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maybe I would.

What was the joke about that old girl

that was just out there?

I don't know what he's

talking about. Do you?

Say, what's all this mystery stuff?

What goes on?

Nothing's going on.

Why don't you go out there

and work on your boat?

Maybe I don't feel

like working on my boat.

Now, look here. Here's one i

used to do when I was a kid.

I was very good at this

one. I used to catch-

ain't I got a right to

know what that guy said?

He didn't say nothing.

Well, then what'd you jump him for?

Well, he-he asked

for some cherry pie,

and I brought him apple

and so he got sore-

that ain't

what benny said.

What'd he say?

Well, benny said that

the guy made some crack

about the old girl, and

you jumped him for it.

Oh, benny says,

i says, you says.

What difference does it

make what anybody says?

Because if anybody

makes a crack

about Ellie May,

it's my job to bop him.

Well, if you want to bop

somebody, why don't you bop me?

Come on, now.

Hey, Ellie...

what are you

trembling about?

It ain't nothing. I just

don't feel good, I guess.

There, now.

You see?

You got her all upset.

Don't you hear that horn?

Go on out there and tend

to your business.

Ain't you going over there

and feed them gulls today?

Oh, grampy, I'm scared.

Well, if I knew what

you were scared about,

maybe I could help you.

I got a feeling

that Ed figures

I ain't been

telling him the truth.

Oh, he's too nosy.

Guess maybe I ain't told

him everything I should have,

especially about

my folks.

Your folks is

all right, ain't they?

Well, it ain't

what people is,

it's what other people

thinks about them.

Well, the world would be

a lot better off

if there was

no people in it.

Well, that ain't

gonna help me.

I guess I didn't

have no right

to all this happiness

in the first place.

He didn't, neither.

Maybe

he'd understand

if I told him everything

just like it is.

Well, where there ain't no

brains, there ain't no feeling.

That's a pretty bad

cough you've got.

Who, me?

Yeah, you'd better go out

and get some cough drops.

I want to talk

to Ellie May.

I thought you was

through talking.

That's all right,

grampy.

I want to talk to Ed, too. Oh, I see.

You're always talking.

I don't know wherever you

get with all that talk.

Look, Ellie May...

I don't want no funny

business between you and me.

Me, neither.

I don't like lying.

I don't, neither.

That's why I was

going to tell you

about that lady

squirting the hose.

What about her?

Well,

that was my ma.

Well, what'd you lie

about her for?

Oh, I didn't lie. I

was just all mixed-up.

Then why didn't you go out

there and say something to her?

I was scared.

Oh, you mean

you were scared

'cause she was coming

down here to take you away?

Yeah, I guess

that was it.

Now, look, silly,

we're married now.

They can't do

nothing about us.

But I ain't finished

telling you about her.

Well, you don't need

to tell me about her.

It looks like she might

be a lot of fun.

Well, that's what

I'm trying to tell you.

She may be strict

with you,

but she ain't so very

strict with herself.

Well, she ain't

the strict one.

Who is? Your pa?

I guess so.

Was that him

with her?

It must have been.

Well, they can't be

so very poor,

driving around in a

good-looking car like that.

Oh, that must have

been uncle fred.

You mean the guy

with her?

Yeah, it couldn't have

been nobody else.

You must get kind of lonesome

for your folks once in a while,

don't you?

Sure, I do.

Then what do you say we barge

up and see them some night?

Do you really mean it?

Why, sure. They can't do

no more than kick us out.

Oh, they ain't gonna do

nothing like that.

You can't tell.

I might get to like them.

Well, even if

you don't...

that wouldn't make no

difference to us, would it?

Why should it make

any difference to us?

They're your folks,

ain't they?

gonna have a party

we're gon-

gonna have a party

we're gonna have

a party

Honeybell,

are you too lazy to sweep

that dirt out the door?

This is where you

always sweep it.

Well, you don't have

to do everything I do.

Well, then, why do you

always tell me to?

Boy, I don't know

how many more times

I'll be able to make

that hill.

Got something for me?

Go on with your sweeping,

Honeybell. Say, ma...

here's them paper doilies to

cover the spots on the table.

Doilies?

Why do you have to spend your good money

on somebody you've

never seen?

Well, he's Ellie May's

husband, ain't he?

You don't know

what he is.

She may bring him in

on a leash.

Here, ma.

That's the chow mein.

Put it in the oven.

Can I help?

Yes, you can close

the door.

Honeybell,

you're a nuisance.

You can unwrap

them candles.

What are we

having, a wake?

Now, Honeybell,

I want you to remember-

don't talk too much.

Can't I even

open my mouth?

Well, you can,

but-heh!

Don't let nothing

come out.

Can't I even

say my piece?

What piece you learning?

Granny learned me

a new one.

Well, then,

you better not say it.

Well, it's no use learning

it if I can't say it.

Well, you can speak it

some other time.

Didn't she say

in her letter

that she didn't want you

to make a fuss?

Yes, that's just

what she said.

She said she wanted him to

meet us just like we are.

Well, how does he expect

to meet us?

Ma, why can't i

get married?

You will probably

someday.

All the women in this

family are soft in the head.

Well, here we are.

Give it a toot.

Oh, here.

They're coming.

Now, hurry up now,

Honeybell.

Help me pick up now,

and I've got to fix myself.

Say, ma, make him feel

at home, will you?

I'll make him feel

at home.

Your folks sure got as far

away from it all as they could.

Well, it ain't much

of a place.

Well, it looks

all right to me.

I told you

we was poor.

Say, listen, I've been thrown

out of worse places than this.

Here, wait a minute.

Before we go in...

come on.

Well, here we are.

This is Honeybell.

Let me have your hat.

Honeybell,

this is Ed.

Well. Oh, so you're

Honeybell, huh?

Who'd you think I was?

You know, I thought

you was two other people.

Did you bring me

a present?

I plumb forgot it.

If I had known that, i

wouldn't have washed my neck.

Oh ho.

Grandma...

this is Ed.

Glad to know you.

How do you do?

Where's ma?

She'll be out

in a minute.

Why don't you sit down,

young fella?

Who do you think

you're staring at?

I ain't staring.

He wasn't staring.

I ain't in the zoo,

you know.

I never said you was.

Well, why don't you

sit down?

Oh, ma!

Ellie May!

Hello, ma.

Oh, it's good

seeing you.

Ma...

this is Ed.

Well!

So this is

your young man.

My, ain't he

handsome?

Honeybell, did you give Ed a nice kiss?

Why should i? He

didn't bring me nothing.

Nobody learnt you them

manners but yourself.

Anyhow, it's nice meeting

you. Won't you sit down?

Supper will be ready

most any time now.

I, uh, I seen you

once before.

He seen you when you

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