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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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n
g,
t
h
e
b
o
wl
in
f
r
o
n
t of
he
r
,
h
e
r
h
an
d
s
o
n
t
h
e
fl
o
o
r
on
ea
c
h si
d
e
o
f
h
e
r
b
ody, s
h
e se
n
t
h
e
r
p
rayer to
M
o
ther
Ear
t
h
.
Fi
n
a
lly
,
s
he
agai
n
raise
d
t
h
e
stil
l
s
m
ok
i
n
g
bow
l
t
o
t
h
e
s
ky
a
n
d
ad
d
e
d a
per
s
o
n
al
p
l
ea:

C
reator,
t
h
i
s
i
s
C
edar
W
om
an.
I
ask
th
at
y
ou
ke
e
p
m
y
feet
true
a
nd
o
n
t
h
e
G
oo
d
Re
d
R
o
a
d
.
I
a
s
k
t
h
at
y
ou
g
u
i
d
e
m
e
on
t
h
is
day
a
n
d
all
d
ays
so
t
h
at
I
m
a
y
c
o
nti
nu
e
on
t
h
is pat
h
.
I
ask
t
h
at y
o
u
h
elp
in
m
y dai
l
y
li
fe.
I
ask
y
ou
t
h
at I
m
ay feed
all pe
o
p
l
e
and
t
h
at
m
y vent
u
re
here will
be
successful.”
L
e
na pl
a
ced
t
h
e
still
smold
e
ring bowl on
a
t
a
ble
and sa
t
,
s
lo
w
l
y re
la
x
in
g
, h
e
r
m
i
nd,
b
ody
an
d
s
p
i
r
i
t
i
n
h
a
r
m
on
y
.

 

S
o
nny
p
ress
e
d
u
p
on
t
h
e
he
av
y
do
o
rs
a
nd
en
tered
t
h
e
f
o
y
e
r
.
Fairly s
m
a
ll
in
size,
it
serv
e
d
as
a buffer
betwe
e
n the
ch
a
n
geable Oh
i
o
wea
t
her and
the
din
i
ng
room
within.
F
i
ve
paces
acro
s
s
the
ves
t
ibule
stood
a s
i
ng
l
e
d
o
o
r
,
a
l
so
m
ade
of
c
e
da
r
.
E
n
t
er
in
g
t
h
e
res
ta
u
r
a
n
t
,
he
l
et
h
i
s
e
y
es
m
ove
slowly
a
r
ou
nd
t
h
e
f
i
rst
fl
o
o
r
din
i
ng
r
oo
m
.
It
w
a
s
o
n
t
h
is
l
e
vel
o
f the
three-s
t
ory building
wh
e
re
ca
s
u
a
l
Cont
e
m
porary
Na
t
ive
A
m
erican
f
oo
d
s
w
o
u
ld be ser
v
ed.

B
u
il
t
i
n
1
88
1
i
n
t
h
e
Italia
n
a
t
e
styl
e
b
y
M.S
.
W
ya
n
t
,
t
h
e
str
u
c
t
u
re had
k
n
ow
n
m
a
ny
i
n
ca
r
nati
on
s.
F
r
om
boo
k
store
to
tele
ph
one
c
o
m
p
an
y
, from groc
e
ry
store
t
o
clo
t
hing
e
m
poriu
m
,
from gathering
place
t
o t
h
riv
i
ng
g
i
ft sh
o
p
,
t
h
e
u
p
t
o
wn
site had
b
een
a
p
op
u
lar land
m
ark
for Wester
v
ille’s citize
n
s.

 

 

 

3
The
Good
Red
Road

To
walk
in balan
c
e.
To
f
ollow
t
h
e
rules
o
f
Creator.

 

In 1
88
6
, d
u
ri
n
g
a
p
e
r
f
or
m
ance
of

U
ncle To
m
’s
Cabin,” t
h
e
op
e
ra h
o
us
e
,
l
o
cated on
t
h
e
t
h
i
r
d
f
l
o
o
r of
t
h
e build
i
n
g,
exp
e
rienc
e
d
a
tr
a
g
ic
fire. An
actor,
s
wing
i
ng
a
n
u
m
brella,
accid
e
n
t
ally
hit
one
of
the
gas
foot

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