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 she crooned a song over him, making it up as she went along.

"We went into the forest, The Man and I We were looking for No Man Who had not come back from the hunting We came on his track The Man and I And we found his weapons strewing the ground. And we do not understand—"

She stopped in the middle, quivering and twitching for she heard footsteps behind her. It was Maku carrying her little daughter and out to look for Strong Hand.

"Have you seen anything of Strong Hand?" she said.