Sweet Land Page #3

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Ja. Okay. Thank you.

[Frandsen]

Hey, look.

My cousin, Hanse, lived there

after the bank took away his farm.

After a week, he came out

onto those steps and blew his head off.

- Boom!

- Boom?

Yeah.

German. What were

you thinking of, Torvik?

- I didn't know.

- [Scoffs]

With a name like Altenberg,

how could you not know?

- Where's that herring?

- I didn't

Mmm. Did you hear the one...

about the man who went

to the man with no pants?

- No.

- Frandsen, how is the crop?

- Good. Good.

- Good. And the family?

Like the crop.

[Chuckles]

She doesn't look German.

Pretty eyes.

But bewitching.

Devious.

That's the giveaway those eyes.

[Scoffs]

Mmm, judge?

[Choking]

[Frandsen]

Uh, banker.

But he also owns

the, uh, grain elevator...

and the insurance.

My friend Um

My wife's... cousin.

Judge?

[Chuckles]

That'll be the day.

But I do own the only steam tractor in the state.

Full of hot air.

But we will go to the judge tomorrow.

For sure, for sure, for sure.

"For sure, for sure"?

[Norwegian]

Means, "for sure, for sure, for sure."

[Norwegian]

Never bless the day until it's done.

Charming for farming,

but in business...

you've got to make plans.

Business and farming don't mix.

[Laughing]

[Chuckles]

I'll get the bags from the car.

[Laughter Continues]

[Door Closes]

How's the crop, really?

Really good.

It had better be.

- Okay?

- Okay.

Okay.

"Women are considered chattel

of the husband or father, and it is assumed...

that citizenship is the same

as the husband or father."

Immigrations Code 623.3.B.

We just want to be married.

I don't know who this woman

is without the correct papers.

So give us the papers.

We'll go home. I have work to do.

I didn't write 623.3.B.

[Closes Book]

[German]

[Norwegian]

[Norwegian]

[Tapping]

Yes?

- Can we see the judge?

- Judge.

She'll have to take

a literacy test...

and for that she'll need

to know English.

- Was that Norwegian she was speaking?

- She is German.

German?

I'll see ifJudge is available.

[Horses Trotting]

[Door Opens, Closes]

Anyways, the judge says we have to be careful

about this sort of thing.

- What sort of thing?

- German nationals.

German nationals engage in prostitution,

they encourage polygamy...

they harbor dangerous

political convictions.

Are you aware of

the Espionage Act of 1916?

You think she's a spy?

Well, I'll tell you

what's in her favor

She's not Chinese.

Nice day though.

- [Grunts]

- [Frandsen Mutters]

Olaf, come on.

Help the lady.

- [Norwegian]

- Ja.

- Ducky.

- Ah, ducky.

Hey, let's make a photo.

- No, I have work.

- Oh, shut your trap about the work, Olaf.

And give me the whole shooting match with

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