Summary

In Section 1, the narrator describes the noises as Neawanaka wakes for a new day.

In Section 2, Owen gets up early. It is the day of the picnic, the day No Horses is supposed to return to work and the day he is supposed to bring Daniel home from the doctor’s house. It is also the final day he has to prepare equipment for Cedar and Worried Man to go on their trek up the mountain. When Moses asks how Nora is Owen says she seems better because she has finally shown a desire to work again but that she still seems lost.

In Section 3, Worried Man and the doctor walk together and share thoughts on how tired they are of pain. The doctor makes the comment that in most cases there is nothing they can do to help the person...