"Today is the day I'm going to tell them," says Johnny. "Today is the day." Johnny approaches his Ma and Pa who are intently observing one of their chickens, who they think to be ill. They look up at him. His mother smiles, but his father gives him a deathly glare. His father never approved of anything Johnny did, even when he first picked up the guitar. "Ma, Pa, I'm leaving for the big city. I'm leaving for N'orleans."