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1[[AC:1969 Film]]
2* Mattie making certain that Rooster honor's Moon's LastRequest, that the money he had would go to his brother. Rather than allowing Rooster to keep it.
3* Rooster [[spoiler: carrying Mattie to safety after having to shoot Little Blackie. This, despite the fact that he's been shot in the shoulder and is tremendously out-of-shape as a result of his age]].
4** And the ending to the original film, [[spoiler: with Mattie considering Rooster as part of her family.]]
5** While reluctant, Rooster is clearly touched by the gesture.
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8* Mattie [[spoiler: burying Rooster in her family's plot, giving him more respect in death than he was often given in life.]] She also says that she visits him there still. Despite the prices that were paid, Mattie's eternally grateful to Cogburn for everything from helping her track Chaney to saving her after the snake bite and that this is her way of being able to forever honor him for it too.

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