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Thank You, Ma'am

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Langston Hughes

Short story about stealing and empathy



Thank You, Ma'am (by Langston Hughes)

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o'clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to grab her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy's weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. the large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth (shook, so noise is made).

After that the woman said, "Pick up my pocketbook, boy, and give it here." She still held him. But she bent down enough to permit him to bend over low and pick up her purse. Then she said, "Now ain't you ashamed of yourself?"
Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, "Yes'm."
The woman said, "What did you want to do it for?"
The boy said, "I didn't aim to."
She said, "You a lie!"

By that time two or three people passed, stopped, turned to look, and some stood watching.

"If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked the woman.
"Yes'm," said the boy.
"Then I won't turn you loose," said the woman. She did not release him.
"I'm very sorry, lady, I'm sorry," whispered the boy.
"Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain't you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?"
"No'm," said the boy.
"Then it will get washed this evening," said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her.

He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, weak and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.

The woman said, "You should be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?"
"No'm," said the being dragged boy. "I just want you to turn me loose."
"Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?" asked the woman.
"No'm."
"But you put yourself in contact with me," said the woman. "If you think that that contact is not going to last (some time/for some time), you got another thought coming. When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones."

Sweat popped out on the boy's face and he began to struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him
around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street.

When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall, and into a large kitchenettefurnished room at the rear of the house. She switched on the light and left the door open. The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house. Some of their doors were open, too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone. The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room.

She said, "What is your name?"
"Roger," answered the boy.
"Then, Roger, you go to that sink and wash your face," said the woman, after which she turned
him loose--at last. Roger looked at the door--looked at the woman--looked at the door--and went to the sink.

"Let the water run until it gets warm," she said. "Here's a clean towel."
"You going to take me to jail?" asked the boy, bending over the sink.
"Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere," said the woman. "Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you grab my pocketbook! Maybe, you ain't been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you?"
"There's nobody home at my house," said the boy.
"Then we'll eat," said the woman, "I believe you're hungry--or been hungry--to try to grab my pockekbook."
"I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes," said the boy.
"Well, you didn't have to grab my pocketbook to get some suede shoes," said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. "You could have asked me."
"M'am?"

The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause. After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run!
The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, "I were young once and I wanted things I could not get."

There was another long pause. The boy's mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned.

The woman said, "Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn't you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn't grab people's pocketbooks. Well, I wasn't going to say that." Pause.
Silence. "I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son--neither tell God, if he didn't
already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look (looking good, neat, clean, etc.)."

In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now,
nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.

"Do you need somebody to go to the store," asked the boy, "maybe to get some milk or something?"
"Don't believe I do," said the woman, "unless you just want sweet milk yourself. I was going to make cocoa out of this canned milk I got here."
"That will be fine," said the boy.

She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table.

The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake.

"Eat some more, son," she said.

When they were finished eating she got up and said, "Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my
pocketbook nor nobody else's--because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet. I got to get my rest now. But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in."

She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. "Good-night! Behave yourself, boy!" she said, looking out into the street.

The boy wanted to say something else other than "Thank you, m'am" to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn't do so as he turned at the (nothing good exists) step/dummy and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say "Thank you" before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.
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Chart your progress and have fun. You can keep track of your learning with lots of detailed charts that show how you're doing. Plus, as you use the site, you earn points and get Learning Stars—a fun reward for reading and learning!

Now you can easily get your students involved in their learning: let them select the text that interests them. Let them print and complete the activities with which they're most comfortable. Imagine each student learning vocabulary customized to his or her interests, while you have time to teach instead of typing. Could differentiation by interest or readiness be any easier? You can start doing it today, for free.

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It's an app. Want the app? You're using it. Wasn't that easy? The site is a web app, which is great for you, because you get almost-daily site updates automatically—so you can read and learn, not download and install app updates.

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Difficult English is intelligently simplified with our exclusive Rewordifying EngineSaves time when reading hard text, improves comprehension and self-confidence, and increases total reading timeCopy-paste entire text passages into the yellow box and press Rewordify text. You'll see a simplified version. Read more.
Definitions are easy to understand, context-aware, and match verb tense and part of speechReduces frustration and improves comprehension by maximizing time spent reading versus dictionary researchCopy-paste any text passage into the yellow box and "rewordify" it. Click the highlighted words. Read more.
Learning Sessions actively teach individualized vocabulary lessons with research-proven multimodal techniquesImproves vocabulary and word retentionAfter you "rewordify" text, you'll see a purple bar at the top. Click the buttons to pick hard words and learn them in an effective Learning Session. Read more.
Site carefully monitors student reading time, learning progress, and learning errors, and gives educators full-color, real-time charts and reportsGives actionable learning data that helps improve student learning outcomesCreate an account. Click on Educator Central. Create free student accounts. Post assignments online. Get learning data. Make smart classroom decisions based on valid data. Read more.
Site identifies and extracts over 58,000 difficult words and phrases from any text and creates a rich variety of learning activities with answer keysSaves time when teaching and gives students individualized learning activitiesCopy-paste any text passage into the yellow box and "rewordify" it. Click Print/Learning Activities. Pick the quizzes, activities, vocab lists, cloze activities you want, with keys. Print them. Read more.
Software allows users to change the difficulty level and presentation style of the output textImproves engagement by allowing easy differentiation by learning style and readinessCopy-paste any text passage and "rewordify" it. Click Settings. Change the text presentation style, "rewordifying level" (difficulty level), even the highlighting style. Read more.
Site works as an app on any device, using a minimum of dataAllows for easy district rollout on nearly any existing device while conserving Internet bandwithPoint any device's browser to Rewordify.com and it works like an app. Here's how to make an app icon on your home screen or desktop.
Site calculates accurate text complexity measures, including our exclusive READ scoreImproves engagement and learning through the selection of appropriate reading materialsRewordify any text passage. Click the Stats button. Read more.
Site's browser app (bookmarklet) extracts most web pages to Rewordify.com for learning in one clickImproves engagement and total reading time through independent selection of high-interest materialsInstall our free browser app. Browse the web. At any page, click the "Rewordify text" button. Read the extracted text on Rewordify.com.
You can post any document and share it publicly, privately, or with a passwordIncreases reading time and organization of learning materialsLog in. Paste in a document and "rewordify" it. Click the Share button, share it, and get a link. Post the link to your teacher page. Or, add it as a Rewordify.com assignment. Here's how to post documents. Here's how to create assignments.
Site calculates points and displays Learning Stars based on total minutes read and words learnedIncreases reading time and engagement by making the site more funLog in and start reading and clicking on the purple bar to do Learning Sessions. Points and Learning Stars will display. Click My Learning/My Documents to see charts of your progress. Read more.
Over 300 pieces of classic literature are availableImproves comprehension of the classics—from Shakespeare to Douglass to AustenClick Classic literature at the top. Or, type a word like Frankenstein into the search box at the top.

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Teachers: Learn about Educator Central and all it can do to help improve student learning outcomes. Also, you can print lots of free, full-color literature to help you get started in the classroom.

Have some fun. Are you up for a vocabulary challenge? Play Rewordo. Be aware: it's not easy.

Browse some classics. Want to be more sure of Shakespeare, or brush up on Bronte? Scroll to the top, and click the Classic Literature link. It's a fast way to get started using the site. Or, use the Search bar at the top. Try entering the word raven to understand the deal with Poe, that black bird, and the "Nevermore" thing.

Check out the goodies. You can install our One-Click Learning browser applet that lets you rewordify most web pages in one click. Our cool (and free, of course) School Clock tells you the current time and date, what class period you're currently in, countdowns to the next period, and more. You can customize it for any school's schedule, and make as many different School Clocks as you have different day schedules. Use it now.

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Site summary: Rewordify.com helps with reading comprehension and vocabulary development by simplifying English to a lower reading level. It lets you reword a sentence or reword a paragraph. It will simplify English by reducing text complexity. It's a dictionary alternative that will improve comprehension and teach vocabulary. It's an important part of reading instruction and vocabulary instruction for ESL students, people with reading disabilities, people with a learning disability, or anyone who wants to improve reading skill.


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