Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Chapter 12
What does mama beg papa not to do as he prepares to leave
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Mama begs Papa not to use his shotgun.
“David, not with the shotgun. You can’t stop them like that.”
“Got no other way,” he said, stuffing a box of shells into his shirt pocket.
“You fire on them and they’ll hang you for sure. They’d like nothing better.”
“If I don’t, they’ll hang T.J. This thing’s been coming a long time, baby, and T.J. just happened to be the one foolish enough to trigger it. But, fool or not, I can’t just sit by and let them kill the boy. And if they find Stacey—”
“I know, David, I know. But there’s got to be another way. Some way they won’t kill you too!”
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Taylor, Mildred D.. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) (Logans Book 4) (p. 259). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.
