Reread lines 47-49, on page 4. What does this image describe?
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"You all right?" my father asks, concerned by my quiet.
"I'm fine," I say. "But I think the bird is telling me it's time."
"For what?" he asks. "A walk," I say, and hurry outside.
The rain has stopped and on the sidewalk,
towering new neighbors wave to me, silent
tossing yellow. petals on the silvery path
The speaker observes the flowering trees on the
sidewalk dropping their blossoms.
The speaker's new neighborhood is full of
skyscrapers covered with yellow blossoms.
The speaker's new neighbors greet her with a local
custom that is unfamiliar but kind.
The speaker approaches a party that her new
neighborhood has organized to meet her family.
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