to his dog. 'There's something wrong,’he
commented, over that ridge to the west. I just thought I heard cries
for help!'
44 ‘I hear nothing,’ replied the other man, 'but in this land the wind can carry voices for a great distance. Let us
ride out there and see. There's an old caravan road over that way.’
45 The men rode off and found my father and his companions. As soon as
I knew they were safe, I returned to my body, awoke, and told my mother
all I had seen. She laughed, and said I had had a nice dream, but when
my father returned and verified everything I had said, her laughter
turned to amazement.
46 'What powers,' she asked, 'have The Lords Awakened in our precious
son?'
47 And that," said The Hawk, "was the first time I journeyed out of my
flesh. Now the story Is done. Pester me no more!’"
48 "Oh, no, Lord!" pleaded Swift Deer, who quickly hid the notes he was
making. "That is only the first tale, and by no means, the greatest!
Tell us of the second time. Do not leave us with half a story!"
49 "Oh, very well," sighed The Hawk, "I was almost eleven seasons old
when I was helping my father load wood our workers were cutting when I
suddenly felt faint. My father, seeing my distress, told me to go and
lie down beneath a tree,that provided shade nearby. Hardly had I laid
my head against it, than it was like someone had jerked me from my
flesh!
50 I soared high into the sky over the mountains, to the east, and did
not find Tr, as most men believed, but I found another land. There was
a great lake, bigger than any I had ever seen, shaped