Seventeen-year-old Drew Person falls in love with Cindy Glover, a teenage mountaineer in a racially segregated south, he is met with unexpected resistance, which forces him to arrange a secret meeting place by an outback pond. He is soon betrayed by flocks of ducks scrambling over spilled grains. Noise of the disturbance travels far, echoed by wailing birds and barking dogs. Bono comes to investigate the commotion.
The following week, Drew receives a letter from the "Omega Man" warning him to stay out of the wood because danger awaits the uninitiated.
"The wood watcher is watching you. I am the wood's guardian and protector. My grandfather did before I was born, so did my father before me. It's my time to watch, and I alone hold the key to the wood's secrets. It's not a place for kids love story--not on my watch. And beware of judgment night."
Book Excerpt.
"Be that as it may, ours was a different era. To be different or do things differently from the majority was bad and ignorant back then. But it's becoming a thing of beauty and strength now. That's what it should have been all along. A single color, no matter how bright, is dull and uninteresting. Put multiple colors together, you have a rainbow and the maker's handiwork.
But it's sad to say, I still don't see too many mountaineers taking advantage of this change in attitude. So, I say it again: mountaineers need to help the matter."
"So what does it all mean in a few sentences?" I asked. "Because I am lost in your analysis."
"I say you are too young and it's too much trouble. We don't have a perfect society, but we have such a great one. The only problem is that our society has not got there yet, and the mountaineers have a big part to play in that. So, if you are seeking my approval, my response is no. But nothing says you must have my approval. My era is passed."
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