Move the mouse pointer over the words to see the french translation. 

Vocabulary : 

 

Maybe we got to fight to keep our land, like Pa and Grampa did.         And now the owner men grew angry. you'll have to go.         But it's ours, the tenant men cried. We--         No. The bank, the monster owns it. You'll have to go.         We'll get our guns, like Grampa when the Indians came. What then?         Well -- first the sheriff, and then the troops. you'll be stealing if you try to stay, you'll be murderers if you kill to stay. The monster isn't men, but it can make men do what it wants.              But if we go, where'll we go? How'll we go? We got no money.         We're sorry, said the owner men. The bank, the fifty-thousand-acre owner can't be responsible. You're on land that isn't yours. Once over the line maybe you can pick cotton in the fall. Maybe you can go on relief. Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there? And the owner men started their car and rolled away.
Next page	Back to index