But she said he would not sell it to the town boys.
"But it will be there Christmas," Dewey Dell says.
"You'll have to wait till then, when he brings it back."
Darl went to Jackson.
Lots of people didn't go to Jackson. Darl is my brother.
My brother is going to Jackson While we walk the lights go around, roosting in the trees.
On all sides it is the same.
They go around the courthouse and then you cannot see them.
But you can see them in the black windows beyond.
They have all gone home to bed except me and Dewey Dell.
Going on the train to Jackson.
My brother.
There is a light in the store, far back.
In the window are two big glasses of soda water, red and green.
Two men could not drink them.
Two mules could not.
Two cows could not.
Darl
A man comes to the door.
He looks at Dewey Dell.
"You wait out here," Dewey Dell says.
"Why cant I come in?" I say.
"I want to come in, too."
"You wait out here," she says.
"All right," I say.
Dewey Dell goes in.
Darl is my brother.
Darl went crazy.
The walk is harder than sitting on the ground.
He is in the open door.
He looks at me.
"You want something?" he says.
His head is slick.
Jewel's head is slick sometimes.
Cash's head is not slick.
Darl he went to Jackson my brother Darl In the street he ate a banana.
Wouldn't you rather have bananas? Dewey Dell said.
You wait till Christmas.
It'll be there then.
Then you can see it.
So we are going to have some bananas.
We are going to have a bag full, me and Dewey Dell.
He locks the door.
Dewey Dell is inside.
Then the light winks out.
He went to Jackson.
He went crazy and went to Jackson both.
Lots of people didn't go crazy.
Pa and Cash and Jewel and Dewey Dell and me didn't go crazy.
We never did go crazy.