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PLOT SUMMARY / BOOK NOTES
CHAPTER
14
Summary
The restaurant is someone’s
living room with ten card tables and folding chairs. Bud can tell right away why
people are lined up to eat there. The smells make him think that someone took
one big pot and threw in apple cider, coffee, sweet potato pies, meat loaf, and
mashed potatoes. He thinks this must be the way heaven smells.
Herman
C. Calloway is sitting at a table with Jimmy and a woman. An empty table beside
him is marked RESERVED NBC. The NBC means “Nobody But Calloway,” because he changes
the name of the band so much. Bud is steered toward the open seat at Mr. Calloway’s
table. He’d rather sit with the band, because Herman is so mean, but he’s unable
to move there. Mr. Jimmy introduces Bud to Miss Thomas whom he calls a vocal stylist.
When she sees that Bud doesn’t understand this, she says she is the singer in
the band and shakes his hand. Bud is overwhelmed by that hand, because it seems
as if she has nine diamond rings on that one hand! She’s pleased at what a gentleman
he is, but is concerned with all the marks on his body. When she questions where
they came from, Bud tells her all about the Home and.......
Notes
This wonderful restaurant seems to welcome Bud into a family,
something he has never known. He is among happy, loving people, and .........
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