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get rid of what's on it

so they can come in

and put strong pines on it.

Nobody wants these trees.

These trees are weak.

They're not good

for anything.

These boys will sit down if

I don't stay on their asses.

- Hey, mister.

- Yeah?

I got a question

for you.

You see, me and my daddy

just got into town.

I was wondering if you'd

give us a job.

We're looking for work.

- How old are you?

- 15.

Well, you got 45 seconds to

tell me why I should hire you.

I baled hay before,

I worked on a truck.

I picked tomatoes,

zucchini, cucumbers.

Uh, okra.

Squash.

All right. You're not

afraid of work. Good.

- What's your name?

- Gary Jones.

I'm Joe.

I pay a day's pay

for a day's work.

I pay on Fridays, so you

get a little something today.

- Okay.

- But your first real payday is next Friday.

We start about 6:00

in the morning,

quit at 1:
00

or 2:
00.

And if we work till dinner or get

rained out, I pay for the whole day.

- Does that sound fair enough?

- Yes, sir.

All right. Follow this line of trees-

- Yes, sir.

- Close to a half mile back to my truck.

- Juice hatchets are in the back.

- Yes, sir.

You get yourself one,

fill it up with poison,

come on back

same way you went out.

- Yes, sir.

- And don't get lost.

- I won't.

- Hey!

Don't you want to know how

much you're getting paid?

- How you doing?

- Good.

Doing all right?

You ready to work today?

- Yes, sir.

- I'm Junior.

- Gary.

- Well, Gary, I'm gonna be over you today.

Raise your right hand. You're gonna have

to swear you're gonna work hard for me.

Not that hand, your right

hand. Your other right.

Your right hand.

There you go.

Put your hand up. You

got to swear on something.

Now you on

the all-star team.

- You promise to work hard?

- Yes, sir.

I don't know why Joe chose

you. You must be a good man.

First thing we do

is fill these containers up,

so we just gonna

put it in there like that.

Once we get it filled

up real good, then we on.

- What's in the poison?

- Sh*t.

Shorty's grandmas

make this in they basement.

I don't know what's in it, but

we ain't gonna worry about it.

I know it works

real good.

You thought that was easy

pumping that thing, didn't you?

I made it look easy

'cause I'm a man.

- You're a little boy - you got to

figure it out. You see what I'm saying?

There you go. See how

you figured that out?

When you become a man, you gonna

have everything figured out too.

Be careful. Now this

stuff is real poisonous

and if it gets in your eyes,

man, you're out of there.

Just ask Junior.

Now- now here you go.

- Which hand you use?

- Uh, the right.

Prime it up a little

bit, keep striking it.

If you hit it hard enough, you only

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