Flying Lessons & Other Stories

. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what is the narrator's attitude towards his uncle and the story he tells?

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The narrator is excited by the stories his uncle tells, even though he knows they are ridiculous. He is the first to sit down to listen, and he frequently tries to break in and help with the story. Every time he does, though, his uncle finds a way to make him get it wrong. So, for example, at one point the narrator tries to heighten the tension of the story by pointing out that Bigfoot was right behind the Chukmas, only to have his uncle undercut him by saying "No, Turtle Kid, he was two miles away, running in the wrong direction." The uncle constantly frustrates the narrator, but that only seems to add to the fun of the story.