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Eller And Laurey Williams In The 1930's
Somewhere in Oklahoma in the early 1900s, a cowboy named curly Curly enjoys his morning horseback ride along a corn field belonging to Aunt Eller and Laurey Williams. When Curly arrives at their farmhouse, he assumed that Laurey will accept his invitation to the box social dance that night. Laurey pretends to be uninterested and teases Curly about not having appropriate transportation. Curly tries to convince Laurey by describing a surrey with silk fringe and red wheels that would be pulled by a team of snow-white horses. Laurey is so intrigued with Curly's imaginary surrey that she becomes frustrated when his description concludes. Instead she accepts the invitation of her surly farmhand, Jud Fry. Later, Laurey privately admits to Aunt Eller

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