ourse, and as Mary ran exture: it ure,  itself together again.

    Atal act. o marry a zalif from outside; but contact  easy, and sometimes Mary t t Atal  ure. So s begrudge time s o clean t and grime t accumulated t oil gently over als trunk lifted and straightened her hair.

    al  o urned back to  at once she made her discovery.

    Ses a  so t t clear, brig something had happened.

    As sal. t of t t point souc h her oily fingers.

    Atal, she called. Quick! Come back!

    Atal turned and wheeled back.

    Let me take a little oil, Mary said, just enougo put on the lacquer.

    Atal  ced one of t substance.

    tes togeto spread t once more.

    And ograms . Everyal : sparkles of liging and drifting and sometimes moving in a current of purpose. Among it all rees; but . It didnt obscure t made them clearer.

    I didnt kno iful, Mary said to Atal.

    is,  is strange to t you couldnt see it. Look at ttle one...

    Sed one of ter grassopping to examine a leaf, falling over, scrambling up again to rusell racted again by a piece of stick, trying to pick it up, finding ants on runk and ing ation. ters, ts, tronger t by muc unlike t tle ss of intention t eddied and broke off and drifted about, to disappear as new ones were born.

    Around ronger, and ts ttled and poone, making tis or tortillas, c time; and t, t baty and wise care.

    So at last you can see, said Atal. ell, no come h me.

    Mary looked at . Atal’s tone range: