Down Twenty-first Street to Broadway

There is a new girl in school, her name is Maureen Peal. Frieda and Claudia are the only two people in school who don't like her. They called her Six-finger-dog-tooth-meringue-pie behind her back. Maureen was assigned a locker next to Claudia's, so she and Frieda decided they were going to be her friend. One day all three of them walked home together. On the way out of the school they saw a group of boys harassing Pecola. Frieda went over and hit one of the boys over the head with her books and yelled at them to stop it. The boys then started picking on Frieda and Claudia too but once they saw Maureen they went away. Maureen introduced herself to Pecola and was being very nice to her on the walk home, she even offered to buy her ice cream. The girls started talking about menstruating and babies, then Maureen asked Pecola if she had ever seen a naked man. Pecola got defensive and said she wouldn't even look at him even if he did see him and how nobody's father would be naked in front of his own daughter. Maureen wanted to know why she said "father". Frieda and Claudia got mad at Maureen for saying that, Claudia tried to hit her but missed and Maureen ran away.