Cedar Woman (89 page)

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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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no
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in t
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r
sacred colors,
tied
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a
ffia
for
t
h
ose
in
the
crowd
who
lik
e
d
to
sew,
tobacco
for
the
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a
d
Man
and
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and
c
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ndy
for
T
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Drum
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ats.”
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le
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vely
in
its
lack
of
pretensio
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, was
prese
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ted
t
o t
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,
and
a s
p
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ift t
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p
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t
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b
,
which
she
prese
n
ted
to
a
two-year-
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ld
c
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ild w
h
o h
a
d pe
r
f
orm
ed
his first
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ance
in t
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ar
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f
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re.
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n
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no
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gree
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c
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e gift,
t
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en a
p
pr
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h
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d
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v
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ic
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W
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th
e
y each
said,
sm
iling,
s
o
m
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a
dd
i
ng,

W
el
co
me
to
our fa
m
i
l
y
.”

 

 

Le
n
a
h
u
rried to
J
u
lie’s
lod
g
e.
Throwing
h
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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
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ss
was
app
a
rent
as
they
bea
m
ed
at
each
oth
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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
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f

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