:21:01
But it weren't
no use.
:21:02
It ain't only
praying, alvin. It's believing.
:21:05
Now, you see here.
:21:06
Take a look at that
old oak yonder.
:21:09
Looks mighty strong.
:21:10
Been standing there
since your pa was a boy
:21:13
a-plowing
in this same field.
:21:14
Looks like it can
go right on standing
:21:16
all by itself,
don't it?
:21:18
Yeah.
:21:19
Just a-resting
itself
:21:20
and a-feeding
on the earth.
:21:22
Well, it can't.
:21:23
It can't stand there
without there's
:21:24
a lot of deep roots
a-holding it up.
:21:27
Can't see the roots,
:21:28
but they're there
just the same.
:21:29
It appears to me
it's been planned
:21:31
a fellow's got
to have his roots
:21:33
in something outside
his own self.
:21:35
I reckon i ain't
found no roots
:21:38
what will hold me up
when i'm hellbent to fall.
:21:41
And then take
the animals in the woods.
:21:44
Squirrels would
go mighty hungry
:21:45
if nothing made them
store up nuts for the wintertime.
:21:48
Sure would.
:21:49
How do you reckon
birds get to fly north in summer
:21:51
if there
ain't something a-guiding them?
:21:53
A bird
ain't got no way
:21:54
of telling north
from south.
:21:56
And then
there's the bees.
:21:57
The bees would
sure be in a fix
:21:59
if they weren't
beholden to something
:22:00
to show them
how to get back to the hives.
:22:03
Well, i ain't no bird,
:22:04
and i ain't
no squirrel,
:22:06
and i sure
ain't no bee.
:22:07
Well, that's right,
alvin.
:22:09
The way i figure it,
:22:10
ain't no use for
a fellow going out
:22:12
looking
for religion.
:22:13
It's just got
to come to a fellow.
:22:15
It will come, my boy.
You'll see-
:22:17
maybe slow like the way
daylight comes
:22:19
and maybe in a flash
like a bolt of lightning.
:22:23
When?
:22:23
When you ain't even
expecting it.
:22:28
Well, i hope so.
:22:32
Get up, noah.
I'll be seeing you.
:22:58
Get after him now.