The Color Purple Page #2

Season #1

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I just couIdn't keep him off me.

He'd try everything.

You know how he is.

I ain't never going back there!

You hear what l say? I'd die first, CeIie.

Hush now!

Don't let them run over you.

Show them who's got the upper hand.

They got it.

You got to fight, Celie. You got to.

I don't know how to fight.

All I know how to do is stay alive.

You sure look pretty today, Nettie.

Celie, my boy be needing his supper.

Sure is a pretty dress you have on.

Oh, Nettie,

you have such nice skin...

...and such soft, beautiful hair.

And you smell so good

when I sit close to you. And your teeth....

He talk about your teeth?

Yeah, about how bright they shine.

Celie! My boy wants supper. The kitchen

needs cleaning. The cow needs milking.

My shirt needs mending. My pants

need fixing. My shoes need shining.

My children need feeding.

And when you're tired...

...l'm gonna climb on top of you

and do my business...

...before you can say, "Amen."

You're gonna have to leave

here soon...

...before he make his move on you.

No.

What would I do if l couldn't talk to you?

We could write.

Can you read good?

-I can't say that l do.

I'll go to school for both of us.

We'Il both learn real hard

before he breaks us apart.

Yes!

-"Apples."

-Apples. A-P-P-L-E-S. Apples.

-Apples.

-Uh-huh.

"Iron."

-Iron. I-R-O-N. Iron.

-Iron.

Kettle. K-E-T-T-L-E.

Kettle. Uh-huh.

-Eggs. E-G-G-S. Eggs.

-Uh-huh.

-Shelf. S-H-E-L-F.

-Uh-huh.

-Honey. H-O-N-E-Y.

-Uh-huh.

Jar. J-A-R. Jar.

Window. W-I-N-D-O-W. Window.

-Uh-huh.

-H-A-I-R.

Yeah!

A-R-M. Arm.

-Yes, Celie!

Sleeve. S-L-E-E-V-E. Sleeve.

And these?

Stocking.

What's it say, Celie?

Mister.

M-I-S-T-E-R period.

Ain't you got nothing better to do?

"For the next eight or ten months...

...Oliver was the vicient--

victim of a sesum"...

Systematic.

What's "systematic" mean?

It be like when you have a way

of doing stuff the same way all the time.

Like how we hang the sheets

first so we can put the socks in the cracks.

Now us never be apart.

Ahh!

Me and you

Us never part

Makidada

Me and you, us have one heart

Makidada

Ain't no ocean, ain't no sea

Makidada

Keep my sister away from me

Makidada

Me and you, us never part

Makidada

Keep my sister away from me

Makidada

ALBER Good morning

I got to go to school.

What you doing?

No! Please!

Please, please, please!

No! No! No!

No!

No! No! No!

I'll get you!

Let her stay. Please let her stay.

I'll do anything for you! Let her stay!

-Now get the hell out of my house!

-Please let her stay!

Let her stay!

No! No! No!

You ain't never coming back here!

-Get out of here!

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