BY ABBY FEITL

ANGER (COLE'S), FEELING

"BILLOWING FLAMES DEVOURED THE SUPPLIES AND THE SHELTER.COLE CHUCKLED, THEN LAUGHED OUT LOUD."

BARRIER, LIFE

"AS HE STRUGGLED TO TREAD WATER, HE FOUND HIMSELF DRIFTING BACK TOWARDS THE SHORELINE."

RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, TRUTH/SINCERITY

"THE FEATHER SYMBOLIZES RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY."

OVERCOMING, ADVERSITY, BADS CAN = GOODS

" 'YOU SAID THE INGREDIENTS TASTED GROSS!' 'NOT MIXED TOGETHER STUPID!' "

NO BEGINNING+NO END/ LIFE

"LIFE IS A CIRCLE."

PRIDE, COLE'S ANGER, DIGNITY, HONOR

"MORNING LIGHT GLINTED OFF ITS SHINY WHITE FUR AND MADE IT GLOW."

COLE'S LACK OF CONTROL, POWER OF NATURE

"LIGHTNING FLASHED CLOSER, STABBING DOWN WITH LONG, PROBING FINGERS."

FAMILY, LOVE

"COLE SPOTTED THE KEEL LIKE FINS OF THE ORCA WHALE GUIDING HER YOUNG CALF ALONG THE SHORELINE IN SEARCH OF FOOD."

TRUST, TRADITION, SHELTER

"YOU CAN'T OWN AN AT.ÓOW. YOU ARE ONLY IT'S CARETAKER FOR A TIME."

BRAVERY, NOT AFRAID, LIFE

"HE OPENED HIS EYES TO FIND A SMALL GRAY MOUSE ON HIS ELBOW."

REVENGE

"HE STARTED FOWARD, GRIPPING THE KNIFE AND AIMING THE SPEAR AT THE SPIRIT BEARS BROAD WHITE CHEST."

FAMILY, LOVE, MOTHER-CHILD, JEALOUSY, LIFE

"COLE ENVIED THE DEAD SPARROWS. HE HAD NEVER REALLY KNOWN ANY HOME."

ANIMALS, LESSONS, UNDERSTANDING

"YOUR TOTEM IS YOUR STORY, YOUR SEARCH, AND YOUR PAST."

ANGER, ANGER LAVING, PAST

"WITH EACH STEP YOU CARRY, YOU CARRY YOUR ANCESTORS WITH YOU, IN YOUR MIND, IN YOUR HEART, AND IN YOUR SOUL."

CONTROL OVER LIFE

"THE WHOLE WORLD IS A HOTDOG."

LESSONS, HEALING

"WE'LL BUILD A FIRE AND DANCE OUR FEELINGS."

TRUTH

"THE ONLY REASON I HAD TO PROVE THINGS WAS BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS A LIAR."

HATE, DEFIANCE

"THE SPIT CAUGHT EDWIN SQUARELY AND DRAGGED ACROSS HIS FADED SHIRT."