The Trip to Bountiful Page #2
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- 2014
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to jessie mae?
All right,
ludie.
Mama, will you please tell
jessie mae that you're sorry?
Ludie.
Please, mama.
All right,
son.
Jessie mae?
What do you want, ludie?
Mama has something
to say to you.
What is it?
I'm sorry, jessie mae,
I threw the recipe on the floor.
I accept
your apology.
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[ Sighs ]
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[ Soft music plays ]
Jessie mae,
I know it's hard and all,
but for your own sake...
I just think sometimes I-if you
try to ignore certain things...
ignore? How can you
ignore something
when it's done
right under your very nose?
Look, jessie mae...
no, I know her, ludie.
She does things
just to aggravate me.
Well,
I hope she's happy now.
She's aggravated me.
Now,
you take her hymn singing.
She never starts
until I come into her room.
And her pouting... well,
some days she'll go a whole day
just sitting
and staring out the window.
How would you like
shut up with a woman
who either sang hymns
or looked out the window
with pouting?
I'm not saying it's easy,
jessie mae.
I'm only saying...
she just keeps me so nervous.
Never knowing when I leave
whether she's gonna try to
run off to that old town or not.
She's not
gonna run off again, jessie mae.
She promised me
she wouldn't.
Sometimes,
Tell you right now.
If that check's not here
by tomorrow morning,
I'm gonna search this house
from top to bottom.
Rosella asked me
if I realized
Christmas since we were married.
Said I hadn't realized it.
Had you?
No.
I never will forget
the night I came home
and told rosella
you had proposed.
[ Both chuckle ]
I thought you were
the handsomest man alive.
I thought you...
Were the prettiest girl.
[ Chuckles ]
Did you,
ludie?
Oh, jessie mae.
I just got to start making
some more money.
Thinking of asking
for a raise.
I'll walk
into Mr. Douglas' office
first thing
in the morning.
I'm gonna say,
"Mr. Douglas,
"I've got to have a raise
starting as of now.
We can't live
on what you're paying us. "
Well, I would.
I don't understand it,
jessie mae.
I try
not to be bitter.
I try.
Mm-hmm.
All I know is that a man works
eight years with the company,
save a little money,
he gets sick
and has to spend two years
in the bed
watching his savings
all go
and then start all over again
with a new company.
Of course, the doctor said
said I... Take things
like they come... Every day.
What's this book?
I bought it from a drug store
coming home from the office.
"How to become
an executive. "
Mm.
My boss likes me.
Billy Davidson told me today
he was positive he did.
Mm.
You feeling sleepy now?
Mm-hmm. You?
Yeah.
I am.
Good night.
[ Door creaks ]
Mama?
Mrs. Watts:
I'm all right, ludie.
I'm just
still not sleepy.
Good night.
Ludie,
please, son.
I want
to go home.
Mama, you know
I can't make a living there.
We have to live
in Houston.
Ludie,
I can't stay here no longer.
I want
to go home.
I beg you
not to ask me that again.
There's nothing I can do
about it.
[ Dog barking ]
Ludie.
Ludie!
It's 8:
15.Ludie:
You have 'em?Softly and tenderly,
Jesus is calling...
Too early for hymn singing!
[ Humming ]
Good morning,
mama.
Morning, son.
I'll have your coffee ready
for you in a minute.
Why don't we have
an early supper tonight? 6:30?
If that's all right
with you... and mama.
After supper, I'll take you both
to the picture show.
[ Gasps ]
Oh, that's fine.
What you want to see,
ludie?
Whatever you want to see,
jessie mae.
[ Sighs ]
parlor for an appointment.
Ooh,
I hope I can still get one.
I want
to get in early.
by 9:
00.[ Sighs ]
You think
asking for a raise,
do you?
Sure.
Hello. Rita?
It's jessie mae Watts.
Can I get an appointment
for my hair today?
2:
00?Nothing earlier?
All right,
I'll see you then.
[ Sighs ]
Wish me luck
on my raise.
Good luck,
ludie.
Bye, mama.
Bye, son!
Now, holler if there's any mail
out there.
No mail, boss!
Can't understand
about that pension check.
Can you?
No, ma'am.
Sure hope
it wasn't lost.
You know,
you're so absent minded,
you don't think you
put it around the room someplace
by mistake
I don't believe so.
You know, you said
you lost that check once before.
Took us five days
to find it.
And I come across it
under this radio.
There's not a thing
like...
You stop
that hymn-singing!
What do you want me to do,
jump right out my skin?
You know what hymns do
to my nerves!
Don't pout.
You know
I can't stand pouting.
I didn't mean to pout,
jessie mae.
[ Door slams ]
Only meant
to be silent.
[ Sighs ]
I can't make up my mind what
movie I want to see tonight.
Well, I guess
I'll just ask rosella.
You know,
when I first came to Houston,
I used to go to
three picture shows in one day.
I'd go
to the Kirby in the morning,
the metropolitan
in the afternoon,
and the majestic
at night.
I guess
I'll just call rosella,
tell her to meet me
at the drug store for a coke.
She's not home.
I bet she's
Would you stop that noise
for a minute?
I'm nervous.
[ Squeaking stops ]
Ooh!
Mother Watts?
Mother Watts!
I'm all right, jessie mae.
Is it your heart?
No.
It's just
a sinking spell.
[ Sighs ]
Can I get you some water?
Yes,
thank you.
You want me
to call the doctor?
No, ma'am.
You want me to call ludie?
No, ma'am!
Here.
Thank you.
Feeling better now?
Yes, ma'am.
getting up so soon?
Sure, ma'am.
I'm... I'm feeling
much better already.
I'll just sit here in the chair
and rest a bit.
All right.
Guess I'll sit over here
and keep you company for awhile.
How you feel now?
Better.
Good.
scare the daylights out of me.
[ Sighs ]
Well, it's your heart.
If you don't want to take
care of it, nobody can make you.
[ Telephone ringing ]
[ Sighs ]
Hello?
Oh, hello, rosella.
You are
at the drug store?
I'd like to,
rosella,
one of her sinking spells...
you go on, jessie mae.
I'm gonna be all right.
I mean, there's nothing
you can do for me.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
All right.
Uh, rosella, mother Watts says
she won't be needing me here,
so... I guess
I will come on over.
I'll see you
in a few minutes.
Now, you sure
you're gonna be all right?
Yes, ma'am.
Then I'll
head on over.
Now, you call me at the drug
store if you need me, you hear?
Yes, ma'am.
[ Door opens ]
I forgot to take any money
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