Out Of The Dust

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Out of the Dust
This story is about long-legged, red-headed, freckle-faced hillbilly girl. Her name was Billy-Jo. Her dad did not actually want a girl he wanted a boy, but he got a girl. Now this girl had a big mouth and cheek bones that stuck out like bicycle handles. She followed after her mother in the fact that she was a talented piano player. In the same way she also followed after her dad in the fact that she always worked with her dad and would help him with the crops and taking care of the animals. Ma was on of the greatest piano players of the time. Her fancy finger work was so elegant and graceful. Ma was the one who made all the meals and kept the house clean. Now Pa was the farmer who took care of the crops and the livestock.
Now one day Daddy mad a huge mistake, he put a can of kerosene beside the stove, and when ma saw it she thought it was water. So when she was making Pa's coffee she put kerosene in and made a huge lake of fire. Ma ran to get help from Pa. Billy-Jo threw the flaming pot outside not knowing her mother was coming back in. The kerosene splashed all over her. Suddenly Ma became a huge column of fire. Billy-Jo pushed her to the ground and tried beating the flames desperate to save her Ma. It was no use Ma burned to death. At first her hands didn't hurt at all, she just felt heat. Then the Doc came and cut off all the dead skin with scissors. Then he soaked her hands. Then the pain came. Billy-Jo could no longer play the piano. Her scarred hands restricted her. When she played it sounded horrible. Her hands would never be the same. Also the only way Billie-Jo made any money was by playing piano for people. Now she cannot do this anymore.
This is when the whole story changes. After Ma's death, nothing got back to the way it used to be. Billie-Jo and Pa had to make their own meals now, they had to keep the house clean. And the house was silent. Pa never really talked much after tha...