Evelyn is visiting Ninny at Rose Terrace on February 23, 1986. She asks if Ninny had said that Idgie and Ruth had a little boy. Ninny tells her his name was Buddy Threadgoode, Jr. They called him stump because he only had a stump for an arm after the accident. When Ninny and Cleo visited him, he didn't cry. She said Idgie raised him that way. Idgie had a tombstone carved for the arm and put it in the field behind the café. They had a funeral for the arm. Idgie gave him the nickname. Ruth thought it was cruel, but Idgie said this way no one will call him names behind his back.
Ninny only saw him have a fit one time. It was Christmas and he started smashing his toys. Idgie put.....
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