Cedar Woman (68 page)

Julie
noticed
the direction of
Len
a
’s surpri
s
ed gaze,
and
laughingly explain
e
d,
“It
'
s
ki
n
d
of
a
r
un
n
i
n
g
j
o
ke
t
h
at
I'm a
fry
b
re
a
d
babe:
r
o
un
d
, b
r
o
w
n a
n
d deliciou
s
,
y
a!” L
e
na
c
h
o
k
e
d
,
l
au
gh
e
d, a
n
d
t
h
e
r
est j
o
i
n
e
d
i
n
.

R
eva
p
u
t
her
ha
n
d
o
v
e
r
her
m
ou
t
h
a
n
d
actual
l
y
snor
ted
,
causi
n
g Lena
t
o
t
u
r
n
a
n
d
loo
k
at her
g
ra
n
d
m
o
t
her
i
n
s
u
r
p
r
i
s
e
.
L
ena
co
u
l
d
n
o
t re
m
e
m
b
er
wh
e
n
h
e
r
gr
a
nd
m
oth
e
r
h
a
d
laughed
like
this!
Lena
reach
e
d ov
e
r
an
d
put
her
arm around
R
e
va,
giv
i
ng
h
e
r
a
n
a
ffect
i
onate
squeeze,
l
a
yi
ng
her he
a
d
u
p
o
n
h
e
r
gr
and
m
o
t
he
r
’s
s
h
o
u
l
d
e
r
f
o
r
a br
i
ef
m
o
m
en
t
, w
on
d
er
i
ng
at t
h
e
ch
an
ges
in
h
e
r
n
o
r
m
ally
stoic
gr
a
nd
m
othe
r
.
Th
e conv
e
rsation
st
ayed
light,
as
Lena
and
N
i
ckie,
and
so
m
eti
m
es
Vicki, as
k
e
d
v
ario
u
s
qu
e
sti
on
s
about t
h
e po
w
wow.

“
J
u
lie,
”
V
ic
k
i
v
e
n
t
u
r
e
d
,
“yo
u
m
e
n
ti
on
ed
Fo
r
ty
-N
i
n
e
rs.
W
h
a
t
a
re t
h
e
y
?
”
she
q
u
e
stion
e
d,
e
a
ger
t
o k
no
w
t
h
e
a
ns
we
r
.

“
Heyyyy
y
,
t
h
ey’re
sort
o
f
n
on-tra
d
itio
n
al
s
o
n
g
s.
For
t
y-Ni
n
e
rs contain a
c
o
m
b
i
n
ati
o
n of
Nd
N
a
n
d
E
nglish
w
o
r
d
s
an
d
a
r
e
u
s
ually love so
n
g
s
.
T
h
ey
al
m
o
st
alwa
y
s h
a
ve
fo
ur
pu
sh
-u
p
s,
o
r
v
e
rses,
an
d
a
re

u
sually
u
sed
for
Rab
b
it,
Two
Ste
p
s,
an
d
Round
D
a
nces,
which
are
s
o
cial

danc
e
s,
an
d
t
h
ey are
al
s
o
po
pu
la
r
at
t
h
e
i
n
f
o
r
m
al ja
m
s
t
h
at of
te
n h
a
pp
e
n after
t
h
e
powwow.
W
e
s
o
meti
m
es
c
a
ll
them
'
snaggin’
so
ngs'
becau
s
e
a l
o
t of t
h
e t
i
m
e t
h
ey are all a
b
o
u
t s
n
ag
g
in’!”

“
Y
o
u
us
e
d
t
h
at
wo
r
d
a
m
i
nute
a
g
o.
What
is
‘sn
a
gg
i
n
’
?
” V
i
cki
w
on
d
e
r
e
d
.

“
Sn
a
gg
i
n
’
i
s
w
he
n
a
m
an
o
r
a
wo
m
an
beg
i
n
s
t
o
f
li
rt
w
it
h
s
om
e
on
e
–

‘
hitti
n
g’
o
n t
h
e
m
,” Julie e
xp
lai
n
e
d
.

“
Forty-Ni
n
ers
d
iffer
fr
o
m t
h
e
c
o
m
p
etiti
o
n
s
o
n
g
s
i
n
t
h
at,
c
o
m
p s
o
n
g
s are
us
u
a
lly eit
h
er
vo
ca
b
les,
or
su
n
g
i
n
N
d
N
ra
t
h
er
t
h
an
En
g
lish, and
a
r
e
eit
h
e
r
old
s
o
n
g
s,
or
old
st
y
le
so
ng
s.
When
we
a
r
e
d
a
nci
n
g
in