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I'll tell you something.
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You listen close too, because it
might be something you need to know.
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I'm listening.
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We had us a dog.
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Just a sweet mongrel.
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You know the kind.
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Well, in many ways,
a good mongrel dog is like a Negro.
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You get to know it.
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Often, you get to love it.
It is of no particular use. . .
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. . .but you keep it around
because you think it loves you.
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If you're lucky, Mr. Edgecomb, you
never have to find out any different.
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My wife and I were not so lucky.
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Caleb, come here for a second.
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Come here.
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Please, son.
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He still has the one good eye.
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I suppose he's lucky. . .
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. . .not to be completely blind.
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We get down on our knees and thank God
for that much at least.
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Right, Caleb?
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Go on in, now.
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That dog attacked my boy
for no reason.
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Just got it in his mind one day.
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The same with John Coffey.
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He was sorry afterwards.
Of that I have no doubt.
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But those little girls. . .
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. . .stayed raped and murdered.
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Maybe he'd never done it before.
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My dog never bit before.
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But I didn't concern myself with that.
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I went out with my rifle, grabbed
his collar and blew his brains out.
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Is Coffey guilty?
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Yes, he is.
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Don't you doubt it.
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And don't you turn your back on him.
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You may get away with it once
or even a hundred times. . .