In Paragraphs 7-10, Alcott bids an emotional goodbye to her mother and then journeys to Boston to prepare for her trip. Why is leaving such a big decision for Louisa? What does her decision say about her character? Cite text evidence to support your answer.

i c

yas the answer is c

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

why do i not wanna answer this

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.