:48:04
Well, that's still not bad
for a city feller.
:48:15
This house certainly takes me back
to the time when...
:48:19
I was just a little old
shirt-tailed boy in Kentucky.
:48:23
Our place was just about
this size too.
:48:27
One window, I remember...
:48:29
and a dirt floor.
:48:34
Some wild crab apple trees
out in the front yard.
:48:39
And a big hearth inside
where I used to stretch out...
:48:42
while my mother read to me.
:48:45
I'll never forget how bad I felt
the day we decided to...
:48:48
pull up stakes
and head for Indiana.
:48:53
Kentucky's a mighty fine place
to live, but...
:48:56
with all the slaves coming in,
white folks had a hard time making a livin'.
:49:03
And you folks just like my folks.
:49:05
I said that to myself
the minute I laid eyes on you.
:49:09
"My mother'd feel right at home
with Mrs. Clay, "I said.
:49:12
Now I know she would.
:49:17
Sarah, I bet you didn't know
I had a sister once, just about your age.
:49:20
Named Sarah too.
:49:25
Only she died
when her baby was born.
:49:31
And I knew a girl like you,
Carrie Sue...
:49:37
named Ann.
:49:40
Ann died too.
:49:48
Well, finished reading
your letters yet?
:49:50
I read mine, by myself too.
:49:52
I never learned to read yet.
:49:55
I thought maybe you'd read it to me.
:49:57
Why, certainly. I'll be glad to.