"Quiet, children, for God's sake, quiet, quiet!" "Every day it's the same." "What, can't we have order in this room?" "Thank you." "Oh, what the Hell...!" "Who was that?" "Amy, come here." "~ Why did you do that?" "~ It wasn't me, mistress Jovita, I swear." "Shut up." "Don't swear falsely." "It was her, mistress Jovita, it was her." "She's just as bad as her uncle, that old Andrew." "Quiet, Danny." "And don't stick your nose into other people's business." "All right, Amy." "Go back to your seat, you and I will talk later." "Fine, children, that's all for today." "See you tomorrow." "Thank you." "Leave quietly." "Calmly, in an orderly manner!" "Not you, Amy, you and I are going to talk." "Children, everybody be quiet!" "Until tomorrow, until tomorrow..." "~ Amy, how's your uncle?" "~ Fine." "Ah!" "Your uncle Andrew bought you that?" "Amy, I know it wasn't you, but I want you to understand that if the kids make fun of you, it's your own fault." "Why do you always have to come here so filthy, scruffy, without a bath or even a comb?" "I don't care." "No, don't be insolent, girl, just listen." "I know how hard it must be for a girl your age to have to live with an messy old man... especially on a fishing boat." "My uncle isn't an messy old man." "He's the best fisherman in Texas." "Really?" "Then why doesn't he actually sail out to fish?" "Why does he spend all day sitting on that boat drinking?" "Do you think that's all right?" "It's not the right season for fish." "Sure, that's what he tells you!" "Look, Amy, let's not talk about your uncle, let's talk about you." "Amy, if you want the girls to stop making fun of you, just take a bath, change your clothes, comb your hair." "They do that because they're sentimental and silly, but I'm not." "No, Amy, no, no." "Cleanliness is a duty that we all should observe." "Cleanliness is synonymous with goodness, happiness, and a good heart." "Look, Amy, you're a pretty girl, good, and you have a heart full of joy." "~ You don't have any friends?" "~ Yeah, just one." "Ah, and who's that?" "Raúl." "Raúl García Palomares." "Ah, Raúl!" "Amy "the pauper" loves Raúl!" "Raúl has the "backpack girl" for a girlfriend!" "Dirty Amy loves Raúl!" "Pauper Amy loves Raúl!" "Raúl has "backpack girl" for a girlfriend!" "Dirty Amy loves Raúl!" "Pauper Amy loves Raúl!" "Raúl has "backpack girl" for a girlfriend!" "Dirty Amy loves Raúl!" "Pauper Amy loves Raúl!" "I don't know why they allow messy pauper girls attend school." "Let's go, Amy." "She was my mother." "And your father?" "No idea, I never met him." "When my mother died I stayed with Uncle Andrew." "~ And do you love him a lot?" "~ Who, my uncle?" "~ Yeah." "~ I guess." "~ Shall we go?" "~ OK." "Goodbye, Mom." "I don't know why people have to die." "There's no reason for it." "We should all live, good and bad alike." "Why the bad?" "They don't deserve to live." "I don't know, I guess they too are children of God." "It shouldn't be like that, they're evil." "Fine, I imagine God has His reasons for forgiving them." "For example, school children don't like us." "Forget it, they're just jealous." "Jealous?" "Why on Earth should they be?" "Because they know we're boy- and girlfriend." "If my uncle Andrew come to learn of that, he'd kill me, and you along with me." "Then let's make sure he doesn't, at least until the day we marry." "Then he'll never know." "~ Why?" "~ Because by then he'll already be dead." "You don't think he'll hang on another 10 years?" "I'd settle for three more years, he's skin and bones." "They say he drinks a lot." "Well, a lot, no --- a hell of a lot, yes." "He's the drunkest sailor on the planet." "Why not take him to a doctor?" "That's very expensive." "Expensive?" "But the fishermen's clinic is for free!" "Just like the one for the railwaymen, we never had to pay a dime there." "I say it's expensive because Uncle Andrew manages to change their minds so as to get them drunk." "Last time we had to call an ambulance,... to pick up a doctor who was about to die from drinking with my uncle for five days in a row." "And your uncle?" "He swore he'd never again buy a drink for any doctor." "May the old coot resist, so he won't kick the bucket!" "I'm sure he'll kick the bucket if he comes home and I'm not there." "Don't worry, nothing'll happen." "From your lips to God's ears!" "~ See you tomorrow, Raúl." "~ Tomorrow, Amy." "Raúl, what kind of time is this for you to be getting home?" "School's been out for three hours." "~ I was in detention." "~ Quit lying!" "A friend of yours came by and said you were at the beach with Amy." "For God's sake, that's not true --- we went to the cemetery." "Look, Raúl, it doesn't bother me if you hang around with Amy." "What torques me off is when you're always late home for school." "But I told you we went to the cemetery to bring a flower to her mother." "What have you got there?" "Is that my dad's belt?" "Yes, Raúl, and you know how it works." "Mom, you know I dreamed about you last night?" "Fine!" "And what else?" "Down from a cloud, surrounded by angels, and even I saw the Virgin of Guadalupe at your side." "Pull the other one, Raúl." "With the Virgin of Guadalupe?" "So your mom laid into you, eh?" "Good thing it didn't hurt much." "You have to obey." "Do you think old Lola will be back up and running, Dad?" "Old Lola once was a great locomotive and the day her whistle gets to sound strong again, it means she's already healed up." "You have a lot of faith in old Lola,... that's why you've always opposed the directive so they won't turn her into scrap metal." "Here, go on now." "OK, see you later, Dad." "No, no, no, not there!" "Goodbye, Dad!" "Hi, Raúl." "Come here." "~ Do you want something?" "~ No." "You should try it." "A good cigar is like a fine cognac, it should be fine and aged." "Have you had cognac?" "Of course." "Cognac, whiskey, brandy, beer, and even tequila!" "That's bad." "Bad?" "You're crazy!" "Cigars, wine, and women are what it takes to be a man." "Could it be that you know much about women?" "Of course I do, I'm a street-wise man." "And what's that?" "A street-wise man is a street-trained man." "Street-trained?" "And what's that?" "A street-trained man is a street-wise man." "Yeah, that is, like the ones in "Playboy"." ""Playboy"?" "Moron!" "Moron?" "¤ And waves come, and waves go, and waves come, and waves go,... ¤ How I love the sea when it's calm!" "¤ Because I love to hear the mermaids singing. ¤" "Well, you died, companion of my sad life." "Amy, I'm back, Amy!" "Drunk again!" "Where is my admiral?" "My admiral...?" "Yeah, yeah, I heard you." "That's what God commands, that my little niece should get angry." "I don't know how you didn't catch a pulmonary edema." "All your blood must be contaminated." "Oh, don't love me so much!" "¤ I'm sailing on five continents,... ¤ I'm a globetrotter and adventurer..." "¤ I'm very manly and courageous. ¤" "¤ Because you're just a drunk,... ¤ that's the line your song is missing. ¤" "How nice, Amy, how nice!" "Oh, my God, like always!" "Uncle!" "Land ho!" "Women and children first!" "What happened, what happened, what happened, what happened?" "Either take your soup or I throw you to the sharks." "Oh, mama, not the sharks, no, since I love you so much, my Admiral." "Look, in my entire life I've never seen a more beautiful girl, one who loves me, one who takes care of me as much as you do." "Don't be a bootlicker, what you really want is that I don't yell at you for the booze you got." "But it doesn't show, not even a little bit!" "Not a little bit, indeed, you're only lacking the label: "I'm drunk"." "Get up, my admiral!" "There's no point in punishing him, he'll go on coming late anyway." "That Amy has him at her feet." "He doesn't have bad taste." "Amy isn't ugly." "With a good bath, another dress..." "Nonsense, that girl is a wreck." "Or rather, she wants to be a wreck." "She's just like that Andrew." "At least she goes to school." "That's what surprises me and at the same time pleases me." "She has good intentions." "I just hope her uncle gives her a good education and allows her to continue her studies." "But how?" "The old coot is stubborn." "Give the matter a miss, don't go looking for trouble." "Many people have wanted to adopt the girl but the old man balked." "What do you say?" "That the old coot has a will?" "But that old man is an irresponsible, stubborn drunk,..." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Relax, relax." "What matters is that he's her uncle." "Where's Raúl?" "He got up earlier than usual, had breakfast, then went to the attic to look for the Devil knows what." "I'll be right back." "Raúl." "What's all this mess in aid of?" "I'm straightening things up just now, Dad." "What's that?" "It's an old shell case." "What do you want it for?" "For a present." "~ Raúl." "~ Yeah?" "I don't want any more complains from your mom." "No, Dad." "Try to come straight home when you get out of school." "Yes, Dad." "I'll wait for you with my dinner in the old Lola." "OK." "~ Raúl." "~ Yeah?" "If you hide that shell case in a pink rose, Amy will be very flattered." "If you still feel ill, Uncle, I won't go to school." "Oh, no, my girl, I'm not ill!" "I'm fine, it's just that I woke up a bit nervous,... so many worries, only worries, only worries..." "But with a bit of exercise I'm sure I'll be back in battery." "Promise me you won't go see your friends the shrimpers." "Oh, sure, I won't go see them now." "Look, I swear by the Holy Cross, by this one." "By this Holy Cross I swear I won't." "The day you croak you're going straight to hell." "Oh, how well you love me!" "Otherwise, you might have sent me somewhere else!" "OK, Uncle, I'm going, otherwise I'll arrive late and mistress Jovita will give me what for." "What that mistress Jovita needs is for me to invite her to the movies, that'll take away her bad mood." "Oh, Uncle!" "Oh, my girl, God bless you, God bless you." "~ Goodbye, Uncle ~ Go on." "Study hard, my girl." "What was up, my Bear?" "Raise the anchor and toast health, OK?" "Oh, not now, brother." "~ Why not?" "~ I'm foresworn, brother!" "Not now!" "Ah, but since I'm not inviting you to sin, but rather to toast health, that's not bad!" "~ Oh, how stubborn you are!" "~ Why?" "What happens is that I can't drink, I've sworn." "Then, what will you make of your life?" "You're a bit old to be an altar boy." "I'm going to dedicate myself to acting like your father." "What?" "Well, didn't you say that I'm old?" "OK, OK, OK, so why did you say that?" "With the intention to see whether you'd take me as I am." "Ah, that's enough to lose my temper, you old pirate!" "Well, if you're about to lose your temper, take a fresh piece of ice to cool down yourself." "Stop it, stop it, pirate!" "Stop it if you don't want me to disrespect you, brother." "Well, if you can't hold up the bag, don't fill it on crabs..." "Leave off." "...they can bite your back." "Stop preaching at me, pirate." "That's over." "Well, look, I'll accompany you to the Bermuda Triangle to so you can drink a beer to my health." "OK, and what are you going to do?" "No, no, no, brother, I swore, I'll just watch you." "No!" "How come, my pirate?" "It's just this morning that I swore to Amy not to go back on the drink." "Oh, no, me, when I swear, I follow through!" "How could it be otherwise!" "?" "No, listen, my pirate, an idea's coming to me." "Why not get married,... and then maybe you'll stop being sad?" "And not only that, you'll get someone to take care of your niece." "Look, my Bear, I'll tell you something, OK?" "Look, my sorrows are mine, so keep out of it, OK?" "If I drink a few cups with you it's because I like you." "Thanks, brother." "But my sorrows are mine alone, you got that?" "I will tell you one thing, though:" "I don't know what's wrong with me." "Bad luck has dogged me." "My wife...my little mermaid, as I called her... always went fishing with me,... and one day we were caught in a storm." "The boat sank and she disappeared." "Then my sister got married and the ox of her husband left her." "And when Amy was born, my sister died,... and I took over Amy's care." "That's why I say I don't want to take a drink, because if they see me drunk they'll take away my Amy." "And Amy's the best thing I have, she's my treasure!" "~ And I don't want them to take Amy away!" "~ Relax, relax, my pirate!" "~ I don't want them to take her away!" "~ Calm down and forgive me." "That's not what I meant." "I wouldn't tease you about your feelings." "That's why sometimes I'm a bit sad." "But look, look, look..." "I'll accompany you to the Bermuda Triangle,... and we'll see whether it swallows you up or helps you out." "But I'm only watching you, OK?" "~ Oh, that's my Andrew, let's go!" "~ I'm not drinking." "~ A trifle, just some tequila." "~ No, no, no, no, not me." "No, brother, I told you, I'm foresworn, I'm foresworn." "~ One is nothing." "~ I swore!" "Vasco Núñez de Balboa pursued a dream of gold and found an ocean." "Balboa was a Spanish adventurer." "He lived in the Caribbean,... but soon he had to go to a much larger island,... which we now know as Panama." ""Amy, I have a surprise, I'll see you outside." "Raúl."" "Since Balboa owed a lot of money, he had to proceed in secret,... he hid in a barrel..." "Amy, pay attention to the book!" "He hid in a barrel, which was loaded on a ship,... and he didn't emerge until he was sure he was at sea." "Very nice, Raúl." "And this, too." "A shell case?" "It's yours, a present." "But it's not just any old shell case, it belonged to Pancho Villa." "Pancho Villa?" "Who's that?" "You don't know about Pancho Villa?" "A hero of the Mexican Revolution." "You should read about the history of Mexico." "That's where you'll find Pancho Villa." "And that shell case was fired from his own hands,... during a fierce battle during the revolution." "Pancho Villa was as famous as...as..." "Abraham Lincoln." "Raúl, that's the first present you've ever given me." "The first of many." "Roses are my favorite flower." "How did you know?" "It wasn't that hard." "All women get goofy over flowers." "Oh, my Bear, a new sunrise caught us awake!" "Oh, don't be so blind, my pirate!" "Don't you see we're still sailing in the same day?" "Well, I was sure there was a clear singing of birds." "Birds, my foot!" "What happens is that you can't overcome a single drop anymore, my pirate." "Hey, my Bear!" "I'll best this storm, and any other cyclones that come our way!" "Then why do you want to go, brother?" "You've got no one waiting for you at your vessel, but I do!" "Well, in that case, let's get moving before the tide comes in." "~ We may not make it back to port." "~ That's true." "~ Mister Andrew." "~ What?" "Just like they told me: you're a drunk!" "I wouldn't not tolerate this "drunk" insult even if it came from Jimmy Carter." "Who are you?" "Lawyer Jaso, an official of the department dealing with homeless children." "I now realize Miss Poli's accusations are true, that you're a drunk." "No, sir, I'm not a drunk, I'm a fisherman, and the child has a home: with me." "Is that so?" "Then what were you supposed to be doing in there?" "~ We were diving." "~ Diving in a bar?" "No, not in a bar, in the Bermuda Triangle, which not everyone enters and returns alive from." "Tomorrow you'll receive a visit from Miss Poli, and she will also examine your vices,... and I won't rest until I take custody of that poor child... since the only thing she gets from you are bad examples." "If you send this visit, I'll sic Orca the Killer Whale on you to swallow you whole." "Get out of here, beat it!" "Cretins!" "What I recommend is that tomorrow you aren't like you are today." "What, how am I just now?" "You're drunker than a sailor on his first shore leave." "Me, drunk?" "~ Oh, you made me break my pledge!" "~ Me?" "You made me break the oath I made." "You made me break my pledge!" "Go on, serve some more!" "Now don't make waves!" "Bear!" "Go on, Bear, don't get stuck, don't give up, don't disappoint me." "Well, pour it, anyway, because tomorrow I'll give up drinking." "¤ Listen to my serenade as I sing, baby doll,... ¤ my heart can't bear it and wants to see you nearby." "¤ Show up for a minute, girl of my loves,... ¤ to steal a kiss and give you a bouquet of flowers." "¤ If the moon is jealous and between the clouds covers... ¤ then your pretty face will light up my serenade." "¤ After you hear my song, get to dream of angels,... ¤ after giving me the magic of watching myself in your eyes." "¤ Do not let me go without me holding your little hand,... ¤ I want to see that your window decorated with your face." "¤ If the moon is jealous and between the clouds covers... ¤ your pretty face will light up my serenade. ¤" "¤ And the waves come, the waves go,... ¤" "~ You liked it?" "~ Sure, it was very nice." "~ And now, who's on my boat?" "~ What boat?" "What do you mean, what boat?" "Get yourself some glasses if you can't see, buddy." "It's your son-in-law." "I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, to see, to see, to see..." "Wow, wow, wow...so we have a philanderer here, right?" "What are you doing here?" "Well, I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm...a boyfriend." "My boyfriend?" "No, Amy's." "Oh, so you're both up for playing boy- and girlfriend and all that stuff...!" "And you love Amy?" "And you've decided to become an old salt?" "For that you need a lot of guts, kid." "Oh, yes!" "Often you'll have to fight fierce ocean beasts." "You'll have to fight with whales, sharks, giant octopi." "Have you fought ocean beasts?" "Oh, my!" "You ask if I've fought ocean beasts?" "Oh, my!" "Haven't I told you about when I came face to beak with "Tentáculos"?" "~ "Tentáculos"?" "~ "Tentáculos"?" "Yeah, it was a huge octopus." "Huge, monstrous, everyone was scared of it." "Well, with its suckers it destroyed the iron hulls of ships." "No one wanted anything to do with it." "It was the colossus of the sea, and I confronted him." "By myself, with weapon in hand, I threw myself at it and began to fight." "You certainly had modern weapons." "No, not modern weapons!" "My weapon was no more than my knife." "I held it in my mouth, leapt, and I began my dive." "Oh, I used to dive a lot, indeed!" "It began to approach with its tentacles." "But then I pulled out my knife... and I went first for the eyes, so it couldn't see me." "Then I began hacking off all the tentacles,... and I stabbed it loads of times, loads of times!" "Well, I turned it into octopus fillets." "Well, for one year I was eating octopus seethed in its own ink." "That's how it was." "Good, it's already late at night, so it's time for bed." "We'll see you, Romeo." "Hey, his name's Raúl." "What Raúl?" "Right now, he's Romeo and you're Juliet, man." "I think my name's Amy." "Oh, sure!" "Fine, let's get going." "~ Yes, sir." "~ Goodbye, Raúl." "~ Goodbye, Amy." "~ Let's go to sleep." "What's up, Raúl?" "Oh, nothing, Amy, nothing." "Good night." "~ Some subject has to be the first one to be learned." "~ Don't worry, I'll teach you to fish." "The only thing I want is that my parents don't know." "They want me to be an architect, doctor, lawyer, or something like that." "Forget all that." "Tomorrow I'll pick you up early and we'll go fishing." "Thanks, Cat." "Someday I'll do something for you." "Fernando..." "Fernando!" "Elena, let my shoes alone, else I won't find them in the morning." "Shut up and let us get some sleep!" "Quiet!" "You want to wake my parents?" "What the hell were you thinking, that I'd wait for you until morning?" "~ Here." "~ Let's go!" "You just threw out my shoe." "Ahhhhy!" "What's that all about?" "What "that"?" ""Ahhhhy!" That." "You plan to become a fisherman?" "~ Sure, and later a captain." "~ You're crazy." "~ Indeed I am." "~ I've already caught one, and it feels pretty big!" "How strong it pulls, the damned thing!" "It must be a whale." "Damned sea!" "Fucking fish, it got away!" "It's a son of a bitch..." "As already stated:" "I'll become the best fisherman in Brownsville." "Ha!" "Fuck off, you bitch!" "What do you want, girl?" "~ A book." "~ A book?" "But do you know how to read?" "Here it is." "It's from mistress Jovita." "She said that..." "Yes, yes, I know." "And what book do you want?" "The History of Mexico." "Especially with the story of General Pancho Villa." "Wait here." "I'll see if we have it." "~ Here it is." "~ Thanks." "Amy!" "Amy!" "Come on over!" "What's up, Ma'am?" "Amy, what are you doing here?" "I went to the library for this book." "~ Will you walk me home?" "~ Sure." "History of Mexico?" "I never thought you were interested in the history of my country." "It's Raúl...well, really, I don't want to read the whole book, I'm just interested in Pancho Villa." "Pancho Villa?" "I can't imagine all the things he puts into your head." "He gave me a shell case that belonged to the General." "A shell case?" "Do you think it's not true?" "Sure, well, if Raúl said so, it must have been." "Now, moving on to something else, I'll measure you and make you a dress." "Why?" "Enough "why"?" "You like Raúl, don't you?" "To capture the heart of a man, we must always be neat and clean." "Come along." "Let's, Amy, we'll put you at...57 at the waist... torso...32..." "And the drop...how far do you want it to go, eh?" "How about here?" "This girl's a big flirt!" "And now we will give you a bath." "~ A bath?" "~ Yes." "Ma'am, I just remembered that my uncle needs me." "But Amy!" "Where are you going?" "Wait, Amy!" "Come back, you need a bath!" "Some other time, Ma'am, see you!" "Look at the haughty pair of them!" "Let's beat them to the bridge!" "Stand aside, so we can get by." "~ Try it." "~ We don't want problems, go away." "~ Make us." "~ I'll cross it and nobody will stop me." "~ Now!" "~ Hit them hard!" "~ You can do it, Raúl!" "~ Hit hard, Cat!" "Don't back down, Raúl!" "This mouth is all that was left." "I wanted to show your Uncle Andrew that I can be a good fisherman, but these..." "That doesn't matter, Raúl." "I'm proud of you." "You're very valiant." "But Raúl, just look, such an messy look this is!" "Eh?" "Look what shape you came home in!" "Cat and I fought with Tano and his gang and we broke his nose, Mom!" "You should learn from your father." "He's a careful man, clean, and wouldn't dare come in looking so... messy." "And what happened to you?" "I got into a fight." "How about you?" "I fell into the oil, my son." "Enough chit-chat." "You two go take baths or you don't eat!" "Go on, son." "~ Come on!" "~ Yeah, yeah." "Walk!" "~ Mmmmh!" "~ Mmmh, my foot!" "I'm coming, I'm coming." "Come along!" "What are you trying to prove?" "Who are you trying to impress?" "What are you going to do?" "Tomorrow I'll go fishing, Andrew." "Yeah, the only thing you're going to catch, Bob, is a cold, a "Instant-Mucus" brand cold." "The truth is, Bob, you won't catch anything, brother, nothing." "Look, you'd better grab yourself a drink, eh?" "You're a bad omen trout." "Rather than poisoning your blood, you should learn what a fisherman is:... someone who goes out to sea and comes back with a full hold." "The only thing that goes into old Andrew's hold is this, Bob." "Fine water." "The very finest water from the very Bermuda Triangle!" "You two are the shame of the guild!" "You should get on your boats and sail away from here." "And who's going to run us off, you?" "Come on, Andrew, your boat's engine's rusted solid." "Make good use of it, let's see if you're still strong enough." "Oh, look, Bob, go to the Devil, brother, but don't mess with my life!" "Each has his own life, his own way of doing things, and his own drink." "Drunks!" "~ That sneaky Bob!" "~ His whale of a wife used to spank him." "Well, let's go, my Bear." "Don't get stuck, don't get stuck." "Straight home." "Crouch there." "Crouch there!" "Hold me, hold me, hold me!" "Oh, you were going to leave me here to keep the bottle for yourself!" "What a bastard!" "¤ The waves come in, the waves go out... ¤" "What courage, my uncle is again walking on his hands and knees!" "Old drunk!" "My uncle's birthday's today and I don't know what to get." "Why not give him a bottle of cognac or spirits?" "A bottle that he can grip!" "Don't be a dimwit, he does that every day!" "I'd get him a captain's uniform, but I only have three bucks." "Then, what will you give him...?" "Your business!" "Why not give him a pipe or a porno magazine...?" "~ Cat!" "~ What poor judgment you have, brother!" "Will you go to the shop with me?" "That pipe idea sounds like a winner." "What are we waiting for?" "~ How do you like this one?" "~ I don't like it, he'd look like Popeye." "I've decided on this one." "Yes." "Fine, if you'll excuse me, but I have a very important appointment." "~ Right, then." "~ Thanks for coming along, Cat." "Today I'm going to the dock." "I'll see you there." "I like this." "I'll buy it." "Agreed." "And we're going to buy this tobacco to make smoke like a steam engine." "~ Let's go." "~ Let's go." "Is that everything?" "Nothing else?" "No, nothing else." "That'll be $2.68." "What's this mean?" "Mr. Guzman, to the register, please." "You know that stealing is against the law?" "She didn't steal." "Explain that to the juvenile court.." "It was me, I wanted to steal the cigars, not her." "Then it'll be you who goes to jail." "Yes, Ma'am." "Mr. Guzman, the boy wanted to steal this merchandise." "I'll be back right away." "Uncle Andrew, Uncle Andrew!" "And I told them: "I'll get a serenade before I'd sell shrimp at the price you want."" "And what did they say?" "That if they weren't sold, they'd kill me." "So what did you do?" "Well, instead of letting it go to waste, I ate the whole thing." "Well, my body turned so red, it looked like a red snapper." "Uncle Andrew, Uncle Andrew, they're taking Raúl to jail!" "Why would they take Raúl to jail?" "What's he done?" "Nothing, he shouldered the blame for me!" "~ What did you do?" "~ Nothing." "~ What kind of "nothing"?" "Then what happened?" "~ Come on, I'll explain it to you on the road." "~ Come on, Bear, stop fishing!" "." "~ Hurry!" "See you later, honey." "~ Which was it?" "~ The last one." "Excuse me, Miss." "Where's the lad they arrested?" "In the office, downstairs to the right." "~ Hurry up there, my pirate!" "~ Come on." "See you tonight." "I'm sorry, but something like this I can't overlook." "Look, sir, I won't deny that you're absolutely right, but you see, he's just a boy!" "Yes, sir, but then they grow up to become delinquents." "Look...sir...don't be so severe, I'll pay for the cigars." "I smoke them myself, and I'll invite you to have one." "No, let's both smoke them." "Just if the boy's parents come." "But I want to avoid upsetting his parents." "How's his mother, nowadays?" "Well...no...a very bad heart, the poor dear." "Besides, they wanted them to go to the other shop." "Where did I tell you to go to?" "No, no, I told them to come to this one, that it was better." "I told them to come to this shop because it's the best, man." "Furthermore, your vegetables, since they come from Mexico, they're very good." "Such spinach, such onions, such tomatoes, such peas...my goodness... the biggest peas!" "Isn't that for sure?" "As far as I'm concerned, it's the best shop in town." "Yes." "OK, take him, but make sure it doesn't happen again." "I'm holding you responsible." "Yes, sir, I'll hold for him, or else, this guy will." "~ Come on." "~ Good, let's go." "~ Yes, let's go." "~ Didn't you take anything?" "~ What happened, my pirate?" "~ See you!" "~ I told you not to drink, condemned admiral." "~ Give it a rest, please." "You were just as drunk yesterday." "I'll get a shirt." "Don't scrape so hard, I'm not a fish." "Fish my boot, you smell like a rotting crab!" "Not that shirt, it's just for weddings." "Yeah, for binges." "~ Hurry, my Amy." "~ Thank him for me." "I'll pick up old Poli." "Good day, Mademoiselle Poli." "May I kiss your hand?" "Who are you?" "I'm the purser on this vessel." "This is the seven-times heroic crew of Captain Andrew." "Bob, "Droller", "Peppers", "Silversides", "Trumpets", "Frogkiller"..." ""Eel", "Mama Dolores", and "Hawthorn for Sale"." "Where's the old drunk..." "I mean, Mr. Andrew?" "Captain Andrew invites you to come in, to the Captain's Cabin." "Allow me." "Yeah, or did you go to get married!" "He made an impression on the old woman and didn't even invite us for a beer!" "Let's go!" "Excuse me, Milady." "Come along, Madame." "Captain Andrew!" "I'll be right there, my lady, I'll be right with you." "Please be seated, Miss." "Welcome to my humble craft." "Mr. Andrew, the Commission for the Protection of Children... has decided that you have failed to meet the standards... for the custody, education, and upbringing of your niece Amy." "~ Look, Mrs. Poli..." "~ Miss!" "Fine, excuse me, excuse me, one never knows." "No, no, one never knows, so I beg your pardon, Miss Poli." "My lady?" "That's..." "look, Miss Poli..." "I think you're wrong, because Amy receives the best education, as you can see." "She has everything, she wants for nothing..." "You forgot something basic." "She lives among men only." "She needs the affection of a mother, and I've heard that you're a confirmed bachelor." "Oh, no, no!" "No, Miss Poli!" "Nothing like that, I'm no confirmed bachelor,..." "I just haven't found the right woman." "Since you spend all your time drunk, how do you expect to find her?" "Excuse me, Miss Poli, but I haven't had a drop." "I'm aware that in the Bermuda Triangle they serve only whole bottles to you." "Those are slanders of my fellow shrimpers!" "You already know what they're like, man!" "Now look around you here, everything is clean, everything is beautiful,..." "Does this look like the boat of a drunk?" "There's not even a whiff of alcohol." "Or can you smell any?" "Maybe there's a smell of diesel fuel, but it surely comes from this guy." "Oh, Miss Poli!" "Why do people badmouth you, then?" "Well...no, you're not what they describe." "What do they say about me, Mr. Andrew?" "No, you're not the way they picture you." "What do they say about me, Mr. Andrew?" "Well, look, I wouldn't like..." "Do be seated, Miss Poli." "Look, the other day I was talking to some guys... and they said they worked in the same department you do... and they told me they were going to send me... --- forgive me, Miss Poli --- ... such a witch,... such a cockatoo,... such a smoked oyster,... such a shark,... such a killer whale." "That angered me, of course, so I defended you." "I told them "No, what this means is that you don't know how to treat women, and I do."" "And now I've shown that." "What have you shown, Mr. Andrew?" "Well, I've shown that you're not as bad as they say, that you're really an angel... with a heart as big as the state of Texas." "Yes, Miss Poli." "And your eyes are telling me that I'm a man... ~ Yes, sir!" "~ ... responsible,... who can take care of raising Amy." "And I'll give her the best education in the world." "But you, Miss, have an intelligent face." "This, coupled with your sartorial elegance and cute beauty..." "What a nice dress, you really know how to dress up beautifully...!" "What a nice combination, and with your hair in a ponytail...!" "Mr. Andrew, I will report to the office." "And I'll let you know the results of this visit." "By your leave, until then." "Today they're showing a good movie, "Love Story" --- aren't we going?" "Ah, damned pirate, you spoke like a politician, brother, how great!" "I'm going to stay, Uncle." "Oh, her bag, take it to her!" "~ Miss Poli!" "~ Don't go thinking that we're some sort of..." "Oh!" "When the other kids see you in this dress, they won't recognize you!" "Yeah." "But this is certain:" "I won't let you put it on if you don't take a bath." "Yuck!" "Come on, my Bear, take me to the school dance!" "No, no, my dear pirate, I won't go to the school dance." "Anything you'd want if it takes place in the Bermuda Triangle." "Now!" "So you fault your buddy, the pirate of the seven seas?" "Let's go, man, later I'll invite you to something better!" "Bullshit, bullshit!" "Hey, look who's there!" "Now he can't get away." "What's up, what's got into you?" "~ Hey, Cat!" "~ Eh?" "Won't you give me one cigar, one of those in your pocket?" "I don't smoke cigars, sir." "You don't smoke, but you steal them, right?" "I don't understand, sir." ""I don't understand..." Don't hide!" "The other day I had to go rescue Raúl from a shop." "They held him there because of what you did." "Look, Cat, those of us who came to this land to find dollars... we have to carry ourselves well so people don't gossip about us." "It's hard enough leaving our families,... our native land, that beautiful Mexico to which we owe such respect." "We have to behave well so people don't gossip about us." "Well, I don't count, because I'm an old wreck." "But I don't want you starting to spoil your own ship." "I want you to be a worthwhile man, and you still can be,... so avoid getting your hands dirty,... but before anything else you apologize to Raúl for what you did." "You got that?" "OK, sir, I'll talk to him and Amy today." "Go on, Cat, go on." "Run, boy!" "Go, pirate!" "But how did it occur to you to take me to a kid's dance?" "Oh, my Bear, we have to keep quiet, for my niece Amy!" "Ah, but later on I'll take you to Lupe, the horsewoman." "Hey, no, surely we owe a debt to Lupe!" "But how did she said we could get even with her?" "Only if we bring her some "bear" to make love with her." "Oh, there it is, I've got it." "Aha!" "And where did you get?" "I went to Rita "the oil well" and there she had some huge handsome guy,... and he began to say "Uncle, Uncle, Uncle" and I said "Come with me, my nephew"." "Come in, come in and have fun,... and when you decide to begin school I'll register you at once." "Thanks, teacher." "Hi." "What?" "You don't want to be my friend anymore?" "Only if you forgive me." "I've already forgotten about what happened in the shop." "I owed you, now we're even." "Friends?" "Friends." "Raúl, I think this lady needs company." "I think so, too, mistress." "By your leave." "~ Would you be my partner?" "~ That's why I came." "Cat, don't you want to come eat with me?" "Sure." "What a cute couple they are!" "Don't you think?" "Yes, and how pretty Amy looks with the dress you made her!" "But you never wanted to sew a button on my shirt." "¤ It left following the trail of its master who didn't return,... ¤ it spent more than three days without food." "¤ The dog I'm talking about was ordinary and brown haired." "¤ They called it "fandango-dancer" when it grew up." "¤ What a dog, what a noble animal!" "Such a dog I'll never forget!" "¤ It left one October night from San Juan del Río,... ¤ it felt neither hunger nor cold, it wanted to find its owner." "¤ It left Querétaro far behind, it searched in San Luis las Estrellas,... ¤ and one day its paw prints left Matehuala." "¤ What a dog, what a noble animal!" "Such a dog I'll never forget!" "¤ When it ran through Saltillo it met several coyotes,... ¤ which it killed and it ran through the mountains to continue its quest." "¤ In Monterrey and Sabinas it thought it would find him soon,... ¤ tired, even bent, but it didn't want to sleep." "¤ What a dog, what a noble animal!" "Such a dog I'll never forget!" "¤ Then it crossed the border, making its way to the other side... ¤ and at last it found the master it had lost." "¤ It tumbled on a grave where there's a sign:... ¤ "Here lies a laborer", and the noble dog died." "¤ What a dog, what a noble animal!" "Such a dog I'll never forget!" "¤" "Ah, you smell like a father-in-law, my pirate!" "We finally got someone to scrub the boat!" "You'll see, you'll see." "Don't let me down, my old Lola." "You can't let me down." "Fernando, Fernando!" "Fernando, Fernando, Fernando!" "How is he, Doctor?" "You must be strong, Ma'am." "Your husband has been saved." "The attack was severe: he'll be paralyzed for the rest of his life." "But that means..." "Old Lola is a great locomotive." "The day its whistle gets to sound strong again, she'll be healed." "You fixed it, Dad, you fixed it!" "Old Lola will run again, Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad, you fixed it." "You fixed it, Dad!" "Dad, Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "You fixed it, Dad, you fixed it, old Lola will run again, Dad!" "You fixed it, Dad!" "Mom, he fixed it, old Lola works again, my dad fixed it!" "~ There it is." "~ What?" "~ I have an idea." "~ So share it." "Good, can't you imagine, look!" "I'll go fishing, and all the fish will be for Raúl's family." "You're crazy, pirate, we don't have a dime!" "We'd better go to the Bermuda Triangle." "Besides, your cart is pretty old." "Old?" "Your beard is old!" "Lend it to me and I'll comb it in two braids." "~ What's up, old pirate?" "~ I'm going fishing!" "Go on, loose ends, loose ends." "That thing is very old, you won't get anywhere with it." "~ You're green with envy!" "~ With that thing you won't make it to the corner!" "Hey, what are they saying?" "That old Andrew can't sail any more?" "I'm going out and I'm coming back with a full hold." "Don't be envious, the sons of maritime reform!" "Come on, girl." "Ah, that pirate is crazier than a goat!" "Come, my daughter, come." "Let's go." "Now they'll see." "Mr. Andrew, Captain, Captain!" "Mr. Andrew, Captain, Mr. Andrew!" "~ Mr. Andrew." "~ What, has your dad got worse?" "Let me come fishing with you." "No, son, no, no, no, no." "No way!" "Why not, Mr. Andrew?" "Please, take me fishing with you." "No, no way, don't even ask." "No, my boy, no way, no." "Look, your father is so bad,... suppose something happens to us at sea --- then what --- to kill him by upsetting him?" "~ What could happen?" "~ No, quiet, quiet." "Relax, my girl." "Well, yeah, I need someone to help me." "Then the gang of shrimpers say they're my friends." "No one wants to sign up for my boat." "No, because when we get back I'd have to settle with your parents." "No." "I already asked their permission, Mr. Andrew." "You asked their permission?" "~ Yeah." "~ Really?" "Really, Mr. Andrew." "Come on, my boy." "Let's go." "Well, all settled then, I just got a crew." "What's all this, what's all this?" "No, no, you're not here to strut around, you're here to work." "Go on, help Amy stow the ropes, go on." "And sound off." "~ Yes, my captain." "~ Go on, quickly." "Come on, my boy." "Why did he do it, my God?" "Relax, Ma'am, take it easy." "The only explanation is that Amy's aboard." "The boy loves her." "But he didn't have to go on board." "He could have waited until she got back." "He's suffering greatly from his father's illness." "Perhaps he was seeking comfort in the arms of the girl." "But I love him, I adore him...!" "Easy, Ma'am, easy." "It'll only be two days." "The day after tomorrow we'll be waiting for them at the pier." "Uncle, Uncle!" "Amy, Amy, Amy!" "Mr. Andrew, I can't reach Amy!" "Amy, Amy!" "My girl, my girl!" "You'll have to reach her through the porthole." "Through the porthole!" "Amy!" "Mr. Andrew, Mr. Andrew, here, here, Mr. Andrew!" "~ Amy!" "~ Amy!" "Hang on, Amy, I'll get you out right away!" "Amy, Amy!" "Where are you, Amy?" "Hang onto the table, hang onto the table." "Hang onto the table!" "It's useless to wait for him." "Old Andrew is as stubborn as a mule." "He'll weather the storm at sea." "Why didn't you let me drown?" "Why did it have to be my Amy?" "Why?" "My son!" "My son!" "Damn ocean!" "It always takes from me what I love most!" "Bring back my Amy!" "Bring back my Amy!" "Your parents are there." "Mom!" "Raúl, I'm overwhelmed!" "My son!" "Amy...she drowned." "The sea robbed her from me." "My God!" "¤ "What is it, boy, what's wrong?"" "¤ they said to me at school and asked me at home." "¤ And until then I suddenly knew... ¤ when they checked attendance, she wasn't present." "¤ She of the blue backpack, the one with sleepy eyes,... ¤ caused me great concern and bad grades." "¤ I wouldn't go out to recess, nothing amused me." "¤ I can't read or write, I need her eyes." "¤ I kept her colored pencils as a memory,... ¤ two sheets of a notebook says "Love" between the blots." "¤ I'd like to be able to stare at her in her desk,... ¤ because if she never returns, my classroom will be very depressing." "¤ She of the blue backpack, the one with sleepy eyes,... ¤ caused me great concern and bad grades." "¤ I wouldn't go out to recess, nothing amused me." "¤ I can't read or write, I need her eyes. ¤" "What's going on, what happened, my pirate?" "What's up, Jálale-ahí?" "Here, this is good for your troubles." "No, Jálale-ahí." "Cheer up, pull yourself together." "No, Jálale-ahí, Bob was right, this damned booze will lead me astray." "~ I want my Amy!" "~ Forget her at once." "And Amy, this is what she hated most, this cursèd vice!" "Leave me alone, leave me alone!" "Don't talk to me, leave me alone!" "Amy, Amy!" "Uncle, I came back!" "Uncle!" "Uncle, I came back!" "Amy?" "Amy?" "Amy!" "Amy!" "Amy!" "~ Uncle!" "~ Amy!" "Amy, Amy!" "I love you, my Amy!" "Thank you, God, thank you, God!" "Thank you, blessèd ocean!" "Thank you, blessèd ocean, you returned my Amy!" "Bravo!" "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" "Thanks, buddies!" "Amy is back with me again!" "My girl!" "My admiral!" "Come on, gang, let's go." "Raúl!" "Raúl!" "Amy!" "Amy, Amy!" "Oh, my Amy!"