"Hello" "Hello, Grandpa?" "Can I come stay with you in the mountains?" "When I was little" "I lived in the mountains with my grandparents" "Grandpa used to say" "Just look up at the starry sky and the whole world will seem so vast" "They're all modern French artists" "Come any time" "We have on-site commentators" "No problem, just call me" "I'll wait for you there" "No, it's really progressive" "Who buys old paintings these days?" "Modern art goes up in value" "Sure" "Next time there's an auction, we'll go" "Hello" "Hello, Grandpa" "Mei?" "Are you on the train?" "You went home?" "I'm home" "Mei" "Grandpa's wondering what gift to make for you?" "Oh" "An elephant" "A blue elephant" "OK." "I'll bring it when I come visit" "Grandpa" "Come soon" "I really miss you" "Mom, what are you doing?" "Travel stuff" "I'm leaving in two days" "I'll be back before New Years" "Again?" "Haven't started?" "Waiting for me?" "Let's eat" "What do you think?" "It's silly" "You're wearing a hat at the dinner table?" "Mei" "Dad made sweet and sour pork your favorite" "Mei" "What's wrong?" "My trip to Paris is cancelled" "How come?" "Come on, tell me what's going on" "Can you just leave me alone?" "Come back and finish dinner first" "I need to be alone for a bit, please" "Please get out of my room" "Your room?" "When did it become 'your' room?" "When you put a bed in your study" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Let's not fight, OK?" "It's not that serious" "Yeah, it's never serious for you it's always me..." "Shall we finish the 'Starry Night' puzzle?" "Mei, go back to your room" "I'll be there in a bit" "All of us?" "Be a good girl" "Go back to your room" "Good girl" "Merry Christmas" "I don't know who you are" "But I want to tell you" "Merry Christmas" "GRADE 7, CLASS 3" "OK, everybody" "Settle down" "Come on, Back to your seats" "We have a new student" "Come on, come on in" "Introduce yourself" "My name is Jay" "He's a bit shy" "His name is Jay" "His last name is Chou" "Jay Chou" "He's joining our class" "Let's all help him settle in" "Let's give him a round of applause" "You can sit there" "Open up your books" "Shawn" "What chapter are we on?" "I don't have my textbook" "You confiscated it last time..." "Through interacting with others" "We can better understand ourselves" "Discover our strengths and weaknesses" "And gain a sense of balance" "If we find our strengths we can use them" "Build our self-confidence" "And unlock our potential" "You there!" "We're in the middle of a lesson" "Where do you think you're going?" "The bathroom" "You didn't think to ask?" "May I go to the bathroom?" "He's so cocky" "Hurry back" "Everyone else" "Pay attention, let's continue" "Mei" "We're going for some crepes" "Want to come?" "I..." "Come on, let's go" "I have to be home early" "Next time, OK?" "Next time" "What are you doing?" "Studying" "Look what I bought you" "Hang it up for me" "No way!" "Naked women!" "Shawn!" "What are you doing?" "Let me see" "You can look and I can't?" "Check it what the new kid drew!" "Go away!" "Stop it!" "You guys, look!" "Look at the naked women!" "Look!" "Stop it guys!" "Hey, Shawn" "What are you doing?" "Looking at naked women" "Stop it!" "Class rep." "What happened?" "He..." "Shawn" "What's that?" "Take a look yourself" "Whose is this?" "His" "Don't take someone else's stuff!" "Jay" "I'm sorry" "None of your business" "Miss Chang" "Jay's..." "Jay's sketchbook" "How should I put it?" "It's not that the school doesn't value art" "It's just that, some of Jay's sketches" "Can lead to some wrong thoughts" "For the other students..." "You know schoolboys" "They're very immature" "They can't tell the difference" "Between art and pornography" "Just as long as you teachers can" "Jay won't bring that sketchbook to school anymore" "Right?" "You think you're cool?" "Not so cocky now!" "Kick him!" "You asked for it!" "Stop it!" "Let Jay go!" "Are you okay?" "I'll survive" "How many times have I told you" "It is never OK to hurt a girl" "Mrs Chou" "Jay never hit me" "Some boys were bullying me" "Jay got hurt coming to help me" "Mom, let's go" "Is someone picking you up?" "Yes" "Thank you" "The two of them" "They were making out in an alley" "Totally shameless!" "No way!" "Shawn saw..." "Dad" "Help me with this" "You went to see Grandpa?" "Mei" "Grandpa's sick" "He's in the hospital" "This elephant was when I went to get Grandpa he said to give it to you" "Can I go see Grandpa?" "It's past your bed time" "Dad!" "Let Grandpa rest a bit" "I'll take you tomorrow" "You coming too?" "Come on" "Let's go" "We'll go see Grandpa together" "Grandpa" "Grandpa" "Mei" "Where's your Mom and Dad?" "You came by yourself?" "You can have the elephant" "I don't want it" "When you get better" "Make him a fourth leg, then I'll take him" "OK" "Dad!" "Mom!" "We're going out" "Be a good girl, stay home" "Mei" "We're leaving now" "You're really not coming?" "You don't want to say goodbye to Grandpa?" "Don't force her if she doesn't want to" "Hey, young lady!" "Excuse me!" "Mei" "You forgot to pay" "You forgot to pay" "Mei" "About..." "The..." "The classroom decoration contest" "Teacher asked me to do it" "I was wondering..." "Can you help me with it?" "I can't finish by myself" "OK" "Really?" "Morning" "Good morning" "I drew it out, just follow the steps" "So now I'm up to..." "Here" "This one" "A bit to the left" "Down a little" "Check it out" "Mei and Jay, they're at it again" "Over there, being all lovey" "Up a bit, over there" "That's good" "Shawn, what are you doing?" "This looks good!" "Can I have it?" "Looks good, just like me" "We match" "Thanks!" "Give it back" "There are so many animals" "Elephants, squirrels, sheep..." "Let me have this one." "Thanks" "Don't mess with other people's stuff" "What!" "I can't have it?" "I'll take it if I want to!" "What?" "Knock it off!" "What?" "I dare you to hit me" "Too scared?" "Go on" "Give it back" "Shawn, stop it!" "Keep at it and I'll get the teacher" "Call him, I don't care" "I'm not scared of him" "Stop it, Shawn" "Shawn, listen to the class rep" "Here we go again" "He's always like this" "So childish" "Shawn" "Give it back" "Who wants these stupid things, anyway" "Mom" "Get changed and we'll go eat, OK?" "Mei, did you get a boyfriend?" "Huh?" "No" "You've been coming home late" "I told you, I'm busy with the competition" "Are you happy?" "Whatever you do" "It's important to be happy" "Mom..." "Are you happy?" "Right now, I'm really happy" "Remember the dance I taught you when you were little?" "That step forward, step back clap your hands one?" "Dance with me" "What?" "Here?" "Sure!" "No!" "Come on!" "Ready... 1.2.3.4.5 Jump!" "Jump!" "3." "Jump" "3." "Jump" "1.2.3." "Jump" "This is Monet's 'Woman with a Parasol'" "The woman is his wife, Camille" "The boy next to her is their son" "This is 'The Lovers' by Magritte" "This is Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'" "This is..." "Renoir's 'Luncheon of the Boating Party'" "How do you know all this?" "My Mom studied art in Paris" "So starting from when I was little" "Every year my family did puzzles of famous paintings" "But lately it's just me, by myself" "Can I help you?" "I want to buy 'Starry Night'" "Starry Night" "We have it in 300, 500 1000 and 3000 pieces" "Which one do you want?" "I have the 1000 pieces" "But I lost a piece" "Can you sell me one piece?" "The center of the brightest star" "We don't sell individual pieces" "But, besides that" "Feel free to look around" "You know the origin of the jigsaw puzzle?" "No" "In 1760" "There was an English mapmaker" "He stuck one of his maps onto a wooden board" "Then cut around the borders of the towns" "And had his kids put it back together" "When they were done" "They knew where they lived, where home is" "And that's the world's first jigsaw puzzle" "How do you know this?" "It's over there" "Origin of the Puzzle" "You're silly!" "It's written on there" "And you memorized it?" "My memory's good" "Then..." "Say it again" "One day" "He stuck a map onto some wood" "And then" "He cut out the borders of the towns" "Piece by piece" "And his kids put them back together" "So" "The world's first jigsaw..." "Mom" "Mom" "You're not listening" "Mei" "If you're done eating, go to your room" "I need to talk to your father" "Let's go" "We'll know tomorrow if we win or not" "What's wrong?" "Do you think" "The love between two people can disappear?" "Yes" "What can be done?" "I don't know" "Stay with me a bit longer" "This one's quite good" "Yeah!" "nice colors" "This one..." "Not bad" "You like this one?" "No, no" "It's ugly" "I can't believe this one" "'Roo' of Honor?" "Let's go see class 3" "So many people" "Yeah, so many" "Shawn!" "Stop it!" "Get him off!" "Quickly!" "Stop it!" "Get out of the way!" "Go away!" "stop crowding!" "Mom" "We're moving again?" "He's come back" "Here, help mom with this" "We'll talk inside" "Mei, stop that" "Mei!" "Mom and Dad" "We..." "Mom and Dad are getting divorced" "Mom and Dad are getting divorced" "Mei, you're 13" "You understand, right?" "Mei's 13, Mei understands" "We spent a long time" "Making this decision" "This is best for everyone" "This is best for everyone" "This is between Mom and Dad" "It's nothing to do with you" "Don't think it's your fault" "It's just that Mom and Dad" "Can't live together anymore" "We don't want to keep fighting" "It's not fair to Mei" "It's not fair to Mei" "After the divorce" "Mom will move out" "You're in middle school now" "You can decide who you want to live with" "You don't have to make a decision now" "And I won't move out right away" "There's still a lot of things to sort out" "We just thought" "We should let you know" "Mei" "No rush" "You can take your time" "What are you doing?" "So did you decide?" "If Grandpa were still alive" "They wouldn't be doing this" "When did you last see the stars?" "I don't remember" "Let's go look at the stars" "There's a truck!" "What's up?" "We're going to my Grandpa's house" "Can we hitch a ride?" "It's this way?" "Yes" "Hop on" "Ride as far as you like" "Thanks" "Careful" "Thank you" "Bye bye!" "When I was 6" "My first day at school" "This really embarrassing thing happened" "Here" "I took my lunchbox" "And I went into the wrong classroom" "When I was 8" "I saw this girl playing piano on the TV" "And I thought she was really beautiful" "On my 9th birthday" "I made my own birthday cake" "It was a big green tea cake" "When I finished, I thought it was ugly" "But I took it to school" "And my classmates ate it all" "I didn't get a single bite" "Last time I climbed this mountain" "Was summer vacation two years ago" "In this stream" "When I played with Grandpa..." "Am I talking too much?" "No" "You say something" "I don't have anything to say" "Impossible" "Everyone has stories from when they were little" "I don't" "Stingy" "I'm not" "You big stingy" "I'm not stingy" "Yes you are!" "Hey!" "I think it's this way" "Looks like the path on the right" "I think..." "No one's walked that path for a while" "But I remember it being on the left" "You're sure?" "Yes" "It must be here" "I remember these trees" "Ah!" "What's that!" "It's nothing" "Don't look, let's go" "What shall we do?" "Where are we?" "Look!" "There's a house!" "Anyone here?" "What?" "I want to change clothes too" "Didn't you bring any?" "I'll go outside" "Call me when you're done" "No, don't leave!" "I'm scared" "Don't turn round!" "OK" "You're still there?" "I'm..." "I'm still here" "Jay!" "Pervert" "Jay?" "Yeah" "Do you think, if we die" "Out here in the mountains" "When people find us" "They'll say we died for love?" "You're silly!" "I said 'if"" "We're not going to die" "But your Mom and Dad" "Must be really worried about you" "Who knows..." "Maybe they haven't even noticed I'm gone" "That's not possible" "One time, last year" "They had a huge fight" "And I wanted to come see Grandpa" "I went to the train station" "And sat there for ages" "Finally, I went home" "But when I got back" "They were just in their rooms" "With no idea I'd been gone" "When I was 9" "My dad had an accident in his factory" "And lost his fingers" "He stayed home every day, drinking gambling" "He started to hit my mom" "He would grab her by the hair and keep on slapping her" "One day" "My dad was drunk" "He wanted me to drink with him" "I refused" "So he took all my awards" "And ripped them all up" "I couldn't help it, I started to cry" "Then he started to hit me" "He said I looked down on him" "I didn't look down on him" "I just wanted a normal dad" "Why did I have to get a dad like this?" "When my mom found out" "We ran away from home" "And moved far away" "But not long after, Dad found us" "So we kept on moving" "And moving" "And moving" "You're actually lucky" "Get up" "Come on" "Why?" "Come here" "Dance with me" "I..." "I'll teach you 1.2.3.4.5." "Jump!" "1.2.3." "Kick, clap!" "Same this side" "Kick, clap!" "What dance is this?" "I don't know" "My mom learnt it from an old movie" "OK" "Watch me first" "1.2.3.4.5 Jump!" "1.2.3.4" "Three steps forward 1" "2 3" "Turn!" "1.2.3 Jump!" "Same this side" "Kick..." "Clap..." "Kick..." "Clap..." "Three steps forward 1" "2 3" "Then like this" "Good morning" "Morning" "Sleep well?" "Yeah" "Today we should follow the tracks" "They should lead to the road" "OK" "Jay" "Yeah?" "Thank you" "Huh, here again..." "Ladies first" "You first!" "No, you first!" "You first!" "I insist, you first" "Let's go!" "Almost there" "You can tell by smelling the leaves" "Trust me" "Look!" "Wait for me outside" "Is that OK?" "Sure" "Jay" "Come in" "OK" "This is Grandpa's workbench" "He made all of these" "I painted these when I was little" "This is my little desk" "Here it is" "When I was little" "I came with Grandpa to look at the stars" "Why won't the mist go away?" "Give it time" "I really hope..." "You can see the stars" "Mei" "For this short time" "I've been so happy" "I never knew I could be so happy" "Knowing you" "Now I know" "I can be lucky, too" "When I get home" "I have to move again" "My dad, he..." "Mei" "Your Grandpa's phone is cut off" "I brought a cell phone" "In my backpack" "Sorry" "I didn't mean to not tell you" "It's just" "If we used the cell phone" "Our journey would have come to an end" "Let's go home" "Jay" "Stay with me, OK?" "Jay!" "Jay!" "Jay" "Jay" "Dad!" "Mon!" "Grandpa" "Mei" "I have a mom and dad who love me" "Even though they don't love each other anymore" "I have classmates who care about me" "Even though they don't always understand me" "Looking at my classmates walking away" "I realized" "Their summer was just starting" "But my summer" "Was already over" "In my first year of high school" "My mom and dad got divorced" "A few years later" "Mom went abroad and re-married" "I chose to stay with Dad" "At 13" "We're very fragile" "But at 13" "We're also very tough" "So" "Before we have to face this cruel world" "Please be gentle with us" "We don't ask for much" "A glance" "A kind word" "A rainstorm" "A gust of wind or" "Just a nod of the head goodbye" "It's these little kindnesses" "That make us feel special" "But in the end" "I never got the goodbye I wanted" "After that" "I never saw Jay again" "The little rabbit never turned into a big rabbit" "The little elephant never turned into a big elephant" "The only thing that grew was me" "Everything passes" "But before letting go" "Hold on, as tight as you can" "Paris" " Years later" "Mei!" "Merry Christmas!" "Are you happy?" "Yeah" "Let's take a walk!" "OK" "Happy at school?" "Yeah" "You've made friends?" "Yeah" "How many?" "Five" "Do you hear that?" "Yes" "So beautiful!" "It's Mommy" "Mommy, where are you?" "I'm with big sister" "She bought me lots of presents!" "OK" "See you soon" "Bye bye, Mommy" "Hi, Mom" "Everything's good" "Yes" "She's being good" "Mom, it's no problem" "Mom, it's snowing" "Did you pick up Dad?" "No need" "I'll see you guys at dinner" "What you looking at?" "Why is it missing a piece?" "Mom" "See you in a bit" "Yes" "Merry Christmas" "Can I help you?" "Do you still remember?" "That summer" "That most splendid" "Most lonely of starry nights"