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/-/Louis's father came*- (from a tiny Hopi village )(in Arizona. )/-/There, (near the Painted Desert, )his ancestors had built*D1 their homes long ago. /-/Louis himself=AEM01 had never seen*D1 the desert. /c/Neither had*D0 his sister. /-/Then one summer,=U--02 their father and mother took*D1I them to visit=IDO061 the Hopi village. /-/It was*N1 a summer full (of wonderful surprises. )/-/What a long way it was!*N1 /-/(For three days and nights )we traveled*- (on the train-- )my father=A--02 and mother,=A--02 my sister,=A--02 and I.=A--02 /-/Now we were*-1P (in a bouncing=P--010 pick-up truck. )/-/We were raising*D1 clouds (of dust )(over great stretches )(of road. )/-/The truck belonged*- (to my uncle. )/-/[ALAs we rode*- along, ]he hummed*- (to himself. )/-/(At last )I had to ask*D1 him why. /-/[DO"I am making*D1 a new song (about you," )]he said.*D1 /-/My uncle sang*D1 a bit (of it )then. /-/I did not understand*D1 one word (of it. )/-/He was singing*- (in the Hopi language. )/-/[DO"The words tell*D1 a story," ]he said.*D1 /-/"The story is*-1P (about children )[JRwho come*- (from far away )to stay=IAV080 (with their people )(for a while. )]/-/Hopi people love*D1I to have=IDO081 their sons and daughters come=IDO060 home."=U--01 /-/My uncle drove*- on and on, (across rocky plain )and (into the Painted Desert. )/-/It is called*P1 "painted"=PPA01 [ARbecause the earth itself=AEM01 is*A1 many-colored-- purple,=A--01 orange,=A--01 yellow,=A--01 green,=A--01 gray.=A--01 ]/-/(Beyond the desert )lies*- the land [JRwhere the Hopi people live.*- ]/-/[ALIf you are*N1 not an Indian, ]you might say*D1 [DOit is*N1 the Hopi reservation. ]/-/We have*D1 a different name (for it. )!!!!!!!!