Cedar Woman (75 page)

“
I called
m
y
e
x
at work, and t
o
ld
h
im t
h
at
I t
h
ou
gh
t t
h
at t
h
e trailer had
be
e
n
hit,
a
nd
I
h
a
d
no
i
d
ea
of
h
o
w
t
o
h
andle
it.
I
t
h
en
realized
t
h
at
m
y
hands
h
u
rt
li
k
e
t
h
ey
had
been
b
u
rned,
and
m
y
a
r
m
s
felt
as
if
they

were
on
fire.
He
ask
e
d
if
w
e
were
ok
ay.
I
was
s
o
daz
e
d
that
I
told
him

t
h
at
I
tho
u
g
h
t
t
h
at
we
were
all
ri
gh
t
,
b
u
t
I
w
a
sn
'
t
sur
e
.
He
a
s
ked
if
I

⁶⁵
He
y
-o
h
-Ka
–
L
au
g
hs
o
n
t
h
e
o
u
t
s
i
d
e
an
d
cri
e
s
i
n
t
h
e
i
n
s
i
de.
C
hos
e
n
n
o
t self-
a
p
p
oint
e
d
,
t
h
ey are
c
o
ns
i
d
er
e
d
h
o
ly p
eo
p
le.

⁶⁶
_{Wee-c
h
ah-sha
wah-kahn
–
Holy
men}

⁶⁷
Tdah-
n
ee-
k
a
h
-
ween
–
Old
W
o
m
a
n
Hill
or
Old
W
o
m
a
n
Ridge

want
e
d
him
to
co
m
e
ho
m
e,
or
if
I
need
e
d
to
go
to
t
h
e
h
o
s
p
ital,
and
aga
i
n

I
t
o
l
d
h
im
no.

“
The n
e
xt da
y
,
t
h
e nei
gh
b
o
r ca
m
e
over
an
d
a
s
k
e
d
m
e
i
f
I
k
n
ew a
n
yt
h
ing
a
b
out
t
h
e
w
e
i
r
d
l
i
gh
ts
t
h
at
h
ad
su
r
r
o
un
d
ed
t
h
e
b
ack
do
o
r, ou
t
d
oo
r
po
wer
outlet,
p
o
rch
light
a
n
d
dr
ye
r
vent
t
h
e
n
i
ght
be
f
o
r
e
.
I
t
o
ld

her
n
o
,
t
h
at
I
di
d
n
'
t
kn
o
w
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
bo
u
t
it,
but
t
h
at
I
t
h
ou
ght
t
h
at
t
h
e

trailer
h
a
d
b
een
h
it
b
y
lig
h
t
n
i
n
g
,
so
we walked
aro
u
nd
b
ack
to
see
if
t
h
ere was
any
da
m
a
ge.
T
h
ere
w
e
re
what
rese
m
b
led
scorch
m
arks
a
round
t
h
e light
fixt
u
re,
o
u
tlet,
d
o
or
a
n
d
dr
y
er
v
e
nt.
I
realized
t
h
at
there
h
a
d
be
e
n s
o
m
et
h
i
n
g
li
k
e
St.
El
m
o
's
fire
o
r
a
b
all
li
gh
t
n
in
g
. I
called
m
y
i
n
s
u
ra
n
c
e agent, and
he
c
a
m
e right
over
to
see
for
hi
m
s
elf what
happ
e
n
ed.

“
He
t
o
ld
m
e t
h
at I
h
a
d
to go
t
o
t
h
e doc
t
o
r
t
o have
m
y bu
rn
s treated, a
n
d
h
e
wo
u
ld
d
eal
with
the trailer.
I ref
u
sed
to g
o
, a
n
d i
n
sisted on

t
r
eating
m
y
burns
m
y
sel
f
,
alth
ou
gh
n
o
ne
o
f
us
had
ev
e
r
s
een
an
y
thi
n
g

li
k
e
t
h
em
b
ef
o
re.
T
h
ey
res
e
m
b
led
s
o
m
e
th
ing
li
k
e
a
fern
p
attern,
and traced up bo
t
h my
fore
a
r
m
s.
After
s
u
f
f
ering
with
t
h
e burns and
m
igraine f
o
r
al
m
o
st
a
wee
k
,
I
finally br
o
k
e
d
o
w
n and
cal
l
ed
t
h
e
doc
to
r.
S
h
e i
n
sisted
t
h
at
I
c
o
m
e
in
to
b
e
see
n
,
so
m
y
e
x
g
o
t
a
n
eighb
o
r
to
stay
with t
h
e
k
i
d
s
while I was at t
h
e cli
n
ic.