A Gfit

It seemed just so quiet.. but I was still there... working, taking care of the elders.. doing what young women do.. Word had hit the winds that Silken had given birth to a little girl.. I could not wait to see her.. but I would not get that chance just yet.. So.. in the mean time.. I wondered what I could possible give her.. She probably had plenty of clothes.. but who wants a handmedown.. so I made a tiny little leather tunic.. and decoreted it with colorful beads.. and then I had some leather left over.. so I made the baby some teething rings from the leather..

I headed over to their wagons.. and left the small gift next to the flap.. I hoped she would find it.. and enjoy something new..

I had to get back to the clan fires.. seems there was a shortage of flappy eared hats.. we had to make a few more.. and other things needed repairs..

This move north I am doing alone.. My brothers have all pretty much mated or have passed on. My mother is with her mate.. so I have my wagon and beasts.. I am ready for the move.. You can almost feel the cold coming.. I am not fond of the cold weather.. I do not like wearing that silly hat with the flaps.. but it does keep the ears warm..

I am not quite as naive as last winters move.. Sometimes you grow up so fast.. it just seems that time passes by so fast.. I can feel the urge to want things.. not material things but other things.. I have been working on a method to keep those "feelings" in check.. I think of other things.. besides that "thing" Confused? yeah me too.. but better to be confused on things than to be in the middle of things.. :insert Fonce smirk:

So anyway.. I am all set.. got lots of dry meats.. I made sure my elders were all ready.. and helped where I could.. pairing them up.. those that were a little hard of seeing or hearing.. those having problems with walking.. I made sure they were all together. Proud warriors driving their teams.. I am not one to remove a man's dignity just cause he is a little older.. We lost only a few elders in the southern camp.. I have tried to keep their memories alive with things they have taught me.

Some are still a little fiesty.. I had to sit between two wagons one night.. to keep old Zeb from going into the wrong wagon.. Hmm.. things again ya know..but I suspose at that age.. well... nevermind..

So I wonder what the north will bring us this time.. I never did see that man again on the plains.. probably a good thing... I thought maybe I knew him.. maybe I was hoping it was Tasco.. maybe my mind was playing tricks on me.. I have pretty much cut that peice of my heart out.. He is not coming back it seems.. I do wish him luck.. where ever his journey takes him.

Well its time to get a little shut eye before the long road ahead..

A Stranger On The Plains

I was out riding late the other night, when all of a sudden Cloud just stopped and started to snort and paw the ground.. I reached for my bow not knowing exactly what his main malfunction was.. I urged him forward a little bit.. a shadow moved against the night skies.. and I called out.. A man answered..

He did not say much.. not his name.. really nothing except he was not hurt or lost.. Well he musta been lost to on our plains.. unless he belongs there.. I tried to get him to come back to the camp..maybe he was hungry.. but I could sense something about him very familar.. maybe it was the sound of his voice.. I think I knew that voice from somewhere.. but the only place I have ever been is our camp.. could he be one of us? Maybe something happened to him.. I did not venture very close.. I mean it could have been a trap.. but I left him food and water..

I will have to go back again and see if he is still lost on the plains.

Life

The silence that has surrounded the campfires of late seems to be slowly coming to an end.. I have seen movement.. It is a good thing.. We all need each other in way or another..and I have sorely missed the conversations once held around the large campfires..

But life goes on. Since I have last written my mother has been claimed.. by one of the Ubars guards.. She seems very happy.. I just hope she has no more children..I like being the youngest. :fonce smirk added here:

I am not mated.. I suspose when the right warrior shows his face it will happen.. Tasco has left it seems with many others.. I will never leave the plains.. those that have left I wish them well..