To really touch something, she is learning-the bark of a sycamore tree in the gardens; a pinned stag beetle in the Department of Etymology; the exquisitely polished interior of a scallop shell in Dr. Geffard's workshop-is to love it. (Anthony Doerr)

To really touch something, she is learning-the bark of a sycamore tree in the gardens; a pinned stag beetle in the Department of Etymology; the exquisitely polished interior of a scallop shell in Dr. Geffard's workshop-is to love it.

Anthony Doerr

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