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The Water Rite single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Water Rite
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'Our last cow was getting thinner. Touching her stomach, I could see why I had to go. She wouldn't give much meat and could barely fill the bucket with milk. None of our men had found quartz in the creek for years. They had given up searching. But still we would not move on. This is our land and we will die before we leave. I would be a bride before my fifteenth year and my father could have an extra portion of milk...'(Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon Voiceworks no. 92 Autumn 2013 16761511 2013 periodical issue 2013 pg. 67-69
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