Author’s Note: This creative piece is a letter from character to character in the story Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. The purpose is to explain about what each character was thinking.
Dear Herman E. Calloway,
I was six years old when my Momma died. When I was younger she would always have flyers of you and your band around the house. I always wanted to ask her why she had them, but I knew she wouldn't tell me. When she died I took them with me and always wondered who the man on the front of the flyer was. I believe that it was you Mr. Calloway. I have read through every word and studied every picture on your flyers and posters and thinking that my momma kept these, was a mystery to me.
After thinking it through I finally realized that maybe she was trying to tell me
something, something about you. Herman I think that my momma was trying to tell me that you know her and that you might know me. I have one question for you. Are you my father?
I never wanted to say this out loud or write it down, but I think that you are my father. I know this might be sound strange, but why else would my momma save these flyers about you? Someday I would really like to meet you Herman E. Calloway. Please write me back.
Sincerely,
Bud-Not-Buddy
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