:19:08
He bought himself a mule.
:19:11
That was a big deal around that town.
:19:14
My daddy hated that mule.
:19:17
His friends kidded him that they saw
Monroe ploughin' with his new mule...
:19:22
...and Monroe was gonna rent
another field now that he had a mule.
:19:28
One morning that mule
just showed up dead.
:19:33
They poisoned the water.
:19:36
After that there was never any mention
about that mule around my daddy.
:19:44
One time we were drivin' past
Monroe's place and we saw it was empty.
:19:48
He'd just packed up and left, I guess.
Gone up North or somethin'.
:19:54
I looked over at my daddy's face...
:19:58
...and I knew he'd done it.
:20:01
And he saw that I knew.
:20:03
He was ashamed.
:20:06
I guess he was ashamed.
:20:10
He looked at me and he said...
:20:12
..."If you ain't better than a nigger,
son, who are you better than?"
:20:18
Do you think that's an excuse?
:20:20
No, it's not an excuse.
It's just a story about my daddy.
:20:28
Where does that leave you?
:20:30
With an old man who was so full of hate...
:20:32
...that he didn't know that
bein' poor was what was killin' him.
:20:44
Get the light! Get the light!
:20:48
You all right?
:20:59
I guess they know we're here.