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Rachel could not find any positive feelings toward

Skunk Man.
Then, one day, after Skunk Man and the
group he was with left, the family realized their

youngest girl was gone. Rachel's little sister was
only three, and Rachel was sure that Skunk Man
must have taken her. Surely a child that small

couldn't have gone far.
Anger swelled in Rachel's heart. The family

started to search, but Rachel was sure it would do
no good. She was sure she knew where her little
sister was. Rachel's older brother was dispatched
to ride to the neighbors' houses asking all he met

for help in the search. Soon a large group
gathered. They searched all day and much of the

night, but to no avail.
Then, the next morning, Skunk Man and
those with him were back. That made Rachel

angry. Did they come back to admit what they
had done? She could see by the reaction of
neighbors that many of them felt the same way.

Skunk Man, using sign language, asked her
father where the child had last been seen.
Rachel's father took Skunk Man to the yard

behind the house. Skunk Man got on his knees
and looked carefully at the ground. Soon he and

the men with him moved off in the direction of a
small ravine. Others, including Rachel and her

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