Cedar Woman (152 page)

Diti
wal
k
ed
to
t
h
e
ta
b
le
a
n
d
p
laced
a
b
o
wl
on
its
i
mmac
u
la
t
e surface.

“
Lale!
”
⁹⁷
he
exclai
m
ed
with
pleasur
e
,
“
it
is
g
o
od
to
see
y
o
u
t
od
ay. Yo
u
’
re
g
o
ing
to
h
elp
m
e,
yes
?
”
Diti as
k
ed,
h
is
eyes
s
p
ar
k
ling
with pleasure.

“
Yes, Diti,”
L
og
a
n
s
m
ile
d
.
“You
a
r
e
k
ind
to
let
m
e
c
o
m
e
and
h
el
p
. W
h
at
do
you wa
n
t
m
e to
d
o
?
”
t
h
e c
h
ild q
u
erie
d
.

“
A
v
e
ry
i
m
po
r
ta
n
t
j
o
b
,” Diti
i
n
for
m
e
d
.
“Our
c
u
s
t
o
m
ers
l
ov
e
o
u
r sweet
potato
h
ash
an
d
it
is
i
n
big
de
m
and.
It
takes
a
l
o
t
o
f
w
o
rk
to
ke
e
p

en
ou
gh
ready
t
o
t
h
ro
w
i
n
to
t
h
e
sauté
pan
a
nd
ha
v
e
it
out
of
t
h
e
kitch
e
n with
t
h
e rest
of t
h
e
m
eal.
So
h
ere is w
h
at
I
wa
n
t
y
o
u to do.”

Diti
placed
a
partially
cook
e
d
sweet
pota
t
o
on
t
h
e
table.
Handing

L
o
gan
a
plastic
chef’s
kn
i
fe,
whi
c
h
he
h
a
d
b
ou
ght
t
h
e
n
i
g
h
t
be
f
o
re
at
t
h
e l
o
cal
GFS
res
t
a
u
r
a
n
t
sup
p
ly
ma
rk
et,
h
e
showed
t
h
e
b
o
y
h
o
w
t
o
p
u
ll
t
h
e

⁹⁷
Lah
-
lee
–
Al
b
a
n
ian
-
little
br
o
ther

s
k
in
o
f
f
t
h
e b
o
iled
ro
o
t
v
e
geta
b
le,
a
task
m
a
d
e
easy
by
t
h
e
c
o
o
k
ing
p
r
o
cess.
He
t
h
en
i
n
str
u
cted
h
im
o
n
h
o
w
to
c
u
t
t
h
e
p
o
tato
in
h
a
l
f,
each half
i
n
to
quar
t
ers
a
n
d
th
e
n
t
o
d
i
ce
them into
bite
size
pieces.
L
o
gan smiled
h
is
understan
d
ing
a
n
d
set
to
w
o
r
k
,
h
is
p
ink
t
o
ng
u
e
p
ee
k
i
n
g
o
u
t
o
f
t
h
e
c
o
rn
e
r
o
f
h
i
s
m
ou
t
h,
as
h
i
s
m
o
t
h
er’s
used
to
do,
in
t
h
e
w
a
rm and
l
ov
in
g k
it
ch
e
n
i
n
w
h
i
ch
s
h
e g
r
ew up
i
n S
o
u
th
ern
O
h
io
.

The
m
o
rn
in
g pr
og
ress
e
d
serenel
y
,
w
it
h Log
a
n
d
i
ci
n
g
sweet potato
e
s,
c
r
u
m
bling
co
ok
e
d
b
aco
n
,
c
ho
pp
i
ng chi
v
es
a
n
d pe
r
f
o
r
m
ing
other s
i
m
p
le yet
i
m
p
o
rta
n
t tas
k
s.

At
o
n
e
p
o
i
n
t,
Diti
h
a
d
to
su
p
p
ress
a
s
m
ile
w
h
en,
t
u
r
n
ing
to
Lo
g
a
n he
a
s
k
e
d,

“
Is it g
o
ing well, Lale
?
”

“
Yes, Ch
e
f
,”
t
h
e
pre
c
ocious
boy
a
n
s
w
er
e
d
. Diti was a
m
u
sed
bu
t
p
leased at t
h
e sa
m
e t
i
me.