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“Or ghosts?” asked Grant, his voice trembling.<br />
“No, silly,” said Courtney. “And besides, we<br />
don’t have to stay in the forest. We’ll stay in a yehakin.”<br />
“The what?” asked Grant, looking all around.<br />
“A house,” explained Alex. “See!” He pointed<br />
to a structure shaped like a loaf of bread made of<br />
saplings and covered with matted reeds and bark.<br />
“Good idea!” said Christina, heading that way.<br />
“And what will we do for food?” asked Grant,<br />
rubbing his tummy.<br />
“We’ll look where the women grind corn<br />
each day as part of the demonstrations. If we can<br />
find some, I know how to make flat cakes of corn<br />
meal or maybe some hominy.”<br />
“Hominy’s made of corn?” Christina asked.<br />
“Sure,” said Courtney.<br />
“Hominy hominy does it take to make it?”<br />
asked Grant, rubbing his stomach even harder. The<br />
others laughed.<br />
“Well, it’s good we can laugh,” Christina said,<br />
“but Mimi and Papa are going to be so worried.<br />
“And so is my dad,” added Alex.<br />
“And Amy,” agreed Courtney forlornly. “But<br />
let’s try to do the best we can. Maybe morning will<br />
come sooner than we think.”<br />
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