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Show 57 <-• "Kwaaa," said Chosovi. "You beat me, little bird," he puffed. "And you don't even want for air." Chosovi flitted to his shoulder for a head rub. "Who's your friend?" asked Toho who was standing on a rock above him. "Every time I meet you, you're on top of a rock," Chua said, "like your mountain lion name." Chosovi fluttered to Toho's shoulder in greeting, and Toho took the bird on his finger. "She's beautiful," he said. "Her name is Chosovi," Chua said. "She likes you." "Chosovi, blue bird, you are well named," Toho said. He lifted the bird into the air, and she soared above the wash into the canyon. "Why did you come?" asked Chua. "I thought you didn't like anyone new." "I don't," Toho smiled. "Grandmother talked to me about you. She told me that you wouldn't make fun of me like the boys of my clan. They don't understand what it is like to take care of a mother." "My mother is all I have," Chua said. "I want to care for her." "The other boys wouldn't think of doing women's work," Toho said. "At times I complain about getting water," Chua said. "But I really don't mind, especially when the heat from Father Sun makes me thirsty." "My mother is in pain when she walks," Toho said. "I don't want her to have any more pain than she already has, so I help." "Maybe I'll steal all your water." Chua said, grinning. |