:10:00
Real religious.
:10:09
The boys wanted
to come, Ez, but...
:10:11
well, I didn't think
they should.
:10:14
But they do send their
condolences, though.
:10:25
She looks nice, Ez.
:10:28
Real natural.
:10:33
You'd think
she was just sleeping.
:10:40
She is.
:10:46
That's all it is.
:10:52
Just sleep.
:10:58
Shh.
:11:17
A month passed;
6 months; a year.
:11:21
Still Ezra refused to accept
the death of his mother.
:11:24
He visited her grave as often as
4 or 5 times a week.
:11:29
And at home...
:11:31
at home he continued as though
she were only away on a trip.
:11:34
He kept her room neat
and clean...
:11:36
and made sure
the stove was always going...
:11:38
so it would be warm
when she returned to him.
:11:41
He dreamed about her...
:11:43
and in his despair,
even wrote letters to her.
:11:48
To the outside world, Ez was,
oh, a little eccentric maybe...
:11:52
but basically a normal,
decent guy.
:11:55
He quit farming altogether...
:11:56
and hired on as a general
handyman for his neighbors...
:11:59
and especially his good friend
Harlan Kootz.