A newcomer drove up in a covered wagon: "What kind of folks live around here?"  

"Well, stranger, what kind of folks was there in the country you come from?"  

"Well, they was mostly a lowdown, lying, gossiping, backbiting lot of people."  

"Well, I guess, stranger, that's about the kind of folks you'll find around here."  

And the dusty grey stranger had just about blended into the dusty grey cottonwoods in a clump on the horizon when another newcomer drove up.  

"What kind of folks live around here?"  

"Well, stranger, what kind of folks was there in the country you come from?"  

"Well, they was mostly a decent, hardworking, law abiding, friendly lot of people."  

"Well, I guess, stranger, that's about the kind of people you'll find around here."  And the second wagon moved off and blended with the dust grey...  

from The People, Yes, by Carl Sandburg, 1936

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