Cedar Woman (20 page)

m
ade
up
t
h
e
m
ain
li
v
ing
a
r
ea
of
t
h
e
i
r
small
ho
m
e.
She
swallow
e
d
a
nd ask
e
d,

“
Fat
h
er,
w
h
ich o
n
e
will wi
n
?
”

“
The
o
n
e
we
f
eed,”
he
a
n
sw
ere
d
,
a
n
d
r
i
s
in
g
s
l
ow
ly
,
he
r
u
f
f
l
ed
h
e
r hair f
on
d
ly
,
a
n
d
s
tro
de
t
o
t
h
e ro
c
k
in
g
c
h
air
h
e
oc
c
up
ie
d
n
e
a
r
t
h
e f
i
re,
t
h
e better
to
e
n
j
o
y
his
wife
’
s
nea
r
ness
d
u
r
i
ng
t
h
e
l
o
ng S
o
uth
e
rn
O
h
i
o even
i
n
gs.

It
was just
af
t
er
the free
i
ng of
t
h
e hum
m
i
ngbird
that
a change
i
n Lena
’
s
eyes
b
e
ca
m
e
app
a
r
e
nt.
S
ta
nd
i
ng
at
t
h
e
table
in
t
h
e
k
itchen
a
rea
o
f t
h
e
s
m
all
ho
m
e,
Lena
watc
h
ed
her
m
o
t
h
er
prep
a
r
i
n
g
fry brea
d
.
M
ary playfully flicked
so
m
e flour at Lena.
Loo
k
i
n
g
u
p
at her
m
o
t
h
er
and lau
g
hi
n
g
,
Lena
caus
e
d
her
m
o
t
h
er
t
o gasp in su
r
p
ris
e
.

T
h
e
iris
o
f
Le
n
a’s rig
h
t
eye,
h
e
ret
o
fore
t
h
e
d
ee
p
, u
n
fa
t
ho
m
a
b
le b
r
o
w
n
o
f
her
l
eft,
was
cle
a
rly
div
i
ded
in
tw
o
.
The i
n
s
i
d
e
p
a
rt of
t
h
e
i
r
is was
t
h
e sa
m
e
d
eep
b
r
own,
while t
h
e o
u
tsi
d
e
was a g
o
l
d
en
a
m
b
er.

T
h
e
c
o
n
d
iti
o
n,
k
nown
as
sect
o
ral
h
eter
o
chr
o
m
ia
iri
d
is,
co
u
ld
ca
u
se a
differ
e
n
ce
in
coloring
in
o
n
e
eye
from
t
h
e
o
t
h
e
r,
o
r
somet
i
mes
wit
h
in
t
h
e col
o
r s
c
h
em
e of
o
n
e e
y
e.
Of
te
n g
e
net
i
c, a
n
d at
t
i
m
es
due
t
o
in
j
u
ry
o
r disease,
this
striking
ano
m
aly
wou
l
d
so
m
e
ti
m
es
occur.
In
the
case
of Le
n
a Ce
d
a
r
W
o
m
an
Catc
h
er, t
h
e
b
elief was t
h
at, li
k
e
h
er m
o
t
h
er, she was chosen,
and h
e
r
r
i
ght
eye
r
e
f
l
ected
t
h
e
eye of
W
a
m
b
li,
the sacred
gold
e
n eagle
of
t
h
e L
a
kota.

On
L
e
n
a
’s
eigh
t
h
bir
t
hda
y
, her
m
o
t
h
er decid
e
d
to b
e
gin her i
n
str
u
ction
i
n
t
h
e
p
re
p
arat
i
o
n
of
t
h
e
fa
m
ily
m
e
a
l
s.
Most
o
f
t
h
eir
f
o
od was
p
r
o
v
i
d
ed by T
h
e
M
o
t
h
er,
eit
h
er in t
h
e cr
op
s
t
h
ey
g
rew,
o
r t
h
e
v
ar
i
o
u
s ga
m
e her
fat
h
e
r
h
unt
e
d
,
a
nd
t
h
e
v
e
getables and
c
h
ick
e
ns with
w
h
ich
t
h
e C
o
u
n
try
m
a
n
s
of
ten
g
i
fted
the s
m
a
ll fa
m
i
ly.
Lena felt
a
r
e
ver
e
nce f
o
r
the pr
e
p
arati
o
n
o
f
t
h
e
fo
o
d
.
L
i
ving
pl
a
n
ts
a
nd
a
n
i
m
als
gave
u
p
t
h
eir
li
v
es
s
o
o
t
h
e
rs
m
ay
li
v
e.
T
h
ere
was
n
o
b
ility
i
nh
ere
n
t
wit
h
i
n
t
h
e
c
on
ce
p
t,
w
h
ich filled
h
e
r with
res
p
ect for
t
h
e
li
v
ing
bei
ng
s
t
h
at
filled
t
h
e
ear
t
h
. Cons
eq
uentl
y
, she
lea
r
n
e
d
q
u
ickl
y
,
a
nd
sh
e
learn
e
d
wel
l
,
be
c
o
m
ing
an acco
m
p
lished
cook. It
was
here
that
L
e
na
b
e
gan
to
real
i
ze
h
e
r
passion f
o
r
f
o
o
d
a
n
d
its
pr
e
p
arati
o
n.
Th
r
o
ug
h
t
h
e
m
aking
o
f
a
si
m
p
le
dish,
she cou
l
d
sa
y
,
“I
lo
ve
y
ou”
t
o
a
n
y
one w
h
o
p
a
r
to
ok of
h
e
r
o
ff
e
r
i
ng
s
,
n
o
m
a
tt
er
t
h
e
i
r
c
o
lo
r,
c
r
e
ed
or
e
th
n
i
c
o
r
i
g
in
.
I
n
a
dd
i
t
i
on,
t
o
Lena
C
edar
Wo
m
an,
t
h
e
ru
i
n
in
g
o
f
a
d
i
sh
was
th
e
negat
io
n of
t
h
e death
o
f
t
h
e
b
e
i
ng
s
,
w
h
ether
p
la
n
t
o
r a
n
i
m
a
l
, t
h
at
p
r
o
v
i
d
ed t
h
e in
gr
e
d
ie
n
ts. T
h
is she co
u
ld
no
t a
b
i
d
e.