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Mules and Men | Part I, Chapter Ten: Summary and Analysis

New Characters:
Mack C. Ford: an excellent storyteller living in Mulberry.

Good Bread: a heavy-set woman with a temper who tries to break up the storytelling session.

Summary
Zora travels around Polk County and stops at various phosphate towns such as Mulberry, Pierce, and Lakeland. She starts up another storytelling contest and meets Mack Ford, an expert storyteller. He tells her why the porpoise’s tail is crooked, why the dog and the cat are enemies, and why people say “unh hunh.” One of his jokes, however, offends Good Bread, who...


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