Black Nativity Page #2

I'm talking to you, youngsta.

What they got you for?

Robbery.

A bank or a store?

A wallet.

A wallet?

Did your mama forget to

give you your lunch money?

Leave my mama out of it.

I'm just saying...

...snatching wallets is weak.

For punks.

Unless you're saying

your mama raised a punk.

Know what happened to the last

fool who talked about my mama?

Tell me about it.

I stole his wallet.

Langston Cobbs.

Langston?

Like the poet?

You know it.

Reverend, I believe this is the

young man you were looking for.

You've made a mistake.

I was told to

expect my grandson...

...not some pickpocket,

so anxious to transgress that...

...rather than wait for his

grandparents as instructed...

...he'd run off and violate

the first law he could.

I ain't no damn pickpocket.

I wasn't lifting the guy's wallet,

I was giving it back.

This kid jacked my backpack

and took all my money.

I was trying to call you.

No one pressed charges.

So, we're releasing him into your custody.

Welcome to New York, young man.

Apparently I'm your grandfather.

Where are we?

125th Street.

The main street of Harlem.

Your namesake,

Langston Hughes...

...once said he would rather

be a lamppost in Harlem...

...than the governor

of Georgia.

What are you doing?

Hey, Rev.

Maria.

Are you being good?

I guess.

Merry Christmas, babe.

My grandson.

Nice to meet you.

Maria! Come on,

let's do it. Come on.

You're in the middle

of the street.

I'm saying hi to the Rev.

You're embarrassing.

Would you rather get hit

or be embarrassed?

Oh, Lord.

Look at you!

What a terrible way to start your visit.

Oh, you poor thing.

Fortunately, Officer Mac is

a good friend of the church.

It never hurts to have a friend

on the force in case of these...

...misunderstandings.

We say grace before

we eat in this house.

Let us pray.

Lord, bless this food to our

use and us to Thy service.

And make us ever mindful of the

needs of others for Christ's sake.

Lord Jesus, today we are mindful

of the needs of this youth...

...our grandson, whom Thou,

in Thy infinite wisdom, has sent to us.

And be he troubled

and in need of guidance...

...or simply a belt to hold

his loose-fitting pants up...

...allow us the fortitude and

patience to set him straight.

For Thou art ever bountiful.

Father God...

...lead this boy not into temptation,

but deliver him from evil.

And allow him to

walk in Thy steps

down the path of

righteousness...

...and with Your help,

obedience.

For Thine is

the kingdom and the power

and the glory, forever and ever.

Amen.

Oh, so...

...Langston...

...to what,

besides heavenly grace,

do we owe the pleasure

of this visit?

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