She just in the way. Huldie
said tell Black Idd he better put her in the bed. She look puny,
plum puny!"
"In that case, we'll take her."
Shoogie didn't look puny to me. She was grinning and eating
hickory nuts. She let me have a bite and whispered that she knew
where we could find lots, lots more.
"They's just lyin' on the ground-right down yonder at the
field. Wanta go get some, Bandershanks?"
"Yeah, let's do! Papa, I'm going with Shoogie. We're gonna
pick me up some hickor'nuts!"
"No, no, I don't want you out of my sight."
"It's just right yonder, Papa."
"Where's the tree at, Shoogie?"
"This side o' that rail fence."
"Well, don't y'all be gone long, Bandershanks. Surely your
mama will soon quit talking and come on so we can go home. I
declare, this is nearly 'bout too much!"
There weren't as many nuts lying under the hickory tree as
Shoogie had thought. We found a few. Then we climbed over the
fence to look under two more trees closer to the edge of the
cornfield. None there.
"Bandershanks, let's go to them big trees 'cross the field
yonder on that hill.
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