Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Author:Karen Hesse [Hesse, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Historical, United States, 20th Century, Social Issues, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Stories in Verse, 19th Century
ISBN: 9780545517126
Google: ktU3YRbYsK8C
Amazon: 0590371258
Publisher: GREAT SOURCE
Published: 2009-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

Guests

In our classroom this morning,

we came in to find a family no one knew.

They were shy,

a little frightened,

embarrassed.

A man and his wife, pretty far along with a baby

coming,

a baby

coming

two little kids

and a grandma.

They’d moved into our classroom during the night.

An iron bed

and some pasteboard boxes. That’s all they had.

They’d cleaned the room first, and arranged it,

making a private place for themselves.

“I’m on the look for a job,” the man said.

“The dust blew so mean last night

I thought to shelter my family here awhile.”

The two little kids turned their big eyes

from Miss Freeland

back to their father.

“I can’t have my wife sleeping in the cold truck,

not now. Not with the baby coming so soon.”

Miss Freeland said they could stay

as long as they wanted.

February 1935

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