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Even after her baby's funeral, Luella still couldn't believe that she had lost him. She came back to the apartment and walked around the nursery in a circle, saying his name. Then, frightened by grief, she sat down and stared at his white rocker with the red chicken painted on the side.
"What will become of me now? " she whispered to herself. "Something awful is going to happen to me when I realize that I'll never see Chuck any more!"