“Well, tell us why girls are different from boys.” Mama thought for a while. “The main difference is that a little girl sits down when she goes to the bathroom and a little boy stands up.” “But Mama,” said Francie. “I stand up when I’m afraid in that dark toilet.” “And I,” confessed little Neeley, “sit down when…” Mama interrupted. “Well, there’s a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man.”
