Description
First Place, Short Story Division, 1945 Butler Literary Contest.
The woman's arms were tired, and her back, as she pushed the iron. But the pain of her body was somehow outside her, and she was only her thoughts. There was so much to do before Grandma's party. After Mrs. Knox's ironing was done there was hall and living room to clean, the cake to ice, and lunch to fix for Grandma and the baby. If only Ella May's time hadn't come early, she could have helped with the easy things. She'd been early with Carol, too, though, and they might have known.
Recommended Citation
Fuller, Joan
(1944)
"The Birthday,"
Manuscripts: Vol. 12
:
Iss.
4
, Article 8.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/manuscripts/vol12/iss4/8
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