Probably the
saddest thing ever is the story of Susie, the facially
disfigured (from the
fire that
killed her entire
family when she was 3), one-legged,
blind,
orphan girl trying to sell a rusty
shopping cart full of Susie's only friends,
inbred, earless,
albino kittens (most of which are
dead from heartworms, unbeknownst to little blind Susie).
The sign on the cart reads, "kitties for sail 5 sents" (with a backwards "k"). Susie informs potential
customers, in a slurred
voice (having only 2/3 of a
tongue), that she is selling the "kitties" to help raise money to save her
orphanage from being torn down and replaced by a
Wal-Mart. Most of the people she encounters are driven away from the foul
odor she emits. The few that do approach her scoff at her selection of "kitties." One young man grabs a handful of the "kitties" and begins throwing them at her. As she runs away from the young man she
trips and falls, breaking one of her
crutches.
Having only raised 13 cents little Susie decides it is time to limp on back to the
orphanage on her one remaining
crutch. Suddenly a she hears a vaguely familiar voice call her name.
"Susie?? Is that you? "
"Uncle Fred!!!" she cries,
spittle flying everywhere due to her missing
lower lip.
"Yes! Its me Susie! I'm going to take you to live in my big nice
house with all your
cousins! You and your kitties can live with us in happiness. You'll have warm
food and a cozy place to
sleep every
night!"
"Oh, Uncle Fred,
I love you so much!"
They continue on as they
walk down the
sidewalk, lost in
conversation. All is well and good until they fail to heed the
crossing signal, being caught up in their
happiness.
The
Wal-Mart semi smashes full force into Uncle Fred and yanks Susie's
rusty shopping cart full of "kitties" from her hands. Uncle Fred is propelled skyward and falls, becoming
impaled on the iron fence outside Susies'
orphanage. The
shopping cart and "kitties" are crushed beneath the wheels of the semi, along with Susies' remaining
crutch.
Susie
crawls on the
ground groping for her "kitties" (finding only
bloody masses of
fur and
entrails) while calling out Uncle Fred's name. He never answers. Susie would have
cried had her
tear ducts worked.