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Lauren Bray was a good man.

He worked hard all his life, made a lot of money.

It's too bad he can't take any of it with him.

Well, he didn't leave it to me.

Lauren's last request was that this money be used to put up a statue of

in the town square.

What for?

Why, for all his accomplishments.

All he did is run a general store.

Not like he did anything to talk about.

Except over charges.

I did not.

You lie down right now. You're dead.

I still have things to do.

I'm sorry, Lauren, but your life's over.

How do you know?

I'm a doctor.

Sully, help me.

No, no, no, no!

Now you get back in there, Lauren!

Gentlemen, gentlemen, this is not a broodmare.

This is not your cart horse. This is a sorrel gelding.

Look at this horse.

Lady broke and gentle.

What am I offered for this horse? Do not put that money away, sir. This is not a

cart horse. Let me start the bidding.

$25. Do I hear $25? $25. $25. Do I hear $30 for this fine animal? Do I hear $30?

$30. $35. Do I hear $35? $40. $40.

$40. Warren, could you get us a lemonade, please?

Gone. with the carpet bag, $40.

Brian, did he hear me?

What?

He's busy.

You ought to buy him, Jake.

He wants too much money.

How much?

You ain't thinking about buying him, are you? Why not?

Too much horse for you to handle, old man.

You need a gelding.

What I need is that stallion. Do I hear $30? $30? $35? $35? $40? $40? Do I

hear $40?

$40? Gentlemen, please, this is a stallion. Do I hear $40? $40? Do I hear

$45? $45 for this fine stallion.

$45? $45.

$45 going once, going twice.

Gone to the gray -haired gentleman for $45.

have bought yourself a fine horse.

Any broken bones?

Maybe we should take you to the clinic. Let me examine you just in case. What

about my horse?

I'll bring him.

I want you to take a hot bath and have some salt tonight.

Then have Dorothy rub some of this into your shoulder.

I can do it.

You're going to be very sore for a few days.

You should rest. Take it easy.

I'm fine.

Your body doesn't heal as fast when you get older.

Mine does.

Anything else?

You were lucky.

Very lucky.

Lauren, do you think it's wise for a man of your age to be taking chances like

that? You think I can't handle that horse?

What I think is that you could have hurt other people.

Well, I didn't.

How's your horse, old man? Just fine.

Hank! Hey, Hank!

Hank! Will you finish your bath and get me another beer?

There's Jake.

You know what I'm going to get you?

That's her sister.

Yeah. Let's get closer.

You cheeky.

Lauren, has Hinges come in yet?

Oh, yeah.

They came in this morning.

So, uh, what do you think of my new suit?

It fits you real good.

All right, here's a fancy one. You like it?

Let's, uh...

Sure fits you good.

Everybody's been saying that. You want a shave to go with your new suit? No, I

need something else.

What?

You know how to do it? Of course I do.

You won't tell nobody, will you?

It'll be our secret.

Oh, good afternoon, sir. May I help?

What did you do to your hair?

I had Jake mix it up a bit.

Mix it?

Well, it looks like you got dipped in a tar bucket.

Will that stuff come off? I don't want it to come off. I like it. It looks

ridiculous.

And that suit looks as bad on you as it did in the catalog.

I like it.

I'm tired of the same old things, Dorothy.

I've been wearing the same clothes for years.

I eat the same meatloaf every Tuesday at Grace's.

Get up every day at the same time, work at the same job till supper, and then I

stop the whole thing all over again.

That's what we all do, Lauren.

Yeah, well, maybe it's time for me to do something different. You have a good

life here. You have friends, you're respected in this community. What else

you want?

I want... I want to feel alive again.

I want to have some adventure.

I'm ready to do something exciting, to go somewhere.

Where would you go? I don't know. Maybe California.

I was going to go in 49, but... The gold rush is over, Lauren.

And you're too big to run away.

Dorothy, I swear I'm going to do something with the time I got left

old.

Gosh.

There's pictures of everything.

Even their inside.

Come on, Steven. It's my turn. You keep the lookout.

You won't believe this.

Let me see. What is it?

I don't know.

Brian, where'd you go?

I don't know. I gotta go.

Me too. Bye, Sully.

Sully, what are you doing?

So was I when I caught Brian doing the same thing.

Brian was the leader of these pictures?

Him and his friend, Stephen.

They're at that age.

What age?

Have you ever had a talk with Brian about birds and the bees?

You mean procreation?

Well, not exactly. Don't you think it's time he knew what happens between a man

and a woman when they...

Fall in love and get married.

About snuggling.

Procreation?

Well, I suppose it's time.

I have an excellent book that he can read.

Don't you think you should just sit him down and tell him what he needs to know?

He's only interested in the basics.

Where babies come from, what things are called.

The rest you learn by doing.

Did your father tell you?

No, but I wish he had.

There are some things you should hear from other men.

I'd be happy to talk to him for you.

I don't see that it would make much difference who told him, as long as he's

properly instructed.

Everything you need to know comes from a book.

I'll think about it.

I'll wait in the wagon.

What's going on?

Lauren's leaving town.

Something smells like old beer.

Is that you?

Lauren, don't do this. I wired ahead for a reservation on a ship to Bolivia.

Why, you can ask Horace.

True. We did it this morning.

Lauren, Bolivia is a long ways from here.

So is Egypt, China, and Ireland.

And I may just see all of them before I'm through traveling.

He'll be back, won't you, Mr. Bray? Of course he will.

I'll bring you a ruby from Burma. Oh.

Why

are

you asking me about that?

Don't you know?

Of course I know.

I figured you did, too.

I know a thing or two, but I don't know everything.

What do you mean by a thing or two?

Brian, do you know where babies come from?

Sure I do.

I've seen that around here plenty of times with the animals.

Well, all right, if you know that, then what more do you want to know?

I want to know about girls.

Well, don't ask me about that.

Can't make sense of the anger half the time we're talking.

Somebody's been around them longer.

Somebody older.

Someone who understands.

Trying to understand them, that's the first mistake.

This? Don't matter if you're five or 50.

Who's going to always do something to try and keep you confused and off

For what?

Just the way women are.

Been doing it since the Garden of Eden.

Then how do you ever know what women want?

You have to guess.

Guess? Why can't you just ask them?

Oh, if a woman has to tell you what she wants, she gets mad because you didn't

think of it first.

But it could be anything.

Well, that's true.

That's why you always got to be looking, watching for signs.

What kind of signs?

You got to watch their eyes.

When Myra gets a hankering for something... Her eyes get like this.

And sometimes she gets this funny little smile on her lips.

Do all women do that?

I don't know. I just know Myra does.

All right.

I got to lunch, baby.

Excuse me, boys.

How are we ever going to learn all this stuff?

Well, we'll just have to keep asking.

Let's ask Hank.

I don't think... Come on. I think Hank knows a lot about women.

Let me ask you something.

What?

We want to know about women.

What do you want to know?

Well, is there something secret or something?

Like one thing you can tell us you know for sure about him.

There ain't no secret, boys.

I'll be happy to tell you everything I know about Wendell.

You ever seen a naked lady?

Sure. Yeah.

What?

You know everything I do, man.

Go on.

Get out of here.

You know, Jake, that hair tonic you're using smells a lot like beer.

Just a little accident,

Saul. Let me see what you've done here.

Nothing compared to what I'm going to do.

me. He was watching me get dressed.

Brian?

Have you been spying on your sister? Just a couple of times. Brian. Cooper.

So it was you looking at me and my friends down at the creek.

Stephen was with me too.

Oh, you toad. I can't believe you did that.

And I can't believe it either.

Brian, I want to see you at the clinic after school.

What for? You and I are going to have a very serious talk, young man.

You're making way too much out of this. All he did was take a little peek.

All boys do it.

Even you?

I didn't have a sister.

My best friend did.

Sully. I was about ten years old.

How old were you when you first saw a naked man?

Sully. How old were you?

Oh, I was 26, he was 54, and I was dissecting him.

So?

My offer still stands.

You want me to talk to him?

I will.

Thank you, but I believe it's something I should do myself.

In the first stages of life, the functional difference between men and

comparatively slightly marked.

But the approach of puberty in both brings about clearly defined internal

external changes.

The male is attended by a characteristic alteration of the voyeur. Owing to the

development of the pulmonary atomy, and the elongation of the thyroid cartilage

and the thyroarachnoid muscle. When placed in the cavity of the uterus, by

virtue of the vital principle that animates it, the ovum becomes attached

inner surface of that viscus and obtains from it, indirectly, the nutriment

necessary for its gradual development.

And then, after a week or so, the umbilical cord falls off.

Well, do we have any questions?

Good. I'm glad we had this talk.

Puberty brings about changes.

She's going to always do something to try and keep me confused.

That's why you've always got to be looking for something.

We're still looking at me and my friends down at the creek.

You know what, baby?

Brian! Brian!

What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in Bolivia.

Aren't you glad I am?

That bear's been after me ever since I set up camp.

You better get over here before you notch that tree down.

I can't.

You can.

Here, take my hand.

Come on, do it. You can do it.

Take my hand. Come on, do it.

Sure, he ran away. Took a bedroll with him. And some food. He can't have gone

very far. Matthew, to get the horses.

It's not my fault.

Of course it's not.

I was about to say that perhaps it was my fault.

I don't think you should go after him.

Why not?

Because you can't be rescuing him all the time.

If he's going to grow as a man, there's some things he's got to go through.

He's not a man. He's a ten -year -old boy.

What if something happens to him?

Matthew and I will go find him, make sure he's all right.

It's time to let him be, Michaela.

Brad.

Wake up, Brad.

He's gone, I think.

Let's get moving.

Are you still going to Bolivia, Mr. Perry? I am indeed.

As soon as I find my horse and mule.

Can I go with you? No.

You have to go home.

I can't. Why not?

I'm running away.

For what?

Ma said it's something called puberty. I don't want to catch it.

You've got no choice, Brian. Everybody catches it.

Even in Bolivia? Yeah, it comes with growing up.

Already got it you thinking about girls instead of school you got it

Nothing better than that, Jake.

Hey,

have you been shot? Did Jake shoot you? No, I fell off my horse.

Let me see. What is it for? I can't.

You could have broken your neck.

Wait till you see what I got in store for you, Jake.

It's gonna be real fried.

I can't believe you told me.

Two grown men acting like schoolboys?

Kidding. Never had this much throwing eyes in school.

You go on back.

Tell Dr. Mike that we found him. He's all right.

When are you going to bring him home?

You know she's going to ask me.

Tomorrow.

All right.

Want to play catch, Mr. Ray?

No.

Don't you know how?

No.

Didn't your father teach you? I didn't have baseball when I was a kid.

You hold out your hands like this, and you've got to keep your eye on the ball.

Look, I ain't got time to fool around, Brian.

Ray, I've been thinking.

If you take me with you, I could teach him how to play baseball in Bolivia.

Excuse me, but I'm trying to get packed up and out of here before that bear

comes back. Oh, he's long gone.

Come on, Mr. Bray, hold out your hands. No!

You can do it.

All right.

Here. Now hold out your hand.

Here it comes.

You're supposed to use two hands, Mr. Bray.

I don't want to play.

I don't want to do this. Don't you understand?

It's all right.

I'll get it.

You've got to try again.

I'm too old to play catch.

No, you're not.

Yes, I am.

And I'm too old to be going to Bolivia.

So what are you going to do?

I don't know.

You're going to leave your hair like that?

Maybe I'll just stay here in the woods until it grows out.

Well, since you're going to be here for a while, I'll teach you about baseball.

Will you teach me about women?

Women? Well, girls first, then women.

Why don't you ask Sully to teach you?

Because he's going to be my pa.

So?

Did your father tell you?

My grandfather told me.

Well, I don't have a grandfather.

And you're the oldest man I know.

Who else can I ask?

You've got to know more about women than anybody in town.

Well, all right. What do you want to know?

I want to know everything.

That way I'll be ready for it.

Well, you can forget about that.

I know plenty about women, but they still surprise me at least twice a day.

They do?

Yeah. Women drive us crazy, but we keep coming back for more.

Why? Because they got something we need.

Well, what's that?

Boys are so disgusting.

Coley. Well, I've never peeked through a knothole to see some naked boys.

You should certainly hope not.

Well, why did he do it?

Well, Sally said that all boys do that.

He said that Brian was just curious.

Well, curiosity kills cats.

Colleen, men are different.

Men like to look at women.

My father did.

He'd see a pretty woman walking down the street and his head would turn.

He used to make my mother so mad.

But she said so long as that was all he did, it was harmless.

And so it's all right for them to spy on us?

No, spying is one thing and...

Admiring from a distance is another.

When Brian comes home tomorrow, I'm going to have a long talk with him about

respect and privacy.

Oh, I'm never going to let a man see me naked again.

Colleen, I... I know you talked with your grandma about growing up and

a woman.

Perhaps there are some questions you still have about what happens between

married people.

I'm not getting married.

Why not?

And I couldn't bear the thought of my husband looking at another woman.

Could you?

Well, I suppose it would bother me if Sully did.

You don't have to worry.

I've seen him.

He's always looking at you.

But you gotta save the big stuff, you know, for anniversaries.

And every once in a while, it's a... It's a good idea to kind of surprise

you know, with a little present.

I always like to get something practical, you know, like a new broom.

Something she can use around the house. They like that.

Come on, Fred!

Up the tree, now!

I dropped my ball!

Mr. Bray! Forget your ball and leave it!

For Mr. Bray!

Did he?

Biggest bear you ever saw?

He had his treat up there for days.

He almost ate me alive.

It was nothing.

Sounds like something to me.

What are you doing here?

Your ma and I want you to come home, Brian.

I can't.

I'm running away.

Running away is not going to stop what's happening to you, Brian.

There are going to be times in your life when you're going to be confused about

what you're feeling.

Right now happens to be one of them.

I know you can't always put it into words.

You don't really want to talk about it sometimes, but if you ever need to talk

about it, I'll be there to listen.

Cloud dancing found your horse and your pack mule.

They're over at the reservation.

I'll bring you there on the way back to town.

I ain't going back to town.

Where are you going to go?

I ain't decided yet.

Well, thank you as far as the reservation.

Still having fun, Hank?

Not over yet.

Not by a long shot.

So when will it stop? When one of you kills the other one? When one started

It did not. You laughed at me. The whole town was laughing at you. Yeah, but you

wouldn't let up. You kept making fun of me every chance you got.

You mean this is all because Jake was making fun of you?

You wouldn't understand.

I'm sorry, Hank. I didn't mean nothing by it.

But you gotta admit, it was pretty funny.

Well, so was seeing you hit the floor.

How do you do that?

I got this on.

Listen, want to go get a beer?

Yeah, I could go for one.

Hello, Gene.

Wait until you've left the lunch and get back in.

He's growing up so fast.

Still a lot of boy left in him.

He'll be for a while.

Say goodbye to Brian for me, would you?

Hey, Lauren.

Don't think you're going to talk me out of going.

I wasn't going to try.

But you can't leave until you get your new name.

What new name?

The Indians take a new name after a big event happens in their life.

I told Cloud Dancing about you saving Brian.

He said...

Your Cheyenne name should be the one who stands against the bear.

Well, tell him I said thank you.

Bye, son.

You can't leave until after the ceremony.

What ceremony?

Party getting your new name.

I don't want to be in no Indian ceremony.

Lawrence, you are going to insult them if you don't.

What do I got to do?

Got to dance with the elders. I didn't dance with a bunch of Indians.

This is a great honor.

They want to give you an eagle feather.

What for?

Because the Cheyenne cherish the wisdom that comes with age.

Even though a man can no longer hunt, he's still a great value to the tribe.

He becomes a father to all sons, counsel to all men.

From this point on, you will be known as... Well,

thank...

Why don't you go sit over there by the lamp?

Lauren, there's something I need to say to you. Not necessary. I want to

apologize.

I want to apologize for calling you an old fool.

Maybe I was acting like one.

I've just never seen you like that before.

I wasn't sure what to do.

There was nothing you could do, Dorothy.

I guess it was just something I had to go through.

You think this is going to work?

Oh, yes. You're going to look just like your old self.

Your original self.

I think he's a pretty nice fella.

I'm glad he's home.

And I promise never to spy on you again.

What about your friends? I won't let them.

All right.

I'll forgive you, but if this ever happens again, I'll... Pauline, shake

hand.

Pauline, is there something you want to tell him?

I'm glad you're home.

We are.

Good. Now let's get ready for bed.

Yep.

I don't need to talk to him again?

No.

So you talk to him and he knows everything he needs to know.

Well, Lauren talked to him more than I did, but I think between the three of

Brian got an education.

So you don't think that I could have done it by myself?

I do.

Plenty of boys have been raised up just fine by one woman, but the truth is,

there are times...

When a boy needs to be around other men.

And if you didn't have me or Lauren, you'd find somebody Brian could spend

with.

What did Lauren tell him about women?

He said that women have one thing that all men need.

What's that?

Love.

Woman's love gives man courage.

What did you tell him?

It's the only one thing I know about women.

You gotta be lucky enough to meet the right one.

And then never let go.