"Javi!" "Come on, don't be a coward!" "Don't look at the water!" "If you do, you'll get dizzy and you'll fall in!" "Look at the stones, just at the stones!" "I daren't do it." "Then you can stay there." "Only chickens use the bridge!" "Coward!" "SECRETS OF THE HEART" "Once upon a time, there was a lovely little boy." "He was known as Chickpea, and he was small and very funny." "He was bright and jolly, but the poor thing was proud." "One day, he didn't go to school, and went off to the forest, alone." "Good-bye, little school." "Today I'm going to the forest, I'm missing class." "Look at this!" "It's wonderful!" "And back in the classroom, desks and dirty inkwells!" "Jolly shepherds, leave now the fold." "Turn you flocks loose." "Let them graze happily." "You must follow the rhythm." "This is the last rehearsal before the holidays." "Come on, let's continue." "Once upon a time, there was a dark forest." "And Chickpea wanted to see it." "He had heard about the wicked wolf." "Help!" "That was scary!" "I thought it was going to eat me." "It was a horrible, black snake." "Who's there?" "A child in these parts!" "What are you doing here?" "I'm Chickpea, and I've come to visit the forest." "Liar!" "You've run away from school!" "I know everything!" "I'm the Wizard Gulpflower!" "Don't hurt me, Mr. Wizard!" "I'm the lord and master of all these lands around." "And everyone obeys the Wizard Gulpflower." "Little birds who are flying, little birds who are singing, this is little Chickpea." "What do you know of him?" "Oh, wise Gulpflower, our lord and master, you should know that little Chickpea is a naughty piece of work." "He skipped off school today, and he came here to play, because he's..." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "We'll never get anywhere like this." "Stop it!" "Silence!" "Silence!" "Will you listen to me?" "Pay attention." "During the Easter vacation, you have to draw two maps." "One with the mountains, and one with the rivers." "As you see here,..." "Are you sure there are voices?" "I've heard them." "What do they say?" "I don't know." "I don't understand them." "Could I hear them?" "I think so." "And put your names on them." "Stay where you are!" "Don't be in such a hurry!" "After vacation, I'll collect your notebooks with the maps." "Whoever hasn't done them, will stay in at playtime until they're finished." "Is that clear?" "Yes!" "Right, you can go!" "Good-bye." "And have a nice vacation!" "Thank you !" "Look, that's the house." "They say that the man who lived there went mad." "Imagine, one day he took a knife and killed his wife and a friend." "Why did he kill them?" "They'd found out his secret." "What was it?" "Do you know?" "No." "Nobody knows it." "Look." "Do you see the bird?" "What's underneath it?" "I don't know." "He must have been very odd to live here." "I'm not surprised he went mad." "After he killed his wife and the friend, he buried them in the cellar." "That's why you hear voices." "Who told you that?" "I told you before, my brother." "He discovered all the mysteries of this house." "Look, this is it." "Listen." "Do you hear them?" "Yes, but you were right." "I can't understand them." "Will I take it in more here?" "I don't know." "Whatever you think." "Hello, Aunt." "Don't I always tell you to knock first?" "I forgot." "Don't take it in too much." "It shows everything." "Don't complain, a lot of women would like a figure like yours." "Yeah, sure." "Know what Elena told me?" "She brought me a skirt and..." "Javi!" "Stop that and go to the toilet." "But Aunt, I don't need to." "Yes, you do." "And I told you to go." "What do I have to count to?" "One thousand." "Turn round." "Her belt was so tight it left marks on her waist." ""That way, it shows off my bust more", she said." "I think she'll burst some day, but I said nothing." "She's the limit!" "She'd put on anything to get noticed." "Juan!" "I went to the empty house with Carlos." "Really?" "We heard shouts." "Shouts?" "Yes, they started all of sudden." "If they're shouting, they're going mad." "Mad?" "Who?" "The dead." "Why?" "Because they took secrets no one knew to the grave." "And now they have to tell them." "That's why they shout, to be free of them." "But didn't you say that you mustn't tell secrets?" "It depends." "There are some that it's better to tell." "If you keep them, it's worse." "They go around in your head and drive you mad." "Which ones are they?" "I'll tell you later." "Now, be quiet." "Aunt can hear us." "Give us something to eat." "Are you a stupid ass?" "Don't touch that." "All you think about is eating." "Get the chocolate." "I think we'll have a serenade tonight." "We're going to Carlos' house." "Again?" "His mother's going to get fed up with you two." "Juan likes Carlos' sister." "You mean, you like her, wise guy." "Don't be late." "That poor woman has enough to put up with, without having you two under her feet." "Good-bye, Aunt." "Good-bye." "That's it, good." "Now, you." "One, two, keep that chin up." "Try it with me, Juan." "Come on!" "What will we have now?" "Anything but a march." "You know them all, you don't need to practice." "We could learn a modern one." "Twist, twist!" "Don't make a racket, he'll hear us." "When can I dance with Pili?" "When you learn to dance well." "Try with me, let's see how you lead." "We aren't the same, that's what people say." "That your life and my life are going to be wasted." "But someone once told me that life is very short, and this time, forever, I've come for you." "And so let's go where no one will judge us, where no one will tell us that we're doing wrong." "And so let's go far away from the world, where this is no justice, no laws, nothing, except our love." "You two, go and prepare what you need to take." "Let her finish the song." "Yes, go on, let her." "No, it's late and you haven't packed." "Here." "Give this to your mother and tell her..." "Stirring things again?" "Why not leave her alone?" "Stop drinking!" "And you stop giving orders." "What is it you want now?" "You wanted her to send them to a good school." "Well, they're here." "What more do you want?" "That she goes back to..." "Be quiet!" "And you two, go to bed." "Come on!" "See you tomorrow." "Good night." "If you feel queasy, open the window." "But don't stick your head out." "Give your Mom lots of kisses from me." "Don't forget!" "What's up with Aunt Rosa?" "The smell of gasoline makes her sick." "Silly ideas." "Good-bye." "The window!" "Juan, what's underneath the bird?" "Do you know?" "Yes." "So what is it?" "You know what my maths teacher says?" "When a problem comes out wrong, he says, "Keep trying, my boy."" ""Keep trying."" ""What you learn best is what you learn for yourself."" "So now you know." "You just have to lift the bird and look." "Will Mom be there?" "Yes." "Come on, Javi." "Hello, Mom!" "Javi!" "Juan!" "How was the trip?" "Very good." "Where's Uncle?" "Hurry, he's waiting for you to go for the cows." "Uncle!" "Have you looked after her?" "Yes." "I haven't fed her today." "I was waiting for you." "Then I'll feed her." "Come on!" "Did you get it?" "Yes." "Do you think it'll get away or not?" "If you're in a trap like that, you're screwed." "Come on, it's getting dark." "We have to bring in the cows." "You go on, I'll catch up." "All right." "Can I bring Perla?" "Yes, but don't be long." "Javi!" "What are you doing?" "The door was open, I was closing it." "You're lying to me." "And I don't like that." "It's true, it was open." "How often must I say I don't like you to go into that room?" "Let this be the last time." "Yes." "Yes?" "Come on." "Perla!" "Come on." "Perla." "Perla." "Hello, Grandad." "How are you?" "Come on, Perla." "Switch off the light!" "Is that what you learn at school?" "But we can't see anything." "If I can see, you can see even better." "Switch it off." "Come on, Perla." "Come on." "Perla." "Come on." "Come on, Perla." "Come on, Carolo." "Perla!" "Perla, come on!" "Let's go!" "Perla!" "Come on!" "Come out of there!" "Let them enjoy themselves." "Come on, Perla!" "What are you doing?" "Can't you see they like it?" "Look at them!" "Come on, Perla!" "Take your dog away!" "You take yours away!" "Come on!" "Hey, kid!" "What are you doing?" "Let me go!" "Leave me alone!" "Separate them!" "I don't want to." "Separate them!" "Separate them!" "Let me go!" "No!" "Let's go, Carolo!" "Come on, Carolo, come on!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Touch me again, and I'll smash your face." "They were killing each other." "They only wanted to hump." "Come on, Carolo." "I haven't seen him recently, but I know that he's well." "And how are you?" "I'm here, that's enough." "What about your father?" "He's around, like always." "Call in some day, he'd like to see you." "That's it?" "Thanks, son." "See you again." "Come on there." "Move!" "Why do you let him milk the cow?" "No one here speaks to him." "That's why." "They say he's mad." "Don't listen to them." "If you don't do what people want, they say you're mad." "Get on!" "Uncle?" "What?" "What's humping?" "Goddam kid!" "Who said that to you?" "I heard Pablo's son say it." "What is it?" "You'll have to ask the priests about that." "The priests?" "Why?" "They know everything, without having tried much, especially humping." "Or so they say." "Now, move, Mr. Inquisitive." "Rosa sends her regards." "What is it now?" "She hasn't preached at us for a while." "She just wants to know how we are, that's all." "Come on." "If you've finished eating, go on to bed." "See you in the morning." "What's wrong with Mom?" "Nothing." "Her business." "You always say that, her business." "If I ask you why she won't let us in her room, you always say, her business." "Know why she won't let us go in there?" "Because we could discover her secrets." "What secrets?" "The ones she had with Dad." "Are they in there?" "Why is that light on?" "Turn it out right now!" "How do you know the secrets are in that room?" "Because of what happened." "What happened?" "Dad died in that room." "That's why his secrets are there." "Really?" "Yes." "But you can't remember all that fuss." "You were very young." "Put on your pyjamas." "Do you know the secrets?" "Some of them." "Will you tell me then?" "I will tomorrow." "Let's go to sleep." "That looks great, Javi." "Show it to Grandad." "So he can see all you can do." "Do you like it, Grandad?" "It's a map." "A map?" "And where's the town?" "The town?" "I don't know." "So what use is it?" "If you don't even know where you were born, what use is it?" "It'll help me pass my exams." "If I can't do this, I don't pass." "What a school!" "Even if you don't like it, it's one of the best." "Come back here." "He's just a grump." "Where's your brother?" "He went to buy the rattles." "When he comes back, you're to get washed and changed." "I won't be long." "I'm going to get the cows." "Perla, go away!" "Go away!" "You won't find anything there." "To discover something, you have to look in the armchair." "Why?" "That's where they found Dad, dead." "He died here?" "Yes." "Look." "The bloodstains are still there." "They couldn't get rid of them." "Come on." "Sit down, and you'll hear his secrets." "Stop it, that's a lie!" "How is it a lie?" "Don't you remember the empty house?" "The dead were shouting to be free of their secrets." "You heard the voices." "So could I hear Dad's voice here?" "Of course." "Have you heard it?" "I've never tried." "But I can try now." "Do you hear anything?" "Be quiet." "We have to wait." "Wait." "It's all a lie!" "You're a liar!" "Mom." "Do you think Grandad will go to Hell?" "Poor man!" "How could you think that?" "Aunt Rosa says he's an atheist, and that's why he doesn't go to church." "Don't listen to Aunt Rosa." "She always exaggerates." "Just like him." "But your Grandad doesn't get on with the priests." "That's all." "I don't like charlatans, be they priests or ministers." "They just talk and fill their bellies." "Now, go and find your uncle." "And don't hang about, or we'll be late, as always." "Yes." "Uncle, are you ready?" "In a minute." "Pass me my watch." "Uncle." "Who hunted it, Dad or you?" "Well, I can't remember, but we were the best." "Antonio was a great shot and I was good at tracking." "But if Dad was so good with a gun, how did he shoot himself?" "He was cleaning it, and didn't know it was loaded." "Right, let's go!" "Uncle." "Which is ours?" "The one on the corner." "In the second row." "Whose is the one beside it?" "I don't know." "He must have sinned a lot." "How do you know?" "If your candle burns up quickly you're a big sinner." "And if it goes out, you're going to go to Hell." "Who told you that?" "Juan." "Goddam kid!" "Javi, go get another one." "Will you come with me?" "It doesn't need two of us to get a bottle of wine." "I went the last time." "Don't start again." "Javi..." "I'm scared of the dark." "That's why." "If you don't go, you'll always be scared." "Go on." "Come with me to the stairs." "You're only making it worse like this." "Come on." "I'll go with you." "I'll get my jacket." "Javi!" "Mom." "If you had a secret where would you keep it?" "It depends on the secret." "Imagine a very big one that only Dad and you knew." "You keep that kind of secret in your heart." "Will you wait here?" "You know what the secret of the brave is?" "What?" "You don't know?" "They never say they're afraid." "Because they aren't." "Yes, they are." "We're all afraid." "Yeah?" "You too?" "Of course." "But when I am, I just keep it to myself." "That's the secret of the brave." "You understand?" "Don't ever forget it." "Now, go down for the wine." "See?" "Nothing happened." "Can we have a toast?" "Yes!" "Can they?" "Give them a bit." "Come on!" "You too, Grandad." ""Un blemblé."" ""Un blemblé."" ""Un carolí." -"Un carolí."" ""Chirriascá."" ""Chirriascá."" "Your own wine..." "Never gets you drunk!" "Bottoms up!" "Grandad, you have your slippers on the wrong feet." "I know." "Don't you mind?" "If I always put them on the right way, they wear down on one side." "This way, the soles wear down on both sides, and they last longer." "But you hardly walk." "Still, it's better to look ahead than to go to the shoemaker." "Javi!" "Are we going?" "That's all for today, Grandad." "Come on!" "Today at 5.00, the Sermon of the Seven Words!" "Today at 5.00, the Sermon of the Seven Words!" "It will be given by a Fransciscan preacher who has come especially!" "Today at 5.00, the Sermon of the Seven Words!" "It will be given by a Franciscan preacher who has come specially!" "Today at 5.00, the Sermon of the Seven Words!" "It will be given by a Franciscan preacher who has come specially." "Tell your Grandad I'll go to see him later." "Maybe I'll get him to come out for some fresh air." "Everyone will be in church, so he might agree." "Why does he never come out?" "Because he's damn stubborn." "Ever since your father's death, he's shut himself away and won't come out." "Run along." "Your friends are going." "Did you bring them?" "Yeah, come on." "Here, you light it." "All right." "Let's see." "Come on!" "Here." "Give me that one." "Let me have it." "Here." "Let me see the other." "What's that?" "Let me see." "Look at this!" "What's so funny?" "This way, idiot." "You have to move it." "The seventh word!" "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." "After saying these words, he expired." "We adore Thee, oh Jesus, and we bless Thee, for with Thy sacred cross Thou redeemed the world." "Why do they put out the lights?" "When they killed Jesus the world went dark and lots of people died." "And this is to recall the voices of the dead." "Really?" "Yes, they shouted to be free of their secrets." "Like in the empty house?" "But they shouted so much the earth split." "Listen to this." "Javi, we'll get the candle." "You go with your mother." "We're getting the candle." "We'll wait outside." "It's all burned down." "One of us must have sinned a lot." "I bet it was your brother." "Yeah?" "Or the priest." "I think it was him." "to save electricity, he lit all the candles and they've burned down." "Take it and we'll go." "Juan!" "Juan!" "What is it?" "You were right." "I heard voices in the room." "Come on, quickly!" "I bet you were dreaming." "Go back to bed." "I wasn't dreaming, I heard them!" "How could you hear voices?" "It's true, but you don't dare come down, you're scared." "I'm not scared!" "Then come and you'll see that it's true." "Come on." "There were two voices." "I'm sure one was Dad's." "Whose could the other one be?" "I don't know." "And don't grab my arm." "I was sitting on the chair, and suddenly I started to hear shouts." "Were they voices or shouts?" "Mom's awake!" "If she finds us here, she'll go crazy!" "What's she doing?" "Look!" "Now you know whose voices you heard." "Come on!" "What was Uncle doing in Mom's room?" "Doing what all men do with women." "What do they do?" "Hump." "Juan." "What?" "What's humping?" "What a man and a woman do when they like each other." "And what is it?" "It's that, humping!" "I told you already." "Aren't you going to the square?" "No." "Everyone's there." "Did you see?" "She doesn't miss one." "She gets fatter every day." "We should put up a plank so the web doesn't break." "Don't you agree?" "What's wrong?" "Leave me alone." "Idiot!" "Fool!" "What's up?" "Don't you dare?" "Go on, you throw some stones too." "Stop!" "Stop!" "That's enough!" "Have you packed everything?" "Not yet." "When are you going to do it?" "You'll be in a hurry tomorrow." "Javi, what's wrong?" "Why aren't you eating?" "No reason." "Do you feel sick?" "No." "Then start eating, please." "I don't want to." "Hey!" "Don't answer your mother like that." "Come on, eat up." "Now I know why the candle burned down." "It's your fault." "What sort of rubbish is that?" "Yes, because at night you go to Mom's room to hump." "Who told you that?" "Who told you that?" "Answer me!" "Who told you that?" "Answer me!" "Yes, hit the boy when he tells the truth." "And he'll learn not to tell it." "Be quiet, Father." "You talk when you shouldn't." "I told you." "But it was no good." "Sending the boys to the city is no answer." "Sooner or later, they'll hear the town gossip." "The boys are at a good school, it's the best thing for them." "What they hear doesn't matter." "What they see at home does." "They see they're loved, and there are no fights." "There were no fights here until you arrived." "Just shut up!" "Javi!" "What a fuss!" "How could you say that to Uncle?" "Did you know Mom and Uncle did those things?" "Everyone does it." "But it's a sin." "It depends." "If you do it before you're married, it's a sin." "But if you're married, it isn't." "That's why people get married, to do it without sinning." "That's a lie." "How is it a lie?" "Then you tell me why people get married." "They love each other." "Mom and Uncle love each other and they don't get married." "So you see, smarty!" "How do you explain that?" "Javi, come on." "Did our aunts not marry because they didn't want to hump?" "No, no!" "It was because nobody wanted to hump them." "But don't dare say that to them." "Come on." "Don't worry." "I'll mark time for you from here, all right?" "Why the long faces?" "Look a bit happier!" "Even if I can't dance, I can see how you're doing." "You start with your sister." "Carmen!" "Carmen!" "I think we'd better go." "All right." "Where's my sheet music?" "I left it in the drawer." "No, it isn't there." "I've just looked." "It isn't there." "I've told you not to touch my things." "Get it?" "Javi..." "I left it there." "Well, it isn't there." "If you say so." "How did you get on yesterday?" "We were on the path that's back there." "We played the bottle game." "Lucky things!" "Hey, look!" "Julia!" "Where are you going?" "What is it to you lot?" "Will we go?" "Yeah, come on." "Good night, Aunt." "Good night." "What are you listening to ?" "It's London." "How do you know?" "It says so there." "See?" "Look." "Strasbourg." "Tangiers." "They talk from so far away." "And we can hear them here." "But we don't understand a word." "So what?" "What matters is knowing someone is listening when you talk." "Don't you think it's like a miracle?" "Good night, Aunt." "How was the dance class?" "We didn't have one today, Carmen has a bad leg." "Carlos says she fell, but I think his father hit her." "Listen." "Can you dance this?" "No." "No?" "Come on, I'll teach you." "We only live once." "We have to learn to love and to live." "We must remember that life passes by, and leaves us crying dreams." "I don't want to have regrets about what could have been and never was." "After the wolf!" "After the wolf!" "The wolf leaves his lair, with a criminal intent, and goes to stalk the sheepfold." "Come on, Juan!" "Hit him!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop it, stay where you are!" "What are you doing?" "You're to come to my office after class, is that clear?" "Now, get on with rehearsal." "I want no more fights." "Why were you fighting?" "It's my business." "They were fighting over a girl." "Over a girl?" "They both like the same one." "Really?" "Dogs, go after him!" "Hounds, growl!" "Come on, waken up!" "Everyone, come and help!" "After the wolf!" "After the wolf!" "Now what do we do?" "I don't know." "Come on." "I bet that's the murderer." "Hello, Aunt." "Hello." "Is Juan back yet?" "No." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at our death, Amen." "Why are you sitting there?" "Have you no homework?" "Not today." "Go and see how Maria is." "If she's over her "indisposition", maybe she can prepare the supper." "Aunt." "Aunt." "Aunt." "How do you feel?" "Awful." "This damn blood pressure will be the end of me." "No one listens to me, but every day I feel dizzier." "And this nausea that I get..." "That's from drinking." "Juan told me so." "How would that stupid ass know?" "If it weren't for the two drinks I have, my blood pressure would be zero." "I have to drink to keep it high, and even then there are days when I can barely stand up." "Here." "Aunt." "What?" "Why do you never go to the village?" "Why should we go there?" "Mom's there, and Uncle, and Grandad..." "Yeah." "But Aunt Rosa never got on with your father's family." "Why not?" "Who knows?" "They didn't like any of the boyfriends we had." "They scared them all off." "I bet you had lots of boyfriends." "Yes." "Much good it did me." "The ones who were after me weren't my type, and the one I liked ignored me." "Or maybe I ignored him." "I don't know." "Juan's home." "I'm going to se him." "Shut the door." "What happened?" "Nothing, get me the alcohol." "And if the aunts ask anything, tell them I fell at school." "Juan, I saw a man in the empty house." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I think he's the murderer." "What a mess!" "Do you know him?" "Yes." "Don't go to the house while he's there." "Why?" "Is he the murderer?" "I told you, odd things happened there, and what's more..." "Javi!" "Juan!" "Supper's ready!" "You go on, and if they ask about me, say I won't be long." "And remember, I fell at school." "In what year did Carlos I die?" "1560." "Next." "1540." "Next." "1558." "Exactly!" "1558." "And who ascended to the throne..." "Javier Zabalza." "The principal wants you." "Didn't you hear?" "Go to the principal's office." "Attention!" "We'll continue." "Excuse me." "Javier Zabalza is here." "Send him in." "Come over here." "Why isn't your brother in class today?" "Is he sick?" "Come along, answer." "Why isn't he at school?" "I don't know." "He had a fever yesterday, and a sore head, and he stayed home." "Very well." "Give this note to your parents and tell them they're to come and see me this afternoon." "But I live with my aunts." "Then tell them to come." "I'll be expecting them." "Here." "Why are you home at this time?" "What's the matter?" "I don't know." "The pricipal wants you to go and see him." "What can have happened?" "Where's your brother?" "I don't know." "Whatr does it say?" "Never you mind." "Can you come back tomorrow?" "Go on." "Get changed." "Maria!" "Maria!" "And what are you looking at?" "Get out!" "Have you got nothing better to do?" "What's wrong?" "What did the principal say?" "The shame of it!" "Holy Virgin, the shame!" "But what happened?" "He's been expelled for a fortnight." "He didn't go to school today, and it wasn't the first time." "They expelled him for not going to school?" "Some punishment!" "He'll be delighted." "I wish it were only that." "You know what he did?" "He took other pupils to see a slut of a girl, and they paid her to drop her panties and show them..." "Holy Virgin, the shame of it!" "He's a stupid ass." "And he looks so innocent." "And he beat up a boy who was going to tell a teacher." "Wait till he comes home!" "He and his mother will kill us all." "The family is a disgrace!" "Don't worry." "It'll work out, you'll see." "Juan, if I tell you a secret, will you tell me who the girl was?" "Tell me if you want to." "If you don't, leave me alone." "Mom's going to have a baby." "She wrote to Aunt Rosa and told her." "Fuck!" "Don't say that you've read the letter." "Aunt would send you back to the town with me." "Are you sure there isn't a man inside?" "There isn't." "So how does it move?" "It doesn't matter." "What's nice is seeing it, not knowing how it moves." "Let's go." "Let's go." "What's wrong, Javi?" "Hello." "When did you get back?" "Two days ago." "How are you?" "Fine." "And you?" "Well, I can't complain." "Will you be here long?" "No, I just came to see the house." "It gets run down when it's empty." "This is my nephew." "His name's Javi." "Hello." "My name's Ricardo." "Well, I'm delighted to see you again." "Same here." "Good-bye." "Good-bye." "So long, kid." "Who's that man?" "What is it to you?" "Do you know him?" "Yes." "And is he a friend of yours?" "Yes." "Well, at least he used to be." "Listen, everyone." "Gutierrez will play the part of Wizard Gulpflower." "We're going to rehearse from the beginning, and please help him learn his part as soon as possible." "It's only ten days until our Open Day, and if the rehearsal is bad we shall stay behind..." "Where's your brother?" "So now you know." "I won't help him." "He's a squealer and I'll mess him up all I can." "Let's begin." "Once upon a time, there was a lovely little boy." "He was known as Chick Pea, and he was small and very funny." "Give me a bit more, I'm going to the movies with Carlos." "Here." "And don't be late." "I'll be home after the movie." "Three pesetas pays for three goes, right?" "Sit over there." "Do you see anything?" "What a cheat!" "My brother said she'd no panties and you saw everything." "He must have a great imagination!" "To think we spent all our pocket money on this." "Now what do we do?" "I don't know." "You keep watch just in case." "What is it?" "Look." "What can he be doing now?" "I don't know, but let's go." "Come back." "Where are you going?" "He'll catch us." "Come on, help me." "Help me!" "What's he doing?" "Aunt." "Did you not get married so you wouldn't have to hump?" "It was because I didn't want to." "And because I didn't need to put up with a man." "Why are you crying?" "Do you never cry?" "Yes, when I get hit." "Sometimes I get hit too." "That's why I cry." "Who hits you?" "I don't know." "There are things which hit you inside and hurt much more than blows." "What does that mean?" "I hope you never have to find out." "Go on." "See if there's any supper, and heat it up." "I was getting worried." "I went to see Elena." "She's in bed with flu." "Her husband and kids are useless." "I had to cook supper for them." "That's a lie." "You were drinking." "You smell of wine." "Be quiet, you stupid ass." "She'll hear you!" "Go with her." "Where no one will tell us that we're doing wrong." "And so let's go..." "For God's sake, Maria!" "Don't, I'll pick it up." "Leave it." "Don't, you'll break it!" "Did you hurt yourself?" "Who, me?" "And so let's go..." "You can't sing at this time of night!" "Leave me alone!" "Come on." "Come on, help me a bit." "Help me a bit." "It seems they've all decided to make my life a misery." "I'm starting to feel tired." "Oh!" "What's this?" "A toad!" "Just a moment." "Don Alejandro, continue with rehearsal." "I won't be long." "Oh, little lamb with such lovely eyes!" "Oh, please don't go far away from here!" "For the wolf is stalking through the bushes, and the beast wants you as his prey." "They say she fell in the river." "But I know she jumped." "She couldn't take my father any more." "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners..." "Carmen!" "Carmen!" "Aunt." "Can I see her?" "Yes, love." "Carmen!" "Carmen!" "Why is he calling her now?" "Can't he leave her alone even in death?" "Tomorrow I'm leaving with Ricardo." "What?" "I'm leaving with Ricardo." "Are you crazy?" "You're not leaving here!" "I'll see to that." "How will you stop me this time?" "Don't talk to me like that!" "Maria, I'm sorry!" "Forgive me!" "I can't understand why you want to leave." "You can't understand because you've never loved anybody." "How can you say something like that to me?" "Don't go, you'll end up being miserable." "I already am, but with luck I can fix that." "How?" "Destroying Ricardo's family?" "What business is it of yours?" "Just look out for yourself." "Oh, my God!" "Wasn't last year enough for you?" "Maria, don't go!" "You're my sister, you're all I have." "Then you'll have nothing, because I'm going." "All right then!" "You can go, but go right now!" "And you're not taking a thing from this house, do you hear?" "I don't need anything." "Maria!" "Maria!" "Maria..." "Aunt!" "Aunt!" "Aunt!" "Aunt!" "Aunt!" "Javi!" "Will you come and see me?" "Of course!" "And to see Aunt Rosa too, silly." "Why wouldn't I come?" "Stupid ass, you weren't going to say good-bye." "Now, Javi, go home." "Aunt, why do I have to go to the town on Sunday?" "Your mother will tell you." "Are you going too?" "Yes." "...for your lawful wife, until death do you part?" "I do." "And do you, Teresa, take Ignacio for you lawful husband until death do you part?" "I do." "It's been a long time since I fired this old thing." "I wanted to, but there are few occasions here for which it's worth wasting cartridges." "But this is certainly one." "Congratulations." "Thanks." "Thanks a lot." "By the way,..." "We'll open a few bottles..." "Mom, I'll see you back home." "Grandad." "Will I comb your hair?" "All right." "Grandad." "Dad's shotgun didn't go off on its own, did it?" "Why don't you answer?" "Don't you know silence gives consent?" "What does that mean?" "Why do you go to school, anyway?" "They just teach you rubbish." "Why did Dad kill himself?" "I'm old now." "I know I'm in he way." "Nevertheless, I still want to live." "Do you know why?" "Neither do I." "But I want to stay alive." "Antonio was a good son." "Some of us want to live, others don't." "That's all." "Some things can't be explained." "Go on, keep combing my hair." "Aren't you going to propose a toast to your son?" "Do you remember, or do I have to refresh your memory?" ""Un blemblé."" ""Un carolí."" ""Chirriascá."" ""Chirriascá."" ""Chirriascá."" "Your own wine..." "Never gets you drunk!" "Bottoms up!" "Tell me where you're going, my dark haired girl." "Tell me where you're going, my beauty." "Tell me where you're going, at two in the morning." "I'm going down to the fountain to drink a glass of water." "I've heard that it's very good to drink it in the morning." "I'm going to the garden of Valencia to tell the gardener to give me a white rose because I have none in my garden." "To give me a white rose because I have none in my garden." "Can't you sleep?" "With all the celebrations and weddings, how can I?" "I'm seeing priests everywhere." "Stop thinking about it now." "It's all over." "What will we do with Javi?" "You think he knows about Antonio?" "He knows we love each other." "With time, he'll understand all the rest." "Goddam kid!" "He discovers everything." "Don't complain." "He's just like you." "He won't stop till he gets what he wants." "Good night, Mom." "Hello, Uncle Antonio." "Didn't you say there was a man living there?" "Yes, he's called Ricardo." "And Aunt Maria isn't on a trip." "She ran away with him." "Put it beside the house, and this by the stones." "Don Bautista, may I have the classroom key?" "I forgot the paints." "What are you thinking of?" "Hurry up, people are arriving already." "Why does he want the maps?" "I don't know." "He told me to bring the ones in the classroom." "You get the ones in the cupboard." "Open the door!" "You're going to be in trouble!" "Open the door!" "Let me out!" "Gutierrez has gone." "He told me he was scared and didn't want to do the play." "Where did he go?" "I don't know." "Home, I think." "But how could he have gone?" "That's impossible!" "That boy is stupid!" "We're about to start!" "How can we do the play without Gulpflower?" "My brother knows the part." "What?" "My brother knows the part." "So he does!" "Hurry!" "Go and find him!" "Help!" "Help!" "What's wrong, Chickpea?" "I've been kidnapped by bandits." "Didn't you say how lovely the forest was?" "I'd rather go to school!" "But you didn't go today." "You played hooky to see what was in the forest." "I'll never do it again!" "Do you promise?" "Yes!" "I promise I'll never play hooky again!" "I want to go home!" "Thank you, Wizard Gulpflower." "From now on, I'll work very hard, and I'll never miss school again." "I'm the lord and master of these parts, and everyone obeys the Wizard Gulpflower." "Little shepherds who are watching, little birds who are singing, this is little Chickpea." "What you know of him?" "Oh, wise Gulpflower, our lord and master, you should know that little Chickpea is a charming boy." "He's going to go to school, and never miss a day, for he isn't lazy anymore and he's going to study hard." "He isn't lazy anymore, and he's going to study hard." "Close the curtain!" "I knew I'd be expelled if they caught me, but I don't care." "What's more, my father says we'll find another school for next term." "If you change schools, we won't be together." "Yes, we will." "I'll be with Aunt Rosa, we'll see each other every day." "What a drag!" "He's played that tune all afternoon." "It was my mother's favorite." "He's been playing it since she died." "You want to dance?" "All right." "It's a nice tune." "I like it too."