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Show "I will try," he answered. He tried, oh so hard, for many days while he watched and waited. When the willow bark was ready, he knew it. And each one of the shepherds knew it. Ha went home and sang, YA TA HO, YA TA HO, Cheeeeeeee. His mother smiled and the baby laughad and waved its hand3. "Is the willow ready, my son?" she asked. "Yes, Mother," he said. "Do tha shepherds know i t ? " she asked. "Yes, but I told them tha middle willow was mine," he said. "What did they say?" she asked. "Tomorrow we will see - and they a l l said t h a t , " was his reply. Kleeka slept l i g h t l y in his goatskin cover. Early at daylight, his mother fixed a special dish of drifid peaches and goatsmilk. He a t e two large bowls. His mother handed him a sack with two large pieces of bread and two pieces of dried meat, and a knife, "A Navajo i s brave," she said, her dark eyes locking steadily at him. |