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I was born and raised here.

And my daddy before me.

I seen things in these woods no man's
supposed to see.

And I know things no man's supposed to
know.

These woods be a strange place.

My grandmama always called this place
hole in the wall.

There be two worlds, she told me.

One for men and one for magic.

And betwixt them two, there'd be a hole.

Sometimes, things pass through that
hole.

And them things she called the
enchanted.

Yeah. Good quail tonight, P.

Hey,

good. Yeah, you go get something to sip.

Get your nose to the ground.

Sit down.

Yeah. We're going to eat good tonight,
Lee.

Yeah.

Come on.

Those hard -headed dogs.

Come on. Let's go.

Get to the next trap.

Come on, Lee.

Here.

That old owl sound like a witch on fire.

There he is.

This rain gonna put that fire out,
witch.

Squint your own house.

No folks have been there anyway.

Let's go. Peace.

trail ever since they came.

Trailer should have been burned up a
long time ago.

Now it's too late for the fire.

You keep your big mouth shut this time.

Commence the holler, I'm gonna whip you.

You and that squinch owl.

Both be digging my grave with those
stumpy foots of yours.

Have mercy.

You keep your big mouth shut here.

Don't want no noise out of you.

Will you be out there?

That's me.

Royce Hagen.

Mr. Booker T.

Pierce Hagen's boy.

You remember?

Sure do favor your daddy.

That's a fact. No lie.

In favor of him, I thought you might be
his ghost.

But I reckon no ghost like to feel my
skin.

No, I don't reckon it does, Booker.

When you come on in here?

I just came in this afternoon.

Got my Cadillac stuck in a marsh down
there a couple of miles back.

Had to walk on in.

Ah, the old house is in pretty damn good
shape.

I was really surprised.

Tensors now and then.

Besides, we so far back in these woods.

Nobody be messing around with it.

Everything seems to be right there.

A lot of Daddy's old stuff and Aunt
Lily's, too.

Uh -huh.

This place be sort of a museum.

But I don't be changing nothing.

I left it be.

I just sweeping dust here and there.

But your place is due to changing.

Been hoping you'd come ever since your
Aunt Lily died.

Been a while back.

What took you so long?

Well, hey, come on, sit down.

I've been out to sea.

We're riding freighters around the
world.

Riding those waves a long time, boy.

Yeah.

What would be your plans now that you've
got your foot back in the sand?

I've been thinking about cattle
ranching.

You've got to. Man, just waiting for
those cows to come on.

You know, Booker, I turned down a lot of
money for this land.

Can't figure out why I didn't take it.

Anyhow, something brought me back here.

Might as well be cows.

And that beats not knowing why I came or
why I want to stay.

Time ain't for wasting on the whys.

Just figuring out those whys is like a
dog running after his own tail.

Deeds to nothing.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's just what I've been doing,
Booker.

Chasing my own tail around in a big
circle.

You reckon your heart told you to stop a
while?

Yeah, I guess you could say that.

I'm gonna give it a try anyhow.

Well, I can't tell you about your own
self, Royce.

But you're looking for a place to stop.

You see, Lance is close to your blood
family as you're going to get.

Just follow your instincts, that's all.

And that's good.

Well, I guess we'll see if my instincts
do me right.

You reckon you can help me get that old
Cadillac out of the marsh tomorrow?

I'll be taking care of Pierce Hagin's
boy. You see.

end of it, Booker. Uh -huh.

I think about you, Royce.

I know Gator gonna beat you to the part.

Yeah? How's that?

You ain't slowed down yet.

I left you in town last week.

All you had was a no -good Cadillac.

Now you got a pasture full of heifer's
fixin' drop calves and a

fine man in the crowd.

That's somethin'. It's always somethin'.
Yeah.

Well, once I make my mind up to do
something, I tend to act on it quick.

That way I stay interested.

Uh -huh.

Want to get a couple of calves in here
right away, so as I can weed out the

sorry cows.

Besides, that'll give me time to look
around for a couple of high -quality

bulls. Well, that's done.

How's the way on the backpack?

That's looking all right.

Sure do appreciate you helping me,
Booker.

Yeah, any time you need help, you just
holler.

Of course.

You don't know, but I'd be might pleased
that you stand on here.

Yeah?

Well, now knows it.

Come on.

I'm hungry for a nice cold beer.

Now you're talking.

You ever been married, Booker?

I learned then to keep my women in town.

I likes to tip in love, tip my hat, and
walk right out.

Don't want no woman having to die in
love for me no more.

You must be lonely out here, huh?

And wish you had some nice lady around?
No?

I done told you I tried that before.

And I find it worse being lonely and not
alone than being lonely with just

myself. You hear what I'm saying?

Yeah, I know what you mean about that.

Never get used to that kind of pain.

Hey, what's this going on out here?

What you mean?

What do you reckon this is all about?

They come to work.

Done the same with me.

They just come.

Yeah? Well, where'd they come from?

They're living out there on your land,
ain't they?

Ask no questions.

They come.

They work hard. They don't want much.

Well, you sure don't sound too happy
about it.

How come you let them stay on?

They ain't got no choice in the matter.

Don't ask me no more.

It's all this stuff about you ain't got
no choice in the matter.

You just hide in the fact you got a soft
heart.

They got a name?

Them's perjuries.

A what?

They call themselves perjuries. And if I
was you...

I wouldn't get too friendly with them.

How's that, Booker? Could they wear them
weird clothes?

You heard what I said.

Well, I'm gonna go on out there and see
what they're up to.

You coming?

I'm going home now.

I'm tired.

One thing more, Royce.

They'd be different.

You go slow on them, you hear?

Roy Sagan's my name.

It is a pleasure.

Well, I see you have everything under
control out here.

There is little for my children to do
here.

And we're good workers, you know.

We thought we could help you on
occasion.

Surely you can benefit from our
assistance.

I don't doubt that for a second, Mr.
Perjury.

Looks like you got a pretty good crew
out here.

Oh, yes, yes.

I don't suppose it'd do any harm y 'all
working if you want to.

Plenty to do around here.

All right. Y 'all are welcome anytime.

You know, I must have cat blood in me.

You never get tired of fishing.

And today I'm going fishing.

I can catch fish anywhere.

All I want to know is any water.

Fact is, it's pretty low down by the
creek.

Oh, that's nothing.

Catch a fish out of a water bucket.

Here, take that with you.

I'll keep the skeeters off your neck.

And you can smoke it, too, for my first
two casts of downtown.

Is that so?

Yeah. They doing good?

Yes, they're real good.

Them purgers.

You run them off the place?

Shit, no.

As a matter of fact, I kind of hired
them on.

They helped me get that old orange grove
out there back in shape.

You're right about them working hard.

You ain't getting too friendly with
them, is you?

Booker, I don't know nothing about those
folks.

Except they dug and planted me a great
garden.

Now they're working out there like
something I ain't never seen before in

orange trees.

So before you go warning me off of them
again, I know they're, uh, what, a

little strange, I guess.

But I like that about them.

They're real shy, quiet.

Like real backwoods, you know?

Too backwards is a problem.

I ain't saying you ought not work with
them.

Just stay your distance.

And don't get too personal.

You hear what I'm saying, boy?

All right, Booker.

I wasn't thinking on it anyway.

I'll try not to get too personal with
them perjuries.

Well...

Ease on into town.

I'll see you later.

Put your stuff up, Pete.

Let's go on fishing.

It sure was nice of y 'all to bring us
food all the way over here.

Haven't had this good since I can
remember.

All she do is pick flowers all day.

And you know why?

Because all she thinks about is Royce.
Royce, Royce, Royce, Royce.

I'm telling you today.

How about some more bread, Mr. Hagen?

Yes, ma 'am.

Help us have some more greens.

I don't mind if I do.

Twyler made them.

You cook them in hog jowl?

It could not be pork, Mr. Hagen.

We eat no meat.

You don't? How come?

We don't like the taste of meat.

Well, if you don't like it, you have no
idea.

Be put on a good day.

How you making out?

Excellently well.

We finished for the day.

You sure have done a fine job, Mr.
Ferger.

I figure this is just about what I owe
you.

And I sure do appreciate you working so
hard.

Oh, no, Mr. Higgins. You owe us nothing.

Oh, please take it and... Please call me
Royce.

That goes for you, too, you gigglers.

I'm going to go out and look over my
cows. You want to come?

Oh, no.

Boy, these two are a case, ain't they,
Miss Pergy? Hey, Nick, there's Twilight.

She'll go.

She'll go.

Here you go, Twilight. Here you go.

I'd better not.

Oh, come on.

Maybe she's scared, just like you.

I'll go.

I'll have her back just after dark.
Don't worry.

Have you spoken to her yet?

No, I did not think it necessary.

She seems to be following her natural
instincts. That's good.

You know, I've sensed that she knows
it's time for her to leave us.

Are you scared?

No.

Can we rest a bit here?

Sure.

Hey. See them?

They seem to be doing all right.

They look so sad to be alive.

So frightened.

They must know they're in.

Nah.

I don't think they're pondering over
their future.

Look at that out there.

All the grass they can eat.

Water to drink.

Nah, they don't have it so bad.

They're living for now.

They're lucky.

You okay back there?

Yes.

Just checking. I felt that sugar run up
your backbone.

It's that owl and the whale in the
woods. They're screaming like they know

something.

Well, what is it that they know? I can't
say. I just know some danger.

Hey, you ain't one of them psychic
people, are you?

You know, one of those people who say
they can see things before they happen?

I told you before, I know nothing of the
future.

I can't see things before they happen.

I'm glad of that.

I only know the moment.

I feel it.

It's a sense.

Like fear, it just comes.

You know what it is I like about you,
Twyla?

You are scary.

You mean I frighten you?

Well, I don't know if that's the right
word for it, but whatever it is, I like

it.

Hey, isn't that Booker's truck pulling
out of there?

It is.

Does he come by here often?

He doesn't come to visit, but he leaves
for us things that he brings from town.

Oh, he does, does he?

Don't you folks ever go into town?

No, we don't want to.

So it's a big help to us that he brings
these things.

Still, my family and I are afraid of
him.

Booker?

Why in hell be scared of Booker?

He wouldn't harm anything and wouldn't
bite back.

I don't know why.

He frightens us.

But he knows us, so he doesn't get too
close.

Yeah, I've noticed that.

You better get on in now.

Must happen that I see you again soon.

Alone.

This be a clean killing.

Yes, it do.

Ain't a natural thing, Royce.

Something very strange going on here.

Come out of nowhere.

Just like out of the air.

Well. Whatever it is, it killed this
calf.

You think it'll be back?

Hmm. Can't say.

Something like this be hard to predict.

Yeah. Good be he's just passing through.

That's right.

I passed through here my own self
yesterday.

And I saw that perjury girl sitting up
on the horse with you.

Yeah. You reckon that's got something to
do with this, do you, Bucker?

I done told you to stay clear of them
people.

Ain't no joking on it.

Now, I've been living out here in these
woods all my life.

And I tell you, there's something
strange going on here.

These woods have the reputation of the
power.

When I was youngin', there used to be a
conjure doctor.

Us called him Swamper.

Used to come all the way from New
Orleans to gather roots out of these

And the word passed on.

And my grandmama used to send Rooster
Khan to doctors all over the country.

That's where the name hole in the wall
comes from.

The hoodoo put his name on these woods.

Pierce and Lily knew about the strange
power of these woods, hole. Now, ain't

that so?

Yeah.

Yeah, I heard some of those stories,
Booker, but that stuff's like folk

It never really happened.

Anyway, what's all this got to do with
the perjuries?

What be a folk tale, be the truth turned
and shaped by time.

What you got here looks like a wolf that
killed your calf.

And there ain't been no wolves in
Florida in over 40 years.

Now, these poetry people, they come in
here just like the wolf out of them

woods.

I've been living here all my life.

And I've seen some strange things going
on.

And these purges be one of them.

Yeah. Well, Booker, if they be so
strange to you, how come it is you bring

supplies in from town?

And what you be, a hound dog snooping
around?

Now, I ain't saying not to help the
purges get along in the world. I'm just

telling you not to let them get close to
your heart. That's all.

Well, I always watch out for that
anyway.

I'll be bringing you my own gun to use.

You don't be owning one, does you?

No, but it looks like I'm gonna have to
get one.

I sure do.

Bad enough the calves did.

Might just be a nasty killing here.

Last night I heard the wind a -howling
and a witch owl a -squinching.

And I know something was happening in
these woods.

Come out of the air.

Out of nowhere.

Do you understand, child?

I think so, Mama.

But why?

We were given the power to choose a new
life.

And that, my dear one, is a rare gift.

Is it really true?

It's so hard to believe that we were
once... My child, you must never let the

words of our secret pass through your
lips.

You must remember this.

Never.

Do you understand?

Do the others know?

No, only you and your father and I know.

We have told you because you're the
first to leave.

Are you frightened?

No, I don't feel afraid.

That's good.

Because the choice we have made may be
too difficult for us to live by.

And we must know if we have made the
right decision before the fall comes.

How will you know it's right, this
choice?

You, Twyla.

It will depend on you.

We will wait to see if you can survive
in this new life you're about to enter.

What if he won't take me, Mama?

He will take you.

I know.

I see it in his eyes when he looks at
you.

He sees you, a woman.

And a man who lives alone needs a woman.

There'll be no problem with this union.

You'll both follow your natural
instincts.

Now go to sleep.

You must wake early to prepare yourself.

What in the hell are you doing hiding up
there?

Watching you work.

How come you got your face all painted
up like that?

Don't like it?

I never said I didn't like it.

It's just that, uh, you sure have a

different way of... Well...

No, you do

look strangely nice like that.

You know, you look, uh... Well, you
know, you,

uh, if you want to watch me work, you
don't have to hide.

I was waiting until I was ready.

Ready for what?

To attract you to me.

I'd say you've done that.

And now what are you gonna do?

There's only one room left to paint.

Yeah, which one?

That little one with all the pretty
things.

That's my Aunt Lily's room.

My daddy's sister.

Hey, you look great.

You don't mind that I wear the Aunt Lily
thing?

Nah. Do whatever you want with that
stuff in there.

Now, that's your room.

Want to go for a ride?

Great. I'll get the heck of them.

You heard Pete.

You were there.

Told him about messing with that gal.

Now he live with her.

No, sir.

It ain't likely.

No good's gonna come out of that
situation.

Hey, I can tell by that look that you
ain't all that pleased to see my smiling

face today, Booker.

I think you ain't pleased to see.

It's who you've got.

Looks like you've been seeing me and I
ain't been seeing you.

That's why you ain't been by lately,
huh?

That's right.

Boy, this don't be funny business.

Get that grin.

You ain't heading for a good time like
you're thinking.

You're getting yourself messed up with
something that you don't know nothing

about.

Best be considering on these things
hard, like I tell you. Come on now,

You're really starting to sound too much
like a preacher.

Sometimes a cranky old preacher at that.

You listen to what I say, boy.

I've warned you.

I've told you.

Now, I ain't going to condone the fact
that you're living with that perjury

girl.

No, sir.

Hey, now.

Let's just hold this up a minute right
here.

Are you telling me what I can do and
what I can't do?

Ross, I'm just telling you what you
can't see with your own eyes.

You'll still be a boy in some ways.

And I see you winding up on the inn and
finding yourself looking like a sucker

bait.

Who the hell do you think you're talking
to here?

You're telling me where I can get on and
get off.

What you condone.

You ain't my daddy.

Let's just say that I want things right
for you.

You'd be Pierce's boy.

And I'd cradle you in my arms when you
were this big.

I may not have got you, but I damn near
raised you.

Now, if that don't mean jack shit to
you, well, that don't matter.

Because you'd be part of my history, and
that do matter.

All I want is what's good for you. And
that don't include those perjuries.

Well, could be you're right.

Maybe I am, in fact, getting mixed up in
something I don't know all that much

about.

But on the other hand, I think that's
just what I like about it.

There be some responsibilities people
never get freed of.

Things gonna happen to happen.

That be the way of the world.

Well, I see you don't be understanding
what I'm saying.

So I'm going to say one more word.

I hope I ne 'er need to say what comes
between you two.

That's all.

All right.

That's fair enough.

All right. That's a promise.

I won't be asking you about it.

Oh, hell, why don't you just, you know,
come on and take a ride in town with me.

No, you go on.

I've got to tend these greens.

I'll be busy.

come on by the house sometime when you
can she ain't so scary

Hey, I just want to tell you I'm going
to go on out to Grove now.

Oh, yeah, so you're getting ready to
paint up this room, huh?

You going to use all that paint in this
one room?

I don't know yet. I was just looking at
the colors. They're all so nice.

I don't know which one to use.

Well, hell, use them all if you want to.

Well, I'll see you later.

Royce?

Who are they?

Well, it seems to me that...

Must be Booker's Granny May.

That was of my daddy, Pierce.

That might be Aunt Lily. I don't know.

Who did them?

Beats me.

Booker might know.

May I ask you?

Sure. I would like it that you not look
in this room until I bring you here,

after the walls are painted.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll catch you later.

I believe $49 .95 is too much to pay for
those cars. I tell you, I went out

there, and I had them mounted up on my
four grims, and there it's not wide

enough. What happens is, is a mud packs
in them like that, and they get in that

mud, and they just spin and turn and
throw mud and throw frogs and everything

else out there. I don't know what to
think about them, I tell you.

I think they're too much money.

What do you think about it? I don't
think I believe it. What?

Hey, damn, aren't you Royce Hagen?

Is it?

Hey, Charlie.

Hey, boy.

Been a long time.

Remember Garcia?

Hey, how you been, man?

Wonder why old Booker didn't bother to
tell me you boys were still around these

parts. Ah, Booker. Well, don't see much
of Booker anymore.

Booker don't like the fact I don't get
my rocks off killing animals much.

Tends to be the Herman he always was,
you know, living out there in them

backwoods.

Booker, he thinks he knows everything
there is to know about everything.

I see him every once in a while. He
comes into town chasing women or selling

greens or something.

I heard he got land rich off that piece
your Aunt Lily gave him. Oh, yeah. I

reckon he did.

Hey, you all want some beers?

Yeah. All right.

So where you been anyway, boy?

Well, I tell you, I've been around a few
blocks.

Down in South America a lot.

Out of Miss Florida.

Nothing like it. It's good.

Oh, man.

You know, don't you, that your daddy and
momma... Probably two of the finest

hunting guides the state of Florida has
ever known.

Except for Booker.

That old leg of his never kept him out
of the woods. But he's old now.

Folks around here are still big on
hunting, you know.

You know Tillis Atwell?

Oh, yeah. I don't believe it. He's the
hottest hunting guide that they got

around here now.

Ain't nothing hot about him. He's got
some hot dogs. That's about all he's got

that's hot.

Except his wife.

And I'm about ready to go see her out
right now. I'll see you all later.

Have you always lived with your folks?

Until you came here?

Yes, we've tried to stay together.

Thought you didn't remember your past.

I know, I've always stayed with my
family.

You never have been, uh...

Never have been with a man before?

No.

I've never known a man before you.

Where did you live before you came here?

I've always lived here.

You won't let me know too much about
you, will you?

I'm ready to show you my room now.

Hey, isn't there any light in here?

Wait.

What is this?

Did I do wrong?

Are you kidding?

I didn't know you were in here doing all
this. I thought, you know, you were

painting the wall.

This is really amazing. I had no idea
that you could...

Is that Pete? That's Pete, isn't it?

That must be Blinker.

Let's turn on the light.

I've never done anything like this
before. It just happened.

There's something about this room. I
felt it the first time I came in.

Some special feeling.

You really don't mind?

Why would I mind?

Come here and hush. Let me look.

This must have taken you a lot of work
to do all this.

What's all that?

How come the guy's arm around that bird
like that?

Is this your folks over here?

This is really beautiful.

Why'd you quit?

You got a whole wall here left to paint.

You take all that stuff down.

Well, I have no more pictures to paint
now.

There'll be another calf killing him.

What?

Any tracks?

Rain, I'm serious this time.

Rain, be proper force, you know, if it
ain't working for you. Come on, look,

where's the calf at?

A while yonder.

You know, what do you think O 'Farrell
done think about rain when Moses

commenced to pawn frogs on the kingdom?

If nature ain't working for you, you's
in trouble, Jack.

I guess I'll go see Tellis about some
traps.

Mm -hmm.

I got two that might work.

Tellis, he has the rig for this.

He got some bad -ass traps he's done.

Let's get a drink.

Hey, how you been making out, hot shot?

I need to borrow some traps, Tillis.

Well, you've got them.

What you got, foxes?

Ah, worse than that.

Some kind of huge dog been killing my
calves.

Booker see the kill?

Yeah. Yeah, he thinks it's a wolf.

A wolf?

Yeah, old Booker, he's, uh, tends to be
superstitious lately.

What you figuring, a stakeout?

Yeah.

Well, I don't believe you're gonna catch
him in a trap.

I ain't got much choice.

Well, I'll tell you what you do.

You set them trapped, and when you get
hit again, call me.

Then I'll bring out my dogs.

Might be three o 'clock in the morning.

Don't worry about it, hot shot.

We'll catch him.

better, child?

You have natural fears, as we all do.

But you'll learn to beat those fears in
order to survive.

Do you really believe this, Papa?

I was so frightened.

I feel I've failed.

You have not failed.

You have adjusted well.

I hope so, Mama.

I've been so happy with Royce.

And he with you.

Look, he comes for you now.

I do not want him to see me so frail.

Maybe he's angry with me. No, he's
concerned for you.

He's confused by your disappearance.

Go to him now.

Yes, and believe in your strength.

Hey, how y 'all folks?

He is a good man.

I hope she can make it to pass her
fears.

He seems to be understanding in his
ways.

We will wait to see what happens.

Then we must make a move for the other
children.

They're growing fast, you know.

Yes. I don't like it when you leave the
woods to go to town.

I feel really safe here.

Next time, why don't you leave me a note
before you disappear?

I don't know how to write words.

Well, we know you can make pictures, so
next time leave me a picture then of

where you are.

I'm killing the flies, right?

You talk about good for nothing.

Here you is.

Guess I'll lay myself down.

I know it's bad luck to get rid of you.

So it looks like I'm going to have to
raise you on us.

You have to come at the full moon.

It'll be a sign of something.

What in the name of lies you got left
with?

I reckon the way you look, you think
you's up to most of them already.

This here's Pete.

That dog gonna be snapping his jaws
around, nothing less than home cooked.

Don't you be wary.

Maybe you'd be gracious enough to kill a
few flies around here.

Yes, sir.

They'd be buzzing around all the summer.

Flies on the ceiling, flies on the
floor.

I hope you like greens.

I probably won't be back till
suppertime.

I gotta get the growth sprayed.

I thought I'd see you folks about that.

I should have mentioned it to them last
night, but it stuck my mind.

Main thing is I gotta get up with Booker
and get those traps set for a

nightfall.

You wanna come along?

No. I have work to do here.

I'll wait for you.

Oh, hi.

You'll almost fall on me, girl.

I'll see you later.

I don't like to have too long drinking
that coffee.

Too much of it will give you the shakes.

What happened? You dropped something?

I'm sorry. I forgot to prepare food
tonight.

Don't worry about it.

Ain't that one star of chicken ears,
that one don't lay no eggs?

Well, I thought maybe you might cook her
up for me tonight.

Maybe you could boil some rice.

Hey.

Hey.

How you feeling?

What happened?

There's been another attack.

He got by the traps. We're going out
after him.

Keep on back asleep.

No, please don't go.

Don't leave me alone, Royce. Swyla,
listen, I gotta go.

Now, look, you just need some rest.

Come on, lay yourself down. Try to get
some sleep. No.

No, please.

Please don't go.

Swyla, I got no choice.

Now, he's killing my calves.

I see blood in your eyes. It scares me.

Twyla, Twyla.

There's no need to be frightened.

You're just tired.

What you need is some sleep.

I'll get back as soon as I can.

When you wake up, if you're still
feeling shaky, just go on over to your

Thank you.

You're gonna need some more dogs.

I'll take the horses on back.

Find you in the morning.

No. No.

No.

Baby

tired,

Tillis. Too hot out here.

Needs rest.

Put him in the truck.

He's too close to Pete.

He'll make no sound.

Get the tree up.

Get the tree up.

You're going to have to move fast and
quiet.

No noise with the walking.

Maybe you'll sink right up on it.

I'm going around the back in the hole in
the wall.

Or by the oak grove. You know what that
is? Yeah.

I'll be there.

Maybe you chase him to me and I get the
shot.

Stay close to Pete.

Don't let me get away from your eyes or
your thing.

Go on.

I missed my shot too, Royce.

I ain't missing nothing.

There he is, Booker.

Can't talk no ghost talk.

These words can birth another just like
him.

He ran off that way.

Let's get Tildes.

Get him out of here.

I'll be damned if he don't be acting
like he's deserving the honors.

Would he be a manipulator?

Yeah, I got that bottle of whiskey
tucked away somewhere.

You sit down. I'll see if I can find it.

Hey, Twyla.

There's something I've got to tell you.

Julius.

Paint pictures in this very room.

She be gone, Royce.

I know Lily's gone, Booker.

What are you saying?

You ain't talking about Lily gone.

Oh, you're talking about Twyla, right?

Yeah, I'm sure she's gone. I told her
she'd probably be over at her folks'

place.

They'd all be gone.

You sure of that, are you, Booker?

Just what is it you know that I don't
know?

Now, I want to know what's going on
between you and them.

You got something to tell me, you say it
to me straight.

Ain't nothing straight about it, except
this.

The pictures tell the story.

You see?

She be gone.

They all be gone.

Yeah, you're talking crazy, Booker.

She was here when you brought the horses
back, right?

Yes.

She probably took the mare out.

Is everything hidden in the fire?

Yes, Father.

And have we all agreed on the choice
that we have made?

Yes, Father.

Twyla, we cannot leave unless it is the
choice of all.

Yes, Mama.

You must believe in your choice, my
child.

Otherwise, it will not be possible for
us to return to our natural life.

Now Papa.

Now Papa.

I knew them purgees would have to go
back to being what they was before.

It was too weak to live with us.

Too much fear.

But these woods be a strange place.

Maybe someday something else will come
out of these woods to try and live in

world.

Something strong.

Not afraid.

Wise to the ways of men.

Hopes we don't have no more trouble.