forged "Mawmaw's" signature? No. I'm sayin' I copied it. Really? How old was I then? What's the year on that card? Uh, 1941. At any rate, I got the card back... and I must've spent three days practicin' your grandmother's signature before I did it. And I think I did a pretty good job overall, don't you think? I mean, considering I'd never done anything like that before. Boy, I tell ya, I spent that whole summer just cringin' every time she got mad... thinkin' she'd found out or was gonna call the school, but she never did. A long time ago... I think you were still in elementary school, yeah... we were goin' over there for your sister's birthday. I'd been lookin' in that other box for somethin' and I came across this card. I thought, well, I'll just take it along with me... and I'll show it to her and we'll all have a little laugh. So after supper, we were sittin' in her den... watchin' somethin' on that old Magnavox she had. I started to pull the card out of my pocket, and I couldn't do it. And every time we went back after that... I never brought the card again, but every time we went back I thought about it. Every time I saw your grandmother, I thought about it. I remember, even at the funeral service, your Aunt Marjoree sat there cryin' and cryin'... and all I could think of was that I had never shown my mother that card. Huh. Well... just lookin' at it, I'd say you'd done the right thing. You never did anything like that, did you? No. I was pretty much perfect. No regrets then, huh? J ust a trip. - What? - Trip. I wanted to take a trip once, and, uh, I didn't. You know what I think? - About what? - About you. I don't think we should get into this right now. We're not gonna go into anything here. It's just... I think you know that it's gettin' to a point with you. And I could be wrong about this. I'm not sayin' this is the way it is. But from the way I'm seein' things, at least... I think you're startin' to feel so sorry for yourself, it's damn near crippled you. - Okay. - I'll tell you somethin' else. There's worse things that can happen to people than fighting in wars. If you're gonna tell me about how many people... die in car wrecks each year, you can stop right now. What? What are you talking about car wrecks? You told me once that more people died in car wrecks each year than died in Vietnam. - Well, I may have said that. - Not may have. Did. Well, look, uh... Uh, all right, uh... I know you had a rough time over there. Over there? - You can't even say it. - What? Vietnam. Oh, look. I'm being civil here. The least you can be is civil. Oh, I am being civil. Look, son, what I'm trying to say is... all of that Vietnam is finished now. For all intents and purposes, it's done with. Can't you just forget about it and go on with your life? Forget about it? Jeremy? Listen, uh... I wouldn't... I didn't mean to criticize you. That certainly wasn't my intention. I just wanted, uh... You know, it's hard on me. I guess it's hard on all of us, you know? And, uh... I know. I know you been through an awful lot. And, uh... maybe what I said sounded like I w... I don't know, maybe it sounded like I was criticizing you. Maybe it was criticism, but... it was just talk, really. I just miss you, that's all. J ust miss talking to you. Good night. Good night. Force leaders report all casualties! Echo, bravo, echo, bravo, this is desert fox-trot, over! Echo, bravo, this is desert fox-trot. We are under heavy attack. Request air strike. And I love that old cross Where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Rugged cross Jeremy, Karen! Y'all come on to breakfast! And exchange it someday for a crown Jeremy! - What is it? - Breakfast time, wakey uppy! Wakey uppy! I' ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Снежная королева на английском - текст Крепкий орешек 4.0 на английском - текст Запятнанная Репутация на английском - текст Кино Лиззи МакГайр на английском - текст Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино на английском |