1 00:00:09,852 --> 00:00:12,852 MY DOG TULIP 2 00:00:40,174 --> 00:00:42,174 Silence, please! 3 00:00:48,313 --> 00:00:53,913 Unable to love each other, they Englishmen naturally turn to dogs. 4 00:00:57,741 --> 00:00:59,741 Be careful, sir! 5 00:02:33,136 --> 00:02:37,136 My Dog Tulip: by J.R. Ackerley 6 00:02:40,844 --> 00:02:43,644 My dog is a German Shepherd. 7 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:46,231 It's called Tulip. 8 00:02:46,408 --> 00:02:49,208 I've never had a dog before her. 9 00:02:49,486 --> 00:02:52,286 German Shepherds have a very bad reputation. 10 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:55,239 They say they bite the hand that feeds them. 11 00:02:55,359 --> 00:02:59,559 Sure enough, Tulip bit my hand once, but by mistake. 12 00:02:59,697 --> 00:03:04,297 He mistook it for a bad apple we had tried to grasp at the same time. 13 00:03:04,321 --> 00:03:08,321 One of his canines sank into the joint of my thumb to the bone. 14 00:03:08,322 --> 00:03:10,457 Oh, well. We all make mistakes. 15 00:03:10,499 --> 00:03:12,699 And she was terribly sorry. 16 00:03:12,876 --> 00:03:15,576 He stood with his paws in the air, 17 00:03:15,629 --> 00:03:18,657 and then, when he saw my bandaged hand, 18 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:22,110 he placed himself in a corner, the corner darker than the bedroom, 19 00:03:22,111 --> 00:03:24,604 and remained there for the rest of the afternoon. 20 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:27,182 He couldn't do more to apologize, 21 00:03:27,224 --> 00:03:29,810 therefore it became like this hysterically agitated 22 00:03:29,852 --> 00:03:32,521 to the simple signal of going out for a walk, 23 00:03:32,563 --> 00:03:35,548 who ran into the kitchen to get vegetables 24 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:37,717 and scatter them all over the corridor 25 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:39,652 as if they were rose petals 26 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:42,653 which mark his ascent to heaven. 27 00:03:43,670 --> 00:03:47,670 It seems both touching and strange to me... 28 00:03:48,312 --> 00:03:51,512 that she found the such a wonderful world. 29 00:03:54,877 --> 00:03:58,877 30 00:03:59,573 --> 00:04:01,573 31 00:04:01,967 --> 00:04:03,967 32 00:04:04,336 --> 00:04:08,336 they are puritans and boring 33 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:11,291 34 00:04:11,710 --> 00:04:13,710 35 00:04:15,898 --> 00:04:19,898 they are puritans and boring 36 00:04:20,344 --> 00:04:22,544 37 00:04:22,654 --> 00:04:26,654 38 00:04:32,030 --> 00:04:34,541 When children are difficult, 39 00:04:34,583 --> 00:04:37,583 the cause is often brought back to their home. 40 00:04:38,087 --> 00:04:40,487 And it was at Tulip's first house 41 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:43,614 that I blamed the his antisocial conduct. 42 00:04:50,524 --> 00:04:53,629 It had originally belonged to working class people 43 00:04:53,630 --> 00:04:58,030 who, although fond of her in a way they rarely took her out. 44 00:04:58,065 --> 00:05:02,041 He was too irritable. For approx a year, he rarely left home, 45 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:06,215 but its time mostly passed alone in a small courtyard 46 00:05:06,457 --> 00:05:08,742 while they worked all day. 47 00:05:08,784 --> 00:05:11,343 Hardly yes could wait, then, 48 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:15,152 that he would learn the ways of a world which he had visited so rarely. 49 00:05:15,709 --> 00:05:17,931 The only training he had received 50 00:05:17,932 --> 00:05:20,278 they were occasional blows for destruction 51 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,498 that his masters discovered when they returned home. 52 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,500 German shepherds, in particular, I don't really like being hit. 53 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:36,142 They are too smart and too nervous. 54 00:05:41,108 --> 00:05:45,308 It was from this life, when she was 18 months old, that I saved her, 55 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:50,546 and it is to it that I attributed it the disorders of his psyche. 56 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,296 So it was clear that, if it were up to her, 57 00:05:55,297 --> 00:05:58,497 he would never lose me out of sight another time. 58 00:07:50,237 --> 00:07:55,237 While I was extremely grateful to the gallant stranger who came to my aid, 59 00:07:55,601 --> 00:08:00,305 Tulip's subsequent behavior may made him regret his kindness. 60 00:08:00,589 --> 00:08:04,589 The journey home was, however, fortunately short, 61 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:08,113 and I had high expectations about it a less restless walk 62 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:11,955 along the bank of the Thames up to my flat in Putney. 63 00:08:23,845 --> 00:08:26,645 She was so unaccustomed to go out into the outside world, 64 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:31,028 that he couldn't distinguish between the river in flood that laps the shore 65 00:08:31,029 --> 00:08:32,829 and a simple puddle. 66 00:08:32,830 --> 00:08:35,830 He launched himself into it and immediately sank. 67 00:08:39,804 --> 00:08:43,604 I hastened to save her, but I I could barely keep from laughing 68 00:08:43,874 --> 00:08:46,282 at the sight of it when I took it out. 69 00:08:46,468 --> 00:08:49,213 She had less fun than me. 70 00:08:49,855 --> 00:08:53,914 This unexpected immersion, however, it had a useful consequence. 71 00:08:54,191 --> 00:08:57,411 The coal dust of garden where she had been confined 72 00:08:57,412 --> 00:08:59,347 from his previous masters 73 00:08:59,348 --> 00:09:01,548 it was washed away. 74 00:09:03,293 --> 00:09:09,293 And so it was that this beautiful creature He entered my life and transformed it. 75 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,559 By the end of that eventful first day, 76 00:09:13,695 --> 00:09:16,695 she too had a metamorphosis, 77 00:09:17,015 --> 00:09:19,815 from beggar to princess. 78 00:09:20,035 --> 00:09:24,435 And it was me, the scruffy hero of my own storybook, 79 00:09:25,223 --> 00:09:28,743 that I had saved her and had won his heart. 80 00:09:35,792 --> 00:09:40,192 In General Bertrand's diary, Napoleon's Grand Marshal, 81 00:09:40,539 --> 00:09:42,539 it reads: 82 00:09:42,974 --> 00:09:45,574 "April 12, 1821. 83 00:09:45,811 --> 00:09:50,811 At 10:30, the Emperor did a large, well-formed defecation." 84 00:09:53,134 --> 00:09:55,134 I sympathize with the General. 85 00:09:56,988 --> 00:10:01,988 However, the defecation of Tulip worried me the most, 86 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:08,369 because it has two small glands canine anals that Napoleon didn't have. 87 00:10:09,226 --> 00:10:12,826 Therefore, his required dual supervision. 88 00:10:16,041 --> 00:10:18,827 These canine glands produce a secretion 89 00:10:18,869 --> 00:10:22,869 which is periodically released from the passage of a... 90 00:10:23,598 --> 00:10:26,398 nice shape for General Bertrand. 91 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:31,481 If, however, a dog is continually... 92 00:10:32,523 --> 00:10:34,523 ...with loose intestines, 93 00:10:34,526 --> 00:10:36,526 the glands become congested 94 00:10:36,903 --> 00:10:38,903 and can form abscesses. 95 00:10:39,764 --> 00:10:44,764 It was a foggy September morning and I had taken Tulip out to relieve herself, 96 00:10:45,095 --> 00:10:47,295 which he was doing peacefully. 97 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:51,481 I always enjoy seeing her perform this physical act, 98 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:55,610 with ears laid back, and the head stretched forward, 99 00:10:55,634 --> 00:10:59,134 and with a mild meditative aspect that appears in his face. 100 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:02,176 While we were harmlessly busy, 101 00:11:02,178 --> 00:11:05,178 a cyclist turned the corner towards us. 102 00:11:05,682 --> 00:11:10,236 Since Tulip was safe on the ground, I wouldn't have noticed that person at all, 103 00:11:10,237 --> 00:11:13,190 if he hadn't turned to me as he passed. 104 00:11:13,231 --> 00:11:16,831 “Bring yours to get dirty dog away from the sidewalk!" 105 00:11:17,486 --> 00:11:21,286 You should never lose the stirrups, but the relief hurt me. 106 00:11:21,773 --> 00:11:24,073 "Why? To get you to run me over? 107 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:26,144 Mind your own business!" 108 00:11:26,145 --> 00:11:28,645 "Indeed!", he shouted with his back to me. 109 00:11:28,864 --> 00:11:31,464 “What is this damn road for?!” 110 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:34,992 "To assholes like you!" I replied. 111 00:11:35,437 --> 00:11:38,405 "Damned dogs!" he shouted. "Idiot!" I replied. 112 00:11:38,790 --> 00:11:40,790 There was nothing else to say. 113 00:11:41,017 --> 00:11:43,017 I had had the final say. 114 00:11:44,884 --> 00:11:49,084 Nonetheless, I can understand the other people's points of view. 115 00:11:49,726 --> 00:11:53,926 I know a few things with which It is a positive pleasure to proceed. 116 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:59,531 When I take Tulip out, therefore, I offer her the opportunity to play with twigs 117 00:11:59,569 --> 00:12:01,613 where there are trees. 118 00:12:01,655 --> 00:12:05,255 Here, among the waste composed of condoms, 119 00:12:05,334 --> 00:12:10,134 and from swollen carcasses of dogs and cats and birds carried by the current, 120 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,480 she is often motivated to defecate. 121 00:12:15,152 --> 00:12:20,152 Otherwise, let's move on another kind of landfill. 122 00:12:21,207 --> 00:12:25,407 The dead are less demanding and more charitable than life. 123 00:12:26,254 --> 00:12:28,954 This is a small one and lovely cemetery. 124 00:12:29,103 --> 00:12:32,603 What better use could it have be a place like this intended? 125 00:12:33,144 --> 00:12:37,792 And its only happy ghosts are one such a beautiful and young creature like Tulip 126 00:12:37,966 --> 00:12:40,366 come here for your needs, 127 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,794 whatever they might be? 128 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:48,139 Tulip sometimes embarrasses me, too. 129 00:12:48,502 --> 00:12:52,244 Once he defecated in front of the a greengrocer's shop... 130 00:12:52,631 --> 00:12:56,042 and this coming home from a long walk to Putney, 131 00:12:56,084 --> 00:13:00,284 where she had already defecated everything what I thought she contained. 132 00:13:00,722 --> 00:13:05,122 I knew the shopkeeper and his wife, they were a gruff and rude couple. 133 00:13:05,468 --> 00:13:07,673 Hoping they wouldn't notice Tulip, 134 00:13:07,674 --> 00:13:12,474 I hurried over, whistling, as if to tell her "Move, for God's sake!" as I passed. 135 00:13:12,626 --> 00:13:16,826 I turned back, with intent to disown it if it were noticed. 136 00:13:17,013 --> 00:13:21,050 Tulip had just finished and was on me following. But at that precise moment, 137 00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:25,083 the man and his wife went out angrily and caught my eye. 138 00:13:25,196 --> 00:13:27,196 There's no point in pretending nothing happened. 139 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:29,599 Then I continued on my way. 140 00:13:29,618 --> 00:13:31,618 They shouted insults at me. 141 00:13:31,661 --> 00:13:35,661 "Look! Sir! Look what you have his damn dog messed up!" 142 00:13:36,608 --> 00:13:39,008 Then I had pangs of conscience. 143 00:13:39,102 --> 00:13:41,102 True, they were horrible people. 144 00:13:41,279 --> 00:13:44,479 But not Tulip's gifts they helped elevate their hearts 145 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,480 to a sweeter vision of life. 146 00:13:46,535 --> 00:13:50,335 As soon as I had this noble thought, I retraced my steps. 147 00:13:51,672 --> 00:13:54,272 “I'm sorry about my dog,” I said. 148 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:56,401 "But if you give me some newspapers 149 00:13:56,403 --> 00:14:00,403 or a bucket of water and a brush, I will clean for you." 150 00:14:12,594 --> 00:14:15,394 It took me some time to remove everything, 151 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:17,722 but I was scrupulous. 152 00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:39,609 “Well, there you have it,” I said cheerfully. 153 00:14:40,330 --> 00:14:43,430 Now it was her turn pretend not to look at me. 154 00:14:45,393 --> 00:14:49,293 "You could say thank you", I added politely. 155 00:14:49,806 --> 00:14:54,606 "Why should I?" she shot back a brief contemptuous glance. 156 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:57,461 Standing there with my hands full, 157 00:14:57,510 --> 00:15:01,110 I had the impulse to overthrow all back on the sidewalk. 158 00:15:02,627 --> 00:15:04,529 Women are dangerous. 159 00:15:04,530 --> 00:15:08,134 And I feared that the crying of death of Tulip, who ended up under a bus 160 00:15:08,135 --> 00:15:10,435 while dodging some plant missiles 161 00:15:10,477 --> 00:15:12,877 it would have sounded like music to her. 162 00:15:14,639 --> 00:15:16,639 I held back. 163 00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:26,905 As far back as I can remember, I have always looked for an ideal friend. 164 00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:32,385 But I never really found the person that met my demanding requirements. 165 00:15:32,824 --> 00:15:36,824 There was always some flaw: too high, too low... 166 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:39,445 too extroverted, too shy... 167 00:15:39,522 --> 00:15:41,522 too insecure, 168 00:15:41,723 --> 00:15:43,723 too independent. 169 00:15:43,752 --> 00:15:47,152 As the years passed and opportunities diminished, 170 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:51,634 I had a mental image of the ideal friend as a simple jug, 171 00:15:51,676 --> 00:15:56,876 containing a delicious mix of good companionship and intellectual stimulation, 172 00:15:57,215 --> 00:16:01,615 whose shape, age and size they didn't matter to me. 173 00:16:03,946 --> 00:16:07,546 I still thought that if I had turned this corner instead of that one, 174 00:16:07,547 --> 00:16:10,686 or if I had gotten on this bus instead of that one, 175 00:16:10,687 --> 00:16:13,687 I would have found mine ideal friend waiting for me 176 00:16:13,748 --> 00:16:18,748 and that we would immediately recognize each other the other after exchanging a few words. 177 00:16:19,704 --> 00:16:22,104 Oh, and a further complication was... 178 00:16:22,308 --> 00:16:25,751 that I didn't want anyone thought I was chasing him. 179 00:16:25,752 --> 00:16:30,552 It was therefore necessary to meet the ideal friend face to face, 180 00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:36,057 which is not easy, if you happen to both move in the same direction. 181 00:16:39,507 --> 00:16:42,707 It was with a good dose of naivety in canine matters 182 00:16:42,852 --> 00:16:45,652 that my first consultation with a vet 183 00:16:45,747 --> 00:16:48,547 came to ask if she was in heat. 184 00:16:50,327 --> 00:16:53,527 The question never was solved, at least not by him. 185 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:56,113 All he said, in a cold voice was: 186 00:16:56,174 --> 00:16:58,574 “Do you have no control over your dog?” 187 00:16:58,676 --> 00:17:02,676 Faced with the evidence, it was impossible say something other than "no", 188 00:17:02,831 --> 00:17:06,231 to which, always maintaining from a distance, he replied dryly: 189 00:17:06,368 --> 00:17:09,368 "Then bring it right away out of my surgery!" 190 00:17:12,841 --> 00:17:15,841 Another vet was recommended to me. 191 00:17:16,361 --> 00:17:18,761 He was an ex-military man, a Major. 192 00:17:19,005 --> 00:17:21,405 - "Tulip!" - "You have to take them as..." 193 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:24,599 Failing, as in not I had managed to calm her down, 194 00:17:24,614 --> 00:17:27,314 the Major fell on her shouting: 195 00:17:27,450 --> 00:17:30,000 “These German shepherds They're all the same!" 196 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:33,050 And he hit her on the body with his bare hands. 197 00:17:35,271 --> 00:17:39,471 These brilliant military tactics they did not allow him to visit her, 198 00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:42,259 if that was part of his plan. 199 00:17:42,731 --> 00:17:45,331 When I left his surgery, 200 00:17:45,373 --> 00:17:49,373 I concluded that I was in possession of an incorrigible dog. 201 00:17:49,670 --> 00:17:53,670 And this sad reflection was followed by another, namely: 202 00:17:54,324 --> 00:17:56,724 "If German shepherds they are all the same, 203 00:17:56,818 --> 00:17:59,818 some of them have received medical treatment?" 204 00:18:00,438 --> 00:18:02,438 It turned out yes. 205 00:18:02,924 --> 00:18:08,124 This time for a more important service: vaccinate her against distemper. 206 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:13,157 I had made an appointment by phone 207 00:18:13,276 --> 00:18:17,076 and I had thought it prudent sorry about Tulip in advance. 208 00:18:25,463 --> 00:18:29,750 The first vision that greeted us before that we arrived at the door of the clinic, 209 00:18:29,751 --> 00:18:33,503 since his window looked onto the courtyard through which we had to pass, 210 00:18:33,504 --> 00:18:37,104 it was that of a spaniel, which appeared to us as a warning, 211 00:18:37,342 --> 00:18:41,542 completely still and with an air of great concentration. 212 00:18:41,679 --> 00:18:44,983 The dog was standing on top a table in an empty room 213 00:18:45,058 --> 00:18:49,058 with a thermometer sticking out from his butt like a cigarette. 214 00:18:49,771 --> 00:18:52,771 Almost as if if it was inserted alone. 215 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:55,734 Oh, Tulip! 216 00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:58,135 If only you were like that! 217 00:18:58,613 --> 00:19:00,613 But she wasn't. 218 00:19:03,401 --> 00:19:07,001 "You can turn your back on her of me and hold her head still?" 219 00:19:07,022 --> 00:19:10,031 - "I think so." - "Good. Now keep your head like this." 220 00:19:10,032 --> 00:19:12,832 "Can I give him the injection? 221 00:19:12,855 --> 00:19:16,096 You can show me where to do it and to her I wouldn't mind if I did it. 222 00:19:16,097 --> 00:19:19,097 Don't hurt her. Not It's really needed." 223 00:19:22,420 --> 00:19:27,620 After that, Tulip didn't want to, not he couldn't even enter the streets 224 00:19:28,150 --> 00:19:31,566 where his previous two experiences had taken place. 225 00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:37,394 Suddenly not there I found more next to me, 226 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:41,210 and, looking at me frantically around, I saw her behind me. 227 00:19:41,722 --> 00:19:44,222 There was no way escape his face. 228 00:19:44,292 --> 00:19:47,292 He said both "What?" and "What?!" 229 00:19:47,662 --> 00:19:51,262 Then I noticed that despite the nutritious food I gave her, 230 00:19:51,316 --> 00:19:53,542 Tulip looked too thin. 231 00:19:53,868 --> 00:19:55,868 The distressing word "worms" 232 00:19:55,912 --> 00:19:59,496 was dropped in my ears from an unknown passerby, 233 00:19:59,507 --> 00:20:05,107 and immediately afterwards I decided to take her to the Miss Canvenini or something like that, 234 00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:09,030 which was the woman's name which she kindly gave to me. 235 00:20:14,981 --> 00:20:18,125 Miss Canvenini was in feet, calm, in front of us, 236 00:20:18,126 --> 00:20:21,220 watching Tulip while I struggled through the report 237 00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:23,573 of his past and present problems. 238 00:20:23,614 --> 00:20:25,198 Then she asked... 239 00:20:25,199 --> 00:20:26,825 "What's his name?" 240 00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:28,826 I told him. 241 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:32,303 "Good, Tulip. You're a girl loud, isn't it?" 242 00:20:32,823 --> 00:20:34,667 "How come?" 243 00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:37,668 Oh, how maddening, how intolerable it was! 244 00:20:38,171 --> 00:20:40,971 I suddenly found myself screaming: 245 00:20:41,816 --> 00:20:43,816 "Stop it, you little beast!" 246 00:20:45,887 --> 00:20:47,887 I poked her on the nose. 247 00:20:48,064 --> 00:20:50,664 The blow was stronger than I wanted. 248 00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:53,327 "I understand." 249 00:20:53,328 --> 00:20:57,356 "Attach the leash to the collar. I will visit you in another room." 250 00:20:57,357 --> 00:21:00,605 - "Are you sure everything will be fine?" - "Absolutely yes." 251 00:21:45,862 --> 00:21:49,262 "No traces of worms. It is in excellent condition." 252 00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:53,026 - "How did she behave?" - "Very good." 253 00:21:53,204 --> 00:21:56,004 - "Did he tie her face?" - "Heaven, no!" 254 00:21:56,424 --> 00:22:00,176 "I never do that. I knew that she wouldn't have been a problem." 255 00:22:00,328 --> 00:22:03,928 - "How?" - "Well, you learn with experience, I suppose." 256 00:22:04,315 --> 00:22:08,135 "But it's not difficult to understand character of a dog by its face." 257 00:22:08,136 --> 00:22:10,936 "Tulip is a good girl, I understood it immediately." 258 00:22:11,155 --> 00:22:13,391 "You're the problem." 259 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,058 I sat down. 260 00:22:15,059 --> 00:22:18,979 "She's in love with you, so is life I'm full of worries about her. 261 00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:21,874 In order to protect you, she wants to be free. 262 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:25,250 So she doesn't like them people who touch it. 263 00:22:25,269 --> 00:22:28,255 But when you're not there, she has nothing to do. 264 00:22:28,256 --> 00:22:30,256 Talk to her calmly. 265 00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:33,416 In time, she will anything for you." 266 00:22:37,033 --> 00:22:38,774 "Sorry. It was... 267 00:22:38,775 --> 00:22:42,175 It was... Miss Canvenini... 268 00:22:43,396 --> 00:22:45,396 Has she ever been bitten?" 269 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:48,165 A sublime woman. 270 00:22:53,598 --> 00:22:58,098 My sister Nancy, who he has no fixed abode, 271 00:22:58,561 --> 00:23:05,161 he knew that I was looking in vain for someone to become Tulip's escort and guardian, 272 00:23:05,461 --> 00:23:08,261 because my duties office many mornings 273 00:23:08,462 --> 00:23:13,062 they demanded that I abandon her for long periods of loneliness and boredom. 274 00:23:14,618 --> 00:23:17,518 From the beginning, Tulip made it clear right away 275 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:22,130 that she, not Nancy, she was the mistress of the house, 276 00:23:22,418 --> 00:23:25,570 and he had every intention of maintain that position. 277 00:23:26,114 --> 00:23:29,759 Of course I was worried that Nancy, once installed, 278 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:33,721 would have tried to invade there what remained of my privacy, 279 00:23:33,863 --> 00:23:37,182 but Tulip defended ours territory quite well. 280 00:23:42,422 --> 00:23:47,222 Access to the room that Tulip and I we occupied was strictly forbidden, 281 00:23:47,443 --> 00:23:50,679 and any attempt by Nancy even just to get closer, 282 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,433 much less knock at the door or enter, 283 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:57,474 was greeted by a prolonged explosion of ferocious barking. 284 00:24:34,982 --> 00:24:36,600 Nothing else was needed. 285 00:24:36,601 --> 00:24:39,401 Nancy wouldn't be advanced another step, 286 00:24:39,495 --> 00:24:42,765 but he would have called for ask some useless questions. 287 00:24:42,907 --> 00:24:45,507 Joe, can I put the teapot on? 288 00:24:46,911 --> 00:24:48,911 Joe? 289 00:24:49,188 --> 00:24:51,188 Are you in there? 290 00:24:51,949 --> 00:24:55,421 I was thinking of going to the West End to take a look at the shops... 291 00:24:56,095 --> 00:24:59,231 but if it has to rain I don't think he will. 292 00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:02,017 Joe? 293 00:25:02,018 --> 00:25:07,018 The days passed and the mind of my sister was taken, as I thought, 294 00:25:07,515 --> 00:25:10,515 from the problem of hinder my desires. 295 00:25:41,391 --> 00:25:44,509 You know, she's another dog when you are not there. 296 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:47,926 She is calm, obedient, she does everything I tell her. 297 00:25:48,072 --> 00:25:52,104 And there isn't that terrible commotion when I enter your room... 298 00:25:52,935 --> 00:25:54,935 when you are not there. 299 00:25:55,321 --> 00:25:59,689 I should, of course, say how much grateful I was in Nancy, despite everything. 300 00:25:59,909 --> 00:26:03,203 I can't imagine anyone fill this role better. 301 00:26:03,204 --> 00:26:06,306 But it wasn't exactly that that Nancy had imagined 302 00:26:06,307 --> 00:26:08,307 when he came to live with us. 303 00:26:08,361 --> 00:26:10,702 He considered himself a member of the family. 304 00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:14,503 - Joe? - I considered her reliable kennel maid. 305 00:26:24,108 --> 00:26:28,708 While I was in the office, Nancy was trying to seduce Tulip to keep her away from me, 306 00:26:29,063 --> 00:26:31,863 and I thought, in a terrible moment, 307 00:26:31,941 --> 00:26:33,941 that she almost succeeded. 308 00:26:37,738 --> 00:26:41,838 I woke up in a panic because I discovered that Tulip was not sleeping 309 00:26:41,909 --> 00:26:44,541 in his usual armchair in our room, 310 00:26:44,562 --> 00:26:49,434 and the terrible thought struck me that she had decided to spend the night with Nancy. 311 00:26:49,867 --> 00:26:53,467 The idea that she could discard me in favor of my sister 312 00:26:53,571 --> 00:26:56,171 it was almost too much to bear, 313 00:26:56,174 --> 00:26:58,474 and I sank back into my pillow, 314 00:26:58,475 --> 00:27:01,428 thinking that our life of friendship was over, 315 00:27:01,429 --> 00:27:03,949 and that I was alone in the world again. 316 00:27:04,031 --> 00:27:07,231 And then I heard a faint, familiar noise... 317 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:11,176 the soft, melancholy noise what Tulip does when she's sad. 318 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:37,918 She had been lured into my room sister and held there against her will, 319 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:41,724 and immediately followed me going back to my room. 320 00:27:43,471 --> 00:27:46,671 It remained what it had always been... 321 00:27:48,175 --> 00:27:50,175 my dog. 322 00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:52,402 I should never have doubted her. 323 00:27:52,546 --> 00:27:55,346 But now that I had been proven wrong, 324 00:27:55,591 --> 00:28:00,191 I could happily fall in a deep and restful sleep. 325 00:28:19,657 --> 00:28:23,057 I would have no peace from Nancy, however. 326 00:28:23,302 --> 00:28:26,502 Having failed to have Tulip on his side, 327 00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:29,599 she was ready to continue this battle to the end, 328 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,000 however bloody it might be. 329 00:28:36,016 --> 00:28:39,651 Nancy, of course, had relying on my inability 330 00:28:39,652 --> 00:28:43,864 to stay still and watch her while was attacked without intervening. 331 00:28:44,106 --> 00:28:46,962 She must therefore have had a great satisfaction 332 00:28:46,992 --> 00:28:52,392 seeing me hit my dog, although each shot fell reluctantly. 333 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,319 Tulip! Yep! 334 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,320 Enough of this nonsense, Tulip! 335 00:29:07,321 --> 00:29:09,321 Tulip! 336 00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:11,982 Yep! Stop, Tulip! 337 00:29:18,874 --> 00:29:21,274 I barely remember how long 338 00:29:21,275 --> 00:29:25,075 these two formidable women do they fought for my custody. 339 00:29:25,914 --> 00:29:28,714 It was certainly for more than a year. 340 00:29:28,993 --> 00:29:30,993 And it was quite... 341 00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:33,896 ...deconcentrating. 342 00:29:40,854 --> 00:29:45,054 Unfortunately, very few of my friends now they asked me to go and see them. 343 00:29:47,220 --> 00:29:52,220 Anyone who doesn't have pets is a a little forgetful in inviting Tulip... 344 00:29:52,866 --> 00:29:54,369 ...twice. 345 00:29:54,370 --> 00:29:56,978 People seem to against being attacked 346 00:29:56,979 --> 00:30:00,379 every time they cross paths their legs in their living rooms. 347 00:30:03,794 --> 00:30:07,394 One of the last guests ad invite us to his country house 348 00:30:07,448 --> 00:30:09,448 it was Captain Pugh, 349 00:30:09,504 --> 00:30:13,304 who had served with me in France in the 1914 war. 350 00:30:16,832 --> 00:30:19,484 I didn't know anything of him for many years, 351 00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:21,885 and then suddenly he showed up again. 352 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:24,487 He said he had a farm in Kent 353 00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:27,973 and ordered me to go and see him. 354 00:30:29,586 --> 00:30:32,386 Tulip amiably added to the invitation, 355 00:30:32,606 --> 00:30:36,606 and so we went down together in Kent, that same month. 356 00:30:38,865 --> 00:30:41,650 Actually, I remembered very little of my guest, 357 00:30:41,651 --> 00:30:43,651 except he was an officer 358 00:30:43,692 --> 00:30:47,292 which he managed to associate great courage and efficiency 359 00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:50,713 with a marked attitude of indolence. 360 00:30:52,509 --> 00:30:55,739 When, for example, he wanted the servant or the attendant, 361 00:30:55,740 --> 00:30:58,240 it was his habit to fire a pistol 362 00:30:58,276 --> 00:31:00,917 a blow for the servant, two for the orderly, 363 00:31:00,918 --> 00:31:03,718 to save himself the effort of shouting. 364 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:06,529 Strange guy. 365 00:31:28,362 --> 00:31:29,712 A bizarre character. 366 00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:32,713 And, as I was about to find out, fixed with his ways. 367 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:36,308 His whims, in fact, contributed to the misadventures 368 00:31:36,373 --> 00:31:38,973 that happened to us under his roof. 369 00:32:28,013 --> 00:32:30,613 "I hope Tulip doesn't chase them. 370 00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:33,449 They are laying a lot of eggs currently." 371 00:32:33,610 --> 00:32:35,511 I hoped not too. 372 00:32:35,512 --> 00:32:38,331 Maybe he insinuated that I had to bring Tulip on a leash, 373 00:32:38,332 --> 00:32:41,200 but how can it be evaluated the intelligence of an animal 374 00:32:41,201 --> 00:32:44,301 if one does not offer it the opportunity to demonstrate it? 375 00:32:46,815 --> 00:32:48,815 "Tulip!" 376 00:32:49,109 --> 00:32:51,109 Too late. 377 00:33:17,905 --> 00:33:19,905 I apologized profusely, 378 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,240 but it turned out to be for nothing an important cat. 379 00:33:27,773 --> 00:33:29,773 "You can stay there now." 380 00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:34,042 I'll send someone to do it go out before nightfall. 381 00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:36,713 I allowed myself to... 382 00:33:37,113 --> 00:33:38,474 Yes. 383 00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:40,475 I allowed myself to have fun. 384 00:33:42,245 --> 00:33:47,245 I never thought that cat would turn out took his revenge on us later. 385 00:33:51,913 --> 00:33:55,713 Captain Pugh's laziness it had only gained ground. 386 00:34:20,108 --> 00:34:23,236 The problem that worried him more seemed to be if, 387 00:34:23,237 --> 00:34:26,537 for an hour or more, either before and after each meal, 388 00:34:26,765 --> 00:34:29,765 it would be more rewarding a nap on the sofa, 389 00:34:30,051 --> 00:34:32,651 or undress and go back to bed. 390 00:34:40,971 --> 00:34:46,171 All rooms, including bathroom and the kitchen was furnished with a sofa. 391 00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:56,385 In those rare moments where he was standing... 392 00:34:56,386 --> 00:35:01,027 Pugh strutted among his buildings farmers shouting commands in military style 393 00:35:01,028 --> 00:35:03,828 and provoking great consternation among the cows. 394 00:35:03,869 --> 00:35:06,069 "Good, now! Come on! Mach!" 395 00:35:07,423 --> 00:35:09,495 "Let's go, then! Let's go!" 396 00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:11,009 "Quickly!" 397 00:35:11,010 --> 00:35:13,010 "Let's go, then!" 398 00:35:13,938 --> 00:35:15,938 “Okay, cows!” 399 00:35:16,573 --> 00:35:18,573 "Rest!" 400 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:23,237 Then he retired for the night climbing the wide wooden staircase 401 00:35:23,238 --> 00:35:26,438 with his slow steps for reduce leg strain. 402 00:35:28,077 --> 00:35:30,853 Pugh stopped to say who was a light sleeper 403 00:35:30,854 --> 00:35:33,591 and so he hoped that Tulip had it heavy. 404 00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:38,812 In order to wake us up rest like a giant. 405 00:35:39,254 --> 00:35:42,559 I had been assigned to bedroom next to his. 406 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,660 And besides the bed it contained, 407 00:35:44,801 --> 00:35:49,001 I was happy, but not surprised, to find a comfortable sofa... 408 00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:53,208 for Tulip. 409 00:35:54,086 --> 00:35:56,942 In fact, Tulip is one very quiet sleepyhead, 410 00:35:56,948 --> 00:35:59,949 although I will usually do it an overnight visit 411 00:35:59,950 --> 00:36:02,368 and he will put his nose against my face. 412 00:36:02,369 --> 00:36:06,369 Maybe I scream while I dream, or not, 413 00:36:06,473 --> 00:36:10,473 and she wants to reassure herself that I'm not dead. 414 00:36:24,316 --> 00:36:29,116 So I wasn't surprised when I woke up around 2 in the morning. 415 00:36:29,314 --> 00:36:31,714 I caressed her and me I turned the other way. 416 00:36:31,715 --> 00:36:35,315 It touched me as if there were one emergency. What could he want? 417 00:36:40,399 --> 00:36:42,399 Ah! It was for this reason. 418 00:36:42,609 --> 00:36:45,846 He left me, but didn't go to his sofa. 419 00:36:45,980 --> 00:36:47,880 "Don't be boring, Tulip!" 420 00:36:47,881 --> 00:36:49,307 "Go back to bed!" 421 00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:51,324 "We'll go to the cat in the morning." 422 00:36:53,261 --> 00:36:55,261 Silence... 423 00:36:56,340 --> 00:36:57,881 Then I heard... 424 00:36:57,882 --> 00:37:00,882 plop... plop... plop. 425 00:37:04,698 --> 00:37:06,714 I rummaged for my matches. 426 00:37:06,742 --> 00:37:09,860 Tulip was coming to me from the other side of the room, 427 00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:13,861 wagging his tail and staring at me with sweet and bright eyes 428 00:37:13,982 --> 00:37:15,982 as he kissed my cheek. 429 00:37:16,351 --> 00:37:20,751 Avoiding all carpets, he had left his excrement on the linoleum 430 00:37:20,931 --> 00:37:23,531 as far away from me as possible, 431 00:37:23,709 --> 00:37:26,136 against the door that communicated with Pugh. 432 00:37:26,178 --> 00:37:29,378 And in fact it wouldn't could have done without it. 433 00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:33,106 I understood immediately when I got out from bed to watch, 434 00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:37,385 that he couldn't stay a moment longer. 435 00:38:29,795 --> 00:38:31,795 "Tulip!" 436 00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:42,150 He had used every trick in his power to tell me something, 437 00:38:42,471 --> 00:38:44,471 and I didn't understand. 438 00:38:44,773 --> 00:38:47,973 Unfortunately, for the abyss that separates man and animal. 439 00:38:48,447 --> 00:38:51,647 He had lost confidence in me at that moment? 440 00:38:51,888 --> 00:38:54,088 I have often wondered this sadly. 441 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,293 Poor Pugh. 442 00:38:57,294 --> 00:39:00,494 It wasn't, I'm afraid, with the looks of a resting giant 443 00:39:00,498 --> 00:39:03,149 which appeared later at the breakfast table. 444 00:39:03,150 --> 00:39:06,150 He kindly said that it didn't matter. 445 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,720 And yes. 446 00:39:09,115 --> 00:39:13,915 The Norton was waiting in the yard, with the engine grinning impatiently. 447 00:39:14,594 --> 00:39:17,394 Tulip was never invited again. 448 00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:39,466 But here the story finds a happy ending. 449 00:39:39,911 --> 00:39:43,511 If I had lost part of the Tulip's trust in that period, 450 00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:46,775 I have reason to believe that I got it back later, 451 00:39:46,776 --> 00:39:48,776 as we will soon see. 452 00:39:50,639 --> 00:39:55,439 Dogs read the world through their own noses and write their story in urine. 453 00:39:55,846 --> 00:39:59,446 Tulip is especially instructive when in season. 454 00:39:59,614 --> 00:40:04,414 She has two types of urine, the necessary and the social. 455 00:40:04,894 --> 00:40:08,757 In the necessary one he crouches directly and abruptly 456 00:40:08,758 --> 00:40:10,758 lowering your shins, 457 00:40:10,759 --> 00:40:13,459 and the hind legs they form a sort of dam 458 00:40:13,478 --> 00:40:16,178 against the stream that flows from behind. 459 00:40:16,318 --> 00:40:18,918 His expression is pleased. 460 00:40:19,537 --> 00:40:21,947 For social urine yes rarely squats, 461 00:40:21,948 --> 00:40:26,548 but it balances on one paw rear, the other is raised in the air. 462 00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:29,259 A single drop will do. 463 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:33,782 The expression on his face is serious, as if he were writing a check. 464 00:40:35,111 --> 00:40:38,411 She pays attention socially of a wide range of things, 465 00:40:38,453 --> 00:40:42,153 the most common group is that of excrements of other animals. 466 00:40:44,526 --> 00:40:47,811 Fresh horse dung it has a special charm to her 467 00:40:47,812 --> 00:40:50,812 and is always sprayed generously. 468 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:56,296 Then start spraying every food that has been discarded... 469 00:40:56,304 --> 00:40:58,504 sandwiches, bones... 470 00:40:58,698 --> 00:41:00,698 fish, bread... 471 00:41:02,402 --> 00:41:04,094 vomiting... 472 00:41:04,095 --> 00:41:07,095 unless it isn't food he wants to eat. 473 00:41:07,507 --> 00:41:11,507 Pay respectful attention to dead and decaying animals. 474 00:41:31,147 --> 00:41:35,647 There came a day when she added suddenly my urine 475 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:39,319 to other privileged objects of his social attention. 476 00:41:41,991 --> 00:41:43,991 How moved I was. 477 00:41:44,503 --> 00:41:46,503 How honored I felt. 478 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:49,580 "Oh, Tulip. 479 00:41:49,774 --> 00:41:52,174 Thanks,” I said. 480 00:41:52,819 --> 00:41:55,619 And now she does it all the time. 481 00:41:56,531 --> 00:42:00,731 So I feel like if anything there were of the differences between us... 482 00:42:01,727 --> 00:42:03,727 now they had been swept away. 483 00:42:07,876 --> 00:42:09,876 I feel like a real dog. 484 00:42:12,505 --> 00:42:17,705 Right after Tulip had entered mine possession, I started looking for a husband for her. 485 00:42:18,537 --> 00:42:21,437 So far he had had one lonely and frustrated life. 486 00:42:21,481 --> 00:42:23,481 Now he had to have a full one. 487 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:29,308 A full life included of course the pleasures of sex and motherhood. 488 00:42:29,814 --> 00:42:34,630 And even if I couldn't, of course, host the her puppies in my little apartment, 489 00:42:35,091 --> 00:42:38,791 it was a question of which I would deal with it later. 490 00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:47,727 Miss Canvenini supplied me the address of a Mr. Blandish, 491 00:42:47,916 --> 00:42:52,116 who lived in Sheen and owned a good German shepherd named Max, 492 00:42:52,629 --> 00:42:54,629 that he was willing to lend. 493 00:43:05,809 --> 00:43:08,709 Max later revealed himself as a beautiful and robust dog, 494 00:43:08,712 --> 00:43:12,112 with the serious bearing of old family servant. 495 00:43:12,932 --> 00:43:15,432 When I was invited into the living room... 496 00:43:15,602 --> 00:43:17,244 "Accompany the gentleman, Max." 497 00:43:17,245 --> 00:43:20,045 ...kept me under close surveillance. 498 00:43:25,186 --> 00:43:28,786 The house and its management, clearly, they belonged to him. 499 00:43:29,257 --> 00:43:34,937 Giving him confidence, it was clear, would be It was a shocking breach of etiquette 500 00:43:34,938 --> 00:43:38,186 as if one had tried to caress the butler. 501 00:43:48,609 --> 00:43:50,609 "Matches." 502 00:43:51,029 --> 00:43:53,829 "Matches. Not there Are there matches in the house?” 503 00:43:54,533 --> 00:43:57,533 “Oh, well, never mind. I think I have some." 504 00:44:05,235 --> 00:44:07,235 "Thanks, Max." 505 00:44:11,122 --> 00:44:14,322 "Then this will be there first experience of... 506 00:44:15,812 --> 00:44:17,812 with the opposite sex? 507 00:44:18,006 --> 00:44:22,006 They told me there might be difficulties unless..." 508 00:44:28,224 --> 00:44:30,924 “Oh, you don't have to worry about that. 509 00:44:30,988 --> 00:44:33,488 Max knows what he's doing." 510 00:44:33,497 --> 00:44:35,297 "So he's been married before?" 511 00:44:35,298 --> 00:44:37,798 "He's never been married, it's true. 512 00:44:37,801 --> 00:44:40,435 But when we were in campaign a couple of years ago, 513 00:44:40,436 --> 00:44:43,236 he came across a bitch stray in heat. 514 00:44:43,982 --> 00:44:46,382 Not at all chic. 515 00:44:46,534 --> 00:44:49,734 And he did his comfortable with her on site. 516 00:44:49,913 --> 00:44:53,105 I will be happy to repeat it his performance with Tulip, 517 00:44:53,166 --> 00:44:55,166 I can assure you of that." 518 00:45:02,008 --> 00:45:04,360 "Oh, so, well... it was just..." 519 00:45:04,364 --> 00:45:06,364 "You leave it all to me." 520 00:45:08,006 --> 00:45:10,406 "I have a very reliable little book, 521 00:45:10,509 --> 00:45:13,509 not that Max has need to consult him." 522 00:45:17,615 --> 00:45:19,615 "It's okay, Max. 523 00:45:20,385 --> 00:45:22,385 The gentleman has permission. 524 00:45:23,279 --> 00:45:26,279 In case she took it the wrong hat." 525 00:45:28,710 --> 00:45:32,310 A formal presentation was carried out a few days later. 526 00:45:33,823 --> 00:45:37,551 Max's guttural sound while we drove up the driveway 527 00:45:37,552 --> 00:45:39,552 announced that he was on duty. 528 00:45:39,712 --> 00:45:44,912 And the door, opening, showed him placed directly on the threshold as before. 529 00:45:45,518 --> 00:45:49,418 But as soon as Max approaches... to Tulip in the most affable manner, 530 00:45:49,514 --> 00:45:51,724 she turned vigorously towards him 531 00:45:51,766 --> 00:45:54,566 and took him into the pantry. 532 00:46:01,308 --> 00:46:03,708 The Blandishes were not offended. 533 00:46:06,189 --> 00:46:08,189 Mr. Blandish. 534 00:46:09,275 --> 00:46:13,075 "I see it's really one sweet and good dog." 535 00:46:15,832 --> 00:46:20,432 “I can see them doing great okay when his time comes." 536 00:46:22,463 --> 00:46:25,663 Plus he grins and says the wink to Mrs. "B". 537 00:46:26,384 --> 00:46:31,384 I couldn't help but wonder which one knowledge derived such optimism. 538 00:47:28,921 --> 00:47:32,121 "Which should be between its seventh and ninth day." 539 00:47:32,367 --> 00:47:35,967 His index finger was pointing consciously the sky. 540 00:47:36,037 --> 00:47:39,437 "The wedding will take place in the back garden." 541 00:47:39,624 --> 00:47:41,624 He pointed to my tie. 542 00:47:41,818 --> 00:47:44,962 “Well, my information they said the next day, " 543 00:47:44,963 --> 00:47:46,797 I dared to comment... 544 00:47:46,798 --> 00:47:49,798 "and that the second week It could be better." 545 00:47:49,976 --> 00:47:52,976 But he replied with firmness that I was wrong 546 00:47:53,096 --> 00:47:56,096 and that I could easily let him decide. 547 00:47:56,107 --> 00:48:00,707 I then suggested that they could practice together until then. 548 00:48:01,481 --> 00:48:04,081 "Good idea!" he said Mrs. Blandish. 549 00:48:04,282 --> 00:48:07,682 But her husband objected immediately categorically. 550 00:48:08,036 --> 00:48:12,436 It was Mrs. Blandish who carried Max on a walk while he was at work. 551 00:48:12,618 --> 00:48:17,686 And he didn't let her have a role in the business, at least in his absence. 552 00:48:17,687 --> 00:48:23,287 When we left, Max was taken out from his hiding place to greet Tulip. 553 00:48:24,928 --> 00:48:27,387 "His other wife bit him on the shoulder, 554 00:48:27,388 --> 00:48:30,388 but they won't care any of the other bites 555 00:48:30,425 --> 00:48:32,777 when will the his moment with Tulip." 556 00:48:34,412 --> 00:48:36,412 He said it with such gusto 557 00:48:36,531 --> 00:48:39,931 which I looked at again involuntarily Mrs. Blandish, 558 00:48:40,132 --> 00:48:46,132 who was smiling mischievously at him with his little white teeth. 559 00:49:20,491 --> 00:49:25,491 Dear Tulip chose to go into heat in the middle of the most arctic winter 560 00:49:25,572 --> 00:49:28,972 than this freezing country had suffered in 50 years. 561 00:49:29,750 --> 00:49:33,350 But it was my first experience of her in this condition, 562 00:49:33,780 --> 00:49:35,780 and I was enchanted. 563 00:49:38,585 --> 00:49:42,785 I was moved by the mysterious process working within her 564 00:49:43,172 --> 00:49:46,772 and I felt very sweet towards her. 565 00:49:47,685 --> 00:49:50,285 The small, dark one Gemma, her vulva... 566 00:49:50,555 --> 00:49:54,195 it became swollen and more noticeable when she walked in front of me, 567 00:49:54,392 --> 00:49:58,392 and sometimes he had to get her some tickling or some other sensation, 568 00:49:58,513 --> 00:50:03,313 because suddenly he crouched down on the street and started licking it. 569 00:50:54,368 --> 00:50:56,968 "Tulip is still bleeding, I'm afraid." 570 00:50:57,071 --> 00:50:59,071 "Oh, don't worry." 571 00:51:01,459 --> 00:51:03,459 "Yes." 572 00:51:05,329 --> 00:51:08,124 "It doesn't matter. 573 00:51:08,166 --> 00:51:13,366 Everything will be fine after that we will leave alone together in the garden. 574 00:51:14,655 --> 00:51:17,855 They'll get to work in no time." 575 00:51:19,435 --> 00:51:21,435 - "Yes." - "Yes." 576 00:51:22,329 --> 00:51:24,345 "Everything will be fine." 577 00:51:45,228 --> 00:51:48,828 The end of this fiasco will already be evident. 578 00:51:48,973 --> 00:51:52,173 Max was pushed by Tulip back into the house. 579 00:51:52,401 --> 00:51:58,201 This is what marked the end of indulgence about Mr. Blandish and our visit. 580 00:51:59,617 --> 00:52:02,217 "You're an active girl," I said to Tulip, 581 00:52:02,370 --> 00:52:04,970 as we left walking in the snow. 582 00:52:05,042 --> 00:52:08,242 But now she was, since he had me for himself again, 583 00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:10,984 of a disarming good mood. 584 00:52:11,020 --> 00:52:15,220 And as soon as we got home, tried to confer about my leg 585 00:52:15,691 --> 00:52:20,091 all the love that the pusillanimous Max had denied it. 586 00:52:33,409 --> 00:52:35,409 Miss Canvenini informed me 587 00:52:35,444 --> 00:52:38,844 than mating dogs it was always a simple thing 588 00:52:39,075 --> 00:52:43,275 and added the belated information that, when the dogs are inexperienced, 589 00:52:43,552 --> 00:52:46,352 the application of a little of Vaseline on the bitch 590 00:52:46,450 --> 00:52:49,850 sometimes it helps to excite and to determine the interest, 591 00:52:49,892 --> 00:52:52,292 as well as acting as a lubricant. 592 00:52:52,444 --> 00:52:55,146 Then he contacted me with a certain Mr. Plum, 593 00:52:55,147 --> 00:52:58,747 who owned a German shepherd well looked after off Putney Hill. 594 00:52:59,985 --> 00:53:02,785 “Now be serious,” I told Tulip. 595 00:53:03,422 --> 00:53:06,022 I rang Mr. Plum's doorbell. 596 00:53:08,052 --> 00:53:11,052 He appeared immediately and he led us into the garage. 597 00:53:15,767 --> 00:53:18,767 "Nice dog," I said. "What's his name?" 598 00:53:19,338 --> 00:53:21,538 “Chum,” said Mr. Plum. 599 00:53:26,437 --> 00:53:28,837 Mr. Plum looked at his watch. 600 00:53:44,375 --> 00:53:47,815 “Maybe Tulip is concentrating better if we leave them alone," 601 00:53:47,816 --> 00:53:49,816 suggested Mr. Plum. 602 00:53:55,633 --> 00:53:57,833 He looked at his watch again. 603 00:53:58,035 --> 00:54:01,338 "Mrs. Plum has a cup of tea for us in the apartment", 604 00:54:01,339 --> 00:54:04,339 added Mr. Plum, looking at the clock. 605 00:54:17,048 --> 00:54:19,648 Two cups of tea had already been poured. 606 00:54:19,690 --> 00:54:23,690 I raised mine. Not it was lukewarm. It was cold! 607 00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:28,920 The impressive thing about the kitchen Mrs. Plum's was her cleanliness. 608 00:54:29,075 --> 00:54:32,520 The kitchen was more the exposition of an ideal model of home, 609 00:54:32,561 --> 00:54:34,981 than a room actually in use. 610 00:54:35,022 --> 00:54:37,707 Mrs. Plum was in feet in its exact center, 611 00:54:37,708 --> 00:54:41,878 holding the most similar little girl in her arms to a doll I had ever seen. 612 00:54:41,879 --> 00:54:45,532 I congratulated Mrs. Plum for the beauty of its cuisine 613 00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:47,342 and I added that it was a prodigy 614 00:54:47,343 --> 00:54:50,762 keep such a clean place when it housed a dog. 615 00:54:50,763 --> 00:54:55,000 And she answered in her grave voice that Chum was not allowed in the house 616 00:54:55,001 --> 00:54:57,601 because dogs litter. 617 00:55:00,517 --> 00:55:03,417 Tulip was exactly that where we left it. 618 00:55:07,488 --> 00:55:11,488 I spread it generously Vaseline and tried to hold it still 619 00:55:11,726 --> 00:55:16,726 while Mr. Plum tried to help Chum to take a more precise aim. 620 00:55:19,233 --> 00:55:21,233 It was all useless. 621 00:55:22,086 --> 00:55:24,364 I understood that ours efforts to please her 622 00:55:24,365 --> 00:55:27,799 they had turned into cruelty and I said, "We have to stop." 623 00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:30,661 It could be, like suggested Mr. Plum, 624 00:55:30,703 --> 00:55:32,703 that she can relax more 625 00:55:32,747 --> 00:55:36,147 if the action was transferred in my apartment? 626 00:55:38,769 --> 00:55:41,797 Tulip welcomed Chum with childlike joy 627 00:55:41,939 --> 00:55:44,900 and immediately instituted children's games, 628 00:55:44,901 --> 00:55:47,152 chasing him or making himself chase after him 629 00:55:47,153 --> 00:55:51,553 in and out of my apartment, scattering newspapers like leaves in the wind. 630 00:55:51,899 --> 00:55:54,499 Chum still found her attractive, 631 00:55:54,577 --> 00:55:58,177 but of sexual interest from part of her there was no sign. 632 00:55:58,564 --> 00:56:02,964 Later, we took them out together for a walk around Putney. 633 00:56:03,894 --> 00:56:05,894 What was Tulip trying to tell us? 634 00:56:05,963 --> 00:56:10,163 I had taken her to Max too early and from Chum too late? 635 00:56:10,334 --> 00:56:13,636 Neither dog was personally acceptable to you? 636 00:56:13,637 --> 00:56:17,616 Or his devotion to me was all the love she needed? 637 00:56:24,665 --> 00:56:26,191 "Here, Chum! Good boy!" 638 00:56:26,192 --> 00:56:29,111 "Come here, boy! Come here, I said!" 639 00:56:29,153 --> 00:56:31,653 "Do you want to do as I told you?" 640 00:56:31,698 --> 00:56:33,698 "Chum!" 641 00:56:33,699 --> 00:56:37,727 “I figured Chum would like this. Well, I don't want to blame him. 642 00:56:37,728 --> 00:56:42,152 We had some nice hikes together, but of course, when you're married, 643 00:56:42,249 --> 00:56:44,265 you have other people to consider, 644 00:56:44,302 --> 00:56:49,102 and it is natural that also the wife complaints company." 645 00:56:49,681 --> 00:56:54,081 But I had stopped listening to them Mr. Plum's sorrowful reflections. 646 00:56:54,495 --> 00:56:57,695 To cut our path there was a curious figure 647 00:56:57,765 --> 00:57:00,765 which he captured instantly my attention. 648 00:57:26,710 --> 00:57:29,910 "I wouldn't be surprised if she was a sterile bitch. 649 00:57:30,656 --> 00:57:34,256 Too nervous and too much tight for my tastes. 650 00:57:34,793 --> 00:57:36,993 Now, if it weren't because it's Sunday 651 00:57:37,079 --> 00:57:40,279 and I've got a boy with me and everything, 652 00:57:40,741 --> 00:57:45,341 I wouldn't mind unleashing it on of her one of my dogs, here and now. 653 00:57:45,788 --> 00:57:49,188 They would find out right away whether she is a sterile bitch or not." 654 00:57:50,175 --> 00:57:52,575 "There aren't many people around here. 655 00:57:52,695 --> 00:57:55,195 We can't go up to those bushes? 656 00:57:55,314 --> 00:57:57,314 No one would see us there." 657 00:57:57,358 --> 00:57:59,358 "I'd be happy to try, 658 00:57:59,843 --> 00:58:02,443 but I can't in front of the boy. 659 00:58:03,163 --> 00:58:05,163 Did he give you a lead? 660 00:58:05,791 --> 00:58:08,191 You know, a cue? 661 00:58:08,819 --> 00:58:11,589 There are ways to stimulate it." 662 00:58:11,830 --> 00:58:13,448 “Vaseline?” 663 00:58:13,449 --> 00:58:15,449 "Ah, he already knew." 664 00:58:16,176 --> 00:58:20,376 "I wouldn't mind demonstrate it on one of my dogs, 665 00:58:20,931 --> 00:58:24,731 if it weren't for the presence of the boy." 666 00:58:25,102 --> 00:58:29,506 I now had such an intense dislike for this young man with a sickly face, 667 00:58:29,507 --> 00:58:34,313 that there seemed to be little that he didn't already knew about the art of self-stimulation, 668 00:58:34,314 --> 00:58:38,656 that I could barely keep the hatred out from my look and asked in an irritated tone 669 00:58:38,657 --> 00:58:42,257 if it couldn't be sent to take a walk alone. 670 00:58:44,104 --> 00:58:47,104 The desire to educate It's a powerful thing, 671 00:58:47,544 --> 00:58:50,444 and our teacher he couldn't resist. 672 00:58:50,486 --> 00:58:53,112 So he sent the boy with one of the dogs, 673 00:58:53,113 --> 00:58:55,713 and then, after one cautious look around, 674 00:58:55,718 --> 00:58:57,902 he demonstrated on the remaining animal 675 00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:03,960 what happens if one exercises a slight heated pressure on his member. 676 00:59:05,201 --> 00:59:10,201 About what happened next there is no need to dwell further. 677 00:59:11,315 --> 00:59:15,515 And that was the end of my attempt to marry Tulip that season. 678 00:59:26,700 --> 00:59:29,600 I had a bunch of problems with dogs in the area, 679 00:59:29,618 --> 00:59:32,218 many more than that I had had in the winter. 680 00:59:32,219 --> 00:59:37,419 It became a puzzle knowing where to take walking Tulip when she was in heat. 681 00:59:39,043 --> 00:59:43,454 His only fault was the inclination to spread the news of his condition 682 00:59:43,455 --> 00:59:46,855 spraying the door going in and out, 683 00:59:47,243 --> 00:59:51,043 which obviously attracted everyone the neighborhood dogs in a flash, 684 00:59:51,150 --> 00:59:55,483 who waited hopefully around to the building for the remainder of its season. 685 00:59:55,484 --> 00:59:58,684 From then on, his walks became a torment 686 00:59:58,695 --> 01:00:00,695 like the attempts of movie stars 687 01:00:00,739 --> 01:00:03,939 to leave the Savoy Hotel unnoticed by reporters. 688 01:00:04,901 --> 01:00:09,101 Discretion, therefore, was a essential prerequisite for success. 689 01:00:12,125 --> 01:00:15,125 A single bark would have given us away. 690 01:00:27,758 --> 01:00:32,358 The dogs materialized from the nothing and they ran towards us. 691 01:00:32,521 --> 01:00:35,730 Some were so small, than by any stroke of luck 692 01:00:35,731 --> 01:00:38,931 they could have accomplished their high ambition. 693 01:00:39,303 --> 01:00:42,813 Some were so old and arthritic who could barely limp. 694 01:00:42,814 --> 01:00:47,614 Yet everyone left their hearts and homes and they fought behind us to such an extent 695 01:00:47,836 --> 01:00:52,372 that I often wondered if those who they gave up and never managed to go home. 696 01:00:54,068 --> 01:00:55,629 Then I lost my temper. 697 01:00:55,630 --> 01:00:58,430 Get rid of it! Ski! Get the fuck out! 698 01:00:58,772 --> 01:01:02,572 I started throwing at them fearless creatures with sticks and hooves, 699 01:01:02,679 --> 01:01:05,479 but Tulip flew away instantly to recover them 700 01:01:05,620 --> 01:01:08,820 and returned with several dogs hold on to his butt. 701 01:01:09,375 --> 01:01:12,077 With all intelligence disappeared from his eyes, 702 01:01:12,078 --> 01:01:16,678 he reached a point of madness, tearing my clothes or my flesh with teeth. 703 01:01:21,128 --> 01:01:24,822 Many of our walks, therefore, they ended up in a bad mood. 704 01:01:24,823 --> 01:01:29,460 And I was grateful to get home safely, out of reach of our oppressors, 705 01:01:29,461 --> 01:01:33,061 that, being incapable of surpass yourself in any other way, 706 01:01:33,382 --> 01:01:35,382 they remained where they were. 707 01:01:37,528 --> 01:01:40,028 There was a mixed race in my neighborhood 708 01:01:40,047 --> 01:01:44,247 to whom Tulip was so devoted that yes it was really a love story. 709 01:01:44,468 --> 01:01:47,604 He was a very terrier small and rather awkward 710 01:01:47,705 --> 01:01:52,705 with a mean face. And I just had to say his name, which was Watney, 711 01:01:52,835 --> 01:01:55,853 so that she could straighten them ears and took me excited 712 01:01:55,854 --> 01:01:58,054 to the pub where he lived. 713 01:01:59,874 --> 01:02:03,694 The owner let it out the little dog and Tulip greeted him 714 01:02:03,695 --> 01:02:07,095 with all its most beautiful features demonstrations of joy. 715 01:02:07,701 --> 01:02:10,701 Every now and then, she put him on a paw on my back, 716 01:02:10,702 --> 01:02:13,902 as if he wanted to keep it stop to contemplate it. 717 01:02:14,490 --> 01:02:17,794 What she had seen or smelled in that sad little dog 718 01:02:17,835 --> 01:02:19,835 I've never been able to understand it. 719 01:02:24,833 --> 01:02:28,833 During her heats, he lived practically on our doorstep, 720 01:02:29,195 --> 01:02:33,295 and, when she appeared, he clung as a crustacean on one of the hind legs 721 01:02:33,296 --> 01:02:36,435 while she endured with patience and allowed him to do them 722 01:02:36,436 --> 01:02:39,136 what he wanted and could or could not. 723 01:02:40,137 --> 01:02:44,237 But when, in long intervals barren, she visited him in his pub, 724 01:02:44,239 --> 01:02:47,439 he never found it again of a moment to dedicate to her. 725 01:02:47,481 --> 01:02:50,683 Ascertained, with a sniff, that there was nothing to be done, 726 01:02:50,684 --> 01:02:53,884 he returned stiffly to his duties behind the bar. 727 01:02:55,797 --> 01:02:58,250 “It doesn't matter, Tulip dear,” I told her. 728 01:02:58,592 --> 01:03:00,992 "That's the way of the world, I'm afraid." 729 01:03:02,104 --> 01:03:05,128 The most beautiful thing for her, it therefore seemed to me, 730 01:03:05,199 --> 01:03:08,199 it would be to find them a Watney German Shepherd. 731 01:03:21,398 --> 01:03:24,398 "I rented a bungalow in Sussex for the summer. 732 01:03:24,935 --> 01:03:27,335 The owner accepts dogs. 733 01:03:27,679 --> 01:03:32,279 There's no need to search anymore, if you are looking for holiday accommodation. 734 01:03:32,901 --> 01:03:34,901 N." 735 01:03:35,445 --> 01:03:38,564 “I planned the business Tulip lovers here in London. 736 01:03:38,565 --> 01:03:40,965 We can't come. Joe." 737 01:03:49,551 --> 01:03:52,799 “None of your dogs He's as good as Mountjoy. 738 01:03:52,821 --> 01:03:56,221 And Mrs Tudor-Smith is very excited about the wedding. 739 01:03:56,350 --> 01:03:58,125 N." 740 01:03:58,126 --> 01:04:00,726 This was Nancy's trump card. 741 01:04:00,929 --> 01:04:05,329 Mountjoy belongs to some people a short distance from Witchball Lane. 742 01:04:05,734 --> 01:04:09,542 He is a German Shepherd of a lineage so ancient and aristocratic... 743 01:04:09,755 --> 01:04:12,657 that they have heard stated to Mrs Tudor-Smith 744 01:04:12,658 --> 01:04:16,690 that the dog's genealogy came even from further away than one's own. 745 01:04:17,145 --> 01:04:19,145 I've seen him often, 746 01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:23,208 right outside the gate of Badgers' Holt, where he resided. 747 01:04:23,443 --> 01:04:27,443 It always seems to stay in the classic "show dog" attitude, 748 01:04:27,831 --> 01:04:29,831 as if he had invented it. 749 01:04:29,875 --> 01:04:32,675 And he perpetually poses for the cameras 750 01:04:32,703 --> 01:04:35,503 who must believe that they are somewhere. 751 01:04:35,603 --> 01:04:40,203 If he had made any louder sound of a yawn, I wouldn't have heard it. 752 01:04:40,335 --> 01:04:43,535 Certainly, nothing more vulgar of a bark. 753 01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:48,296 "Dear Nancy, I have one urgent business matter 754 01:04:48,318 --> 01:04:52,034 which may require mine presence in London during the summer." 755 01:04:53,581 --> 01:04:58,427 “If you want a second option, Colonel Finch says you can have Gunner whenever you want. 756 01:04:58,428 --> 01:05:00,428 N." 757 01:05:02,449 --> 01:05:04,449 We went there. 758 01:05:08,138 --> 01:05:09,822 "Well, we're here, aren't we? 759 01:05:09,823 --> 01:05:14,023 But you have no idea of the difficulties ahead. There's no way you can do it." 760 01:05:14,837 --> 01:05:19,637 "You're exaggerating! If you can You can do it, I can do it too!" 761 01:05:21,485 --> 01:05:25,085 Tulip came into heat on first day of June, 762 01:05:25,447 --> 01:05:30,447 and in a few days Mon Repos was under siege. 763 01:05:30,896 --> 01:05:33,796 Nancy began to consider this is quite funny, 764 01:05:33,797 --> 01:05:38,997 and found sweet little Scotties and Sealyham who came to visit us. 765 01:05:41,689 --> 01:05:43,489 He found it less funny, though, 766 01:05:43,490 --> 01:05:46,500 when they accumulated and yes they camped outside all night 767 01:05:46,501 --> 01:05:49,501 arguing and yelping among the seven dwarfs. 768 01:05:50,602 --> 01:05:54,602 Nancy found it even less funny when he tried to take Tulip for a walk 769 01:05:54,603 --> 01:05:56,903 and fell into the mistake I had made, 770 01:05:56,945 --> 01:05:59,245 trying to drive away his escort, 771 01:05:59,347 --> 01:06:02,692 which involved a chorus of complaints among the locals 772 01:06:02,693 --> 01:06:07,093 because she had been seen with clothes and flesh torn. 773 01:06:16,982 --> 01:06:19,582 Tulip was therefore not taken out, 774 01:06:19,702 --> 01:06:21,702 and all the windows had them 775 01:06:21,703 --> 01:06:26,503 a show of a dozen or so gods her male friends waiting for her outside. 776 01:06:26,795 --> 01:06:29,195 He barked at them incessantly. 777 01:06:29,736 --> 01:06:33,381 They barked back. She started howling. 778 01:06:33,423 --> 01:06:36,323 The expensive curtains were all in tatters. 779 01:06:36,727 --> 01:06:39,453 Soon they entered with the strength at different points, 780 01:06:39,454 --> 01:06:44,454 and my sister and I committed ourselves in expelling dogs of all shapes and sizes, 781 01:06:44,768 --> 01:06:46,768 from the dining room, 782 01:06:46,769 --> 01:06:48,553 from the veranda, 783 01:06:48,554 --> 01:06:51,298 and even at night our bedrooms. 784 01:06:51,319 --> 01:06:53,819 "I have never seen such a disaster! 785 01:06:53,860 --> 01:06:55,860 You're a real disgrace!" 786 01:06:56,280 --> 01:07:00,280 "Come on! Get the fuck off! Get the fuck out! Home!" 787 01:07:00,326 --> 01:07:02,926 "Go back to your slums!" 788 01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:06,720 "You're not in his class." 789 01:07:06,965 --> 01:07:09,965 "Damned, damned dogs!" 790 01:07:13,296 --> 01:07:15,296 "Joe!" 791 01:07:15,490 --> 01:07:17,490 "Joe!" 792 01:07:20,103 --> 01:07:22,303 "For God's sake! Joe!" 793 01:07:24,391 --> 01:07:28,991 Tulip hadn't seen Mountjoy during his week of courtship. 794 01:07:29,079 --> 01:07:32,479 The Tudor-Smiths had deemed inappropriate 795 01:07:32,516 --> 01:07:35,516 for him to mix with such a rabble. 796 01:07:35,735 --> 01:07:39,535 But now was the right time and she was happy to see him. 797 01:07:39,698 --> 01:07:42,298 And as soon as he yielded his desires are clear, 798 01:07:42,325 --> 01:07:44,325 she allowed him to ride her. 799 01:07:45,264 --> 01:07:48,664 But for some reason he doesn't he succeeded in achieving his goal. 800 01:07:48,665 --> 01:07:52,665 It seemed to me that his blows they hadn't reached it. 801 01:07:53,086 --> 01:07:57,286 After a while, she disengaged she started flirting in front of him. 802 01:07:57,799 --> 01:08:00,599 But he had a purpose more serious in sight. 803 01:08:00,677 --> 01:08:04,878 Again she positioned herself. This time it seemed that he had gone further, 804 01:08:04,879 --> 01:08:08,479 but she made a nervous cry and ran away from him once again. 805 01:08:12,389 --> 01:08:15,989 They tried several times. It happened always the same thing. 806 01:08:20,514 --> 01:08:24,714 It was sad to watch them try to knowing each other and always failing, 807 01:08:25,185 --> 01:08:29,273 until she didn't want to have anything anymore to deal with him and pushed him away. 808 01:08:31,190 --> 01:08:32,616 Who would have guessed 809 01:08:32,617 --> 01:08:36,593 that mating a bitch could be such a perplexing problem? 810 01:08:41,344 --> 01:08:45,175 I called the local vet. The next morning, he came and stayed with me 811 01:08:45,176 --> 01:08:49,488 while the animals repeated theirs funny stunts, futile and exhausting. 812 01:08:53,388 --> 01:08:55,388 "It's the dog's fault. 813 01:08:55,598 --> 01:08:58,398 Your foreskin is too tight, you know? 814 01:08:58,652 --> 01:09:00,569 Don't risk penetrating it. 815 01:09:00,570 --> 01:09:04,423 It's a disability that could have been correct when he was a puppy. 816 01:09:04,424 --> 01:09:06,424 He is also a sterile dog. 817 01:09:06,952 --> 01:09:10,152 He has a testicle that has not descended. 818 01:09:10,789 --> 01:09:13,789 This is a serious one mating ban." 819 01:09:21,207 --> 01:09:23,191 "Go away!" 820 01:09:23,192 --> 01:09:28,392 There was nothing now that I could do, except to take Tulip and take her to Mon Repos. 821 01:09:32,977 --> 01:09:36,977 they are puritans and boring 822 01:09:42,345 --> 01:09:45,545 We got back into his taxi and we went back. 823 01:09:54,174 --> 01:09:56,074 Evening was falling. 824 01:09:56,075 --> 01:09:58,875 I took her back to the garden on the back destroyed, 825 01:09:59,153 --> 01:10:01,393 and it was while I was there with her 826 01:10:01,572 --> 01:10:05,972 that the neighbor's dog came out what remained of the fence. 827 01:10:06,470 --> 01:10:10,070 He was hanging there, in the dim light... put it in, put it out... 828 01:10:10,223 --> 01:10:13,023 his attention fixed cautiously on me. 829 01:10:13,043 --> 01:10:16,443 He was an indecent and dirty rascal. 830 01:10:18,990 --> 01:10:20,990 I smiled at him. 831 01:10:22,736 --> 01:10:26,736 “Well, here you go, old lady mine,” I told Tulip. 832 01:10:27,757 --> 01:10:30,557 "Take it or leave it. You decide." 833 01:10:31,436 --> 01:10:34,436 I knew my intervention had come to an end. 834 01:10:58,888 --> 01:11:01,888 Tulip looked at me so scared and pleading. 835 01:11:02,417 --> 01:11:04,026 “Heaven,” I thought. 836 01:11:04,027 --> 01:11:07,427 "Is this love? I am Are these the pleasures of sex?" 837 01:11:08,982 --> 01:11:14,182 It took a good half hour before the nature freed Dusty, who immediately fled. 838 01:11:15,305 --> 01:11:20,505 And it was as if she had been set free more from a situation of serious danger 839 01:11:21,169 --> 01:11:23,569 than from the arms of love. 840 01:11:26,774 --> 01:11:30,974 The next day, one was called car to take us to the station. 841 01:11:32,838 --> 01:11:35,482 When everything was ready for immediate departure, 842 01:11:35,483 --> 01:11:38,283 the engine running, the door open, 843 01:11:38,986 --> 01:11:42,386 I emerged from the house in ruins with Tulip in the lead 844 01:11:42,682 --> 01:11:46,826 and I subjected myself to the barrage of dogs, down the garden path. 845 01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:51,320 They chased us in packs so far, along the country roads, 846 01:11:51,366 --> 01:11:54,485 that I suddenly feared than the most stubborn 847 01:11:54,486 --> 01:11:57,958 they would arrive at the station and they would invade the train. 848 01:11:57,964 --> 01:12:00,564 The scene had the quality of a nightmare, 849 01:12:00,683 --> 01:12:03,483 but finally the car distance them all, 850 01:12:03,986 --> 01:12:05,986 and we left safely. 851 01:12:15,365 --> 01:12:17,565 Tulip was not a sterile bitch. 852 01:12:21,354 --> 01:12:23,754 Later, when he gained weight, 853 01:12:23,757 --> 01:12:26,557 I started planning a kennel for her. 854 01:12:31,005 --> 01:12:35,317 I asked Miss Canvenini to give us a hand in case we needed it. 855 01:12:38,104 --> 01:12:40,704 But Tulip caught us off guard. 856 01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:44,800 She gave birth five days earlier than expected 857 01:12:45,161 --> 01:12:48,761 and she was alone in my apartment when labor began. 858 01:12:49,048 --> 01:12:50,849 He was in his kennel. 859 01:12:50,850 --> 01:12:53,650 She, after all, does he understood the purpose. 860 01:12:53,761 --> 01:12:57,390 He was panting. A faint sound, like the distant chirping of seagulls, 861 01:12:57,391 --> 01:12:59,391 it came from the doghouse. 862 01:12:59,392 --> 01:13:01,992 I knew Tulip it was happy that I was there. 863 01:13:02,078 --> 01:13:04,278 However, I didn't approach her. 864 01:13:05,390 --> 01:13:08,499 I couldn't see well, but I had understood what was happening. 865 01:13:08,500 --> 01:13:10,819 And I heard his work tongue and its teeth. 866 01:13:10,820 --> 01:13:13,620 She smelled this package that came out of her, 867 01:13:13,740 --> 01:13:18,740 he cut the umbilical cord, he freed the little creature from its fabrics, 868 01:13:19,020 --> 01:13:21,020 and ate the placenta. 869 01:13:24,434 --> 01:13:27,234 I was mesmerized by this beautiful animal. 870 01:13:27,295 --> 01:13:29,295 In the middle of his life, 871 01:13:29,322 --> 01:13:31,722 performing unfailingly on itself 872 01:13:31,758 --> 01:13:34,758 the delicate and complicated story of creation, 873 01:13:34,836 --> 01:13:37,836 as if it were directed by some divine wisdom. 874 01:13:38,906 --> 01:13:42,506 She gave birth to eight puppies at half hour intervals. 875 01:13:42,785 --> 01:13:45,785 And he wasn't finished until evening fell. 876 01:13:48,706 --> 01:13:51,106 When it was clear he was done, 877 01:13:51,611 --> 01:13:53,611 I went to kiss her. 878 01:13:55,798 --> 01:13:58,798 He allowed me to touch and raise her cubs. 879 01:13:58,926 --> 01:14:02,526 He had full faith in me, that I wouldn't have hurt them. 880 01:14:03,790 --> 01:14:05,790 It had been misplaced. 881 01:14:08,427 --> 01:14:13,859 When my common sense returned and I imagined a future with eight more dogs... 882 01:14:16,202 --> 01:14:19,502 I prepared a bucket of water and a sack of flour filled 883 01:14:19,564 --> 01:14:22,764 with how many heavy objects I could hold in my hands. 884 01:14:22,984 --> 01:14:25,994 How could I distract Tulip's proud attention, 885 01:14:25,995 --> 01:14:28,595 while I was doing my crime? 886 01:14:31,334 --> 01:14:33,719 Suddenly, she hurried into the living room, 887 01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:37,720 as if he were going to my terrace, which was his usual latrine. 888 01:14:42,486 --> 01:14:46,886 For the first time in his life, he had dirty my apartment on purpose. 889 01:14:47,800 --> 01:14:50,824 But I wasn't thinking about that while I was cleaning everything. 890 01:14:50,920 --> 01:14:54,840 I was thinking how sadly disheveled and thin she had appeared 891 01:14:54,874 --> 01:14:57,374 in the brief glance that I had thrown at her. 892 01:14:57,551 --> 01:15:02,351 The bucket and sack of flour were intended not to be used as intended. 893 01:15:02,481 --> 01:15:07,129 But looking back through the years, it would have been better if it had happened. 894 01:15:10,573 --> 01:15:15,573 And while I looked at the flowering on the terrace of these affectionate, defenseless lives, 895 01:15:16,571 --> 01:15:18,571 I was hoping to give the creatures 896 01:15:18,574 --> 01:15:21,074 to adults, educated and wealthy, 897 01:15:21,075 --> 01:15:23,675 but my hopes were not realized. 898 01:15:25,248 --> 01:15:27,548 My master of home, understandably, 899 01:15:27,549 --> 01:15:31,243 he told me to bring it immediately out my animals or myself. 900 01:15:31,244 --> 01:15:35,044 The puppies went, one after the other, to whoever had taken them. 901 01:15:36,457 --> 01:15:38,657 How much good did I do for them? 902 01:15:39,052 --> 01:15:41,752 I finally did that which I didn't want to do. 903 01:15:41,904 --> 01:15:43,722 I entrusted them to luck. 904 01:15:43,723 --> 01:15:45,723 I had flown too high. 905 01:15:47,593 --> 01:15:50,593 Health and happiness not can be insured. 906 01:15:51,072 --> 01:15:55,525 And the only way to avoid the burden of responsibility for the lives of animals 907 01:15:55,526 --> 01:15:57,526 - never traffic it. 908 01:15:57,754 --> 01:16:01,760 I gave a puppy to a shopkeeper friend, who had offered to find him a home. 909 01:16:01,761 --> 01:16:04,701 It was sold immediately... to whom, I never found out. 910 01:16:04,702 --> 01:16:06,902 What happened to him? I do not know. 911 01:16:06,922 --> 01:16:10,391 The owner of one said it was It was too difficult to tame him. 912 01:16:10,392 --> 01:16:14,294 The owner of another, a worker and, ultimately, a drinker, 913 01:16:14,295 --> 01:16:17,595 they created a long story to explain his disappearance. 914 01:16:17,790 --> 01:16:21,790 The urge to discover theirs little destiny soon faded. 915 01:16:23,620 --> 01:16:25,620 Better not to know. 916 01:16:30,436 --> 01:16:35,036 Whatever mistakes I made in the my management of my animal's life, 917 01:16:35,925 --> 01:16:39,325 she lived to be venerable age of 16 and a half. 918 01:16:40,530 --> 01:16:44,530 I was a little empty in spirit when Tulip came into my life. 919 01:16:44,675 --> 01:16:47,675 And the 15 years he lived with me 920 01:16:48,204 --> 01:16:51,204 they transformed into the most happy with my life. 921 01:16:51,408 --> 01:16:54,488 He came into my life when I was just over 50 years old, 922 01:16:55,461 --> 01:16:57,661 and transformed her completely. 923 01:16:59,399 --> 01:17:02,926 He offered me what I never had found in my life with humans, 924 01:17:02,927 --> 01:17:07,127 constant, loyal, incorruptible, uncritical devotion, 925 01:17:08,032 --> 01:17:11,432 which is in the nature of dogs to offer. 926 01:17:12,036 --> 01:17:15,036 He put himself entirely under my control. 927 01:17:16,549 --> 01:17:19,069 Looking at her sometimes, in his last years, 928 01:17:19,126 --> 01:17:21,626 I used to think that the ideal friend... 929 01:17:21,770 --> 01:17:24,970 that I no longer wanted, Maybe I never wanted it... 930 01:17:25,341 --> 01:17:27,941 would have had the mentality of my Tulip, 931 01:17:28,163 --> 01:17:33,163 always at the service of someone with the devotion of a faithful and uncritical animal. 932 01:17:33,833 --> 01:17:37,633 It's not all human contact based on a person's desire 933 01:17:37,637 --> 01:17:40,437 to claim the affection of another? 934 01:17:40,931 --> 01:17:45,187 Everyone, it seems, hopes that everyone else does are different from what they are. 935 01:18:06,048 --> 01:18:08,048 Joe! 936 01:18:08,949 --> 01:18:10,802 Joe! 937 01:18:10,803 --> 01:18:12,503 Joe! 938 01:18:12,504 --> 01:18:16,104 What a tense and anxious life they have to lead the dogs, 939 01:18:16,605 --> 01:18:19,605 so emotionally involved in the human world, 940 01:18:20,006 --> 01:18:23,254 whose affection they strive for all the time to make sure, 941 01:18:23,607 --> 01:18:27,359 whose authority is expected who obey unconditionally, 942 01:18:27,408 --> 01:18:32,408 and whose mind they can only reach and understand imperfectly. 943 01:18:33,309 --> 01:18:37,309 Stupidly loved, stupidly hated, purchased without thinking, 944 01:18:37,610 --> 01:18:40,210 raised and governed without understanding, 945 01:18:40,411 --> 01:18:43,411 passed away or carelessly suppressed, 946 01:18:44,512 --> 01:18:46,912 who knows, I wondered, 947 01:18:48,013 --> 01:18:50,213 if these descendants of creatures 948 01:18:50,214 --> 01:18:53,214 that, thousands of years ago in primeval forests, 949 01:18:53,515 --> 01:18:55,715 they besieged the heart of man, 950 01:18:56,516 --> 01:18:58,532 they took him under their protection, 951 01:18:58,617 --> 01:19:00,617 they tried to tame him, 952 01:19:00,618 --> 01:19:02,618 and they failed... 953 01:19:04,463 --> 01:19:06,463 did they suffer from migraines? 954 01:19:12,667 --> 01:19:16,867 Translation: Toffetta, MrWhite Review: Jago71 younditalia.wordpress.com