En8848原版英语What her daddy say?Ain'ttalktohimneitherWell, what shesay?Us ain't never spoke. He duck his head. He ain't so bad looking. Tall and skinny, black like hismama, with great big bug eyes.Where yall see each other? I ast. I see her in church, he say. She see me outdoors.She like you?I don'tknow.I wink ather.Sheact likeshescared tolookWhere her daddy at while all this going on?Amen corner, he say.Shug Avery is coming to town! She coming with her orkestra. She going to sing in the Lucky Starout on Coalman road. Mr. ??? goingto hear her. He dress all up in front the glass, look at himself, then undress and dress all over againHeslickbackhishairwith pomade, then wash it out again. He been spitting on his shoes and hitting it with a quick ragHe tell me, Wash this. Iron that. Look for this. Look for that. Find this. Find that. He groan overholes in his sockI move round darning and ironing, finding hanskers. Anything happening? I ast.What you mean? he say, like he mad. Just trying to git some of the hick farmer off myself. Anyother woman be glad.I'm is glad, I say.What you mean? he ast.Youlooks nice,I say.Anywomanbeproud.You think so? he say.第16页共195页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
What her daddy say? Ain't talk to him neither. Well, what shesay? Us ain't never spoke. He duck his head. He ain't so bad looking. Tall and skinny, black like his mama, with great big bug eyes. Where yall see each other? I ast. I see her in church, he say. She see me outdoors. She like you? I don't know. I wink at her. She act like she scared to look. Where her daddy at while all this going on? Amen corner, he say. Shug Avery is coming to town! She coming with her orkestra. She going to sing in the Lucky Star out on Coalman road. Mr. ??? going to hear her. He dress all up in front the glass, look at himself, then undress and dress all over again. He slick back his hair with pomade, then wash it out again. He been spitting on his shoes and hitting it with a quick rag. He tell me, Wash this. Iron that. Look for this. Look for that. Find this. Find that. He groan over holes in his sock. I move round darning and ironing, finding hanskers. Anything happening? I ast. What you mean? he say, like he mad. Just trying to git some of the hick farmer off myself. Any other woman be glad. I'm is glad, I say. What you mean? he ast. You looks nice, I say. Any woman be proud. You think so? he say. 第 16 页 共 195 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
En8848原版英语First time he ast me. I'm so surprise, by time I sayYeah, he out on the porch, trying to shave where the light better.I walk round all day with the announcement burning a hole in my pocket. It pink. The trees tweentheturn off toourroad and thestore is lit up with them. He got bout five dozen in his trunk.Shug Avery standing upside a piano, elbow crook, hand on her hip. She wearing a hat like IndianChiefs. Her mouth open showingall her teef and don't nothing seem to be troubling her mind. Come one, come all, it say. The QueenHoneybee is back in town.Lord, I wants to go so bad. Not to dance. Not to drink. Not to play card. Not even to hear ShugAvery sing. I just be thankfulto lay eyes on her.Mr.??? be gone all night Saturday, all night Sunday and most all day Monday. Shug Avery in townfor the week-end. He stagger in,throw himself on the bed. He tired. He sad. He weak. He cry. Then he sleep the rest of the day andall night.He wake up while I'm in the field. I been chopping cotton three hours by time he come. Us don'tsay nothing to each other.But I got a million question to ast. What she wear? Is she still the same old Shug, like in mypicture? How her hair is? What kindlipstick? Wig? She stout? She skinny? She sound well? Tired? Sick? Where you all children atwhileshesingingallovertheplace?Do she miss'em? Questions be running back and forth through my mind.Peel like snakes.I prayfor strength, bite the insidesof my jaws.Mr.??? pick up a hoe and start to chop. He chop bout three chops then he don't chop again.Hedropthehoeinthefurrow,turnright back on his heel, walk back to the house, go git him a cool drink of Water, githis pipe, sit on the porch and stare. I follow cause I think he sick. Then he say, You better git onbacktothefield.Don'twait for me.第17页共195页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
First time he ast me. I'm so surprise, by time I say Yeah, he out on the porch, trying to shave where the light better. I walk round all day with the announcement burning a hole in my pocket. It pink. The trees tween the turn off to our road and the store is lit up with them. He got bout five dozen in his trunk. Shug Avery standing upside a piano, elbow crook, hand on her hip. She wearing a hat like Indian Chiefs. Her mouth open showing all her teef and don't nothing seem to be troubling her mind. Come one, come all, it say. The Queen Honeybee is back in town. Lord, I wants to go so bad. Not to dance. Not to drink. Not to play card. Not even to hear Shug Avery sing. I just be thankful to lay eyes on her. Mr. ??? be gone all night Saturday, all night Sunday and most all day Monday. Shug Avery in town for the week-end. He stagger in, throw himself on the bed. He tired. He sad. He weak. He cry. Then he sleep the rest of the day and all night. He wake up while I'm in the field. I been chopping cotton three hours by time he come. Us don't say nothing to each other. But I got a million question to ast. What she wear? Is she still the same old Shug, like in my picture? How her hair is? What kind lipstick? Wig? She stout? She skinny? She sound well? Tired? Sick? Where you all children at while she singing all over the place? Do she miss 'em? Questions be running back and forth through my mind. Peel like snakes. I pray for strength, bite the insides of my jaws. Mr. ??? pick up a hoe and start to chop. He chop bout three chops then he don't chop again. He drop the hoe in the furrow, turn right back on his heel, walk back to the house, go git him a cool drink of Water, git his pipe, sit on the porch and stare. I follow cause I think he sick. Then he say, You better git on back to the field. Don't wait for me. 第 17 页 共 195 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
En8848原版英语Harpo no better at fighting his daddy back than me. Every day his daddy git up, sit on the porch.lookoutatnothing.Sometimelook at the trees out front the house. Look at a butterfly if it light on the rail. Drink a little water inthe day. A littlewine in the evening. But mostly never move.Harpo complain bout all theplowing he have to doHis daddy say, You gonna do it.Harpo nearly big as his daddy. He strong in body but weak in will. He scaredMe and him out in the field all day. Us sweat, chopping and plowing. I'm roasted coffee bean colornow.He black as the insideof a chimney. His eyes be sad and thoughtful. His face begin to look like a woman faceWhy you don't work no more? he ast his daddy.No reason for me to. His daddy say. You here, ain't you? He say this nasty. Harpos feeling be hurt.Plus, he still in love.Harpo girl daddy say Harpo not good enough for. her. Harpo been courting the girl a while.He sayhe sit in the parlor with her,the daddy sit right there in the corner till everybody feel terrible. Then he go sit on the porch infront the open door wherehe can heareverything.Nineo'clock come,hebring Harpohis hat.Why I'm not good enough? Harpo ast Mr. ???. Mr. ??? say, Your mammy.Harpo say, What wrong with my mammy?Mr. ??? say, Somebody kill her.Harpo be trouble with nightmares. He see his mama running cross the pasture trying to git home.Mr.,themantheysayherboyfriend,catch up with her. She got Harpo by the hand. They both running and running. He grab hold of hershoulder, say, You can't quitme now. You mine. She say, No I ain't. My place is with my children. He say, Whore, you ain't got第18页共195页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
Harpo no better at fighting his daddy back than me. Every day his daddy git up, sit on the porch, look out at nothing. Sometime look at the trees out front the house. Look at a butterfly if it light on the rail. Drink a little water in the day. A little wine in the evening. But mostly never move. Harpo complain bout all the plowing he have to do. His daddy say, You gonna do it. Harpo nearly big as his daddy. He strong in body but weak in will. He scared. Me and him out in the field all day. Us sweat, chopping and plowing. I'm roasted coffee bean color now. He black as the inside of a chimney. His eyes be sad and thoughtful. His face begin to look like a woman face. Why you don't work no more? he ast his daddy. No reason for me to. His daddy say. You here, ain't you? He say this nasty. Harpos feeling be hurt. Plus, he still in love. Harpo girl daddy say Harpo not good enough for. her. Harpo been courting the girl a while. He say he sit in the parlor with her, the daddy sit right there in the corner till everybody feel terrible. Then he go sit on the porch in front the open door where he can hear everything. Nine o'clock come, he bring Harpo his hat. Why I'm not good enough? Harpo ast Mr. ???. Mr. ??? say, Your mammy. Harpo say, What wrong with my mammy? Mr. ??? say, Somebody kill her. Harpo be trouble with nightmares. He see his mama running cross the pasture trying to git home. Mr. _, the man they say her boyfriend, catch up with her. She got Harpo by the hand. They both running and running. He grab hold of her shoulder, say, You can't quit me now. You mine. She say, No I ain't. My place is with my children. He say, Whore, you ain't got 第 18 页 共 195 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
En8848原版英语noplace.He shoot herin thestomach. She fall down. The man run. Harpo grab her in his arms, put her head in his lap.He start to call, Mama, Mama. It wake me up.The other children, too. They cry like they mamajust die. Harpo come to, shaking.I light the lamp and stand over him, patting his back.It not her fault somebody kill her, he say. It not! It not!Naw, I say. It not.Everybody say how good I is to Mr. ??? children. I be good to them. But I don't feel nothing forthem.PattingHarpobacknot evenlike patting a dog. It more like patting another piece of wood. Not a living tree, but a table, achifferobe. Anyhow, they don'tlove me neither, no matter how good I is.They don't mind. Cept for Harpo they won't work. The girls face always to the road. Bub be out alltimes of night drinking withboys twice his age. They daddy puff on his pipe.Harpo tell me all his love business now. His mind on Sofia Butler day and nightShe pretty, he tell me. Bright.Smart?Naw. Bright skin.She smart too though, I think. Sometime us can git her away from her daddyI know right then the next thing I hear, she be big.If she so smart how come she big? I ast.Harpo shrug. She can't git out the house no other way, he say. Mr. ??? won't let us marry. Say I'mnot good enough to come in hisparlor. But if she big I got a right to be with her, good enough or noWhere yall gon stay?They got a big place, he say. When us marry I'll be just like one of the familyHumph, I say. Mr.??? didn't like you before she big, he ain't gonna like you causeshe big第19页共195页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
no place. He shoot her in the stomach. She fall down. The man run. Harpo grab her in his arms, put her head in his lap. He start to call, Mama, Mama. It wake me up. The other children, too. They cry like they mama just die. Harpo come to, shaking. I light the lamp and stand over him, patting his back. It not her fault somebody kill her, he say. It not! It not! Naw, I say. It not. Everybody say how good I is to Mr. ??? children. I be good to them. But I don't feel nothing for them. Patting Harpo back not even like patting a dog. It more like patting another piece of wood. Not a living tree, but a table, a chifferobe. Anyhow, they don't love me neither, no matter how good I is. They don't mind. Cept for Harpo they won't work. The girls face always to the road. Bub be out all times of night drinking with boys twice his age. They daddy puff on his pipe. Harpo tell me all his love business now. His mind on Sofia Butler day and night. She pretty, he tell me. Bright. Smart? Naw. Bright skin.She smart too though, I think. Sometime us can git her away from her daddy. I know right then the next thing I hear, she be big. If she so smart how come she big? I ast. Harpo shrug. She can't git out the house no other way, he say. Mr. ??? won't let us marry. Say I'm not good enough to come in his parlor. But if she big I got a right to be with her, good enough or no. Where yall gon stay? They got a big place, he say. When us marry I'll be just like one of the family. Humph, I say. Mr. ??? didn't like you before she big, he ain't gonna like you causeshe big. 第 19 页 共 195 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网
En8848原版英语Harpo look trouble.Talk to Mr. ???, I say. He your daddy. Maybe he got some good advice.Maybe not. I think.Harpo bring her over to meet his daddy. Mr._?say he want to have a look at her.I see'em comingwayoffuptheroad.Theybejust marching, hand in hand, like going to war. She in front a little. They come up on the porch, Ispeak and move somechairscloser to the railing.She sit down and start to fan herself with a hansker. It sure is hot, she say.Mr. ??? don't say nothing.He just look her up and down. She bout seven or eight months pregnant, bout to bust out her dress.Harpo soblackhethink shebright, but she ain't that bright. Gear medium brown skin, gleam on it like on good furniture. Hairnotty but a lot of it,tiedup on her head in a mass of plaits. She not quite as tall as Harpo but much bigger, and strong andruddy looking, like her mamabrought her up on pork.She say, How you, Mr. ????He don't answer the question. He say, Look like you done got yourself in trouble.Naw suh, she say. I ain't in no trouble. Big, thoughShe smooth the wrinkles over her stomach with the flats of her hands.Who the father? he ast.She look surprise. Harpo, she say.How he know that?He know. She say.Young womens no good these days, he say. Got they legs open to every Tom, Dick and Harry.Harpo look at his daddy like he never seen him before. But he don't say nothingMr. ??? say, No need to think I'm gon let my boy marry you just cause you in the family way. Heyoung and limited. Pretty gal likeyou could put anything over on him.第20页共195页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网
Harpo look trouble. Talk to Mr. ???, I say. He your daddy. Maybe he got some good advice. Maybe not. I think. Harpo bring her over to meet his daddy. Mr. _?say he want to have a look at her. I see 'em coming way off up the road. They be just marching, hand in hand, like going to war. She in front a little. They come up on the porch, I speak and move some chairs closer to the railing. She sit down and start to fan herself with a hansker. It sure is hot, she say. Mr. ??? don't say nothing. He just look her up and down. She bout seven or eight months pregnant, bout to bust out her dress. Harpo so black he think she bright, but she ain't that bright. Gear medium brown skin, gleam on it like on good furniture. Hair notty but a lot of it, tied up on her head in a mass of plaits. She not quite as tall as Harpo but much bigger, and strong and ruddy looking, like her mama brought her up on pork. She say, How you, Mr. ???? He don't answer the question. He say, Look like you done got yourself in trouble. Naw suh, she say. I ain't in no trouble. Big, though. She smooth the wrinkles over her stomach with the flats of her hands. Who the father? he ast. She look surprise. Harpo, she say. How he know that? He know. She say. Young womens no good these days, he say. Got they legs open to every Tom, Dick and Harry. Harpo look at his daddy like he never seen him before. But he don't say nothing. Mr. ??? say, No need to think I'm gon let my boy marry you just cause you in the family way. He young and limited. Pretty gal like you could put anything over on him. 第 20 页 共 195 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网