Cedar Woman (142 page)

Lena
b
e
nt
ov
er
t
h
e cr
i
b
i
n
w
h
i
ch
h
e
r
1
4
-
m
on
th
-o
l
d
s
o
n
s
l
ep
t
. Gat
h
e
r
i
n
g
him
gently
i
n
to
her
ar
m
s,
she
li
f
ted
him from t
h
e
bed
an
d
he
l
d him
to her.
She was
sick
i
n her
heart
– this
was
one
of “
t
hose”
days.

Lena
f
ou
n
d
h
e
r
chi
l
d
a
d
o
rable,
and
oft
e
n
w
on
d
er
e
d
at
t
ho
s
e
wh
o saw
his
an
o
m
aly as
so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
to be
a
s
ha
m
e
d
o
r
a
f
raid o
f
.
I
n
de
e
d
, on
t
h
e day
of
his
bir
t
h,
h
e
r
u
n
ci
d
e
clared,
“
C
ha!
Creator
has
m
ark
e
d
yo
u
f
o
r

Hi
m
self,
e
nn
it
?
”
Loo
k
ing
into
t
h
e
eyes
of
h
e
r
great-
g
ra
nd
c
h
il
d
,
Re
v
a

fir
m
ly
believed
t
h
at
Creator
often
m
arked
pe
o
p
le
to
p
ro
tect
t
h
em
from t
h
e e
v
il s
p
irits t
h
at wal
k
e
d
, n
o
t
on
ly t
h
e ear
t
h
, b
u
t t
h
e s
p
irit
rea
l
m
as well. In p
u
tti
n
g a special “st
a
m
p
”
o
n in
d
i
v
id
u
als, Creator
bo
l
d
ly state
d
:

“
Stay away! T
h
is s
ou
l is s
p
ecial to
m
e.”

In
ad
d
itio
n
, a
p
ers
o
n
thus
m
ar
k
ed
g
a
i
n
ed
stre
ng
t
h
, w
h
ich tra
d
iti
on
ally
bea
u
tif
u
l
p
eo
p
l
e
m
i
gh
t
n
ever
k
now.
In
l
i
v
i
ng
with
t
h
e ano
m
al
y
,
and
i
n
m
odern
t
i
m
es,
t
h
e
su
bs
eq
uent
su
rg
e
r
i
es
and
t
h
er
a
p
i
es, t
h
e
indiv
i
d
u
al
b
o
rn w
i
th
t
h
e
ano
m
aly wou
l
d
lea
r
n
a
tenacity of
spir
i
t un
c
o
m
m
on
to
t
ho
s
e
wh
o wal
k
ed
t
h
e
ear
t
h with
n
o su
c
h
c
h
a
l
lenge
s
.

C
reato
r
’s
c
ho
i
ces
c
o
u
l
d be
s
e
en
th
r
ou
g
ho
u
t
t
h
e
wo
r
l
d:
c
h
ild
ren
b
o
r
n with
dw
a
rfis
m
, aging
at
a
n
a
c
celerated rate,
e
x
tra
o
r
d
e
fecti
v
e li
m
b
s
o
r, in Logan’s
i
n
stance, cr
a
n
iofacial
ano
m
alies.

But,
s
o
ciety
had
its
pref
e
r
en
ces,
and
t
h
ey did not
include
a
p
e
r
s
on whose
face
did not live
up to
accepted standard
s
.

T
o
day
was
o
n
e of
“
t
h
o
se”
da
y
s
–
t
h
e
day of
L
o
ga
n
’s
se
c
o
n
d
s
u
r
g
ery

–
ha
r
d
an
d
s
o
ft
palate clo
su
re.