Cedar Woman (194 page)

Jingle
a
n
d
Tr
a
d
itional,
H
o
o
p
and
Gr
ass Dancers, waited
p
a
tie
n
tly
as T
h
e Dr
u
m
p
r
e
p
ared
for
t
h
e
e
v
e
n
in
g
’s
festi
v
ities.
Later,
t
h
e
d
a
n
cers
w
o
u
ld c
o
m
p
ete, cou
n
ti
n
g Le
n
a,
Son
n
y, a
n
d Lo
g
a
n
in t
h
eir
nu
m
b
ers. There
was
to
be
a
series
of
Te
a
m c
o
m
p
etitions
for
this
special
occasion, w
h
ere
Jin
g
le,
a
n
d
Tra
d
itio
n
a
l
d
a
n
cers,
f
o
r i
n
sta
n
ce, wo
u
l
d
li
n
e
u
p
,
and danc
i
ng
i
n
un
iso
n
,
w
ou
l
d
f
i
rst
d
a
nce
in
li
n
e
a
n
d
t
h
e
n
f
o
rm i
n
t
r
icate pattern
s
,
as
in a
m
arching
b
an
d
.
The
tea
m
,
who pe
r
f
orm
ed
t
h
e
m
o
st c
o
m
p
lex
m
ov
e
s,
w
h
ile
stay
in
g
in
u
n
iso
n
, a
n
d
in
for
m
at
io
n
with
t
h
eir tea
m
m
a
tes
wh
i
le
danc
i
n
g t
h
e
i
r
st
y
le,
wo
uld
w
i
n
t
h
e
c
ontes
t
.

A
l
l
was
in
re
a
d
i
n
es
s
.
Expe
c
tation
m
ounted
as
p
e
ople
a
waited
t
h
e arrival
o
f
L
e
na
Cedar
Wo
m
an.

Lena
c
h
ose
to dress for
t
h
e occa
s
ion
i
n her new office on the
third flo
o
r.
Attac
h
i
n
g
a
m
u
lti-c
o
l
o
red
p
a
rr
o
t
d
r
o
p
, t
h
e fan-sha
p
ed
o
r
n
a
m
e
n
t vi
b
r
ant
i
n
c
o
l
o
rs of
g
r
ee
n
,
y
e
l
low, r
e
d
an
d
b
lue
to h
e
r hai
r
, she t
u
r
n
e
d
as she hea
r
d
a
li
g
ht ta
p
p
i
n
g on
h
er d
o
o
r
.

“
Co
m
e
in,”
she
s
m
iled,
guess
i
ng
wh
o was
ab
out
t
o
e
n
ter.

Peter wal
k
ed
i
n
.
T
h
e
effects
o
f
h
is brain
in
j
u
ry were
a
l
m
o
st co
m
p
letely
di
m
inished.
I
n
d
eed,
m
o
st obs
e
rv
e
rs
w
ou
l
d
no
t be
able to
tell t
h
at
Peter
h
a
d
s
u
ffered
fr
o
m
t
h
e
tra
u
m
atic
ev
e
n
t
o
f
2
2
years
b
e
fore.
He
h
esitate
d
,
and
smile
d
.

“
Little Bir
d
,” y
o
u are so
b
ea
u
t
if
u
l!”

Lena
no
dd
e
d her
t
h
an
k
yo
u
.
Tu
r
n
in
g
t
o
t
h
e
f
loo
r
l
eng
t
h
m
i
rror, deliver
e
d
that
m
o
rning
i
n
pr
e
p
aration
of
t
h
e
even
i
n
g’s
e
v
ent,
she gazed
at her r
e
flection.

“
W
aste,”
s
h
e
m
u
r
m
ured. “
L
ila
waste.”

Brent
w
a
s
g
i
v
e
n
the
s
i
gnal.
Noddi
n
g, he placed
the flute
t
o
his
lips, and
t
h
e
li
g
ht
y
et
ha
u
n
ti
n
g
no
tes
of
“
The
B
i
rth Of W
a
kin
y
a
n
¹⁰⁸
”
floated
t
h
r
o
ug
h
t
h
e
fo
od
a
n
d
he
rb
-s
c
en
t
ed
a
i
r.
All t
u
r
n
ed
t
o
ward
t
h
e
b
ack
o
f
t
h
e r
o
o
m
.
The
l
arge,
b
rass
d
o
o
r
s
of
t
h
e
eleva
t
or
s
lo
w
l
y
op
e
ne
d
,
a
n
d
Lena a
n
d Peter stepped
ou
t.