Answer:
A crush or a squeeze with force so that it becomes flat soft or out of shape
Explanation:
The belligerent girl talked back to a teacher, because talking back is agrees ive and disrespectful.
At the end of the story, the narrator not only feels compassion for Miss Lottie, but as an adult, she feels her pain as well.... the need for beauty, the passion for marigolds.
For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that his life is as barren as the dusty yards of our town. And I too have planted marigolds.
