Cedar Woman (99 page)

kn
e
w
t
h
at
s
h
e w
o
uld
so
u
n
d
l
i
ke
a
s
o
ng
b
i
r
d
. Her
v
o
ice
wo
uld be
be
a
u
ti
f
ul
t
o
h
i
s
ear
s.

I
ha
ve
w
a
ited
f
o
r
you
a
ll
o
f
my
life,
h
e
t
h
o
u
g
h
t
t
o
h
i
m
se
lf
.
I
d
i
d
n
ot

k
no
w
th
a
t I
w
a
s w
a
iti
n
g,
bu
t
I w
a
s….
f
o
r y
o
u.

Stran
g
ely,
h
is
v
o
ice
brou
g
ht
h
er
s
o
m
e
ca
l
m
.
S
o
m
e
h
o
w,
it’s
v
e
ry t
i
m
b
er
reac
h
ed
i
n
to
t
h
e
d
e
p
ths
of
he
r
b
ein
g
,
filled
h
er
ears
and
h
e
r
b
o
d
y
, and her heart
b
egan
t
o
s
l
o
w
.
She
s
u
ck
e
d
in a
deep
breath,
f
u
lly
realizi
n
g Michael’s
own unique sc
e
n
t.

My
Go
d
,
s
h
e realized,
even
h
is
sce
n
t
fills
my
so
u
l.
R
e
v
a’s
w
o
r
d
s
, resi
d
ing still in
Le
n
a
’s
b
ra
i
n
,
sli
pp
e
d
i
n
t
o
h
e
r
h
eart, and
s
h
e u
nd
e
rstoo
d
.

C
h
apter
T
w
e
l
ve

Ho
l
d
On

Ho
l
d on to
wh
at
is good, E
v
en
if it's a ha
n
d
f
u
l of eart
h
. Ho
l
d on to
wh
at
y
ou believ
e
,

E
v
en
if it's a tree t
h
at stan
d
s
by itself.

Ho
l
d on to
wh
at
y
ou
m
u
st
do
, E
v
en
if it's a lo
n
g way
fr
o
m
h
ere. H
o
l
d
o
n to
y
o
ur life,

E
v
en
if it's easier to let g
o
.

Ho
l
d on
to
m
y hand,

Ev
e
n
if so
m
eday I
'
ll be
g
one
away
f
r
om
y
o
u
.

A
P
u
e
b
l
o
I
nd
i
a
n
P
ra
y
er

S
o
nny
he
l
d
t
h
e
b
r
oom in
his
ar
m
s
and
continu
e
d
his
com
edic
displa
y
. Th
ro
u
g
h
d
e
ft
slight
-
o
f
-h
an
d
, he
re
m
oved
h
i
s
bolo
tie
and us
e
d
t
h
e
leather cord
to
slap hi
m
self
on
t
h
e che
e
k, as
i
f
he’d
m
ade
an
inappropriate adv
a
nce
to h
i
s
“lady,”
and she
h
a
d repri
m
anded hi
m
.
S
o
nny fe
i
gn
e
d shock, a
n
d t
h
en
b
o
wing
t
o
h
is
p
a
r
t
n
e
r
,
m
i
m
i
c
k
ed an
a
po
l
o
g
y.

The
c
r
ow
d
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
with
p
u
re e
n
j
o
y
m
ent.
So
nny was
p
o
p
u
lar a
m
ong
t
h
e
po
w
wo
w
o
r
g
a
nizers
f
o
r
h
i
s
i
n
cr
e
d
ible pre
s
ence,
wit
a
n
d sp
o
n
t
a
neit
y
.
S
o
nny
was
n
o
t
afra
i
d
to
m
ake
a
f
o
ol
of
hi
m
self,
and

t
h
ere
fo
re, n
e
v
e
r
did.
He
was
p
u
re
e
n
tertai
nm
ent.

Conversely,
when
the
occas
i
on
called
for
sole
m
n
ity,
Sonny
was
y
o
u
r
m
an.
H
i
s
d
ig
n
it
y
and
s
ense
o
f
t
h
e
a
p
p
ro
p
r
i
ate
was
un
su
rpa
s
sed
o
n t
h
e powwow c
i
rc
u
it.