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None of them come to nothing.

Shut up Lonnie.

What do You think they're going to do?

Snap and hold me hostage?

Well you know what they say about Emmett.

Ya, I know what they say about everything in Hopewell.

This town town never shuts up.

You think I'm weird because of Emmett.

Oh God, you're not weird.

You just think you are.

Only about half weird.

I gotta find me a job.

I gotta get a car otherwise I'm gonna go nuts.

Let me out Lonnie I feel like running.

Hi Sam!

Hi!

I've been thinking...

Good.

How old were you when you went over there?

Old enough to know better I guess.

Well how old is that?

About a year older than you are now.

Wow.

What do you remember when you think about it?

You know, the first thing?

There were these little white birds.

Used to follow the water buffalo around.

There was one for every water buffalo.

Like he had a little pet.

And these birds would pick the bugs off the buffalo's head.

Sometimes would get right inside of his mouth

and pick the bugs right out of his teeth.

One time... Yes, Algebra.

There was this tree.

And it was full of these white birds.

And a grenade blew it all to Hell.

And all these white birds go flying out of that tree

just like it was snowing.

It was beautiful.

All these beautiful white birds just going about their business.

All this crazy stuff going on around them.

Egrets.

Called them Egrets.

I sure would like to see one of them Egrets again.

Sam! Everything is ready!

Ya, I'm coming.

Emmett, that's neat.

Is it numb?

I hope so.

Can you feel it ?

No.

Ow!!!

You look like you got a surprise.

Didn't hurt that much.

If I had a car I could go to Paducah

and get it done at the mall.

Person needs a car to be free.

Think of the money you're saving.

Is your mom going to sh*t bricks over the second hole?

My momma is provincial and misguided.

And my uncle lets me do what I want to.

Lonnie slept over three nights since he quit his job.

Wow!

My dad would sh*t bricks if I did something like that.

Do you want to marry Lonnie?

I don't know.

Lonnie's not the main thought on my mind right now.

Oh I got to find a dress to wear

to his Brother's wedding.

.

Come on help me find something.

Yeah, look at this old junk.

Wow!

Oh my God! Great!

Is this your mom's old stuff?

Uh ha.

It's like a museum.

I know.

Look, this was never in style.

Look at it!

I wouldn't wear this in the dark.

Now this is too awful.

I do declare!

Oh God.

I have to dig up some money

for a dress to wear one time.

Look at these old records.

Do you listen to them?

No, my ma used to.

She would sing along in this real embarrassing way.

It drove me nuts.

Who are Country Joe and the Fish?

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