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This exchange was the one that showed that Grant finally got through to Jefferson. Time after time Grant brought food to Jefferson, and sat and waited for him to say something. When it was time for Grant to go, he asked Jefferson everytime if there was something he wanted to tell his nannan, a last attempt at trying to get Jefferson to say something. This time, at the end of their sessions together, Jefferson finally spoke and showed that Grant’s time with him wasn’t wasted. This time, Grant brought Jefferson pecans and peanuts that the children from the school brought him with the intention of giving them to Jefferson. By these gifts being brought, it awoke something inside of Jefferson, and he finally begun to acknowledge the fact that there

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