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Thomas Builds-the-Fire closed his eyes and told this story:__ remember when I had this dream that told me to go to Spokane, to stand by the falls in the middle of the city and wait for a sign. I knew I had to go there but I didn__ have a car. Didn__ have a license. I was only thirteen. So I walked all the way, took me all day, and I finally made it to the falls. I stood there for an hour waiting. Then your dad came walking up. __hat the hell are you doing here? He asked me. I said, __aiting for a vision._ Then your father said, __ll you__e going to get here is mugged._ So he drove me to Denny__, bought me dinner, and then drove me home to the reservation. For a long time I was mad because I thought my dreams had lied to me. But they didn__. Your dad was my vision. __ake care of each other_ is what my dreams were saying. __ake care of each other.
Sherman Alexie The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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Thomas Builds-the-Fire closed his eyes and told this story:__ remember when I had this dream that told me to go to Spokane, to stand by the falls in the middle of the city and wait for a sign. I knew I had to go there but I didn__ have a car. Didn__ have a license. I was only thirteen. So I walked all the way, took me all day, and I finally made it to the falls. I stood there for an hour waiting. Then your dad came walking up. __hat the hell are you doing here? He asked me. I said, __aiting for a vision._ Then your father said, __ll you__e going to get here is mugged._ So he drove me to Denny__, bought me dinner, and then drove me home to the reservation. For a long time I was mad because I thought my dreams had lied to me. But they didn__. Your dad was my vision. __ake care of each other_ is what my dreams were saying. __ake care of each other.
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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