“The Lullaby” is written by Leslie Marmon Silko. In “The Lullaby” Ayah is a Native American. She has two children named Danny and Ella. She inadvertently signed away her rights as their guardian after her husband Chato taught her to write her signature. She was told that they were taken because they were sick. Afterwards, Ayah’s husband loses his job because the rancher thinks he is too old to work for him anymore. Ayah leaves her home to find Chato and finds him walking outside of a bar. They begin to walk back to their home through a blizzard, but they stop to rest. Shortly after they stop, the storm passes and she stares into the clear night sky. Ayah quietly sang Chato a lullaby while he slipped gently into the next life. At first I thought
