A Perilous Journey Of Destiny

As Joe and Willie approached the Kennedy's mansion, Sarah was sitting on the porch reading a novel. She spotted them coming, put the book down, and walked out to the road. "What do you have in the bag?" Sarah asked.
"We have grocers. Lots o' grocers," Willie said. Poppa give us two dollars for diggin' a grave, and Joe bought grocers, and he bought me some bologna. We aint gonna be hongry this week."
Joe was embarrassed and put out with Willie. "Would you please shut your mouth, Willie!" he snapped. "People don't want to know our business."
"Don't be so curt to your little brother, Joe. All he was doing was responding to my question. What about the dance tonight? Have you changed your mind? I can run upstairs and get you a nice pair of Johnny's pants and a nice shirt. He has dozens of each and you are about his size."
"No. I haven't changed my mind. I'd look like a fool trying to dance, and no one would want to dance with me anyway. You remember, you said I stink."
"Well, I shouldn't have said that. It wasn't true. And furthermore, I'll dance with you. And if I dance with you, all the girls will want to dance with you. They're all jealous of me anyway."
"I wonder why," Joe said, facetiously.
Joe's comment stung Sarah, and she retorted, "Then don't go. I couldn't care less. All the boys want to dance with me anyway. I certainly don't need you to dance with me."
"Let's go, Willie. This sack is getting heavy," and they hurried away.
Sarah remained on the sidewalk and waited until they were out of sight. "I wonder why he said that," she murmured. "I realize I've been unkind to him, but I was trying to make up for it. I wish he'd go to the dance. I did want to dance with him. I know he's poor and will never amount to anything, but there's something different and special about him, and I can't figure out what it is. If he was wealthy and like the other kids, I think I could really like him. But he's not. And I won't allow myself to think about him anymore."

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