The Wild Stallion Page #5

did you see that story on the news?

Which one?

The one where every 30 seconds in

this country a man has a heart attack.

- Is that true?

- DALLAS:
How does that man survive?

Nobody knows.

You want your flyswatter, Alvin?

Flyswatter?

You have an excellent day, Alvin.

- TY:
Every time.

- I know.

TY:

It never gets old.

[Horses neigh]

CJ:
Seen any mustangs

since you've been out here, Dallas?

Nope. Haven't been looking, though.

- Got a hat?

- HANNAH:
What kind of hat?

Cowboy hat, and, uh, you're gonna

need some new clothes, too.

- What's wrong with my clothes?

- He's just giving you a bad time.

- DALLAS:
I'm just trying to be helpful.

- Well, you're not.

Don't listen to them.

They think they're so smart.

When you work out here,

you got to have the right gear, savvy?

- What's that mean?

- DALLAS:
What's what mean?

- "Savvy."

- Comes from the Spanish.

It's an Americanization

of the word "saber,"

to know or understand... sabe.

But the slang version here...

"savvy."

Well, aren't you

Little Miss Walking Encyclopedia!

Alvin's right... you two

are dumber than Q-tips.

Alvin said that?

The man who thinks you need

to use a weedeater indoors.

You're jealous. Come on.

Let's go play with my ponies.

[Mocking] Let's go

play with my ponies, nah, nah, nah.

- Alvin uses a weedeater indoors?

- Yeah, bathroom, mostly.

Huh.

[Horses neigh]

I think we finished

this whole drive, Mark.

No, we haven't.

There's more up there. I can feel it.

Hey, Virg...

Why don't you follow him up,

see what you can find.

And check Starvation. We haven't

looked there in a couple of weeks.

I've got to get back to the office

before the sheriff misses me.

What if I find something?

That would be the whole point, Virg.

You see, we got to get

enough mustangs to satisfy Novak.

And I know that they're up there.

I just don't know where,

and I haven't got the time

to look for them.

So that's why you're gonna do it.

- Keep a sharp eye, boys.

- VIRGIL:
Okay.

Hardy, you trail up the back,

but look out for anything

coming down the other side.

Don't you boys disappoint me. Savvy?

If they're up there,

we'll find them, Morg.

Yesiree, Bob!

You can count on us.

Oh, I know I can, Virg.

That's why I picked you.

That's why you picked me?

Oh, yeah.

'Cause you're so...

...you're so reliable.

Yeah. I'm reliable.

You hear that? I'm reliable.

[Parking brake engages,

engine stops]

[Open-door signal beeps]

- Lost?

- Oh, hi.

Is Matty around?

Yeah, somewhere.

- Hi, can I help you?

- Taken care of.

By you? Then you must

really need help. Come on.

Oh, I'm just looking for Matty.

Come on. Let me help you find her.

She's around here somewhere.

You can't find your hay

with both hands.

- Neither of you can.

- Hi, Matty.

Hi, Ellie.

I picked you some fresh strawberries.

Thought you might enjoy them.

- Thank you.

- And everyone might enjoy them.

- TY:
I love strawberries!

- Your brain is a strawberry.

- What?

- Don't you two have work?

If not, I can find

something for you to do.

- Oh, no, we got a...

- Oh, yeah, did you...

[Talking simultaneously]

See that? We sold it

to Deputy Haynes last year.

But that's where my great-grandfather

first homesteaded Starvation...

in that cabin.

How long did he live there?

- How long has it been around?

- 1909.

- Go up the hill?

- Heck, yeah.

- CJ:
He's bigger than I thought.

- HANNAH:
He's beautiful.

- Do you think that's really him?

- Oh, it's him.

Look at him... the way he moves.

He's so strong.

Only if Matty were here...

I know.

[Horse neighs]

[Dog barks]

Hello, Matty.

Buck?

Keeping busy, huh?

How's that?

Well, Morg tells me that you've

been searching around Horseshoe.

It's my range.

Yes, it is indeed.

You got something to say, Buck, say it.

I just don't want you to make a big

stink about it all over the county.

No stink here,

present company excepted.

Oh, oh, oh... let me stop

the bleeding a second.

Ooh, much better.

Look, Buck, I noticed there

weren't any horses up there at all.

Now, doesn't that strike you

as a bit odd?

Matty, I'm sorry to tell you this,

but just about everything

around you strikes me as odd.

- Not me. The mustangs.

- I know. I know.

- I got Morg checking on it for you.

- I don't trust him either.

- You don't trust anybody, Matty.

- I trust you'll say something stupid.

Oh, Matty. Matty, in an ever-changing

universe, you are my one constant,

my shining star.

[Thunder rumbles]

HANNAH, OFF SCREEN:

Matty loved the wild herd,

more than almost anything.

She'd always been their champion,

but since her husband

had passed away,

the horses became

even more important to her.

I think she searched every inch

of Horseshoe Mountain that day.

One thing I learned about Matty...

she was determined.

Once she made up her mind,

nothing could stop her.

But the one place she didn't look

that day was at Starvation Canyon,

and that's where

The Wild Stallion's herd was.

CJ:
Mom's are the best.

CJ:
Oh, crap!

Rodeo Club's gonna kill me!

HANNAH:
What?

CJ:
I missed practice today

for the rodeo and parade.

Practice again on Tuesday,

and you're going with me.

HANNAH:
Okay.

- That was fun, huh.

- Yeah.

See you tomorrow?

First thing. We'll go up to Starvation

and get some more pictures.

- Breakfast is at 6:00.

- In the morning?

We start early around here.

- That's not early. That's ugly.

- CJ:
Well, get used to it.

- See you in the morning.

- By the way, you can't have one.

- What? Breakfast?

- No, bath.

- No bath?

- ALVIN:
No bath.

Why?

- Bathtub ain't available.

- How come?

'Cause the transmission.

There's a transmission

in the bathtub?

You seen it, too, didn't you?

- So, she can't take a bath?

- No.

- But she can take a shower.

- Well, why didn't you say so?

I just did!

I don't believe it.

I didn't either

until my cousin showed me that.

- The Stallion does exist.

- HARDY:
Matty probably knows.

That don't mean nothing.

VIRGIL:

We gonna get him, Morg?

No.

No, not we. Me.

MORG:
When I get this Black Stallion,

Novak's gonna pay through the nose.

Well, what about us?

The stud's worth a lot, ain't he?

What about you, Virg?

Nothing, Morg. I was just

wondering about our share, that's all.

Your share is

what I say your share is.

- HARDY:
And what would that be?

- VIRGIL:
Yeah?

MORGAN:

Oh, you, too, Hardy?

He's right. We're doing the work

and taking the chances, Morg.

Buck, he thinks you're the

number-one boy doing good and all,

but...

...we should make something

out of this, too, that's all.

And you will.

You will.

You'll make

exactly what I say you make.

- How much?

- Don't push it, Hardy!

You'll get what you get.

That's the end of the discussion.

Savvy?

HARDY:
No point in losing your

temper, Morg... it was a fair question.

MORGAN:

No, I'll say what's fair, Hardy.

Now, you two get

this black-widow maker corralled.

I'm gonna call Novak

and let him know.

And then we can talk money.

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