I wasn't but 6 or 8. I don't reckon I knew what to do. I didn't know how to care for no...
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Frank:
You ever have any brothers or sisters growing up? Karl Childers:
I had one there for a little while. But, uh, it didn't get old enough for me to play with it. Frank:
Why not? It die? Karl Childers:
Yes, Sir. Frank:
Why? Karl Childers:
It got born too early. My mother and father made it come out too early some how or other. Frank:
So it died when it came out? Karl Childers:
My daddy came out to the shed and got me. He said, "Here, take this and throw it away", and he handed me a towel with Something or another in it. Well I started for that barrel and I opened up The towel 'cause there was a noise. Something a-moving around in there. The towel was all bloody-like all around it there. It was a lil' ol' baby not no bigger than a squirrel. Frank:
A girl or a boy? Karl Childers:
It was a little ol' boy. Frank:
You threw it in the trash barrel? Karl Childers:
Well that didn't seem right to me, so I went in the shed and got me a shoe box and emptied out all the washers and nuts and screws and whatnot that were in it and I takened the little fellar and put him inside the box and buried him right there in a corner of the yard. That seemed more proper to me, I reckon. Frank:
Was it still alive when you buried it? Karl Childers:
I heared it a-cryin' through that box. Frank:
That don't seem right. Seems like you would have kept him and taken care of him if he was your brother. Karl Childers:
I wasn't but 6 or 8. I don't reckon I knew what to do. I didn't know how to care for no baby. My mother and father didn't want him and they learned me to do what they told me. These days I reckon it's better to give him back to the Good Lord anyhow
You ever have any brothers or sisters growing up? Karl Childers:
I had one there for a little while. But, uh, it didn't get old enough for me to play with it. Frank:
Why not? It die? Karl Childers:
Yes, Sir. Frank:
Why? Karl Childers:
It got born too early. My mother and father made it come out too early some how or other. Frank:
So it died when it came out? Karl Childers:
My daddy came out to the shed and got me. He said, "Here, take this and throw it away", and he handed me a towel with Something or another in it. Well I started for that barrel and I opened up The towel 'cause there was a noise. Something a-moving around in there. The towel was all bloody-like all around it there. It was a lil' ol' baby not no bigger than a squirrel. Frank:
A girl or a boy? Karl Childers:
It was a little ol' boy. Frank:
You threw it in the trash barrel? Karl Childers:
Well that didn't seem right to me, so I went in the shed and got me a shoe box and emptied out all the washers and nuts and screws and whatnot that were in it and I takened the little fellar and put him inside the box and buried him right there in a corner of the yard. That seemed more proper to me, I reckon. Frank:
Was it still alive when you buried it? Karl Childers:
I heared it a-cryin' through that box. Frank:
That don't seem right. Seems like you would have kept him and taken care of him if he was your brother. Karl Childers:
I wasn't but 6 or 8. I don't reckon I knew what to do. I didn't know how to care for no baby. My mother and father didn't want him and they learned me to do what they told me. These days I reckon it's better to give him back to the Good Lord anyhow
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You threw it in the trash barrel
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That didn't seem right to me
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So I went into the shed and got a shoe box
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and emptied out the screwdrivers washers and nuts
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and things out of it
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I taken the little feller and put him in the box
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buried him in the corner of the yard
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That seemed more proper to me I reckon
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lt was still alive when you buried it
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I heard it crying a little through that box
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That don't seem right lt seems like you would have took care of him
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if he was your brother
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I wasn't but six or eight
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I reckon I didn't know what to do
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I didn't know how to care for no baby
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My mother and father didn't want him
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They learned me to do what they told me to do
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I figure it probably best we give him right back to the good Lord
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Movie Summary
Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
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Karl Childers
