th holes in the heels got pulled down so the hole wouldn’t show。 Where there was a hole； there would soon be a blister。 Every week as she washed our clothes； Mama would say；“Even if we’re poor and our clothes are worn out。 we can still be clean。 ”
I began to cry from the pain in my foot； but I refused to let Miss Bell take off my shoe。 I could not bear for her and the others to see the