The Red Rose Box (2010)
The Red Rose Box
“I suppose that’s when most good things come, when you’re not looking.
It was the middle of June 1953, nearly noon, my tenth birthday. Ruth, my sister, was eight. We were sitting out front, Ruth and I, watching the day go by, when Gramma’s gentleman friend, Elijah, drove up. Gramma was sitting in the back of his rusty black truck, her legs dangling. She was holding a big box wrapped in brown paper, and we ran up to her, buzzing like bees around a peach tree in bloom, because we thought our third... cousin Lettie had sent us more pralines and plum preserves from New Orleans. Gramma stumbled out of the truck and Elijah drove off, not saying anything, like he usually did. All we saw was his brown hand waving.
Ruth tugged on Gramma’s worn yellow skirt and asked, “What you got in there?”
Gramma replied, her tone made snappy by the heat, “Nuthin for you,” so I just stepped aside.
I ran to the screen door, opened it for Gramma, and walked in after her.
Gramma looked around and asked, “Where’s your mama?”MoreLess
It was the middle of June 1953, nearly noon, my tenth birthday. Ruth, my sister, was eight. We were sitting out front, Ruth and I, watching the day go by, when Gramma’s gentleman friend, Elijah, drove up. Gramma was sitting in the back of his rusty black truck, her legs dangling. She was holding a big box wrapped in brown paper, and we ran up to her, buzzing like bees around a peach tree in bloom, because we thought our third... cousin Lettie had sent us more pralines and plum preserves from New Orleans. Gramma stumbled out of the truck and Elijah drove off, not saying anything, like he usually did. All we saw was his brown hand waving.
Ruth tugged on Gramma’s worn yellow skirt and asked, “What you got in there?”
Gramma replied, her tone made snappy by the heat, “Nuthin for you,” so I just stepped aside.
I ran to the screen door, opened it for Gramma, and walked in after her.
Gramma looked around and asked, “Where’s your mama?”MoreLess
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