The Dead Man's Doll (2015)
“Cover your eyes… Madyrut listened. The Call slipped through the dark trees in the forest beyond the longhouse. It had been calling her for a hundred cycles, or maybe just a single day. Madyrut wasn’t sure. She thought it had always been out there wailing, but maybe not. Maybe her ears had just woken up.
Evil girl. Bad girl. It’s your own fault.
Madyrut shoved out of her deerhides, slipped on her sandals, and silently crept past the eight fires that burned down the length of the longhouse, makin...g her way toward the bark-covered entry at the far end. High over her head smoke curled and danced before drifting out through the smokeholes in the roof and flying away to carry dream messages to the Blessed Ancestors living along the Star Road.
She tiptoed past the sleeping people. Bark walls separated each chamber, giving the families a small measure of privacy. But at night most people left their hide curtains open to the fires for warmth. She could see them holding their children close.MoreLess
Evil girl. Bad girl. It’s your own fault.
Madyrut shoved out of her deerhides, slipped on her sandals, and silently crept past the eight fires that burned down the length of the longhouse, makin...g her way toward the bark-covered entry at the far end. High over her head smoke curled and danced before drifting out through the smokeholes in the roof and flying away to carry dream messages to the Blessed Ancestors living along the Star Road.
She tiptoed past the sleeping people. Bark walls separated each chamber, giving the families a small measure of privacy. But at night most people left their hide curtains open to the fires for warmth. She could see them holding their children close.MoreLess
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