My health and well being were still a priority. She watched what I ate and what I did every day. The men still came and watched me swim every day. It was much like when I waspregnant.

Also like during thepregnancy, my contact with my daughters was Limited after Jonathan’s birth. The girls had to ask permission to see us and Jonathan could not go out into the mines. My girls visited in our area for specified amounts of time. I knew Nu-reeh monitored us.

Nu-reeh had given the girls instructions. Jonathan could touch them if he wanted, but they were never to Lay a hand on him. He was virtual royalty in our Little world.

Jonathan crawled over the girls and tasted their fur. When they satIndian stylehe liked to settle in the warmth of their Laps and sleep. My littlesonadored his birth sisters and squealed with joy whenever they came to visit.

Not surprisingly, my girls were still at it. When they physically came to see me, they couldn’t say much. The messages on the pad I got from them told me what they were doing to help the freedom effort.

different jobs, usually reconnaissance, for the rebel leaders. Hannah was also involved in rescues from the compounds. Just from the way she told me stories

try to walk after his first moon. By that time, he finally wanted to sleep when the men did and wanted to wake when the moons sat. It was relieving to sleep at night,

little pants sent for him. As soon as the clothing got tight on his growing body, the

seemed to grow around them. The long blonde hair framed his face, making him Look almost angelic. He was a markedly

slowed his ability to speak. I sang to him and spoke around

a time and then reach out to grab them. What usually happened after that was a tug of war

say inEnglish, laughing at his antics, “mine, not yours.” Jonathan learned the words from me quickly. When he started to babble it was a blend. Some

would be fixed at the Child Keepers. I swallowed the tears I wanted to shed and merely thanked her. Hannah and Kennedy would free my baby boy. One day he could speak any

his blocks and bent his puzzle pieces. His favorite trick was to drop things into the pool and watch them sink Shiny stones the men brought him to play with were perfect

much a lesson as a way to alleviate our fears. As it turned out, Jonathan had no fear of water and swimming in it came naturally to him. As soon as he was allowed to swim he’d swim down to the bottom and collect the things he’d thrown into the pool. Of course all he did was toss them

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