| A | B |
|---|
| "Sounder might come home again. But you must learn to lose, child" | the boy's mother |
| "Tell her I'll send word with the visitin' preacher." | the boy's father |
| "Sounder didn't die under the cabin." | the boy |
| "What will she bring?" | one of the small children |
| "You know who I am. These are my deputies" | the sheriff |
| "This could have a steel file or hacksaw blade in it. | the red-faced man with a bull neck. |
| "Stick your hands out, boy." | one of the sheriff's deputies |
| "That'll show you, boy! Git! And git fast!" | a guard at a prison work camp |
| "It's hard to reset a plant if it's wilted too much; the life has gone out of it. But this one will be all right. I see new leaves startin'" | the teacher |
| "You new here?" | one of the children at the school |
