Joads and Wilsons slowly moved west along 66 as a team. That night they ate only pieces of bread, cold and hard, left from breakfast. For two days, the families were in flight, out of Oklahoma and across Texas. Al drove the car, and his mother sat beside him and Rosasharn beside her. The Wilsons sat quietly in the back. "Ma," the girl said, "when we get there, all of you are going to pick fruit and live in the country, ain't you?"

Ma smiled. "We ain't there yet. We don't know what it's like."

"Me and Connie don't want to live in the country," the girl said. "We have it all planned."

For a moment a little worry came on Ma's face. "Ain't you going to stay with us - with the family?"

"Well, Connie and me talked about it. Ma, we want to live in a town." She went on excitedly. "Connie's going to get a job in a store or maybe a factory. And he's going to study at home. And maybe later he'll have his own store. And we'll go to the movies whenever we want." Her face shone with excitement. "And when Connie gets his store, Al could work for him."

Ma said, "We don't want you to go away from us. It ain't good for folks to break up."

Al said, "Me work for Connie? How about Connie working for me?"

A noise could be heard in the engine. Al speeded up and the banging noise grew louder. He drove the car to the side of the road. Tom stopped the truck close to the car and jumped out. "What's the matter, Al?"

"Listen to this," Al said. He turned on the engine and a loud banging sound filled the air.

Tom listened. "That doesn't sound good."

"I kept plenty of oil in there."

"Well, it's all dry now," Tom said. "And we'll have to change that part." He pointed with his finger.

Al whispered angrily to himself. He drove the car into the shade and shut down the engine.

The Wilsons and the Joads slowly got out of the truck and the car. Wilson said, "It's all my fault. This stupid car has been trouble from the start. You folks have been nice to us. You just pack up and get along. Sairy and I will stay here."

Pa said slowly, "We ain't going to do that. We're almost family. Grandpa died in your tent."

Sairy said tiredly, "We've only been trouble."