Tex

Hey, boy.

All right, come on.

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."

It's offensive, sure.

"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.

Do 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?

Well, number 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 you 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. OK, OK.

I mean, how far do you think a couple of hundred bucks is gonna stretch?

Well, Pop's coming back soon,

now that rodeo season's almost over.

Oh, 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 get goin' if you're gonna make the bus.

Uh-uh. I'm gonna ride with Johnny. Don't worry.

Pop's coming back. See you in school.

Yo, Tex.

Go! Let's move it!

You're supposed to meet me out on the road.

I'd like to have breakfast too, you know. Let's go.

Yo, Tex, you left your books, man. Hey, there's your sister.

Oh, Johnny, Cole said to tell you to be home by four

to help him flush his radiator.

Oh, damn. 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 and everything.

She must be a pain to have around the house, though.

Yeah, well, 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 you

turning in another report on Smokey the Cowhorse.

You've done it twice already. Yeah, but I read it both times.

Well, read another book by the same author.

You mean that guy wrote another book?

In the library.

Oh, wow.

See you later. See you later.

Way to go, man!

Hey, Mace.

Ah, the heat's back on.

Yeah, 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 workin' on some oats.

If they don't get fed pretty soon, I'm tellin' ya,

they're gonna be tearin' down the fence. They ain't there.

Well, if they're out in the pasture, I'd better get 'em in here.

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 already. I sold 'em.

I don't know why you think I'd start lying to you this late in life.

Don't you 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 bought a horse. They 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.

Now, they're gone, so shut up about it.

Mason, you'd just better get those horses back.

I ain't getting them back!

We couldn't have kept feeding them much longer anyway.

Either they would've starved to death or we would.

Just shut up about it. You get those horses back.

I ain't getting them back.

Texas, you better quit it!

You know, you're strong, Tex, but you never could fight worth a damn.

Come on.

I'm gonna get my horse back. You ain't gonna find him! I told ya!

If Pop was here, he wouldn't have let you sell them!

If Pop was here, I wouldn't have had to sell them! That's the point!

Yo, Tex. Hey, where you going? Hey!

What happened to you?

Rowdy.

What happened? He 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 find my horse.

Tex, that's nuts. He's my horse.

Yeah, 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 pick you up? OK?

Look, don't you two understand English?

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

I ain't going back...

I ain't going back until I find him.

Yo, Tex, wait up. Get lost!

Get in the truck.

No.

Come on, 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 wanna stop me, right?

Yeah, he's right around here and you're gonna find him.

And he won't be sold anymore.

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... Yeah, just short of a major war, yeah.

(Maso Come on in.

You know, Cole could've 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?

Ah, can't see where Tex'd get jealous.

I mean, Johnny's always following him around

like some kinda puppy dog.

Yeah, like a rich puppy dog.

Ah, 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.

I can't play basketball if I gotta get a job to take care of Tex.

Coach Jackson's got me in for a scholarship at Indiana.

Scouts don't even come to Bixby.

He's gotta send 'em a film of me playing.

I tell you, if I make it through this season,

I am gonna get out of Bixby and I ain't coming back.

Did we get any mail today?

Couple more bills.

If you're hot to pay 'em, it's OK with me.

Nothing from Pop, huh?

Pop would send us bills if he thought we'd pay 'em.

I think he's hoping we'll forget we got a father out there.

Yeah. Well, he's gotta come back,

especially if you're going off to college.

Hey, it's Lem.

Hey, Lem.

Hey!

T for Texas! How you doing, man?

Hey, Kareem!