Lamb Page #2

when we went camping down by the river.

- With pear?

- Yup.

- Yuck.

- Don't knock it till you try it.

I was actually thinking about

taking a sort of camping trip soon.

Good luck finding a river.

I know plenty of rivers.

Well, I could give you

my email or something.

Why? Are we gonna see each other again?

I don't know.

I don't really have that

many friends around here.

[piano music playing]

Higher. Throw higher.

- You get it?

- Yeah.

Yes!

[David] Imagine a place

way better than this.

Acres of pale grass.

Slash of green

down where the tamaracks and the

cottonwoods grow by the river.

You see all that?

Well... sort of.

Okay, go.

There's only one road to

get in, El Rancho Road.

It's still unpaved.

It's locked in by a cattle gate. You

need a little black key to open it.

Mountains taller than your eyes can see.

Off to the side of the

cabin there's a shop.

Inside of it, there's a little wood stove.

A little AM radio and a bunch

of my father's old tools.

On the work bench there's

a bunch of old pickle jars

with rusted nails and

half packs of cigarettes.

You're not allowed to

have any of those, okay?

Beyond the shop there's a set of bunk beds.

Looking out at the river and the

old, brown ragged horses that we keep.

I love horses.

[train chugging]

Maybe this should be our

last outing for a while.

Why?

'Cause it's weird?

Yeah, 'cause it's weird.

[music on TV]

That's a lot of fish.

[man speaking indistinctly on TV]

[door unlocks]

Oh, eight grand. Eight grand in two weeks.

- [woman] That's a lot of money.

- Easy work.

Where you been?

Jenny's.

How many times I told you not

to walk around outside at dark?

It's dangerous.

Okay.

I know someone who died watching TV.

No, you don't.

Not someone I know, but

someone I heard about.

Well... he was probably old.

Just goes to show you that

you die the way you live.

Who told you that sh*t?

Some families do other stuff, you know.

Tommie!

Look, your mother is tired from busting

her tail to take care of you, you know?

And we sit up here worrying about

you, wondering where the hell you are

and the first thing you do

when you walk in the door

is tell us that we don't

give you enough attention?

I'm mean, God damn!

Go on, take your shower. Get ready for bed.

- It's not even 7:00.

- I said, do it!

[instrumental music playing]

[sighs]

[car honks]

- How did you know to come early?

- How did you?

Seem to talk without talking, you and I.

Are you bringing me to school?

I was thinking maybe we

could skip school today.

Maybe we should call in as

a kindness to your teachers.

No, I'll just tell my mom I was sick

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