Cedar Woman (193 page)

Slowly,
s
l
owl
y
,
Grandfather
Sun
beg
a
n
his
decent.
Gl
i
d
ing,
floating,
he
d
ip
p
ed
t
o
ward
t
h
e
h
o
rizon
as
a
m
b
er,
r
o
se
a
n
d
t
u
rq
uo
ise
filled
t
h
e
s
k
y. T
h
e twitter
o
f
b
ir
d
s i
n
creased
as s
p
arr
o
w a
n
d
crow, d
ov
e a
n
d ro
b
in gat
h
e
r
ed
in
pr
eparati
o
n
f
o
r
s
lu
m
ber.
W
a
k
a
n
T
an
k
a
stret
c
hed
His fi
n
g
er
s acr
o
s
s
t
h
e
sky,
p
u
s
h
i
n
g
back
t
h
e
d
ay,
h
eral
d
ing
t
h
e
twili
gh
t
in pr
e
p
arati
o
n
o
f a
n
e
w
da
w
n
.

J
u
ly 1
8
, 20
1
0

8
:
3
0
p.
m
.

S
o
nny waited
f
o
r
Len
a
’s
a
rrival bes
i
de
t
h
e
a
ren
a
,
de
c
o
rat
e
d
in cele
b
ration
o
f t
h
e
d
ay.
G
u
ests
milled
aro
u
n
d
,
a
d
m
iri
n
g
t
h
e restaura
n
t
, hel
p
in
g
t
h
e
m
se
l
v
es
t
o h
o
rs
d’
oe
uv
res of
r
o
a
st
ed po
t
ato
w
e
d
g
es w
it
h a s
u
n
d
ried
t
o
m
ato
di
pp
i
ng
sa
u
ce, a
n
d
br
o
iled
o
y
sters
on
t
h
e
h
a
lf
s
h
ell
with
a t
o
asted
bre
a
d
c
r
u
m
b
a
n
d
M
a
n
che
g
o
c
h
eese
t
o
p
p
i
n
g.
S
m
all
r
ou
nds
o
f
fry bre
a
d
d
ress
e
d
w
it
h
t
o
m
a
t
o
es,
o
n
io
ns,
garlic a
n
d
o
li
v
es,
sal
m
o
n
r
o
e
ser
v
ed on
a
b
e
d
o
f
wild
rice,
dic
e
d
t
u
r
k
e
y
,
bell
peppers
and
a
salsa
aioli
in lett
u
ce
cup
s
,
a
nd
s
m
all
blue
co
r
n
pan
ca
k
es
topped
with
s
o
ur
cream and stra
w
b
e
r
ries
w
ere
only
a
s
a
m
p
ling
of
the
even
i
n
gs
fare. The
aro
m
a
of delicious
f
o
od
s
w
a
fted
i
n f
ro
m t
h
e
kitch
e
n on t
h
e sec
on
d fl
o
o
r, a
n
d
t
h
e soft li
g
ht
of
du
sk
sh
one
in
t
h
e
larg
e
,
polis
h
ed w
ind
o
w
s
.

Bre
n
t
Bl
o
u
n
t
sat
to
on
e
si
d
e
o
f
t
h
e
are
n
a,
t
h
e
lilt
o
f
h
is
fl
u
te
filli
n
g the
air
with
sw
eet,
flu
i
d
note
s
.

Han
d
s
o
m
e
in
t
h
eir
tra
d
iti
on
al
B
u
cks
k
i
n
Dancer
re
g
alia,
So
nn
y
and

L
o
gan
s
too
d
o
n
t
h
e
o
p
p
o
s
it
e
s
i
de.
They
l
a
u
gh
e
d
o
f
t
e
n
,
gr
e
e
ti
ng
g
u
es
t
s
as t
h
ey wal
k
ed by, rela
x
e
d
and filled
with
antici
p
ati
o
n
of t
h
is
h
a
p
p
iest
o
f da
y
s.

J
u
lie,
Mary
and
Peter,
waited
p
atie
n
tly
as
s
e
r
v
ers,
d
ressed
in
ribb
o
n

shi
r
ts
or
r
i
b
bo
n
dre
s
ses,
pa
s
sed
a
m
o
n
g
t
h
e
c
r
o
w
d,
o
ff
e
ri
n
g
f
l
utes
of cha
m
pagne, L
e
na’s
o
n
e
co
nc
e
ssion to
al
c
o
ho
l in
t
h
e
rest
a
u
r
ant.