softly to Those we Love, trying to keep their
feet on The Proper Path."
33 "I know your people do not like to be asked this question," inquired
Bullet, "but do you remember ever living before?"
34 "There are shadows in my mind," explained Smiling Fox, "of days gone
by, but I keep them shadows. It is best a man not know The
Roads he has walked before.
35 If we remembered ALL our lifetimes, it would be very hard for us to
keep our wits. We would become confused over which was past, and,
which was now. Better a man lives all his lifetime and grows, and at
the time of his passing through The Veil of Tears, adds that growth to
what has come before, ever reaching for that Day when he is One With
All Things."
36 They went down to lunch, and when the waiter asked if they wanted an
extra setting, Bullet nodded 'Yes.' It made him warm inside to see so
many tables with an extra place; the beautiful women and girls in their
lovely flowing dresses of printed flowers that made them look like
walking bouquets, the men and boys in their
neat suits and everyone laughing, talking.
37 He liked the way of The Children of Spirit. He could never have been
as close to his god as he would be to his Lords. "They are family," he
thought, "even when they are not your true family, your true kin, they
are in your heart."
38 When they got back upstairs Bullet had Smiling Fox continue his
education. "What is this Father's Day?" he asked, "What do you do?"
39 "It is simply a day for honoring our Fathers, living, or, departed,"
Smiling Fox told him. "We let Them know how much we love Them, give
Them gifts, and so forth. It is traditional for the children to earn
money by their own labor and take their Father out for