Gwens Canyon

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In Ralph Conner's book, The Sky Pilot, A Tale of the Foothills, Gwen is a

wild, willful lassie who one day meets with a terrible accident that cripples

her for life, making her rebellious and bitter.

When the Sky ilot, as the missionary to the mountaineers was named,

!isits her, he talks about the canyons that they both lo!e.

At first there were no canyons, ut on!y

the roa", open prairie#

One "ay the $aster of the %rairie,

wa!kin& o'er his &reat !awns, wherewere on!y &rasses, aske" the %rairie,

()here are your f!owers*+

an" the %rairie sai",

($aster, I ha'e no see"s#+


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Then he spoke to the birds, and theyThen he spoke to the birds, and theycarried seeds of every kind of flower andcarried seeds of every kind of flower and

strewed them far and wide, and soon thestrewed them far and wide, and soon the

prairie bloomed with crocuses and rosesprairie bloomed with crocuses and roses

and buffalo beans and the yellowand buffalo beans and the yellow

crowfoot and the wild sunflowers and thecrowfoot and the wild sunflowers and the

red lilies all summer long.red lilies all summer long.


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Then the Master came and was well

pleased.

ut he missed the flowers he loved best of

all, and he said to the Prairie!

"#here are the clematis and the columbine,

the sweet violets and wildflowers, and all the

ferns and flowering shrubs$%


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And again he spoke to the birds, and again they carried all

the seeds and scattered them far and wide.

ut again, when the Master came he could not find the

flowers he loved best of all, and he said!"#here are those my sweetest flowers$%

An" the %rairie crie" sorrowfu!!y

(Oh, $aster, I cannot keep the

f!owers, for the win"s sweep fierce!y,

an" the sun eats upon -y reast an"they wither up an" f!y away#+


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Then the Master spoke to the &ightning, and

with one swift blow the &ightning cleft the

Prairie to the heart.

And the Prairie rocked and groaned inagony, and for many a day moaned bitterly

over the black, 'agged, gaping wound.


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.ut the ri'er poure" its waters throu&h

the c!eft, an" carrie" "own "eep !ack

soi!, an" once -ore the ir"s carrie"

see"s an" strewe" the- in the canyon#


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An" after a !on& ti-e the rou&h rocks were "ecke" out with soft -osses an"

trai!in& 'ines, an" a!! the nooks were hun& with c!e-atis an" co!u-ine, an"

&reat e!-s !ifte" their hu&e tops hi&h up into the sun!i&ht, an" "own aout

their feet c!ustere" the !ow ce"ars an" a!sa-s, an" e'erywhere the 'io!ets

an" win"f!ower an" -ai"enhair &rew an" !oo-e"/


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0wen a&ree" the canyon f!owers are the est, an"

aske" the Sky %i!ot to te!! her what it -eant#


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For a long time (wen lay )uite still, and then saidFor a long time (wen lay )uite still, and then said

wistfully, while her lips trembled!wistfully, while her lips trembled!

1There are no f!owers in -y canyon,

ut on!y ra&&e" rocks#1


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