Young Ones

I never saw this land

when it was green.

My father did.

He worked it before

the drought came.

He used to talk about

it all the time.

He used to talk about the

wheat they grew and the

pride they felt.

He always believed

in the land.

Even as the fights over

water first divided states,

then towns, and then neighbors,

most people who could, left.

But he had his

reasons for staying.

He was convinced the

land would come back.

It just needed water.

And he was right.

Ahh!

Oh!

Uhh, uhh...

No no

no no no no no no no!

You killed him!

Get away from him!

You killed him!

I gotta go to the bathroom.

You don't turn forward, I'm

going to have to cut you down.

I gotta piss!

If I don't take it out and

go I'm gonna go in my pants!

Do not move your arms!

Now you tell me

where you're from!

They said there's

water here.

Who said?

Which direction

you come from?

At the blacktop, we went

right, so two days to the

left I guess.

Gray bell?

No way!

Caddy.

Turn around slow.

Beautiful, this way.

Hell...

You ain't gonna

shoot me in the back.

What's left in caddy?

Oh god damn it

I'm peeing myself!

I'm just gonna have to

stink now until I can...

Kill him?

You hit Ernest?

Stay there!

Shovel?

I'll get it.

You should've let

me help you Ernest.

I'm not scared.

How do you spell your name?

What?

Your name.

How do you spell it?

J-e-r-o-m-e.

Jerome.

Mm.

Maybe you're

more of a Jerry.

I don't like that.

No?

Then why you call me Ernest?

'Cause that's your name.

Well I'd prefer if

you stuck with dad.

Can't call it

a well no more.

Should we go back?

She'll make it.

First they took

your water, then they

took your land, and next

they'll take your car, and

when they do, just come on

down and buy another one at

Calvin hoyman auto machines.

Where the vehicles vary, but the

deals are all the same!

Voice of the west shortwave,

where the airwaves live free.

This week after months

of stalemate, many of the

state's water projects

resumed operation, after

agreeing to

federal oversight.

Good they're drilling again,

but who's going to get the water?

From the vista, all I cannsee

is industrial farms benefit.

I'm just a small

local farmer!

Chuck wagon coming in boys!

Yee-hoo!

Remember Jerome, when we get

to the top, you stay close

and let me do the talking.

These men are animals.

You've got no

business with them.

We'll deliver the rations and

booze and get the hell out of there.

Did my nicotine

patches come in?

Not yet.

Maybe next time.

Oh.

That's nice.

Yeah, alright.

Nice and crisp.

Very well made.

Thought you went

straightedge.

You fall off the wagon?

I sell it.

Ah.

You know what all these

supplies'd fetch you at the

border?

Few trips of your loads

and we all retire.

Then what would you eat?

Like you said, evaluating

the food or magazines, you

must've done something

shady to get this detail.

I got a donkey.

You think that's

gonna cut it?

Hey Caleb, I was hoping I could

talk to you about this water.

If it's not heading towards

us, where's it going?

We just got to reroute

it around your little

subsistence farms.

Irrigate the

commercial crop.

You sound like

you're proud of it.

I'm proud of hard work.

A job's a job, Ernest.

And you better remember that

if you want to keep yours

delivering supplies to us.

My land's fertile,

it's just dry.

Hoo boy!

We know how much

you hate being dry.

You just worry about getting

those supplies up here.

Let us worry about

where the water goes.

Ho!

Oh, geez.

Woah, woah, woah.

Shh.

I'm sorry.

No, it's okay.

That should never

be a shame to you.

I could've done it.

I know you could.

Close your eyes.

Hamburger, French

fries and a coke.

These were hard to get.

Keep them closed!

What've you got for dad?

Jerome got the last

burger and fries.

That one's lasagna

and this one's...

Yours.

There's something going now,

and the crowd is

loving it.

It's the bottom of the 8th

inning, and so far it's been

a very tight game.

Two outs with a runner

on first base...

Gonna go see momma

tomorrow after the auction.

I know she'd

love to see you.

You were empty handed.

Any luck with that fabric

I asked you to look for?

Been lean, honey.

Nothing to trade.

I won't even ask

about the earrings.

Hey Mary.

You could listen to

something else tonight.

I'm too tired, and I'm going

to skip momma tomorrow.

A skirmish between state

militiamen and

border settlers resulted in

two settler casualties today.

A state militia spokesman

reiterate the group's

commitment to its water

rights agreements, but

condemned what they termed

"terroristic oppression"

against farmers by these

growing settler groups.

Sanctions are the only

pressure that will bring the

state back.

Washington knows this.

If people live long enough

without TV, Internet...

Fresh food, education,

they'll look to their state

leadership and change.

Mary?

Mary!

Mary!

Lot to do tomorrow.

Yeah.

No, leave that one open.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am

Samuel lever, and you know

I have

the finest machines from

California to New York City!

Refurbished, replenished,

retooled, rerouted, but not retired!

All guaranteed by me.

Don't need no warranty, take

a good old look and see.

Selling starts in two

minutes, not three.

Ladies and gentlemen, one

day the water is going to

come back.

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