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So Heine, with deeper thoughtfulness, noticed the "intimacy with the trees" of the little wood-gatherer in the Hartz Mountains; soon the child whistled like a linnet, and the other birds all answered him; then he disappeared in the thicket with his bare feet and his bundle of brushwood.
One by one the girls of the Halsted Camp Fire stepped forward, and each repeated her Desire to be a Wood-Gatherer, and was received by Eleanor, who explained to each some new point of the Law of the Fire, so that all might learn.
Listen: "For I will tend, As my fathers have tended And my father's fathers Since Time began The Fire that is called The love of man for man The love of man for God." "That's a great promise, you see, Bessie. It's a great honor to be a Fire-Maker." "I see, Miss Eleanor. Yes, it must be. How does one get to be a Fire-Maker? One begins by being a Wood-Gatherer, doesn't one?"
Those seven fagots each stand for one of the seven points of the law of the fire." "What are they, Minnehaha?" "They're easy to remember: 'Seek Beauty; Give Service; Pursue Knowledge; Be Trustworthy; Hold on to Health; Glorify Work; Be Happy. If you want to do all those things and I guess everyone does you can be a Wood-Gatherer.
At once the boy was called, and the marriage garlands were exchanged between him and the princess. At this point I came up close to my wise Grannie and asked her eagerly: "What then?" In the bottom of my heart there was a devout wish to substitute myself for that fortunate wood-gatherer of seven years old. The night was resonant with the patter of rain.
"Yes, and all one has to do to be a Wood-Gatherer is to want to obey the law of the Fire the seven points of the law. I'll teach you that Desire before the Council Fire to-night. To be a Fire-Maker you have to serve faithfully as a Wood-Gatherer, and you have to do a lot of things that aren't very easy though they're not very hard, either." "And you talked about awarding honors. What are they?"
And then, when I get to be a Torch-Bearer, I'll have a pin, as well as the ring and the bracelet, and there'll be smoke on my badge, as well as fire and wood. But you have to work hard before you can stop being a Wood-Gatherer and get to the higher ranks. We all have to work all the time, you see." "I've had to work, too," said Bessie. "But this seems different because you enjoy your work."
I am only a wood- gatherer at present, but pretty soon I shall be a real fire-maker, for I have already been working for two months." "A wood-gatherer and fire-maker; what extraordinary things a girl was forced to become at an orphan asylum!"
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