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           "Comeon,"Judsaidandledhimtwenty-fiveyardstowardthetrees.Thewindblewharduphere,butitfeltclean.Louissawanumberofshapesjustunderthegloomcastbythetreestreeswhichweretheoldest,tallestfirshehadeverseen.Thewholeeffectofthishigh,lonelyplacewasemptinessbutanemptinesswhichvibrated.

           Thedarkshapeswerecairnsofstones.

           "Micmacssandedoffthetopofthehillhere,"Judsaid."Nooneknowshow,nomorethananyoneknowshowtheMayansbuilttheirpyramids.AndtheMicmacshaveforgotthemselves,justliketheMayanshave."

           "Why?Whydidtheydoit?"

           "Thiswastheirburyingground,"Judsaid."IbroughtyouheresoyoucouldburyEllie’scathere.TheMicmacsdidn’tdiscriminate,youknow.Theyburiedtheirpetsrightalongsidetheirowners."

           ThismadeLouisthinkoftheEgyptians,whohadgonethatonebetter;theyhadslaughteredthepetsofroyaltysothatthesoulsofthepetsmightgoalongtowhateverafterlifetheremightbewiththesoulsoftheirmasters.HerememberedreadingabouttheslaughterofmorethantenthousanddomesticanimalsfollowingthedeceaseofonePharaoh’sdaughterincludedinthetallyhadbeensixhundredpigsandtwothousandpeacocks.Thepigshadbeenscentedwithattarofroses,thedeadlady’sfavoriteperfume,beforetheirthroatswerecut.

           Andtheybuiltpyramidstoo.

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