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Student ots, page 244 William Saroyan THE PARSLEY GARDEN Haid a eng caught epiing, into og By sk vege ne day in August Al Condtaj was wandering through Wool= ‘worth's without a penny to spend when he sa small ham- ‘mer that was not toy but areal hammer and he was possessed with 2 longing to have it. He believed ic was just what he needed by which to break the monotony and with which to make something He had gathered some first-class nails fom Foley's Packing House Where the boxmakers worked and where they had carelessly dropped atleast fifteen cents’ worth. He had gladly gone to the trouble of gathering them tagether because it had seemed to in that a nail as such was not something to be wasted. He had the nal, perhaps a half pound of them, atleast wo hundred of ther, ina paper bg inthe apple box in which he kept his junk at home, Nov, with the tenceat hammer he believed he could make something ou of box wood and the nals slthough he ad no idea What. Some sort of e ble perhaps, ora small bench. ‘Ar any rate he took the hammer and slipped it ta the pocket of his overalls, but just ase dd soa maa took im imly by the arm without a word and pushed him to the back ofthe store nto a smal ofc, Another man, an older one, was seated behind «desk intheoffice, working with papers. The younger man, the one who had captured him, was excited and his forehead was coveced with “Well” he said, “here's one more of them, ‘The man behind the desk got this fet and looked Al Conds up and down ‘hae’ he swiped?” ‘Ahammer." The young man loked a Al with hated. “Hand i cover," he sti The boy brought the hammer out of his pocket and handed it to ‘the young man, who said, “T ought to hit you over the head with, tha’ what [ought todo.” He turned to the older man, the boss, the manager of the store, and be said, “What do you want me to do with him?" "Leave him with me,” the older man sd ‘Te younger man stepped out of the ofice, andthe older man sat vn and went back to work. Al Condrj std inthe office fifteen ‘minutes before the older man looked at him agua, Well," be sai Al dia’t know what to say, the man wasn’ Joking a him, he ‘was looking at che door. Finally Al ssid, “T diet mean to steal it T jot need it and 1 bbaven't got any money.” “Just beeause you haven't got any money doesn't mean you've ota right to steal things" che man said. “Now, desi No, sit” “Wel, what am T going to do with you? Tur you over tothe pele? [Al didn’ say anything, but he certainly didn’ want to be turned over tothe police. He hated the man, bur atthe seme time he realized somebody else could be alot tougher than he was being “IE T let you go, will you promise never to steal fom this store gain? "Ye, sn ‘Al igh,” the man said. “Go out this way and don’t come back ‘0 this store until you've got some money to spend.” He opened a door tothe hall tht led the aley, and Al Conds Ihuried oven the ball and out int the alley‘The fist ching he did when he was fice was laugh, but he knew he had been humiliate, and he was deeply ashamed. Ieee aon bis tar to take things that dd ne belong to him. He bred ‘young man who had caught him and he hated the manager of ore who tad made him sand in score in the oc ea oe pa’ liked it tall when the young man had suid he cughy op him over the head with the hammer J should have ha te ourge to look him sight nth eye and say, "You and who else” Of course he had stolen the hammer nd he had been caught, but ‘seemed t him he oughtn't to have been so hesainnns Ate be bad walked thre Blacks he decided he dn want ogo fame just se so he turned around and started wang bec SS {2rR, He amostbeteved he meant wo go back and say seen ie ZOU man who had caught him. And then he wen’ wists Jooking in, for at east ten minutes, {Ente crashed and confused and now bitely ashamed of himn- Ee ren avg stolen something, hen for having been cag, sbepaer having been humiliated then Tor not having guts cose ck and do the job right he began walking home agony fain so troubled that he did't greet his pal Pete Wawetee nie ‘hey came face to face ouside Grats Harder hen he got home he was too ashamed to go inside ad examine fis junk oe had log drink of water rom the uct nthe ne sae ite faveet was used by his mother to water the set nok Pig every sear ove, bell peppers, tomatoes, cicabere ‘nions, gcc, mint eggplants and panley Hs mother called the whole business the parsley garden, and tedantyman, make for her fr ftea cent, anche neck e Trait sod enioy the cool of the garden and the soell of ae "ings she had planed and tad, Sometimes se would even make aslad and moisten the fla okt. ‘country bread and slice some white cheese, and she and he would hhave supper inthe parsley garden. After supper she would sttach the water hose wo the faucet an water her plants snd the place would be cooler chan ever anit would smell real good, rel rest sand cool and green al the different growing things makings greet arden smell out of themselves and the ar and the water After the long drink of water he sat down where the parsley itself sas owing an he pl an ot an owt te ‘hen he went net dh mater ht had ape. He vend eat hea hf Ging ater he hes aed "oo bck nde he ame an, "OCF dnt ou oe” hee in ken Eg “Hl ten cen, Yu go tack at man and ou phi ths soney and you ig it home that hme Na? A Cone nd“ ore our ony feng {on ely nes 1s thong aug to vee, could mastering ie ei Pe gash a Sex no ot fe oa hme “Goby hat hare hs mar “Nom Ali ae “Al igh” Rs mother “Shut up. Tacha ol when a now whew = entontan ton he ps His haiaton was eioning to way bart ao He ded ner of tinge fem Rg age he watched Joy Gale naling boss for en mints but hay wes buy serie rc es cage 4: Sd sol tv rhe Seas gon a ee tad sis "How's te oy?" Jonny ore wilh «eames tet and everbody in Fest sate wa the five boxer in town. He we conan oa matin a chy hte ers: Fay bins ns prou of Jomny Gale 'At Cond lye fo ne oan ewan get tn he way He i want someting at os at ng ated an te ay ie“ ea He i’ want Joey Gale oo son ete He i at tine anther heinThe Pandy Gander (On the way home he looked for money but ll he found was the sual pices of broken glass and rusty mil, the things that were livays cutting his bare fet every summer, ‘When he got ome his mother had made ead and et the table, soe sat down meat, but when he put the food in hin mouth he just id’ care for it. He got up and went into the thee-room house 4nd g0t his apple Box out of the corner of his room and ment ‘through his unk. Te was all there, the seme as yesterday He wandered off hack to rown and stood infront of the closed Store, hating the young man who hed caught him and then he went along tothe Hippodrome and looked at the display photographs from the two movies that were being shown that ay, ‘Then he went slog to he public brary to havea look a ll the boats again, but he didn’t ike any of them, so he wandered around town some more, and then around half-past eight he went home and went toed, His mother had aleady gone to bed because she ad tobe up at five to goto work atInderreden's, packing figs. Some daps there would be work all day some days there would be only bal ay of 4, but whatever his mother earned during the summer had to esp tem the whole yea. Fe dida't sleep much that night because he coulda’ get over ‘what had happened, and he went over six or seven ways by which to ‘jst the mater He went so far st believe it would be necessary to kill the young man who had caught him. He also believed would be necesstry for him to scl sjtematicaly and succes ‘he rest of his life, It was a hot night and he cou’ sleep Finally his mother got up and walked batefoted tothe kitchen for a drink of water and on the way back she sai to him softy “Shur up.” ‘When she got up at five inthe morning he was out of the house, but that had happened many times before, He was 4 testes boy, and he kept moving all the time every summer. He was making tistakes and paying for them, and he had just teed sealing and dha been eaught at it nd he was troubled. She fixed her break, Backed her lunch and hurried off 19 work, hoping it would bea fall day. 1 as ull day, and then there was overtime, and alehough she ad no mote Inch she decide 10 work on forthe extra money, toyrmy. Alot al he ober pte wee Saying, tan and he seighbor ats the aly, Leesa Abboor, who wosked bes bet ‘Sth "Letun work un te work top then wil po he td i 4 supper betwen and ea tin your pany garden whores Cool Tes aot iy ad thet no ese nt mang anc fy ot When the two women reached the garden it was ost nine ofc but ayia she saws pee of on ‘ood toe, mating something wh hana, Me tench Head andy wate te pate and ie p the oof the yard and he place eee very ne onde son ened very ‘ious aod bony. Se and Lesa went night to work for es Seppe, king bel peppers and toms sd cues ad seu deel pay fre ad ee bated the ight Before, and some white chee, and in a few minutes hey were hig supper torte end aking plese fbout the sacs dy they had ad Afr supper they made ‘Turk cole over an open ite inthe yr. They dak the colo: and sola egret sic nd tld one another sores sbout their expences nthe ed stunt td herein Pees, andthe Shey ned ino tice theo te any ood tne ts indated and here we faith and ork and Sapper out of ors inthe ime snd eoough moo for the sf te Ja. 1A! Cond} worked ad overeat things the id sod then Loe went hot got boy and Hit toc "tet ou get eat ams, AD™ “go ates” “How you ger it You tea i>” {AL Conds he Bech and toni sic Hw you et i” Mt wo he ore fori Ald “he sore where ou ste yesterday?” “Boge yous” “Thebes‘What you do?” ‘carried different suf tothe different counters.” ‘Well, tha's good,” the woman said “How long you work for that tle hammer?” “I worked all day,” Al sid “Me. Clemmer gave me the hammer Mier Pd worked one hour, but! went right on working. The fallen vwho caught me yestelay showed me what to de, and we worked together. We ida’ talk, but atthe end ofthe day he took ne vo Ny ‘Glemmer' office and he told Ms. Clemmer that'd worked head day and oughe to be paid a least a dollar” “Thats good,” the woman sid “*So Mr. Clemmer puta silver della on his desk for me, and then the fellow who caught me yesterday tld him the store necded seg like me every day, for dollars day, and Mr. Clemmer sad I coed have the job,” “That's god,” she women std, “You can make oe yoursell."| “Tet the dollar on Mr. Clemmer's desk” Al Condraj said, “and 1 old them boch fda want the jb.” “Why you sty that" the woman sa, “Dolla a day for elevene ‘year-old boy good money. Why you no take job?" “Because [hate the both of them,” the boy sid. “T would never York for people like that. just looked at them and picked up ny hammer and walked out came home and T made dys Rene “Allright,” his mother sad, “Shur up, His mother weot inside and went to bed, but Al Cond sat on the bench he had made and smelled the parsley gaten and dies feel humiliated any more Bar nothing could stop him from hating the two men, even though Be knew they hadn't done anything they should eee done. Tide money Responding (What circumstances moiate Alt tl the bammet? 2. Describe dhe diferent emotions Alf from the tnt bei ‘aught to the poe where he this mother aboot the inser ‘Whar bothers hi wow shout the whole experince? 3. What ations does Allconsider she sree with is painful ‘mosons? What do thse thoughts cea about his characte? What ees isin action ll sau i 4 Describe As home ie. Does hi mother sem, in your views & responsible parent? Why or why at? As ry ny soot ing oe se ese and ten ein it aes ‘to people sometimes when they lose their self- ‘oye? How might thw pop bed opin a rene? ‘Wei a story o tll an eneedote you know sbout shopiing. Student note, page 244 »