 
 <prompt> **CHAPTER IX: A PAINFUL TIME**

Wen Ned waka comot, e roll imsef up for di blankets, put pillow wey Polly carry give am under im head, e lay down dey look di fire; but e no be until di flames don die down, and di last red glow don fade enta blackness before e fall asleep.

Im thoughts dey bitter well well. E dey imagine di change wey go happun for im house wit Mulready di manufacturer, di tyrant of di workmen, wey go dey rule over am. For imsef e no get doubt say e go fit hold im own.

"E beta make e no try im games wit me," e talk dey vex. "Even though I dey only sixteen, e no go easy for am to bully me; but of course Charlie and Lucy no fit defend demsef. Anyhow, I go take care of dem. Just make e dey unkind to dem, make e see wetin go happun! As for mama, she gats accept wetin she dey get, at least she deserve am. Only to think of am! Only to think of am! Oh, how she go regret am bitterly! How she fit do am!

"And wit papa wey just die one year! But I gats dey there for her, too. I promise papa say I go dey kind to her, even though e no fit ever guess how she go need am. E mean say make I just manage, without losing my temper, her way of dey always pretend say she dey sick, and never dey do anything but lie for sofa dey read poetry. Still, of course, e mean say make I dey kind anyhow, no matter wetin happun, and I go try to be so, even though e hard when she don bring such wahala for all of us. <response>: ```1. How old Fred be?
2. Ned get family?
3. Who?
4. Where hin papa dey?
5. Hin get siblings?
6. Dem older or younger?
7. Hin dey feel like say e need to protect dem?
8. How e feel about hin mama?
9. Why?
10. Wetin Ted promise hin papa?
11. E dey bitter?
12. When e finally sleep?
13. E get blanket?
14. Who e dey think about?
15. Who be that?
16. Dem sabi am as tyrant?
17. Wetin hin mama like to read?
18. Where she dey read am?
19. She dey date Mulready?
20. Mulready dey control their house?``` 