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jewelry because it had all turned green on her. She reached out<br />
and touched my hair. I was still too scared to move and<br />
wondered if she meant to snatch me bald headed.<br />
A younger giant Gypsy man stepped out of our alley house<br />
and spoke sharply to the old woman. She jerked her hand away<br />
from my hair and turned. When she did, I could see the Gypsy<br />
man had Willy. He was hanging like a sack of potatoes over the<br />
man’s arm as he turned to walk back down the alley. The old<br />
woman was following him with bells tingling and bracelets<br />
clanging.<br />
My Lord to Jesus! They were stealing Willy! Bud was no<br />
help- he’d sunk all down inside himself and fell to the ground.<br />
Mama’d kill me if I let them steal Willy.<br />
I ran after the Gypsy man and tried to pull Willy free. But<br />
the man was strong and had a good hold around Willy’s waist.<br />
With his other arm he snatched me off the ground and held me<br />
so hard against his side I lost my breath. Soon as I could<br />
breathe again, I kicked and beat at him, tried to bite him, but all<br />
to no use. He had us. Me and Willy both was gonna be a Gypsy<br />
stew.<br />
I was about give out when I heard the old woman yelling in<br />
her foreign tongue. My captor turned and I could see Mama had<br />
the old woman by her hair with a butcher knife at her throat.
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