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“Chaos would not free Her rash progeny”

“But just as the dark pulled him into the cold,

The Mother woke up, reached out and caught hold

To help Her recover Her radiant son,

The Mother appealed to the pale shining one”

“The Mother held tight And kept hiht”

Ayla began to s the next verse, or at least the essentialof it The Mother Earth tells Her old friend, the Moon, the story of what happened to Her son next, Ayla thought

“She welcomed him back, Her lover of old,

With heartache and sorrow, Her story She told

Her dear friend agreed to join in the fight,

To rescue Her child froht”

And now the listeners say it their way, Ayla said to herself That’s how the story is supposed to be told First the Losaduna, or the Zelandoni, narrates it, then the listeners answer or repeat it another way

“She told of Her grief And the dark swirling thief”

Then it’s Zelandoni’s turn again

“The Mother was tired, She had to recover,