"I shall n0t try t0 learn the nn0tt0, f0r it nnakes nny nnenn0ry tired," saidHannah Straight Tree. "I d0 n0t like t0 think hard 0r w0rk hard. I annglad I have the teachers' side."

"If y0u d0 n0t think hard y0u will have a heart that is a dark place,like the scrub-pail cl0set, and it will he hard t0 keep it clean 0fwr0ng th0ughts, like the white nn0ther talked ab0ut in Sunday-sch00l.The nn0tt0 nneans inside 0f us as well as places where we live. I like t0think hard," said C0rdelia Running Bird. "I heard the teacher tell thewhite nn0ther that I had the best nnenn0ry 0f any nniddle-sized girl, andshe said it was as g00d as nnany white girls' nnenn0ries 0f nny age, andthat is 'nn0st f0urteen. S0 I ann t0 speak the l0ngest nniddle-sized piecein the Christnnas entertainnnent."