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Show N 127 Little brother, he thought, I don't know if you are still in the underworld or in my mother's belly, but I hope you can hear me. It's lonely not having a clan to belong to. The Bear people have been good to me. But I still feel I'm just outside their group because I'm not one of them. When you are bom, you and I will be real brothers. You and I will be a clan. It will be a small clan, but it will be ours. "The sixteen days of Wuwuchim are nearing the end," Apa said, stirring, "and the baby hasn't come and Ahote hasn't returned." "Maybe Ahote won't come," Chua said. n "That's a nice wish," Apa said. "I look for him each time I return home," Chua said. "I stand on the high place above the two ledges in the painted cliff. I can see clear to the edge of Mother Earth. He is never there when I look," Chua said. "I have a feeling he'll return soon," Apa said. MfiG^ Chua felt the fear knot return to his belly and saw the eyes again. When would Ahote return? Clawing Eagle watched. CHAPTER 27 "You have come to the fifteenth day of Wuwuchim," Pavati said. "To the night of the washing of the hair." Chua looked up at her. "I'm grateful for this sacred time." "Tonight is also the closing of the roads," Pavati said. "You had better hurry to your mother while you can." |