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Well, well...

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Who is hiding there?

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Don't worry, I
I won't call the police.

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Ah! It's interesting.

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Of all the treasures
of this room,

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Can you guess
which is the most valuable?

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- No?

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In fact, it is a
very small object.

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Which fits perfectly in
the palm of a hand.

10
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It seems that someone
discovered my secret.

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- What secret, Grandpa?

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- Oh, my darling.

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It's a very old story

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from a long time ago...

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from when I was little,
in Montreal.

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During the day, I prowled the quays,
while waiting for a crate to fall.

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Then we flew
what we could

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before hearing the "pan" of
foreman's rifle

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We then disappeared
like flies.

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In the summer, I slept on the street.

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And when it was cold,

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I was looking for a
empty apartment

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next to an inhabited apartment.

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Like this, if you were sleeping
on the other side of their kitchen wall,

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we could feel the
heat from their stove.

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In the apartment next door
a family lived.

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The woman was
still angry.

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Her husband was a sick man

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with a girl from her first
woman died in childbirth.

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Were you spying on them?

31
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Well, we had
no television at the time.

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Should I stop?

33
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No, no. What
what happened next?

34
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I'm afraid that this
is not a good story.

35
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Every day she shouted:

36
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You and your father
you're good for nothing.

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I should put you out on the street.

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His father did what he
could comfort her.

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"We must
suffer,” he said.

40
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"Our salvation will be
in our next life.

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This night, the
night, when everything changed...

42
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I witnessed something
something extraordinary, magical.

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I watched it all night.

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I wanted to take him away
from this horrible place.

45
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So, before
whoever is awake,

46
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she cleaned the floor
as if nothing had happened.

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It was like
if she was ashamed.

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Maybe.

49
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Maybe I'm coming
to catch them.

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They were shining,
perfect and round.

51
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They tasted...

52
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salt...

53
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of tears.

54
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You stole
the girl's pearls?

55
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Don't judge me, little one.

56
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Remember, I
I was just a child.

57
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What did you do with it?

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What I tried to do
with everything I found.

59
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There was a man
in the neighborhood

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who was known to you
give a few cents

61
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if you bring him
valuable things.

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When I appeared with
a pearl, he remained skeptical.

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It was not the
biggest he has seen,

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but the color,
the shine, the luminosity....

65
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“Where did you steal it, you dirty rat?” 
he asked.

66
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“I didn’t steal it.”

67
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I told him
the whole story.

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He didn't believe a word of it.

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I took out the second pearl.

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“I’m not lying,” I said.

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I saw him thinking.

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A matching pair. Hmm...

73
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Very, very rare.

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“Will you buy them for me?
or not?" I asked.

75
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“Patience. Silence !

76
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I need to get them checked.

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“What does this mean?”

78
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“That means, outside!

79
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“Come back tomorrow.

80
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"Or maybe you prefer
I call the police!

81
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"with your fairy tale.

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Out!

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There was a specialist
at the old port,

84
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a renowned jeweler
for his integrity.

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He examined
carefully the pearls,

86
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amazed by their
shimmer and iridescence.

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“The shine, the shape, the color!

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Perfection.

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He tried to guess their origins.

90
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“South Seas?”

91
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“Maybe...

92
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“No.

93
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"I have never seen
beads like these.

94
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"They smell of the sea,

95
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"but they do not come from
no molluscs.

96
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Where did you get them?

97
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"Oh, it's a
strange story",

98
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said the pawnbroker.

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“You’re not going to believe me.

100
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But the jeweler
made no fun of

101
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when he heard
the story of the little thief

102
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and the girl who
cried pearls.

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His face became serious.

104
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“Wait.

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Wait a moment,"
said the jeweler.

106
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“Wait there.

107
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The jeweler was a man
educated and religious

108
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who had a collection
old books

109
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worthy of a museum.

110
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"After Adam and Eve
were banished from the Garden of Eden",

111
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"Adam has
shed so many tears

112
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"that the birds and the
beasts came to drink from it,

113
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and Eve's tears
transformed into pearls.

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“But it’s a Sunday sermon!”
said the pawnbroker.

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“Do you believe this nonsense?”

116
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“With God, who can know?”

117
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said the jeweler.

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"I don't believe
than in money.

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What are they worth?

120
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“Beads of sorrow?”

121
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“It’s priceless,”
said the jeweler.

122
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“But I can offer you this.

123
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Share this with the young
daughter and God bless you.

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"I do not lead an association
charity" said the pawnbroker.

125
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“I know guys like you.”

126
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"If you say it's worth it,
so I know it's worth twice as much.

127
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Have a nice day, sir.

128
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“I agree”
said the pawnbroker.

129
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“They’re not worth much.

130
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I give it to you
$1 each.

131
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I never had
seen so much money.

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Can you bring me some
others tomorrow? » he asked.

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I promised yes.

134
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But instead I bought
a huge box of chocolates.

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It was the first time
that I saw her smile,

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Maybe the first
times she ate it.

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That night,
she didn't cry.

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and made no pearls.

139
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The next day, the lender on
pledges was ready to be generous,

140
00:10:03,862 --> 00:10:05,322
but I refused his offer.

141
00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:06,781
“Because I love him,” I said.

142
00:10:06,865 --> 00:10:08,158
"I don't want
let her be sad.

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“What?

144
00:10:10,702 --> 00:10:13,121
“Idiot!
You idiot!

145
00:10:13,205 --> 00:10:15,665
"Life will only give you one
only chance!

146
00:10:15,749 --> 00:10:18,960
"We don't marry
first girl we see.

147
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"She will bleed you dry
like a vampire!

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00:10:23,131 --> 00:10:24,966
"You have a choice",
he declared.

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"Either she cries,
and you become rich,

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or she smiles and you will stay
in your hole for eternity!

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The girl waited at the
window all day,

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as if a prince
would come knocking at any moment.

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I was scared.

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The pawnbroker had
sowed doubt in me.

155
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It was exactly like
what he said. I was nothing.

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She didn't cry
that night...

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neither the next one, nor the next one.

158
00:11:04,214 --> 00:11:06,383
But on the 7th night...

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00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:19,855
I felt like my soul
had left my body

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and moved away from
more and more.

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“Well done, well done” said
the pawnbroker.

162
00:11:30,031 --> 00:11:32,784
This deserves a special reward.

163
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"No. No, that
is not enough.

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I broke his
heart,” I told him.

165
00:11:39,249 --> 00:11:42,669
“Okay.
But she didn't die."

166
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Hold.

167
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It's 10 times more
than last time.

168
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Enough to change my life.

169
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“Well done, my boy.

170
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"A man must
fend for yourself.

171
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“You won’t regret it.

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"You did
what had to be done.

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“We are going to make good
business together.

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We are
made from the same mold.

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I lived like
a king that day.

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I was buying new
clothes

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00:12:07,569 --> 00:12:11,364
and a 3rd class ticket
for Paris by liner.

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But as I approach
from his house for the last time...

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The next day,
everything was silent.

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They had made their
luggage and disappeared.

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She was gone.
What was I going to do?

182
00:13:05,877 --> 00:13:07,921
I had an intuition.

183
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I heard his heart
beat wildly.

184
00:13:30,819 --> 00:13:33,947
“Wow, kid! What did you do?

185
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I got to work.

186
00:13:36,032 --> 00:13:37,534
In exchange for these pearls,

187
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I demanded a shoebox
filled with $100 bills.

188
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One box against another.

189
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In cash, no barter.

190
00:13:45,917 --> 00:13:48,962
“Okay. Uh,
let me think.

191
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I have this.

192
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But his store
was filled with nothing but junk.

193
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Even his gold was fake.

194
00:13:57,387 --> 00:13:58,930
He became desperate.

195
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"We could be
partners. You and me, 50-50.”

196
00:14:02,184 --> 00:14:03,393
“You don’t have money to pay?

197
00:14:03,477 --> 00:14:05,228
“After everything I’ve been through?

198
00:14:05,312 --> 00:14:07,355
"This box must
to be full when I return,

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or I will sell them elsewhere.

200
00:14:12,277 --> 00:14:13,737
“Wait, wait,” he said.

201
00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:15,739
“Come back at closing.”

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00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:17,824
I will give you
what you want.

203
00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,245
“I need money
quickly."

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00:14:22,329 --> 00:14:23,371
said the pawnbroker.

205
00:14:27,459 --> 00:14:29,294
“The building is in good condition.

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00:14:29,377 --> 00:14:30,212
You won't regret it.

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00:14:35,467 --> 00:14:40,138
The jeweler was always surprised
 of the greed of men

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and works
mysterious things of the divine.

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00:14:54,069 --> 00:14:56,112
The jeweler was surprised.

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00:14:56,196 --> 00:15:00,075
It was identical to the pearls
from the pawnbroker.

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00:15:00,158 --> 00:15:02,661
And there were thousands of them.

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00:15:04,663 --> 00:15:06,456
“Sir” he said
calling the foreman.

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00:15:06,540 --> 00:15:08,041
" Sir !

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00:15:08,124 --> 00:15:10,460
Do you know what it is? »

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00:15:10,544 --> 00:15:12,254
“That?

216
00:15:12,337 --> 00:15:14,256
“Oh, this is the latest thing.

217
00:15:14,339 --> 00:15:16,591
“It comes from Japan.

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00:15:16,675 --> 00:15:19,302
We call it plastic.

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Plastic.

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00:15:28,562 --> 00:15:32,107
Truly, as greedy
whatever the pawnbroker was,

221
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he was as alone as me.

222
00:15:35,110 --> 00:15:36,945
And this is how
I fooled him.

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I kept one as a souvenir.

224
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And I prayed not to
never see him again.

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And it was.

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- Wait, wait, wait.

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00:15:56,173 --> 00:15:58,258
Did you invent everything?

228
00:15:58,341 --> 00:15:59,968
Is that your big secret?

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00:16:00,051 --> 00:16:04,222
It is the story around which
gives value to things.

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Only the story,
never the object.

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00:16:08,977 --> 00:16:13,690
And personally, I
still finds it as beautiful.

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00:16:14,983 --> 00:16:17,944
But the girl,

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did she really exist?

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<i>The girl who cried pearls</i>

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