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ndmotherthat her granddaughter caredthat shelike her motherwanted to know
where her bones were. "The house in Immortal Heart Ruth asked
is it still there?"
Immortal Heart? . . . Ohyou mean our village—I only know the Chinese name.
She sounded out the
syllables. "Xian Xin. YesI guess that's how it might translate. The immortal's heartsomething like that.
Anywaythe house is gone. My brother told me. After a few drought yearsa big rainstorm came. Dirt
washed down the mountainflooded the ravineand crumbled the sides. The earth holding up our house
broke apart and fellbit by bit. It took with it the back roomsthen the welluntil only half the house was
left. It stood like that for several more yearsthen in 1972all at onceit sank and the earth folded on top of
it. My brother said that's what killed our mothereven though she had not lived in that house for many
years."
So the house is now lying in the End of the World?
What's that—end of what?
The ravine.
She sounded out more Chinese syllables to herselfand laughed. "That's rightwe called it that when we
were kids. End of the World. That's because we heard our parents saying that the closer the edge came to
our housethe faster we 'd reach the end [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]