Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963

6. The weatherman said the temperature in Atlanta, Geogia, would reach the mid-seventies.

7. Dad told Kenny, Byron, and Joetta they were lucky not to be the children of one of momma's old boyfriends named Hambone Henderson.

8. When she was about to laugh, momma put her hand over her mouth because she had a gap between her front teeth.

9. Which of the following was not a warning Moses Henderson gave momma about Flint? Because it was so cold , babies were born with lumpy heads.

10. Momma said life in Birmingham, even it was not perfect, was slower, friendlier, and people were more honest about the way they felt.

11. Since they couldn't contact their landlord about their cold apartment, the Watsons planned to spend the night with aunt cydney.

12. The Brown Bomber was the Watsons' 1948 Plymouth.

13. Byron and Kenny were not happy when dad ordered them to scrape the ice of the car window.

14. Kenny was agitated because Byron was not doing his share of work.

15. The night before, Byron and his friend Buphead had given Kenny lessons in how to survive a blizzard.

16. At first Kenny ignores Byron's calls because he thought his brother was playing another trick on him.

17. Kenny discovered that Byron's mouth was frozen onto the outside mirror.

18. Kenny's parents were shook up when they heard that Byron was crying.

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