My Name Is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods
Author:Brenda Woods
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2010-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
TEN
His arm round her waist
Frogs croak
Her head on his shoulder
Crickets keep time
A full moon above
Night dancinâ
By the time I woke up, it was almost evening of the next day and Pa was gone. âIs Pa dead?â I asked Mama.
Abraham answered, âNaw, scrawny gal, cainât nuthinâ kill Pa. Heâs off scoutinâ, searchinâ for Indians. You the one we thought was gonna die, talkinâ in your sleep, singinâ a song âbout grindinâ corn. Ifân you hadnât been so sick with fever, I woulda laughed so loud, they woulda heard me clear back to the plantation.â
Mama gave me sips of water from the canteen. âYou hungry?â she asked.
âYesâm,â I replied. âYâall eat all the coot?â
Abraham rubbed his stomach. âYes indeed, and it sure was good.â
âBut we got plenty fish and the sweetest raspberries that ever touched my tongue.â Mama smiled as she stroked my hair.
âAnd me and Pa caught some frogs . . . tastes like chicken,â Abraham boasted.
âI donât havta eat no frog, do I, Mama?â
âNo frog, but you gotta eat sumthinâ bâfore you waste away,â she replied.
âYeah, âcause youâs scrawnierân ever. Eâen them frogs got more meat on their legs than you,â Abraham teased.
I tried to get up so I could chase him, but my legs wouldnât hold me and I fell back to the ground. âCareful now,â Pa said from behind me, and I turned around to see him smiling big. âFever âbout gone?â
âSurânuf, but sheâs more than a mite weak, too weak to walk,â Mama answered.
Abraham interrupted, âYou seeâd any Indians?â
âNaw, but I seeâd gators big and small. Theyâs unsightly creatures. Seeâd a black bear too. I figure from here on in weâs best to travel while the sun is up. Weâll stay the night here, but tâmorrow we gotta make up for lost time.â
Two white birds with long, thin orange legs waded in the lake where dragonflies hovered and flowers bloomed.
Above us a black vulture circled.
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