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A SCARY MAN
He went to school he went to work he went to bed.
We missed him singing and whistling about a lady who was nothing but a rag, a bone, and a hank of hair.
As soon as Daddy was done she would chime in and sing about how "There came to her window one morning in spring A dear little robin who came there to sing".
But Daddy didn't have time to sing and Mom didn't feel like it.
because she couldn't sleep good anymore without Daddy.
One night I heard a noise. It sounded like Mom choking or crying.
hurried to the doorway to look into the living room.
Mom was on the couch and a man was standing over her one knee on her stomach one leg on the floor his hand covering her mouth and he was taking off his belt.
I was frozen. I could not move. I had pins and needles all over my body. I thought he was going to hit Mom with his belt and hurt her and make her cry.
and told me with her eyes to get back to bed. But I was frozen. I couldn't move. I couldn't think what to do.
"Oh God Oh God", I prayed silently "Help us help us".
like a yellow rocket and grabbed ahold of the man's leg down near the ankle and blood spurted and the man screamed and tried to beat Tippie off his leg with his hand then with Mom's Bible that was on the coffee table.
Tippie held on until the man ran out screaming cussing leaving a trail of blood on Mom's new scatter rug and a hunk of flesh on the porch.
Then the two of us laid down together on the couch but neither one of us slept because we were shaking and scared.
When Daddy got home at sunrise he held Mom close in his arms like she was his baby.
He skipped school that day.
After that, Tippie slept on the floor by the couch or by Mom's bed wherever she decided to sleep. He never left her side until Daddy got home.
And we started to have devotions right after he got home from school so that Daddy could take the time to pray.
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