"october8, 1993 -waiheki Island, New zealand" "once,youwere happyto pass by clapping yourhands walking across the grass leaves burstforth from the trees words springfrom yourlips leaves" "you linger,the machine starts rushingforth, plunging into the smoke seen from afarit`s abucketupside down" "dee!" "so many delicate fsh deedaledee!" "dancing in the air deedaledee!" "carryingthe trees into the sky dee!" "Sam, papa`s come to see you" "Sam, l`m yourpapa, come here lwantto talk to you" "yourmom wants to take you awayfrom me" "Sam, l`m yourpapa come here" "Sam, Sam, come here lwantto talk to you what`s he talking about?" "He says he wantto talk to you" "Sam, come here, Sam, come here" "Sam, do you hearme?" "l`m yourpapa!" "Reimi,you can`ttake him away!" "come here, l`m yourpapa!" "Sam, come here listen to yourpapa!" "Hang on!" "Somebodymusthave legal custody well,that`s justit.we don`treallyknow" "Sam has been with the Petersons forthe lasttwo years" "How come?" "mr. and mrs." "Guwent offto Europe" "Theyleft Sam with the Petersons" "As faras the school is concerned" "They are his legal guardians" "Theywarned us..." "Something like this mighthappen" "They saidthe mothermighttake him too" "Now come on, settle down!" "Stop!" "The boy`s goingto have to stay at school we`re goingto have to get alawyer to see who gets custody, ok?" "Uncle, he says Sam is staying here" "Sam is my son you can`t splitus up!" "Sam!" "come back!" "Sam" "Nowtake yourhands off!" "." "Now stop this bullshit orl`m gonnahave to take you in, ok?" "Arrest!" "ok,you understand?" "Ifyou don`tleave the police will putyou in jail" "Arrest!" "Understand?" "lt`s up to you!" "lt`s up to you!" "Afathercan neverbe separated from his son" "lt`s time to go back to class now come on, come on, Larry, back to school now come on!" "Everyone back to school" "Afathershould neverbe humiliated in front ofhis son" "1966`s beijing" "Find allthe black material, black poems black paintings, andthe fourolds!" "come on!" "Hurry up!" "Destroythem all, everyone ofthem!" "Down with the counter-revolutionary Gu Gong" "Down with the counter-revolutionary Gu Gong" "Gu Gong must surrender orhe`ll be destroyed" "Gu Gong must surrender orhe`ll be destroyed" "Gu Gong,tellthe truth!" "Look in allthe cupboards!" "All counter-revolutionaryblack books mustbe destroyed!" "Findthem and burn them all!" "we`ll defend chairman mao`s revolutionaryroad with real action" "Hurry up!" "Gu Gong, letme tellyou vou are... aflthy counter-revolutionary vou`ll be damnedforever!" "we`ll defend chairman mao with ourlives" "Gu Gong mustbe struggled counter-revolutionaries are bad elements" "we mustbe vigilant at alltimes we mustnotrelent!" "vouwrite black poems so this is ablack pen, burn it!" "Down with Gu Gong!" "Little Red Guards take Gu Gong outside and parade him on the streets!" "move..." "Don`ttake my papa away!" "Papa!" "Down with Gu Gong!" "Down with Gu Gong..." "Don`tlet anyone see this, putit away" "next vEAR(1967) SHANDoNG, china" "Little eunuch, my dearoldfella come here, let`s see ifyou`re healedyet" "That old soldier`s... quite skillful at castration" "Letthe waterfall oflight dye my skin black" "The sun bakes the earth like toasting apiece ofbread" "The sun is myrope-puller its ripe of strong light pulls me everyday to the end ofmy journey" "Son,you mustn`tuse the word Sun randomly" "we`llwrite poems together, we`ll be togetherforever, right?" "(The world oflnsects)" "Here you must studyhard!" "ocToBER8, 1993wAlHEKl lSD." "NEwzEALAND" "Sis,theywon`tletme see my own son!" "lt`s because they can`tunderstandyou" "Sis,you can teach me English" "Then I can talk to my son and I can look afterhim lfyouwere serious, you could have learned it" "lfyou`d learned English, this wouldn`thave happened" "Reimi said she`dteach me howto drive, l`ll go see her!" "Hello, mr." "Gu." "How are youtoday?" "Reimi, mywife, l`m lookingforReimi she promisedto teach me to drive vou`ll have to slow down, dear, I can`tunderstand a wordyou say" "Reimi...she..." "she promisedto teach me to drive" "Reimi. vou`re lookingforyourwife?" "is this the place?" "136. is this aheater?" "ves lt`s so differentfrom china`s lt`s beautiful!" "Look, ourbedroom!" "1979`s china cigarettes!" "cigarettes forsale!" "vou drewmany sketches whythrowthem away?" "vou`re difficultto draw, the drawing doesn`t do you justice" "can we talk aboutyourpast?" "what`s this?" "Ablack-outin a train station?" "my pastis like this an unforeseeable darkness" "Dark nights, long dark nights!" "vourpastis alittle similarto mine maybe this is the common past shared by ourgeneration" "the dark nighthas given me dark eyes yetl use them to search forlight" "vou`re apoet, and some kind of aphilosopher l`ve nevermet anyone like you" "So nowyou have is thatlucky?" "orunlucky?" "of course it`s lucky!" "maybe...it`s my goodfortune forlife" "Attention, all passengers and comrades" "The No.65 express train from Beijingto Shanghai will arrive soon" "That`s mytrain" "Here`s my address, drop bywhen you`re in Beijing" "vou`ve no civic consciousness!" "vou just drop yourrubbish anywhere whatwould happen if every chinese was like you?" "The whole country would be covered in litter!" "Here`s allyourrubbish,take it!" "Don`tpush, collectyourthings and go to the exit" "vou said gazing atme you`re faraway" "Butnowl`m verynear!" "vou`re near when you`re watchingthe cloud, butl`m not a cloud l`m cheng,which means a castle" "Acastle can be touched" "But clouds... nobody can touch clouds!" "vou`re nottouched by acloud, you`re surrounded by a castle" "willthere be a day when you stop gazing atme?" "Gaze atme,forever... not sometimes atme, sometimes the cloud" "Forever..." "l`ll look atyouforever" "modern poetry... is more suitable forexpressing rich texture andforexpressing... the molten depths atthe center of one`s thoughts" "And nowwe have a crisp butmodesttheory" "There`re onlytwo words to describe modern poetry... don`tunderstand" "Butwhat don`tyou understand?" "is itthe rare passing ofthe light from the meterorites?" "orthe chemical structure ofthe meterorites?" "Nan, is Gu cheng in?" "ves, he`s having aheated discussion with the old school" "Look atyou,you`re soakedthrough!" "vou`d betterchange before you go in l`ve got dry clothes foryou mrGu, I hope you can give a seminar... in ourcountry" "Aseminar?" "Really?" "To talk aboutwhat?" "mistyPoems?" "These poems are like a drug to many young people" "The so-called sub-conscious andthe molten depths atthe centerof one`s thoughts" "is actually...promoting deviantbehaviour it`s a drugto ignorantyoung people" "Akind ofmurder with orwithoutform ves, it`s murder!" "Pollution of one`s mind!" "murder!" "The cultural Revolution is over please don`ttryto put dunce caps on us!" "Alright?" "Are you Gu cheng,the guy... who said The vellowRiver.... is like a spread-outyellowed shroud?" "Be carefulwhatphrases you use!" "lnsultingthe vellowRiver is insultingthe motherland I haven`tfnishedwith you!" "I needthe toilet!" "The toilet`s overthere,thatway!" "Poetry?" "lt`s rubbish!" "vou look more like a shroudto me!" "l`m sorry, l`m lookingforthe toilet" "Rubbish!" "There`re no toilets in people`s homes" "They`re out on the main street!" "veah,you`re right" "Don`tworry, itwon`tbite!" "mrGu cheng, l`m writing my graduation thesis" "The subjectis AStudy on modern poetry l`d like to ask you afew questions come in" "How`re you?" "I appreciate this" "Sit down" "Didyouwrite this?" "Do youwrite while you sleep?" "many ofmy poems come to me in my dreams" "So you don`twrite duringthe day?" "I dream duringthe day" "vou dream in the daytime?" "How`s thatfeel?" "Greyis the sky greyis the road" "Greythe buildings andthe rain" "All is a sea of grey, of death" "Nowthere`re two children one brightred one pale green" "Afly!" "can youwrite apoem aboutthis house fly?" "Aswarm offlies gatherBuzz Buzz Buzz ameeting is held in the air lookingfora safe landing place, to escape the fly switch" "eyes burning redfrom heated debate, a greatplan resolves to land ifpossible on the switch, side by side with the dreaded enemy" "Reimi, mywife" "Hello, l`m Lee chingfrom Beijing University I came to ask mrGu forhis advice on modern poetry" "Sit down, l`ll make you some dumplings vou must stay and have some too" "Thanks" "GreatKhan, ljustwrote afewlines buti didn`tknowhowto end it, listen to it... I close my eyes..." "Autumn wind comes from nowhere that`s where l getlost" "The ending can correspond with the beginning" "Letme try I open my eyes" "Autumn winds are already a shadow ofthe past... lwish I could come here everydayto study and listen to yourpoems" "Fine,we`ll have plenty oftime forthat" "This is a small place butit`s big enough forthe three ofus" "Let`s eat" "whatis it?" "we`re leaving now we just got ourpapers this afternoon we have to go to the airportnow" "I envy youtwoc , pairoflove birds, flyingtogether nowyou`re leaving Beijing" "Flying across the Black Sea, the mediterranean..." "Don`tbe sad, ourlittle dove" "once we`ve settled down, we`ll come foryou vou`d bettermean it, you must come forme l`ll be waiting, l`ll be waitingforever!" "This means alotto me lt could getbroken on the way" "Please look afteritforme" "But aren`tyou coming back?" "I love you..." "I love you!" "1987`s GERmANv" "The nextpoem is l`m an obstinate child" "l`m an obstinate child maybe... mymotherspoiled me" "l`m obstinate lwant everymoment to be coloured like pastel crayons" "lwantto draw on pristine white sheets ofpaper to paint clumsyfreedom" "to paint an eye thatneverweeps l`m an obstinate child lwantto paint away all misfortunes" "lwantto paintthe wind and mountains each higherthan the last" "paintthe hopes ofthe people ofthe East" "a clearhorizon afeatherand aleafthat belongto the sky" "apale green apple, apale green evening" "How can I contactyou?" "can I have yourphone number?" "No" "Here,you see, it`s verynatural, itflows" "Do you have a correspondence address?" "can I have youraddress?" "This is my card call me ifyou need anything... in Germany" "Nextyear, 1988" "Guwas invitedto lecture in New zealand" "1988`s waiheki Island, New zealand" "whatis this?" "lt`s a search and rescue dog" "Search and rescue dog?" "l`m oldwong!" "drop by anytime!" "Fine,thanks" "Hi!" "How are you doing?" "Fine,thanks vou just arrived?" "ves" "He asked ifwe`ve just arrived ves, myhusband, Gu cheng ls this the search and rescue dog?" "Gu cheng, I love yourpoems" "He said he lovedyourpoems" "Thank you" "Thank you" "Be careful careful now..." "This is the garden ofEden, abeautifulfairyland" "vou know, l`ve been dreamingfor2o years of aplace like this" "This is it!" "There aren`tjusttwo people in the garden ofEden, there`re three!" "Three?" "Feel him, he`s moving, he`s jumpingwith joy..." "Gu cheng, Reimi, how`re you?" "This summerhas suddenly endedforme when you disappeared roundthe corner, lfelt a chill..." "This world is made up ofnumerous sorrows and destructive storms..." "Push!" "come on now, push, harder!" "come on,you could do it come on, push harder!" "The baby`s coming" "That`s it come on now" "Just alittle more, come on" "Here comes the baby!" "congratulations!" "vou have alovelybabyboy!" "Be good now, do apee forme..." "Gu cheng,you can`t do that!" "lt`s nothygienic!" "Please tell me, GreatKhan ofthe chicken Kingdom" "Gu cheng`s been in New zealand fortwo years, why doesn`the take on a teaching post... instead oflocking himself awayin the house?" "The university`s in town, it`s too noisy l need a serene environmentin orderto write my poems ofthe heavenlykingdom" "Butthis child can`tlive on eggs alone we need rice!" "Be good now come down to earth and make some money!" "withoutmoney,the whole family andyourson will starve to death!" "come in, come in!" "Sam, look who`s here!" "come in." "Sit, sit, please" "Look howhappyhe is, he loves his auntie" "He does, now come to auntie" "Here, do you like it?" "ves.we have beautifulweathertoday oh, it`s been rainingforso long" "Go and make some tea, go on!" "He`s veryhealthy we have chinese tea, you have to try some chinese tea" "Excuse me" "Hello?" "Da vu!" "ves fne,we have ourown house lt`s big, ithas abig yardtoo where we keep chickens and grow vegetables" "we bakedthem fresh we bakedthem allthis morning" "Just serve them with hotbutterand fresh desertthey are quite delicious" "what didthey say?" "lt`s forus?" "oh,thank you,thank you we bakedthem foryourfamily we can`ttake it it`s embarrassing we must, orthey`dthink we don`tlike them, thatwe`re rude" "I don`tmean that... ls he mad atus?" "No, no...!" "He`s apoet" "Try some chinese tea. lt`s very good we bring itfrom china" "The baby`s sleeping?" "ves" "Baby`s sleeping." "He is veryhappy ls he good?" "ves" "So many eggs here!" "Are theyforthem?" "ves, right, I... we have many...3o chickens myhusband makes chicken farm ln New zealand,we`re not allowed to raise so many chickens itis againstthe law,you know" "what do we do?" "It should be alright l`ve asked ching-erto come and help me what`s going on?" "whose idea itis to get ching-eroverhere?" "what are theytalking?" "lt`s mybrother`s good girlfriend from china" "She`ll be comingto live with them lfmyhusband`s girlfriend came to live with me!" "...well... I guess, amother`d do anythingforherchild I don`tknow" "what are you doing with the chicken in the house" "lt`s foryou" "No,thank you l`ve got a dog. I can`t... I have a cat." "cat and chicken can`t get alongwith" "This isn`t apet, it`s foreating!" "Foreating!" "The cat comes frst" "Too much." "Too much." "Thank you verymuch lthink we`ve gotta go now" "Thank you verymuch verykind...but...sorry" "come again. vou come again." "Thank you,thank youforcoming lthink l`ll go too ls ching-erreally coming?" "ching-er`s coming?" "Gu cheng I like white houses can you drawthis, as a souvenirforme?" "This fairytale white house should have three windows one belongs to me one belongs to Reimi" "Andthis one in the middle belongs to you" "righting the middle between Reimi and myself" "Gu cheng, ching-eris here" "Really?" "The white house in my dream?" "lfit`s notwhite enough foryou, l`ll give it anothercoattomorrow" "I missedyou so much I nearly jumped into the Hou Hai to catch yourreflection!" "Gu cheng`s reflection is yourreflection too vourtwo reflections are always overlapping!" "Reimi,thank youforinviting me over itwas allthanks to you thatlwas able to get apassport so soon" "l`ll do whateveryou ask me to l`ll neversayno to you" "whywon`tyou sayno?" "vou silly" "Don`tbe emotional keep yourpassion in yourthoughts come, l`ll showyou around, this is the toilet" "This is the bedroom forGu cheng and myself" "This is the backyard, we grow vegetables there and keep chickens there!" "This is wonderful!" "Letme showyouyourroom" "I decoratedthis room foryou" "This is so tranquil!" "Look!" "the oil splatters on the wall are like raindrops, it`s gonnapouranyminute!" "Don`tbe silly, you`re a guest, sit down!" "This is simple" "Look atthat!" "Just one umbrella, it`s not enough" "The umbrellais forthe ladies voutwo walk in the rain with the umbrella, what apretty sightthatwill be" "Andyou?" "Him?" "He`ll be watching us in the rain" "Reimi always knows me best" "ok,the sun`s come out, we don`tneedthe umbrellanow" "Let`s fnish the dumplings, l`m starving vou go and sit down, l`ll do it" "Gu cheng, come here what`s up?" "l`m sorry, I broke this I putitback togetherwith glue lt`s ok, nowithas yourlove in ittoo!" "Herlove letters and love poems... to you carried a clearmessage" "She said if she couldn`t come she`d die..." "That`s whyl asked herto come lt`s fne,we both have companynow" "Gu cheng, l`ve run out of soap, can you getme some?" "She`s calling you, go on!" "Hurry up, go on!" "ching-er, the soap is in the frst drawer, help yourself" "Reimi left earlyfortown this morning" "Here comes the cake!" "Here`s the cake!" "..." "Let`s lightthe candles!" "what abeautiful cake!" "Sam`s anotheryearoldernow" "Let`s take some pictures, come on!" "come on!" "Doesn`tthis idiot-proof camera have an automatic button?" "what`s wrong?" "If everything could control itself, we won`thave anymore wars!" "Didyou hearwhatyourmom say?" "Stop the nonsense!" "Let`s cutthe cake!" "come on" "This is paradise on earth its citizens are the crowing cockerels and egg-laying hens" "Each one ofthem has aname, d`you knowthat?" "can youtellwho`s who?" "of course, look..." "These here are the Gang ofFour," "Lateron we`ll go pick mushrooms, then pick seashells on the beach... ln the afternoon we`ll sell spring rolls in town, oldwongfrom the fastfood shop... says he`ll buy ourspring rolls" "Great!" "The three ofus will create ourown Garden ofEden what Garden ofEden?" "lt`s the Land ofthe Amazons thathe really dreams about!" "Excuse me, one ofyourneighbour`s... just complained aboutthe noise yourchickens are making" "Normally we`dturn ablind eye" "Butin this case she is on the right side ofthe law" "Howmany chickens do you have?" "one, Two, Three... vou`re goingto need aresource consent from the council otherwise l`ll have to ask you to reduce the amount of chickens" "She says it`s againstthe law to keep more than 12 chickens, ourneighbours have made a complaint" "is that all she meant aftersaying allthat?" "Getherto sit down inside the house, l`ll bring herthe answer" "Go inside." "Talk." "Sure we have tea" "Thank you we`re newimmigrants" "Sorry,we don`tknowthe rules l`m sure we can sortit out quite simply one thing is forsure,you chinese are certainlyfond ofyourchickens" "She says we seem to like ourchickens alot ves, like we likedthe Gang ofFour" "chinafour, chickens vou don`t seem too upset aboutyourchickens vou can keep more than four,you know" "lfyouwantto keep more than fourchickens you have to applyto the council to get aresource consent" "That`s not difficult, you justhave to fll in aform and... oh no!" "calm down, mrGu!" "vou are crazy!" "Gu cheng... lwantto love once the little green bug lovingthe wetflower" "lwantto die once to walk on the edge of death, and see afading rose" "Thank you,thank you verymuch!" "ok, bye!" "Three pieces one piece" "Reimi, how are you?" "Good, good..." "Letme take this I, I have to..." "No,youtake a seat." "vou needto practice this more often" "Justrelax, ok?" "Thank you" "Let`s fndyourdaddy, come on!" "Here, letme holdyou what`s up?" "come, daddy`s here!" "what`s wrong Sam?" "come, be good now" "Don`t cry, l`ll playwith you later" "Nobodyknows who the realwife is" "He has two women" "Two women!" "He is really an artist!" "what`s up?" "why`re you crying?" "we`re broke, the moneywe make doesn`t even getus enough to eat" "Look atus!" "we`re like beggars, even the foreigners are laughing atus" "People in the Garden ofEden won`t starve!" "ForgetyourGarden ofEden, we might as well go back to china" "That`s fne byme, nothing here means anythingto me what didyou say?" "vou`re crazy!" "we have a car, ahouse and apeaceful life here!" "can you live like this back in china?" "Look atyourson, he can go to school here" "He`ll have abrightfuture in this place" "So because ofSam, we can`t go back to china?" "Right!" "ves, because ofhim, you can`t go back!" "No you can`t!" "lwanthim to growup here, to learn English here" "He is the burden foryourHeavenlyKingdom" "He`s the little devil in yourGarden ofEden!" "GreatKhan, lwasn`tmad atyou" "Please forgive me" "Sam is our..." "Send him away!" "GreatKhan,you can`t do that" "Give him to thatmaoriwoman, don`twantto see him again!" "No problem. I knowwhatit`s like when you`re tryingto write children can be anuisance" "Don`tworry. l`ll look afterhim" "Please take good care ofhim when Gu cheng is better we`lltake him home. lt`s ok" "He`s tired,we take him to bedfrst ves. vou`re right" "Lethim getto sleep before you leave him" "Reimi, hi, how`re things with you?" "Gu cheng... I suspecthe`s got amental problem" "He sees me as his mothernow" "He`s even jealous ofhis own son what?" "That sounds serious what`dyou plan to do?" "l`m really sick andtired ofliving here" "Tendingto the vegetables and chickens, it`s no differentto working on afarm in china" "Listen, even ifyou don`tthink ofyourself, you mustthink about Sam" "Tellyouwhat, come foraholidayin Germany" "vou need some time to yourself then we`ll see l`lltake care ofthe tickets and hotels, oryou can staying myhouse l`ve gotplenty of space here" "lthoughtlove was apromise, butl gotnothing only saying I love you, I love you!" "l`d like to be able to believe to believe in something, somebody, even alittle!" "butnothing can make me believe death is the only guarantee, butnobody`s willingto kill me" "ching-er, I have somethingto tellyou" "Gu cheng and I have decidedto go to Germany" "Germany?" "He nevertold me!" "It can`tbe helped,we have no money" "Gu cheng has accepted an invitation from Germany" "He`ll be alecturerthere, and he`llwrite can I come too?" "No!" "The invitation is formrand mrs Gu" "Nevermind,we`ll onlybe awayfora year" "Besides, you haven`t gotyourresidency yet, you can`tleave" "Listen,why don`tyoutalk to michael this evening?" "Ask him ifhe could help you" "He`s anice guy l`ve spoken to him aboutthis" "is residency so important?" "The ghost ofmidnightwalks very gingerly" "He fears he maytrip and become ahuman" "l`ve got alettertoday lt`s from Germany, d`you rememberDa vu?" "He`s worked veryhard to getyouthe Heinrich Boll Stifung grant" "The only condition is that you lecture there l`m not goingto Germany lwon`tbowto US dollars orDeutsche marks!" "ltwon`tbe long, maximum two orthree months" "No!" "l`m not going!" "I like ithere" "This is my garden ofEden, myLand ofthe Amazons l`m not goingto Germany!" "we have no money!" "vourchicken farm has failed!" "we can`t getbywith making afew sketches and spring rolls!" "we`re gonna starve soon!" "ltoldyouto get alicense forthe chickens, why don`tyou?" "vou shouldwrite!" "writing is whatyou do best!" "I don`twrite formoney, I can do otherthings formoney" "can`tyou do itforyourson, forme?" "I guess you`re preparedto starve to death here" "l`m sleeping atyoursister`s, youthink aboutit" "DarlingA T love you!" "lwantto marry you !" "Bulging green eyes like two teardrops... they are like forever... unlike the human world a worldfull of change" "Reimitold me you decided to go to Germany... vouthink I should go,too?" "can I sayno?" "Ithink you should see the outside world" "Listen to the voice ofthe chinese yearningforfreedom" "I love you," "you`re the onlyman I love!" "lwantto marry you lfyou divorce Reimi, l`ll be youronlywife then" "I love you,too," "this place can take allthree ofus" "my darling, I love you!" "Afteryou getyourresidency, you`d betternot come back to the island orGu chengwill go mad lt`ll be embarrassing foryou,too" "Don`tworry, I swearl`ll nevercome back, and l`ll neversee him again" "Today, I return Gu chengto you" "once again, Guwas invitedto lecture in Germany... 1992`s GERmANv" "l`d ratherdie!" "I called New zealand, she wasn`tthere!" "Tell me, has ching-er... found anotherman?" "Next vear(1993), Gu returned to waiheki lslandfrom Germany..." "THE dav on ocToBER8, 1993" "mrGu...mrGu" "Reimi..." "Reimi... what`re you up to?" "...what`ve you up to?" "Reimi... vourwife?" "vou`re lookingforyourwife?" "come overto my car. come on!" "vouwantto drive?" "Here you go" "come on, Keys, Keys!" "Down there!" "The clutch is there, it`s amanual" "Gearstick, go!" "vou don`tknowhowto drive?" "mr." "Gu!" "wong, can I use yourphone?" "Sure, go ahead" "vourhusbandwas lookingforyou when?" "I don`tknowl he tries to getpeople to teach him howto drive" "Have you seen ching-er?" "No No?" "She leftright afteryouwent offto Germany, I haven`t seen hersince lfyou remember, I asked herto marryme once" "She refused, snotty girl, isn`t she?" "Atleastwith me she can get aresidency vou can`tbuy groceries with aresidency come on many people`re willingto pay alot ofmoneyforit!" "I have to go to the lawyer`s office" "Tell chengto waitforme forhis driving lesson meanwhile, he can readthese road code" "Butthey`re all in English can youtranslate itforhim, please" "vou`re goingto the lawyer`s?" "l`m goingto Germanytomorrow" "Germany?" "Give me youraddress there vou`ve onlybeen back fortwo weeks, andyou`re leaving?" "willyoutake me with you?" "vou`re emigrating again?" "l`m divorcing Gu cheng" "Divorce?" "How`s he gonnalive?" "what aboutme?" "I can`tlive with him!" "Enough!" "No wonderhe was lookingforyou" "Beware ofthose Salty German sausages!" "Have you seen Reimi, mywife?" "Go away, I haven`t seen yourwife?" "I know she was here, I knowwhatyou`ve done with her!" "whathave I done?" "Be carefulwhatyou say, bastard!" "vourwife came here to sell spring rolls, understand?" "She hadto do that... to make moneyto feedyou!" "vourfoolish guy!" "what do youthink this is, the garden ofEden?" "vourwife and ching-er barelyhave enough to eat!" "So stop moaning, what do youthink you are?" "Apoet?" "ching-er`s run away?" "of course she`s run away, she`s smart she`d rathergo with aforeigner than to starve with you!" "Justwatch it!" "Reimi promised she`dteach me howto drive" "Drive?" "lsn`tittoo late to learn to drive now?" "Getlost,you`re crazy!" "Don`t evercome back, you scare my customers away!" "well mrs Gu, underNew zealand law, lfyouwantto get a divorce withoutyourhusband`s consent, vou have to live apart foratleasttwo years" "Afterthatyou can apply fora dissolution whetherhe agree ornot" "l`ve already sufferedten years lwantto be apartfrom him now" "In chinait doesn`ttake alongtime maybe that`s something you could look atthen getting a divorce in china" "vou left china together, didn`tyou?" "wasn`titto build anewlife here?" "lsn`tthatwhatyouwant anymore?" "He`s changed" "He won`twork, he doesn`twrite enough to buyfood" "we have no money,we are differentnow lwantto divorce now" "And lwantthe custody ofmy child" "Hum..." "Look, mrs." "Gu," "Unfortunately yourhusband`s signature is on these papers as well vou`re goingto have to gethim to come and sign the new guardianship documents mrs." "Peterson will have to come in too" "lwantto take Sam to Germany." "Fora vacation" "l`m getting a divorce and movingto Germany" "Please. can you help me?" "Look, l`m sorrymrs." "Gu, butyourdivorce has nothing to do with it" "The problem is you`ve signed... the custody ofSam overto mrs." "Peterson andyou`ll have to cancel that arrangement, you know,formally... before you can take him away" "why?" "why do youwant...?" "How can you do this?" "Sam is my son" "Don`tl have the rightto make decisions formy son?" "ves, butwe are just followingthe decision... you andyourhusband made some time ago" "lfyouwantto change the custody arrangements, you must see mrs." "Peterson ...talk to her" "Andyou`ll need yourhusband`s signature too" "Look, l`m sorry aboutthis, but,well... vou`re in New zealand now." "Same rules foreveryone l`m sorry" "ching-er!" "I swearl`ll nevercome back, and l`ll neversee him again" "Today, l`ll return Gu chengto you" "why`dyou keep following me?" "vouwantto help me fnd Reimi?" "come on then!" "ching-er," "lthoughtyou saidyou`d nevercome back!" "you promised me, why are you back here now?" "I needto go back forsome things vou nowhave everything," "even Gu cheng`s heart" "He`d even die foryou, whatmore do youwant?" "Aren`tyou satisfed?" "vou don`tunderstand him l`m just something.... to pass time with in the coldwar between youtwo" "what d`youthink I am, apuppet?" "Something you can manipulate?" "when you`re happy l`m up on apedestal, when you`re not, you justthrowme into the corner ormaybe I should say I am a substitute thatyoutwo share we`ve been very goodto you," "how couldyou saythat!" "lt`s nottrue vou`re the one who`s notbeingtruthful!" "l`m only a toy thatyou use to please Gu cheng withoutme, atmosthe`d blowup fora while express his feeling bywriting, orgo madforafew days" "Sure, he wants me... but, he can`tlose you" "He can`tlive withoutyou!" "vou`re right, he`s like a child" "Achild needs amother" "l`m a woman too" "I,too,want someone to care aboutme someone to protectme... I promisedyouthatl`d return him to you" "lthoughtyoutwo were doingfne in Germany" "Gu cheng once said, you can leave and come back" "butthe feeling nevercomes back" "I need a double room" "Not aproblem.Andthe guest`s name?" "chen... mr. and mrs. chen?" "ves" "Bythe way, I sawyourhusband a while ago" "He was lookingforyou I love his poems" "The dark night`s given me dark eyes" "He`s quite aphilosopher" "Thank you" "Reimi where have you been?" "lwantyou back, to rebuild ourGarden ofEden vou`ll be the only one in yourgarden ofEden who`dwantto staywith you, unless theywantto starve!" "Reimi, I do love you!" "I love you,too butyou`re like a child who nevergrows up... always living in a dream" "l`ll do whateveryou say!" "Rememberwe usedto be so happy" "The frsttime I metyou, the frsttime we fell in love..." "Are you sure youwantto leave me?" "vou saidwe`d neverbe apart!" "Enough!" "l`d ratherdie!" "l`m tired ofhearingthat!" "I can`tjust die like this, I needyourhelp!" "lwantto write down everything aboutme and ching-er" "Truthfully, and honestly!" "lwillwrite down everything, then kill myself!" "." "Sure, l`ll help you" "vou`re both mywives I love you, I still do..." "(vou`re both mywives)" "(l love you, I still do...)" "Enough!" "Do youwantto learn to drive ornot?" "ves, I do!" "wait outside, lwantto talk to yoursister" "Don`ttell him this, l`m leavingtomorrow," "Da vuwill be here tomorrow" "That soon?" "what about Sam?" "Gu cheng can`t affordto bring him up l`lltake him with me," "Da vuwilltreathim like his own son what about ching-er?" "will she staywith Gu cheng?" "l`ve heardthat she`s tired ofliving handto mouth, she`s run awaywith michael" "She onlyloves a successful Gu cheng, not a self-inflicted suffering Gu cheng!" "voutwo must discuss this, I have to go and pick my son up from school" "Slowly, so slowlythe world abandons me the sun sinks into the west, leaving me bereft" "the shadows lengthen as an endless road" "what`re you doing?" "come on!" "Let`s startthe lesson now, I don`thave allthe time in the world!" "Because you`re hurrying to see Da vu, right?" "Alrightthen,forgetthe lesson!" "lwon`t divorce!" "GreatKhan" "vou must acceptreality, no one would listen to you" "what`dyouthink you`re doing?" "Putit down..." "Gu cheng!" "I love youtoo much..." "This is the onlyway.... that can bring us back to ourhappiesttimes" "vou have to give me back mylast 1o years!" "lwantto learn to drive" "l`m a dead person who cannotrest Iwould do things aliving man does" "live like the living do this iron shovel has dugtoo deep" "not onlyhas it destroyed mylife ithas cutthrough the roots to the depth ofmy existance" "... and my dreams" "whathave I done?" "who have I killed?" "Reimi" "l`m not saddened bythe knowledge that death is upon me in the pine forest, mywish lies in peace" "the seabelowit from a distance resembles apond specks of afternoon sun followme" "mytime oflife has come to an end all be it alifetime is long buti shalltake abreak in the middle" "passersby saythe branches are lower passersby saythe branches are fuller" "Gu cheng`s lastpoem." "He wrote itforthe boy." "vou mightlike to keep this forhim" "vourname in chinese... means tree.." "That`s right." "This is yourfather`s lastpoem written foryou..."