"Go to hell." "Don't dare come here again." "This house'll not be knocked down." "Isn't rude to take people's land and their house?" "Mother if they don't knock it down it'll be flooded." "they won't stop the dam for you" "No." "They can drown me if they like." "I know you." "You want to sell the house and move to town." "There's nothing left for us." "You'll have." "To do what they want." "I hope it won't be to late." "I won't do it." "And forget about the city." "I'm taking the milk." "You're crazy." "Who's going to see me?" "They might, times have changed." "Just get married." "Stop dreaming about the city." " Do you like it?" "." " Don't be late." " You'll be sorry" " Why?" "I told you to stop it." "Don't mind him." "It's just a joke." "Leave that hose." "The joke's over." " Leave that hose." " Alright, don't get mad." "I told you don't go near that boy's truck." "I'll get him and his truck one day." "Let's hope it's a long trip." "Did I bother you?" "Why did you call me?" "." "A job." "You carry sand to the dam." "I will not drive my truck to that swamp." "You're funny." "After all the truck belongs to the company." "You were going to give me long trips." "You love your truck more than me." "I'm jealous." "I painted it myself." "Going through that swamp." "I'll find you a new job in a few day." "Alright." "Sorry friend." "It's a hell of a job." "Now we've really had it." "She did it on purpose, she's jealous of you, she said so." "Don't stop there stupid man." "Don't wait grandma, I can't take you." "I'm not a grandma." "What are you then?" "." "What a pretty girl?" "." "He's nice looking." "Not from these parts." "Mustn't scare the bird." "If mother knew." "Wait a minute." "Little Red Scarf." "If I stop, that's the end." "Give us some milk." "Drinking milk like a baby." "Silly boy." "It's up to you friend." "Get me out of this swamp." "Leave us go you bloody mud." "Well done friend." "He is coming." ""I hunted a partridge on a plane"" ""I hung the Red Scarf on a branch"" "Get in, I'll give you a lift." "He is from Istanbul." "Behaving like a city smoothie, in a swamp." "I'll take you to the village." "My mother will kill me." "Will she get in or not." "Shall I get in or not?" "Why shouldn't I have some fun?" "It's not wrong to fancy someone." "Let mother hear it." "Success, friend." "My name's Ilyas." "The truck's 'Carefree Heart'." "She won't speak, why?" "Doesn't like us?" "." "We don't care." "As long as she smiles." "I'll get down here." "Will you help me out of the mud tomorrow same place?" "On the road, they might see us." "I'll wait by the fort, Red Scarf." "I won't go till you tell me your name." "Asya" "Is she crazy?" "." "Where the hell have you been?" "Get cleaned." "They came to ask your hand." "Promise you won't paint me again or I'll go in like this." "Silly girl." "I swear no more paint." " They are going to marry you." " How did you know?" "." "They came to look at you, they spoked with father." " Will you marry him?" " Can I say no to mother?" "." " Don't get married." " Why?" " Then you'll go away." " I'll take you with me." "When I grow I'll be a driver." "I'll take you to Istanbul." "Let's give a name." " Good." "Let's call it "Carefree Heart"." "Where are you sneaking off to?" "Borrow some tread from Halime." "You got dolled up for that." "If you like I'll paint my face." " Go on." " I'm fed up." "Be happy, you're geting married." "You'll be happy." "Get back quick." "They'll come tomorrow, we've a lot to do." "I wish he break his neck." "Little Red Scarf is not coming." "Then we'll gota her." "She's gone in to the house." "If she asks, tell her I went to Hanife." "What's the matter?" "What are you staring at?" "I'd rather be flooded." "I won't let you touch my house." "Over my dead body." "You pigs." "Get out of here." " Go." " Not without you." " Please go." " Come tomorrow to the fort." "I'll come go." "I love you Little Red Scarf." " What did you talk with him?" "." " I told him to go." "Good." "Was we send from the dam?" "." "I don't know." "I suppose so." "Trying to frighten me." "I'll never leave this house." "I wish I had a lovely truck like that." "I told you she will come." "I came to tell you not to bother me again." "I shall be married soon." "They will not give such a pretty girl to me." "Break the engagement, can't you?" "." "Do you, live him?" " I don't know him." " You don't know him." "What if he is an old man?" "Or lame?" "He might be blind." "I've found you and I don't want to lose you again." "There's nothing I can do." "Why did I feel like that when he touched me?" "I'll wait here tomorrow." "And I'd come running if I could." "So he got fed up waiting?" "He left us both." "Does he leave his love so quickly?" "You say he is crazy." "You should't say such things." "ls he watching us?" "I don't believe it." "So you are pulling me apart." " I've been waiting since noon" " I couldn't run away before." "I'll wait a month for you, a whole year." "Will you take me to the village?" "." "Is that what they call love?" "." "I hold his hand, it was so warm." "What's going to come of this?" "Nothing." "They told me to be afraid of men." "But I'm not afraid of him." "I've no house no money." "He's from the city." "Lots of girls there." "Why me?" "Why don't I want her to get married?" "." " What happened to him?" "." " To whom?" "." "The one you're going to marry, have you seen him?" "No." "They came today." "They are relatives of my mother." "Did your family agree to the marriage?" "Yes." "I'll get out here." "Are you angry?" "You won't come again." "Don't get angry, there's nothing I can do." " Go on" " Look at me." " Thank you." "I got you a long trip, starting today." "Didn't you want a long trip?" "." "I've got to go the dam." "What's so special about that dam?" "." "You haven't worked for two days anyway." "I don't want a long trip." "I can't change it." "It was hell getting you this job." "Will you change with me." "I'll give you 500 liras." "He must have something going at the dam." " What's this all about?" "." " I don't have to tell you." "These are your loading and unloading places." "They'll sack you." "If I hold her hand, will she come with me?" "." "I'm yours." "All you have to do is take me." "Friend, say hello to my girl." "Nice to see you friend." "Friends, say hello to my girl." "Hello great fort." "Hello loneyl tree." "Haven't you a sweet heart..." "You goats, say hello to my girl." "The Istanbul Kid." "I'll talk to the manager, wait here." " Will they fire you?" " Let them, I don't care." "So that's the thing at the dam." "stupid guy." "To give up Dilek for that little thing." "I wouldn't give you up for anything." "Dirty beast." "God dam all of you." "You're comitted to her now." "What about the wedding?" "Well have to go to town." "I have no money no work." "My brother in law has a house in the village." "Let's get the ceremony over first." "And don't." "Delay the offical wedding." "The bride will stay with us until the wedding." "You're always there to help me." "Here's my bride." "What happened?" "." "I wasn't fired." "He helped us." "I get a week of." "You're all invited to my wedding." "I'll bring Dilek along, don't worry." "We were married in the canteen of the company." "We invited my family but they didn't come." "Mother sent word that she had no dughter named Asya." "Ilyas is crazy." "How can I do these modern dances?" "." "Will he get mad if can't do it?" "." "It's not my fault." "The woman I saw the first day is called Dilek." "I don't care." "I don't like the man with her." "A wedding dress never suited anyone as it does her." "The village was beautiful, our house too." "Everybody brought something it's so nice to get." "Presents I'd never had any before." "I worked harder." "I sometimes waited days for him." "I never knew." "When he would be back, but I know he would come." "I longed to get back and see my wife" "At first I was a shamed to hell him." "I'm going to be a father." "How strange it fells." "The they was getting nearer." "I wanted a boy." "So that he would love me more." "I didn't want that job." "It was an urgent load." "I didn't want that job." "It was an urgent load." "Only I could get it there in time." "I was afraid of missing the birth of my son." "Could I have know that this man would change my life." "We are in trouble, can you help us." "Help you?" "." "I'm in a hungry" "We have'll passengers, there's a danger of landslide." "And we'll freeze to death by morning." "I have a heavy load, and I must get it there in time." "Is your load more important then those lifes?" "We can't tow on this road." "There's no other way." "Will you do it?" "." "Do you want to be killed?" "Isn't there any hope?" "My wife is alono and she's going to have a baby." "These people have children too." "Will do it, don't worry." " Get inside, you'll freeze." " When the road gets better." "There's a precipice, there's been a landslide." " It's a boy." " Ilyas will be pleased." "Get it to the right, be careful." "He's doing it purposely." "Playing hero with the boss's truck." " Do you know him?" " He's from our company." "Is that a gas station ahead?" " You've made it." " We made it." "You have a son." "So this is my son?" "." "Were you that small when you were born?" " And you too." " Was I?" " Careful." " What shall we call him?" "." " You decide." " I haven't tought." "Samet, alright?" "It's not a joke being a father." "Congratulations, it's a boy." "I hate to give you bad news on such a day." "You towed a bus trough the pass" "They fired you as driver, you're in maintenance." "Cleaning other people's filthy trucks?" "I quit." "Don't be silly." "Think of your wife and the boy." "Without them you could do as you like." " Is the manager in?" " He's got visitors." "Think of your wife and boy." "I'll see him later." "He didn't come home till down." "For the first time." "He was drunk." "He'd never looked at me like that." "There was something wrong but he wouldn't tell me." "He didn't even look to Samet." "It must be my fault." "It couldn't be the tiny baby's." "They had taken his truck." "He can't live without his truck, it's his friend." "Why don't you talk with the manager?" "He doesn't know the real story." "He didn't do it for fun." "He saved the lives of those people." "It might be good but, I don't know." "This isn't woman business." "Ilyas may be angry." "What else can you do?" "." "It's been over a month." "He never drank before." "Now he won't eat, talk even won't play with his sun." "Don't wait Grandma, I can't take you." " I'm not a grandma." " What are you then?" "Did you send your wife to manager?" "They're saying that you send your pretty wife to the manager." " Who says so?" " She's there." "Go and look." "He says that the truck and the load is worth more than people." "I brought her." "You can't touch her." "Mind your own business." "You're a pimp." "Let them get it out." " Say it again." " You're a pimp." "Didn't you send your wife?" "." "Leave me alone, you're not my friends." "Didn't you send your wife?" "." "That night he didn't come home." "Nor the next, it was my fault." "We waited." "She's only a ignorant girl." "She can't understand me." "I couldn't take what had happened." "I was alone." "I always heard "without them you could do as you like"." "I could talk freely and get drunk only at Dilek's house." "I was helpless." "I found shelter with her." "We waited months." "He would come back." "He was my husband, Samet's father, our everything." "I knew would come with his truck." "I was passing, I tought I'd drop in." "Don't wait for him, he's staying Dilek now." "I didn't sleep that night." "I got to the house before." "Dawn, it was a lie." "I wouldn't believe it if I saw it." "I won't believe it." " What's the matter?" " Nothing." "Your wife came." "I saw her by the kitchen window." "She's your wife, you have a child." "I love you but..." "Little Red Scarf." "I never loved anyone but you." " Where are you going?" "." " That way." "I'm turning off towards the mill." "You'll have to get in the back." "I have a sick passenger." "Give me the child." " Hold my hand." " I can climb in." "Go to the corner, the baby musn't get cold." "A pretty girl." "Where can she be going?" "Where will be go?" "Who will help us?" "She is in trouble." "He is craying from cold." "Give him to me." "It's just the cold." "I know." "I had two children." "He talk as if they were dead." "Got forbid." "If anything happened to Samet I couldn't live." "Now he's warm he fell a sleep." "It's a boy." "He seems kind." "I wonder is he is looking for us?" "What do you want?" "Get out of my house." "You made a laughing stock of us" "Why didn't you bring my sister?" "." " Here we are." " Where are we?" "This is the mill." "We are going towards the river." "You get down." "This is where you're going." " How are you?" "." " Not bad." " Like some tea?" " Just a glass of water." "Two teas for us." "A glass of water to the bus" " I'm thinking of that girl." " She was pretty." "No." "She looked as if she didn't know where sha was going." "Why does my heart throb?" "You haven't drunk your tea." "Don't be afraid." "You have now here to go." "The weathers bad." "Stay with us tonight." "You can go tomorrow." "Think of the baby." "What can I do?" "." "God help me?" "." "Is the house empty?" "." "Don't worry, I sleep in the other room." "Close the door, the baby will get cold." "If Ilyas was only with me." "My poor baby." " There's food in the cupboard" " I'm not hungry." "There some milk too." "No one will hurt you here." "I'm a foreman on the roads, you can trust me." "Build the fire before you go to sleep." "Were we wrong in coming here?" "But what could we do?" "The baby is sick." "He dind't sleep." "He has a fever." "He's cauhght cold, he's a fever." "Will he be alright?" "Don't worry." "Children are hardy." "I'll fetch a doctor." "Where's your daddy, where's my Ilyas?" "Don't cry." "He'll bring a doctor." "Tomorrow we'll go back to your father." " How is he?" " He's in a fever." "He's temperature will fall." "Who will give him an injektion?" "I'll do it." "You sould be careful for a week Don't take him out." "We can't stay here." "She's a relative of mine." "She was going back tomorrow." "The baby's life is at stake." "Could turn to pneumoins." "But how can we stay?" "." "Little Samet will be here another week." "How I missed having children in the house." "He's good a man." "What would I have done with the baby?" "Ilyas will be mad now." "Come on, little lion, take it." "Must we do this?" "Hold him tight." "He's laughing." " Where did he get these?" " I bought them today." "This is for you." "I'm sorry, but I heard Samet." "I haven't sleept the last few nights." "The door was open, he was about to start crying." "Come on the back to mother." "The fever has gone." "He'll be fine tomorrow." "Tea's ready." "I'll be leaving soon." " We must go." " Samet isn't right yet." "Don't bother." "We'll wait on the road." "You'll catch cold." "I'll stop a car for you." "They won't stop, what can I do?" "They are going to fast." "I didn't like the look of one." "One had a broken window, Samet would get cold." "You're going home." "You love your husband." "Can't you go tomorrow?" "." "I thought I could never look to another woman." "She will go tomorrow." "To the husband she loves." "I prepared some food." "Will you eat with us?" "I was working on a bridge in the east." "When I heard about the earth quake I run back home." "Our house was a heap of rubble." "My wife, my two children were dead..." "I thougt I would die." "But work saved me" "But I couldn't forget the past." "I'd stopped living." "You and Samet have given me a reason to live." " So you came back." " Will he forgive me?" "." "Ilyas is gone." " With whom?" "." " He was like a mad man." " With whom?" "." " He was like a mad man." "He wasn't a man to marry." "But he loved you." "With whom?" "." "He went with Dilek." "He will come back soon." "Are you going to your mother?" "." "Stay with us a few days." "Stupid Istanbul Kid..." "If you had found him, I would have gone." " Where are you going?" "." " To work in the city." "I'll find you work, if you like." "I found her work in anearby co-operative weaving rugs..." "As I returned from work I watched the trucks." "Perhaps I would see Ilyas." "I couldn't forget him." "I knew she still loved him." "But I waited." "I waited for the day she would love me." "Where was Ilyas?" "Stili with that woman?" "I hope they won't have children." "I hoped that my love would bring him here one day." "She was still waiting for him." "I wanted her to wait for me to come from work." "I knew he loved us, but what could I do?" "I could leave but starting a new life is scaring..." "He was friendly, I trusted him." "The memories." "Of the past, good or bad, began to fade." " What's this?" "." " A swing." " Samet is to small." " He can use it when he's older." "Samet will grow, he will use the swing." "He was planning our future." "We were to stay with him." "As guests, as lodgers." "How was I to talk of him to Samet?" "Samet would grow, get on the swing, ask questions." "She still waits for him." "I was waiting for you." "You're late." "I was worried." "Time was passing." "Samet was growing, he could ride on the swing." "Mummy, come on." "Let's swing together." "Daddy made this for you." "Mummy, daddy." "My son." "Samet called him "Daddy"." "He chose him as father." "Do you Jemsit Kirach, take Asya Meram as your lawful wife?" "Do you Asya Meram take Jemsit Kirach as your lawful husband?" "." "It wasn't as exciting as the first wedding." "I thought she would say "No"." "Could she forget him." "My first marriage wasn't even legal." "I was upset..." "Was this happiness?" "." "I had him once." "I loved him." "Was it love?" "." "Was it love?" "." "The ripling stream." "The leaves fluttering in the wind." "The beathing of my herth." "The river will calm down." "The leaves will fall." "But what was love?" "." "It was kindness, it was care, it was giving." "There's been an accident." "You put Samet to bed." "I'll be back soon." "He has had to much to drink." "What happened to the truck?" "Forget the truck." "Be thankful you're alive." "Take care of the truck." "Heat some water." "And built up the fire." " Don't you know me?" "." " Of course I do." "I changed." "I never drank in those days." "What will I do now?" "." "Let's get his Jacket off." "He's a driver, he'd an accident." "He need rest." "Bring cotton woll and iodine." "If I had known who he was, would I have brought him?" "." "I would, he was wounded." "Why did he come back?" "What will, I do?" "." "Bring the water." "It's going to hurt but you shouldn't drive when drunk." "Now sit down while I make a bed for you." " I'm allright." "I'll go now." " You can't go tonight." "Who is he mummy?" "I can't bear it." " Where did you come from?" " From for away." "What happened, did you fight someone?" " Haven't you a gun?" " I've left it home." "Will you show it to me tomorrow?" "What's your name?" "Are you friend of my father?" "." "He's your father." "A son..." "Father." "Will you make up the bed for our guest." " Is he your son?" " Yes he's." "Your whiskers are tickling." "My son, my Little Red Scarf's here, I can't touch them." "I want to cry but I musn't." "Leave your shirt out." "Asya will wash it." "Don't leave early, uncle Ilyas." "What am I in this house?" "." "Look in to my eyes." "I've missed you so much." "I'm afraid." "I still love him." "I haven't forgetten him." "Samet is their son." "Asya loves him still." "If she wants to go I can't stop them." "What was love?" "Who do I love?" "Who cared for us?" "." "Who has the right to be the father?" "." "Samet must not be unhappy." "I left everything and came back for you two." "Forgive me." "Hold my hand." " How are you feeling?" "." " Fine thanks." "There was frost last night." "You'll have to warm the motor." " Do you think it will go?" " Will try." "Asya, let us know when the water's hot." "Let's go." " Where's uncle Ilyas?" " They've gone to the truck." "Take me too, mummy." "The hot water will make it work." "Uncle Ilyas, put me in the truck." "Samet, we are going home." "Jump in the truck and we'll go." "Samet is my son." "And you are my Little Red Scarf." "Don't forget to bring me the gun." "Go and play outside." "Here's your gun." " Like a ride?" " Yes." "Oh God, help me." "When I grow up I'll be a driver." "Look what uncle Ilyas brought me." "I said I would bring Samet a present." " Stay and eat with us." " I can't." "As you like." "Hands up daddy, Hands up mummy." "Eat your dinner." "Are you going to shoot someone?" "." "That is a shame." "Uncle Ilyas brought it." "I rode in the truck." "He's going to bring me a truck." "Eat up now" " Uncle Ilyas is here." " You can't go out today." " I want to see him." " No." "You're not very well." " I'm alright." " I said no." "Please don't go please..." "Would she leave me?" "." "She's my wife." "How could I leave him?" "He's cared for us these years." "What will we do?" "What if he takes Samet and goes?" " But I can't ride in this." " You can ride in my truck." " Where is it?" " Up, on the road." "I was afraid you mother wouldn't let you out." "She dind't want." "I cried, she cried." "You look worried too." "Can ride in your truck?" "You can stay with me all the time." "Well sleep in the truck." "We can drive all the time." "Maybe your mother would come O.K." "She still loves me." "I saw it in her eyes." "Faster uncle Ilyas." "I'm driver." "The great driver Samet is coming, make way." "Let's take father too." " Daddy." " Stop." "Stop." "I want go to my father." " My son, look." " I want my daddy." "Don't cry, I'll take you back." "Please don't cry." "I have to tell you." "I'm your..." "do you know." "Mummy." "Daddy." "My Red Scarf." "Samet has called him daddy, he has made his choice." "What was love?" "it was kindness, friend ship care." "If I stop now, I can never turn back." "I don't care as long as she smiles." "It's not wrong to fancy someone." "Will you help me get out of the mud tomorrow?" "I held his hand, it was so warm." "If I hold her hand will she come with me." "I'm yours, all you have to do is take me." "Goodbye Asya, goodbye my Little Red Scarf." "My unfinished song."