This chapter returns to the Rose Terrace Nursing Home on February 2, 1986. Evelyn arrives and Ninny tells her she just missed Ninny's neighbor from Whistle Stop. Ninny starts talking about Idgie and how she would run off like a wild animal when anyone tried to love her. Sipsey said it was because Mother had eaten wild game when she was pregnant. She changed when Ruth came to stay one summer. Ruth had come to run the youth activities at Mother's church. Ninny describes Ruth as sweet and shy. She came from a very religious family; her father was a preacher. Ruth was twenty-one and Idgie was fifteen or sixteen.
Idgie used to stare at Ruth and would show off when Ruth was watching. Idgie never ate at the table, but came to the.....
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