Stories tagged “cajun”
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Leaving the Bayou
She watched LeBlanc as he put his finger in his collar and eased the fabric away from his neck for the eighth time in as many minutes. It was an odd habit, in her opinion, and had already left a grubby mark on the expensive white cotton. She knew damne...
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Trapper Joe's Secret
Trapper Joe, he sit patient-like on de porch swing and listen what de Hollywood man be say. “We wan’ put you on TV, Joe,” he promise. “We pay you de big dollah, go on de alligator hunt wi’ you and you catch de big gator. You be somebody ’ca...
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Amos Thibodeau's Show and Tell
Amos Thibodeau Jr. was the first boy in his family to go to the public school in 50 years. His daddy, Amos Sr. had been schooled in the bayou way: fishing, hunting, growing crops. Amos Sr. always said, “Our land is all we need. What more can a man as...
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Amos Thibodeau's First Kiss
Amos Thibodeau Jr. loved Miss Becky Bellefontaine with a passion that could only blossom between a young boy and the most beautiful teacher in the whole school. Amos himself was only 10 years old, nonetheless, the depth of his affection drew from a wel...
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Amos Thibodeau and the Zombie Jamboree
“Papa,” Amos Thibodeau Jr. asked his daddy, “This year I old enough to go to de new year’s party at Catfish Landing, ain’t it true?” “Son,” Amos Thibodeau Sr. said, “I not so sure dat de right party...