"What is your name?" "Eleonora Maria Katherine Burgunder." "Where do you live?" "In the countryside." "Do you believe in magic?" "Yes." "What do you do to avoid bad luck?" "I circle three times before I go to bed." "Who lives in the house with you?" "My brother's family." "What's your brother like?" "My brother is very hard working... he takes care of the whole family... and also he feeds anyone who comes to restore." "What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" "A new-born lamb." "What is a star?" "What is a planet?" "What is the moon?" "What is the moon?" "The moon is in the sky!" "Do you like winter?" "Yes, but it's very hard." "Do you own an animal?" "I don't own any animals... but I take care of all of them." "Do you think animals have souls?" "Oh yes, I'm almost certain." "Where the souls go after death?" "To heaven!" "What makes you feel happy?" "To be with my brother's children... to walk in the country..." "Tell me a joke." "A joke?" "Make me laugh." "Why?" "What do you do?" "I'm a 'spielmann', a storyteller." "What's your name?" "My name is Chaim Ben Joseph." "Do you make a good living at your job?" "Yes, some days are good." "How long have you been doing this, storyteller?" "Since fourteen years, or so." "What's it been like recently?" "Are you asking about me or about my people?" "I'm asking about your people." "It was hard during the famine." "Why?" "Because sometimes we were blamed for it." "And then, more and more, it got better for a few years." "It comes and it goes." "Do you know how to swim?" "I've never tried it." "Have you got a girlfriend?" "No." "Do you have any enemies?" "Perhaps... yeah." "How much do you get paid for a story?" "For a story I have told many times... five florence." "What about a new story?" "For a new story, more... and if they want singing and dancing, it's still more." "What happens if your audience can't afford to pay you?" "I get some good food... maybe a friendly bed for some days." "Will you tell me a riddle right now?" "No... no, not now." "I'm curious." "Why would a man like you... choose this particular profession?" "Well..." "I like to tell stories." "Do you have any friends?" "Do you have any enemies?" "What is the sun?" "Where do you live?" "Do you own an animal?" "What makes you laugh?" "What is a city?" "Have you ever seen a ghost?" "Do you like to travel?" "Have you ever met a witch?" "Do you like cabbage?" "Where are you born?" "In the north." "At what time of day?" "I don't know." "To what order do you belong?" "I was benedictine." "You want to know the name of the place..." "It was near Genova in Italy, in Piemonte." "Why did you leave there?" "Genova is a very very rich city... and the monastery was very rich." "I prefer a poor life." "Will you go back?" "It could be..." "If they will take me, sure." "Are you right or left handed?" "You can write with your left hand or with your right hand... but to work you need both hands." "What is your mother's name?" "My mother?" "She's called Magdalena." "Have you ever converted anybody?" "Converted?" "No." "I like to talk to the people, but I don't want to convert them." "I like to hear what they are thinking about the faith." "What do you own?" "I own nothing." "God owns me, he gets me everything." "Are you athletic?" "Athletic?" "What's 'athletic'?" "I don't know it." "Have you ever seen a miracle?" "A miracle?" "Yes, sure." "Do you think the world is round, flat or oval?" "They exist many ideas about the world, but... when you walk on it, it's flat." "What is your name, brother?" "Johann Ent." "Could you tell us your name?" "My name is Jacob Benabrum." "Is this your hometown?" "My home is in this town, yes." "Who built the house you live in?" "I don't know." "It's a very old house." "It was built many years before I came here." "Who lives in this house with you?" "I live with my daughters... and their husbands, of course... and their children, my grandchildren." "My wife, may she rest in peace, died many years ago." "What's your profession?" "I was a merchant." "Do you own any weapons?" "I own no weapons." "Have you ever been drunk?" "No, I've never been drunk." "No..." "I've never been drunk." "Don't listen to them." "I've never been drunk!" "Never!" "Well, it was an accident." "What's the worst thing you can imagine happening?" "Well, I've thought of this many times." "The worst thing that could happen is to die alone... and away from my family... and in a strange town." "I don't like talking about this, if you don't mind." "I hear rumors of trouble in neighboring towns." "Do you think the trouble will spread to this town?" "Trouble always spreads, my friend." "We know this." "Always." "What is a radiator?" "A radiator?" "I think you must be referring to the young man who makes our candles." "Are you happy?" "At this moment, I'm very happy, yes." "Yes?" "Would you excuse me, please?" "Grandfather, I keep having a dream." "There's a silver bird in the sky." "It leaves a trail of smoke." "There's a woman standing on the ground." "She's not wearing many clothes." "What you see is very ancient... and from what you tell me I think she must be a harlot." "Grandfather, I also see a big carriage with no horses;" "people come running out of it." "This too is very ancient." "It is the ark: the ark of Noah." "These people are trying to escape their destiny... and the will of God, but they will not succeed." "The black box?" "She's protecting herself from evil." "She must do this." "This is the way she does it." " And the crowds?" " No, no, no, no." "I think that's enough for one day." "But if you have this dream again... you must tell me." "Would you like to learn a song?" "Yes." "Don't you see that silver bird in the sky?" "No, I don't see it." "Is this a trail of smoke?" "I don't see anything." "Excuse me, is your name Philippus Groetius?" "Yes, it is." "Except we pronounce it kʁutius." "Are you the physician of this town?" "Yes, I am." "How many years have you practiced, here?" "About forty, some more." "I came from up north, from the Low Countries." "Are you generally busy?" "No, no, not until recently." "How many babies were born here, last year?" "We have very competent midwives who take care of that." "Maybe, you should ask them." "And how many babies died last year?" "Luckily, I did not have to keep count of that." "What is a virus?" "How do you treat stress?" "Stress what?" "Are you married?" "Of course!" "Do you drink wine every day?" "I try to." "Is there any cure for leprosy?" "No, there's not." "When the pain gets too much, cold water is all one can do." "Does prayer help?" "It has been my experience that it does not do any harm." "How much do you charge?" "It depends on the severity of the ailment, what the patient can afford." "Do you know a cure for arteriosclerosis?" "Is that a disease?" "Concerning the pestilence, how would you advise people to protect themselves?" "There should be no contact." "In fact, it's best to avoid all contact with strangers." "Then herbs throughout the house, inside the clothing." "That will slow it down also." "Isn't there a cure?" "No, there's no cure, no treatment that I know of." "Tell me, dr." "Groetius, do you dance?" "As a young man!" "What's the secret of your longevity, doctor?" "I observe the tortoise every chance I get." "Thank you." "A pleasant afternoon to you all... and a grand welcome to our annual churchyard pageant... enlightening for all ages!" "Bring the children forward!" "Don't be strangers!" "Move closer!" "First off, a great feat!" "May we introduce to you Atlas and his flying balls!" "At last, ladies and gentlemen... our grand finale!" "Please, sit down everybody." "Is everyone here?" "Are you ready?" "Yes!" "Today, I will tell you the story of the great palace of the king." "Have you ever been to the great palace?" "No!" "Listen to me." "Every day, for the midday dinner... the king sits in his royal chair... made of ivory and gold." "The fair queen sits on his right... and the young prince on his left... and they never stop laughing." "What do they eat at such meals?" "Canard à l'orange, poulet farci, darne rôti, ricotta from the south and... melons from Eretz Yisrael." "Do you wonder what holds the palace up?" "The foundations are deep deep in the ground... and at the very base there is the king's treasure." "The stairs which lead to the basement are twelve thousands in number." "It takes three days to descend the stairs to the treasure." "The king must call for his treasure... six days before he actually wants to see it." "Why?" "I see by the wonder and hope in your eyes, my friends, that you expect to be informed of the secret which I know." "Listen well to my story." "On a dreary night of november..." "I at last beheld the accomplishment of my toils." "I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse that spark of being... into that lifeless creature... that lay on the laboratory table." "It was already one in the morning;" "a shrill rain pattered against the window panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out." "Suddenly, in the half light," "I saw the dull yellow eyes of the creature lying open." "I gasped for breath, as if by repetition the creature took a breath also... and made a convulsive motion throughout its torso." "I saw that the limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful." "But one look showed me the folly of my choices:" "yellow skin covered the work of muscles and arteries;" "his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing;" "the teeth of pearly white;" "but these luxuries only form a horrid contrast... to his watery empty eyes." "In those moments of meeting between creature and creator..." "I, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, knew without doubt of the evil nature of his being." "For this I had deprived myself of rest and health." "I had left the bosom of family and loved ones." "I had desired this moment with an ardor..." "It's a place I've never seen before." "They walk on gray ground." "I hear intent noise." "Many people are falling." "They can't breathe." "There's no air." "Everyone is sick." "It is hot." "I'm afraid!" "I'm afraid!" " Where is Eva?" " I don't know." "Eva, come eat, now!" "What are you afraid of?" "Getting killed." " Where are you from?" " This village." " Do you like mutton?" " No" "What is the name of your horse?" "Templar." "How do you dispose of garbage, here?" "We just throw it in the river." "How old are you?" "I'm not sure." "Can you sing a song?" "Yes, I know a song." "Go home, now!" "Everybody!" "Go home, return to your home." " Go back home." " Brother!" "Brother!" "What's going on here?" "They don't know what they are doing." "They want to go to the Jewish Quarter, but they don't know what they want." "They're just full of hatred." "They're completely mad." "They say the Jews are guilty for all of this." "But everybody is dying:" "Jews, Christians, men, women." "I'm sorry, I can't talk to you anymore." "Go home, now!"