All Saints Page #7

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Forrest won a Bronze Star.

He carried one of his men

to safety with a hole in his leg.

Yeah, well, let me tell you a little

something about Mr. Ye Win here.

He escaped a P.O.W. camp with a

broken collarbone and a busted wrist.

He took three men with him.

So you can just shut your pie hole.

I know what you mean.

I stopped my kid from stealing Skittles once.

That little sucker's small, but he's wiry.

Harvest season's here.

(YE WIN TRANSLATING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

A true Thanksgiving.

And a fun one, I hope.

We'll start Friday, with the tomatoes.

The ladies will have refreshments,

a picnic lunch.

Turkey sandwiches, probably.

(LAUGHTER)

It's supposed to rain later.

But it'll be beautiful early,

so bring the kids.

Nobody gave us a chance.

But God's hand

is at work in our fields.

(CHATTERING AND LAUGHTER)

Thank you, Forrest.

CHILDREN:
Thank you!

MAN:
All right, I'll be right there.

What do you think, Farmer Brown?

Looks good.

(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)

Look.

Leave or stack empty baskets along the back.

It's raining hard upstream.

This is the creek's daily crest.

This is where it is now.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Hey! You want some lemonade?

We should harvest right away. Rain a'coming.

Weather service said it's only gonna

be a little shower later on.

No, Michael. A lot of rain.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

MICHAEL:
Good job, guys.

Just keep 'em coming.

All right? Get 'em up here.

Try not to spill 'em.

That's it, that's it.

Okay, one more.

We're getting pretty full here, guys.

Hey!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- (THUNDER RUMBLING)

Hey, I think we should start covering u...

Oh.

Well...

FORREST:
That creek's gonna wipe us out.

We need sandbags.

We should harvest first

what is closer to the water.

Michael, are you listening to us?

Yes, yes.

Please don't do this.

I just... I didn't know who else to call.

It's an emergency.

I need sandbags.

Hundreds of sandbags.

Yes, and sand, tons of sand.

Oh.

Thank you. Thank you.

Okay.

MICHAEL:
Keep it coming!

Point your lights in the field!

- Grab whatever you can. Keep it coming.

- Michael.

I heard what's happening.

Where do you need me?

John Jr., point your lights in the field,

- grab whatever you can.

- Okay.

- Thanks!

- AIMEE:
Hey, Michael.

These two don't want to go inside.

Guys, I need you inside to stack the crops.

Come on, it's important. Help me.

Help me. Thank you.

Come on.

- In the field.

- We've got sand

and sandbags and two strong backs.

Yes! Thank you, Jess, thank you!

Fantastic.

Forrest! Forrest!

Bring the tractor!

Here. Over here!

Stay here. Over here, over here.

Here! Come on, come on, over here!

You, you, come here. Here!

Hey!

Are we saving enough crops?

I don't know!

I brought some extra hands to help.

- Where do you need us?

- Find Forrest!

Give him a break on the tractor.

Send everybody else into the fields.

Riverview guys, out in the fields.

Harvest what you can.

MICHAEL:
Come on, hurry, please.

We're running out of time.

Hey! I need some help over here!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

It's completely bogged down.

No good, fellas. Get the sour leaf in.

We need the tractor.

They say it's too late already.

They say there's too much water already.

Leave the tractor.

Get the crops in now!

(GRUNTING)

Michael!

It is finished!

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BIRD SQUAWKING)

I'll go.

Hey, buddy.

Gonna be short.

Way short.

You can still sell some of this sour leaf

to the Asian distributors in Nashville.

It's a thought.

Ye Win's asking for you, hon.

How's Atticus?

(SIGHS)

Scared.

Worried about Po

and wondering what will become of us.

You warned me.

Forrest warned me. The bishop.

We're back where we started.

I want to show you something.

Come with me.

WOMAN:
Yeah, right over there.

They all came back.

We're not where we started.

We're somewhere completely new.

MICHAEL:
Okay, everybody, listen up.

I got a plan.

Ye Win, I want you to take

as much food as you want,

give it to the Karen.

Call that Asian distributor up in Nashville,

see how much sour leaf he might want.

Mary O., she's got a great idea, let's put

a farmers market out front, right?

Forrest, can you make that happen ASAP?

Saturday, people shop for groceries.

I'll call Boyd's Feed and Seed

and see if they'll take the rest.

Farmer Brown, you come with me.

We are not done yet, people. I promise.

WOMAN:
No way!

Hey. What happened?

What'd they say?

They take all the sour leaf.

If it is good quality.

Enough to make the payments?

- Oh, fantastic!

- (CHUCKLES)

Okay, can you drive up there by yourself,

or do you want me to send somebody with you?

This good substitute for rest.

Coffee? No, it's really not.

All right, look, just call me

as soon as you get there.

Let me know what they're gonna pay.

Okay, sweetie, your change.

Y'all just keep it.

Hey, Michael.

- This is Gerrard Silver.

- Of Silver Spoon, in Nashville.

- Hey.

- It's a restaurant.

Yeah, we specialize in... Never mind.

We thought we might do

some grilling demonstrations

out here with your vegetables,

offer some recipes.

Fantastic. The bishop send you?

No. I'm a Buddhist.

And my pals here are, um...

- Nothing, apparently.

- (CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hope that's all right.

Well, some of my best friends are nothing.

Excuse me.

Hey.

What?

Where?

Okay. Okay, okay, hang tight.

Hey, that was Ye Win.

I got to go up there,

the police impounded the bus.

What? Why?

He's got, like, 50 parking tickets

on all those cars in his name.

Five hours in this heat.

I don't know, Michael.

MICHAEL:
Finally.

(FLIES BUZZING)

MICHAEL:
Oh, my...

(SIGHS)

(SOBBING)

The council's going to sit,

talk through how to close up the church.

Okay.

Excuse me, Bishop.

(AIMEE SIGHS)

So, back to sales.

You want to watch a movie,

take our mind off things?

Homework? All right.

Po's going to get through this.

You know that. Karen are survivors.

You're gonna be back at your old school

with all your friends.

It's gonna be good.

- Dad?

- Yeah?

If God wanted you to plant the crops

then why did he flood them?

I don't know, pal.

Hey, you missed one.

Listen, I talked to the pastor

at the Episcopal church in Franklin.

He wants to meet with you.

Meet with me? Why?

To discuss the Karen joining his church.

Very long drive every Sunday, Franklin.

We'll give you the bus.

They want Karen people in Franklin?

Of course they do.

All right, they're cautious about absorbing

a hundred members, but so were we.

They want to help.

They got money.

They might pay you

for your work with the Karen.

Make it your job, give you an office.

You could be what's called a lay worker.

I mean, no guarantees, but it could happen.

The Karen people are not in Franklin.

We are in Smyrna.

I mean, I know it's not ideal, but...

Will you stop that? It's weird.

It's like you're doing penance.

Will you be in Franklin, Michael?

Not unless they want to buy paper.

Come on. For me.

Just... Please think about it.

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