You know,' he said, 'once you're out of Haiti those things come back to you. For someone who's never been there - well, it all sounds pretty steep. Most people have a far back fear of voodoo, for it has cropped up even here in the southern part of our United States. Voodoo flourishes there. In fields you see men working - cane fields.
Men stare, look straight ahead, no speak.
You give candy. Candy fixed with salt. Next day I wandered around to old Ti Michel's place, and it struck me that he looked at me pretty suspiciously. I looked around a little, and finally wandered into his cane fields. All the time he watched me like a cat watches a mouse.