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of that?

Let me haul you out of here.

Oh, no. Ain't much.

You just wasting

your time.

There's something hard

down there under my butt

that's holding me down.

I can feel it

down there.

I'll go get the saw

and cut you out.

Yeah, all right.

You do that.

Hey, and, Hank, you

don't worry about me.

I'll just sit here

and wait for you.

Jesus...

Let me walk.

Easy big boy.

I'm glad to see

you again, old sport.

Hey, you were going

real good, what happened?

It's got gas.

That water must've

drowned it.

It ain't gonna work, Hank.

Hey, Hank, just leave it.

It's all right. Look. Look.

All we got to do--

I tell you, all we got to do

is sit here and wait.

This here tide

is going to come in.

It's going to raise

this thing off of me.

Hell, it'll float

clean away.

It's got to do

some rising.

Well, all right.

We just got to do

some waiting then.

Good idea.

You bet.

It ain't gonna work, Hank.

My arm's coming off.

Why don't you be a nice

old son of a b*tch

and lie still, huh?

Bastard.

Keep...you keep it here.

I don't know

what happened, Leland?

OK. Hang on, dad.

Damn it, Hank. Damn it.

It's ruined.

I forgot to take it off

my stupid neck.

Well, it'll dry out

most likely.

You feel it lightening any?

Can't tell you. I'm as

cold as a witch's tit.

Well, let me go on under

and take a look.

It's holding all right.

How far you think

it's come up, Hank?

I don't know, Joe B.

Couple of inches, maybe.

Hank, it's moving.

Oh, Jesus.

Hey, Hank, you ain't gonna

let this old river

up and drown me, are you?

It's holding, all right.

I can't budge it.

Son of a b*tch.

I thought all you had to do

was ask your big buddy upstairs

and everything

would be all right.

Hank, I'd never

ask him for nothing

if I figure you and me

could handle it

ourselves.

Yeah, I suppose he's got his problems.

No greater problems

in Oklahoma.

Hank.

I don't like this water.

It's getting

over my chin.

Hey, if worse gets

to worse,

I could always give you

mouth to mouth

till this mother

floats off you.

Yeah, you could do that.

What?

God damn it.

What if old Henry saw us, huh?

Can you imagine

that old son of a b*tch?

He'd be telling everybody

atThe Snag

you and me was kissing

before we went underwater.

I don't know

if I much care for that.

I don't know if I much

care for that either.

Hey, it's gonna be OK, Hank.

It was moving.

It's going to pop off

any time now.

Easy. Easy.

You know, I ought to maybe

put my arms around you

and just kiss you

a little bit first

so we get used to it, huh?

Sure wish I had a head

of hair like Leland.

Make out like it was

Rita Hayworth.

Hank, it's shifting, Hank!

Crazy son of a b*tch.

Don't clown around.

Don't laugh. Oh!

Joe B. Joe B.

Ah, Joe B.

Joe B.

Get a stretcher, quick.

My arm fell off.

Hurry.

Lee telephoned me

from the hospital.

Let's get over there.

I want Lee to go over

to the mill pond.

What for?

To watch every log

that goes by

and grab the one

that's flagged.

Joe Ben's nailed to it.

He drowned.

There was an accident.

Henry was hurt real bad.

Joe B.'s...

What is it?

Hematocrit 28.

Hemoglobin 9.

Look, I think you'd better

recheck his hemoglobin

and his hematocrit again

in a couple of hours.

All right, yeah.

Viv.

Viv.

Up here.

Jan's going to be OK.

We had to wake her parents up.

She...

hasn't told the kids yet.

She's going to wait

until tomorrow.

Are you all right?

Viv...

are you all right?

What?

Close the door.

The old b*tch is just

waiting for me to die.

She wants to change

the damn fool sheets.

Come here.

What?

You know what come

with the other arm?

I wasn't by God gonna

let them have it.

I'm gonna bury it

when I get home.

Tell Lee to put it

in the freezer.

Watch out Viv

don't fry it up for supper.

By God, if she ever sees that--

Easy. Easy.

Lie back. Lie back.

I can't lie back.

Got things to do.

Got a contract to fill.

Got eggs to hatch

and cats to kill.

In the morning,

you get Joe B.,

figure out where we stand.

OK.

Hey, we got Lee, too.

By God he really cut it today,

Hank, didn't he?

Yeah, he did.

Don't you believe 'em.

Who?

Them. They're trying

to put me in my grave.

I'm not even close.

Not even shoutin' distance.

Oh, Hank, it's just that quack

doctor to leave me...

Oh, Lordy! Lordy!

Son of a b*tch!

Could you do that for me,

please?

I'd appreciate it.

Thank you.

Was that the hospital?

Yeah. Not good.

It's kind of hard

to believe, isn't it?

How you can just pack up

all those years

in one little suitcase.

I'm not even taking

the God damn canary.

Maybe I ought

to leave with you.

I thought about that.

That's not what

you're looking for.

That's not why

you came back here.

Where will you go?

Well, I want to stay

with Jan for a while.

And then I don't know.

I'll just get on

with the rest of my life.

Oh, I should've left

a long time ago.

Well, the old man

didn't make it.

I can't believe this day.

We'll get together

in a couple of days

and see where we stand.

Hey. We're finished.

Nobody's gonna be

staying with us.

Come on, kid.

Let's go home.

OK. But there's not much

there anymore.

Everyone's gone.

Viv too.

She's headed off

by herself.

She said she could've

picked a better day.

People do what they want, kid.

I don't tell 'em what to do.

Never give an inch, huh?

What do you want from me?

You want to see me crash?

You bet I would,

King Kong.

I'd love that.

I'd like to see you make

the same splat

my mother did when

she hit the pavement.

You're still

laying her off on me, huh?

Well, let me tell you

something, kid.

I was 1 4 and she was 30.

Maybe you're old enough now

to help me figure out

who the hell was banging who.

Your old man said you

really cut it today.

Yeah.

It's Ben, Hank.

We're having

a couple of drinks.

Listen.

Sorry things turned out

the way they did.

You're doing the right

thing, Hank, laying off.

Some people say you're

just on your knees.

But, hey, if there's

anything we can do for you,

just call anytime--

What?

I think Stamper just rented

a tugboat from Omomosa.

That son of a b*tch aims

to run them God damn logs!

You want

to finish it now, Hank?

I haven't got time

to cold cock you

this morning, bub.

I got work to do.

You know, Hank,

I thought

all you dinosaurs were dead.

Well, if they want

this one,

they're gonna have

to shoot him.

Just like King Kong,

you got to knock him

down.

Get off them God damn

logs, bub.

They're half mine now, bub.

What are you doing?

I'm gonna hook on

those last two rafts.

You gonna take

all four of 'em?

I am now.

I know he can't!

I know he can't make it!

But he's out there trying,

damn it.

Now, you get Sorenson,

Evans, and Biggie Newton

and you tell them to get their

ass over to the Stamper house

right this minute!

You think you can handle

this tug, bub?

With my head in a sack.

Give me that rope

over there.

You better keep going

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