id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 30014 Hamm, T. D. Native Son .txt text/plain 2249 194 91 Tommy hated Earth, knowing his mother Tommy Benton, on his first visit to Earth, found the long-anticipated "Don't you _like_ Earth, Tommy?" queried his mother anxiously. mother, and they both burst out laughing for no reason that Tommy could Of course, they did that lots of times at home and Tommy laughed His father pulled Tommy over in the crook of his arm and said gently, Tommy pulled away and looked at him incredulously. Tommy to bed, returned to the living room acutely conscious of Big Tom's "Earth _isn't_ home to Tommy. Tommy, arriving at the hall door in time to hear the tail-end of the better looking, that is." Tommy's dad pretended to compare them Helen laughed, but Tommy looked at him with a resentfulness. But his mother's face was still unhappy and Tommy glowered sullenly at had seen the one that Dad said looked like Mother.... ./cache/30014.txt ./txt/30014.txt