Listen to the audio of Bud, Not Buddy and answer the following questions: 1. At the start of chapter one, where does Bud live?
2. Why does Bud think losing your teeth is one of the scariest things that can happen to a kid?
3. What does Bud keep in his suitcase?
4. Who does Bud think the person on the flyer is , and why does he think this?

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up