Annie and the Old OneA Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother. |
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Annie crept Annie followed Annie heard Annie jogged past Annie knew Annie looked Annie picked Annie sat Annie slipped Annie wanted Annie watched Annie's mother bell beside the loom blanket brown bus stop cactus collar corn cornfield coyote curled desert desk edge of earth fingers fire floor folded gate girls go to Mother granddaughter grandmother grandmother's hand hogan huddle knees knelt laughed lead goat looked at Annie meal morning mother and father Mother Earth Navajo night pen Old One looked Old Ones know playground ready to weave red wool rug is taken sand SCHOOL BUS separated the warp sheep followed shivered shoe silver sleeping slept slid small mesa softly sound spoke stick in place stood quietly strand of gray teacher asked things touched her shoulder turned and ran twigs and brush waist waited walked slowly warp strings watch the sheep weaving stick woven yellow bus