This text was obtained via automated optical character recognition.
It has not been edited and may therefore contain several errors.
Mamoo: But. you know he had a wonderful sense of humor. He loved to play jokes. I remember once, he said to me, "Aphra, come here. Do you like fried chicken?" I said, "Yes, I love it." And he said, "Well, I want you to eat some of this." So he gave me a little tiny piece of, looked like a piece of fried chicken. It turned out to be frog legs and he told me afterwards that it was frog l?ga. Alice: Well MY experience was quite the opposite. He said "Do you like frog legs?" And I said "No, indeed." And then he gave me that and it was chicken. Mamoo: I see. Alice: Now, there you are. Mamoo: Well, there you are. No he told me. . . Alice: Our attitude was so matter of fact. I mean we were not looking at him in awe. Mamoo: No we were not in awe of him. , Alice: We were perfectly happy with him. Mamoo: Friendly. Alice: He was a nice person. Mamoo: I remember walking uptown with him after breakfast you see and he would hold my little hand in his and I was perfectly happy. Walking up, all the way up to Canal Street with him. Alice: What? Mamoo: I remember walking with Grandpapa up to Canal Street with him. Me, my own self, my little tiny girl. Alice: My God. Mamoo: You don't remember that? Alice: No. Mamoo: Well I did. Alice: I wouldn't have walked Canal Street with him. Mamooi Well, I did.. 13
Baldwin Conversation-013