which meant that they emptied the remainder of their ammunition into the animal 's head , and then mills strode forward , saying , `` do n't you never let nobody tell you death never came for you in a place like this , '' and he cut a lock of the animal 's hair off his head with his knife , holding it up with his fist '' not because you had the right to livebecause you already had that rightbut because you learned tonight what it means to earn that right ! ''