When men had almost forgotten the seeking of the Middle, the earth trembled anew, and the shells sounded warning. Murmuring sore when the Two Beloved came and called them again, yet carrying whatsoever they could with them (more preciously than anything else save their little ones, the seed of corn!), they and the people they had dwelt with journeyed on, seeking safety. For now their kin were mingled; thus, their children were one people. Wheresoever they rested, they built for themselves great houses of stone, all together, as may still be seen. And in the plains they built bowers for themselves in order to watch of the renewal and growth of the seeds of the corn. Therefore, they never hungered whether journeying or resting.





©1996, Richard Hooker

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