Even though the evangelist Bevel Summers baptizes him and "counts" him among the saved, the protagonist of this story is ignored by his family.
In this story, a man with a cancerous lump over his ear creepily carries a long peppermint stick and follows a boy into the woods. The protagonist of this story believes after reading a book that all pigs are pink bowtie-wearing animals with curly tails, so he is easily pranked into releasing a hog that attacks and chases him. At the start of this story, its protagonist's father puts an ill-fitting coat on him, and mutters the command "for Christ's sake, fix him" to his (*) babysitter. In this story, the gas station owner Mr. Paradise heckles a man conducting a healing service enthusiastically attended by Mrs. Connin. Even though the evangelist Bevel Summers baptizes him and "counts" him among the saved, the protagonist of this story is ignored by his family. For 10 points, name this second story from A Good Man is Hard to Find, in which the young child Harry Ashfield then returns to the title body of water, and drowns.
In this story, a man with a cancerous lump over his ear creepily carries a long peppermint stick and follows a boy into the woods.
“The River”