| A | B |
| Byron | teenage juvenile delinquent |
| Byron froze his lips on this | the brown bomber |
| Mamma | grew up in Alabama |
| Dad | drove straight through to Birmingham |
| Joey | went to church with neighbors |
| Kenny | almost drown in Collier's Landing |
| left for home | after the church was bombed |
| Byron's bad behavior | burns toilet-paper parachutes in house |
| After the bombing | Kenny hid behind the couch |
| Buphead | Byron's best friend |
| Weird Watson's | what people call them |
| Byron teaches Kenny | how to look at people so he won't look cross-eyed |
| What bullies steal from Kenny | gloves |
| conk | to straighten out hair |
| Grandma Sands | suppose to straighten out Kenny |
| when life isn't fair | you have to "keep on steppin'" |