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Chapter 26
Ma’sstubbybodymovedquickly.Sheabandonedherbucketquicklyandpickedintoherapron.Whenthesunwentdowntheyhadpickedtwentyboxes.
Tomsetthetwentiethboxdown.«Abuck,"hesaid.«Howlongdowework?»
«Worktilldark,longasyoucansee.»
«Well,canwegetcreditnow?Maoughtagoinan’buysomestufftoeat.»
«Sure.I’llgiveyouaslipforadollarnow.»HewroteonastripofpaperandhandedittoTom.HetookittoMa.«Hereyouare.Youcangetadollar’sworthofstuffatthestore.»Maputdownherbucketandstraightenedhershoulders.«Getsyou,thefirsttime,don’tit?»
«Sure.We’llallgetusedtoitrightoff.Rolloninan’getsomefood.»Masaid,«What’llyouliketoeat?»
«Meat,"saidTom.«Meatan’breadan’abigpotacoffeewithsugarin.Greatbigpiecesameat.»Ruthiewailed,«Ma,we’retar’d.»
«Bettercomealongin,then.»
«Theywastar’dwhentheystarted,"Pasaid.«Wildasrabbitsthey’rea-gettin’.Ain’tgonnabenogoodatall’lesswecanpin’emdown.»
«Soon’swegetsetdown,they’llgotoschool,"saidMa.Shetrudgedaway,andRuthieandWinfieldtimidlyfollowedher.«Wegottoworkever’day?»Winfieldasked.Mastoppedandwaited.Shetookhishandandwalkedalongholdingit.«Itain’thardwork,"shesaid.«Begoodforyou.An’you’rehelpin’us.Ifweallwork,purtysoonwe’llliveinanicehouse.Weallgottohelp.»
«ButIgotsotar’d.»
«Iknow.Igottar’dtoo.Ever’bodygetsworeout.
