t her friend during one of the many times her father was doing odd jobs for the people in the wealthy part of town. Even though Bettie Jean was obviously a lot better off than all of the other kids in the all black school, she was very friendly and welcomed Big Mama's friendship with open arms. The two hit it off from the very start and ended their first day playing together with a nice picnic put together by Bettie Jean's mother. Later in the story Big Mama invited Bettie Jean over for another fun filled day of adventures, in the less affluent part of town that she lived in. Of course their day couldn't end without a grand picnic so Big Mama went to her mother and pleaded with her to end their day with a grand picnic like the one she had at Bettie Jean's house. After a little begging her mother gave in and decided to feed the girls mayonnaise sandwiches, which was plainly two slices of bread buttered with mayonnaise and sunshine tea which was no more than sugar and water. Big Mama was a little embarrassed by her mother's lunch but Big Mama's mother explained that may'naise sandwiches, and sunshine tea were special because while you ate the sandwiches, you didn't have anything to distract you from other things such as watching the sun dance through a glass of sunshine tea. Memorized by the story behind this special lunch, Bettie Jean stated it was the best lunch she'd ever eaten. The story ended as it zoomed back to the future with Big Mama and Little Miss again looking at the pictures. The last picture shown was a picture of Big Mama just after she graduated college and dressed in her cap and gown.
             May'naise Sandwiches and Sunshine Tea uses the picnic at Bettie Jean's house as a symbol of what a hard working person can aspire to with hard work. In the story Bettie Jean's father was a principal and her mother a teacher. The author was portraying Bettie Jean's...