Snow Falling on Cedars
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Him and his folks worked our land.
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They lived in one of our cabins at first.
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So, the defendant knew the deceased,
your son, even then?

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They fished together.
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They went to school.
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My boy Carl treated him
like a white person...

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...just like any friend.
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So tell us, Mrs. Heine,
where did things go wrong?

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My husband went and sold...
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...his father seven acres of our land.
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That fence to that fence
and then down to the road.

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- That's seven acres, yes?
- No.

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Where, to the edge of the mountain?
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All right. You drive a hard bargain.
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And that's where all this trouble started.
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But how can this be?
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Since we all know...
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...that it is against the law
for Japanese-born to own land?

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Even leasing is illegal.
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So what was the point
of this payment plan?

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Their kids were born here.
So, when the oldest...

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...that one there...
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...was 20 and the last payment got made...
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...he could own it.
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But they missed their last two payments...
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...so that was that.
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They missed their last two payments...
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...after years of not missing one?
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It was the war. They were gone.
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They were sent off to the camps
with all the other Japs.

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We must leave everything.
If you like, work our fields.

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Sell berries, keep money.

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