but he bought her the best things the butcher had, like apples and a glass lantern full of candies.

Mah fust wife never bothered me ’bout choppin’ no wood nohow. She’d grab dat ax and sling chips lak uh man. You done been spoilt rotten.”

liver-lipted nigger ain’t done took and beat mah baby already! Ah’ll take a stick and salivate ’im!”

Us lived dere havin’ fun till de chillun at school got to teasin’ me ’bout livin’ in de white folks’ back-yard.