"They say you're not as productive as you used to." "That's what they told me." "The supervisor says you drop the brochures." "Are you okay." "Perla?" "I swear I did everything I could." "YOu know I love working with you." "YOu take the mask off too often." "And you know what they say about that." "Who will be Minnie?" "Nobody." "They're removing the character." "When do I have to go?" "Today." "Today is your last day." "Go away!" "Go away!" "I'm sorry I woke you, darling." "That horrible bird is driving me crazy!" "What a face, girl!" "Good morning, godmother." "Get me some Fernet." "Perla sleeps so deeply." "Hand me the bottle, I want to fill in the coupon." "Look at that!" "My God!" "How is it possible for them not to fall standing on such a tiny thin iron?" "Unbelievable." "It's like running with knives on your feet!" "It's great the way they greet the jury." "I love it." "Their faces!" "But it must be really cold in the legs." "Right?" "What do they do with the water when they defrost the rink?" "Your mother is so swollen." "Delicious!" "You're just like Perla when she was young." "Practically a mute." "There are many people with communication problems." "I was thinking about that last night." "About people with conversation difficulties." "I don't have difficulties." "It's boring." "I don't think it's important." "Relating to others is extremely important!" "Exchanging opinions with the world!" ""Important" is to feel your foot under the water." "Or to see your pool hairdo." "Godmother and Perla are the world to me." "It's all peeled off." "Every time I look at it I'm waiting for some paint to fall right into my eye." "I've been staring at it for months now." "But nothing ever falls." "It's weird." "They are just hanging there by a tiny thread." "It's your stare that keeps them hanging." "No." "It's the other way round." "My eyes no longer have the strength to make them fall." "When I was young I would get bored when my mother took her naps." "So I used to lay by her side and stare at her so fixedly that I would wake her up." "Now my eyes can't even make some old paint fall down." "It's embarrassing." "I'm scared." "I've been waiting for you for 15 minutes." "What happened?" "Your mother likes us to be there when she comes out." "The elevator was broken." "I had to take the stairs." "Well." "You don't live On the 23rd floor!" "Now she'll come out with her blood revolted and let's see who puts up with her!" "My leg hurts." "Don't take it off!" "It takes ages to put it back on!" "We have to change the water." "It's all brown." "It's ideal." "It seems to be conditioned." "That's because it's dirty." "It's like soup." "It's not refreshing." "I don't like new water." "It's too cold." "Besides." "Where are you going to get the water from?" "When I earn more money I will buy a bigger pool." "So that the three of us can get in." "Don't even consider your mom." "She can't swim." "Last night I dreamt it again." "I was connected to a machine right by your mother and she passed all her blood to me." "Do you understand?" "The rotten blood." "I woke up with my heart in my mouth in desperation." "In my dream I feel how that dense blood gets into my veins." "And I have a burning sensation." "Your mother looks at me fixedly as if she was dying." "Or as if she was saying goodbye." "Or as if she wanted to take me with her." "It's so real that each time I dream about it I think "this time it's for real"." "Nobody should experience that." "It's a dreadful dream." "When you didn't want me to understand what you were talking about you would say "progenitor"." ""Progenitor" was the first word I looked up in the dictionary." "How many exams do you have left?" "Two subjects;" "Gym and French." "Did you know that when your mother was younger she was called "the Frenchy"?" "Your grandfather used to call her "my Frenchy"." "How do you say "chicken"?" "Poulet." ""The Frenchy"." "What about godmother?" " I don't know." " Barbecue?" "Grillade." " Pool?" " Piscine." " Goat?" " I don't know." " Happiness?" " Bonheur." "Ask her something." "Girl!" "Progenitor?" "There's no way you can avoid deepness, is there?" "Progeniteur." "Père..." "Father." "You don't learn a good pronunciation." "Perlita." "It's like a gift and you've got it." "You were born with style, grace." "Elegance." "Grandpa was no fool when he called you "Frenchy"." "When you graduate you should study to become a translator." "I was thinking about that last night." "Translation." "It takes too long." "And what's the problem?" "What's the rush?" "Besides." "With that natural born pronunciation studying translation will be a walk in the park!" "Right?" " Can you stay still?" " I'm setting the table." "Do it later." "We are discussing your mother's future!" "Besides I'll have tons of work in the park." "It takes too long." "I'm too old." "Old?" "!" "Did you hear that, girl?" "Would you mind participating a bit?" "I can't!" "I don't want her to go away to study." "I want her to stay here with me!" "What's wrong with her?" "Her leg hurt all day long." "Mum." "Mummy." "Baby." "Go get me a glass of water please." "Don't waste the water like that!" "Throw some over there." "What are you doing?" "!" "I said there!" "Come on!" "But be careful!" "Are we angry?" "No, why?" "No reason." "I just wanted to know." " Bye." " Bye." "Hello, Perlita." "I want to come back." "Have you been to the machine today?" "Yes." "I can go with you some time." "Just to see how it is." "May I go in to see the pony?" "No." ""FERNET;" "WIN A TRIP"" "Is your mother home?" "No." "Can you tell her to call at my door when she arrives." "If I'm awake." ""Pearl; hard spheroid concretion with shiny reflections." "Usually formed inside the shells of a variety of molluscs especially Mother pearls"." "I looked it up in the dictionary last night." "It also said; "Precious or exquisite thing in its kind"." "You have a precious name." "Perla." "A valuable name." "Who can come up with the idea of making such a big head with such little eyes?" "So you have to get back to work now?" "No, God forbid!" "It's too hot." "The people Of the park insist so much." "It breaks my heart." "How are you, Perla?" "Don't you see me struggling with this head with these goddamn eyes?" "They were like this." "Who can see through those holes?" "!" "Only a Chinese." "If you keep cutting you're going to show your entire face." "I wonder if I'm doing it well." "If I get to you if you feel that I'm here with you." "Perla... do you feel I'm here with you?" "How could I not when I have you right here all day long?" "I want to be useful to you so that you're not afraid." "What do I have to do?" "They're huge now!" "I could recognise this part of your back in a million." "It fits perfectly with my hand." "Yes." "You do get to me." "I feel your help and your love." "There isn't one single day that I'm not grateful that you're in my life." "I don't know what I would do without you." "Blocking is placing oneself beside the opponent in any position that may cause contact." "That may cause contact..." "Could you ask me the questions?" "I'm coming." " Where do I start?" " Blocking." "No player shall obstruct the other..." "Opponent." " Opponent." "Nor interfere..." " Intercept." "Intercept the ball at less than two meters..." "One meter." "What a face!" "How are you?" "We're trying to learn about sports." "I came to ask you out to dinner." "Great." "I'll be back in a minute." " Shall we?" " Let's go." "I'm staying." "I'm tired." "We can stay." "But since you've been locked up in here all day..." " We were not locked up!" "Shall we go?" "Stay." "I'm about to go." "I'm confused." "And sad." "What's wrong, sweetheart?" "What is it?" "Don't encourage her to do things that will take her away from me." " Why would I want that?" "I'm not saying you want to!" "But you're making plans." "long term things." "As if nothing happened." "I want her with me." "I don't want to act as if nothing was going on." "I don't pretend like nothing's going on." "I'm aware of everything." "Leave it a bit longer." "I still feel something dirty." "But is she feeling bad?" "Tired." "She came up the stairs." " But she's not well." " Tired." "But is she okay?" "Go and look at her!" "Use the glass." "It's me!" "Do you want to give me a heart attack?" "!" "Can't I just take a look?" "!" "I open my eyes and she's right here!" "I was getting closer and didn't realise it." "Do I have to carry around a measurer?" "!" "Sorry if I offended you!" "Yeah." "Right." ""Sorry if I offended you."" "We know each other very well." "Did she go to the machine today?" "She looks fine to me." "Do people come over?" "Very few, but they don't play." "Of course, they want to see the puppets." "We're the kick of the park." "Who's going to be Minnie?" "No one." "I told you." "They're removing the character." "And Mickey?" "Is the poor thing alone?" "Yes." "And nobody asks?" "Maybe they don't notice it since he's mixed with the others." " I would notice." "He doesn't make any sense without her." "What happened?" "!" "What happened?" "!" "Are you done?" "Yes and I'm exhausted!" "Come and get them!" "Help!" "Help!" "Is it broken?" "Who's going to fix it at this hour?" "!" "I don't like celebrating either." "I used to like it." "That's why they keep celebrating it." "It embarrasses me when they sing to me and blowing the candles." "I can't make a wish when I'm being looked at." "They throw me surprise parties." "And I don't like them." "But I can never say that." "Happy birthday, Perla." "Thank you for coming." "YOu're my best friend." "And your mother?" "She's getting cured." "My blood boils when I think about that machine." "So don't think." "I guess it's easy for you not to think." "But for the people who have a trained brain it's not that easy." "You start and you can't stop." "It's such a nice evening!" "Who got it started?" "Ready..." "Steady..." "Go!" "A ticket to Brazil." "Please." "For tomorrow." "Window seat." "One way." "I won it." "I won the trip." "I'm going to Brazil." "I'm leaving tomorrow." "Get me some Fernet." "I won it!" "Aren't you going to say anything?" "!" "You won!" "If you asked me to stay right now." "I would." "You still have time, and if I stay." "I stay gladly." " Cross my heart." " Are you out Of your mind?" "!" "You just have to say it." "You won it, godmother!" "What if we ship the girl to Brazil?" "!" "Let's go through the stairs." "We mustn't be afraid." "What are you watching?" "!" "Turn it off!" "You're not going to be an ice-skater!" "I remember..." "Poor piggy..." "Talk to me!" "Forgive me!" "Forgive me." "Baby!" "Forgive me!" "Look at me!" "Forgive me!" "Forgive me." "Baby!" "Forgive me." "Darling, baby." "Forgive me!" "Forgive me." "I love you so much." "Forgive me." "Look at me, please." "Forgive me baby, I love you." "Forgive me!" "Forgive me for your little leg!" "Forgive me for your little leg!" "It's the other one." "Forgive me anyway!" "It's alright with me if you want to watch TV." "I'll fall asleep in a minute anyway." "Turn on the light as well." "Don't be afraid." "I'm so tired." "No skaters on today?" "You brought the dwarf in, didn't you?" "Sorry, baby." "I'll leave you."