"Well, 'ello folks. My name is Ma Joad an' I'm purty excited 'bout bein' able to share some time with ya. Well, the've asked me to tell ya who I am 'fore I start tellin' ya my story so... I'll do just that. I'm a simple mother. That should explain it all. I'm an aged woman already... no need to tell my age just yet,... but I tell ya this for ya to git the idea of my experience. I have always lived my life in the country side, and the sudden change has shocked me, but nothin' will devastate me. Why? I'll go back again to the fact that I'm a mother. There, there is my reason: I live to sustain my fambly. I know I ain't no woman of educaiton but I do want a bette' future for my kids, an' I know that comes from education. I know I need to feed my fambly, and I know the depen' on me to do so. I know the depen' on me to be strong an' I am strong for 'em, I will never let anything happen to 'em; I'll never stop working for them. They is my life an' we must always stay together. That is me... that's what I can say, at least."
--Ma Joad
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