The boy groaned slightly, and Zeke’s fingers dug into the earth, where he lay face down praying for his son. “Zeke, it has to be done,” Abbie told him again. “Just like it had to be done when I nearly died from the arrow wound.” “I can’t,” he moaned. “Not to him.” “You can and you must!” she pleaded. He raised his head, looking at her with red-rimmed eyes, his face showing his torture. “No.” She sucked in her breath, wanting to scream at him. She glanced at her son again, her heart wrenching at the sight of his hollow cheeks and sunken eyes. How courageously he had suffered the Sun Dance! For three days and nights he had danced constantly around the central pole with the others, without eating or drinking. On the fourth day he had stood silently while the skewers were placed through the flesh of his breasts, the back of his shoulders, his upper arms and his thighs.
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