:37:10
Billy. Billy.
:37:14
Come on, son.
:37:18
l couldn't come home.
My dogs put one up a tree.
:37:22
Oh, that's a big sycamore.
:37:24
Biggest in the whole river bottom.
:37:26
There ain't no use cutting down
a tree like this just for one coon.
:37:30
- Come on, Billy. Let's go home.
- l can't, Poppa.
:37:34
You can't? Why?
:37:36
l made a bargain with the dogs.
:37:38
l told 'em if they
put one up a tree, l'd do the rest.
:37:42
They done their part.
lt's up to me to do mine.
:37:50
Let me take a look at those hands.
:37:53
- Does that hurt?
- lt's all right.
:37:55
You gonna cut down a tree like this,
Billy, you need a man-size axe.
:38:04
- Here are my gloves.
- Thanks, Pa.
:38:07
And before you swing that axe,
l want you to eat these eggs.
:38:10
You can share the biscuits
with the hounds. OK?
:38:12
All right.
:38:19
Billy, can you handle this?
:38:23
Yes, Grandpa.
:38:25
Well, l guess every boy should have a tree
like this to chop down once in his lifetime.
:38:29
We're gonna have
enough wood for three seasons.
:38:32
You take care now, all right?