Cedar Woman (97 page)

S
o
nny
l
oo
k
ed
at
t
h
e
b
ro
o
m in
his
left
ha
nd
.
He
w
a
s
n
’t
in
t
h
e
m
ood for
friv
o
lity,
b
u
t
t
h
ere
h
e was,
ob
v
io
u
sly
ch
o
sen
to
b
e
t
h
e
ug
l
y
m
a
n
.
To leave
t
h
e
ar
e
n
a
w
ou
l
d
c
a
use
e
m
barrass
m
ent to
all i
n
vo
l
v
e
d.

What
the
hell
,
h
e
t
h
o
u
g
h
t.
Per
h
a
p
s
it
will
get
my
mind off
of
a winci
n
cila
w
h
o
h
a
s
stol
e
n
t
h
e h
e
art
of me
and
my
co
usin,
S
o
nny
t
h
ou
ght with
p
ai
n
.

He
wal
k
ed
to
t
h
e
ce
n
ter
o
f
t
h
e
arena
as
couples
b
e
g
a
n
to
form a
r
ou
n
d
h
i
m
.

The
Broom Dance,
or
Ugly
Man
D
a
nce,
was
a
varie
t
y
of
tag. Co
u
p
les
w
o
u
l
d
f
o
rm a
circle
ar
oun
d
the
central figure,
the
broo
m
- wieldi
n
g
u
g
ly
m
an.
Ha
n
d
s
h
eld
a
n
d
c
r
oss
e
d
in
f
r
o
n
t
o
f
t
h
e
m
,
t
h
ey
wou
l
d dance
t
o
the
b
e
at of
T
h
e Drum around
the
a
ren
a
.
The
obj
e
ct
of this
dance was
f
o
r
t
h
e
w
o
m
an
t
o
p
r
o
t
ect
her
m
an,
a
n
d
t
h
e
u
g
l
y
m
a
n
t
o
“tag”
h
i
m with
the broo
m
.
If
he w
a
s
succes
s
ful, he
would get
to
par
t
ner
t
h
e wo
m
an,
a
n
d the
“tagg
e
d”
d
a
ncer
th
e
n became
the
ugly
m
an.

S
o
nny
waited patiently for
t
h
e
ring
o
f
c
ou
p
les
to
f
o
r
m
.
The
sun
was beg
i
nn
i
ng
it
s
s
l
ow
d
escent
t
o
t
h
e
west
an
d
th
e
day was
a
b
i
t
c
o
o
l
er
t
h
a
n
i
t had
been
at
no
o
n
.
He
could
s
m
ell
I
ndian
Tacos
in
the
air,
and
realized
s
u
d
d
e
n
l
y
t
h
a
t
h
e was
hu
n
g
r
y.

C
h
a
,
h
e
t
h
oug
h
t
to
h
i
m
sel
f
,
I
w
a
s
so
wra
p
p
ed
up
in
th
a
t
b
ea
u
tif
u
l g
i
r
l
,
th
at
I
f
o
r
got
t
o
ea
t
.
So
nny
p
u
lled
a
b
and
an
n
a
fr
o
m
his
p
o
c
k
et
and w
i
p
e
d h
i
s da
m
p b
r
o
w
.

W
h
at is h
e
r
n
a
me? I
do
n
’t
kn
ow
her n
a
me!

Lena
wal
k
e
d
t
o
t
h
e
ed
ge
of
t
h
e
ar
e
n
a
with
her
g
ra
n
d
m
othe
r
.
S
h
e kn
e
w
t
h
at
h
e
was
b
e
hi
n
d
h
e
r
s
o
m
ewhere,
but
was
a
f
raid
to
t
ur
n
a
ro
u
n
d and
l
o
o
k
.
Her
g
r
and
m
other
’
s
w
o
r
d
s,
s
p
o
k
e
n
m
o
m
ents
ea
r
lier
in
J
u
lie’s lodge, h
a
d not reach
e
d her
h
e
art,
res
i
d
i
ng
st
i
ll
in
her
brain, tu
m
b
ling
over a
n
d
o
v
er
each
o
t
h
e
r
li
k
e
so
ma
n
y
p
eas
i
n
a
b
o
ili
n
g
p
o
t.
J
u
lie
saw
Le
n
a and
R
e
va
a
pp
r
oa
c
h
,
a
nd
w
al
k
ed
to
t
h
e
m
,
notici
n
g
as she
di
d
,
t
h
e ha
n
d
s
o
m
e
y
o
u
n
g
m
an
w
h
o s
t
o
p
p
e
d j
u
st b
e
h
i
nd L
e
na.