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“The Secret Water” takes place in a village in China. Often, people in villages have to walk to a stream or a river to get water.
Quickwrite Imagine that you live in a mountain village in China long ago. Every day you walk to a river a mile away and return with two buckets of water that weigh 20 pounds each. Describe what it is like to carry the water each day. Share your writing with a partner.
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Villagers collect water from a river.