The Red Rose Box by Brenda Woods

Author:Brenda Woods [Woods, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, People & Places, United States, African American, Family, General, Historical, 20th Century, Fiction
ISBN: 9781101078129
Google: DMU19S_SiFYC
Amazon: 0142501514
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2003-12-28T18:30:00+00:00

I checked the clothes. They were dry and as Ruth and I went back to our Saturday work, Emma put her checkers and checkerboard in the box, Penny picked up her red ball and copper jacks, and they walked away, looking back to wave once, then again.

We folded Miss Lilly’s clothes, placed them neatly in the basket, and walked the dirt path to her house.

Miss Lilly wheeled herself to the back door, opened her butter-colored change purse, took out two dimes, and placed them in our palms. “Thank you,” she said.

“Thank you, Miss Lilly.... Thank you, ma’am,” we said again.

“Tell your mama, no need to come tomorrow, my sister’s comin from New Orleans tonight, stayin till Monday mornin. You all run along b’fore it gets dark.” Miss Lilly backed away from the door in her chair and closed it. The quiet of twilight surrounded us.

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