![]() And Sarah lifted one foot and then another off the ground, clumsily at first, and then faster and higher. “Father,” she cried, “Now, before it’s too late.”Īnd Toby answered, “Go my daughter.” He raised his hands over his head and called forth the deep magic. “Get up, you cow,” the overseer snarled, and he used his whip against both her back and the baby. The Overseer, a hard, cruel man, said, “Keep that thing quiet and get back to work.” The baby cried and cried, and Sarah was faint and hungry herself. Her baby woke up hungry and cried and cried.īut there was nothing to be done for him. She worked and worked in the hot sun, her baby sleeping. He was in the field one day with Sarah, his daughter. Old man Toby had the magic and hadn’t forgotten. But you couldn’t tell who did and who didn’t. And they forgot all about flying, but they didn’t lose their power. They bobbed about on the boats, so sick they wanted to die. ![]() The slave ships were so crowded that there was no room for them.įor many days, they went across the water in the boats - the stinkin, miserable boats. ![]() When they were captured and made slaves, they lost their wings. ![]() They could fly over the fields like blackbirds, their wings shiny and black. They walked up into the air like they were climbin stairs. ![]() Along time ago in Africa, the people could fly. ![]()
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