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