Chicken Joy on Redbean Road by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Author:Jacqueline Briggs Martin [Martin, Jacqueline Briggs]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

"Bons temps! Bons temps!" Into the yard came Miss Cleoma

and the noisy crowd of neighbors and cousins.

"Mrs. Miser," said Leo Leroy, "there's no time for axing

roosters. We are going to have a bal de maison right here."

Mrs. Miser, nothing but practical,

looked out at the crowd, put on her best apron,

and got ready to sell some seven-vegetable stew

to neighbors who'd be hungry from twirling

and two-stepping to the music of Joe Beebee.

When people danced to Joe Beebee's music

they forgot bad knees, tight shoes,

backaches, blisters, and beetles

that ate their sweet potatoes.

They forgot sickness, sadness, and sin.

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