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     Long ago, a land forgotten through time, a recently married couple live alone by the side of a dirt road and a crystal-clear pond in the southern part of a forest. The wife gave birth to a healthy baby girl whose hair is vibrantly colored like harvested pumpkins. They named the girl Marlene, and it would be the beginning of a new life together. Marlene made friends with the magpies and the deer, and even made friends with her families' livestock of goats and horses. In two years time, Marlene's parents had another child, a boy named Emory whose hair was black as a magpie's feather.     When Marlene was 7 years old,