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Dear God,

Harpo ast his daddy why he beat me. Mr ___ say,
Cause she my wife. Plus, she stubborn. All women good for - he don't finish.
He just tuck his chin over the paper like he do. Remind me of Pa.

    Harpo ast me, How come you stubborn? He don't ast How come you his wife? Nobody ast that.
   I say, Just born that way, I reckon.
   He beat me like he beat the children. Cept he don't never hardly beat them. He say, Celie, git the belt. The children be outside the room peeking through the cracks. It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how come I know trees fear man.
   Harpo say, Ilove Somebody.
   I say, Huh?
   He say, A Girl.
   I say, You do?
   He say, Yeah. Us plan to marry.
   Marry, I say. You not old enough to marry.
   I is, he say. I'm seventeen. She fifteen. Old enough.
   What her mama say, I ast.
   Ain't talk to her mama.
   What her daddy say?
   Ain't talk to him neither.
   Well, what she say?
   Us ain't never spoke. He duck his head. He ain't so bad looking. Tall and skinny, black like his mama, with great big bug eyes.
   Where yall see each other? I ask. I see her in church, he say. She see me outdoors.
   She like you?
   I don't know. I wink at her. She act like she scared to look.
   Where her daddy at while all this going on?
   Amen corner, he say.