A twelve-year-old girl tells of a visit from two older girls, her cousins, who are interested in sex. She gets some confused ideas from hearing them tell about their trip to the fair, accompanied by two boys, in the course of which they viewed a hermaphrodite exhibited as a freak, this account being muddled up with religious admonishments.
First published in Harper's Bazaar, May 1954.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Collection | 85 |
| October 1992 |
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | Harcourt Brace | Collection | 80 |
| October 1997 |
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Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers | W. W. Norton & Company | Anthology | 461 |