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Show And Mother Tab, Nah always said, "Not yet, Morning Dove, you are too young to wal:: In the footsteps of Great Spirit. Wait a while." One morning after rising Wah Keet said, "Older Brother, today you may take Morning Dove To walk in the footprints of Great Spirit and Climb to the highest peat;. Maybe she will lose her Sorrow there." After a small breakfast Of sunflower seeds outside the brush hut The two readied themselves for the long journey. Older brother carefully looped his rawhide rope On a shoulder with bowstring and arrows. Morning Dove prepared her deerhide pouch with Stone knife, awl and bone needle, remembering To tuck in two strips of dried buffalo tongue. She put on her dried skin dress and buckskin Leggings and moccasins to protect her bronze skin From briar scratches and shale cuts. They lifted their arms in farewell and walked Quickly toward the mountain path. "we must climb slowly, Morning Dove" said Older Brother. "And look before stepping," she remembered The warnings of her father. Older Brother looked Very handsome with his long black hair shining in the Sun. It was a day for singing. Primrose blossom and Wild Pea had found shelter |