by the time we reached the river the sun was high in the sky . i dropped my hands and straightened my shoulders . but what if man learned to grow his own tree ? ernest smiled and tipped his hat . all of us could make better plans with that information . `` you need to get that checked out . she was his wife , but he had n't been with her for years , and now he was home , and he wanted it to be like before , but he did n't really remember how it was before . 