A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Comic Strip
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- The Tree of Heaven was the only tree in Brooklyn planted from concrete, The leaves were shaped like an umbrella, and the “tree liked poor people”, Francie states.
- That's the tree of heaven right outside our window right?
- Yea I heard it's the only tree planted from concreate and it likes poor people
- Once they arrive; Carney, the junkie pays the neighborhood kids pennies for the bits of tin foil and other metals that come from such junk as cigarette packs and jar lids. He likes girls better than boys, so Francie delivers the junk for herself and her brother.
- Thank you very much!
- That hurts!
- Here's 16 pennies and a pinching penny for letting me pinch your cheeks.
- Yea whatever
- Francie's trip to the library allows her to develop her mind further. Francie sees the library as beautiful even though it is a shabby old building; she loves books so much that she wants to read every single one in the world. Even though the library clerk does not look or smile at her after she stamps her card, she is never discouraged.
- May I take these books home please?
- Thank you!
- Francie just saw her father Johnny walking up the stairs from his job. Hewas drinking again. He is not a bad person, just a bad father.
- He must be going through a lot right now. might as well leave him alone
- Francie goes up to see what costume Flossie Gaddis is wearing to the dance that night. Flossie works as a turner in a glove factory, where she turns gloves right-side-out after they are sewn. She works to support her mother and brother Henny, who is nineteen and dying of consumption. Mrs.Gaddis instructs her to tell him he looks good. The three women eventually leave him alone to cry and cough.
- A few days later...
- Katie comes home from the movies with Aunt Sissy who Francie really loves. since Sissy works at a rubber factory, she sells them for half the price.
- I wonder what's for dinner.
- I'll give you 2 toys for 5 cents.
- Deal!
- I saw this one old guy with ugly feet. does that mean something bad?
- After she got her toys from Sissy, Francie tells her mom about the old man's ugly feet, and her mom dismisses her fear, saying that everyone gets old, and they should just get used to it.
- Nothing bad is going to happen. when you age and grow older, wrinkles will start to grow.
- I was thinking we can use the meat with the stale bread.
- After their talk, they talked about what to have for dinner with their stale bread. they decided to use it with meat.
- That is a great idea!
- One week later...
- Francie and Neeley go out to buy weekend meat, which includes a trip to Hassler's for a soup bone and Werner's for chopped meat, since Katie Nolan doesn't trust the ground meat at Hassler's.
- She does not trust the meat.
- Well lets ask mom what she thinks.
- Francie's mother has given her detailed instructions about how to buy, she watch the butcher cut the round, to make sure it's fresh, have him chop an onion with it, and get a piece of fat to fry it with.
- Ok! We will get this done!
- Cut the round, to make sure it's fresh, have him chop an onion with it, and get a piece of fat to fry it with.
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