Sootface

SootfaceBy: Robert D. San Souci Once, an Ojibwa man whose wife had died raised three daughters alone. The two older girls were lazy and bad tempered, and made their youngest sister do all the work. When the flames from the cooking fire singed her hair or burned her skin, they laughed and called her Sootface. While she worked, Sootface dreamed that one day she would find a husband. Then a mighty warrior with the power to make himself invisible decides to

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