![]() ![]() Sukey runs to the mermaid for help and receives a pearl that brings Dembo back to life. Mister Jones kills Dembo and grabs the gold. ![]() Many men come courting her, but soon enough Dembo shows up and Sukey falls in love with him. When he sees the bag of gold he decides to steal it. Sure enough, Sukey is welcomed home by her joyful ma and mean-hearted step-pa. She tells Sukey that many men are going to court her but she must only marry a man named Dembo. Mama Jo brings her back reluctantly and sends a bag of gold with her. Sukey is happy at first but she misses other human voices and begs to be returned to her home. Sukey runs away and Mama Jo takes her under the sea to live in comfort and beauty. They try to capture the mermaid but fail. Sukey’s ma spies on them and tells the step father. Mama Jo becomes her friend and gives her gold coins every day to give to her parents so she will be able to come and spend the day with her. She escapes one day to sit beside the sea and meets the mermaid Mama Jo, who is lovely brown-skinned, black-eyed and green-haired. He forces her to work all day hoeing the garden and doing chores around the house. Her mother is married to “Mister Jones” but to Sukey he is “Mr. Sukey is a young girl living in a sagging cabin on an island off the coast of South Carolina. San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, Simon & Schuster, 1992. ![]()
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