The Keeping Room Page #2

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and the same thing happens

the next night

and the next night

and the next night

for near a thousand nights.

What happens to the girl?

Well.

As long as her sister

kept tellin' stories,

she never dies.

And her sister...

I think after she told

all those stories,

the king married her.

Didn't know you needed

your mouth to walk proper.

If you were the one bit, wed still be sitting

back at the whorehouse instead of moving.

I won't actually call

what youre doing moving.

- You sure were going the right way?

- Road only goes one way.

You know as well as I do, you can

go any way you want to on a...

On a what?

Road.

We're going the right way.

- Maybe we should stop a minute?

- Uh, Henry?

What's he got?

Looks like we're going

the right way after all.

Days half over.

Didnt wanna wake you.

She up too?

No.

Comin' back to life aint easy.

She needs the rest.

We got anything to drink?

Yeah.

Goat's milk.

Thats not what I meant.

Gets easier the more you drink.

Gets real easier.

I like the way I feel.

Bill was the only one

your Daddy let drink it.

He used to come back

at night stinkin' and proud.

You was with him?

Bill?

I was.

You wanted to have his babies.

Oh, lord.

You miss him?

I do.

Was he...

Go on.

With this moonshine in me Im fixed

to answer any question you got.

What's it feel like?

You'll know.

What If I don't?

What if all the men

kill all the other men?

What if its the end of the world

and we're the last ones left?

It aint the end of the world.

Think 'bout all the women

sittin' in their houses.

Were supposed to be taken,

but aint.

Learned to shoot a gun

'fore they learned to bed.

Learned to be men

instead 'uh a wife.

I'm hungry.

Did she say...

...hungry.

- What did you say?

- I'm hungry.

Say it again.

I'm hungry.

- She is hungry!

- She is hungry!

Im gonna cook you

somethin' so good, Louise.

Come-back-from-the-dead stew,

thats what.

Come-back-from-the-dead stew!

Best stew I ever made.

Fern.

Hey.

- Mad.

- What?

Shhh.

- Why you wake me just to be quiet?

- Listen, just-just listen.

Probably a ghost.

Come have a look with me?

Who's firing?

Show yourself!

Get inside!

Go, get inside now!

Louise, wake up!

- Louise, wake up!

- Whats goin' on?

We got men here.

They are soldiers. Yankees.

How you know that?

You shot this dog!

He was just a dog.

Same as you and me.

You went and shot him down.

Couldnt let him be.

And now theres no more drink.

And theres no more dog.

We only have this gun.

And Im through with my song.

We got any other guns?

Downstairs.

In one of the drawers.

I'm goin' to go get

it and come back.

- Lets get to the Keepin' Room.

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