The Long, Long Trailer Page #7

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Worrying about will the brakes hold.

Are the signals working?

Are we going to make that hill?

Is it boiling over?

I don't care. I won't sell it.

I don't care what you say.

We'd be fools. We're almost there.

We got 1000 miles to go yet!

Well, I don't care. I won't sell it.

I love it. I love it!

Well...

...at least I know where I stand.

You finished?

- Nicky?

- Yes?

The piccalilli.

Nicky?

Nicky, darling, it's awfully late.

Aren't you ever coming to bed, dear?

Tacy, come here.

I want to show you something.

I've been figuring tomorrow's run.

If you can call it a run.

Now, you see that? That figure?

Eight thousand.

Eight thousand?

That's a good-sized little town.

They'll have a nice trailer park there.

That is not population. It's elevation.

That mountain is 8000 feet.

- That's high, isn't it?

- Yeah. Too high for us.

Oh, I wouldn't worry.

They said it would take mountains.

Look, Tacy, that was before,

when this thing weighed 3 tons.

Heaven knows what it weighs now.

You collected a ton of rocks...

...and another ton of all this stuff

you've been canning.

It's all got to go.

- What do you mean?

- I mean I want you to get rid...

...of all this stuff before we start

that climb tomorrow.

You can get the manager

to help carry them out.

Well, I won't do it. I just won't.

I think that's perfectly ridiculous.

Look, Tacy, I will not haul this trailer

one inch until all this stuff is out.

- Where you going?

- I'm going to the garage.

They're gonna work on the car

all night, check on everything.

I'll be back after a while.

Don't wait up for me.

Mr. Ludlow,

what was the name on that one?

"Dinosaur National Monument."

That's one of my favorites.

I can't let that go.

Would you bring it back again, please?

Yes, ma'am.

- Only eliminated four so far.

- Well...

Bridge of the Gods.

Snake River.

Oh, it's just too much to ask.

Every one of them reminds me

of some wonderful place we've been.

Now, to throw them away

just like they're another bunch of rocks.

I just can't do it. I just can't do it.

Mrs. Collini, you'll find wonderful

rocks in Colorado.

- Why, when we were there...

- I know. But this isn't the same.

You see, we're on our honeymoon

and everything, you know...

I think Nicky's being unreasonable.

I thought a trailer was like a boat.

The more weight it carried,

the better it would ride. Isn't that true?

Well, in a way.

Can't you think of some way

that we can keep them?

- They're pretty heavy, you know.

- I know...

...but can't you think

of something, please?

Well...

...perhaps you could sort of

distribute them along each side.

Oh, I see. You mean distribute them

so that they'll carry the weight evenly.

- Is that it?

- Yeah.

Oh, that's a wonderful idea.

Will you help me?

I don't have much time.

We could put some down here.

You better tell your husband

so he'll know what to expect.

Oh, yeah. I'll tell him.

But later, you know.

Do you think I'll make this all right?

Sure. Remember what I told you

about the brakes.

You can't use

electrical brakes continuously.

If they burn out,

there's nothing to hold you.

Better keep stopping to cool them off,

if the road isn't too steep.

- What if the road is too steep?

- In that case...

...just nose the car into the bank

and jackknife the trailer to stop.

Unless the road is too narrow.

Then you're better off...

Wait a minute.

Suppose the road is too narrow?

Well, you gotta use your own judgment

when you get there. Feel out the terrain.

Look, is there any other road

that I can take instead of this one?

Well, yeah. You could

take the route around here...

...but that's a 500-mile detour, and

the road is in bad shape since the flood.

The bridge was washed out.

You'll be all right.

Just keep your nerves steady.

Thanks.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Did you get rid of all the rocks

and things?

Yes.

- Okay. Let's go, then.

- Okay.

- I'll lock it.

- Thanks.

Tacy?

I guess I was kind of rough on you last

night, but you understand, don't you?

Sure. I understand.

Well, at least we have a nice day for it.

- How do you mean?

- I mean the weather and all.

Oh, oh, yes. Yes, it's a fine day.

As a matter of fact, I was thinking a

while back there that it was a fine day...

...for it.

Did you finish your book?

What book?

The book you were reading.

That book.

Did you finish it?

No.

- Didn't finish it, huh?

- What?

The book.

No.

Halfway through it,

I found out that we'd seen the movie.

So I didn't finish it.

They didn't make a movie out of that,

did they?

Well, they didn't call it that.

They changed the title.

They called it The Something...

The Something...

Was it the Golden-something?

No, no. Nothing like that.

It was the one with the...

What's his name?

You know,

the actor that was married...

...to the beautiful brunette girl

that likes squirrels?

Michael Wilding.

Was it with the fellow

who wore his shoes on his knees?

No. No.

Then there was this big party scene...

...where she threw the drink in his face.

Then this woman...

- Which woman?

- The other woman.

Not the one

who didn't know the brother.

You mean the one

who knew the brother?

Yeah.

Well, this woman came in

who had met the brother...

...but didn't know

where the brother was.

And then the girl told them

about the brother...

...and then there was this big...

- Thank heavens we made it.

- Yeah. Now we got to get down.

I didn't mean to lie to you, Nicky.

But they mean so much to me, Nicky.

Nick! Nicky! Nicky, stop it!

Stop it! Oh, Nicky, please don't, please!

We made it. Nothing happened.

Nicky, please! Please don't! Stop it!

Nicky, I'll never speak to you again

as long as I live!

Nicky! Nicky! Nicky!

I'll never know how

I got the trailer down that mountain.

It was a nightmare.

We didn't say a word to each other.

That night, I got in my car and drove

away, trying to get it out of my system.

When I came back, the trailer was gone.

My wife was gone.

You know, they say

that most marriages that break up...

...break up in the first three years.

- In a trailer, it's the speed-up system.

- I would have thought you were lucky...

...starting off life

in an up-to-the-minute thing like that.

I remember when Mother

and I were married.

We lived in a two-room shack.

No heat, kerosene lamps.

We had to go outside

to wash our hands.

Well, sir, we fought

like two cats in a bag...

...and we'd have split up for sure

that first winter if it hadn't been so cold.

We had to make up,

or we'd have froze to death.

And you know the funny thing?

Any fight we ever had

would've been patched up...

...if either of us could have brought

ourselves to say two words.

Just two words:
"I'm sorry."

You've no idea the way it works.

I'll bet if you went to her

and said, "I'm sorry..."

Sorry? Sorry for what?

She's the one.

She should come crawling on her knees.

You realize she could have killed

the two of us?

She and her rocks

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