Jim was now "working" for Basie. He tried to remember how his amahs back home cared for him and tried to imitate them. For three weeks he cared for Basie bringing him his ration of boiled rice and sweet potatoes and fetching his water. Slowly Basie recovered and encouraged Jim to make himself useful to the rice woman who eventually allowed Jim to help her. This gave Jim an advantage in the food lines and his rations started to improve. Though Jim was taking care of Basie, Basie had a way of making Jim feel that it was the other way around. Basie was totally dependent on Jim at this point but he told him lies about his parents in order to keep Jim working for him. Jim learned how to.....
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