clxxvi Tom
: No
longer’n 164D59TJGOWd
we can
get
acrost 165D59TJGOWi
her. Guard
: Got any plants? Tom
: No plants.
Dialogue 60 In the street. The Joads stand on and look in a long silence at what can be seen
of California. They are blank with dismay Rosasharn : Maybe it’s nice on the other side. Them pitchers – them little
pos’cards 166D60RSGOWc – they was real pretty.
Tom : Aw, sure. This here’s jus’ a part of it. Ain’t no sense a gettin’
scairt right off.
Pa : Course not. Come on, let’s get goin’. She don’t look so tough to
me
Dialogue 61
Bank of the river. Pa, Noah and Al are talking about grandma’s condition
Pa : How’s Granma since we got her in the tent? Al
: She’s off her chump, seems to me. Noah
: She’s outa her senses, awright. All night on the truck keep talkin’ like she was talkin’ to Grampa.
Tom : She’s jus’ wore out, that’s all.
Pa : I shore would like to stop here a while an’ give her some res’
167D61PJGOWc
but we on’y got ‘bout forty dollars left. I won’t feel right till we’re there an’ all workin’ 168D61PJGOWf an’ a
little money comin’ in. Dialogue 62
In the bank of a river. Some men is sitting chest-deep in the shallow water, talking and occasionally ducking their heads under
76. Tom :
Never seen such tough mountains. This here’s a murder country, just the bones of a country. Wonder if we’ll ever get in a
place where folks can live
‘thout 169D62TJGOWb fightin’
170D62TJGOWf hard scrabble an’ rock. Sometimes you get to thinkin’ they ain’t no such country.
77. Man :
How’s the swimmin’ 171D62ONGOWf?
78. Tom :
Dun’no 172D62TJGOWh. We ain’t tried none. Sure feels good to set here, though.
79. Man :
Mind if we comin’ in an’ set?
80. Tom :
She ain’t our river. But we’ll len’ 173D62TJGOWc
you a little piece of her. Dialogue 63
In the bank of a river. The men are talking in relax situation
81. Man :
But a leas’ 174D63ONGOWc we can starve to death
with folks we know. 82.
Pa :
Ya know, you’re the second fella talked like that. I’d like to hear some more about that.
83. Tom :
Me an’ you both.
84. Son
: He ain’t
gonna tell you nothin’ about it.
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85. Pa
: If
fella’s willin’ 175D63PJGOWf to work hard, can he cut her?
86. Man :
Listen, mister. I don’t knows ever’thing. You might go
out an’ fall into a steady job, an’ I’d be a liar. An’ then, you might
never get no work, an’ I didn’t warn you. All I can tell ya, most off the
folks is purty 176D63ONGOWi mis’able 177D63ONGOWe, but
a fella don’t know ever’thing.
87. Pa
: John, you never was a
fella to say much, but I’ll be goldanged if you opened your mouth
twicet since we lef’ 178D63PJGOWc home. What you think about this?
88. John :
I don’t think nothin’ about it. We’re a-goin’ there, ain’t
we? When we get there, we’ll get there. When we get a job, we’ll work,
an’ when we don’t get a job we’ll set on our behin’. Dialogue 64
In the gas station at night. The Joads’ truck, loaded with goods and people, is last gas and servicing before the desert
89. First boy
: You people got a lotta nerve.
90. Tom : What you mean?
91. First boy
: Crossin’ 179D64ONGOWf the desert in a jalopy
like this. 92.
Tom : You been acrost?
93. First boy
: Sure, plenty, but not in no wreck like this. 94.
Tom : If we broke down maybe somebody’d give us a
han’
180D64TJGOWc. Dialogue 65
Inside the truck. Ruthi and Winfield are huddling together
95. Ruthie :
This here’s the desert an’ we’re right in it
96. Winfield
: I
wisht 181D65WFGOWi it was day 97.
Ruthie : Tom says if it’s day it’ll cut you gizzard smack out at
you. I seen a pitcher once. They was bones ever’place.
98. Winfield
: Man bones?
99. Ruthie :
Some, I guess, but mos’ly 182D65RUGOWc cow
bones. 100.
Dialogue 66 In the Inspection Station at night. The Joad’ truck stops for agricultural
inspection
101. Officer
