At this point in the story, both Richie and the animals on the farm begin to squeal incessantly. After he was stabbed, Pop said that the dogs began to eat him. After reassuring him that everything would be okay, Pop stabbed Richie in the neck. Pop successfully locates Richie in the woods before he is discovered by the officers. Pop fears that the same fate will befall Richie. Eventually, the officers from Parchman located Blue in the woods. Blue tried to attack a white girl once he escaped, which caused the entire white community surrounding Parchman to be on watch. Pop recalls that when Blue was running, he was speaking to his mother and begging her to “sing” for him. Pop’s job was to take the dogs and search for the runaways. Blue threatened to kill Richie if he told anyone what he had seen, and he convinced Richie to run away with him. Richie, who is listening to Pop’s story, interjects to tell Jojo that he found Blue and the woman in the woods. Fearing punishment, Blue decided to run away. Another inmate named Blue, who suffered from mental health problems, kidnapped and raped another female inmate. Pop explains that Richie was able to escape from Parchman, but he died before making it home. While Pop is disassembling an animal pen that has been eaten by termites, Jojo finally gets him to share the story of Richie's death.
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