Long Walk Home Page #4

Course, when I got up

this morning, I like to die.

Once I started movin' around,

I felt pretty good.

- You walked all of that way

across town? - Yes, ma'am.

- Ooh, that's a long walk, woman.

- Yes, indeedy.

You know, you come into town

and go to one of the mass meetings.

You feel like you could

walk forever too.

Mmm, I gots me a ride to work,

and I sleep through it most of the time.

I don't need no inspiration.

Odessa.

Now, I hear that gettin' up early,

movin' around,

does a soul good

in the mornin'.

I just wonder what it does

for 'em in the afternoon.

Pass me not,

O gentle savior

Hear my humble cry

While on others

thou art calling

Do not pass me by

O savior, savior

Hear my humble cry

While on others

thou art calling

Do not pass me by

Savior, savior

- Hear my humble cry

- Hear my humble cry

While on others

thou art calling

Do not pass me by

I think I'm gonna have to ask

Mrs. Thompson for some days off.

You be careful.

Lot of folks losin' their jobs.

Christmas next week.

Yeah.

Mrs. Thompson ain't as bad as some.

She called that policeman out for me.

I ain't never seen a white woman

do nothin' like that before.

Odessa, don't you go foolin'

yourself 'bout that white woman.

She don't know us,

and she don't want to know us.

She may have a heart of gold, but she

the one that sent you to that park,

and you ain't have

no say in it.

That policeman was

apologizing to her, not you.

Well, still and all,

I cannot keep comin' home too tired to do

the cookin' and too late to do the cleanin'.

- You can always take the bus.

- What?

What did you say?

I guess it's like

the preachers say,

"There's an easy answer

for everything. "

Nobody said it

was gonna be easy.

Mary Catherine, will you stop messing with

that silverware and sit down in that seat.

I'm just playing.

I'm sorry I yelled at you.

Odessa's got a lot of work to do.

Odessa, I'm going to Junior League,

so you'll have Mary Catherine.

- Yes, ma'am.

- Is that all the silver you've done?

I've been feeling

a little poorly today.

Well, you've been feeling poorly all week,

and next week is Christmas.

Yes, ma'am.

Now, I know you can't ride the bus,

and I'm not a taxi service,

but I can't have you come in here in the

mornin' and draggin' around all day, Odessa.

Not this close to Christmas.

I go to Curb Market early

on Tuesdays and Fridays,

so I can pick you up between 7:30

and 8:
00 on those mornings.

Until you can start

riding the bus.

The other days, you're gonna

have to get here on your own.

Mary Catherine?

Mary Catherine!

I don't want you to go tellin' Daddy

I've been carrying Odessa to work.

Now, I've got a good

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