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Definitions Silos- structure for storing excess materials- (wikipedia.org) (95) Reams-enlarge to desired size (a previously bored hole) bymeans of a reamer- (dictionary.com) (95)

Family Secrets I had a family secret, it was the recipe to this chocolate cake my great great aunt used to make. It was a very complicated recipe and was passed down through each generation, but only two people knew it. I called one of those people because I wanted to surprise my mother on mother's day, and make her this fabled cake. They said they could not tell me, but to make a chocolate cake, the this aunt had always used a special flour and that I should use that if I wanted to make a cake and maybe it would be good. We went to the store and found the flour, on the back of the box was a chocolate cake recipe, I decided to make that cake. It turned out to be The Cake! My mother was very surprised and very impressed! Our secret is really no longer a secret, since now so many know, however I think in years to come, it will become a secret again, a recipe to be passed down. I have had to keep many secrets having been on the disciplinary board for two years. Those secrets are hard to keep, especially when you hear everyone saying things around you and you just want to correct them or stop them, but you cant. When people badger you about where you were, when people find out certain things and attack you, when all you want to do is tell someone and the secrets start to smother you, and so many people's fates are in your hands. It is stressful. I know why I keep it, but it is nice to not have everyone else's drama this year, I do not have to worry about Susie and her boyfriend coming to school drunk, or anything like that, I can worry about myself and what I need to get done, and that is much easier!  Reaction to a quote "One mutation apiece" (125) This quote made me believe that Cal's parents are the children of Desdemona and Sourmelina. In order for him to have the recessive trait, and not be a carrier, he must receive a mutation from both parents, and both of these babies have the mutation, and the mutation has been in his family and they are cousins. If the mother and father of Cal were not from the family, how would they both have the mutation? I think something may happen to separate them, and they will not grow up together, maybe, but in the end I do believe they will get married and be Cal's parents.