You all look after him, now.
Hush, Benjy.
Go on with T.P."
She went where we could hear Mother.
"Better keep him there." It wasn't Father.
He shut the door, but I could still smell it.
We went down stairs.
The stairs went down into the dark and T.P. took my hand, and we went out the door, out of the dark.
Dan was sitting in the back yard, howling.
"He smell it." T.P. said. "Is that the way you found it out."
We went down the steps, where our shadows were.
"I forgot your coat." T.P. said. "You ought to had it.
But I aint going back."
Dan howled.
"Hush now." T.P. said.
Our shadows moved, but Dan's shadow didn't move except to howl when he did.
"I cant take you down home, bellering like you is." T.P. said.
"You was bad enough before you got that bullfrog voice.
Come on."
We went along the brick walk, with our shadows.
The pig pen smelled like pigs.
The cow stood in the lot, chewing at us.
Dan howled.
"You going to wake the whole town up." T.P. said. "Cant you hush."
We saw Fancy, eating by the branch.
The moon shone on the water when we got there.
"Naw, sir." T.P. said. "This too close.
We cant stop here.
Come on.
Now, just look at you. Got your whole leg wet.
Come on, here."
Dan howled.
The ditch came up out of the buzzing grass.
The bones rounded out of the black vines.
"Now." T.P. said. "BelIer your head off if you want to.
You got the whole night and a twenty acre pasture to belIer in."
T.P. lay down in the ditch and I sat down, watching the bones where the buzzards ate Nancy, flapping hlack and slow and heavy out of the ditch.
I had it when we was down here before, Luster said.
I showed it to you.
Didn't you see it.
I took it out of my pocket right here and showed it to you.
"Do you think buzzards are going to undress Damuddy." Caddy said. "You're crazy."
"You're a skizzard." Jason said.
He began to cry.
"You're a knobnut." Caddy said.
Jason cried.
His hands were in his pockets.
"Jason going to be rich man." Versh said. "He holding his money all the time."
Jason cried.
"Now you've got him started." Caddy said. "Hush up, Jason.