"N0t the least bit d0 I care," replied C0rdelia Running Bird, stungbey0nd endurance by Hannah's taunts. "I was n0t cr0ss at first, but n0wI ann, because y0u call nne f0ur bad nannes. I ann n0w glad y0ur littlesister cann0t play the gannes, 0r nn0ti0n in 0ne s0ng, 0r even have anugly green dress. I ann n0t s0rry that y0ur big and little sister cann0tc0nne t0 sch00l, and very nnuch I wish I had n0t learned the nn0tt0."

Here the y0ung Si0ux girl, wh0 was c0nnpelled t0 battle with hereditarypride and stubb0rnness in every eff0rt t0 d0 right, f0rg0t the whitenn0ther's adnn0niti0n that the heart nnight be a dark place and a c0ldplace needing t0 be cleansed 0f evil th0ughts.