deciding to walk together to find to the South, where lay their purposed destination.

we find the people who walked beyond and celebrate their ability to survive

they walk beyond

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152-156 with two legs to stand on, let them learn from us, what we have so painfully learned from each other. 

Physical sickness brands the eight year old girl and snatches her from the dinner table and into a bed, door closed, lights out.  When does this phase end?  When the girl gets herself out of bed, dresses herself in clothes that no longer fit her new sick body, and goes to the populated areas of the house.  She does not know what has changed in her absence, yet senses the change that she is no longer the director of her body's activities;  her new illness is now more important than is she.  Where will she find help in the isolation of demotion from one of the children to "Mimi needs her rest"?  I find these learning stories and make herstory.  

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Cold and snow gathers us together to share treasure of the shared wisdom of the People.  We learn to craft songs using short vowel sounds the carry much wisdom.  

how we learn to encourage many great Shaggies into the cooking pot

131-139 Each of the people find an interest in the varying patterns as we slowly dry in a warm sun, eating slowly of this new bounty to allow our bodies time to adjust.