Buddies (19 page)

“What did you set yore head to do, Ernie?”

“I found you without my eyes, Joey Frank. I went an’ tripped a-bunch, but I didn’t fall the first time.”

Joey Frank smiled broadly. He would never tell Ernie he had only been a short distance from him and couldn’t speak because he had the breath knocked out of him; Ernie had been walking in circles. No sir! Ernie had found new hope and Joey Frank couldn’t be happier and wasn’t about to spoil it.

THE END

About the Author
 

Nancy L. Hart lives in Northern Georgia in the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains. Her literary abilities are greatly colored by the hardscrabble people she has known, loved, admired, and lived with her entire life.