Cedar Woman (66 page)

“
Jacob!
He
c
u
s
n
iyela!
⁵⁶
W
e
h
a
ve
c
o
m
p
an
y
!
Y
o
u
save
s
o
m
e
f
o
r
t
h
e rest
of
us!”
J
u
lie
c
o
m
m
anded
as
said
neph
e
w
abruptly
entered
the
ca
m
p

a
n
d sta
r
ted to pick
up
t
h
e
b
o
wl
o
f pu
dd
i
n
g
.
“Ja
w
s”
gr
i
n
n
ed
a
n
d sai
d
: "So
r
r
y
,
In
a
,
I
di
dn
'
t
real
i
ze
we h
a
d
c
o
m
p
an
y
!" he
a
po
l
o
g
ized,
giv
i
ng

his
aunt
t
h
e
t
r
aditional
na
m
e
of
M
o
t
h
er.
W
i
n
k
i
n
g,
he
t
u
rn
e
d
and
left
to fi
n
d
s
o
m
e frie
n
ds.

"Sorry
about
that,
that
was
'
Jaws'
in
the
fle
s
h.
He
'
s
our
H
e
ad
Sing
e
r,

and
he
t
h
i
n
ks
he
'
s
t
h
e
'
Poww
o
w
R
o
m
eo
'
,
ennit!"
J
u
lie
exclai
m
ed
w
i
th a
f
o
n
d
s
m
il
e and
a
s
ig
h
fo
r
her n
e
ph
e
w
'
s
ant
ic
s.

“
I
t
h
ink
h
e’s
snag
g
in’,
ya.
I
k
eep
telling
h
i
m
t
h
at
h
e d
o
esn
'
t
always
h
a
v
e
t
o
b
e
t
h
e
p
o
wwow
Rome
o
,
h
e
CAN
s
h
are
t
h
e
tit
l
e
with
o
t
h
ers!” J
u
lie lau
gh
e
d
.

A
m
e
n
ities
ta
k
en
care
of,
a
n
d
t
h
e
wo
j
a
p
e
save
d
,
J
u
lie,
Le
n
a
,
Nic
k
ie,

Vicki
a
n
d
Reva
sat
upon
t
h
e c
a
m
p
chairs
scattered
in
fro
n
t
o
f
t
h
e
l
o
d
g
e. J
u
lie
p
a
ssed
o
u
t
b
e
v
e
ra
g
e
s
a
n
d
a
b
o
wl
of
fry
brea
d
.
As
s
h
e
p
assed
t
h
e b
o
wl
t
o L
e
na,
her e
y
es
m
et
t
hose
of
t
h
e
y
o
un
g wo
m
an.

“
Ista
W
a
m
b
li-win!
”
⁵⁷
J
u
lie whis
p
ered
to
h
e
rself.

She
h
a
d
not
noticed
L
e
na’s
eyes earlier,
as
she
had
been
busy i
n
structi
n
g
L
e
na
a
nd
Ni
c
k
ie
on
t
h
e
var
i
o
u
s
d
a
ncers
a
n
d
h
er
r
e
galia,
but

she
n
o
ticed
t
he
m now,
a
n
d
w
as
ast
o
u
n
d
e
d.
Julie
was nev
e
r
ru
de,
a
n
d
h
e
r react
i
o
n
was
barely
no
ti
ce
a
b
l
e,
but
Lena
ca
u
ght
t
h
e
s
u
r
p
r
i
se
i
n
her

gen
er
ous
h
o
s
te
ss’
o
w
n
e
y
es.
Lena
w
o
n
d
e
re
d
h
o
w
t
o
b
r
o
a
ch
t
h
e
s
u
b
j
ect,

wh
e
n
her
t
h
o
u
g
h
ts
were
i
n
ter
ru
p
ted,
as
Reva
b
e
g
a
n
t
h
e
i
m
porta
n
t tra
d
iti
o
n of an
n
ou
n
cing
h
er clan
ties.

“
I'm
R
eva
Two
S
t
r
i
kes,
f
ro
m
t
he
Rosebud
re
z
,
of
the
W
iac
c
a
Ska

O
y
ate.
Wopi
l
a,”
Reva
o
f
fe
r
ed,
“
a
nd
t
h
is
is
o
u
r
frie
n
d,
V
icki,
w
ho
is
t
o beco
m
e
m
y dau
g
hter t
o
m
o
r
ro
w ni
g
h
t.

⁵⁵
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–
Ber
r
y
pudding
in which
fr
y
b
r
ead
is dip
p
ed}