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101
Finally, he picks himself out
a bush big as a piano 102
and he lets out a squawk
and takes a run at that bush. 103
Well, he cleared her. 104
But he bust his leg snap in two doing it. 105
There was a travelling dentist and he set
her and I gave her a praying over, but... 106
there wasn't no more holy spirit
left in your pa after that. 107
- Listen. That wind's fixing to do something.
- Sure it is. 108
Always is this time of year. 109
Ma? 110
Pa? 111
Ma? 112
Ain't nobody here. 113
- Something's happened.
- You got a match? 114
They're all gone or dead. 115
- They never wrote you nothing?
- No. They wasn't people to write. 116
It's Ma's. She had 'em for years. 117
Used to be mine.
I gave it to Grandpa when I went away. 118
You reckon they're dead? 119
I never heard nothing about it. 120
Tommy? 121
Muley. 122
- Where's my folks, Muley?
- Why, they gone. 123
I know they're gone,
but where are they gone? 124
It's Muley Graves.
You remember the preacher, don't you? 125
- I ain't no preacher any more.
- All right. You remember the man? 126
- Glad to see you again.
- Now, where are my folks? 127
They gone. They gone to your Uncle John's.
The whole crowd of 'em. Two weeks ago. 128
But they can't stay there,
cos John's got his notice to get off. 129
What happened?
How come they gotta get off? 130
We lived here 50 years, same place. 131
Everybody's gotta get off.
Everybody's leaving. Going out to California. 132
Your folks, my folks, everybody's folks. 133
Everybody except me. I ain't getting off! 134
- Who done it?
- Listen. 135
That's some of what done it.
The dusters. They started it, anyways. 136
Blowin' like this year after year. 137
Blowin' the land away.
Blowin' the crops away! 138
Blowin' us away now. 139
Are you crazy? 140
Some say I am.
You wanna hear how it happened? 141
That's what I'm asking you, ain't it? 142
Well... the way it happens, 143
the way it happened to me... 144
A man come one day... 145
After what them dusters done to the land,
the tenant system don't work no more. 146
They don't break even,
much less show profit. 147
One man and a tractor
can handle 12 or 14 of these places. 148
You just pay him a wage
and take all the crop. 149
Yeah, but we couldn't do
on any less than what our share is now. 150
The children ain't getting enough
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