and be joyous.
211 The Lords of Spirit, in Their Infinite Mercy, have given me the son
I have dreamed of and I am at peace again, with The Chieftain I have
always respected and admired. I, too, sorrow, and miss the one of whom
we speak, but all was done in good intent. Let us speak of it no more."
212 "As my grandson has said," The Chieftain answered, "his father is a
great man, indeed. Let me spend a couple of days in your company, that
I may know the heart of the man my daughter loved so much!"
213 "That you shall visit with me," praised Great Mountain, "will give
me honor, indeed, and there are many questions I have about my son,
that only you can answer."
214 So it was The Chieftain tarried for several days as the caravan
began to roll into the desert, but finally
he said his good-byes.
215 "Obey your father," he told his grandson. "Listen to his wisdom.
You have done wonders in battle, and are a man in your own right, but
you are not full grown yet, and need his counsel."
216 "As I have always trusted your counsel," the young man told him, "I
will trust him. May the soft grass always come up to meet your feet,
and may you be led to The House of The Righteous, always!"
217 The Old Chieftain took the boy's hands and put them to his face.
"My last days," he moaned, "will be lonely, for the last of my sons has
become a man."
218 Without another word he turned and departed. And so it was, three
fathers marched into the desert with their sons following proudly
behind....sons that in their own generation would make their own
legends, and win their own glory. But now they followed after those
that loved them, and listened well to their council.