Sounder

- Think we'll get a coon tonight, Daddy? - We'd better.

Jesus, will you come by here?

Oh, Jesus, will you come by here?

Jesus, will you come by here?

Now is a needy time...

Oh, now is a needy time...

Now is a needy time.

Come, if you don't stay long...

Oh, come, if you don't stay long...

Come, if you don't stay long.

Now is a needy time...

Oh, now is a needy time...

Jesus, won't you come by here?

He's got one already! Come on, boy, let's go.

I hear you, boy, come on!

Give me that lamp, boy, come on, let's...

Man.

There it is. Now come on, boy, let's go!

Go, Sounder! I hear you. Come on!

I think he's got him treed, boy. It's all over now for you, old coon!

There he is. Come on, let's go.

Sweet meat on the table. We hear you, boy. Come on!

Shoot!

Damn.

Oh, Sounder, don't give up now. Come on, boy!

That dog done found one already. Come on, sonny, let's go.

Sounder!

Sounder!

Aww, shoot!

Come on, Sounder, don't give up now. Come on, boy!

Dammit!

I remember a time when a bull couldn't stop that dog from catching that coon.

It's alright, son.

Old Sounder did his job.

It's just, when I realized there wasn't gonna be no meat on the table, I just...

...acted foolish for a minute.

If anybody's to blame, it's me, 'cause I oughta nailed him on that first shot.

It's too dark, Daddy.

Yeah.

Alright, well...

Well, I guess we better get on back to the cabin. Sounder!

You know, son: there ain't no dog as good as Sounder.

In all the years we've been tracking coons and possums in these woods...

He ain't never tore one of them up yet. Mm-mmm, no...

He always brought them back whole and healthy.

Now you see?

Now that's the difference between a hound dog that's mean and dirty...

...to one that's great. Like old Sounder here.

We had one cornered, but he got away.

- I bet you you're tired, little boy. Ain't you, David Lee? - Yes, sir.

You ought to be tired, too, Sounder...

...cause that coon sure whipped the hell out of you tonight.

He beat you too, Daddy, and you had a big shootin' rifle.

You don't make funny with your daddy like that, boy.

- David Lee. - Yes, sir?

You had a rough time out there tonight, so, uh...

...you stay home from that school tomorrow.

But I want to go.

- Are you learning anything at that school? - Yes, sir.

When the night comes in these parts, that old moon runs like a scared rabbit.

You can stay here all night just looking and not see a thing out yonder.

Are we going hunting again tomorrow, Daddy?

Oh, yeah.

I guess you wonder why, though, huh? What with the luck we've been having.

But, like I always say...

"You lose some of the time what you always go after..."

"...but you lose all the time what you don't go after."

Now, who says I didn't put my mark on you, boy?

David Lee?

Time to get to bed, son.

Goodnight, Daddy.

Goodnight, son.

Don't wake Josie Mae and Earl, now.

It's your bedtime too, hound dog. Now go on, get under there. Go on!

I bet you could use a hot cup of coffee.

I sure could, Miss Rebecca...mmm.

Oh, Nathan Lee...

Dammit! That boy done bitten my walnuts.

I skin my fingers to the bone to pick 2 pounds that's worth almost nothing...

...at the commissary, and he done took about half of it.

The boy is hungry, Rebecca.

We've been through these hard times before, Nathan Lee...

...and we made it.

And what did we make it to, Rebecca?

Another season sharecropping for old man Perkins?

Working ourselves to death...

...so he can get richer, and we can't even eat when cropping time is done?

Nathan...

Nathan?

Nathan?

Nathan?

Nathan?

Come on, y'all, get up! There's meat cooking in the kitchen.

Come on, get up! Come on.

- What's in there, Daddy? - Sausage and ham bone.

Don't do that!

Where did it come from?

- Morning, Mama. - Morning.

There's meat cooking on the stove.

That's right. Go wash up.

- Where'd it come from? - Where all meat comes from.

Now go wash up & be snappy about it. You got 6 miles ahead of you to that school.

Morning, Nathan.

Morning.

Did you have any to eat?

Oh, no, I'll wait until after the children. Rebecca...

Yes?

What's the weather like out there?

It's hot.

Gonna be good baseball weather for our game today, then, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Morning, Daddy.

Well...morning back at you!

Hey, now, you save some of that for me, huh?

Sounder?

Hey, Sounder! Come on.

There you go, boy. Now that ought to put you in good shape for tonight, huh?

Now don't take all morning at that table, David Lee.

Mama, when can me and Earl go to school with David Lee?

Maybe soon.

Tell you one thing we got plenty of, is wood.

Ready to go, Mama.

Well, tuck that shirt in, David Lee.

And when you get out of that school, you come straight on home, you hear?

You're gonna have to take this laundry work I've done for Ms. Boatwright.

Good day.

Bye, Daddy.

Bye, son.

Where was it you went last night, Nathan?

I did what I had to do, Rebecca.

...and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea!

Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 34.

I'm sorry, Ms. Clay. - You're late.

Yes, ma'am. - Well, take your seat.

Now where were we, before we were interrupted?

Oh, yeah. Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 34.

This chapter is called, "We Cheer Up Jim."

Here we go:

Tom says: "What's the vittles for? Going to feed the dogs?"

The "colored boy kind of smiled around gradually over his face, and says:

"Yes, Mars Sid. A dog."

- Brought your laundry, Ms. Boatwright. - Oh. Come on in, children!

Come on in.

Put it right up here on the table, David. Thanks.

Yeah. Mmm, mmm.

You tell Rebecca there ain't a Chinaman in all this world to beat her ironing.

Well...

Now, um...

Here's for your mama's work...

And, um...

- ...here's something for the 3 of you. - Thanks, Ms. Boatwright.

- Thank you, Ms. Boatwright. - Thanks, Ms. Boatwright.

Oh, by the way, David...

I got that book I promised you.

It's all about the Three Musketeers.

Thanks, Ms. Boatwright!

And when you've read it, we're going to talk about it.

Yes, ma'am. We've got to hurry!

Oh: tell Rebecca "hi" for me, you hear?

Ms. Boatwright, what's a Chinaman?

Come on, Josie Mae. We gotta hurry!

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

Let's go!

Let's get you to first base on that!

Alright, alright, let's get 'em, let's get 'em!

Hi, Daddy!

Let's get 'em, let's get 'em!

Hi, Daddy.

Look at you, look atcha, look at ya!

Alright, alright!

Alright, let's get 'em. Let's get 'em!

Ball 4.

Alright!

Hi, Mama, what's the score?

Hi, y'all. 3-2, but the other team has got the bases loaded with only 1 out.

What inning is it?

Last one. Now turn around and watch the game!

Let's go, let's go, let's get 'em, let's get 'em!

Let's get 'em.

2 more to go, Daddy!

Come on, Nathan!

Come on, Daddy!

Let's get him! - One time!

He ain't nothing but a rookie.

Hey, out!

One more to go, Daddy!

One more and that's it. Come on!

Come on, Nathan! - Let's go!

Throw him out, man, he ain't nothing but a rookie. Let's get him!

- One time. - He ain't nothing but a rookie.

Speedball, Speedball, won't you please pitch that ball to me...

He already pitched that ball for you today. Yes he did!

Speedball, Speedball, won't you please pitch that ball to me...

- Well, the other team got 2 and Speedball's team got 3! - Got 3!

You tell them, Ike! Yes, indeed.

Speedball, Speedball, I do believe baseball is your game...

It's his game alright! He proved that one today, didn't he?

Speedball, Speedball, I do believe baseball is your game...

It's his game! Not his shame, but his game!

Oh, you're a regular partner, Nathan Lee Morgan is your name.