"Let's take a little break, François?" "Hope we didn't hurt it, did we?" "No, of course not" "Goody. I was scared we did" "Come on Grandpa I'm not tired." "Not me" "Oh, I'm not a youngster anymore" "At my age, you don't feel like chasing buttertlies" "Aw, come on." "You're only saying that because I'm too fast for you" "Grandpa...a..." "Ye...e..es..." "Grandpa, I made a big game." "Want to play?" "Aha." "My little Einstein!" "Always cooking up something" "You'll like it." "You don't have to move at all" "You little devil!" "O.K. it's called Let's trade heads" "What?" "It's easy as pie." "We'll swap" "You take my head. I take yours" "Oh, so!" "Holy smokes" "Not a word to gramma, ok?" "Cross my heart and hope to die!" "Wow!" "Your head is a lot heavier than mine" "Boy, you really like stars" "Grandpa, is it always so dark in your head?" "Ah, stick to computer" "So you want to be an inventor?" "And forever and ever I think I see a big house back there" "What on earth?" "What's wrong, old timer?" "Why so sad?" "It's you." "You are always sad" "Come on, children, supper's ready" "Charles,François!" "Quick!" "Let's quit while we are ahead lt feels strange having white hair" "My wonder boy" "François has made his decision" "Charles won't listen to reason" "Seems to me, there's more to life than just mathematics lt hurts me to see them like that" "When I feel you are far away, I start dreaming" "Dreaming it isn't so" "When you are sad..." "when you are sad I am sad for days" "And when you are cold to me, I feel pain day and night" "No, it's..." "And when you are cold to me, I feel pain night and day hmmm..." "Marie come have a look" "Did it come all right?" "Oh, no, not buttertlies now" "You're one of lucky stars ln his silent way, he loves you." "As I do" "Charles, when I feel you are far away, I start dreaming." "Dreaming it isn't so" "When you are sad, I feel sad for days" "And when you are cold to me, I feel pain night and day" "François." "When life is made new, we call it love" "When love has been unmade, we call it death" "When death is re-made, we call it life" "Do you love me as a human being?" "Call me "My wonder boy" as you used to I'm afraid words like that have a hold on me" "My childhood sticks in my throat" "Charles, I'm afraid" "Why..." "I am here" "I'll be glad to get rid of this house in no time I'll make you some nice hot tea That'll warm you up" "Good heavens!" "Charles!" "Ooh.." "My ankle!" "Damm the winter!" "Damm this country" "Charles does nothing but grumble" "He's worse than a child" ""We're in prison now," he says" ""That's it." "We're old for good" "And no one has any use for old people" "They're just in the way"" "François is a real treasure!" "We're lucky to have him" "But, oh, how I miss having my old things around me" "François, do we stop loving this earth when we die?" "To die when we want to" "At one with the universe" "All the stars..." "I know each and every one!" "That place!" "I like your story about going there to die" "When you want to die, you should have a right to" "The house and the trees" "But I like trees too much to do that to them" "Don't forget the path" "Once you are there you're at peace where you let go of your heart" "You will have your own small room" "One night they slip something into your soup I'd rather have it in my gin" "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen" "On today's edition of the Golden Age, we have a pleasant surprise for you" "Two old companions who between them have two hundred years of experience lt's a great pleasure to welcome to our program, two men, both a hundred years old" "Needless to say, this is a television first, and I'm delighted" "Welcome to you both" "Now Charles and François I'm going to ask you the big question right away, because I'm very curious" "The classic question what is the secret of staying young?" "You are going to live a ripe old age" "Oh, yes?" "Yes, because that's the secret being curious wants to know everything, even though we can't possibly know at all" "We don't have to trade heads anymore I found the way to reach you and to be like you" "Charles, I hope your stars hold the secret" "Do we keep loving this earth when we die?"