The Walk

 The short story titled The Walk is a story about a young girl who has to go on a long tiresome walk for her mother. The young daughter whose name was Queen had to go and pay the society and go to visit Cousin Kamay. Queen listens to her mother very clearly throughout the story. She shows much respect for her mother. Even though Queen does not like the walk to River Sallee her mother demands that she must go and Queen does not question it. "She was thinking of the following morning's walk as she pulled the pile of bedding from under the sofa in the corner and spread it out. Queen did not like having to walk all the way to River Sallee. The road was long. She was always afraid to walk that long road" (Merle Collins, The Walk). Queen went on the walk with Cousin Liza in the morning becuase they are both heading to River Sallee to pay the society and to meet with Cousin Kamay. Cousin Kamay knocks on the door at five in the moring to start the walk with Queen. They have to start early in the morning because it takes over seven hours to make the trip. Along the trip a man yells at them in one of the houses to why two girls are on the road during that time in the morning. They both get very frightened and take off down the road. They are not on edge for the rest of the walk. They also see something move on the hill near the gravestone. There was something in the trees watching them on the road. Both of the girls screamed and ran. Queen was saying a prayer that she would survive whatever was around them. All of a sudden it vanished and it was just them again. 

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