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C
h
apter
F
o
u
r
teen

Ma
y
t
h
e
W
a
rm
W
i
n
d
s
o
f
H
e
a
v
en
Blow
s
o
ftly
u
p
on
yo
u
r
ho
u
se. May t
h
e Great
Spirit

Bless all who
e
n
ter
t
h
ere. May y
ou
r M
o
ccasi
n
s
M
ake
ha
p
p
y t
r
acks

in
m
a
n
y s
n
ows,

a
n
d
m
ay t
h
e Rai
n
b
o
w always to
u
ch y
o
ur
sh
ou
l
d
er.

Cherokee
Prayer Blessing

She
l
o
v
e
d
t
h
e
sm
ell of
hi
m
,
t
h
e
l
o
o
k
o
f hi
m
,
t
h
e
feel
o
f his
f
ir
m
,
m
u
scular t
h
i
g
hs a
g
ai
n
st
h
er softer,
p
lia
n
t fles
h
.

Le
n
a tur
n
ed
to
h
e
r slee
p
ing
hu
s
b
a
n
d
.
Cheek
n
estling
on
h
e
r left pal
m
,
she
gaz
e
d
do
wn
up
on
h
is
slu
m
bering
f
o
r
m
.
S
u
ch
a
h
a
n
d
s
o
me
ma
n
she
m
u
sed,
so
sweet
and
thoughtful
–
so
beautiful
inside
and
out.
Lena

rolled
t
o
h
e
r
b
ack,
a
nd
c
r
a
d
ling
h
e
r
he
a
d
in
her
s
m
all
hands,
s
h
e
s
m
iled,

g
azing
at
t
h
e crac
k
ed ceili
n
g a
b
o
v
e.

We
n
eed
t
o
strip
t
h
e w
a
llpa
p
er from t
h
e ceili
n
g,
s
h
e tho
u
gh slee
p
ily. Le
n
a
lo
v
ed
h
er
n
ew
ho
m
e,
in
s
p
ite
o
f
its
flaws.
Lar
g
e
roo
m
s
filled
with
d
i
ff
u
sed
li
gh
t
g
a
v
e
t
h
e
s
p
aces
wit
h
in
t
h
e
c
o
ndo
a
s
o
ft,
mell
o
w
feelin
g
. The
h
i
gh
ceiling
s
,
tall w
i
n
do
ws
and
o
rnate
m
antles
spoke to
her
o
f
y
ears g
o
ne
b
y
.
S
h
e
o
f
t
en
w
o
n
d
e
r
ed
w
h
o
h
a
d
l
i
ved
w
it
h
i
n
t
h
e wa
ll
s of
h
e
r bel
o
ved
d
o
m
i
ci
l
e be
f
o
re
she
a
n
d
Mi
chael
p
ur
chas
e
d
it
.

They
must
ha
v
e
been
happy
,
she
r
e
flected,
because
the
house
feels

h
ap
p
y
.

Lena
t
u
rn
e
d on
t
o
h
e
r
ri
g
h
t
side
a
n
d obs
e
rv
e
d
t
h
e
antique mantelpiece
that
graced
the
east
wall
of
the
bedroo
m
.
Carved
wood,
b
l
u
e,
Vict
or
ian
tiles,
and
a
cu
nn
i
ng
ly
wro
u
g
h
t
cast
iron
surr
o
un
d
,
spo
k
e to
h
e
r
of
a
p
r
i
d
e
of
w
o
r
k
m
a
nsh
i
p
oft
e
n
ab
sent
in
t
oda
y
’
s
w
o
r
l
d.
She
l
ov
e
d her n
e
w ho
m
e;
l
ov
e
d
h
er hu
s
b
a
nd;
l
o
ved h
e
r
li
fe.