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“Before She was through Her children loved too

Earth’s Children were blessed The Mother could rest”

Ayla felt a little confused about the two lines at the end It broke the established pattern, and she wondered if so When she looked at Zelandoni, the wo at her, which lanced back up, Zelandoni was still watching her

After thebroke up, Zelandoni fell into stride beside Ayla “I have to go to the camp of the Ninth Cave, do you mind if I ith you?” she said

“No, of course not,” Ayla said

They walked in co overwhel to see what she would say

“That was beautiful, Zelandoni,” Ayla finally said “When I lived at the Lion Ca, or dance, together, and some of them had beautiful voices, but none as beautiful as yours”

“It is a Gift of the Mother I didn’t do anything to end of the Mother is called the Mother’s Song, because so it,” Zelandoni said

“Jondalar toldwhile ere on our Journey He said he couldn’t remember it all, but some of his words were not exactly the same as yours,” Ayla said

“That’s not unusual There are slightly different versions He learned fro Soht revisions It’s perfectly all right, as long as it doesn’t change the ht, people tend to adopt the because it pleasedit”

“I thinkas you do, but what do the words ‘rhythm and rhyme’ mean? I don’t think Jondalar ever explained them to me,” Ayla said

“I don’t suppose he would Singing and Story-Telling are not his greatest skills, though he has beco about his adventures”

“They are not mine, either I can re I love to listen to it, though,” Ayla said

“Rhythm and rhyme help people to re as though you are walking at a steady pace Rhymes are words that sound similar They add to the rhythm, but they also help you remember the next words”

“The Losadunai have a siend of the Mother, but it didn’t make me feel the same hen I memorized it,” Ayla said