Savage Hero
“—Pascal Late swallows swooped down through the lilac night. The sun was already being replaced in the sky by a bright full moon as the first stars pricked the darkening night.
A huge, roaring fire crackled and roared in the center of the Crow village where the entire Whistling Water Clan had gathered in a wide circle around a pole. A bearskin with red-painted claws was tied to the eastern side of the pole.
Mary Beth sat amid the women on one side of the circle, her thoughts on this afternoon’s ...food preparation. She had enjoyed being a part of the group getting ready for the exciting night. She had gladly volunteered to prepare the corn, which even now gave off its wondrous scent from the great copper pots at the edges of the fire.
She had shucked a lot of corn in her day. She suddenly missed her garden in Kentucky, where the corn would be ready to be harvested. She had known that she wouldn’t be home in time, so she had given her friend Maddie permission to take the corn and can it for her own family.MoreLess
A huge, roaring fire crackled and roared in the center of the Crow village where the entire Whistling Water Clan had gathered in a wide circle around a pole. A bearskin with red-painted claws was tied to the eastern side of the pole.
Mary Beth sat amid the women on one side of the circle, her thoughts on this afternoon’s ...food preparation. She had enjoyed being a part of the group getting ready for the exciting night. She had gladly volunteered to prepare the corn, which even now gave off its wondrous scent from the great copper pots at the edges of the fire.
She had shucked a lot of corn in her day. She suddenly missed her garden in Kentucky, where the corn would be ready to be harvested. She had known that she wouldn’t be home in time, so she had given her friend Maddie permission to take the corn and can it for her own family.MoreLess
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