Diary Entry 2
Dearest Diary,
Today I had a great time in the ceremony. In the morning, Poloma, Nita, and I had to get up earlier then usual and pick crops. It was a cloudy day. I had hoped that it wouldn't rain in the ceremony when we were having fun. Nita and I were suppose to collect the beans, corn, and squash. Poloma was supposed to collect berries. When all of us had a pot full of the things we were supposed to collect, we gave them to my mother and she gave us cornmeal. We ate it and then counted the utensils. We made sure there would be plenty for the whole tribe. Then we went to the ceremony. The first thing we did was we went to the chief's wife and congratulated her for having her baby. Her name is Talulah and it means leaping in water. We gave Talulah a pot that we made out of clay for a gift. Then we said "Hi" to the chief. Soon everyone started eating. I ate some of my mother's stew, cornbread, cornmeal, and some fish that someone caught. I drank hickory milk. Then we started to dance. We danced to some music that Choctaw were singing and drumming. It was a lot of fun. After a few more dances we played stickball. I was having so much fun but then it started raining and so everyone had to go home. I was sad that we couldn't stay and keep celebrating but I knew that we couldn't play Stickball in the rain. We said "Bye" to everyone and then left. When we got home my mother gave us our dinner. It was soup and cornbread with water. After dinner we didn't have time to play a game together so Poloma, Nita, and I wrote in our diaries. Now it is time for me to go to bed. I had a great time at the ceremony.
Goodnight Diary,
Fala
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