EX-8laYe Stories	Page Two
(texas)






	“Massa have garden seed he bru~n~ to Texas, but he didn‘t think lt wouid grow, so he ke~p‘ it several months, but den he plants lt and up lt come, jus‘ like in de old states, Us used dem tomatoes for flowers, ‘cause us thnnk ~em pret ty red things would kill us or p~tt de spell on us • But de white folks et dem and us lam to.

	NI was growed and have chIlien ‘for. de freedom war. I never did have no special husban‘ ‘fore de wax‘. I marries after de war.

	~My, how dem niggers coeld play d• fiddle back in de gocd old deys. On de moonlight nights, us dance b~ de light of de moon under a b~g oak tree, till moat time to go to work next ~

	“D. fu~s‘ barb wire u.s ever seen, us scairt t~ lt. Us thw~k lightnln‘ be sho‘ to strike lt. It shoe keep de stock in, though.

	UI seed men ridin‘ hosies with dead men tied ‘cross dey hose, endurin‘ de freedom war. But t can‘t tell sich ‘bout dat war, ~c~se I couldn‘t read and I never git any place ‘cept home at my work. I love dia days better dan I do deal times now, but I‘m too old to ~member mu~.
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