Motivated by a relative who swallowed lye, the protagonist picks up a nickel dropped by a hunter, and crosses a creek and a barbed wire fence.
The protagonist of this short story imagines a little boy bringing her a slice of marble cake, and drinks water flavored with sweet-gum before falling into a ditch. The protagonist asks a lady carrying an armful of presents to tie her shoes, since she "can't lace ‘em with a cane," and mistakes a scarecrow for a ghost. Motivated by a relative who swallowed lye, the protagonist picks up a nickel dropped by a hunter, and crosses a creek and a barbed wire fence. Taking place on a bright frozen day in December, the protagonist travels from from her home to a doctor's office in Natchez, where she obtains throat medicine for her grandson. FTP, name this short story from A Curtain of Green about Phoenix Jackson's journey on the title road, written by Eudora Welty.
The protagonist of this short story imagines a little boy bringing her a slice of marble cake, and drinks water flavored with sweet-gum before falling into a ditch.
“A {Worn Path}”