"Fear" an excerpt from Native Son
By Richard Wright

…about each other, the black mother and the brown daughter gazed open-mouthed at the trunk in the corner. Bigger looked round the…
…demanded belligerently. “Sometimes you act the biggest fool I ever saw.” “What you talking about?” “You scared your sister…
…; stretch out on the bed. You'll feel better in a little while,” the mother said. She left Vera on the bed and turned a pair of cold…