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Judy. Yes, Mr. French?

There's another letter for you from Bolivia.

From Gabriel.

No, I hardly think that Mr.

Davis would address you as Senor J. Davis.

Oh, that's from Paco, my pen pal.

Well, what does it say?

Oh, he says that he's having a nice time and the weather is good.

You know, since you do not speak Spanish and have trouble enough reading

English, I find this amazing.

See?

Yes, I see. The message is quite clear.

Yeah, I got to answer him right away.

Hi, Jody.

Can I borrow your red crayon? What for?

Well, Mrs. Beecher's going out on a date, and she needs lipstick.

Could she use blue lipstick?

I'm using the red right now.

What are you drawing?

I got another letter from Parker.

Here it is.

Let me see.

He's having a nice time.

And I'm writing him that I'm having a nice time and the weather is good.

Well, Paco has black hair.

He'll know that this is for me because I have red hair.

Well, the next time you write Paco, tell him that I'm having a nice time and the

weather is good. And I'll take the blue lipstick.

Yes, Jody, all right.

As far as I can remember him.

This has been a long and difficult job, but it's finished now and you can return

to your family, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's kind of great, you know, the way the kids write these letters.

He's that pen pal thing. Neither one of them knows the other one's language, but

they can communicate, sort of, drawing these pictures.

Yes, I'd hoped they could have met in person when I took Paco to Paris, but

unfortunately, the stop over in New York is just to change planes.

Why don't I take him home with me tonight? We could spend a day with Jody,

could bring him down to the airport to join up with you.

Oh, but it would be so much bother.

Yeah, I got three kids now. One more isn't going to make any difference.

Paquito, ¿te gustaría ir a Nueva York con el señor Davis a ver a Jody?

Yo estaré el domingo a recogerte, ¿eh?

Sí.

Okay, good. I won't say anything when I call home tonight. I'll just tell him

I'm bringing a surprise.

¡Ay, qué bueno!

Hey, Jody, listen. I promised you a surprise from Bolivia. Well, there he

your pen pal, Paco Mendez.

Is he the surprise?

Well, what a nice surprise.

But I didn't expect a live surprise.

He's going to stay till his father picks him up tomorrow.

Hi, Paco.

Hola.

Paco doesn't speak any English.

Paco, son los niños.

Buffy, Jody, Sissy.

Buffy, Jody, Sissy.

You said he doesn't speak any English, Uncle Bill.

That's English.

Mucho gusto.

El gusto es mio.

I'm glad I'm studying Spanish.

Mr. Davis, sir, welcome home. Hi, French.

We've got an overnight guest here. This is Paco Mendez. Paco, Senor French.

Hola, Paco. Esta es su casa.

Thomas must be catching.

Where's Paco going to sleep?

Well, he can share your room, Jody. We can put up a cot for Paco.

Okay.

You guys having trouble communicating?

Nope. I just don't know how to talk to him.

Well, why don't you tell him about your turtle?

You want to feed my turtle?

Como? No. His name is Dinky.

Paco, quieres darle de comer a la tortuga de Jody mañana?

Si, gracias.

Well?

He wants to feed the turtle.

Then why didn't he say so?

Oh, it probably loses something in the translation. Come on, let's hit the

Good night,

Jody.

Buenas noches, Paco.

Buenas noches, Paco.

Good night, Jody.

Hi. Hi, Jody. How are you getting along with Paco?

Fine. We already know how to say goodnight to each other. Yeah? Well,

good start.

Where is he now?

Oh, Sissy's reading the comics to him.

Do you want to hear the comics, too?

In Spanish?

You know, we haven't had much chance of talking since I got back.

That's all right. Want to talk now?

Sure.

What have you been doing?

Well, you don't want to hear about my spelling, do you?

It depends.

Do I?

Buenos días, Paco.

¿Se está afeitando?

Sí. Señor French no se afeita.

Nunca. He says French doesn't shave.

Tell him I don't either.

Señor Davis, los edificios de New York son muy altos.

Oh, sí, son los rascacielos.

No los tenemos en La Paz. Uh -huh.

What's he saying now?

Oh, he's talking about the tall buildings in New York.

He said they're so tall, and I said they're skyscrapers, and he said they

have them where he comes from.

Want to hear about my spelling now?

No.

I thought you wanted to hear about my spelling.

What about your spelling?

Verdad?

What's so funny?

Well, I told him I built bridges and dams.

And he said, well, Anna, as tall as the skyscrapers, but they would be tall to a

fish.

What kind of fish?

Any kind of fish, no special kinds.

Um, Senor Davis, hay lagos en Nueva York?

When you get back to spelling, Uncle Bill, call me. Okay.

Si hay un lago grande en el parque.

Now, Jody, you make sure that you introduce Pac to all your friends.

Does he know how to play our games?

Oh, well, sure.

All kids know how to play the same games.

I wish they talked the same.

Hi, Jody.

We've been waiting for you. I brought my glove.

Who's that?

Paco. He's from Bolivia. That's in South America.

So? So, it's further away than New Jersey, even. Oh.

Buenos dias.

Come on.

Let's play ball.

He doesn't talk English.

That's neat.

What's so neat about it? Come on, let's play ball.

Can I try, Paco?

That's a toy that was handed down from the Incas. The Incas?

No, the Incas. They lived in South America a long time ago.

My turn, Peter.

Come on, let's go.

Come on, we've got to choose our.

Want to try it, Jody?

Who wants to play with an old toy from the Inc?

Izzy, would you play baseball with me?

Well, Jody, I thought you were going to make sure that Paco had fun.

Paco's having fun all over the place.

Well, that's great.

Mrs. Beasley's eyes are much better since she got new glasses.

You women want to play baseball. We can't leave our dolls.

They can be the bases.

Jody!

Nobody wants to play.

Go here.

Don't worry, Jody. Uncle Bill said that Paco was going away with his father

tonight.

Good.

Your friend's neat, Jody.

Even if he does talk funny.

Yeah, too bad he has to leave tonight.

Paco. Como?

You know, flying.

See, Papa?

I'm glad he understands that.

You better hurry up so you'll be ready.

This is Carlos.

Yes, I should have called you sooner. I won't be able to get away as we planned.

Anything wrong?

No, a business delay, but I am sorry. I will not be able to pick up Paco just as

soon as I thought I would.

Well, that's okay. I understand.

Wait a minute.

Paco!

He'll be here in a minute.

But I did not mean for you to keep him. That would be too great a bother. You

must send him back.

No, no, he's no bother at all. He's getting along great with Jody.

Here, I'll put him on.

He's too papa.

Carlos, we'll see you soon then.

No, you're welcome. Okay.

What's the matter, Paco?

Oh, his father just called from Bolivia.

You mean he's not going tonight?

No, there's some kind of delay. He's just going to stay with us a while.

For how long?

Oh, about a week, few days maybe.

It's been tough on him, but it's a lucky break for us, huh?

Oh, sure.

Paco will be here forever.

And everyone will talk to him in Spanish.

Yeah, Sissy and Mr. French and Uncle Bill.

They'll just pay attention to Paco.

The kids, too.

I guess we'll just have each other.

I won't mind.

Me neither.

We'll stick together.

Of course, because we're brother and sister.

And brother and sister can't come apart.

Never, ever.

Let's take the milk and cookies in.

Buffy, I'm going to go feed Dinky.

I thought you were going to let Paco feed Dinky.

He doesn't know how to feed a turtle in England.

Here's some cookies and milk.

Gracias, Buffy.

Don't cry, Paco.

Here.

Gracias.

I'm sure your father will come soon.

You want to play something?

You want to play baseball?

Baseball? I'll show you.

Mr.

French says boys don't cry.

Maybe they do in Bolivia.

I wouldn't.

I was just trying to make him feel better.

I'm looking for you.

I'm watching my turtle.

Senior Dinky!

How about leaving, Dinky, and we go out and get an ice cream soda?

We had ice cream yesterday.

Yeah, we can get a different kind tonight.

No thanks, Uncle Bill.

Hey, you feeling all right? It's the first time you ever turned down ice

I have to practice spelling.

There's a test tomorrow.

Well, we can go some other time.

No, you can take him. I don't care.

You mean that?

Really, he can have mine.

Well, that's very generous of you, Jody.

Okay, we'll be right back.

Adios, Jody.

Adios, yourself.

Well, I don't care.

You can't get over Jody last night. He was real, real generous.

Well, you know, he actually did study for that spelling test.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Where's Jody? Oh, I'll get him.

No, let Paco go.

Paco, uh, quieres invitar Jody tomar el diseño?

Si.

Si? I don't know if I said that right. I must have come pretty close.

Jody, Ben.

Ben, Jody, el desayuno.

Oh, go away.

Como?

I said go away.

Ben.

Toma el desayuno.

I think it's great the way those kids are getting along.

They can't speak each other's language, but they're good friends already.

You know, it's rather an international language of children, so they understand

each other instinctively.

But you understood him by now.

I understood him all right.

Well, why didn't you come when he told you?

I don't have to do what he says.

Oh.

Paco, quiero hablar con Jordi. I saw this moment. Sí.

Come on.

Now, listen.

Paco's your guest, you know. It's up to you to make him feel at home.

You mean I have to make him think like this is his home?

What's wrong with you?

Ever since another boy came into the house, nobody cares about me anymore.

Oh, come on. We all care about you.

Nobody plays with me. Nobody talks with me.

You're feeling pretty sorry for yourself, aren't you?

I should. I'm the only one I got.

Okay, now listen.

Let's put it this way.

What if you were thousands of miles away from me with a whole bunch of strangers

in a strange country?

Like where?

Like Bolivia, where Paco's from. What if you were with his family? What would

you do?

Well, after what I've been through, I would tell Paco's family to pay lots of

attention to Paco.

Well, I would.

Okay, Jody, I'll call up Mr. Mendes and he can arrange to have Paco sent home

today.

Uncle Bill? Yeah?

Would you really send Paco home today?

Well, he's your guest and you don't want him, so I guess it's up to you. It's

your choice.

I don't want Paco to feel not wanted.

It's a terrible feeling.

What do you suggest?

Maybe he'd be willing to share my family with me.

Oh, I wouldn't even have to ask him about that.

I guess we'll all have to just be a little more thoughtful.

Okay?

Okay.

Want to get some breakfast?

Okay.

Naturally, you're going to tell Paco you're sorry about fighting him.

Naturally. I am sorry. He was winning.

We didn't expect you till next week. Paco's gonna be surprised.

It is true. I have missed him.

Papá! Hola, Paquito.

Oye, ¿estás bien?

Muy bien, me divertí mucho.

Ándale, pues.

Ah, let me see. This must be Buffy and Jody and Sissy, eh?

Right.

Right, kids, this is Paco's father, Mr. Mendes.

Mr. French, Mr. Mendes.

Bienvenido, señor Mendes.

Gracias, señor French.

Jody, I am very happy to meet Paco's true amigo.

Amigo, that means friend.

Very good, Jody.

Does Paco really have to leave tonight?

He has to go to Paris, Jody.

Just when we were learning to talk.

Entonces, Paquito, nos tenemos que ir, eh? Un momentico, papá.

Jody, para ti.

For me?

Gee, thanks. I mean, gracias.

Wait a minute.

Bill, thank you for everything.

You must bring them all to Bolivia soon, eh? Yeah, we'll do that. Are we really

going to Bolivia?

Oh, maybe you will, sometime.

Paco!

Here, pour a tea.

Please, poor Jody, thank you.

Come on, Piquito.

Now, boys, we have to go now, eh?

Adios, señor.

Well, Jody, you've learned to share.

We're real proud of you.

Gracias, T .O .P .O.