A Horse Tale Page #4

foot. Okay?

And swing your

right foot over.

Really?

Yeah. You up for it?

-All right.

-Super easy.

Okay, left hand...

-on the mane...

-Okay, it's a little loose.

Put your right hand

on the horn and swing

your leg over.

Oh, goodness.

Yeah.

Good job.

You okay?

I got this.

Okay, let's go.

Charge.

So this is what you do.

When you're

ready to go... Okay?

You just give her

a little bit of a nudge

with your leg,

and say "Walk on."

And use your reins

to direct her,

right or left or straight.

That's it. That's

all I have to do

to make her go?

-Walk on.

-Sam:
Come on.

Sam:
That's great.

-What am I...?

-Okay, steer left.

Steer, yeah.

-Direct her where

you want to go.

-Okay.

She's harmless.

You're good. You're good.

Don't wiggle so much.

-That's the way.

-I got this.

Ride on, Cyclone.

T-Biscuit...

T-Biscuit...

This maybe isn't

such a good idea.

Is this heaven or what?

-Come on.

-Incredible.

Sam:

This is the spot, right...

-Right here.

-Right here.

That is spectacular.

I mean,

it's beautiful.

We're not in

the city anymore.

This is my absolute

favorite place on the farm.

My mom and I used to come here

and watch the sunrise together.

Cliff told me

about your mom.

I'm so sorry

about your loss.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Did Daddy tell you

that she did everything,

including the books?

Not very well.

Oh, well, I guess

I'm gonna find out.

Yeah, he told me that

she handled everything.

Yeah, she did.

Her only weakness was

her younger brother Buddy.

You know,

he was one of those,

get rich quick

scheme artists.

And, uh,

I don't know,

he just would always tell her,

"One day we'll be rich

and you'll never have

to work again."

She used to fall for it?

No, not at all.

She never

thought that being

on the farm was work,

so, she loved it.

-I could see that.

-Yeah.

Once your butt

gets used to it.

Where's Uncle Buddy now?

Is he Donald Trump

or a Bill Gates type of guy?

Because we could really

work with that about now.

No, he passed away

when Syd and I were kids.

Oh.

Cliff was telling me,

some of the horses are worth

quite a bit of money.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, I know you said

they're like family, but...

I mean, why couldn't you

just sell one of 'em?

Well...

Some of the

higher-priced animals...

Well, they're just boarding.

They're not ours, and the four

that we do own,

well, they are family.

What about the one that

Chloe was on yesterday?

Holly, yeah.

Holly was my

mother's favorite.

Ah, of course.

And...

I think it would just

kill Daddy to get rid of her.

And me.

Well, what you have to

understand is you're not going

to have any horses

if we don't save the farm.

We're not going

to lose the farm.

I promised my daddy.

Well, we better get back

and I better get

into the books.

Thank you.

Let's do it.

After I take a nice,

long, hot bath.

Take care of the bruises.

-Are you going to help me up?

-I'm trying to.

-I'm so sore.

-Oh, thank you.

Come here, Hollyberries.

Come here, girl!

Why do you call

her Hollyberries?

Holly was born

on Christmas Eve,

and Grandma loved

holly bushes.

Oh, so her birthday

is coming up?

Here. Maybe she's hungry.

Mmm.

Yummy, yummy.

Maybe she just

really likes you.

Do you think

we can take a ride?

Oh, I don't know.

Come on, I thought

you were a horseman,

not a chicken.

Whoa!

Come on, Chloe,

I want to show you

something really cool.

Let's go tie up

the horses.

This is where my

grandparents used

to live.

It must be really old.

Yup.

This was my grandma's

quiet place.

She's to come here

to read or sew.

So I guess nobody

comes here anymore?

Nah. It burnt down.

It didn't have running

water or cable.

You know, like how all of us

country folk live, huh.

Oh, ha-ha.

So, I was wrong.

You want to check it out?

-Yeah, sure.

-All right.

Hey, watch out

for snakes.

What?

Now who's the chicken?

Wow, what a bunch of junk.

Yeah. I used to come

up here all the time

when I was little.

How long has it been

since you've been here?

A long time.

Well, we better

get going.

-Okay.

-We gotta get back.

-We can come back.

-Yeah, come on.

You mean to tell me,

that you guys don't have

any accounting software?

How did you guys do

receipts and payroll?

I don't know,

my mom did it all.

All right. Do you at least

know where the books

are from last year?

-Well, actually, I do.

-Good.

I gave you everything.

It should be here.

Just...

Oh, here, yeah.

Right there.

You can't be serious.

You can't be serious.

-No, it's all here.

-Okay.

I think I have about

all that I can handle

for the moment.

So don't you have some

stalls to muck or horses

to ride or something?

-I can take a hint.

-Good.

You know, I can

just leave you to it.

It's just...

Got it.

I can still hear you.

Do you think that

I'm incapable of doing this

without your supervision?

Is that it?

My new assistant.

Oh, Daddy, can you take that?

Here, Daddy, thank you.

Are you okay,

Aunt Sam?

Yeah, why?

-You smell nice, and

you're wearing earrings.

-Thank you.

Do you like 'em?

Yeah, but you have

lipstick on your teeth.

Wow, something

sure smells good.

-Hey! Here you go.

-Cliff:
Hey!

What have

we got over here?

Oh! We have meatloaf

in the oven,

and black-eyed peas,

and green beans

and yams.

Wow, that's really amazing.

Why are you covering

your mouth with your hand?

Oh, I burnt my tongue.

Cliff:
Hey, Michael,

how's that guest house

working out for you, buddy?

-Oh, great.

-Cliff:
That's good.

Michael:
It's perfect.

Chloe:
Daddy here fell asleep

in his bathtub last night.

You know what, Chloe,

I asked you not to out me

and it's the first thing

you do when I get here.

-Oh, wow!

-First time on a horse?

Oh, yeah.

You're just going to

have to get over that

when you're out here.

-Really?

-Really. Yeah.

Hey, when was this?

Oh, that's a holiday horse show

we had here a few years back.

We had clients

and breeders,

riders from all over

the state come here

for competition.

We even held a black-tie

formal affair here.

Like, with evening gowns?

Sydney:
Used to be

a pretty big affair.

Chloe, if you go over

to that bookshelf

right there,

there are some old photo

albums and scrapbooks

that you might like.

So have you had a chance

to look over our books yet?

I'm going to have

a perfect assessment

tomorrow.

I hope so.

You know, John Parker's

our biggest client,

and he's out of this deal now.

I don't know what

we're going to do.

Daddy, Daddy,

don't say that.

Mr. Harrison,

we got this.

Okay? But I'm going to need

to talk to you and your sister

tomorrow regarding the books.

-Yeah.

-Cliff:
I hope you can

come up with something.

We've got the vultures

at the bank, gonna be here

tomorrow with another notice.

Don't worry about those

guys from the bank

because I got a plan.

I'm gonna buy us

some more time.

Okay, no more work talk.

-This...

-Look at that. Oh, yum!

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