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LavcHing Boy 31 z:7 =xactly in thought, but experiencing a con- ==:n of mind and feeling. Loud laughter of wo- === roused him, to pass them with averted eyes i= go forth dazed into the sunlight. 11 ~ 2 last night of the dance was a failure for ching Boy, for all its ritual. He tried to join == singing, but they were not the kind of songs z= wanted; he tried to concentrate on the prayer =: was being brought to a climax, but he ¥:z2:d to pray by himself. He quit the dance, == 2zaly very much alone as he left the noise and == Zzht behind him, strongly conscious of him- === complete to himself. He followed a sheep FE —- 2p a break in one cafion wall, to the rim, then —s=z2d the narrow mesa to where he could look w= over the broad Ties Hatsosi Valley, a great 0. of night, and far-distant, terraced horizon of z==szs against the bright stars, cool, alone, with | == =ound of the drumming and music behind I —— iaint as memory. This also was a form of == began to make up a new song, but lost in- I =< in it, feeling too centred upon himself. = noticing little things, whisper of grass, === of a leaf — little enough there is in the desert - -limtm | = ht