Cedar Woman (21 page)

“
Lena, her
e
,
let
m
e
show
you,”
Mary
said as
she
g
e
ntly
lifted
h
e
r
d
aug
h
ter
’
s
h
an
d
s
f
r
o
m
t
h
e go
o
ey bread
d
ou
g
h.

“
T
h
at is n
o
t how
you
k
n
ead
bread.
Loo
k
,
y
o
u
sprin
k
le some fl
ou
r
, li
k
e t
h
is,” Mary s
p
rin
k
led some w
h
ite fl
o
u
r
ov
e
r t
h
e top
o
f t
h
e stic
k
y
m
ound
Lena
was
i
n
eptly
p
u
sh
i
n
g
a
r
ou
n
d
o
n
t
h
e
p
o
rce
l
ain-t
o
p
kitch
e
n

table.

“
A
nd
you
take
t
h
e
h
eel
of
y
o
ur
h
a
n
d
,
and
p
u
sh
t
h
e
d
o
u
g
h
a
w
ay f
r
om
y
ou.
T
h
en,
t
u
r
n
it
li
k
e
t
h
is,
and do
it
again.
N
o
w
,
y
ou
tr
y
.”
Lena did
a
s
her
m
o
ther instructed,
and after a
few
t
u
r
n
s,
gaz
e
d
u
p
i
n
wo
nd
e
r.

“
In
a
! It
feels
s
o
s
o
ft
an
d
s
m
oot
h
!”

“
O
h
a
n
,
it
d
o
es.
T
h
is
is
w
h
at
is
so
m
u
ch
fu
n
a
bo
u
t
m
aking
b
r
ea
d
,”
M
ary
l
au
g
h
e
d
t
app
i
ng h
e
r d
au
gh
te
r’s
d
i
m
i
nu
ti
v
e
n
o
se
i
n p
lay
.

“
Now,
we
will
let
i
t
rise.
Here,
s
p
i
n
it
with
y
o
ur
h
a
n
d
s
un
til
it
i
s rou
n
d
a
n
d
t
h
en
we
will
pu
t
a
d
a
m
p
d
is
h
towel
ov
er
it.
In
a
b
o
u
t
an
ho
u
r,

we
will
p
un
c
h
it
do
w
n
a
g
ai
n
,
kn
ead
it
a
litt
l
e
m
o
re,
and
then
p
u
t
it
o
n
a

b
a
k
i
n
g
s
h
eet.
W
h
en
it rises
on
e
m
o
re t
i
me, we will
b
a
k
e it.”
Le
n
a care
f
ully sp
u
n t
h
e
d
ou
gh
b
etween her
ti
n
y h
a
nd
s
,
h
e
r pi
n
k
t
o
ng
u
e sticking
o
u
t
of t
h
e
left
c
o
r
n
er
of h
e
r
m
outh
i
n
c
onc
e
n
trati
o
n.

“
In
a
,”
s
h
e
s
i
ghed,
“
I
l
ove
the
s
m
e
ll!”

“
Oh
a
n,
that
is the
yeast,”
h
e
r
m
other
instructed,
s
m
iling
at
her v
e
ry willi
n
g
p
u
p
il.

Lena
l
ov
e
d
t
h
e
se
t
i
m
es w
it
h
her
m
o
t
h
er.
She e
n
jo
ye
d c
oo
k
in
g, a
n
d enj
o
y
ed
lea
r
ning
h
o
w
to
m
ake
t
h
e
f
o
o
d
s
s
h
e
a
nd
h
e
r
f
am
ily
enj
o
y
ed.
It

m
ade
her feel i
m
portant
to
b
e
part of
t
h
is
a
spect
o
f
t
h
e f
am
il
y
’s
da
y
-
t
o
-
d
ay life.

“
In
a
,”
Lena
queried,
a
g
ain
g
l
ancing
up
at
her
m
o
ther,
“
W
hen
c
a
n
I

learn
h
o
w
t
o
r
o
ast
a
c
h
ick
en
?
I
l
ove
r
o
as
t
ed
c
h
ick
e
n
t
h
e
way
yo
u
d
o
it. Wh
e
n will you teach
m
e
?
”