the story is about a man who lived in South America and had four kids of his own and a wife named mattie,he was given the nickname old man brown.His first child was named frankie and was a girl,he had strong bond with his son as he took him everywhere in the basket of his bike.After frankie reached six he then had 4 other kids,he moved to delta in seek of more money and in order to pay of the money he owed his boss.