"The Days of Matthew" "THE HOUSE" "Mathis" "What're you looking at?" "Nothing" "Really?" "You think if I just look around I look at something" "That would mean something happened" "I haven't a hawk's eyes" "You're turning gray!" "It's too soon" "Much too soon but you've got gray hair." "Now what's the matter?" "You're not hurt?" "Was I wrong to say that about your hair?" "Did I...?" "No." "I knew I had gray hair" "Anyway, it's too soon for gray hair" "I'm looking in the mirror like a girl" "No!" "I mustn't think of girls on a weekday" "I mustn't" "I haven't got a single gray hair!" "Look and see" "I'm sure you'd like to look" "Leave me alone!" "Your talk today wasn't very pleasant" "Do pleasant things ever happen to us?" "Much more often than you think" "You just don't realize it" "Every day brings us something good" "When?" "Think of it, Matthew" "I think as hard as I can" "You'll think of lots of good things" "We've more happiness." "...than other people" "And you must never forget it" "That'll do" "Enough talk for today, my dear" "Going to bed now?" "I really must find some work" "Olga's turning gray" "And it's my fault" "That's an unpleasant thought" "A huge bird flew over our house!" "Now, while you lie in bed!" "What of it?" "Don't you realize the bird flew right over your head!" "Get dressed" "Go out?" "At night?" "You must see it, too!" "Another time." "Now go to bed" "And you, the wise one!" "You don't understand" "It's you who doesn't understand!" "You who..." "Who what?" "Oh, Olga, I didn't want to hurt you" "Did you hear what I said?" "One's like this, another like that" "We are coming, we are coming..." "Are you there?" "That's fine!" "Where are you?" "We're just where we should be" "Hey, listen!" "Are you ready?" "Yes, we are!" "Which of us should come?" "The one I'm thinking about" "You look lovely!" "Do something" "The birds gave you birth" "I've thought of you a long time" "Don't worry." "I've enough shirts" "You tore the other that way, too?" "I tore this sleeve to pieces long ago" "And now I can do whatever you like" "The early bird..." "What made you so happy?" "You're not happy?" "I am but you don't know why" "I think I know" "You must have decided to find work" "The early bird catches the worm!" "What dreams you can have..." "If you want to!" "Go on, out with it" "Otherwise you'll burst" "Not a proper dream." "Now do you know?" "Never mind." "Dreams go by opposites" "What?" "!" "What you said is worse than you think" "Well, never mind" "Everything's different today" "It started last night." "Now I'm going out" "I'll go with you tonight to see the bird" "THE VILLAGE" "Good morning" "Have you some work for me?" "Yes, if you can plant trees" "I knew everything had changed" "We'll find some tools for you" "Let's start." "We'll compete" "Fine, we can run races too" "You mean see who gets to the cart first?" "To work!" "He's keen!" "Can I start here?" " Yes, yes, you can" "Take the tools" "We'll see who finishes his row first" "It's good you came." "It'll go faster" "Ever see a bird pass right over you?" "No, why?" "Looks like they're in love" "You knew it?" "Yes, that's why I hired them" "That sort's the best" "They don't notice the work's dull" "It's different with someone like us" "We know what it is to plant a forest" "Not yet." "We're just starting" "This tool doesn't suit me" "The handle's too long" "Help me!" "So many trees!" "Who could need so many?" "Mathis!" "Time to eat?" "Yes, come on!" "Just like touching an electric wire" "Are you tired?" "Yes" "What a pity to be tired when you're in love" "You were so fast asleep" "I wouldn't let them wake you" "Don't you get enough sleep?" "I sleep very little" "A huge bird flies over my house" "And then I have strange dreams" "It's better to keep dreams to yourself" "Wise woman" "Would you rather go to the field or have some coffee?" "I'd prefer coffee" "I think you're right" "But it's good to see people in love" "You can watch them while you drink" "How's your sister, still knitting?" "I eat a lot" "I eat all Olga can earn" "She's even going gray" "It's no fun having a brother like me" "Don't say that" "Shouldn't I?" "Can I ask you something?" "Why are things as they are?" "Where are you going, cuckoo?" "Straight ahead" "Where to, Mathis?" "Straight ahead" "Wait a moment" "Honey flavor" "There's going to be a storm" "Will there be a storm?" "Could be" "There won't be a storm" "THE BIRD" "Did I do something wrong?" "No." "But I don't know what to do" "But Olga, they paid me!" "Everything's all right" "You know what that means, ...since you sell sweaters" "If they didn't pay me," "How could I buy jujubes?" "Jujubes?" "What are you saying!" "Leave me alone, it's my problem" "Please look at me at least" "No!" "Olga, are you going away?" "Yes, Mathis" "You can't do that!" "Yes, Mathis" "The bird and me" "Me and the bird" "You - are you!" "No!" "No!" "Quite a shot!" "Pretty clean too, I see" "You think it belongs to you, don't you?" "Why don't you say something?" "What's wrong, Mathis?" "No..." "Get up!" "Something frightful's happened" "Look!" "Ugh!" "It'll dirty the whole table" "Is it your bird?" "Birds often die." "It just happens" "Birds can live terribly long" "It can't lie here" "After all, we aren't going to eat it" "Eat it?" "!" "Bury it under a stone so nothing can get at it" "I must be near you tonight" "All right" "Did you do as I said?" "Strange, but I must be near you" "You mustn't be afraid" "Are your boots off?" "Is there anything you needn't be afraid of?" "As if a bird touched me" "We're together - you and I" "Don't be afraid, Mathis" "Olga..." "THE ISLAND" "A fish bites when nobody's looking" "Olga!" "I'll take care of you and you of me" "Shall we untie you?" "You look funny" "My dreams have almost come true" "I've dreamed of so many things!" "But you mustn't ask about it" "We have dreams, too." "We know how it is" "You never saw me?" "And never heard of me?" "Never" "That's good" "Have you a bad reputation?" "What're you looking at?" "Nothing" "But you're looking" "No, but I'm tempted!" "afraid to look at us?" "Yes." "How about a swim?" "Tell us your name and we'll take you anywhere you like" "My name's Eva, hers is Anna" "Now it's your turn" "No, I won't tell" "It's up to you" "I'm Andrew" "Hear that?" "He's Andrew" "Hi, Andy!" "Nice of you to introduce yourself!" "We'll take you as we promised" "But not yet" "Anna and Eva!" "Come on!" "And my boat?" "I'll row." "I think you understand" "It's the only thing I'm able to do" "Of course you should row" "You're a man" "And now let's float together" "As long as we wish" "First, we'll go to the harbor" "It's always crowded." "They'll see us" "Why should people see us?" "Of course we'll go there." "That's sure" "I'll come up like a crown prince" "Everyone who wants can see us" "Know what?" "See if there are people on the road" "Or at the harbor" "A car's passing!" "Cars go too quickly." "People can't notice" "Someone from the mill!" "Two boys are staring at us!" "Boys!" "Too bad they're there" "The people noticed us!" "They've come to the harbor" "Now you'll have to row" "Anna and Eva!" "Andrew!" "Thank you for rowing!" "His name's not Andrew, It's Mathis" "It makes no difference" "Hi, Andy!" "They're still waving..." "We're sure to meet again" "we lived through a lot together!" "Take the oars" "THE TREE" "You see anything?" "I don't see anything unusual" "Look there!" "Storm is coming." "Sure as you stand there" "Anyway, you stay here" "Everything'll be all right" "One..two..three..four" "I passed through fire!" "You cut tomatoes the whole time?" "It must have been bad!" "The lightning struck near" "Matthew and Olga" "What about us?" "Something else called Matthew and Olga" "Our tree." "What do you say to that?" "There's to harm in it" "Just childish jokes" "It means nothing" "Right!" "You can't leave me" "I don't intend to" "Leave it!" "What's the matter?" "You mustn't leave me!" "Come with me!" "We must go far away" "But we'll need some food and other things" "You must get ready for a long trip" "You must be very careful not to die" "We'll both live a long time" "Remember the bird shot down?" "It wasn't only him" "It points to one of us" "Don't worry, all will be well" "Let's not hear any more of it" "How quiet it is!" "We're sitting on the moss together..." "Matthew!" "Anna and Eva" "You could ferry people across the lake" "Sure I could!" "Only no one lives there" "But if they did you could be the ferryman" "Of course!" "THE LAKE" "A ferryman must wait even if nobody comes" "Is the narrowest place best?" "And if it's wide everywhere?" "You'll go where people want" "I'll be back at sunset" "Here I am!" "I'm lying here, lazing away..." "And yet I'm working" "I'm here!" "I'm the ferryman here" "Where do you want to go?" "The shortest way across" "Did you lose your way?" "No, since I caught the ferry" "Can I ask you something?" "Know Anna and Eva?" "One doesn't talk of such things" "You're right!" "I brought him across the lake" "I promised him a bed and some food" "You know each other?" "Yes." "He can sleep in the loft" "I've got my own food" "I promised we'd feed him" "He'd a wise man." "You're not angry?" "Tomorrow I may get someone else" "Matthew" "Jan" "THE STONE" "Going out?" "No" "Then why all dressed up?" "And why are you so nosy?" "I'm fed up with your staring!" "And you chase after him till I'm sick" "I don't like it at all" "And don't you chase after girls?" "What about Anna and Eva?" "That's completely different" "I think very badly of you" "Be a man, Matthew" "What do you mean?" "A grown-up man must think of other people, too" "What people?" "The ones he lives and works with" "I live and work with Olga" "Come here, John!" "You're a man, and I'm a man" "Jan, come here!" "I want a man-to-man talk" "I said not to come through the clearing" " Come here." " Why?" "Tell me quickly" "I can't quickly" "Then we'll talk another time" "Olga has changed" "And it's your fault" "Olga has changed" "What are you laughing at?" "You can't even guess what I know" "You didn't see how the bird looked at me" "How beautiful he was!" "Olga and I, we were together" "And then you came" "Yes, I came" "Come, I'll teach you to cut and bark trees" "Then you can earn your living and get by" "I get by anyway" "But it's better to be independent" "I'm not going to learn" "I'm a born boatman" "Olga wanted me to give it to you" "You'd better take the boat out" "Did someone shout?" "I think there's someone waiting over there" "Now, at night?" "Are you sure you heard someone?" "Matthew!" "What happened?" "I don't know" "Olga!" "What?" "You mustn't leave me!" "Save Matthew!" "The bird and me" "Did you sleep well?" "Then sit down and eat" "I'm not hungry" "I'm in charge of transport today" "That's good" "Did you want to say something?" "No!" "You must make a new boat for Matthew" "Matthew!"