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"It wa' las' night, honey, las' night, 'bout half-past leben o'clock. Me 'n' Si had done been asleep fer some hours. I wa' kinder wo' out with one thing an' another an' I went off ter sleep early. I had woke up with a kinder tingling an eatchin' in my foots. You know sence I been took so bad I ain't had much er any feelin' in my foots. Mos' generally they air kinder numb lak. It's been a good thing they didn't never eatch, 'cause you see I ain't had no power ter lif my foot up ter scratch an' I ain't had no power to lean down so fur to git to 'um. I ain't been able ter do mo'n jes' reach an' turn the aigs, which generally is about by my knees. Well, when this funny kinder tinglin' an' eatchin' struck me, befo' I know'd what I wa' a doin' I had lif up my foot some and wa' a reachin' down to it an' found' myse'f a scratchin' er my big toe. I done it so nachul I didn't give it no min', but jes' went on a scratchin', enjyin' er myse'f considerable. Jes' then they wa' a big knockin' on the cabin do' an' Pete Turner hollered out, 'Aunt Peachy, over ter Bollings', is done fell down the steps an' broke her damn neck!' He never stopped ter say mo', but jes' went on a spreadin' the news on his way. Si 'n' I wa' so took back we