Chapters 2 and 3 Summary

Stuffing the Ballot Box." The author is taken into a three-walled shed and is told to sit and watch, as the natives perform a rhythmic dance. While thinking about the value of items lost to the fire, rituals continue, which the author understands to be a series of tests. She is told to select a rock and she pretends to contemplate the pile until she picks one up and shows it to the others. She learns she's been accepted when Ooota, her guide, invites her to join them on a "walkabout" - a three month trek into the Australian Outback. Ooota simply starts walking, assuming she'll follow. The author, in the midst of a complicated mix of anger, confusion and curiosity, decides that she'll only go so far and then insist that she return home.

"Natural Footwear." The author immediately suffers...