 DREAMScape Presents Leaving Lyman by Lisa Klein Ransom Narrated by Deon Graham Daddy 1 Parchment Farm, Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1938 Maul and Grandpa's didn't tell me nothing, said we were going on the train. For my house I could sometimes hear the train whistle on quiet nights. Grandpa's used to tell me stories about trains that carry people to places far away to a town I thought was called North. Turns out that wasn't the name of a town at all, just a place people bought a ticket to. Ma made a mess of food, she spent all Saturday cooking, and the house smelled like fry and grease and pickle. Sample complete. Ready to continue?