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LH 3 88 LAUGHING Boy every effort to make it good and beautiful. He thought about the gods, about Slim Girl, about; the future. It was all confused, because he w as excited. He wished House God would come to stand over them; he thought Hunting Goddess! would be a good one for her, or Young Goddess, . White Shell Woman. Now Yellow Singer's wife] was leading her in. Under his breath, ‘Oh, beaut-| ful?’ : She was thinking of many things at once; her} excitement was deep down like a desert river{ under the sands. Now I really have a husband] in my house. When this is over, it will be a tes between us. I ought to feel all sorts of things, | marrying like this now. You are handsome, Sings Before Spears. You do not know how much] you are mine, : She sat down on the rug beside him. Yellow; Singer divided the mush in four directions. Now! he was praying for them. Laughing Boy con centrated his thought. Unreasonably, the gid} was terrified lest something might happen. Shel was madly impatient. Now they partook of the! yellow corn, ceremonially, and now it was Laugh-| ing Boy’s turn to make a prayer. He sang the! prayer to House God with solemn emphasis: | ‘House made of dawn light, House made of evening light,

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