The Wild Stallion Page #3

Best view is here.

Thought you'd like to see it.

- Charlie and I bought a little at a time.

- Your husband?

Started out with 200 acres,

added parcels as we could afford it.

The price of cattle was better then.

I don't see any cattle.

That's because there aren't any.

Not anymore.

Had to sell off the herd

to keep the bank from foreclosing

after Charlie...

You always wear that getup?

Getup?

Your clothes.

- What's wrong with my clothes?

- Well, you look like a Fruit Loop.

I think I look okay.

What do you want to do here, exactly?

Photograph the wild horses

in their natural habitat.

- You any good?

- I think so.

- Let's have a look.

- Okay.

You have a good eye.

- Thanks.

- But your pictures are lonely.

HANNAH:
Lonely?

Solitary.

Empty.

I just take pictures

of stuff that interests me.

But none of your subjects are alive.

HANNAH:

I have shots of people at home.

Yeah? But these are the ones

that you show folks.

I think they're the best.

MATTY:

Have you ever seen a mustang?

No.

- They're hard to get close to.

- I have zoom lenses with me.

That's not what I meant.

You have to get to know animals

before you take pictures of them.

That takes some doing.

- I'm ready for that.

- MATTY:
Is that why you came?

Is that all you're here for?

I want to take the pictures

so I can publish them.

Maybe it will make people more

aware of the horses' plight out here.

So, you think you know the problems

of the mustang, do you?

Well, I know they're dying out,

and I want to help save them.

You're gonna save them

by taking pictures of them?

It's a start.

I want to photograph

the wild horses

and maybe let people

know their story before it's lost.

You got sand, girl.

I'll give you that.

What's that mean?

It means I'll help you if you help me.

Help you what?

Save them.

I've spent pretty much my whole life

trying to give the horses

a chance at living.

I can't do it alone.

I tried, but...

[Sighs]

I just want

to make a difference here.

Maybe I could help.

We'll see.

[Horse neighs]

I was wondering where you were.

Kyle and I were up at Starvation.

Saw some new mares

and colts today.

- How many?

- Dozen, maybe.

CJ, this is Hannah.

She's here to take pictures.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- You're after him, aren't you?

- Him?

- She means the Black Stallion.

- Is there a Black Stallion?

Not so far.

We don't know.

Maybe I will.

[Laughter]

You got about as much chance

of seeing that black renegade

as we do of being

next year's rodeo queen.

Hope I've got

more of a chance than that.

[Laughter]

[Horses neigh]

We'll need twice that many a week.

Yes, sir. I know that.

I've got to keep a low profile.

The sheriff's been snooping around.

I don't care if you

have to crawl on your belly.

If you can't get me

the mustangs I need,

then I'll get them from somebody else.

You will have

all the wild mustangs you can use

for your drug testing, Mr. Novak,

you have my word.

You've got a big mouth, Deputy.

I didn't say what I

needed them for, did I? Huh?

No.

No, you didn't.

I'll give you a 50% bonus

for every mustang you can bring me

by the end of this month.

What's this I hear

about a Black Stallion?

Oh, it's nothing.

Local legend, that's all.

Any truth to it?

Couldn't say.

I'd be interested in that stallion.

Very interested.

Extremely interested.

Understand?

Yeah. Yeah, I do,

but... what for, research?

Not research. Resource.

Sizzle, not steak.

Novak Industries needs an icon,

and the mythical Black Stallion

would be a good one...

...don't you think?

- Huh?

- Yes, sir.

Hannah, there are some things

you need to know.

What things?

Out here, we take care of our own...

...people and animals.

I know that.

She means we stand together.

And horses are just like people.

They make families, care for

each other, protect each other,

and if something or someone

comes in and threatens them,

they face it straight on...

...together.

Okay.

We have been protecting them,

CJ's folks and me.

I've always felt the mustangs

deserve the same chance I had...

...we've had.

You know, raise a family,

care for them,

without being corralled doing it.

- Try to protect them.

- What's wrong with that?

Nothing.

Of course, the government feels

a bit differently about it than we do.

- How?

- They have roundups every so often.

They take the mares and colts.

Matty protects them.

Truth be known,

that's against the law.

Now, I don't hold much for secrets,

never knew one to be kept.

What we're telling you here

right now, this is not a secret,

but we don't talk about it much.

You understand?

- I think so.

- MATTY:
You figure I'm wrong?

It doesn't matter.

All that matters

is what happens to the mustangs.

I'm just here to take some pictures.

Fair enough.

Your daddy did a good job with you.

Show her to her bunk, CJ.

Come on back.

[Sniffs]

[Sneezes]

[Sneezes continue]

[Laughter]

- Can you ride?

- Sort of.

Sort of?

I've been horseback riding before.

All people who can't ride a horse

call it "horseback riding."

I can ride, and I'm not a city

slicker. I'm just from the city.

- I didn't...

- You didn't have to.

Sorry.

It's okay.

You want to ride?

You're on!

Are they midgets?

Not midgets.

More like teeny babies.

Why do girls always

have to call them "babies"?

What would you call them

if you just saw them for the first time?

KYLE:
Stupid.

No. That's what they'd call you,

not the horses.

So, are they babies?

No.

[Horses neigh]

That one is Ivy. That is Bow.

The smallest one is Arrow.

Where did you find them?

My dad found them about a year ago

up in the mountains.

They were wild, too.

Wild midget horses?

[Laughter]

Yeah, kind of, I guess.

They're like those horses from the old

"My Pretty Pony" cartoons, remember?

- Those cartoons sucked.

- I liked them.

Well, you would.

They're smart, too.

Come on.

I want to show you something.

- What?

- What you came for.

- Do you have your camera?

- Yeah. Always have it.

- Good.

- KYLE:
Where?

- Starvation.

- KYLE:
Right.

Cheyenne tribes call it

Washitaqua.

It means "horse heavens."

But the mustangs

run here, Starvation.

You know a lot

about Indians and stuff, huh?

I know a little.

Why do they call it Starvation?

A hundred years ago, rustlers used

to bring the livestock they stole here.

One winter, they left them penned up

and the animals starved.

- That's awful.

- Yeah. The name stuck.

Look!

[Horses neigh]

Whoa. Yeah. They're beautiful.

I got to get some shots.

This is what I came for.

You know a lot about cameras, huh?

I know a little.

What kind of camera is that?

It's my dad's, but I use it.

It's pretty easy, really.

KYLE:

You don't use digital, huh?

No. I learned to shoot film.

I wish... I mean,

I got a little disposable, is all.

Well, I have a small Canon

you can use.

- Are you serious?

- Sure.

Shoot a roll,

and see how you like it.

You're trusting my brother

with your camera?

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