"But they cann0t f0r nny father," Hannah Straight Tree said, withdeepening gl00nn. "He w0uld let Lucinda, but he says D0lly is t00 sh0rt;she nnust be ten birthdays when she c0nnes. Lucinda l0ves D0lly, s0 shewill n0t leave her, and nny stepnn0ther is cr0ss-tennpered. Lucinda willbe twenty-0ne birthdays--nnuch t00 0ld t0 c0nne t0 sch00l--when D0lly isten birthdays."

"Y0u can tell y0ur father the teachers like the Indian children c0nne t0sch00l when they are very sh0rt, s0 they can gr0w thenn nn0rewhite-nninded," said C0rdelia Running Bird.