1:03:02
Ben, you cannot believe
how loveable I was.
1:03:06
In a way.
1:03:09
Then, of course, my mother fixed all that.
1:03:15
Ben, you don't blame me
for hating my mother, do you?
1:03:18
L-I'm not making excuses.
1:03:21
But I have been even less loveable...
than I was... since.
1:03:31
It was the summer,
just before I went into the army,
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and I was bitten by this snake.
1:03:39
- Are you following me?
- I am.
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Well... while I was lying there,
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absolutely helpless, afraid to move...
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Because you're not supposed to move -
it makes the poison circulate.
1:03:57
When, unexpectedly,
1:04:00
there she was,
with a razor blade in her hand.
1:04:04
My daddy's gonna be
so pleased about this!
1:04:06
He's absolutely scared tiddly
about snakes in this part of the country.
1:04:10
I know that sounds terribly Freudian,
but in this case, I don't think it is.
1:04:14
I mean, I think he's just
uncomplicatedly afraid of snakes. Period.
1:04:18
Which is why I happen to be riding around
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with a razor blade and a bottle
of potassium permanganate solution.
1:04:25
You don't happen to have a handkerchief?
1:04:27
Oh, no. Of course you don't!
1:04:29
Well, I don't either.
1:04:31
I do have a Kleenex, but...
1:04:33
Oh, well.
1:04:35
Seriously, Daddy is going
to be just thrilled about this.
1:04:41
All summer long,
he's been raving about snakes
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and nobody's even seen one,
and now this.
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I promise you one thing. It may be
a little uncomfortable for you,
1:04:50
but it's gonna absolutely
make his summer!
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Now you just lie very still. Don't move.
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That's very important.
I'll be back with the car in a minute.