Gramma Summary

In "Gramma", George Bruckner stays home to watch his Gramma while his mother goes to the hospital to see to his older brother Buddy, who has injured his leg in a baseball game. He remembers that when they had come to take care of her, she scared him at the age of six, but he is now fourteen. George tries to come up with something to do to occupy his time, while his Gramma sleeps and his mother is away. Several times, he picks up the phone to hear Henrietta and Cora gossiping during the Soap Operas, continues to pick up and put down his school books, and check the clock for the time when he can start to expect his mother home. He does not want to watch television for fear that he may wake his Gramma. With nothing to occupy his...