A WORN PATH
This is a very powerful story set sometime after the Civil War I believe in the late 1860's or 70's for the old black women has stated that "I never did go to school for I was too old at the surrender." This leads me to believe that she would have been born somewhere around the 1850 and at the age of 14 would have been too old to go to school. It was time for Motherhood at that age. Her name is Phoenix, which by itself should be a hint to the reader for a Phoenix, was a large mythical bird that was able to be reborn as it approaches immortality. The story tells of her tapping cane, and her light steps traveling from her house to the doctor's office to obtain her grandsons' medicine. She has never accepted the ways of the big city, and lives far away from the hustle and bustle. I do not think she is as old or feeble as what the story lets on to believe. Granny as the town folk refer to her is a crafty old lady letting you believe that she cannot walk without the......
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