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That’s why I couldn’t trust what I saw as we rode up the cutbank closest to home.

I watched them climb the cutbank hill and trudge toward home.

Now, I see each roll and dip, each cutbank and coulee, through fond eyes.

Two figures, the larger one tugging the smaller along, kept to the top of the cutbank.

Panting, I crested the cutbank.