Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Watson go to Birmingham

1. It was so cold on saturday, the Watsons sat hunddled togather under a blanket on the couch.



2. Momma feltthe cold the most because she was from Alabama.



3. Kenny and his family lived in Flint, Michigan.



4. Joetta was Kenny's little sister.



5. Accordding to Kenny was not true of his older brother Byron is tried to make momma laugh all the time.



6. The weatherman said the temperature in Atlanta, Georgia would reach the mid-seventies.



7. Dad told Kenny , Byron , and Joetta they were lucky not to be the children of one of momma old boyfriend named Hambone Henderson.



8. When she was about to laugh, Momma put her hand over her mouth because she had a big gap between her front teeth.



9. Which of the following was not a warning Moses Henderson gave momma about flint because it was cold, babies were born with lumpy heads.



10. Momma said life in Birmingham, even though it wa snot perfect, was slower, friendlier, and people were honest about the way they felt.



11. Since they couldn't contact their landlord about their cold apartment, the Watsons planned to spend the night with aunt cydeny.



12. The brown bomber was the Watsons called 1948 plymouth.



13. Byron and Kenny were not happy when dad order them to scrape the ice off the car windows.



14. Kenny was agitated because Byron was not doig his share of the work.



15. The night before,Byron and his friend buphead had given Kenny some lessons i how to survie a blizzard.

16. At first Kenny ignored Byron's call because he thought his brother was playing another trick on him.

17. Kenny discovered that Byron's mouth was frozen onto the outside mirror.

18. Kenny's parents were shook up when they heard that Byronwas crying.

19. Dad laughed at Byron's perdicament because he realized that Byron had kiss his reflection in the mirror.

20. Kenny could tell Momma was worried because she started to talk southern style.

21. During Byron's ordeal, Dad kept laughing and making jokes about the situation.

22. Pouring hot water on the mirror was not a good idea.

23. With all five of them crying and standing around a car in freezing temperatues, Kenny thought it wa sno wonder the neighbors called them the weird Watsons.

24. Monna freed Byron from his predicament by yanking his head away from the mirror.

25. On the way to Aunt Cyndey's when Kenny paid byron back for punching him in the forehead and for not doing his share of the work aall the Watsons except Byron cracked up.

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