"Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him." (Mahogany is a reddish-brown wood.)

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"Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him." (Mahogany is a reddish-brown wood.)

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"The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead."

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"The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead."

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"Within a few months, Doodle had learned to walk well and his go-cart was put up in the barn loft (it is still there) beside his little mahogany coffin. "

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"Within a few months, Doodle had learned to walk well and his go-cart was put up in the barn loft (it is still there) beside his little mahogany coffin. "

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"It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. "

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"It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. "

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Doodle then later dies after messing with the dead bird

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"For along time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain."

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"For along time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain."

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"The doctor said that with his weak heart this strain would probably kill him, but it didn't."

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"Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn-up knees."

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"Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn-up knees."

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(Nightshade bushes are red)

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"On the topmost branch, a bird the size of a chicken..."

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"On the topmost branch, a bird the size of a chicken..."

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"One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die."

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"One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die."

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"I made him swim until he turned blue and row until he couldn't lift an oar. Wherever we went, I purposely walked fast, and although he kept up his face turned red and his eyes became glazed."

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"He was born when I

as six and was, from the outset, a disappointment. He seemed all head, with a

tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's. Everybody thought he was going to die. "

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 "A scarlet ibis! How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree." 

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 "A scarlet ibis! How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree." 

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" Limply, he fell backwards onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red."

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" Limply, he fell backwards onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red."

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" Trembling He'd push himself up, turning first red then a soft purple"

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" Trembling He'd push himself up, turning first red then a soft purple"

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"For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain."

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"For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain."

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"It was covered with a film of Paris green sprinkled to kill the rats, and screech owls had built a nest inside it. "

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"It was covered with a film of Paris green sprinkled to kill the rats, and screech owls had built a nest inside it. "

# data[].attributes.headline
"He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old mans" 

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"He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old mans" 

# data[].attributes.headline
"It was covered with a film of Paris green sprinkled to kill the rats..."

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"It was covered with a film of Paris green sprinkled to kill the rats..."

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When I made him touch the casket, he screamed.

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When I made him touch the casket, he screamed.

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""What is it?" he asked. At that moment the bird began to flutter, but the wings were uncoordinated, and amid much flapping and a spray of flying feathers, it tumbled down, bumping through the limbs of the bleeding tree and landing at our feet with a thud"

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""What is it?" he asked. At that moment the bird began to flutter, but the wings were uncoordinated, and amid much flapping and a spray of flying feathers, it tumbled down, bumping through the limbs of the bleeding tree and landing at our feet with a thud"

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"Don't go leave me, Brother," he cried

, and he leaned toward the coffin. His hand, trembling,

reached out, and when he touched the casket he screamed. A screech owl flapped out of the box into our

faces, scaring us and covering us with Paris green."

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"He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained brilliant red."

# data[].attributes.subject
"He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained brilliant red."

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“tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar”

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""Dead birds is bad luck," said Aunt Nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. "Specially red dead birds!""

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""Dead birds is bad luck," said Aunt Nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. "Specially red dead birds!""

# data[].attributes.headline
"Everybody thought he was going to die. Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him."

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"Everybody thought he was going to die. Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him."

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“neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red”

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"Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty. "

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"Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty. "

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"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."

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"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."

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"He lay very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermilion neck appear long and slim".

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"He lay very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermilion neck appear long and slim".

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"we'd build us a house of whispering leaves and the swamp birds would be our chickens"

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"we'd build us a house of whispering leaves and the swamp birds would be our chickens"

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Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers"

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" for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers"

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" for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers"

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At that moment, the bird began to flutter

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At that moment, the bird began to flutter

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"Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song."

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"Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song."

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"he carried the bird around to the front of the yard and dug a hole in the flower garden"

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"he carried the bird around to the front of the yard and dug a hole in the flower garden"

# data[].attributes.headline
" much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle. "

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" much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle. "

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creech owls had built a nest inside it.

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Its long, graceful neck jerked twice into an S, then straightened out, and the bird was still."

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"Flocks of marsh crows flew by, heading inland to their roosting trees, and two regrets, squawking, arose from the oyster-rock shallows and careened away 

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"Flocks of marsh crows flew by, heading inland to their roosting trees, and two regrets, squawking, arose from the oyster-rock shallows and careened away 

# data[].attributes.headline
"It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow."

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"It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow."

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"He lay very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermillion neck appear unusually long and slim."

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"He lay very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermillion neck appear unusually long and slim."

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"His favorite lie was about a boy named Peter who had a pet peacock with a ten-foot tail" 

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"His favorite lie was about a boy named Peter who had a pet peacock with a ten-foot tail" 

# data[].attributes.headline
" A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, scaring us and covering us with Paris green."

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" A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, scaring us and covering us with Paris green."

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"and the tear-blurred vision in red looked very familiar."

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"It's a scarlet ibis," or Summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born when the ibiscame to the bleeding tree

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"It's a scarlet ibis," or Summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born when the ibiscame to the bleeding tree

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"... I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain."

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"... I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain."

# data[].attributes.headline
"I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in the red before me looked very familiar."

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"I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in the red before me looked very familiar."

# data[].attributes.headline
"the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar"

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"the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar"

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So I dragged him across the burning cotton field.

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So I dragged him across the burning cotton field.

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"His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin."

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"His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin."