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everbody else is too。 i had tole bout bein in the nut school; an playin football for coach fellers an
goin to the all state football banquet; an about the daft board; an jenny curran an the movie an
all。 when he';s thru; mr。 boone; he say; 〃now here is originality! here is what i want;〃 an
everbody turn an look at me; an he says; 〃mister gump; you ought to think about gettin into the
creative writing department— how did you think this up?〃 an i says; 〃i got to pee。〃
mister boone kinda jump back for a secont; an then he bust out laughin an so does everbody
else; an he says; 〃mister gump; you are a very amusing feller。〃
an so i am surprised again。
the first football game was on a saturday a few weeks later。 most of the time practice had
been pretty bad; till coach bryant figgered out what to do with me; which was bout what
coach fellers had done at highschool。 they jus give me the ball an let me run。 i run good that
day; an score four touchdowns; an we whip the university of georgia 35 to 3 an everbody slappin
me on the back till it hurt。 after i get cleaned up i phoned my mama an she done listened to the
game over the radio an is so happy she can bust! that night; everbody goin to parties an shit; but
nobody axed me to any; so i go on down to the basement。 i';m there a wile when i hear this kind of
music in from someplace upstairs and it';s real pretty…like; an; i don';t know why; but i went on
up there to find out what it was。
there was this guy; bubba; settin in his room playin a mouth organ。 he';d broke his foot in
practice an couldn';t play an didn';t have nowhere to go either。 he let me set on a cot an listen to
him; we didn';t talk or nothing; he jus settin on one cot an me on the other; an he';s playing his
harmonica。 an after bout a hour i axed him if i could try it an he says; 〃okay。〃 little did i know
that it would change my life forever。
after i';d played aroun on the thing for a wile; i got to where';s i could play pretty good; an
bubba was goin crazy; sayin he';s never heard such good shit。 after it got late; bubba says for me
to take the harmonica with me; an i did; an played it a long time; till i got sleepy and went to bed。
next day; sunday; i went to take the harmonica back to bubba but he say for me to keep it;
cause he got another one; an i was real happy; an went for a walk an set down under a tree an
played all day long; till i run out of things to play。
it was late in the afternoon; an the sun was almost gone when i begun to walk back to the
ape dorm。 i was goin across the quadrangle when suddenly i hear this girl';s voice shout out;
〃forrest!〃
i turn aroun an who should be behin me but jenny curran。
she has a big smile on her face and she e up and took me by the han; an says she saw me
play football yesterday and how good i was an all。 it turns out she ain';t mad or anythin bout what
happen in the movie; an says it ain';t my fault; it was jus one of them things。 she axe if i want to
have a co';cola with her。
it was too nice to believe; settin there with jenny curran; an she say she takin classes in
music an drama an that she plannin on bein a actress or a singer。 she also playin in a little band
that do folk music stuff; an tells me they gonna be at the student union buildin tomorrow night an
for me to e by。 let me tell you; i can hardly wait。
。。!
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now there is a secret thing that coach bryant an them done figgered out; an
nobody sposed to mention it; even to ourselfs。 they been teachin me how to catch a football pass。
ever day after practice i been workin with two goons an a quarterback; runnin out an catchin
passes; runnin out an catchin passes; till i';m so exhausted my tongue hangin down to my navel。
but i gettin to where i can catch em; an coach bryant; he say this gonna be our 〃secret
weapon〃— like a 〃adam bomb;〃 or somethin; cause after a wile them other teams gonna figger
out they ain';t thowin me the ball an will not be watchin for it。
〃then;〃 coach bryant say; 〃we is gonna turn your big ass loose— six foot six; two hundrit
forty pounds— an run the hundrit yards in 9。5 seconds flat。 it is gonna be a sight!〃
bubba an me is real good friends by now; an he heped me learn some new songs on the
harmonica。 sometimes he e down to the basement and we set aroun an play along together;
but bubba say i am far better than he ever will be。 i got to tell you; that if it weren';t for that
harmonica music; i might of jus packed up an gone home; but it made me feel so good; i can
hardly describe it。 sort of like my whole body is the harmonica an the music give me goosebumps
when i play it。 mostly the trick is in the tongue; lips; fingers and how you move your neck。 i think
perhaps runnin after all them passes has caused my tongue to hang out longer; which is a hell of a
note; so to speak。
nex friday; i git all slicked up an bubba lend me some hair tonic an shavin lotion an i go on
over to the student union building。 they is a big crowd there an sure enough; jenny curran an
three or four other people is up on stage。 jenny is wearin a long dress an playin the guitar; an
somebody else has a banjo an there is a guy with a bull fiddle; pluckin it with his fingers。
they sound real good; an jenny seen me back in the crowd; an smiles an points with her
eyes for me to e up an set in the front。 it is just beautiful; settin there on the floor listenin an
watchin jenny curran。 i was kinda thinkin that later; i would buy some divinity an see if she
wanted some too。
they had played for an hour or so; an everbody seemed happy an feelin good。 they was
playin joan baez music; an bob dylan an peter; paul an mary。 i was lying back with my eyes
closed; listenin; an all of a sudden; i ain';t sure what happen; but i had pulled out my harmonica an
was jus playin along with them。
it was the strangest thing。 jenny was singin 〃blowin in the wind〃 an when