Benjamin." she said.
"Look at me." Mother said.
"Benjamin." she said.
She took my face in her hands and turned it to hers.
"Benjamin." she said. "Take that cushion away, Candace."
"He'll cry." Caddy said.
"Take that cushion away, like I told you." Mother said. "He must learn to mind."
The cushion went away.
"Hush, Benjy." Caddy said.
"You go over there and sit down." Mother said. "Benjamin." She held my face to hers. "Stop that." she said. "Stop it."
But I didn't stop and Mother caught me in her arms and began to cry, and I cried.
Then the cushion came back and Caddy held it above Mother's head. She drew Mother back in the chair and Mother lay crying against the red and yellow cushion.
"Hush, Mother." Caddy said. "You go up stairs and lay down, so you can be sick.
I'll go get Dilsey." She led me to the fire and I looked at the bright, smooth shapes.
I could hear the fire and the roof
Father took me up.
He smelled like rain.
"Well, Benjy." he said. "Have you been a good boy today."
Caddy and Jason were fighting in the mirror.
"You, Caddy." Father said.
They fought.
Jason began to cry.
"Caddy." Father said.
Jason was crying.
He wasn't fighting anymore, but we could see Caddy fighting in the mirror and Father put me down and went into the mirror and fought too.
He lifted Caddy up.
She fought.
Jason lay on the floor, crying.
He had the scissors in his hand.
Father held Caddy.
"He cut up all Benjy's dolls." Caddy said. "I'll slit his gizzle."
"Candace." Father said.
"I will." Caddy said. "I will." She fought.
Father held her.
She kicked at Jason.
He rolled into the corner, out of the mirror.
Father brought Caddy to the fire.
They were all out of the mirror. Only the fire was in it.
Like the fire was in a door.
"Stop that." Father said. "Do you want to make Mother sick in her room.
Caddy stopped.
"He cut up all the dolls Mau- Benjy and I made."
Caddy said. "He did it just for meanness.
"I didn't." Jason said.
He was sitting up, crying. "I didn't know they were his.
I just thought they were some old papers.
"You couldn't help but know." Caddy said. "You did it just "
"Hush." Father said. "Jason." he said.
"I'll make you some more tomorrow." Caddy said. "We'll make a lot of them.
Here, you can look at the cushion, too."