The Road Monologue

The August mississippi heat was beatin’ down on us. I didn’t really mind the heat I was scared of getin’ my nice clothes dirty, and bein’ late for school. When Cassie, stacey, christopher-John and me started walkin’ Tj was ran for us. I wantin’ to tell Cassie, stacey, and christopher-John to go faster, but I was tryin’ to be nice so I kept my mouth shut. We be coming to the crossroads and I remember seeing Cassie, stacey, christopher-John, and Tj was getin’ off the road. Cassie was yellin’ at me to get off the road, and I told her I would get my clothes dirty. Then Cassie said ‘’you better get up here little man or your clothes will get dirtier, LOOK!” Once I turned my head I saw something come so I ran to the bank. When I got down from the down form the bank, I was all dirty.I saw some white kids on a bus laughin’ like they just saw the funniest thing they ever saw.I almost started to cry, said “ Little man your Sunday clothes dirty “ I tell you I wantin’ to knock the block off Tj.
I got to the field and ran, I wouldn’t be wiped for being late on the first day. Finally I got to my desk. The teacher Miss. Crocker was the new teacher. She look pretty. “Hello class im Miss.crocker, the gentlemen downtown brought us some fine books.”You have to be jokin’ with me book. I couldn’t wait to see the book. Well she stared to call the first graders first. Man shoot I shot out of my chair and ran to the desk to get the book. When I got to my desk I look at I saw that it was dirty. So I got up and went to Miss.crocker’s desk . When I got there she asked me what I wanted and I told her “ Miss.crocker my book is dirty may I get a new one.” she look at me and said “clayton chester , all this book are the finest book they have been handed out by the gentlemen downtown.” I look at all the other book on her desk and saw how dirty and torn those were