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a little dinner and a little music,

a little dancing.

Sounds great,

but I think I'll pass.

Oh, shoot.

The folks from

the Free Rural Clinic called.

They lost their venue.

It's been called off.

I'm sorry, Lil. I know how you like

to get out there

with the livestock,

you know, up to your knees

in the muck

and the cow patties.

- I'll see you later.

- Yeah, thanks for a good day.

You too.

- Bye-bye, Vinny.

- Bye-bye.

Come on,

have some juice.

- Hello.

- Hey.

Well, hello, Vincent,

how's my bird?

- Hello.

- Bye-bye.

Contrary bird.

- What's in the box?

- Pigeon.

Oh! There are

eight million pigeons

- in the naked city.

- And this is one of them.

- The others didn't make it.

- When worlds collide?

Yeah, head on.

So this one here seems

to have already fledged.

So I was wanting to know

if you would keep it

quarantined here

until I can take it out to

Wildlife Care, you know, just in case.

Little blood work

might be prudent.

So what do you think?

Cody, it's not a baby pigeon.

It's a full-grown diamond dove.

It's Australian.

Well, that is a long way

to come to get gassed,

little fella.

See the ring

around his eye?

Yeah. Wow.

Yeah, wow is good.

Well, I would do it myself,

- but I've got...

- Your Belle.

My Belle.

I'd like to "wring" her.

How are things?

Oh, well, I'm pretty sure

I've slipped further down

that formidable scale

of expectation,

if that's at all possible.

How long's it been now,

two years?

Yeah, almost to the day.

A girl her age

should only have

happy anniversaries.

And you?

I don't have time

for those kind of things.

I have a child to mis-raise.

So you have any plans tonight?

What did you have in mind?

Don't panic.

My plans include a book

and a bath,

and if I'm really adventurous,

maybe I'll have both at the same time.

Yeah, well,

good luck with that.

I'm out.

- I'll talk to you later.

- Okay.

- Bye-bye, Vincent.

- Hello.

You know, whenever I get

the whole Belle thing leveled out,

some night you and I should...

I'm sorry.

Hmm.

You were saying?

I was saying that one

of these nights

that you and I should...

Maybe we should?

Hello.

What?

They what?

I gotta take this.

Uh-huh.

Who was that?

Don't even ask,

feather britches.

Did you

scrub down Apache Wind?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

You want some?

Dogs to be fed.

You know,

there's not a living, breathing,

feed-swilling critter

on these 5,000

God-splashed acres

holds a candle

to Apache Wind.

And my daughter picked him out

when he was a colt,

because that girl

knew her horseflesh.

Ain't nothing black

as a Kansas night.

Black as a bull's heart.

A man ought not

to stand around ruminating

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