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Eleven...

Twelve...

Thirteen...

Fourteen...

Fifteen...

Sixteen...

Seventeen...

I couldn't go on

Dad?

Could you think of something, Dad?

Oh, all right...

Say, Kermit running away from Miss Piggy

Riding a sledge at sixty-two kilometers per hour

Piggy chasing him

skiing at eighty-seven kilometers per hour

Got me? How much later as she left?

Ah, yes. Three minutes

I made it, Dad.

She'll catch up with him in ten minutes and twenty-six seconds

Hi

Come on in

Cold, isn't it?

Say, somebody dies abroad

Would his obituary be published, too?

Possibly

You see, these are paid ads You pay, they publish

Why do people die?

It depends... Heart failure cancer

Accidents, or just old age

I mean, what is death?

Death?

The heart ceases to pump blood

Blood fails to reach the brain

Everything stops... stops dead

and that's it

What remains?

Everything you did

The memory of what you did of you as a person

Memory's quite important, I guess

You remember there was somebody who walked with a funny leap

or... who was a kind man

you remember his face, his smile

the gap in his front teeth

Come on, Pawel, not yet

What do you want?

It's too early

Turned sour, eh?

Yeah

It says here, a requiem mass

may her soul rest in peace

You never said anything about the soul

It's just a way to bid farewell

There isn't any soul

Aunt Irena says there is...

Some people just find life easier

if they believe it

What about you?

Me? I really don't know

What are you thinking about? What's the matter?

It's nothing... it's just...

I was so glad in the morning

when I managed to get that calculation right

And then the pigean came for the bread crumbs

But I went shopping

and saw a dead dog

I knelt over him and I said to myself

what good is it?

Who needs the information

how long it will take Miss Piggy to catch up with Kermit

It doesn't make any sense

Which dog was it?

The one with the yellow eyes

You could always find him at the dust-bins

Such a poor doggy he was

Know what?

Yes?

Maybe he's better off where he is now. How do you think?

We have visited School No 218

to talk to the head-master

I see you distribute milk to the children

Yes, we've made an arrangement with the dairy

The children get a glass of milk each during the long break

But this milk tastes foul. The children pour it down the toilet!

Not in our school There is no such problem here

the toilets are locked during the long break

What is it that you've got?

A guinea pig

What for?

I brought it to biology classes But the teacher is scared of it.

Didn't even let me take it out of the box

Look, it's got sharp teeth hasn't it?

Pawel!

Just one more time!

Pawel!

What's for dinner?

Soup and something to follow Right?

Sure it is

I'm hungry

Some TV people came to our school today

Why?

I don't know

Something aobut milk They told us to run about

Did you?

Of course I did

Want to take your bag home?

Yes... I've got a great thing to show to you

See?

Stop at the door

Which door?

The front one

O. K.

I'm ready

Now watch it It's going to lock it

Has it? Yes

Now it's going to unlock it So it has

Go to the bathroom

But don't touch anything

Watch the tap

Look what I programmed

I got a letter from Mum

saying what she does during the day

Hour after hour

Well, I fed that into its memory

and I added the time difference, too.

It's thirty-now three minutes past four

She's asleep

Ask it what she's dreaming about

I don't know

It doesn't know

Do you know what your Mum's dreaming about?

No... I guess I don't

Why that's simple. You

Me?

Of course she's dreaming about you

Yes, about me

Not about Dad?

Who knows

Know what he's doing?

More or less

Christ

What is it?

I'm hungry

Let's go

I wish Dad let me try his one

it would surely know what Mum's dreaming about

Care for a race?

O. K.

Do you want odds?

Not today. Well...

Go!

That was good

Want me to wash the dishes?

No, thanks. I'll do it

I want to show you something

Hey, Pawel, come here

That was when you brought that pink pen-case for me!

Right... I had them developed

Know who it is?

Yes

Is he kind?

Yes

And wise?

How do you think?

Does he know what people live for?

I guess he does

Dad says we all live to

make life easier for those who come after us

But sometimes we fail

Yes, that's right

Sometimes we fail

You know what matters in life is that

you can do something for others help them

You know how it is

Whenever you do somebody a favor no matter how small

you feel they need you

And then, life's easier

There are big and small things you can do

Say today, you liked the ravioli and that made me happy

Life is a present

a gift, you know

I say, Dad's your brother, right?

Don't you know?

Ah, you mean, why we're different?

Your father and I

We grew up in a catholic family

But you Dad noticed very early that

a lot of things could be counted and measured

And then he started to believe that everything could...

He still thinks so today

I guess he has doubts sometimes but he won't admit it

A life like your Dad lives may seem more reasonable

But it doesn't mean there's no God

for your Father, too

Know what I mean?

I'm not sure

There is God

It's very simple... if you believe

Do you? Do you believe in God?

Yes

Who is He?

What do you feel?

I love you

Exactly. And this is what God is

Checkmate!

Castle the king and check her with the rook

That's would be too simple

She's already won six games

Checkmate

Seven

But look she'll use the queen as a shield

And then we've got her where we want her

Checkmate

I told you She plays routine games

Well, what happens now?

The bishop... and the checkmate

Checkmate

Congratulation

Thank you

Thank you

Hallo?

Is that you, Pawel?

Yes

Have you talked to your father?

Hey, Dad. It's Anut Irena

Well

She wants to know if it's all right with you

Irena?

I enrolled him for religious instruction. Has he told you?

Well, if that's what he wants Of course.

If that's what he needs

I talked to the priest Oh, you did?

They're building a new church not far from your house

The priest is a young man

I think Pawel's going to like him How about tomorrow?

No, thanks, I can manage Well, bye

Did you switch it on, Pawel?

No, I never touched it

Hey, mate

What do you want?

I'm ready.

Switch yourself off, will you?

What if... if it really wanted something?

Like what?

I don't know. But you asked him

Hey, mate, what do you want?

Just trying to be funny

It's half past nine. Time to bed

Are you going out?

Yeah. I'll be back rather late But I'll leave the lights on for you

Have you checked the thermometer?

Yes. It's fourteen degrees below zero

Think Mum's going to phone before Christmas?

I guess so

Group one: Juda, judasz judzic, judzenie

Group two: Podbechtywac podskakiwac, podkopywac

Group three: Dranstwo, zaprzanstwo swinstwo, koltunstwo, panstwo...

These are associative fields

Now take a word which does not exist in the Polish language

But which we find rather easy to understand

The problem only arises

When we try to translate it into another language

In exceptional cases only

a foreign language becomes one's own intimate language

We may have a very good rational knowledge of that language

We may be able to use it to discuss most intricate problems

Have an immense vocabulary

But that's it

how could we get to

what's hidden deep behind the separate words syllable and letters

How could we discover that language's cultural heritage?

How could we formulate its connections

with history, politics culture and everyday life

How to know and understand

All that creates that spirit of a language

Its metasemantics

Or perhaps even its metaphysics?

According to Elliot

Poetry is untranslatable

But was Elliot necessarily right?

Imagine a translator

who is able to accumulate

the entire knowledge there is about words or a language

A translator who has an unlimited memory

that can be drwan from any time

Used in an unconventional way

A computer may be something or somebody like that

Consider that instrument

It seems to discern just two figures, zero and one

But actually it not only has something that

might be called intelligence

But also a kind of consciousness

It selects which means it makes a choice

Or perhaps it might be called conation?

As I see it, an appropriately programmed computer

May have its own taste

Aesthetical preferences Individuality

Ah, yes. For our next class Please choose a line of any text

And do what I did with that word I conceived myself

I hope it's not too much for homework

Is it? That's good. Yes, yes, yes

What about the test?

Next week... No...

All right

Look, I left it here for one hour only

Would tea freeze, too? Yes

Just touch it

Hey, be careful. It's glass Great, isn't it?

Leave it in the tub

No, let's leave it here

and check what happens Nothing.

It's going to melt as soon as a thaw sets in, what else?

Or maybe during the day in the sun

Let's calculate it

You promised Oh, all right

This one?

No, the other one

This one's no good at calculations

It would be wrong to assume that the temperature never goes up

Say, it's below zero during the night only

About ten hours

But we need precise date

O. K.

All right call the Meteorological Institute

And ask them about the temperature near the ground

Today, yesterday and the day before yesterday

Hallo. Is this the Meteorological Institute?

I need information about the temperature near the ground, please

Today

Yesterday and the day before yesterday

Thank you. Yes, in Warsaw Thank you. Good bye

What's the pressure formula?

P equals F divided by S

Fine. Now, the temperature

Eleven today, fourteen yesterday

and twelve and a half the day before yesterday

There's been frost for eight days now

Well?

As you see: This

It means a fellow three times your weight can skate safely

Really?

Can I have them?

Have what?

What I was to get for Christmas

From Mum and you

What is it?

I found those skating boots

Where?

In the couch

Can I have them?

How's the size? They're perfect

Well, then. Put off your clothes and go to bed

I'm going for a walk now

And I want you to be fast asleep by the time I'm back

You asleep?

No. I've been watching them shine

I checked the ice

That's why I couldn't sleep I guessed where you went

It's all right

But promise never to come close to where the river fall into the lake

Keep a distance of fifteen metres right? The river never freezes

O. K., fifteen metres it is

It's a shallow river but I don't want you to take a bath in it

Where's your elephant?

Asleep

Is Pawel home?

No, why?

I don't know. Mum wanted to know

Hallo

Good evening Ewa Jezierski speaking

Good evening Is Pawel home?

You see, Marek hasn't returned yet

Good evening, Madam. Sorry I didn't recognize your voice

No, Pawel isn't here. But he's having the English lesson tonight

What time is it?

Past four They ought to be back by now

They'll be back any minute For you see, something's happened

What?

I don't know. Something happened in the neighbourhood

I'll go bring them back

Piotrus!

No, wait! My coat!

Sonny! He, wait!

Hello

What's the matter with you?

A nasty case of flu

I couldn't lecture today I dismissed them

When was that?

Right after they came

Where are they?

I don't know

Take it easy... come in!

She's ill. The boys aren't there

The ice broke on the lake This can't be true

It broke...

Don't get excited It couldn't have

But it did. Please go there I... I'll be all right

Have you seen Pawel anywhere?

At school, today morning.

He told me a dream he had

But not now?

No. He said he'd call me on the phone

two... three... four... five...

six... seven... eight... nine... ten

Pawel! Pawel!

Pawel!

Is that you, Irena? Yes?

Has Pawel phoned you? You mean, when?

Lately... Today?

Yes, after school. About two p.m.

I asked him to lunch but he couldn't

He had that English lesson

He hadn't and that's the problem

Where is he?

I don't know. Not here

Is anything wrong?

Well, the ink got spilled What?!

I don't know The ink bottle cracked

and it got spilled all of a sudden

But I mean is anything wrong with Pawel?

I don't know

They say... they say the ice broke on the lake

But he said he said you figured it out

The ice is strong enough

They say it's cracked

I'm coming

I'm off to look for him

Pawel? Where are you, Pawel? Over

Pawel, this is your father calling...

Pawel? Over

Mummy! Mummy! Mummy...

Jacek darling!

Where have you been, sonny?

We've been playing in that old car

Come on, dear, we're going home

Excuse me, sir

Pawel was to phone me in the afternoon

Do you remember me, sir?

Yes

That boy might know something Which boy?

The small one, Jacek

Please wait a moment

He didn't play with us! He skated on the lake!

Jacek!

He skated on the lake!

Jacek! Back to the flat!

On the lake!

I'm ready!