Percival Everett

Those little bastards were hiding out there in the tall grass. The moon was not quite full, but bright, and it was behind them so I could see them as plain as day, though it was deep night. Lightning bugs flashed against the black canvas. I waited at Miss Watson's kitchen door, rocked a loose stepboard with my foot, knew she was going to tell me to fix it tomorrow.

Those little bastards were hiding out there in the tall grass. The moon was not quite full, but bright, and it was behind them so I could see them as plain as day, though it was deep night. Lightning bugs flashed against the black canvas. I waited at Miss Watson's kitchen door, rocked a loose stepboard with my foot, knew she was going to tell me to fix it tomorrow.

Those little bastards were hiding out there in the tall grass. The moon was not quite full, but bright, and it was behind them so I could see them as plain as day, though it was deep night. Lightning bugs flashed against the black canvas. I waited at Miss Watson's kitchen door, rocked a loose stepboard with my foot, knew she was going to tell me to fix it tomorrow.

I was waiting there for her to give me a pan of cornbread that she had made with Sadie's recipe. Waiting is a big part of a slave's life, waiting and waiting to wait some more. Waiting for demands, waiting for food, waiting for the ends of days, waiting for the just and deserved Christian reward at the end of it all. Those white boys, Huck and Tom, watched me.

I was waiting there for her to give me a pan of cornbread that she had made with Sadie's recipe. Waiting is a big part of a slave's life, waiting and waiting to wait some more. Waiting for demands, waiting for food, waiting for the ends of days, waiting for the just and deserved Christian reward at the end of it all. Those white boys, Huck and Tom, watched me.

I was waiting there for her to give me a pan of cornbread that she had made with Sadie's recipe. Waiting is a big part of a slave's life, waiting and waiting to wait some more. Waiting for demands, waiting for food, waiting for the ends of days, waiting for the just and deserved Christian reward at the end of it all. Those white boys, Huck and Tom, watched me.

They were always playing some kind of pretending game, where I was either a villain or prey, but certainly their toy. They hopped about out there with the chiggers, mosquitoes, and other biting bugs, but never made any progress toward me. It always pays to give white folks what they want, so I stepped into the yard and called out into the night. Who dat dare in dat dark like dat?

They were always playing some kind of pretending game, where I was either a villain or prey, but certainly their toy. They hopped about out there with the chiggers, mosquitoes, and other biting bugs, but never made any progress toward me. It always pays to give white folks what they want, so I stepped into the yard and called out into the night. Who dat dare in dat dark like dat?

They were always playing some kind of pretending game, where I was either a villain or prey, but certainly their toy. They hopped about out there with the chiggers, mosquitoes, and other biting bugs, but never made any progress toward me. It always pays to give white folks what they want, so I stepped into the yard and called out into the night. Who dat dare in dat dark like dat?

Well, I don't know. The first thing I did to start this was I read Huckleberry Finn 15 times in a row. And I would stop and just go right back to the beginning until it became a blur. You know how when you say a word over and over, it finally sounds like nonsense? Well, I needed it to become nonsense, because I didn't want to merely regurgitate scenes.

Well, I don't know. The first thing I did to start this was I read Huckleberry Finn 15 times in a row. And I would stop and just go right back to the beginning until it became a blur. You know how when you say a word over and over, it finally sounds like nonsense? Well, I needed it to become nonsense, because I didn't want to merely regurgitate scenes.

Well, I don't know. The first thing I did to start this was I read Huckleberry Finn 15 times in a row. And I would stop and just go right back to the beginning until it became a blur. You know how when you say a word over and over, it finally sounds like nonsense? Well, I needed it to become nonsense, because I didn't want to merely regurgitate scenes.

I needed to own the material, and that allowed me to own the material. So I was never saying what I thought Twain had said, because I couldn't remember what Twain had said.

I needed to own the material, and that allowed me to own the material. So I was never saying what I thought Twain had said, because I couldn't remember what Twain had said.

I needed to own the material, and that allowed me to own the material. So I was never saying what I thought Twain had said, because I couldn't remember what Twain had said.

A couple. Once you've read something, you've read it. And I think after three or four, I was really tired of reading it, but I had to keep reading it.

A couple. Once you've read something, you've read it. And I think after three or four, I was really tired of reading it, but I had to keep reading it.

A couple. Once you've read something, you've read it. And I think after three or four, I was really tired of reading it, but I had to keep reading it.

You're right. He is not inclined to use the same kinds of terms of endearment that Jim uses in Huck Finn. But it's also because my Jim, he's not simple. The Jim that's represented in Huck Finn is simple, and that's the part that Twain wasn't capable of writing. For Twain, a slave was a simple person. And by simple, I don't mean uncomplicated. I mean not terribly smart.

You're right. He is not inclined to use the same kinds of terms of endearment that Jim uses in Huck Finn. But it's also because my Jim, he's not simple. The Jim that's represented in Huck Finn is simple, and that's the part that Twain wasn't capable of writing. For Twain, a slave was a simple person. And by simple, I don't mean uncomplicated. I mean not terribly smart.