“She had slept fitfully again, and her eyes felt red from weeping. She tried to shut Matopahu's angry words out of her memory, but they still echoed. Groggily, unwillingly, she wrapped her cape around her shoulders and crawled out of the palm-leaf lean-to. She blinked, wondering why everyone was up so early. Overhead, the last stars were fading. A damp, chill wind came through the forest and ruffled her cape. "All of us are going to the main island," said Curling-leaf excitedly. "Today?" Tepua... asked, frowning as she recalled her painful encounter there with Matopahu. "Chipped-rock Lodge has finally invited us. We must prepare." "So suddenly! I thought they had forgotten us." For many days no word had been spoken about the Arioi lodge that had brought her troupe to this islet. "I thought so, too," said Curling-leaf. "But Head-lifted has been talking to their chief." Tepua sighed. She felt so concerned over Matopahu that she had almost forgotten the problems of the Arioi. She did not know why Chipped-rock Lodge had offered to move her troupe from Tahiti.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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