Grace Paley "Traveling How does the perspective shift again in the final section, paragraphs 17-21?

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.

the snake in this cartoon is cut intoparts: eight

after being cut up, the snake will: die