Petrified Man
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Petrified Man
by Eudora Welty
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After being spanked by the ladies, Biclly says, "If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?"
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Three-year-old, Billy Boy, is Mrs. Pike's son. She got a job at Fay’s Millinery, but he kept putting the hats on and was considered a nuisance by the other women, so now he is hanging at the shop.
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The atmosphere is the beauty shop is light-hearted and congenial. Gossip and beauty rule the day.
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Hidden in this den of curhg fluid and henna packs, separated by a lavender swing door from the other customers, who were...
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