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Sara had begun to grasp the situation The girl allowed Sara to hold her chin Sara ht ear She snapped her fingers three tiirl did not react She swapped hands to test the other ear Nothing Looking into the girl’s eyes, Sara then pointed to her own ear and slowly shook her head, irl nodded

"That’s because she’s deaf"

Then a surprising thing happened The girl reached for Sara’s hand With her index finger, she began to draw a series of lines in Sara’s upturned palm Not lines, Sara realized Letters P I M

"Pi, then looked back at the girl "Piirl’s palm SARA, she wrote, and pointed at herself "Sara" She looked up "Sister, can you getdeparted the roo moments later with one of the handheld chalkboards the children used for their lessons

WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS? Sara wrote

Pim took the board She erased Sara’s words with her palripped the chalk aardly in her fist

--DED

--WHEN?

--MOM THEN DAD LONG TIM

--WHO HURT YOU?

--MAN

--WHAT MAN?

--DONT KNW GOT AWAY

The next question pained her, but it had to be asked

--DID HE HURT YOU ANYWHERE ELSE?

The girl hesitated, then nodded Sara’s heart sank

--WHERE?

Pi her eyes off the girl, Sara said, "Sister, can you give us a one, Sara wrote, MORE THAN ONCE?

The girl nodded