Gedi Puniku- Cat Eyes by Jeanie P. Johnson

Author:Jeanie P. Johnson [Johnson, Jeanie P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Fire Cracker seemed contented enough. He had a stall, which opened out into a small corral, good grain to eat and fresh water. It was probably a better life than he ever had when I was with Mama and Papa, never knowing if he would have enough to eat, except when we were on the move and he could eat grass along the trail.

Bandit, on the other hand, was very unhappy. They had put him in a kennel, and he was not used to being in a pen. He had always stayed by my side, whether inside or out. When he saw me coming he went crazy jumping and squealing, until I let him out.

“He must love you dearly,” Gavin said, “but you know he will not be allowed in the house.”

“He will hate being cooped up out here in a small run. He’s never been away from me since the day he started following our wagon,” I lamented.

“We have hunting dogs, but no pets. All animals must serve a purpose, they are either for work or show, but not to pamper and treat like a family member,” Gavin informed me.

I knelt down and let Bandit lick me in the face, and Gavin laughed.

“You are so refreshing,” he said, as he knelt down beside me. Your mother and father will have a fit. They want everything to be unexciting and proper.”

I laughed too.

“I know. I have been traveling with Patrick for several days, and he has informed me of everything that will be expected of me, and I am so afraid I will displease someone.”

“To hell with that! Be yourself! If they don’t like who you are, what are they going to do? Throw you away? They have finally gotten their daughter back and should be happy for that alone. They can’t expect you to conform to their every whim.”

“Patrick would get angry at me. He wants to please our parents so much. He couldn’t believe his good fortune when he found me. I can’t possibly disappoint him.”

“Well, my-my, you are not only refreshing but caring as well. Don’t let the family change you, Helen. Patrick’s wife had been refreshing and sweet when he first brought her home as his bride. Now she is a mere shell of her original self.”

“He does seem rather demanding, but I thought it was because we had such little time for me to learn all he wanted me to do before we arrived.”

“You are not here for him to dictate to like he does his wife. You are merely his sister. He has no real say over you. You shouldn’t let him intimidate you. After all, you managed on your own with a wild Indian. I’m sure you did not allow him to intimidate you.”

“He was rather intimidating in the beginning, yet he also seemed to want to please me,” I said, remembering how Wawee’ne had decided not to scalp the Sioux because he knew it would upset me.

“They will smother your natural impulsiveness, the same way Loretta has been smothered.

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