I guess after Tommy was killed, Andy decided he'd been here just about long enough. Turns out Andy's favorite hobby was totin' his wall out into the exercise yard, a handful at a time. Like I said, in prison a man will do most anything to keep his mind occupied. That's all it takes really, pressure, and time. Geology is the study of pressure and time. An ice age here, million years of mountain building there. I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature. I remember thinking it would take a man six hundred years to tunnel through the wall with it. All they found of him was a muddy set of prison clothes, a bar of soap, and an old rock hammer, damn near worn down to the nub. In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. P.S: Tell Heywood I'm sorry I put a knife to his throat. I guess I'm too old for that sort of nonsense any more. I could shoot the manager while I was at it, sort of like a bonus. Maybe I should get me a gun and rob the Foodway so they'd send me home. Sometimes it takes me a while to remember where I am. I hope wherever he is, he's doin' okay and makin' new friends. I keep thinking Jake might just show up and say hello, but he never does. Sometimes after work, I go to the park and feed the birds. I don't think the store manager likes me very much. It's hard work and I try to keep up, but my hands hurt most of the time. The parole board got me into this halfway house called "The Brewer" and a job bagging groceries at the Foodway. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid, but now they're everywhere. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.ĭear fellas, I can't believe how fast things move on the outside. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. Not because I'm in here, because you think I should. There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence.
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