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Show 88 f "I can just barely squeeze behind this wall," Apa said. "The baby and I are pretty big." "What do you think this room was used for?" Chua asked. "Maybe it was used as an entrance for the Kachinas" Apa said. "It's off the storage rooms, so it could also have been used to hide food." "Or escape from an enemy," Chua said. Apa saw the rope blanket made from the yucca fibers. "This is curious," she said. "I think it was used to catch fish when the clan was at the water's edge." "I think it's called a net," Apa said. "Your father showed me one once, and that's what he called it." She picked up a small pottery jar from the comer. "Let's take this back," she said. "We pan use it for extra water storage." "I must go for water in the morning," Chua said. "We're low. Chosovi must stay with you so she can fly to me if there is a problem." CHAPTER 20 Low thunderclouds hung across the sky, giving Chua a closed-in feeling as he jogged across the mesa. The harvest sun was gone and winter had begun. |
