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Each Little Bird That Sings

In the book Each Little Bird That Sings, by Deborah Wiles, Comfort Snowberger wanted her life to be normal, without loosing anyone else. But that wish didn't come true when Great Uncle Edisto and her Great Great Aunt Florentine die right in front of her. She lives in a funeral home and sees the dead all the time, but when she loses her best friend she can't stand to see her friend's anymore. She just wants to be alone in her closet. Her best friend happens to be her faithful dog, Dismay. When her best, human friend, Decloration tells her cousin Peach Shuggars that the cemetary is scary, Peach procedes to fall into the jungle like mess of Oak Grove. After Comfort's attempt to help Peach, Snapfinger Creek starts to flood. So, Comfort, Peach, and Dismay are stuck in the middle of the Oak Grove while the creek is flooding. After many tries to save both Dismay and Peach, Comfort goes with her instincts and decides to save only Peach and let Dismay go. But the only problem is is that Peach will not let go of Dismay's collar and the water is rising very quickly. She fears that Peach might drown trying to save her dog. So Comfort decides that she will pry Peach's fingers off of Dismay's collar and face losing her dog to try to save her own cousin that she absolutely, positively hates. When she lets go she hopes to see Dismay again, but she never does. She tells her brother Tidings to send out a search party to try and find him. When only bad news comes back, she only wants to sit in her closet and think. After Dismay's Life Service Comfort can't find the right words to say, when Decloration puts them into her mouth. After a few months Comfort relises that she had lost Dismay, but she secretly still acts like he was there.