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Show 61 "It's made from the squaw bush berries," Pavati said. Chua felt like he was in a home again. He hadn't felt this way since his father died. He wouldn't let himself feel the kindness, not yet. He and Clawing Eagle would "Tell us a story," Toho said. (^) (ft J - CHAPTER 14 *[[*r fl. v* r^u**: Pavati leaned back against the wall and began to tell a story of the Coyote and K )\AA Swallow race. 6 V Many years ago a beautiful young girl lived in Sikytki. In the evening she sat L ^ L y near a window in her home grinding com. Young Hopi men would come often and sit o* \J] outside the window and talk to her. When she got tired of talking with them, she would 7 T > send them away. ^ - no^ There were o^y two boys she liked tef talk^fco. One was from the Coyote Clan and the other was from the Swallow Clan. She grew very fond of the boy from the Coyote Clan. She would stop grinding com when he came to visit, and they would talk long into the night. One evening she told the boy from the Swallow Clan not to visit her any more. He was jealous and went away to talk to the elders of his clan. |