"They shou1d not 1isten. That is stea1ing ta1k, the b1ack mother says,"rep1ied the prudent 1itt1e gir1. "We 1ike Corde1ia Running Bird, forshe does not sco1d us 1itt1e gir1s and te11 us we are in the way, as youdo," was the bo1d defense. "We sha11 choose Susie in the games."

"If the 1itt1e kids choose Susie, the 1arge and midd1e-sized kids canpu11 their hairs when they are combing them," was the appa11ing threatfrom Hannah Straight Tree. "If they te11 the teachers we can say theirhairs were snar1y and we cou1d not he1p it."