Rules for Becoming a Legend (2014)
“Have Something to Prove Monday, September 9, 1996 JIMMY KIRKUS, FIVE YEARS OLD—ELEVEN YEARS UNTIL THE WALL.
All day Jimmy hadn’t said a word to Mrs. Lilly or anyone else in the class, out of an instinct for self-preservation. Even when Mrs. Lilly promised Jimmy the honor of leading the lunch line he refused to speak. He was still spinning from the events of the morning. Father walking him to class, not saying a word. His mother at home sleeping off last night’s shift at the Seaside hospital.... Taste of strawberry yogurt and toothpaste mixing ugly in the back of his mouth. One squeeze on the shoulder and then the big man gone. People looking at his father, whispering to each other. The other kids all with their moms, or their moms and dads, getting three, four hugs. Some of the parents even camping out on the sidelines of the classroom during morning meeting, there just in case. Jimmy with no one. No just in case for him.
Speak? Naw that wasn’t for him.MoreLess
All day Jimmy hadn’t said a word to Mrs. Lilly or anyone else in the class, out of an instinct for self-preservation. Even when Mrs. Lilly promised Jimmy the honor of leading the lunch line he refused to speak. He was still spinning from the events of the morning. Father walking him to class, not saying a word. His mother at home sleeping off last night’s shift at the Seaside hospital.... Taste of strawberry yogurt and toothpaste mixing ugly in the back of his mouth. One squeeze on the shoulder and then the big man gone. People looking at his father, whispering to each other. The other kids all with their moms, or their moms and dads, getting three, four hugs. Some of the parents even camping out on the sidelines of the classroom during morning meeting, there just in case. Jimmy with no one. No just in case for him.
Speak? Naw that wasn’t for him.MoreLess
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