Cedar Woman (24 page)

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r
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ation

C
h
apter
F
o
ur

W
h
at is lif
e
?

It is the
flash
o
f
a
firefly in t
h
e ni
g
h
t.

It is the
breath
of a
buffa
l
o
in
the w
i
nterti
m
e.

It is t
h
e little s
h
adow
w
h
ich r
un
s
acr
o
ss the gras
s
,
a
n
d loses itself
i
n
the sunset.

C
r
o
w
f
oo
t
, Blac
k
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o
t
w
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o
r a
n
d o
r
ator
1
830 –
1
890

Lena
lov
e
d
the
m
o
rning
s
,
a
nd
s
h
e
trea
s
ured
the
e
v
en
i
n
gs.
The
ti
m
e
in betwe
e
n
w
a
s
a
waiting
ti
m
e,
a
ho
l
di
n
g
o
f
t
h
e
b
reat
h
,
a
l
o
ng
i
ng
f
o
r
her par
e
nts
to r
e
-
u
nite.

She waited
f
o
r t
h
eir
m
eeting.
I
f her fat
h
e
r went
t
o
t
h
e C
o
un
t
r
y
m
an farm alone,
M
ary
jo
y
ously
g
r
eeted
him upon
his
ret
u
rn
t
o
t
h
eir
s
m
all
h
o
u
se
i
n
May
Hill.
If
t
h
ey
we
n
t
to
t
h
e
farm
t
og
et
h
er,
t
h
ey
left
a
n
d ret
u
r
n
ed
h
o
l
d
i
n
g
h
an
d
s. In
d
eed, t
h
ey were
a
l
m
o
st
le
g
e
nd
a
ry
in
t
h
e c
o
m
m
un
ity for t
h
eir
d
e
vo
tio
n
.