The bell rang from outside the cabin, meaning everyone had to exit the cabins. Because of the blinding lights from the sun, Julily squinted her eyes, then quickly when she saw the worst thing she had ever seen. The little slaves were eating their food like pigs in a pig trough. Not because they were greedy, because they had to. There was no plates and forks. Massa Sims couldn't care less. It was time to go to work. Liza gave Julily a long stick and a bunch of dirty rags. She asked what to do with these items. Liza explained that the long stick was a "Battlin' Stick". You use them to beat the dirt out of the rags.