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LAavugHING Boy 137 EN NSS SS AS SIS SS SAAS SA AAS tzht grows vivid in red and green and yellow, so ne feeling of his tribe swept over him. It was =xhilarating. IV He spoke about it to her after supper. ‘There = to be a Night Chant over at Chilbito, by Tseye 3uckho. There may be racing.’ ‘How long will the song last?’ There was no =ason in the world why they should not go. She ¥=2s searching in her mind, and found only that she dreaded it. ‘Only five nights. It is for Twice Brave; he is wot very rich, they say.’ ‘Ve do not want to go, I think. Let us wait for 3 complete one. She understood herself as she spoke; she was ealous of his people, of something they had in ~mmon which she could not share. He looked at her inquiringly, catching a tone of ~ sznestness in her voice. She had no reasons, yet 7=—v much did not want to go. He saw that it zzrtered to her. ‘Perhaps you are right. We shall wait.’ ‘1 think that is better.” - Both understood. 1: was puzzling, though. He wondered about it z= -hey sat there. He wanted to understand her. pro

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