Hall and went straight out and got in the hammock. One inch, and I don't appreciate it in you at all." Passed right by me in the Here and remember my words: I'll never cut off my beard as long as I live, even So Papa-Daddy says, "I am going out and lie in the hammock, and you can all sit hadn't lost the Milky Way she ate in Cairo. When I was fifteen years old.'' He would of gone on till nightfall if So I pulled my napkin straight back through the napkin ring and left theĪs soon as I was out of the room Mama says, "Call her back, or she'll starve toĭeath," but Papa-Daddy says, "This is the beard I started growing on the Coast "Stop right there," says Mama, looking at me. Referred to as a hussy by my own grandfather."īut Stella-Rondo says, "Yes, you did say it too. in the state of Mississippi, and I do not enjoy being I says, "Oh, Papa-Daddy," I says, "I didn't say any such of a thing, I neverĭreamed it was a bird's nest, I have always been grateful though this is the Not that it isn't the next to smallest P.O. Which job I got you through my influence with the government. Stella-Rondo sat there and made that up while she was eating breast ofīut he says, "So the postmistress fails to understand why I don't cut off myīeard. I says, "Papa-Daddy, you know I wouldn't any more want you to cut off yourīeard than the man in the moon. "Why," I says, "Papa-Daddy, of course I understand, I did not say any such of a So he says, "Have I heard correctly? You don't understand why So Papa-Daddy l-a-y-s down his knife and fork! He's real rich. "Papa-Daddy, Sister says she fails to understand why you Papa-Daddy is about a million years old and's got So the first thing Stella-Rondo did at the table was turn Papa-Daddy against "She looks exactly like Shirley Temple to me," says Mama, but Shirley-T. Lot of nerve and always did have and I'll thank you to make no future reference Stella-Rondo got furious! She said, "Sister, I don't need to tell you you got a
Was the spit-image of Papa-Daddy if he'd cut off his beard, which of course I said that oh, I didn't mean a thing, only that whoever Shirley-T.
"What do you mean 'H'm!'?" says Stella-Rondo, and Mama says, "I heard that, Trying to stretch two chickens over five people and a completely unexpectedĬhild into the bargain, without one moment's notice. "How?" says Mama, but all I says was, "H'm!" There I was over the hot stove, She says, "Why, Mama, Shirley-T.'s adopted, I can prove it." Stella-Rondo just calmly takes off this hat, I wish you could see it. "I'm thoroughly ashamed of you." But of course she wasn't. Marvelous blonde child and never so much as wrote your mother a word about it," Mama said she like to made her drop dead for a second. Came home from one of those towns up in Illinois and to ourĬomplete surprise brought this child of two. Whitaker! This photographer with the popeyes she said So as soon as she got married and moved away from home the first thing she did Old and she threw it away playing baseball when she was nine, with only two Papa-Daddy gave her this gorgeous Add-a-Pearl necklace when she was eight years She's always had anything in the world she wanted and then she'd throw it away. Months to the day younger than I am and for that reason she's spoiled. Bigger on one side than the other, which is aĭeliberate, calculated falsehood: I'm the same. In China Grove, taking "Pose Yourself" photos, and Stella-Rondo broke us up. Whitaker first, when he first appeared here Stella-Rondo just separated from her husband and came back home again.
by Eudora Welty I WAS GETTING ALONG FINE with Mama, Papa-Daddy and Uncle Rondo until my sister When you base other works on such texts, double-check with a printed source if possible. Electronically distributed texts may easily be corrupted, deliberately or by technical causes. These files may, however, be downloaded for personal use. Please note: All files marked with a copyright notice are subject to normal copyright restrictions.
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