Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered

171/260“Dat’s all right wid me.”He was getting drowsy, but he pinched her leg playfully because hewas glad she took things the way he wanted her to. “Listen, mama,soon as Ah git over dis lil cuttin’ scrape, we gointuh do somethin’crazy.”“Whut’s dat?”“We goin’ on de muck.”“Whut’s de muck, and where is it at?”“Oh down in de Everglades round Clewiston and Belle Glade wheredey raise all dat cane and string-beans and tomatuhs. Folks don’t donothin’ down dere but make money and fun and foolishness. We mustgo dere.”He drifted off into sleep and Janie looked down on him and felt aself-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.