Question

What particular act of mischief done on a hot July afternoon does helen recount

Answer 1

Helen and Martha Washington were united by their great love for mischief. Once the two children were seated on the veranda steps one hot July afternoon and cutting out paper dolls. But they soon wearied of that amusement and after cutting up shoestrings and clipping all the leaves off the honeysuckle within reach, Helen turned her attention to Martha's corkscrews, the distinctive curls on people of African American descent. Martha had objected at first but then she submitted. Martha would have snipped off Helen's curls too if her mother had not interfered.