Here is the correct arrangement of the sentences based on the provided story:
1. There once stood a small cottage with an old roof.
2. Inside the cottage lived little Ruky Lynn, and the elder sibling, Cora.
3. Cora was only seventeen years old, but her responsibilities made her seem much older.
4. She was, therefore, almost Ruky's mother and companion night and day.
5. Cora often worked in the cottage—at her sewing or at work in the garden.
6. Ruky, who was very small, had sunny brown eyes.
7. She looked above her, as though she could see the mountains crowned in the evening, turning all the shadows into gold.
8. Cora and Ruky are orphan siblings who take care of each other.
9. Sometimes, Ruky wears on Cora's limited patience.
10. One day, Ruky frustrates Cora, and she makes a wish that instead of being crow-like, Ruky were really a crow.
11. The wish appears to come true.
12. Cora spends what feels to her like days and days trying to fix the situation.
13. Finally, Cora wakes up and discovers that Ruky is fine and human.
14. Cora learns to avoid letting her emotions cause her to say things she doesn't mean.
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