The Life of Marie*

Marie was inside the living room sitting on the couch watching the T.V then she hears loud barking she gets up and looks at the window, she gasps “Is that him surely that isn’t him if it is him how did he walk all the way over here?”

Marie walks outside and see Martin helping a old man she looks closer it is grandpa in disbelief she mutters under her breath “Its him” , she runs over to help grandpa she tells grandpa still in shock

“How did you get over here and why?”. She takes grandpas arm and proceed to take him to the house then, BOOM! The screen door swings open Marie gets startled of the loud boom Cheryl runs out in excitement and says z

“grandpa!!” Grandpa lets go of Marie and Martins hand and hugs Cheryl he tells Cheryl and phrase in Lakota

“Wicincilia, Little girl”.

Grandpa, out of nowhere faints, Marie catches him and she puts him inside on a bed she tells Martin calmly to take care of grandpa while I go call a doctor she jogs over to the kitchen and picks up the phone and calls a doctor she explains everything that happened very quickly the doctor tells her to calm down

“he might have gotten heat exhaustion” she calms down and takes a few deep breaths she tells the doctor thank you and hangs up and goes to where grandpa and Martin are she tells Martin

“The doctor thinks he has heat exhaustion”, Marie proceeds to go a closet to grab a rag and she soaks it in water and tells Martin

“Give this grandpa and soak his forehead please”.

Marie turns to grandpa and asks trying to be calm and not go into tears “How far did you walk?” grandpa admits he was lonely after we have left and went out to try to find us and grandpa also tells us

“I came to pass it down; I think it's time” Marie sees grandpa take off the medicine bag and it dangles, grandpa reaches the medicine bag and tries to hand it to Martin, Marie looks at Martin and sees Martin sweating profusely and he looks nervous as well, Marie reaches her hand out and whispers to Martin

“You have to take it, its tradition”. Martin reaches for the medicine bag and takes it. Grandpa tells them to leave making a wavving motion with his hand.