River of No Return Page #4

- Like an ache in the stomach?

- Same thing... only in the heart.

- You'll find out when you get older.

- How old are you?

That's no question to ask a lady!

Not that I'm a lady.

Why aren'tyou?

See me in about ten years.

I'll try and tell you.

I said you were beautiful,

and he said beauty was skin-deep.

- Who did?

- Matt, my dad. He said it was an old saying.

It's an old saying by an old crow.

- When did you lose your mother?

- It was while dad was away.

That's why he sent for me.

- Are you going to look for gold?

- I could stand a little.

- What would you do with it?

- Do with it?

Buy fancy gowns, live in the swell hotels

in the big city. Go to the opera.

- What's that?

- That's music.

Very high-toned and fancy.

Not like mine.

I like yours.

Would you sing one?

I might have one for you, if I can remember it.

It was a long time ago.

When Mr South Wind sighs in the pine

Old Mr Winter whimpers and whines

Down in the meadow

Under the snow

April is teachin' green things to grow

When Mr West Wind howls in the glade

Old Mr Summer

Nods in the shade

Down in the meadow

Under the brook

Catfish are waitin' for the hook

Old Lady Blackbird flirts with the scarecrow

Scarecrow is wavin' at the moon

Old Mr Moon makes hearts everywhere go

Bump, bump

With the magic of June

All right, come and get it.

When Mr East Wind

Shouts overhead

Then all the leaves

Turn yellow and red

Down in the meadow

Corn stalks are high

Pumpkins are ripe and ready for pie

I look atyou and I can't see you becomin'

a farmer. Anything else I might believe.

- I'll try and struggle along withoutyou.

- Some more coffee?

What do they do with the gold

after they find it?

- They make money out of it.

- Why do they use gold?

- Because it's hard to get.

- Why don't they use something easy to get?

If something's easy to get, people

don't care about it. They don't value it.

If it's hard to get, then you've got something.

Like a mink? A mink is hard to catch.

Now you've got it. That's the idea exactly.

- How about a skunk?

- How about another dish?

Calder, how long do you think

it'll take us to get from here to Council City?

- You don't knowthis country.

- No, but I got a map here.

All right. You're right here.

Now, you had some trouble getting here,

and some lucktoo.

- There's Council City down there.

- That's not far.

A good green log might not make those

rapids between here and Council City.

- We made the last one.

- I know. I was there.

The river drops from here.

The rapids get worse.

You cut through a gorge

of solid wall for 15 miles.

The wall goes straight up.

The other way is overland, butyou

haven't got a gun, haven't got a horse.

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