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WoL 14 | LAavgHING Boy a a TT vw, ‘Hayotlcatl Ashki, Natahni ... Laughing Boy breathed his prayer to himself, feeling a moment of loneliness, ‘Dawn Boy, Chief... He rolled up in his blanket. When he rode his horse in the races, people would see; he would ride past the people, back to T’o Tlakal, with all his winnings. That girl was strong for one who looked so slight. He would make a bracelet about her, thin silver, with stars surrounded by stone- knife-edge. His horse came to stand by him. He roused himself to look at it, struggled awake, and dragged out the corn from under his saddle. He pulled his blanket over his head. All differ- ent things melted together into one conception of a night not like any other.

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