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the hammock. Page landed on top of
little Harvie. He knocked the breath
out of Harvie. Harvie stayed away
from Page for weeks.
19) The Mill had a pump house down in
the pines. Boys would go down to
the creek and they had a swimming
hole. Harvie's dad, Clyde, would not
let him swim in it. One day, the other
boys went to the swimming hole. There were
black boys were already swimming in
the swimming hole. The black boys
said "Y'all come on and swim, this
black stuff isn't going to wash off"
The black children and the children from
Highland became friends! :)
20) Harvie's Uncle Paul came to visit. He
had been in the Army. Harvie was asking
him questions about the war, one after
another. Uncle Paul said "Boy, you ask
a lot of questions." Harvie said "I can't
read! How else am I going to learn?"
21) Harvie's grandmother would put
rocking chairs down and would put
a quilt over it and play "Piggy, Piggy,
Piggy" with him and would give him crackers.