Cotton in My Sack

Picking enough cotton to fill the long sack means more money to spend in town on Saturday. Joanda knows what fun it is to spend the money she has earned herself; but she knows, too, what it means when the money is gone. Whatever happens, Joana always shares in her family's ups-and-downs, even when it means facing the mysterious loss of the load of cotton that was to mean the beginning of independence for the family