What did Little Tree give the little sharcropper girl? Where did he get it? Why wouldn't her father let her accept the gift? Chapter 11

Little Tree meets a little girl at the crossroads store. She is always barefoot, even when it's cold. Her father is a sharecropper. Granpa tells Little Tree that sharecroppers rarely make enough to live on and the bigger the family is, the better the chance of getting work within the family. Granpa says Indians would never live such a life, and he would run rabbits for a living in the woods first. Granpa blames the sharecroppers' situation on the politicians. One day the little girl stands near Little Tree outside the store, her hair tangled and wearing a tow sack for a dress. Little Tree offers his candy stick for her to lick on. She tells of how much cotton her family is able to pick in a day. She asks Little Tree how much cotton he can pick. He replies he's never picked any. She says she figured that, because everyone knows Indians are lazy and don't work. Little Tree takes back his candy; but she says it's not because Indians can't help. They're just different, and maybe they do other things. Little Tree lets her lick on the candy again. She says her Pa is looking for a new place to share crop, a better place, and they'll be practically rich. Then she can get a new store bought doll. Little Tree tells her he has a dime, but keeps it at home since getting 'slickered' by a Christian.