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90 LAavuGHING Boy RR AAA NANA AAA ARLE LCCC LOLLAAILLOR | They all started eating. The old man tock] some of the clear liquid, and passed it to his wife. | who drank and offered it to Laughing Boy. ‘What is it?’ ‘Whiskey,” Slim Girl spoke quickly; ‘he does § sot know how to drink it.’ | ‘I should like to try it.’ | ‘It is good; you should take it, Grandfather. | We all like it.” Yellow Singer chuckled. ‘I do not think he can stand it,” Slim Girl sai? | thoughtfully. ‘Let me try it. It is right that I should find cuz} about these things. Give me the bottle.’ : He saw that her eyes, watching him, were! speculative, with something hidden in back them. He thought she was measuring him. ‘Give it to me.’ ‘Wait. You are not used to it; let me fix it for} you. I can make it taste good.’ She took out an orange and a lemon, that she had had hidden behind the water jar. ‘What are those?’ : ‘That is called “lanch.” This yellow one is “lemon”; there is no word for it in Navajo. They} are American fruits; they grow on trees, likef peaches.’ She made a stiffish drink in a tin cup, sweetened | with a great deal of sugar.

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