in some game.
132 One day she cried angrily, "Damn
you! Some day I'll run faster than you, and catch you, and you'll
never get away from me AGAIN!"
133 The Hawk laughed at the great seriousness in his little girl. But
he was proud of both his children, and all the rest. For his words
proved true. The result of his mating
with Blue Blossom was a lovely daughter, the first of three daughters
and two sons she would bear him.
134 The Lady Hawk was a bit jealous of this first child, but the next
time she burned, her jealousy faded into joy as she conceived. To
everyone's surprise, two eggs
emerged from her. Their small size worried everyone, but the two sons
were born without trouble and grew to be
wise and strong men, who served their land well. The Lady
Hawk had two more children, another girl, and, another boy.
135 "As your mother did," praised The Hawk, "you started late, but that
that you brought forth was well worth the waiting!"
136 The family settled down. Now that peace had come to the land, The
Hawk could concentrate on other things. He had long wanted to create
some great engineering
projects that would both give the people labor, and improve the land.
For with the great number of people that had come into the land after
the war, they needed more farmland.
137 Many of his fighting people had brought home Epons and Litoans as
both mates and servants. Many that had fought with The Hawk
asked permission to return and
become citizens of his land.
138 The Hawk accepted all who came, and with the Bandit's good land to
reward the fighting people with, was scarce. He was glad when Swift
Deer came to his aid again. He
wanted to rebuild the Bandit's old city in the desert. Already, on his
own, he had