Tex

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Hey, boy.

All right.

Come on, Rowdy.

Whoa! Think that's a bear in there?

It's only a rabbit.

You ain't never even seen a bear.

Whoa. You got some imagination

on you for a horse. Come on.

"Total points each varsity season."

"Greatest strength."

"Most memorable game."

"200-word essay"?

Bridle itches you, huh, boy?

Hungry, huh?

Look, I don't got any carrots.

I said, I don't got any.

You got that carrot detector

working full blast, don't you?

Here.

Way you're jumping these days, nobody'd

ever believe you were a cow horse.

We'll ride some more

when I get back from school, OK?

- Hey, Mace?

- Yeah, here.

Hey, Mace, what happened

to your 50 points before breakfast, man?

I got to do this instead today.

You'd better get changed for school

if you're gonna make it.

Doing what instead?

It's a questionnaire for...

I ain't gonna shout, you come in here.

I'm changing. You told me to change.

Well, when you're done changing, genius.

That's changed?

Can't you tell school pants

from riding pants?

- You'd better get yourself washed, Tex.

- Yeah, yeah.

What do you want to go

to Indiana for, anyway?

One, they got the best basketball team

in their conference, if not the Midwest.

Number two, it's not in Oklahoma.

And number three,

I got a shot at a full scholarship.

- Are we defrosting?

- Just broke.

It's cold in here, too.

It's turned off.

I haven't paid the gas bill in a while.

What happened

to all that money we made last summer?

Oh, I blew it all

on a fun-filled week in Acapulco!

What the hell do you think happened to it?

Food for us, food for Rowdy and Toyota,

electric bill.

How far do you think a couple

of hundred bucks is gonna stretch?

Well, Pop's coming back soon,

now the rodeo season's almost over.

Well, that's been another big help, Pop

sending home all that fabulous money.

- He did, Mace.

- Four months ago.

That's not so long ago.

He's only been gone for five.

You'd better go

if you're gonna make the bus.

I'm gonna ride with Johnny. Don't worry,

Pop's coming back. See you in school.

Hello, Tex.

Go! Let's move it!

You're supposed to meet me out on

the road. I'd like breakfast too, you know.

Let's go.

- Tex, you left your books behind.

- Hey, there's your sister.

Cole said to tell you to be home by four

to help him flush his radiator.

I was gonna go out to the gravel pits today.

I'll flush out your radiator, baby!

Hey, Tex.

Ugh, I think his horse needs a bath again.

Oh, no, see, that's just me.

I'm a quarter horse by birth.

Yeah? I know which part, too.

See ya.

That sister of yours is pretty.

She must be a pain

to have around the house though.

We was all thinking of pitchin' in

and buying her a dog to be mean to.

Tomorrow we'll be talking about Paterson.

the epic poem Williams

wrote about his hometown in New Jersey.

Which, who knows, may inspire one of you

to write an epic about Bixby.

Now, before you all race away for lunch,

let me remind you that your book reports

are due on Friday.

And Tex McCormick, I don't want to see

another report on Smokey The Cowhorse.

- You've done it twice already.

- Yeah, but I read it both times.

- Read another book by the same author.

- You mean that guy wrote another book?

- In the library.

- Oh, wow.

See you later.

Way to go, man!

Hey, Mace.

- Ah, the heat's back on.

- I went down and took care of it.

Good. Sure wasn't looking forward

to burning up the furniture.

Food!

You left school early today, huh?

You feel all right?

Yeah. I just cut the afternoon.

Mr. Supergrand cut a day's school?

I guess that makes it OK for me to cut,

huh?

I guess it don't.

So, did you go fishing?

No, I didn't go fishing.

I'm gonna go out the back

and get Rowdy and Toyota some oats.

If they don't get fed pretty soon,

they're gonna tear down the fence.

They ain't there.

If they're out in the pasture,

I'd better get 'em in.

- I sold 'em.

- No, you didn't.

Yeah, I did,

and I got a good price for 'em, too.

I'm gonna give you another chance,

Mason. Where are them horses?

I told you. I sold 'em.

I don't know why you think I'd start

lying to you this late in life.

Ever close doors?

No wonder I can't pay the gas bill.

- Who'd you sell 'em to?

- I ain't gonna tell you.

Those people didn't pay

to have some kid come bothering them.

Mace, Rowdy's mine. You just can't sell

something that isn't yours.

You can't live on no money, either.

They got a good home. I made sure of that.

- They're gone, so shut up about it.

- You'd just better get those horses back.

I ain't getting them back. We couldn't

have kept feeding them much longer.

Either they would have starved

or we would. So shut up about it.

- You get those horses back.

- I ain't getting them back.

Tex, you better quit it.

You're strong, Tex,

but you never could fight worth a damn.

Come on.

- I'm gonna get my horse.

- You ain't gonna find him.

Pop wouldn't have let you sell them.

If Pop was here, I wouldn't have had to.

That's the point.

Hello, Tex.

Hey, where you going? Hey!

What happened to you?

Rowdy.

What happened? You get hurt?

Mace sold him.

He sold him and he sold Toyota.

I'm gonna find him and get him back.

Well, were you going home later?

Not until I've found my horse.

- Tex, that's nuts.

- He's my horse.

I know, but he could be anywhere

and you can't just sleep on the road.

Why don't I take Jamie home and then

I'll come back and take you? OK?

Look, don't you two understand English?

He's my horse and I'm gonna find him.

I ain't going back until I find him.

- No, Tex, wait up.

- Get lost!

Get in the truck.

No.

Damn it, I've had enough with you tonight.

I got a rope here. I'll tie you up

and drag you home if I have to.

He's right around here, isn't he?

That's why you want to stop me, right?

Yeah, he's right around here

and you're gonna find him.

Then he won't be sold any more.

Pop'll come home and we'll all be happy.

And we won't have to brush our teeth

or go to school ever again.

Christ, you're dumb.

Come on, get in the truck, OK?

- Hey, man.

- Hi, Robert.

Johnny and sis told me what happened.

- How's Texas doing?

- All right.

- Heard you two had...

- Just short of a major war, yeah.

Come on in.

You know, Cole could have bought

those horses for Johnny or Jamie.

Yeah, that would have completed

the Collins' vast empire pretty good.

Johnny's got enough for Tex

to be jealous of already, don't you think?

Can't see where Tex'd get jealous.

Johnny's always following him around

like some kinda puppy dog.

- Yeah, like a rich puppy dog.

- Kids don't think about money that much.

They do when you gotta sell their horse.

I didn't mean to hit him like that,

though. It's not like it was his fault.

- It wasn't anybody's fault.

- It sure as hell was.

It was my pop's fault. He ditched us here.

You know, I almost quit school

last quarter to get a job.

They might have let you quit school.

They'll never let you quit basketball.

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