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Wise Beyond Her Years

Wise Beyond Her Years

We interviewed a young woman of 18 years in a small village called Haute La Forge.  She was cooking a meal of boiled corn over a fire hearth built of three rocks.  She was one of the few people using chlorine to treat her water.  Her answer to our questions made it clear that she was very sharp and given the opportunity this young woman could probably have been a nurse or doctor.

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