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The past and the present came together, he was one with himself. The good and true things he had thought entered into his being and were part of the whole continuity of his life.
It was beginning to dawn, the last prayer came to a close. Quietly, the people left the enclosure. He went to where his horse was tethered and rolled up in his blanket. Sleepily there, he kissed the gold bracelet, saying,
'Never alone, never lamenting, never empty. Ahalani, beautiful!'
About the Author
OLIVER LA FARGE (1901–1963) first traveled to Navajo territory on a Harvard archaeological dig. Laughing Boy was his first novel.