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Show 78 Chua jogged easily across the mesa. "Please, Father, be with me," he said out loud. "I need you now. Mother and I need Chosovi if we are to exist alone." He held his arms open to Father Sun. "Help us, Sotuknang." Chua could not feel the peace of his father or Father Sun. He was too anxious to- iet peace into hiu bell)1 and hcai l. "Be with me Father," was all he could say over and over and over. CHAPTER 17 Chua arrived at Toho's village just as the rays of the sun peeked over the horizon. "We thought you would not come," said the Bear Clan Chief. He smiled his crooked smile and laughed. "We will see if Toho is strong enough to win this race." Chosovi was tied to a wooden perch with a leather strap bound around her legs. "Kwaaa," she shrieked when she saw Chua. The villagers cheered as Toho walked to the starting line. Chua joined him. ( "My father will lash me if I don't win," Toho said. "I must try to beat you." "I don't ask any favors from you," Chua said in a low voice. "I can take care of myself. He looked around at the crowd of brown faces and black hair. When he first came, he thought maybe he could find friends here. How wrong he had been! Clawing Eagle wTas giving him strength. K/L pJUJUA M\diO , |
