1 Bobby, if you don't eat your dinner... 2 l'm gonna have to turn off that television. 3 Why, Mama? 4 l'm gonna be eating this food for the next two weeks. 5 Hey, you heard your mama. 6 You finish your meal, and then you can watch the game. 7 [sighing] 8 Daddy? 9 Daddy. 10 Hell, we don't eat with our eyes. 11 (L.D.) You want your boy to grow up... 12 to be a man, don't you, Daughter? 13 [clearing throat] Boys should watch football. 14 Not until he finishes eating the meal... 15 that his mama took three hours to fix. 16 Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! 17 This is my house, this is my child... 18 and you are my guest. Now you sit down... 19 before l knock your ignorant ass into next week. 20 [L.D. grunts] 21 [whirring] 22 [clearing throat] 23 [cutlery rattling] 24 Daddy, tell about when you rode broncs in the rodeo. 25 Well, that's a short story, honey. 26 lt was only about three seconds l was on that bronc. 27 The next thing l knew, l was flying through the air... 28 only l was no angel like you and Jenny here. 29 l didn't have no wings. 30 And that's the story of my saddle bronc career. 31 {TV chattering] 32 There you go. 33 [water flowing] 34 You ought to get married again, Ennis. 35 Me and the girls worry about you being alone so much. 36 Well, once burned.... 37 You still go fishing with Jack Twist? 38 Not often. 39 You know, l used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. 40 You always said you caught plenty... 41 and you know how me and the girls like fish. 42 So, one night, l got your creel case open... 43 night before you went on one of your little trips. 44 Price tag still on it after five years. 45 And l tied a note to the end of the line. 46 lt said, ''Hello, Ennis, bring some fish home. Love, Alma.'' 47 And then you come back looking all perky... 48 and said you caught a bunch of brownies and you ate them up. 49 Do you remember? 50 l looked in that case first chance l got... |