Sara GruenI scan the room. Catherine is writing quickly, her light brown hair falling over her face. She is left-handed, and because she writes in pencil her left arm is silver from wrist to elbow.
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The first time I saw Catherine, she was writing with her left hand. I quickly scanned the room and saw that her left arm was silver from wrist to elbow. I thought she looked very graceful, almost as if she were some kind of dancer.
Source: Water For Elephants
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