The chest, on that day of moving, had been set in the new attic, which was smaller than the other, and less frightening, perhaps because gaps in the cedar-shingled roof let dabs of daylight in. When the roof was being repaired, the whole space was thrown open to the weather. This is the answer.
Greedy
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The socialization of children is important in early development.
(socialisation is an alternate way to spell socialization)
It sounds like the narrator could be the mother of the two girls based on how she was describing Maggie in the first paragraph. I hope this helps