Cedar Woman (89 page)

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he
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r
t
.
S
h
e
a
n
d
R
e
va,
L
e
na,
N
i
ck
i
e
a
n
d
Ju
li
e
t
h
e
n
s
t
r
o
de
t
o
a
b
l
a
n
ket

s
p
re
a
d
u
p
o
n
t
h
e
a
r
e
n
a f
l
o
o
r
w
here
g
i
fts
w
ere
p
res
e
n
t
ed
t
o
a
n
yo
n
e
w
ho wish
e
d
t
o part
a
k
e
of Vi
c
k
i’s
o
ff
e
ri
n
g
s.

There
w
e
re
S
t
y
ro
f
oam
gli
d
e
r
s
in
t
h
e
sh
a
p
e
of
b
i
rd
s
,
F
ri
s
bees
a
n
d t
o
y
b
i
no
c
u
l
ars f
o
r t
h
e c
h
il
d
re
n
,
q
u
ilt
s
qu
a
res
o
f
cl
o
t
h
in t
h
e fo
u
r
sacred colors,
tied
wi
t
h
r
a
ffia
for
t
h
ose
in
the
crowd
who
lik
e
d
to
sew,
tobacco

for
the
He
a
d
Man
and
Sonny
and
c
a
ndy
for
T
h
e
Drum
to
“ease
the
i
r

t
h
r
o
ats.”
A
s
im
p
le
qu
ilt,
l
o
vely
in
its
lack
of
pretensio
n
, was
prese
n
ted
t
o t
h
e Head Woma
n
,
and
a s
p
ecial
g
ift t
h
at Vic
k
i
b
r
o
u
g
h
t, c
o
m
p
letely
o
n
a
h
u
n
c
h
:
a
st
u
ffe
d
-
t
o
y
l
a
m
b
,
which
she
prese
n
ted
to
a
two-year-
o
ld
c
h
ild w
h
o h
a
d pe
r
f
orm
ed
his first
d
ance
in t
h
e
ar
e
n
a
t
h
e
day
b
e
f
o
re.

Le
n
a n
o
ticed
t
h
at
no
o
n
e w
a
s
gree
d
y.
Each
c
h
ose
on
e gift,
t
h
en a
p
pr
o
ac
h
e
d
Re
v
a
a
n
d
V
ic
k
i.

Le
n
a
h
u
rried to
J
u
lie’s
lod
g
e.
Throwing
h
e
rself
i
n
to
its
du
s
k
y
i
n
te
r
i
o
r
,
s
h
e
f
l
u
n
g
h
e
r
s
el
f
up
o
n
t
h
e
g
r
oun
d
.
H
a
n
d
s
p
r
esse
d
a
g
ai
n
st
h
e
r flaming
c
h
eek
s
,
she f
o
u
g
ht
f
o
r c
o
n
tr
o
l
.

Her
m
ind
w
e
nt
back
to
t
h
e
arena,
t
h
e Wo
p
ila,
to
t
h
e
b
la
n
ket
w
h
ere s
h
e s
t
o
o
d with
h
er fa
m
i
l
y to
welc
o
m
e Vic
k
i’s
n
e
w
relati
v
es.

Lena
was
e
nj
o
yi
ng herse
l
f
t
re
m
end
o
us
ly
.
V
i
cki
an
d
R
ev
a
’s happin
e
ss
was
app
a
rent
as
they
bea
m
ed
at
each
oth
e
r,
a
nd
ea
c
h
p
e
rson

w
h
o
a
p
p
r
oa
ch
ed
t
h
em
t
o
of
f
er
t
h
eir
we
l
c
om
e.
Lena
was
very
f
on
d
o
f