"My brother Wilbert tells me that I was the first ever girl born in Nasel, that I was A Miracle."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"Now that Mamma has a baby in her belly she is worn out all the time so I have to help her a lot around the house with the cooking and just about everything. That is why I hope the new baby will be a girl. Then all the hard work will be worth it."
Chap. 1, p. 5

"Mamma says that when Alvin and Ivan were born it was like a miracle. Imagine having two whole babies where there was only supposed to be one."
Chap. 2, p. 29

"The stars are so high in the sky that I imagine the angels themselves are holding them up and that this must be a miracle."
Chap, 3, p. 51

"There's not accounting for luck, especially luck in getting brothers."
Chap, 4, p. 63

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