There was always an abundance of food, always "plenty of orange, grapefruit, tangerine, guavas and other fruits" in the Hurstons" yard, and always chicken and eggs on their table. In fact, there was such a surplus of food that the children could use the eggs as missiles and oranges as hand grenades to play with. ... Mama wanted her children to stay at home, her reason being that they had "plenty of space to play in; plenty of things to play with; and, furthermore, plenty of [siblings] to keep each other's company", and that there was no reason for them to be running around outside as if...

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