Original subtitles

[ CLUCKS ]

HOWDY, FELLER.

HOW YOU DOING TODAY?

WOW. I WISH I KNEW

HOW YOU DO THAT, FODDER-WING.

YOU CAN PET HIM NOW, JODY.

HE AIN'T SCARED OF US NO MORE.

HEY, COON. HEY.

HOW YOU DOING?

[ GUNSHOT ]

THAT COME FROM YOUR PLACE.

LOOK, I GOTTA GO.

GOODBYE, FODDER-WING.

GOODBYE, JODY.

WHAT YOU SHOOTING AT, PA?

THAT DAMN BEAR FINALLY GOT

THE SOW, BUT I DIDN'T GET HIM.

HOW IS SLEW-FOOT?

ONCE AGAIN, HE HAD THE WIND

IN HIS FAVOR.

HE SLIPPED IN LIKE A SHADOW

AND DONE HIS MEANNESS

AND HE SLIPPED OUT.

DIDN'T EVEN KILL HER.

I HAD TO SHOOT HER MYSELF.

I GUESS WE GOT TO BREAK

THE NEWS TO YOUR MA.

I'D RATHER FACE

OLD SLEW-FOOT HISSELF.

WHERE IS SHE?

WITH YOUR BROTHERS

AND SISTERS.

WHAT IS IT, EZRA?

OLD SLEW-FOOT

TOOK BLACK BETSY, MA.

HIS TRACKS FOR CERTAIN.

OH, MY SOW.

OH, MY GOODNESS, MY SOW.

AND THEM NO ACCOUNT DOGS

ASLEEP IN THE CLEARING.

AIN'T A DOG BORN AS SMART

AS THAT BEAR, ORRIE.

LEAST WAYS, WE GOT MEAT

TO EAT FOR A WHILE NOW.

MEAT NOW, NONE THIS WINTER.

IT WAS SLEW-FOOT, ALL RIGHT.

HE SLIPPED IN AND TOOK IT

UPWIND OF JULIA AND RIP,

AND DIDN'T WAKE 'EM A BIT.

I BET YOU ALL SMELLED HIM,

THOUGH.

I BET YOU ALL WISH

YOU COULD HAVE WARNED US.

SON, WE GOT A DAY'S WORK

LAID OUT FOR US.

WE GOT A CHANCE TO CATCH UP

TO THAT BEAR TODAY.

MA SAYS SHE GOT CHORES

FOR ME.

HUNTING'S A MAN'S CHORE.

IT COMES BEFORE SWEEPING OUT

THE BARN.

GO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MA.

OLD SLEW-FOOT AIN'T GONNA

MAKE THIS EASY.

YES, SIR.

[ DOGS BARK AND WHINE ]

GET HIM, JULIA.

[ WHINING ]

[ GROWLING ]

[ ROAR ]

[ YELPS ]

[ CLICK ]

[ YELPS ]

HE'S KILLING JULIA!

[ YELPING ]

[ WHINES ]

THAT SETTLES IT.

I GOT TO GET ME A NEW GUN.

DEAD DOG AND NO BEAR, HUH?

NOT DEAD YET.

GET ME WATER, RAGS, AND PINE

GUM AND A BIG NEEDLE AND THREAD.

[ WHINES ]

YOU WAKEFUL, SON?

HOW COME MA WON'T LET YOU

HAVE JULIA IN YOUR ROOM?

SHE DON'T WANT TO BE KEPT UP

ALL NIGHT BY HER MOANING.

SHE CAN'T HELP IT.

I KNOW SHE CAN'T HELP IT.

MA DON'T KNOW JULIA

SO VERY WELL, DOES SHE, PA?

YOU CAN'T EXPECT

A WOMAN WOULD.

IT AIN'T A WOMAN'S BUSINESS,

UNDERSTANDING DOGS.

[ WHINES ]

JODY, THAT'S WATER

YOU'RE PLAYING WITH.

YOU TAKE CARE WITH IT.

SORRY, MA.

WELL, ORRIE, LOOKS LIKE

I GOT TO TRADE FOR A NEW GUN.

WHAT YOU GOT TO TRADE WITH?

PERK.

PERK? WHO'D HAVE HIM?

HE'S A GOOD CATCH DOG.

YEAH, GOOD TO CATCH BISCUITS.

THE FORRESTERS

IS FOOL FOR DOGS.

YOU GONNA TRADE

WITH THE FORRESTERS?

YOU'LL DO GOOD TO COME HOME

WEARING YOUR BRITCHES.

WELL, THAT'S WHERE ME

AND JODY IS HEADED TODAY.

WHAT YOU NEED JODY ALONG FOR?

HE HAS TO MIX WITH MEN

AND LEARN THE WAYS OF MEN.

HE'LL BE MAN ENOUGH TO DO

A GOOD DAY'S WORK AROUND HERE.

HE'S GONE SPLIT MY WOOD,

FETCH MY WATER.

NOW, ORRIE, I AIN'T NEVER

LEFT YOU WITHOUT WOOD

AND NO WATER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'D BE

NOT TO BE SPARING OF MY WATER.

20 YEARS, I'VE BEEN SPARING.

WELL, AND I FEEL RIGHT BAD

ABOUT THAT.

GOT NO CAUSE TO.

HAULING IT ON YOUR BACK

TWO, THREE TIMES A DAY

FROM THAT SINK HOLE,

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE IT.

YOU CHOP SOME EXTRA WOOD

FOR YOUR MA?

YES, PA. MA, WE'RE GOING.

WE'LL DO OUR BEST

TO BE HOME BEFORE DARK.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, EZRA.

YOU KEEP GROWING LIKE THAT,

PRETTY SOON YOUR PA WON'T SEE

THE ROAD OVER TOP OF YOU.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK, PERK.

I HOPE IT'S YOUR LAST.

PA?

MM-HMM?

FODDER-WING TOLD ME HE'S

NAMED FOR SOME SPANISH FELLA

THAT LIVED IN THESE PARTS.

FODDER-WING SAYS HE COMES

RIDING BY IN HIS GOLD HELMET

SPARKLING IN THE SUN.

HMM. TRUTH BE TOLD,

HE WAS BORN WITLESS.

ONE DAY HE TIED FODDER AND HAY

TO HIS ARMS AND JUMPED

FROM THE ROOF OF THE BARN.

FIGURED HE COULD FLY

LIKE A BIRD.

WELL, HE COULDN'T FLY, BUT

HE SURE NAMED HISSELF THAT DAY:

FODDER-WING.

AND EVER SINCE HE FELL,

HIS MEMORY AND HIS IMAGINATION

BEEN ONE AND THE SAME.

[ ARGUING ]

NOW, YOU JUST KEEP YOURSELF

QUIET AND WATCH YOUR OLD PA.

MAYBE YOU'LL LEARN SOMETHING.

I'M SURPRISED YOU DON'T WET

ON THEM SHOES.

I SAID GIT!

IT SAFE FOR A FELLA

TO VISIT HERE?

COME RIGHT ON IN,

PENNY BAXTER.

HI, JODY.

HEY, FODDER-WING.

I GOT ME THAT COON.

I'LL SHOW HIM TO YOU.

GLAD TO SEE YOU,

MR. FORRESTER.

HOW'S YOUR HEALTH?

I'M RIGHT SMART TOLERABLE,

SEEING AS HOW I'VE BEEN

NEAR ABOUT DONE FOR.

YOUR DOG LAME?

WELL, NO, LEM.

I JUST FIGURED I'D KEEP HIM OUT

OF THE JAWS OF THEM BLOODHOUND

OF YOUR'N.

VALUABLE, IS HE?

NOT HIM. HE AIN'T WORTH

A GOOD TWIST OF TOBACKY.

YOU HAD HIM ON BEAR?

I HAD HIM ON BEAR.

HE'S THE SORRIEST BEAR DOG

I EVER OWNED.

AIN'T NEVER HEARD A MAN

RUN DOWN HIS OWN DOG THAT-A-WAY.

[ LAUGHS ]

I TELL YOU, HE'S WORTHLESS.

MY OLD GUN AIN'T NO BETTER.

IT WOULDN'T FIRE YESTERDAY,

AND WHEN IT DID, IT BACK-FIRED.

IS THAT SO?

WHAT WAS YOU HUNTING?

OLD SLEW-FOOT.

WELL, WHERE WAS HE GOING?

SLEW-FOOT?

[ ALL TALK AT ONCE ]

SHUT UP, AND LEAVE PENNY

TELL IT.

HE CAN'T TELL A THING WITH

YOU ALL BELLOWING LIKE BULLS.

DON'T LET MR. BAXTER

GET STARTED TILL HE'S ET.

WHERE'S YOUR MANNERS?

WHERE'S YOUR MANNERS, NOT

GIVING COMPANY A CHANCE TO WET

HIS WHISTLE A'FORE DINNER?

BEST WE MADE IN A LONG TIME.

THIS HERE GOES DOWN GOOD

WITH A TALL TALE.

[ LAUGHS ]

YOU CAN HAVE HIM, JODY.

I CAN GET ME ANOTHER ANY TIME.

MY MA WON'T LET ME KEEP

NOTHING.

SHE SAYS PETS IS JUST A NAME

THEY GIVE TO CRITTERS THAT

AIN'T GOT A USE AND AIN'T

WORTH FEEDING.

CRITTERS DON'T GOT TO HAVE

A USE, JODY.

THEY JUST LOVE YOU.

AIN'T THAT WORTH A LITTLE GRUB

AND WATER?

[ BELL RINGS ]

TIME TO EAT.

SO PENNY BAXTER

SAW OLD SLEW-FOOT.

WHERE'S HE HIDING?

WE COME UP WITH HIM RIGHT

SMACK ON THE EDGE OF JUNIPER

CREEK, WHERE THE WATER FLOWS

SWIFTEST AND DEEPEST.

BY GOD, WOULD I HAVE LOVED

TO HAVE BEEN THERE.

LET ME SEE THAT GUN.

YOU AIN'T NEVER ONCE

MENTIONED THAT DOG THERE.

WELL, LEM, HE AIN'T WORTH

MENTIONING.

[ DOG WHINES ]

UH-HUH.

I WANT TWO THINGS.

I WANT TO BE IN ON THE DEATH

OF OLD SLEW-FOOT,

AND I WANT THAT DOG.

YOU GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF

THE COWPEAS.

NO, LEM, I'D NOT CHEAT YOU

TRADING HIM.

NO USE LYING TO ME.

NAME YOUR TRADE.

I'LL TRADE YOU RIP INSTEAD.

NOW, DON'T YOU START GETTING

FOXY ON ME.

I GOT BETTER DOGS THAN RIP

RIGHT NOW. [ LAUGHS ]

THAT'S TRUE.

TELL YOU WHAT.

NOW THIS HERE

IS A LONDON FINE TWIST

RIGHT FROM ENGLAND.

BREECH HER, STICK THE SHELLS IN,

COCK HER, BAM, BAM!

TWO SHOTS.

IT SHOOTS AS TRUE

AS THE EAGLE FLIES.

SWAP HIM.

I COULDN'T, LEM.

THIS HERE GUN'S VALUABLE.

AH, THERE'S MORE

WHERE THAT COME FROM.

MOONSHINE BUYS A LOT OF GUNS.

[ ALL LAUGH ]

NOW DON'T ARGUE WITH ME, MAN.

WHEN I WANT A DOG, I WANT A DOG.

WELL, ALL RIGHT, LEM,

IF'N THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS.

SHAKE.

NOW, LEM, YOU GOT TO PROMISE

ME BEFORE WITNESSES NOT TO BEAT

THE VERY PUDDING OUT OF ME

AFTER YOU HUNTED HIM.

[ LAUGHS ]

YOU GOT HIM, LEM.

HERE, BOY.

[ WHISTLES ]

[ DOG BARKS ]

PA, I GOT THE TROUGH

ALL CLEANED OUT FOR YOU.

I WAS FIXING TO HAVE ME

A DRINK UNTIL I SAW YOU DIP

YOUR DIRTY LITTLE OLD FACE IN.

IT WASN'T DIRTY.

I AIN'T THAT THIRSTY.

I DECLARE, YOUR MA PURELY

SHOCKED ME WHEN SHE SAID

20 YEARS.

I JUST NEVER SAT DOWN

AND RECKONED THE TIME.

THEM YEARS HAS SLIPPED BY ME

ONE BY ONE.

THE TROUBLE IS, YOU CAN'T

DIG A WELL EXCEPT YOU GO

THROUGH 40 FEET OF SAND.

IT WON'T NOTHING DO TO HOLD

BACK THAT SAND BUT BRICKS,

ENOUGH BRICKS TO BUILD A HOUSE.

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SPEND SO

MUCH OF MY LIFE THINKING ABOUT

BRICKS.

HOW COME YOU DONE PICKED THIS

PLACE, PA?

WELL, I PICKED IT BECAUSE...

I JUST CRAVE PEACE, THAT'S ALL.

NOW, HERE I GOT IT,

EXCUSING THE BEARS

AND THE PANTHERS AND THE WOLVES

AND THE WILDCATS

AND NOW AND AGAIN YOUR MA.

SOOEY.

PIG, PIG.

SOOEY.

WHAT IS IT, ORRIE?

WHAT HAPPENED?

WENT TO WATER THE CHILDREN'S

FLOWERS, AND THERE'S PERK LYING

WITH A BULLET IN HIS HEAD.

AND I'M OUT HERE CALLING THE

HOGS 'CAUSE THEY AIN'T COME IN.

THEY AIN'T NEVER STAYED OFF

SO LONG.

I PURELY HATE TO THINK

LEM HAS TRAPPED THEM.

YOU BROUGHT DISHONEST

WITH YOUR FOOLISHNESS.

NOW WE AIN'T GOT NO MEAT AT ALL.

SOOEY. SOOEY.

SOOEY. SOOEY.

THEY BAITED THEM HOGS.

I RECKON THIS ENDS NEIGHBORING

WITH THE FORRESTERS.

PA, YOU SAID NOBODY COULD

SURVIVE IN THE SCRUB

IF THE FORRESTERS

WEREN'T THEIR FRIENDS.

THERE CAN'T NOBODY SURVIVE

WITHOUT MEAT, NEITHER.

YOU GO BACK HOME, JODY.

I'M COMING WITH YOU.

THIS IS HARD BUSINESS.

YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND

YOUR GROUND?

I THINK SO.

WELL, WE'LL SEE IF YOU CAN.

KEEP UP, BOY.

WHEN YOU GOT TROUBLE WAITING

FOR YOU, YOU JUST AS WELL

GO MEET IT.

[ RATTLING ]

AAH! AAH!

GET BACK.

GET BACK! GET BACK!

[ CRYING ]

SHOOT IT.

WHAT?

HAS IT MADE YOU CRAZY, DADDY?

THIS AIN'T A TIME TO HUNT.

NOW.

I AIN'T NEVER SHOT A DEER

BEFORE, DADDY.

YOU GOT TO DO IT, JODY.

IT'S THE ONLY CHANCE WE GOT.

OKAY.

NOW CUT ME OUT THE LIVER

AND THE HEART.

HERE.

[ GROANS ]

GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF.

I CAN FEEL IT DRAWING.

CUT ME A PIECE OF THE HEART.

ANOTHER ONE.

DO IT HURT, PA?

OH, LIKE A HOT KNIFE

WAS BURIED TO THE SHOULDER.

I'M GOING ON HOME.

YOU GET TO THE FORRESTERS.

GET 'EM TO RIDE FOR DOC WILSON.

THEY WON'T GO.

WE GOT TO CHANCE IT. GIT.

FODDER-WING! FODDER-WING!

[ DOGS BARK ]

FODDER-WING!

FODDER-WING, IT'S JODY!

FODDER-WING!

FODDER-WING!

HE'S AILING.

YOU CAN'T SEE HIM NO WAYS.

YOU GOT NO BUSINESS HERE.

PA'S SNAKE-BIT.

WHERE'S HE AT?

WHAT KIND OF SNAKE?

A RATTLER, A BIG ONE.

HE'S MAKING FOR HOME, BUT

I DON'T KNOW CAN HE MAKE IT.

IS HE SWELLING?

PLEASE RIDE FOR DOC WILSON.

HE'LL LIKELY BE DEAD

A'FORE DOC CAN GET TO HIM.

WE SHOT A DOE DEER

AND DRAWED OUT THE POISON.

COME ON, PLEASE RIDE FOR DOC.

I'LL RIDE FOR HIM.

I SURE THANK YOU.

YOU SPARE YOUR THANKS.

I'LL RIDE ALONG.

PICK UP PENNY WALKING BAD

FOR A MAN THAT'S SNAKE-BIT.

GET GOING. SKEEDADDLE.

LEAVE THE YOUNG 'UN BE.

DON'T TORMENT HIM,

AND HIS DADDY LIKELY DYING.

WHEN HE DO, WE'LL BE DONE

WITH NO-ACCOUNT NEIGHBORS.

DIE, AND GOOD RIDDANCE.

[ MOANING ]

THAT'S GOOD.

THE SWEATING'S GOOD FOR POISON.

OH, LORD, AND THE JAYBIRDS.

IF THERE WAS ANY WHISKEY IN

THIS HOUSE, I'D MAKE HIM SWEAT.

[ COUGHING ]

[ SOBBING ]

SHH. HUSH, JODY.

HUSH NOW.

IS PA DYING?

HE'S FIGHTING.

DOC SAYS IF HE MAKES IT

TO MORNING, HE'LL MAKE IT.

THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE HIM,

WON'T THEY, MA?

THEY'LL ALL BE TOGETHER

WITH PA NOW.

[ SOBS ]

I'LL DO THE HUNTING, MA.

AND I CAN PLOW, MAYBE

WITH YOUR HELP AT FIRST.

WE'LL MAKE PA PROUD OF US,

WON'T WE?

YOU HUNGRY, JODY?

NO, MA.

I GOT TO GET BACK TO THE

HOUSE AND STAY BY YOUR PA.

YOU GO TO YOUR ROOM AND YOU

GET IN YOUR BED AND YOU PRAY

LIKE YOU NEVER PRAYED BEFORE.

MY PRAYERS AIN'T SAVED

A ONE OF THEM.

I GOT NO PRAYERS LEFT IN ME.

[ ROOSTER CROWS ]

[ SNORING ]

[ GROANS ]

DOC, DOC, LOOK AT PA.

EZRA?

OH, LORD, AND THE JAYBIRDS,

HE MADE IT.

DOC SAYS PA HAS DONE MADE IT.

I'LL BE DOGGED.

HEY, I WOKED UP

FIXING TO HELP BURY HIM.

OLD DEATH.

OLD DEATH GOT TO WAIT A WHILE

ON ME YET.

HOW YOU DONE IT WITHOUT

WHISKEY, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DON'T GET OUT'N THAT BED

FOR A WEEK, NOW, YOU HEAR ME?

JODY.

I'LL DO THE FARMING, PA.

DON'T YOU WORRY.

I'LL STAY AND WORK THE CORN

AND SUCH.

HE HATES TO BE BEHOLDING

TO YOU.

THERE AIN'T TOO MANY OF US

SHIFTING FOR A LIVING OUT HERE,

MA'AM.

I'D BE A POORER MAN

DID I NOT STAY.

I'M MUCH OBLIGED.

IF THE CORN DON'T MAKE,

WE'D JUST AS GOOD ALL THREE

DIE OF SNAKEBITE.

THIS IS THE SOBEREST I'VE

WAKED UP SINCE MY WIFE DIED.

I'D BE PROUD TO EAT

SOME BREAKFAST BEFORE I GO.

DOC, YOU GET TO THE TABLE.

WE'VE GOT ONE LAST SIDE

OF BACON IN THE SMOKEHOUSE.

I RECKON THIS IS THE DAY I'VE

BEEN WAITING ON TO SERVE IT.

HOW YOU COMING, PA?

I'M PROUD OF YOU, BOY.

PA, AM I MAN NOW?

ALL KINDS OF MEN

CAN SHOOT A DEER, JODY.

WERE IT SO SIMPLE.

THAT DOE HAD A FAWN.

I SEEN HIM.

HE MUST BE HUNGRY

AND MIGHTY SCARED.

I RECKON SO.

I TOOK ITS MAMMY

AND IT WAS NO WAYS TO BLAME.

CAN I RIDE WITH MILLWHEEL

AND SEE CAN I FIND IT?

BOY, YOU GOT ME HEMMED IN.

THANK YOU, PA.

JODY, SET THE TABLE.

PUT OUT THE BRIARWOOD JELLY.

NOW, THE BUTTER'S RIGHT STRONG,

BUT IT'S STILL BUTTER.

YOU SET THAT OUT, TOO.

WELL, PA SAYS I CAN GO

BRING BACK THE FAWN.

WHAT FAWN?

THE FAWN THAT WAS ONTO

THE DOE I KILLED TO SAVE PA.

PLEASE, MA, IT'S GONNA DIE.

DON'T NOTHING COME FREE

IN THIS WORLD, I SUPPOSE.

YOU GIVE IT FROM YOUR MILK.

WE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO FEED IT.

IT'S HERE.

WHOA.

WHAT WAS YOU AND YOUR DADDY

DOING UP THIS ROAD?

WE WAS HUNTING THE HOGS.

OH. WELL, DON'T YOU FRET

ABOUT THEM HOGS, NOW.

I JUST GOT AN IDEA

THEY'LL BE HOME BY SUNDOWN.

COME ON, JIM.

HEY.

IT'S ME, JODY.

[ SQUEALS ]

GIT!

HEY, BUCK.

I FOUND HIM, MA.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW AS I'D

HAVE GIVE MY CONSENT

HAD I KNOWN HE WAS SO YOUNG.

PLEASE, MA, HE AIN'T GOT

NO ONE BUT ME.

ORRIE, I GOT ONE THING

TO SAY AND I'M SAYING IT NOW,

AND THEN I'LL HAVE

NO MORE TALK OF IT.

THE LITTLE FAWN'S AS WELCOME

IN THIS HOUSE AS JODY.

WE'LL RAISE IT WITHOUT

GRUDGEMENTS OF MILK OR MEAL.

IT'S JODY'S FAWN,

JUST LIKE JULIA IS MY DOG.

I JUST SAID HE WAS YOUNG.

THANKS, MA.

EVERYBODY'S SATISFIED NOW.

I'LL THANK YOU TO LEAVE ME REST.

IT PUTS MY HEART TO JERKING,

ALL THIS TALK.

COME ON, FAWN.

COME ON, FAWN.

WE'LL MAKE YOU A BED.

THE MILK FOR THAT CRITTER

HAS TO COME OUT OF JODY'S

MOUTH, EZRA.

I SAID MY PIECE.

I DIDN'T SAY MINE.

DIDN'T YOU EVER HAVE A PET,

ORRIE?

MY MA AND PA

COULDN'T SPARE TO FEED NO PET,

AND NEITHER CAN WE.

YOU OUGHT NOT TO HAVE

ALLOWED IT BEFORE ASKING ME.

DON'T IT MATTER TO YOU

THAT IT MAKES HIM HAPPY?

NOW, YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT

I TELL YOU, LIKE AS IF

I WAS YOUR MAMMY.

[ SQUEALS ]

DON'T SEE HOW Y'ALL MADE OUT

TOTING YOUR WATER SO FAR.

YOU GO ON HOME.

I RECKON WE CAN MANAGE NOW.

I GOT SOME MEDICINES

TO CARRY HOME TO YOUR MA

FOR FODDER-WING.

WELL, SHE'LL BE RIGHT

GRATEFUL, MISS ORRIE.

YOU KNOW, SHE ALWAYS ADMIRED

YOUR MEDICINE.

WE'RE OBLIGED TO YOU

FOR WHAT YOU DONE.

GLAD YOU AIN'T DEAD, PENNY.

CAN I GO ALONG

AND SEE FODDER-WING?

I THINK IT MIGHT BE BEST TO

WAIT A WHILE, UNTIL LEM'S AWAY.

LEM WON'T MAKE NO TROUBLE.

I'LL SEE TO IT.

LEM'S LEM.

YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT

FOR A FUNNY, BUT HE WON'T TAKE

IT FOR NOTHING BUT A CALLED-OUT

INSULT.

JODY, YOU CAN GO ALONG

WITH BUCK.

YOU'RE GONNA MEET

FODDER-WING, FAWN.

YOU'RE GONNA LIKE HIM RIGHT OFF.

I'VE LOST MY BOY.

MY POOR CROOKEDY BOY.

THE LORD'S HARD.

OH, THE LORD IS HARD.

YOU CAN COME LOOK AT HIM.

NOW, HE CAN'T HEAR YOU,

BUT SPEAK TO HIM.

HEY.

[ SOBBING ]

I KNOW'D YOU'D HATE IT

FEARFUL.

Y'ALL GO ON NOW.

YOU'RE FREE. THERE'S NOTHING

HERE FOR YOU NO MORE. GO ON.

THERE'S NOTHING HERE FOR YOU

NO MORE.

YOU CAN GO. GO.

OH, WOULD MY BOY HAVE LOVED

TO SEE YOUR FAWN.

HE TALKED ABOUT IT

AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT.

HE SAID, JODY'S

GOT HIM A BROTHER.

THAT'S HOW I COME TO BE HERE.

I CAME FOR FODDER-WING

TO NAME MY FAWN.

WELL, HE NAMED IT.

THE LAST TIME HE TALKED

ABOUT IT, HE GIVE IT A NAME.

HE SAID, A FAWN

CARRIES ITS FLAG SO MERRY.

A FAWN'S TAIL

IS A LITTLE MERRY FLAG.

IF I HAD ME A FAWN,

I'D NAME IT FLAG.

JODY, IT'D PLEASURE HIM, YOU

SITTING UP WITH HIM TONIGHT.

[ ROOSTER CROWS ]

[ BARKING ]

FODDER-WING'S DEAD, PA.

THE NIGHT FEVER TOOK HIM.

I FEEL FOR YOU.

PENNY, YOU WAS RAISED

CHRISTIAN.

WE'D BE PROUD

DID YOU SAY SOMETHING.

ALMIGHTY GOD, WE'D NOT

OF BRUNG THIS POOR BOY

INTO THE WORLD A CRIPPLE

AND HIS MIND TOUCHED.

BUT IN A WAY OF SPEAKING, LORD,

YOU MADE IT UP TO HIM.

YOU GIVE HIM A WAY

WITH THE WILD CRITTERS.

LORD, IT PLEASURES US

TO THINK ON HIM IN HEAVEN NOW,

MOVING AROUND AS EASY AS ANYONE.

AND SO WE ASK, LORD, COULD

YOU GIVE HIM A FEW REDBIRDS,

AND MAYBE A SQUIRREL

AND A COON TO KEEP HIM COMPANY

LIKE HE HAD HERE?

ALL OF US IS LONESOME

AND WE KNOW HE'LL NOT BE

LONESOME DO HE HAVE THEM

WILD THINGS AROUND HIM,

IF IT AIN'T ASKING TOO MUCH

TO PUT A FEW VARMINTS IN HEAVEN.

THY WILL BE DONE.

AMEN.

PA, HOW COME YOU NEVER TALK

ABOUT THE OTHERS?

JODY, THE DAY YOUR MA TOLD ME

SHE WAS WITH CHILD AGAIN,

THERE WERE NO JOY IN HER EYES,

ONLY FEAR.

I DON'T HOW TO TAKE THAT

FEAR AWAY EXCEPT TO RAISE YOU

STRONG AND HAPPY

AND BE SILENT ABOUT THE OTHERS.

MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE HERE,

EZRA.

SICKNESS TAKES THE CHILDREN

HERE SO QUICK.

THE NIGHT AIR'S SO POISON

FROM THE SWAMPS.

JODY'S NEARLY GROWED, ORRIE.

[ BUMPING AND BANGING ]

NO. OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!

OUT OF MY KITCHEN. OUT OF HERE!

[ WIND BLOWS ]

[ THUNDER ]

IS IT A HURRICANE COMING?

SOMETHING'S COMING.

AIN'T NATURAL.

WHERE'S FLAG?

YOU'D BETTER RUN.

KEEP HIM OUT'N YOUR MA'S HAIR.

COME ON, FLAG.

I AIN'T LEAVING YOU IN THE SHED.

MA AIN'T AS BAD

AS NO HURRICANE.

EASY.

EASY, FLAG.

HEEL, RIP.

SETTLE DOWN, BOY.

YOU THINK IT DON'T PHASE ME

HAVING THESE THINGS ABOUT?

THERE WERE NO TIME TO SHUT

HIM IN, MA.

HE WAS AWFUL SCARED.

CAN'T LEAVE THE DOGS OUT.

THAT'S A THREE-DAY NOR-EASTER,

FOR SURE.

UH-HUH. CHANGE OUT OF THEM

WET CLOTHES RIGHT NOW,

BOTH OF YOU.

AND DRY HIM OFF FIRST.

AND KEEP HIM TIED WHILE

WE'S ALL HERE IN THIS ARK.

THERE'S NO NEED TO TAKE ON

ABOUT IT SO, ORRIE.

JODY'LL WATCH HIM BETTER NOW.

THAT FAWN'S NEAR A YEARLING,

EZRA.

WHAT YOU PLANNING TO DO WHEN

JODY GOT HIMSELF A SIX-POINT

RUTTING BUCK SLEEPING

IN THE BED BESIDE HIM?

I AIN'T THOUGHT OF IT.

NO NEED TO TELL ME THAT.

WE GOT A HARD LIFE, ORRIE,

I KNOW.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IT AIN'T

MADE YOU HARDER THAN IT NEEDED.

IT SEEMS TO ME SOMETIMES

IT AIN'T MADE YOU HARD ENOUGH.

THIS MUST BE THE WAY

THE LORD MADE THE BLASTED OCEAN.

HUSH. YOU'LL BE PUNISHED.

CAN'T BE NO WORSE PUNISHED,

WOMAN.

TATERS'LL BE ROTTED, CORN FLAT,

THE HAY RUINED, AND THE CANE.

I NEVER KNOWED IT TO RAIN

EIGHT DAYS LIKE THIS IN ALL

THE DAYS I'VE BEEN ALIVE.

SOMETHING STINKS.

THE FLOOD'S TAKEN

A LOT OF THE CRITTERS.

GAME'S GONNA BE SCARCE

THIS WINTER.

WELL, JOB TAKEN A LOT WORSE

PUNISHMENT THAN THIS.

HOW'S THE CANE?

CAN'T SAVE NONE OF IT.

AT LEAST WE SAVED SOMETHING,

IF YOUR FLAG

DON'T GET TO IT FIRST.

HE'LL BE GOOD. I PROMISE.

IT SEEMS TO ME I'VE HEARD

THAT BEFORE.

WE GOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET

IN ANOTHER CROP OF CORN.

IF'N IT MAKES,

WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

AND IF IT DON'T?

WELL, THE DANG STORM

DONE MADE THE FIELDS RICH.

THE CORN'LL SPROUT UP FASTER

THAN JODY HERE.

THE WORST IS BEHIND US, ORRIE.

WE'LL HAVE US A DECENT

CHRISTMAS DESPITE ALL.

I RECKON WE MIGHT EVEN GO

TO THE CHURCH DOINGS IN TOWN.

REALLY, PA?

REALLY.

[ LAUGHS ] YIPPEE!

YIPPEE!

GO TO THE CHURCH DOINGS.

YIPPEE!

IF WE'RE GOING TO TOWN FOR

CHRISTMAS, I NEED TO GO TRADING

TO BARROW'S FIRST.

I NEED TWO NEW YARDS OF ALPACY

TO FIX MY OLD WEDDING DRESS

TO HAVE CHRISTMAS RESPECTABLE.

I DON'T HOW YOU CAN MEND

THAT DRESS EVEN ONE MORE TIME.

I DON'T EITHER.

GIVE JODY AND ME

A DAY OR TWO TO HUNT.

IF WE CAN FIND ANY DEER IN THE

SCRUB, WE'LL CARRY THE MEAT AND

THE HIDES TO THE STORE

AND YOU CAN TRADE

TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.

MAY BE WE CAN GET JODY A NEW

PAIR OF SHOES FOR HIS CHRISTMAS

PRESENT TO WEAR TO THE DANCE.

YOU COULD DO

WITH A PAIR YOURSELF.

ORRIE, I'D HAVE TO SHOOT A

WHOLE HERD OF DEAR FOR ALL THAT.

A LITTLE BEAR GREASE

AND MY SHOES WILL BE JUST FINE

FOR DANCING.

WELL, WE'LL SEE.

GOOD DAY, PENNY BAXTER,

MA'AM.

AFTERNOON, LYLA, JAMES.

AFTERNOON, MRS. BAXTER.

PENNY.

AFTERNOON.

YOU REMEMBER YOU USED TO

TAKE ME STROLLING IN THE

MOONLIGHT DOWN BY THE CRICK?

I REMEMBER IT CLEARLY,

ESPECIALLY YOUR PA WATCHING

FROM THE PORCH WITH A SHOTGUN

IN HIS LAP.

WELL, LOOKY HERE.

HEY, PENNY. HEY, MISS ORRIE.

HEY, MR. BOYCE, EULALIE.

I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE SEEN

YOU IN TOWN SINCE THE SUMMER.

HOW DO THESE FELLOWS

LOOK TO YOU?

LET'S SEE.

TOO GOOD FOR THE RIVERBOAT,

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT.

I'LL SWEAR, THEM CITY FOLKS,

THEY RUNNING UP AND DOWN THAT

RIVER, HOLLERING FOR VENISON

NO MATTER WHAT THE PRICE,

AND T'AIN'T HALF AS GOOD

AS THE PORK.

IF A FELLER IS POT-BELLIED

AND HE CAN'T GET OUT AND SHOOT

IT FOR HISSELF, I RECKON

VENISON HAS A MIGHTY FANCY

TASTE TO IT.

WHAT MIGHT THAT PRICE BE,

MR. BOYLE?

WELL, LET ME SEE HERE.

HMM.

I CAN GIVE YOU $1.70 A SADDLE

AND $5.00 EACH FOR THE HIDES.

NOW, HENRY, WITH ALL THE

FLOODING UP OUR WAY, IT TOOK

JODY AND ME TWO DAYS

TO SCARE UP THESE HERE BUCKS.

MM-HMM. WELL, VENISON

IS FEARSOME SCARCE NOW.

THAT IS THE TRUTH.

I'LL GIVE YOU $1.80

AND $6.00 EACH FOR THE HIDES.

NOW, THAT IS THE BEST I CAN DO.

I SUPPOSE THAT'LL DO.

MR. BOYLE, I'LL HAVE ME

TWO YARDS OF THE BROWN ALPACY.

I BELIEVE THAT I'M OUT

OF THE BROWN ALPACY.

THAT'S A REAL GOOD BOLT

WITH THE BLACK, THOUGH.

WELL, I ONLY NEED BUT TWO

YARDS OF THE BROWN TO FIX

MY DRESS FOR THE DOINGS.

I'D NEED SIX OF THE BLACK

TO MAKE IT OVER.

I'M SORRY, MISS ORA, I JUST

DON'T BELIEVE I CAN GET IT IN

BY CHRISTMAS.

WELL, MY OLD DRESS WILL DO

JUST FINE WITH THE OLD ALPACY.

IT'S GOT HARDLY ANY SHINE ON IT

AT ALL.

LET'S SEE, WHAT DID I SAY

AGAIN, $1.70?

NO, 80.

YEAH, OF COURSE I DID.

PRETTY LITTLE THING,

AIN'T SHE?

WHO, EULALIE BOYLE?

I AIN'T NOTICED.

SHE NOTICED YOU.

WELL, IF SHE DID, IT WAS

JUST TO STICK HER NOSE

IN THE AIR.

IT SEEMS I GOT A LOT

TO TEACH YOU ABOUT THE WAYS

OF WOMEN.

COME IN. LET'S SEE CAN WE

FIT YOU WITH SOME NEW SHOES.

NOW, WHAT'S THAT YOU GOT THERE?

[ SOBS ]

IT AIN'T FOR LACK OF WILL

I DON'T DO SUCH AS THAT FOR YOU

ALL THE TIME.

YOU DO JUST FINE BY ME, EZRA.

YOU DO JUST FINE.

GOOD NIGHT, JODY.

GOOD NIGHT, MA.

MA! MA!

ORRIE!

WHAT'S HAPPENED?

THE CALF'S GONE.

OF ALL THE BEARS IN THE SCRUB,

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT

VARMINT WOULDN'T DIE

IN NO FLOOD.

CHRISTMAS IS DAY AFTER

TOMORROW.

I GOT A FRESH TRAIL

AND I'M TAKING IT.

THAT BEAR IS KILLING US, ORRIE,

SLOW BUT SURE.

I WANT TO GO WITH YOU, PA.

NO, JODY.

I'M A HUNTER NOW.

YOU HEARD WHAT YOUR PA SAID?

IT COULD BE A WEEK.

PA, I JUST GOTTA GO

WITH YOU.

HOW'S A BOY GONNA LEARN TO

HUNT IF HIS DADDY DON'T

CARRY HIM ALONG?

DRESS WARM.

I MADE THIS FOR YOU TO WEAR

AT THE DOINGS, MA.

I GUESS I GOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU

NOW.

JODY...

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

YOU'D BEST BE GOING.

I COUNT ON HAVING YOU NEXT

TO ME AT THE DOINGS WHEN

I SHOW OFF MY NECKLACE.

LET'S GO.

WHY, HE'D ALREADY FED.

HE ATE NO MORE THAN A MOUTHFUL.

THAT'S WHY I HATE A BEAR.

IF YOU LOOK IN A BEAR'S FACE,

YOU'LL SEE HE GOT NO REMORSE.

A CRITTER KILLS AND EATS

WHAT HE KILLS, WELL, HE'S JUST

THE SAME AS US.

BUT A CRITTER THAT DO HARM JUST

TO BE DOING HARM, OR A PERSON

EITHER, I GO NO USE FOR 'EM.

HAS IT SLOWED YOU DOWN, PA,

COMING ALONG?

I'M GLAD YOU COME, JODY.

I WANT YOU THERE WHEN I GET HIM.

I WANT YOU TO SEE IT FOR

YOURSELF, KNOW IT FOR YOURSELF,

WHAT A MAN'S GOT TO DO

WHEN HE'S GOT NO MORE CHOICE.

I HOPE I'LL BE A MAN

JUST LIKE YOU, PA.

OH, I GOT MORE HOPE FOR YOU

THAN THAT, SON.

I LOVE YOU.

I'M RIGHT PROUD YOU DO.

THERE IT IS. SHE'S GOT HIM.

WAIT. LET THE DOGS GET HIM.

THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN CATCH HIM.

NO WAY. THEY'LL WEAR HIM DOWN.

[ GUNSHOT ]

I DECLARE, I BELIEVE

I'M SURPRISED.

YIPPEE!

YIPPEE! YOU GOT HIM, PA.

I GUESS YOU'RE ABOUT

THE BEST HUNTER THAT EVER LIVED,

AIN'T YOU?

ONE THING A MAN GOT A BEAR

AIN'T GOT IS A MIGHT MORE SENSE.

YOU CAN'T OUTRUN A BEAR,

BUT YOU'RE A SORRY HUNTER

IF YOU CAN'T OUTTHINK HIM.

WELL, OLD FELLOW,

YOU WAS A MIGHTY ENEMY.

BUT YOU FELL TO THIEVING

AND I HAD TO KILL YOU.

NOW, WOULDN'T IT BE FINE

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO CLEAR

TO VOLUSIA FOR HELP?

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

LOOK AT THIS.

OLD PENNY BAXTER AS HE COME.

HEY, PENNY, WHAT'S UP?

WHAT THE DEVIL YOU DOING

UP HERE?

WELL, I'VE BEEN ON A HUNT.

ME AND JODY TAKING OUT

AFTER OLD SLEW-FOOT.

[ ALL LAUGH ]

AND WE GOT HIM.

[ ALL LAUGH ]

DON'T TELL ME

NONE OF YOUR TALES.

WHERE'S HE AT?

ABOUT TWO MILES TO THE EAST,

BETWEEN BEAR SPRINGS

AND THE RIVER.

I RECKON HE IS.

HE MOVES AROUND THERE

A GOOD BIT.

HE'S DEAD.

HOW I KNOW HE'S DEAD?

I GUTTED HIM.

YOU'RE ONE LUCKY

SON OF A PREACHER.

WELL, WE GOT TO GO.

ME AND JODY IS WALKING TO

VOLUSIA TO GET HELP TOTING HIM

OUT'N THE SWAMP.

YOU GOING TO VOLUSIA

TO GET OUT OLD SLEW-FOOT?

THE BEST SLEW-FOOTERS

IN THE COUNTY ARE RIGHT HERE

BESIDE YOU.

YEAH, HEY.

PENNY!

WHAT'LL YOU GIVE US DO WE GO

TOTE HIM OUT?

HMM. HALF THE MEAT?

I FIGURED ON GIVING IT TO YOU

ANYWAYS, ON ACCOUNT OF HIM

TORMENTING YOU AS MUCH AS ME.

GET UP HERE BEHIND ME

AND POINT THE WAY.

I DON'T KNOW AS I CRAVE

GOING IN NO SWAMP TODAY,

CLEAR BACK TO BAXTER'S ISLAND.

WELL, WE WAS FIGURING ON

GOING TO THE CHRISTMAS DOINGS.

WELL, SO WAS WE, CAN WE GET

THAT BEAR OUT THERE IN TIME.

WELL, BOYS, WE'LL GO TO

TOWN, WE'LL TOTE OLD SLEW-FOOT

ALONG WITH US.

IF THEY DON'T WANT US,

THEY CAN THROW US OUT!

[ LAUGHS ] IF'N THEY CAN.

[ ALL LAUGH ]

COME ON. WHOO!

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WHOO-HOO!

COME ON, LET'S GO GET US

SOME MORE OF THAT MOONSHINE

AND LET'S CHASE SOME

GIRLY-GIRLS.

IT'S TIME THEY GET THAT JUG

AWAY FROM LEM.

WHOO-HOO!

[ DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]

THIS HERE'S THE HEAD

OF OLD SLEW-FOOT!

AND PENNY BAXTER'S THE MAN

THAT LAID HIM LOW.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

MIGHTY FINE JOB.

WE'RE MIGHTY PROUD, EZRA.

GOOD WORK, SON.

YOU TOOK CARE

OF THAT OLD BEAR, DIDN'T YOU?

NICE JOB, THERE, PENNY.

THANK YOU, MR. BAXTER.

CONGRATULATIONS, PENNY.

DON'T LET THIS STOP

THE DANCING.

[ SLOW WALTZ ]

HEY, LYLA, I'LL SHOW YOU

HOW TO CUT A RUG.

SORRY, LEM. IT SEEMS LYLA

DON'T WANT NO OTHER

DANCE PARTNER.

[ LAUGHS ]

DON'T SAY NICE, JIMMY-BOY.

COME ON.

LEM, DON'T GO START KICKING

UP A FUSS IN HERE, NOW.

NOW WHAT IS THIS,

Y'ALL FIGHTING. HEY!

JAMES. BREAK THAT UP!

WHOO-EE, THIS IS

THE BEST NEWS EVER.

STOP IT!

GET HIM, MILLWHEEL.

SOMEONE GET IN THERE

AND STOP THAT.

JODY.

HOLD OFF, LEM, HOLD OFF.

YOU GONNA KILL JAMES?

COME ON, YOU'D HANG FOR MURDER.

TONIGHT YOU FIGHT LIKE A MAN.

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ LAUGHS ]

AAH!

IT AIN'T YOUR FIGHT.

JODY. JODY!

LEAVE MY PA ALONE.

JODY!

JODY! JODY!

LEAVE HIM ALONE.

YOUNG'UN, GET OUT OF HERE.

[ GUNSHOT ]

YOU TOUCH MY BOY AGAIN,

I'LL KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND.

YOU GONNA HIDE BEHIND

YOUR WOMAN'S SKIRTS, BAXTER?

WE WHUPPED HIM,

DIDN'T WE, PA?

SOMETHING WRONG

WITH THAT BOY.

WELL, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWED.

WHEN LEM GETS A SKINFUL LIKE

THIS, A YELLOW-HEADED GUY

IS LIKE A RED FLAG TO A BULL.

COME ON, LEM.

ALL RIGHT, FOLKS,

EXCITEMENT'S ALL OVER.

BOYS, HOW ABOUT A TUNE?

[ SLOW WALTZ ]

CARE TO FINISH THIS DANCE?

PA!

JUMP, JODY.

PA, HELP!

GET A BLOCK FOR THE WHEEL.

ORRIE!

AAH!

EZRA.

ARE YOU HURT, PA?

YES, I THINK MY ANKLE'S

BROKE.

LET ME SEE. LET ME LOOK.

FLAG, YOU GET OUT OF THERE.

DON'T MIND THAT NOW.

HELP ME TO THE HOUSE

WITH YOUR PA.

IS WHAT THE BOY SAY

TRUE, LEM?

HE'S A LIAR

JUST LIKE HIS DADDY.

MY DADDY AIN'T NEVER

TOLD A LIE IN HIS LIFE,

AND I AIN'T LYING, EITHER.

I SAW YOU UNDER THAT WAGON.

STEALING THEM HOGS

WAS BAD ENOUGH, LEM.

THIS IS MORE THAN I CAN STOMACH.

I'D RATHER HAVE ME AN HONEST

AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR

THAN A SNEAKY, LOW-DOWN COWARD

FOR A BROTHER.

COME ON, BOY.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT BUCK

SAY TO ME?

HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD.

YOU GOT TO BED OUT HERE,

FLAG.

MA WON'T HAVE YOU STOMPING

AROUND THE HOUSE,

NOT WITH PA AILING.

YOU BED YOURSELF DOWN BESIDE

OLD CAESAR AND YOU WON'T FEEL

LONESOME AT ALL.

GOOD NIGHT, FLAG.

[ ROOSTER CROWS ]

PA, WAKE UP. IT RAINED.

WELL, AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS.

CAN I GO SEE IF THE CORN'S

GROWED ANY IN THE NIGHT?

I'LL HAVE BREAKFAST ON

WHEN YOU GET BACK.

GIT, GIT, GIT!

WELL, SON?

HAS IT GROWED UP OVERNIGHT

LIKE THE GIANT'S BEANSTALK?

SOMETHING'S ET MOST OF IT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT DONE IT?

IT WAS FLAG DONE IT,

WASN'T IT?

HE WERE RESTLESS

IN THE PEN, MA.

HE'S USED TO SLEEPING WITH ME.

I TIED HIM IN THE PEN.

HE ET THROUGH HIS LEAD

AND JUMPED THE FENCE.

GET YOU OUTSIDE AND PLAY,

BOY.

YOUR PA AND I GOT TO TALK.

DON'T EAT OUR CROP, FLAG.

DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DONE?

GIT!

GET AWAY.

GET AWAY FROM ME.

GET AWAY!

SIT DOWN.

YOU AIN'T NEVER KNOWN HUNGER,

AND I DON'T WANT YOU

SHOULD EVER KNOW IT.

WE CAN'T HAVE OUR YEAR'S CROP

DESTROYED WHEN WE WAS

DEPENDING ON IT LIKE NEVER

BEFORE.

WE CAN'T GO HUNGRY, SON.

I'M SORRY,

AND I CAN'T NEVER TELL YOU

HOW SORRY.

YOU GOT TO TAKE THE YEARLING

OUT IN THE WOODS IN THE MORNING

AND TIE HIM UP AND SHOOT HIM.

PA, I PLANTED THE FIELD

ALL OVER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE US A CROP.

AND HE'LL TAKE THIS ONE, TOO.

EVEN IF IT MAKES THIS LATE,

NOW HE'S HAD A TASTE OF IT, WE

COULDN'T KEEP HIM OUT OF THERE

WITH A SIX-FOOT FENCE.

PA, I'LL MAKE HIM A CHAIN.

IT'S NO USE.

A BUCK DEER AIN'T MEANT

TO LIVE ON A CHAIN.

I CAN'T SHOOT HIM, PA.

I WON'T.

I TOLD YOU IT WEREN'T

A SIMPLE THING TO BE A MAN.

NOW YOU KNOW WHY.

WE'LL JUST STAY IN THE WOODS

TONIGHT.

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT TOMORROW.

THEY'LL BE SORRY

FOR WHAT THEY SAID.

COME WITH ME.

FLAG?

[ GUNSHOT ]

FLAG!

IT HAD TO BE DONE, JODY.

FINISH HIM, JODY.

YOU GOT TO PUT HIM

OUT'N HIS TORMENT.

I'D DO IT MYSELF

IF'N I COULD.

YOU WENT BACK ON ME.

YOU TOLD HER TO DO IT.

I HAD TO.

I HATE YOU. [ CRYING ]

I HOPE YOU DIE.

I DON'T WANT TO EVER

SEE YOU AGAIN.

WE CAN'T GO HUNGRY, SON.

OH, GOD.

OH, GOD.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

[ COCKS GUN ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

WHAT THE GOOD LORD DIDN'T

TAKE, I DROVE AWAY MYSELF.

YOU SAY YOU SPARE THEM

FOR MY SAKE, EZRA.

THAT AIN'T SO.

YOU TAKE HIM OFF, AND YOU TEACH

HIM THE WAYS OF MEN,

BUT YOU LEAVE IT TO ME

TO DO THE HARD THINGS,

TO SAY THE THINGS HE DON'T

WANT TO HEAR, MAKE HIM DO

THINGS HE DON'T WANT TO DO.

IT WAS YOU THAT GIVE HIM

THE DEER, AND IT WAS ME

THAT TOOK HIM AWAY.

I KNOWED THE DAY HE BROUGHT IT

HOME THAT'S HOW IT WOULD END...

AND SO DID YOU.

I WON'T FORGET YOU, FLAG.

I'LL NEVER GO BACK.

I'VE GOT TO GO FIND HIM.

I KNOW.

FOLLOW THE STREAM.

IF HE'S STILL IN THE SCRUB, HE'S

LIKE TO BE NEAR FRESH WATER.

JODY!

JODY!

JODY!

JODY!

JODY!

YOU GO ON.

YOU GO ON WITH YOUR MAMMY.

ORRIE?

IT'S ME.

JODY.

YOU AIN'T DEAD OR GONE.

OH, GLORY BE.

I AIN'T MEANT WHAT I SAID,

HATING YOU.

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

THERE'S BISCUITS IN THE CABINET.

OPEN THE HONEY.

THERE'S DUE TO BE SOME MILK.

[ CHUCKLES ] NOW YOU KNOW.

OLD STARVATION'S GOT A FACE

MEANER THAN OLD SLEW-FOOT,

AIN'T HE?

YES, SIR.

COME HERE, BOY.

YOU FIGURE I WENT BACK ON YOU.

THAT'S THE THING EVERY MAN

HAS GOT TO KNOW.

MAYBE YOU KNOW IT NOW.

'TWEREN'T ONLY ME.

'TWEREN'T ONLY YOUR MA.

JODY...

LIFE GOES BACK ON YOU.

A MAN'S HEART ACHES SEEING

HIS YOUNG'UNS FACE THE WORLD,

KNOWING THEY GOT TO GET THEIR

GUTS TORE OUT,

THE WAY HIS WAS TORE.

I WANTED TO SPARE YOU

AS LONG AS I COULD.

I WANTED YOU TO FROLIC

WITH YOUR YEARLING.

I KNOW THE LONESOMENESS

HE EASED FOR YOU.

BUT EVERY MAN IS LONESOME.

WHAT'S A MAN TO DO?

ONLY ONE THING TO DO.

TAKE IT FOR HIS SHARE

AND GO ON.

[ DOG BARKS ]

IT WERE MINE TO DO,

AND WHEN YOU DONE IT FOR ME,

I CURSED YOU.

YOU KNEW I WOULD, AND YOU DONE

IT ANYHOW 'CAUSE IT NEEDED

DOING, JUST LIKE YOU SAID.

IT AIN'T 'CAUSE I HATE YOU

THAT I DIDN'T COME HOME,

'CAUSE I WAS TOO ASHAMED TO.

YOU GOT NO CAUSE

TO FEEL SHAME.

I HOPE I WON'T ANYMORE.

YOU'VE LEARNED ME

HOW TO BE A MAN.

AS HARD AS I AM ON YOU,

YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.

MA, YOU THINK I COULD HAVE

A HUNTING DOG OF MY OWN NOW?

[ LAUGHS ]

TIME IS MORE THAN I CAN BEAR.

I'M PROUD YOU CHOOSE

TO COME HOME, SON.

THE SCRUB IS WHERE I BELONG.

I DON'T WANT NO OTHER LIFE.

SHAKE HANDS.

I THINK I KNOW HOW WE MIGHT

GET US A WELL, PA.

LEM HAS GONE TO LIVE

WITH OUR KINFOLK IN KENTUCKY.

THEY'S MOSTLY HORSE THIEVES.

THEY'LL BE RIGHT GLAD

TO HAVE HIM.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN

TO LEM'S STILL?

WHY, YOU LITTLE BASTARD!

YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING

ABOUT THE MOONSHINE BUSINESS?

NAH, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED

IN THE BRICKS.

YEAH, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.

I'M COUNTING ON YOU, BUCK.

I REALLY NEED THOSE BRICKS.

I CAN TELL.