Cockfighter Page #2

but you can still write.

We haven't heard from

you in six months.

Well if it ain't

the junior bird man.

Welcome home, bubba.

How long you gonna stay?

The, uh, enigmatic

response Frank.

I suspect, uh, you've

come home to collect

That honest debt I owe you?

Too bad, bubba, because I

have a hard time raising $25,

Let alone $2,500.

But it's your house, so,

you're welcome to stay

As long as you like.

Would you like a job, honey?

Uh uh.

my old room was

At the end of the front

hall next to the bathroom.

Nothing had changed

much in two years

Except for all the junk that

had been stored in there.

Things sure have

a way of getting

Out of place after a time.

Frank, you busy?

There's somebody here

to see you, Frank.

And I bet you can't guess who.

At least you could

put your shoes on.

He's on his way.

Still his gentle,

warm-hearted self.

Come on in the kitchen, Randall.

What for?

She's pretty quick on the horn,

is she all right out there?

She's fine.

It's just mama.

It's the nurses' day off, I have

to drop her by Mrs. Roswell's.

When I mentioned your name,

you should have seen her face,

She got all excited.

I know she remembers.

Frank!

My goodness, what do you

think I am, the welcome wagon?

I haven't seen

you in six months,

And you expect... I don't

know what you expect.

It's hard to get inside

of a stone wall's head.

Francis said there

was a chance you

Might decide to stay this time.

Is there any truth

to that wild rumor?

Joe Lee asked me to marry him.

Got myself a piece of land.

Joe Lee gets me, he's

getting a bargain.

I told him I'd give

him and answer.

You hungry?

Want to get a

hamburger or something?

Was getting kind

of hungry myself.

Mama?

You remember Frank, he

was one of your favorites.

He was everybody's favorite.

I ever tell you

about Johnny Erwin?

Boy who peed on the

wall in study hall?

Teacher wouldn't let

him go the bathroom.

So he kept raising his

hand, saying, teacher, I

Can't hold it, I ain't kidding.

So finally, she wouldn't

let him go to the bathroom

After 30 minutes,

and he just got

Up, walked back to the

corner, and peed on the wall.

She took him down to

the principal's office,

And Mr. Tomlin says,

son, you are expelled.

And he says, I don't give a

sh*t, I'mma join the Marines.

He did!

He jumped, he jumped

in his '52 Chevy,

And started out to

San Diego, and then

When he got to New Mexico,

he ran into a bridge post

And killed himself.

He never would have made

Marine, anyway, I maintain.

I think it was suicide.

You know what it proves?

The value of self control.

If he hadn't had to pee,

he'd be alive today.

Just like you and cock fighting.

Something over which you have

absolutely no self control.

I want.

I want to get married

and have children.

I wanna have them here

where we both have roots.

I'm not going to marry

you and live some old game

Cock farm in Decatur.

I'm not going to

wait for you forever.

I waited long enough.

Jake, would you please tell

me what's going on here?

Good morning, Mr. Mansfield,

we're here to move your house.

Frank, what's happening?

Randy!

What's going on?

What are they doing?

They've come for the house.

Frank sold it.

Well he can't do that.

Can he?

You better call you daddy and

tell him he's having company.

Put it away.

No game cock's worth $500.

I'm sick of game fowl anyway.

Let's go get your rooster.

Those two battered greys

are in fine feather again.

You can have the hen, too.

Can't you wait till Frank

finished his breakfast?

I'm not rushing him.

I can get you a good deal

on a dozen Melhorn blacks,

If you're interested.

I got the wire.

Mr. Omar, he helped me get

the Melhorns last night

From the Express Depot.

White Lightning.

Mighty pretty bird, Mr. Frank.

He's soft now, but

he won't be long.

Those Melhorn blacks

look awfully good, Frank,

But we had to water

them at the station.

The baggage people must be

afraid to water chickens

En route.

This here ace I

don't know about him.

Yeah, I can see his high

spurs, but he's an ace cock.

That is one game chicken.

I guess I'm pretty

good, huh Frank?

Nothing else to do, I reckon.

I don't know, Buford.

That was a $75 rooster

with two wins already.

I'd have pitted him in

the pit first.

He'd be tough all right.

But Mr. Frank, he say when a

bird got high spurs like that,

He miss more than he hits.

So?

When did he tell you that?

There's a lot of things I

don't like about cock fighting,

But it's a business.

You're either in or you're out.

And I'm all the way

into cock fighting.

Frank, you and I

need each other.

Why don't we form a partnership,

just for the season.

Wait, before you answer me,

think it over for a day or two.

If you conditioned and

handled, and I took

Care of the business details.

Well let it go for now.

But bear in mind, I'm

filthy with capital.

Well, no matter what you

decide, why don't you

Come over for dinner tonight.

I'll take that high-spurred

rooster home with me.

Tonight you and

I'll feast on stewed

Melhorn black and dumplings

with a bottle of Pouilly-Fuisse.

Stewed chicken for

two, $37.50 a plate!

Farmer says I gotta get

a young rooster in here

And shake up these hens.

So the old rooster

hears him say that.

Farmer drops a young rooster in

there we're and the old rooster

Says I gotta tell you something

about staying in condition.

He says, c'mon with me.

He says, we're going to run

around this cockhouse about

Three times.

You've gotta stay in

condition if you're

Going to take over this barnyard

and take care of these hens.

He said, I'll show

you something.

Then well she says OK.

He says, now you follow me.

First we'll crow, we'll

wake up the farmer, c'mon.

He says, OK.

So he goes

Like that, and the young one

goes

The farmer wakes up and

he's looking out the window

And the old rooster

keeps raising like that.

He's looking back

over his shoulder

And the young rooster is

six paces behind him, see.

And the old farmer takes one

look, and he picks up a shotgun

And he goes, blam!

And he knocks off

the young rooster.

And he goes, dammit.

That's the third f*ggot

rooster I had this week.

Whaddya say, Frank?

Partners?

For the season?

Partners!

Oh, baby.

You'd better stay out late

tonight because we got

An early start in the morning.

Like people, every game cock

Has to be handled differently.

You know, a chicken's brain's

about the size of a BB,

But within those brains,

there's an infinite variety

Of character and

personality traits.

The game cock is the most

stupid creature on earth,

And the most

intelligent fighter.

I ran the c*cks.

The game cock has to fight fast.

And the running

strengthens his legs.

I ran them 20 times

the first day,

30 second, increasing the

number of runs 10 a day

Until they reach 100.

Now he can run like

a striped-ass ape.

Well if all that

doesn't bother him,

He can fight in Times

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