Note 37 — FICTION (continued 2)

When he was ready he went eastward, traveling many days and nights until he arrived at a broad clearing in the forest. In the middle of it he saw a long lodge and a person who looked like the inflated skin of a man, watching this clearing, which was occupied by a large strawberry patch.37 This sentinel guarded the field night and day. Oddly enough, the long lodge extended from north to south instead of from east to west.