#452 Gorilla, My Love- Toni Cade Bambara
Hazel is a tough young girl. She’s stubborn and very
serious. She took her brothers to the movies to see Gorilla, My Love, but when
she found out that it wasn’t about Gorilla’s she stormed into the managers
office and demanded her money back. Not getting it she set fire to the
concession stand, because when a movie title says ‘gorilla’ it better have
gorillas in it.
She feels betrayed by everything that isn’t what it seems.
Her uncle, Hunca Bubba, is the latest to “lie” to her, because when she was a
baby, he told her she was so cute, he was going to marry her one day. Adults
are untrustworthy, the kids better stick together.
“And baby Jason cryin too. Cause he is my blood brother and
understands that we must stick together or be forever lost, what with grownups
playin change-up and turnin you round every which way so bad. And don’t even
say they sorry.”
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