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Auntie

1989; University of Iowa; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17077/0021-065x.3816

2330-0361

Alyce Ingram,

Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

THE LAST THING PAPA had said to him before leaving as he zipped up their garment bags was: "God bless Auntie . . .she's worth her weight in gold . . .and I swear if you give her one whit of trouble while we're gone I'll send you to Saddle Town the minute we come back.So watch it, Fella."Then Auntie had arrived from the depot backing herself out of the taxi rump first like a wrinkled-in-the-seat-black-silk-hippopotamus pull ing out her own luggage and Papa and Mama, after quick hugs, had jumped into the same taxi and driven off leaving him alone with Auntie who changed into a sleeveless yellow sunflowered wrap-around the very first thing and was now sashaying around the kitchen banging pots and pans like she was at a shivaree, saying: "This big bear we'll use for apple sauce . . .this medium sized bear for porridge . . .and this little bear to stew prunes in for a certain little fella to keep him regular."Oh, how he hated Auntie (who was not really his aunt but was only Papa's third cousin).