Cold November Page #3

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Well, why didn't

you tell me sooner?

[sighs]

Holy cow, Flor.

Are you okay?

I mean, do you have

any cramps?

No cramps.

Do you have

everything?

I mean, do you have

pads out here?

I'm fine, Mother.

Now, let's talk

about this later.

I need to focus.

Okay.

[chuckles]

All right,

well, I'll be...

I'll be gone for probably

about an hour or two.

If you... if you shoot a deer,

blow your whistle.

I know, Mom.

You need to let us all know.

[gunshot]

Wonder who that was.

[gunshot]

That sounds like it came

from your grandma's stand.

So it means there are

actually deer in these woods?

Yep, I guess so.

Are you sure

you don't need anything?

I'll be fine.

All right.

Good Luck, honey.

[birds chirping]

[sighs]

[rustling]

[sighs]

- Nothing?

- Nothing.

[sighs]

- [Craig] Oh, come on, guys.

- [Georgia] Craig!

- What?

- [Georgia] God!

[Amanda]

Who's got the story?

Mom.

- Okay, okay, okay.

- [Mia] She's always the lucky one.

Well, I was just... I was

just sitting in my stand

and I kept hearing

something moving behind me.

And I kept looking and looking,

and I-I couldn't see anything.

And then, out of nowhere,

this 8-point buck comes out!

Wow!

He's 50 yards away from me,

standing broadside.

Yeah.

I-I was feeling

so much adrenalin,

I didn't think

I'd get a shot at him.

You know, I think I'm just

getting shakier, too.

Aren't you supposed to have

a glass of wine for that?

It's supposed to help

with the tremor.

- I am drinking the wine.

- Well, excuse the pee out of me!

[Amanda] Okay, shh. Let's hear the story!

Finish the story, Mom.

- [Georgia] Well...

- [Amanda] Yeah.

So, okay, well, uh,

- I, uh... I shot once.

- Yeah.

And then he jumped once,

and then he stopped,

and he looked right at me.

Hmm?

[sighs]

I guess I must have

missed him.

[chuckles]

[sighs] Oh, no.

Second shot dropped him

in his tracks!

- Aw. I knew it, knew it.

- Boom!

- Boom! [laughs]

- [Amanda] That's great, Mom.

[Georgia] Yes,

he's hanging in the garage.

- Ah.

- We didn't see anything.

- No.

- [Georgia] Oh, come on.

That's okay, kiddo.

Hey, hey, hey.

It's only the first day.

- [Amanda] Yep. That's what I said. Yeah.

- Okay? Okay?

- Okay?! Okay!

- Okay.

So, come on.

You wanna see him?

- Yeah.

- [Mia] He is a beauty.

[Georgia] All right. Come on,

come on, come on, come on. Okay.

[laughs]

Auntie Mia and I have

already done most of the work.

Here you go, girl.

You call that most?

- There it is.

- [Mia] Hey!

Remember when I told you

that I hit it broadside?

Look right here.

Right there.

Right there.

- [laughs]

- You two muscled it up there.

Okay, we've got it

started.

Auntie Mia and I have got it

started, sweetheart.

Yeah, we did

the hard part.

- Thank you. We did.

- Yeah.

- Wow.

- All right, here we go.

[Mia] All right.

[Georgia]

This is a small one, Flor.

- [Amanda] You're gonna do this now?

- Here you go, honey.

- [Amanda] It's ready?

- [Mia] Yeah.

We're ready.

Oh, here, Florence.

Let me get you a...

You're going to need this.

Here you go.

[Georgia]

Here you go, Amanda.

[Amanda] There you go.

Oh, thank you.

- [Amanda] You guys want it to one side?

- Okay, ready?

Okay, now, look...

Okay, slow down, now.

Nice and slow.

This is where

we gutted the deer.

We had to cut the... cut a hole right

around the... right around the butthole.

Are you ready?

And then it got cut open.

- [Mia] Got it?

- [Amanda] Yep.

Now watch.

All right, now slowly.

You don't want

to cut the meat.

- [Georgia] Are you ready?

- [Mia] Yep.

[Georgia]

Very, very slowly.

[Georgia] And pull.

- Okay.

- [Mia] Got it?

- [Amanda] Yep.

- You ready?

- [Mia] Whoa!

- [Amanda] Use your weight.

And pull.

Okay, your turn.

[Mia] That blood's

got to be good for something.

- [all laugh]

- [Mia] There you go.

Watch your fingers,

watch your fingers.

Nowhere near

your fingers, okay?

Very slowly.

Got it?

Okay, very slowly.

All right,

now let's pull.

Okay, you pull with me.

Pull.

- Got it?

- Oh!

Okay, good girl.

Slow.

- Oh, man!

- All right.

- It's kind of a big one.

- [Amanda] Oh, my goodness.

[Florence]

Big thing right there.

[Georgia]

Okay.

Go!

[Florence] Wow, guys,

I can see the b...

I can see

the bullet hole!

[Georgia] There it is, right there.

Put your finger in it.

- [Florence] Uh, no.

- [Georgia] Go ahead. Don't be afraid.

[Florence] No. I don't want to.

I don't want to.

[GEORGIA] See, look, it's hollow.

Put your finger in there.

[Florence] No, I don't want to.

It's okay.

[Amanda laughs]

[Florence] Come on, give

the new girl a break here.

[all laugh]

[Craig] How'd it go

in the garage?

[Florence] Well, um, it wasn't as

gross as I thought it would be.

- It was actually pretty cool.

- Awesome.

- Yeah.

- You're a natural, huh?

Mm.

- [Amanda] Hey.

- Hey.

Here, put this

on your tummy.

How are you feeling?

Kinda gross, but I changed

everything before bed, so I'm fine.

I know you are, sweetie.

Just do yourself a favor

and take a hot sauna tomorrow

after you kill

your first deer, okay?

Are you saying that I shouldn't

bathe until I kill a deer?

No, silly.

I'm saying bleeding once a month

is just annoying enough as it is,

so you got to remember to try and

be as comfortable as you can.

Mm-hmm.

I also have a feeling

about tomorrow.

I think

it's gonna be your day.

[chuckles]

[sighs]

Good night, sweetie.

I'm gonna do an old trick

on the way out, here.

[grunts]

I don't know why this

happens, but sometimes

if you're walking

through the woods,

deer will follow you.

[chuckles]

I know it sounds weird,

but it happens all the time.

So I'm going to walk up

on the top of the ridge

and around back here,

take the deer trail

past the stand.

Why don't you sit here

for 15 minutes?

Keep the heater

under the blanket.

And then if you

don't see anything,

hop down and follow me

back to the cabin, okay?

Okay.

Oh!

[grunts]

[panting]

[exhales]

[sighs]

[thuds]

[breathing heavily]

[Georgia]

Hey, sweet pea.

How you doing, honey?

I'm okay.

Where are you going?

Oh, I've gotta run

into town.

I'm helping the ladies

at church with the pasty bake.

- [panting]

- [car beeping]

I'm gonna spend the night

at the house.

They scheduled it on the

same weekend as hunting?

Why?

Why did they do that?

Hey, now.

I've already got my deer.

There's no sense

in me hogging them all.

I've got an idea.

Why don't you sit

in my stand tomorrow?

[engine starts]

Okay?

Gotta run.

I'm late.

Be safe, honey.

Bye, Grandma.

[sighs]

[phone ringing]

[sighs]

[rings]

[sighs]

Hi. Hold on a second.

Hi. What's up?

Yeah, okay.

[Florence] I thought you

wanted me to get a deer!

[Amanda] I do want that.

Then what's the point

of having a day off school

if I can't even

take advantage of it?!

Florence, I'm done

with this conversation.

This sucks!

[Florence groans]

[Mia]

She's pretty bummed, huh?

Well, I guess

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