Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Edgar Degas Song of the Dog painting

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said Imfa's Wife. And the women discussed this for a while.
Yu's Aunt went back to the drying racks and took from them a whole shoulder of dried smoked venison. Imfa's Wife smeared some paste on the meat. Then Yu's Aunt carried it towards the Black Dog. "Here, doggy," she said. She dropped it on the ground. The Black Dog came forward snarling, snatched the piece of meat, and began tearing at it.
"Good doggy," said Yu's Aunt.
Then all the women went to their huts. Yu's Aunt took the captives into her hut and gave them sleeping mats and coverlets.
In the morning the warriors of Farim awoke with aching heads and bodies. They saw and heard the children of Farim, all in a group, chattering like little birds. What were they looking at?
The body of the Black Dog, stiff and stark, pierced through and through with a spears.
"The women have done this thing," said the warriors.

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