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At first, Birt isn’t very happy when Shu arrives. Why is this? How could he have dealt with the situation differently? Write a story that describes one of the adventures that Birt and Etho have at the top of Sudden Hill. Make a list of words that you would use to describe each of the boys. How do their characters change throughout the story?