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Pilon?

Pilon, are you awake, my friend?

I don't know.

And that is a beautiful way to be.

It's past noon, we should think about

getting something to eat.

That is a beautiful thought.

You know, the mackerel should be running good today.

Two boats have already come in.

You like mackerel, Pilon?

- I like T-bone steak. - Yeah, sure.

But when it comes to fish, I don't know

ah, I like mackerel.

You know what would be nice, Pilon?

If you had a trained pelican, you know?

And every time you wanted to fish

all you have to do, just, uh

send him out to dive for a while, heh.

We could train a pelican like that, yeah?

- No. - Oh.

- Why not? - Because you are dumb.

A pelican is dumb, too, but not that dumb.

- He would eat the fish himself. - Oh.

But what am I asking, if you train one--

Shut up, shut up, shut up. I got to think. I gotta think.

- You want mackerel, huh? - Oh, better than any fish.

I think I could eat a mackerel myself today.

Yeah?

Alright, I'll tell you what you do.

- What? - You go and get some rocks.

- A whole handful of rocks. - Rocks?

Then you go down to the dock and when the other boats come in

you, you call the fishermen names

and throw the rocks at them.

Oh, yeah, I'll get arrested.

No, you will get mackerel.

Well, I don't know what you mean, Pilon.

What do you think those fishermen

are gonna throw back at you?

Their oars and their nets?

No, they're gonna throw only fish.

Ah, bingo! But it's wonderful!

Hey, how-how'd you think of such a thing?

- It is a good way to trade. - Come on, come on then.

No, I will stay here.

Yeah, but two of us can throw more rocks

and get more fish.

Uh, you want wine with your fish, no?

Wine. I ain't gonna get it.

I will stay here and think of a way to get it.

Is either of you named Pilon?

Uh, what is it you wish, senor?

Well, to begin with, here's my card.

What is your name?

Cummings. Paul D. Cummings.

- I'm a lawyer. - We've done nothing.

I'm looking for a young fellow named Daniel Alvarez.

'They told me in town, one of you'

'paisanosmight know him.'

Danny Alvarez? Danny Alvarez.

No lawyer will do Danny any good now.

It's too late, he's already in jail.

- In jail? - Sure.

'What for?'

Well, they, they said it was

some, some kind of conduct

uh-uh, disorderly, I think.

Yeah, and he was drunk, too.

Yeah, some evil person gave him some bad wine.

That's right, in a poolroom.

And you know, it made him, uh

throw a six-ball through the window.

'And later, he found himself'

hitting a policeman on the hea.. Um..

I thought you were going after a mackerel.

Well, sure, I'm going, yeah.

Is he here in the local jail?

Senor, if it is so important

I will, I will be glad to sit in the seat of your car

and show you to him.

'Hey, who's that?'

That's the judge.

- Hey, you can't do that. - Why?

Don't it look like him?

Yes, a little, but he-he's a judge.

- You should have more respect. - Why?

- I don't know. Hey, who's that? - You.

You smearing my walls like this.

Ain't you got nothing better to do?

No. It's dead around here.

Doesn't anybody else get arrested anymore?

- You've got company. - Who?

There's Pilon and some men. You wanna see them?

Sure, sure.

- Are you Daniel Alvarez? - That's me.

- Hello, Pilon. - Hello, amigo.

Amigo, this a lawyer who came all the way

from Stockton just to see you.

Stockton? To see me?

I haven't been there in three years. It's a lie.

Yes, I can swear to it, he's been here with me all--

No one's accusing you of anything.

You remember your grandfather, Peter Alvarez?

Well, yeah, sure! How is he?

- He's dead. - Oh.

- He was a nice old fella. - He died last month.

And as his executor

I'm thoroughly shocked and ashamed

to find his one and only heir in a common jail. He was--

- Oh, he left something-- - Just a moment.

Your grandfather was a paisano, too

but he was a good man, a sober man, a hard worker.

He had lots of money? Danny--

Will you please be quiet?

And by the terms of his will, you are heir to two houses

situated on Tortilla Flats.

- Two houses. - And the rest, it is all money?

The liquid assets of the estate

were just sufficient to pay the funeral expenses

'outstanding debts and so forth.'

No money. Just the houses.

There's one thing more.

This was his watch. It belongs to you now.

Yes, I remember this watch.

'Will you sign your name, please?'

Huh? Sure.

Sure. Oh, Danny can write.

Danny went to school a long time, until he was 11.

- Sure. - Two houses.

That's a fine start in life.

'Better than most American boys have.'

That's all I've got to say. Goodbye, son.

- He makes a good speech. - Yeah.

Like an old goat in the moonlight.

You shouldn't talk like that.

Now you are a man of property.

And now you're a man of property, you should celebrate.

- Like, fiesta. - I'd like a drink, alright.

Yeah, your grandfather should've left you some wine.

Yes.

Yes, it is too bad he did not

leave you something of value

like, money.

The watch. The watch!

Torrelli would give us lots of wine for that one.

What are you saying?

This is the watch of his grandfather.

Or-or maybe you have no feeling about such things, Danny.

- Most people do not. - That is a good watch.

- It shows the time. - Sure, sure.

But say, the hand, it-it points to seven.

It is summer time.

Seven o'clock is a good time to get up in the summer time.

- Right? - Sure.

But what happens when winter comes?

What good is seven o'clock then? It's cold and dark.

You want to get up at seven o'clock in winter time?

- No! - Hm.

You see, you, you cannot trust a watch.

The only thing you can trust is the sun.

That is gold, too, and bigger. And always costs nothing.

- This watch cost me nothing. - 'Uh, you will find out.'

You have to polish it, you, you have to wind it, you..

Always you are afraid it's going to be stolen.

It's a, it's a load on your back that never comes off.

Take it.

It will make a burrow of you.

I never asked to be left this watch.

The watch or some wine, which do you want?

- Wine. - We don't get wine here.

Then I can get my guitar back from Torrelli's, too, huh?

Sure.

Hey, wait! No, he can't go.

He's a prisoner. You get the wine from Torrelli.

- And we will drink it here. - What talk is this?

You want our friend to celebrate this important thing in prison?

You have the heart of a chipmunk.

He hasn't finished his ten days.

He still has one more day to serve.

Listen, Tito, I'll come back with you.

But I-I gotta feed him when he wakes up.

When we come back, we'll bring him some nice wine, too.

Come on, come on.

His grandfather, eh?

How do I know if you didn't steal it?

Ask Tito Ralph.

No, the lawyer brought it.

Well, it's pretty old.

Maybe it won't go right anymore, huh?

I'll give you one gallon and your guitar.

One gallon?

Uh, Torrelli, amigo.

Torrelli, do you, do you think

Danny would part for this for wine

if it was not that the death of his father's father

'has made him so sad?'

- 'Huh, Danny?' - Hello, Cesca.

Hello, Danny.

No! You stay here.

Go on inside.

'Go on.'

But all that wood, I thought, maybe I..

Well, we talk about wine,

not wood.

And you get two gallon. No more!

Torrelli, amigo, I cannot help, but the teeth of your wife

they are so gay and bright when she laughs.

And the gold in them is beautiful.

As beautiful as in this watch, almost.

Surely, the teeth of your beautiful wife

are worth three gallons, huh?

- I said two and-- - Oh, now, Torrelli.

Sure, we can give 'em three gallons. They're good customers.

You make it up some other way.

Alright, but I'll lose money.

So, the wine.

It is too bad now we have not got someplace to drink it.

I do not need a place to drink wine. You just drink it.

Oh, no. With you, it is different now.

A man with two houses can drink with the mayor.

Well, his poor friends, the paisanos

they must go out under the hot sun someplace and drink.

Two houses. I forgot. Let us go up and look at them.

We will take the wine and have a party.

Oh, we got no time for a party.

You're supposed to be in jail.

- You wanna get me in trouble? - Look, look.

- Did you ever hear of parole? - What is that?

Parole is when you ought to be in jail, but they let you out.

- It's done every day. - Is it?

If somebody asks you, our Danny is on parole.

Here, boys, one extra.

- 'Ah!' - It's good wine.

Thank you, Mrs. Torrelli. Ah.

- Here. We carry this equal. - There you are.

- Hm. - Here.

Do you like to carry wood, too?

I-I gotta go look at some houses now.

Hey. Hey. Hee! Hey.

Say, when you talk about a party

uh, let us not invite too many people.

You know, we haven't got enough wine for too many people.

The wine! I see you got the wine. Good.

What do you want?

You know, Pilon

the rocks works fine.

They even hit me with a halibut. Ha-ha.

- Hello, boys! - Mrs. Teresina!

Ah, the new baby.

- W-when did it come? - Yesterday.

- I was picking beans. - Ah.

Bet you boys are carrying something, too, eh?

- We're gonna have a party. - Ah.

Danny is a big property owner now.

Two houses his grandfather left him.

Aye, aye.

- Pilon, Pilon, Pilon! - What?

Come, look, we got a big black spider.

- It's got big spots on it. - A black spider?

- W-w-what are you saying now? - Two houses?

And I remember him without pants.

- Here, Mrs. Teresina. - Ah, thank you, little one.

Every day a cheese for me

and goat's milk for the two little ones.

Oh, this is Dolores Ramirez, Danny, from Salinas.

Come to live next door in the house of her Uncle Carlos

'while he is away with the tuna boat.'

'This is Danny.'

- Hello. - Hello, sweets.

My people named me Dolores.

Your people don't see what I see.

You're gonna be around a little while, sweets?

Maybe I'd come and help you milk your goats, huh?

That depends, amigo.

My goats are high-class goats.

They don't like to be pushed around

by strange people right away.

- Come on. - You know, sweets here, she--

Sure, sure, come on, we got business.

Goats like me, sweets.

Why? Because you've got horns, too?

Come on. Come on.

You stay away from her. She's a Portagee girl.

- Portagee girls are no good. - Why?

They always want to get married. Come on.

Hey, it's really a house, ain't it?

Yeah.

Maybe we ought to go look at the other one now, huh?

No, no, no, I, I know the other house.

This is much better. Hah.

Yes. Oh, I think we'll be very happy here.

- And who lives there? - Uh, Mrs. Marellis.

Look at all the chicken she has.

Quiet.

Hey, what are you doing? That's a good fence.

Sure. I am only thinking of Mrs. Marellis' poor chickens.

She has no tall weeds in her yard.

Now the chickens can come over and make their nests

in the nice weeds here, you see?

- Oh. Sure. - Sure.

Let's go in, huh.

What are you doing there?

Hello, Mrs. Marellis.

- Nobody lives there. - Oh, yes, sure, sure.

Danny lives here now. It was left to him.

Danny Alvarez.

Well, that's nice to be neighbors, Danny.

- Uh-huh. - Sure.

- Three rooms. - And a bed, too.

Oh, this is a fine house.

Ah, come now, we must drink one toast.

One small toast to everything.

Here, here, uh, Tito. Yeah.

Hey! Watch what you do. Those things cost money.

What is this? You're starting already.

- This is no good. - What is no good?

Already you are a property owner

you are afraid for your property.

- Well, but-- - Amigos! Amigos.

There is no water. I get no water from the pipe.

- What do you want water for? - To clean the fish, cook it.

You gotta get the company to turn on the water.

Well, it's Pablo's fish, he will go down

have the company turn on the water.

- My fish? - Ah.

You wanna stay for the party, don't you?

- Sure. - Well, shut up.

Company won't turn on the water without a deposit.

- It's three dollars, I think. - I haven't got three dollars.

Well, then I don't have to go. Let's drink.

No, no. Here, here.

Take these down to the junk shop

and see what you can get for them.

We will get water from Mrs. Marellis.

- Hey! What happens? - What?

W-w-we need groceries for the party, no?

- This is part of the furniture. - I know, but it will break.

And after they are broken, you will be very sad.

It is much better you never had them at all.

But these things belonged to my grandfather!

Now they're mine!

It is strange.

When a man is poor, he thinks to himself

"If I had money, I would share it with my friends."

Then the money comes and his beautiful thoughts fly away.

He forgets his friends who shared things with him

when he was poor.

- Come on, we will drink-- - No, Pilon, no.

You are all my friends, always.

Here, don't forget the bacon for the fish.

Yeah, yeah, don't be all night.

Danny and me, we've gotta go back to jail.

Go on, get a loaf of bread. Two loaves.

- Yeah. - A-and a can of coffee.

Ah, coffee, bread.. W-wait a minute.

But these things won't buy all that.

Look, what you can't buy, you can borrow, huh?

You know, without bothering anybody.

Um, can I have some wine before I go, please?

Pablo, Pablo, you always want to drink.

Now, Pablo, we will wait until you come back.

- Honest? - Oh, yes. We will not drink.

- Until you come back, Pablo. - Alright.

Now, hurry, Pablo..

Let's drink.

Now, first we drink just a small salute, huh?

This is to our house.

May it always bring us happiness.

Hm.

Danny. Huh, Danny.

When, when you go to get the water from Mrs. Marellis

maybe you could give her these, huh?

- No, now, wait. - Oh, that's what you do.

You know, when you are a new neighbor.

Well, you go and call on the people, yes.

And Mrs. Marellis, you know, since the death of her husband

she has been a very lonely woman.

She has only her chickens.

- Let her have her chickens. - Yes, sure, sure.

But I thought, maybe, you know

she might have one hen that is too fat

to lay anymore eggs, you know, that only eats

and is a burden to her.

So that's it, I would like better

to go get some cheese and goat's milk.

Ah, you stay away from that cheese business, Danny.

Now, you listen. Here, here.

Mrs. Marellis may be a little, you know, places

but those people are very lively, Danny.

And very friendly, and with unselfish thoughts.

Besides, uh, uh, chicken goes better with fish.

Alright, it's chicken.

- One or two? - I don't know, you'll see.

It's a pretty big ring you got on Danny's nose.

- What ring? - One you lead him around with.

I do not lead my friends around by their noses, senor.

I only give them my advice.

Well, if you call that advice

to get him to sell his watch and his furniture

to, to make a fool of him like just now..

Well, well..

- Who is a fool? - I-I didn't mean--

You talk about my friends.

Spit the words back from your mouth.

- Alright, alright. - He's not a fool.

- Say it! - No, he-he's n-not a fool.

Hm, that's right.

Come on, let's drink some wine.

I used to like to be singing before it rains.

♪ Ay ay paisano ♪

♪ La vida esta si ♪

♪ I love Torrelli he's a friend of mine ♪

♪ I love Torrelli I love him for his wine ♪

♪ He's got my watch his wine is in my belly ♪

♪ If it wasn't for his wine I would not love Torrelli ♪

♪ Ay ay paisano ♪

♪ La vida esta si ♪

♪ You love Torrelli that's a funny joke ♪

♪ If Torrelli was on fire he wouldn't give you smoke ♪

♪ Not that I'm so handsome but my eyes they have a shine ♪

♪ If it was not for his wife we would not get much wine ♪

♪ Ay ay paisano♪♪ Yoo ♪

♪ La vida esta si ♪

♪ Listen amigos and I will ask you this ♪

♪ Why is a glass just like a woman's kiss? ♪

♪ When it's full of wine it makes you blind a little bit ♪

♪ When the wine is gone you can see through it ♪

♪ Ay ay paisano♪♪ Yeah ♪

♪ La vida esta si ♪

♪ I know a lady named Arabella Gross ♪

♪ You know her and you know her but I know her the most ♪

♪ Every little drink I drink I drink a little toast ♪

♪ To your friend and my friend Arabella Gross ♪

♪ Ay ay paisano ♪

♪ La vida esta si ♪

♪ Mrs. Marellis has chickens in her yard ♪

♪ If you want to catch one it is not very hard ♪

♪ Smile for that senora you'll get a chicken free ♪

♪ If Danny feels like smiling nice ♪

♪ He'll get two or three ♪

♪ Ay ay paisano♪♪ Whoo ♪

♪ La vida esta si♪♪

Ah, Danny, Mrs. Marellis raises beautiful chickens.

You can get one whenever you want, huh?

If I want. Heh-heh. But I don't want.

- Why? - Uh, she giggles too much.

Hey, look, the-the roof is leaking.

Not where anybody wants to sit.

Huh? Heh.

- That's right. - Well, shut up.

You know, I've been thinking..

It's funny.

For years, Danny had no house at all.

Now he has two houses. How can he sleep in two houses?

Hey, I forgot about the other house.

Danny, I've been thinking about your other house.

- I think you ought to rent it. - Yeah, that's a good idea.

- But who'll rent it? - Me.

Yes, I will rent it from you myself.

And I will pay you ten dollars a month.

Oh, I don't know. If it's a good house, I ought to get 15.

Alright. Friends should not argue.

I will pay you $15 a month.

Huh, where are you gonna get $15?

Yeah.

- Pablo, my friend. - Huh, what?

Pablo, don't you ever get tired of sleeping in the woods?

Under pine needles with the moon shining on your head?

No, I don't know.

You know, when I used to sleep in the woods

I thought I was happy, too.

But now, now that I have my own sweet, little house

with a garden and a roof..

- Yeah. - Oh, Pablo.

- This is how to live. - Yeah, it is.

It's good, isn't it?

- Pablo. - Huh?

You wanna come and live with me?

I can, Pilon. Sure.

- Let's shake hands on it. - Thank you.

- You pay me $15 a month. - Who, me?

Where's he gonna get, where's he gonna get $15--

- Fifteen dollars a month? - I don't know, I don't know.

We shook hands on it.

When you pay me, I pay Danny.

You've made a good deal, Danny, amigo.

- Uh, well, I don't know-- - Hey, listen, come on.

- We've gotta get back to jail. - What talk is this?

You drink a man's wine, you eat a man's food

and always you talk about going back to jail.

- But, but I-- - And in the rain, too.

'I like Danny.'

'He's a good friend of mine.'

Friend? You, a friend?

You are a filler of jails.

- You wanna get me in trouble? - Trou..

What happened to you the last time you got drunk, huh?

Where did you get drunk? In you own office, huh?

And you forgot you were a jailer and you escaped.

Who brought you back? Who kept your job for you, huh?

We did. Is that not true?

Yes, but, uh..

We will not let you get in trouble

but tonight, Danny sleeps in his own house

in the house of his grandfather.

- Huh, Danny? - Sure.

And I'm going to sleep right now.

- Me, too. Me, too. Goodnight. - Hey, hey, hey!

Nobody sleeps in that bed but me. That's my bed.

That is right.

I am only a poor friend.

The poor friend of a property owner.

I told you things would be different.

Well, what is different, Pilon?

Ah, it is alright. It's alright.

It is only what I expected.

'Goodnight, amigo.'

I don't know. I-I wish you owned this house.

And I could've come and lived with you.

Whoo!

- This is the house, Danny. - Oh!

- Nice, huh? - Yeah, but $15.

Hey, wait a minute, wait a..

Bottle cap.

I picked it up yesterday.

Some evil man must have left it here just to deceive people.

Hello, boys.

- Hello, Father Ramon. - Hello, father.

I was sorry to hear of your grandfather's passing, Danny.

- It was a loss to all of us. - Yes.

Yes, ever since it happened, father

we thought it'd be best if we stayed with Danny.

Mm, that's kind of you.

Now that you have two fine houses

perhaps, you'll be a little more settled, my son.

I'd like to see you frequent the church as much as..

Well, at least, as much as the other places

I've been hearing about.

Hm. You listen to Father Ramon, Danny.

And you, Pilon, I haven't had a chat with you in a long time.

Let's see. When was it you sent for me?

Was it three or four years ago

you were bitten by that tarantula?

Oh, well, you see, father, I've been sick.

Well, good morning, boys.

Father Ramon is a fine man, Danny.

- You gotta go to church now. - Wait, wait, please.

- He's gotta go to jail first. - Alright, alright.

Here, here. Give me my key.

- Well, it's my key. - Oh, no, no.

That goes with the rent.

Hello, sweets. Heh-heh.

You milk the goats and wear the clothes, too, huh?

This is your new house?

Oh, it's one of 'em. I got two.

- Oh. Big man. - Yeah.

Are you gonna be home at your place tonight, huh?

Gotta get into town now.

You didn't answer my question.

Why don't you answer your own questions?

Look, if I go back to jail with you right now

I won't have to spend the night there, will I?

Well, I guess that's right. You..

- Come on, then. - Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Aren't you gonna look around my new house?

Sure, I say.. Say, don't act like you own it.

- I haven't seen the rent yet. - The rent?

Always the rent, always.

I hardly stick one foot inside my new house

and you've got both hands out for the rent already.

Already he's trying to throw us into the streets

into the gutters, while he sleeps in his nice, soft bed.

But we settled last night, $15.

When Pablo pays me, I pay you. We settled that, too.

Alright, Pablo, I would like to have it right now.

- But, Danny, you know-- - Now? Now? F-for what?

Well, I, I-I gotta get the water turned on in the other house.

Ah, Mrs. Marellis will give you pails of water.

Ah, Mrs. Marellis. There are other girls around.

A man would like to have a little money

to start things off right

maybe buy a present, y-you know?

Uh, maybe a box of candy.

What? What are you..

You never gave girls candy.

Danny, I thought you said you wanted to go.

- Stop bothering me. - Go away, boy!

Can't you see we're talking business?

If you could just give me a dollar or two.

Chin Kee is drying squids down on the pier.

Why don't you go down and cut squids for half a day?

Cut squids?

A man with two houses cut squids?

It may be alright for you or Pablo or maybe him

but not for a man like me.

Cut squids.

Never mind.

Pay me when you get around to it.

Come on, Tito.

Not one night.

Not one night will I sleep in this house

until I've the money to pay that landlord his dirty rent.

Yeah, but how are we gonna get it, Pilon?

I don't know.

When he was in jail, we got him out.

Yeah.

When he was hungry, we fed him.

When he was cold, we gave him warm clothes.

That's right. When was that?

Well, we would have if he had needed 'em.

For this we've been his friends.

It shows you how property will change a..

Heaven has sent it to help us in our trouble.

Oh, yours, huh?

Hello, Pilon.

We slept here last night.

What-what happened to Jose's face?

It was on account of the boat.

- Boat? What boat? - I tell you.

I went down to the beach yesterday and, uh

waves wash a nice, little row boat ashore.

'Oars and every things.'

I-it was worth, uh, twenty dollars

but the man don't know the value of boats

and he only gave me seven.

Well, the-the man gave you seven dollars?

Yeah, it would have been alright

if it hadn't been for the soldiers.

Oh, the soldiers. They-they said the boat was stolen, huh?

Did they, did they take the money away from you, too?

No. They took Arabella Gross from him.

You see, I bought a little wine

and then I went for a walk in the woods

with Arabella Gross.

For her, I bought a, a pint of whiskey

and one of those little pink silk things

that goes around here. And then the soldiers pass by.

Uh-huh. And you're a good fighter, too.

There must've been 20 of them.

No, no, there was only four

but Arabella Gross helped them.

She hit me on the head with a rock.

It was a good thing Portagee Joe came along.

She bit my ear.

Then I had to kick her a little bit.

- Yeah. So then we run away. - Hm.

- You got no money now, huh? - No. Huh?

I don't know.

Huh.

Yes. Hey-hey.

'Three dollars and a, and a dime.'

Listen to that cough.

'That is awful, that cough.'

That come from sleeping in the, in the night air.

- Hm? - You know, uh, Jose Maria..

Something terrible could come from this.

Here, you-you come with us, come with us

into the house where it is warm.

Come on with us and we will, we will talk

about some way to put a stop to this.

Here, here, here, sit down. Here, sit down there. Yeah.

Yeah, that would take the chill off your bones a little.

My bones don't feel chilly.

Don't you feel ashamed that we have this nice house

and poor Jose has to go and sleep in the cold?

Yeah, Pilon, but what can I do?

Look, I rent the house from Danny, no?

You rent the house from me, no?

- Yeah. - 'Well, then..'

Why don't you let poor Jose

rent the house from you?

Yeah, w-well I, you know, I--

So you would like that, huh, Jose?

Yes, that would be alright.

Yeah, but it will cost you $15 a month.

Ah, what is $15 a month?

Go on. Why don't you shake hands on it like two good friends?

Where is he goin' to get $15?

Um, three dollars would be enough, you know

to start with, I..

Sure, I.. No, wait.

Tonight, I promised Arabella Gross

I buy her some more pink silk things.

Jose..

Jose, you... you think the good Lord

floated that little boat to the shore

so you could take it down to Monterey and sell it

to buy pink silk things

for a girl who hit you in the head with a rock?

You are right, Pilon, amigo.

- Here, here, Pablo. - Now..

The house is yours, Jose Maria.

I think I'm gonna like it here. Huh, Joe?

I think we will all like it here.

Yeah, now you can pay that dirty landlord--

Don't talk about Danny like that!

Danny is our friend. We owe him this money.

And he needs it, well, maybe to buy his girlfriend

a, a little present. A box of candy, maybe.

Yeah, but you said yourself he's dirty landlord--

Shut up!

But I think, maybe I should talk to Danny.

Maybe he should buy wine instead of candy.

Candy is bad for the teeth.

Wine makes a nice present for a lady.

And I think, maybe, uh

so Danny doesn't make any mistake

I, uh, I think we should buy the wine for him.

Joe. Joe, come on! We're gonna buy some wine!

Hm.

Hey!

Ah..

I bet you're falling down from surprise, huh?

Maybe yes, maybe no.

Wanna come in?

Oh, Mr. Brown, Mr., uh, Alvarez, isn't it?

- Hello. - Hi.

Sit down. I'll just be a minute.

I gotta get rid of these cheeses.

Nice evening, isn't it?

Sure.

I met Ms. Ramirez in town and she said

"Be sure and come up tonight."

She said you might come and..

She said maybe we could play cards.

- She did, huh? - 'Yes.'

Yeah, hearts, maybe.

Three-handed.

I'll just be a second.

Would you like to see a good trick?

You work down in the grocery store, huh?

Yes, Mr. Martin's.

I handle the fruit and vegetable department.

Now, if you'll just take one of these--

You know me, Danny Alvarez?

Why, yes, I think I've heard about you--

I guess you didn't know sweets and me had tonight

all fixed up private, huh?

- Why, no. I.. - Uh, maybe you better go, huh?

Well, but don't you think it's up to--

Sure. I'll tell her you had to go back to the store, huh?

Well, I..

I do have to get up early in the morning.

- Goodnight. - Yeah.

See you in the fruit department.

- Where's he goin'? - Oh.

He had to go back to the store.

He said he didn't know you had company.

You've got a nerve!

You chased him out! What right have you got?

Maybe I better go and send him back, huh?

- Sure. - Now, look, sweets.

You get rid of your cheese, huh?

I get rid of cheese, too. Huh?

Oh, what you think of yourself.

- Wanna play casino? - No.

Maybe you'd like to hear a song first, huh?

Sure, if you want.

What do you mean, "First?"

You kill me, sweets.

There's a fire someplace.

What do you do in Salinas, sweets?

I pick beans.

Same as the rest of the kids.

Well, I'm through with that.

I got the job here in the sardine cannery.

Seventy cents an hour, starting tomorrow.

Work, all the time work.

What does a girl with a face like peaches wanna work for?

- I've got a face like peaches? - You've got more than that.

- You-- - No, I haven't.

But I'm goin' to get what I can.

What are you gonna get, sweets?

What a girl with any sense ought to get.

A home, with everything in it. And kids.

Kids that don't have to pick beans, either.

You've gotta get a man first, sweets.

Sure, a husband, a husband I'm crazy about.

You've seen him yet?

- No. - You want too much, sweets.

- You know what I want? - A man with two houses.

- What does he need? - Well, he cannot kiss a house.

I suppose you just stood in front of 'em

all day and felt big.

No, I went back to jail so I could finish

my ten days and come up here.

Jail? Were you in jail?

Sure, I got some bad wine.

A cop hit me and I hit him back.

- But listen-- - But what about your job?

- Did you lose your job? - What job?

You mean you don't work anywhere?

Work? Me? I got no time to work.

Besides, I rent my small house to Pilon.

Fifteen dollars a month. You see?

All at once, I got my houses, my rent..

- 'Danny! Danny!' - And you come to town..

'Danny! Danny! Danny!'

Danny, Danny! Hey, are you here?

- What's the matter? - H-hello, how are you?

- What's the matter? - "What's the matter?"

- Your house is on fire! - Which one?

The one I'm.. I mean, uh, t-the one that Pilon is renting.

How did it happen?

I don't know. Honestly, I don't.

I was asleep and a burnin' shingle fell on my face.

- Are the fire engines there? - Sure, but Pilon said--

Well, if they can't do anything about it

what do you want me to do, huh?

Danny, Danny. Danny!

You're not worried about your house. It's on fire!

What do I care? I got another house.

No.

Sweets, you..

You get out of here.

You crazy, sweets?

You get out.

What's this? This morning you give me the smile.

Just now I kiss you and you kiss me back--

No, you're no good, Mr. Alvarez.

Comin' in my house and grabbin' me like that.

You're nothin' but a no-good paisano

and a jailbird like all your friends.

You stood here and told me like you were proud of it.

Well, you better stay away from me

until you change your ideas, Mr. Alvarez.

No good, huh? We'll see.

Oh, yes?

You're not gonna cut me.

I'll cut you to pieces.

Ah..

Go back to Salinas.

- Ooh. I-- - Uh, did you find Danny?

- Sure. Sure, I told him. - Wa-was he mad?

I don't know. He was busy. He was at that Salinas girl's.

Salinas girl's, huh?

Amigos, we forgot the wine.

There was two inches left in one jug.

Ah, it was Danny's wine. Let it burn up with the house.

I-it would be a punishment on us.

Watch yourself, sonny. Back up.

Here.

Why do you bring a baby to a fire?

We were asleep in the woods and the whistles blew.

And the people came and I came out to see.

- Whose baby is that? - Mine.

Where are you from?

I walk from San Luis Obispo.

That's a hundred miles from here.

- 'Where are you going?' - To Santa Cruz, senor.

I'm taking the baby to my mother.

He's sick, I think.

He's sick, I think from sleepin'

in the woods too much.

I don't know, senor. He's just sick.

That's all. Let's go.

- You better come, too. Come on. - Where are we goin'?

- To Danny's. - Danny? No.

Maybe it would be better if we slept in the woods tonight

and stayed away from Danny for a while.

Or go to another town for a while.

- Watsonville. - Yeah, Castroville--

No, no, they're too far away. No, no.

We will confess our sins to Danny

like little children to a good father.

Then if he gets mad at us, he would be sorry later on.

How did the fire start?

We don't know. Perhaps, we have enemies, Danny.

We are very sorry.

Well... close the door.

It's cold enough in here.

And remember one thing.

Everybody stays out of my bed.

Who's that?

Oh, this is the young father

on his way to Santa Cruz, Danny.

His-his baby is too sick to sleep in the woods.

Oh.

Well, maybe we should get a doctor, huh?

Oh, no, no, no.

What good are doctors?

They don't know.. Here, here.

Give him to me. Here.

He's so little.

'I'm sure he can only have'

a little sickness, huh.

Where's your wife?

In San Luis Obispo, senor.

She.. She died of influenza.

Maybe that's what he's got, huh?

No.

I think it is because

he has not had anything to eat

since day before yesterday.

Nothing to eat since day before..

Why, the baby is starving. The baby needs food, quick.

Hey, hey, there are some mackerel left from last night.

Mackerel, shut up! The baby needs milk.

Good milk. Lots of it.

That-that Selena's girl.

Go ask her. She has goats.

What if she has?

Goat's milk is no good for babies.

Goat's milk is the best for babies.

Go get it.

Alright. I'll get it.

This baby needs a bed too.

Jose, go get the apple box from the back.

Put some dry weeds in it, huh?

Joe, Joe, get the blanket off Danny's bed.

"Mackerel."

Did your mother feed you mackerel through her nipple?

I think so.

Just remember, Mr. Alvarez

if I get inside here and there's no sick baby--

What else would I want you to come over for?

Just remember, I've got nails as sharp as any scissors.

- That's all. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ah, young amigoyou grow up

to be a fireman, huh?

Poor baby.

Stop that silly clinking.

And now... get a pan to heat the milk in.

Who thought of this mess?

You want this baby eaten up

by moth and ground fleas?

Now, get a pillow from the bed in there

and beat the dust out of it.

Now, don't stand there looking stupid.

Put that milk in the pan and warm it.

'Start boiling now.'

'Yes, yes.'

Why do you bring her here

screaming like a seagull?

I didn't bring her.

I only asked her for some milk.

Hey, she's smart, that girl, isn't she?

- She knows everything about-- - Shut up.

I think maybe you feed him too much.

He and I know what we're doing.

You've got a nice house here, Mr. Alvarez.

Oh, yeah. You like it, huh?

Not the way it is, but it could be fixed up pretty.

'Yeah.'

This house is a gift to Danny from his grandfather.

It is too bad that we must rattle

the stones of complaint over a man's grave.

May his soul rest in peace.

Oh, I guess when his grandfather had it

it was fixed up nice.

Curtains and rugs

and all the chairs cleaned and patched.

But maybe his grandmother was with him then

and she tended to everything like that.

'I bet if your grandmother was alive'

she would clean up around here alright.

Dust and sweep

and throw out a lot of things.

Throw out what things?

- What are you-- - Shh.

He's asleep.

You come by my house in the morning

and get some milk in a bottle.

And, uh... take the bus to Santa Cruz.

- Here. - Oh, gracias, senorita.

Well, that's all I've got with me.

Oh, here's 12 cents.

I-I got a dime.

And, uh, he can have Joe's knife.

There.

Here.

Here's two bits.

Oh, sure, sure.

Left over from Jose Maria's rent payment.

I, I cannot talk, such friends.

Well, then you better keep it under your pillow.

You might lose it.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

Say, she left her pitcher here.

I do not like that girl.

- Why? - She is dangerous.

I do not like the way she talks.

Ah.

Rugs and cleaning.

Curtains and patching.

Huh... all with a baby in her arms.

- That is no good. - Yeah.

She talks like Cornelia Ruiz.

You remember what Cornelia Ruiz did to Johnny Pom-pom?

Three years ago, she was sewing buttons on his shirt.

Now they have four children.

Yeah, I saw Johnny Pom-pom last week.

He's digging in a sewer for a gas company eight hours a day

and Cornelia Ruiz sits around their house

and gets fat in the middle.

She's also like Gracie Montez.

Gracie found out that Petey Ravanno

would do anything when he had too much wine.

- You remember Petey Ravanno? - 'Yeah.'

He is now a janitor in the cellar of the Pico hotel.

Hm-hm-hm.

Women like that crawl around after their husbands

like a cat after a quail.

'They are very dangerous.'

Listen, you don't have to tell me

anything about women.

What do you think I am, huh?

- You know, I think it's-- - Shh.

That was her biggest rooster.

Maybe if we got a pile of feathers

and made them look like a hen

on this side..

Maybe.

You know, amigos, if all the dew were diamonds

we'd be very rich.

We could have chickens a-and wine all our lives.

And there would be so many diamonds

that there would be no price for them.

I never thought of that.

Chickens and wine, they always cost money.

Now, if it would rain wine for a little while

and we had a big tank in which to catch it.

- 'That would be better.' - 'Yeah.'

You gave that boy all there was left

of the mackerel, huh?

Sure.

Yeah, but I-I said to Pilon yesterday.

I said if you have a

have a pelican that would--

- Shut up. - Oh..

'Good morning, boys.'

Good morning, Mrs. Marellis.

Good morning, Danny.

Do you need any more water this morning?

No.

Don't be strangers, Danny.

What a nice neighbor she is.

It is too bad that just for the sake

of one's friends, you could not be--

No.

Good morning, Danny.

You, uh, you want some wood

for your new house?

'Twenty five cents.'

I haven't got it, pirate.

Oh.

Pirate.

What kind of a dog is that yellow one?

Oh, oh, this.

This is Enrique. He is a good boy.

I think he's a hunting dog.

This is SenorAlex Thompson.

He's a-he's a kind of Airedale, huh.

And this, this is my little Pirito.

I don't know what he is.

But he likes to play with a ball.

And his name is Frog.

That's a genuine pug dog. He sleeps a lot.

This is Rudolph here.

Rudolph, he's a, well..

I think you can just call him American dog, eh?

'All boys.'

Good boys.

Well, say goodbye, boys.

Bye. He-he. Come, boys.

You know, I think the pirate is a very rich man.

Ah, he is crazy.

He lives in a chicken house with all those dogs.

Every day, he picks up wood

and he sells it for 25 cents.

And yet he begs for his food

and for his clothes.

No one has ever seen him spend one penny.

Not one penny.

And yet, for three years, every day, 25 cents.

How much does that amount to?

So much you cannot even figure it out, huh?

Yeah, makes your head ache.

Ah.

If he does not spend it

he must have it, somewhere.

And whenever he gets dimes and nickels

he changes it to two bitses. Why is this?

'Cause it's easier to carry maybe.

He cannot carry all that.

He must hide it someplace.

Now you talk, amigo.

His poor brain is no good.

So he hides his money.

- 'Yeah, that's no good.' - No.

If he had some friends, now

who could show him how to use his money..

Get him some warm clothing and some good food.

Maybe find him a better place to live.

Uh, you wouldn't take anything from him, would you?

Have you never heard of charity?

To help others is the highest thing a man can do.

Poor old pirate.

Oh.

Where are you going, amigo?

Oh, just to take a look around.

Poor Danny.

Since he has this house, he looks worried all the time.

He does not laugh anymore.

His mind is not at peace.

We must do something for him.

- 'Nobody home.' - Where did she go?

She started work this morning.

- Ocean Steel Cannery. - Oh, yeah.

I'll give it to her when she comes back, tonight, eh?

- 'Ma.' - Panchito.

You let the man do what he's doing.

He's alright.

Oh, what's he doing?

One of the doctor of health board.

- Hi. - Hello.

You, uh, give me a lift into town, huh?

Surely.

- Get plenty to eat, son? - Sure.

What did you have for breakfast?

Tortillas and beans.

- Go to school? - Sure. 1 B.

What do you, uh.. You take your lunch with you?

Sure.

What do you take?

Some beans wrapped up in a tortilla.

Well, at night, for supper..

'...what do you eat then?'

Tortillas and beans.

Is that all you eat..

...tortillas and beans?

Sure. What more do you want?

It's amazing. Goodbye.

Goodbye, doctor. Thank you.

Come on.

Pierre, get off of there. Get off.

Get off, kids. Johnny, come back here.

- May I see your teeth? - Sure.

I don't understand it.

A steady diet of beans is slow poison.

My grandfather said, "The thing you are used to

that's the only thing that's good for you."

My grandfather, he was born on a cattle ranch

but he would only eat bull meat.

He said, "Cow meat made you weak.

It's only good for women."

Here, here, here, move, dogs.

SenorThompson, that's no way to talk to people.

Oh, Pilon.

You want some wood, Pilon?

No, I do not want wood, amigo.

I, I came to visit you.

Uh, me?

To visit me?

Oh, well, come in, Pilon.

Come in.

It is small, not fit for visitors

but it is warm and snug

and my boys like it.

Won't you sit down, Pilon?

- Mm-hmm. - Ah.

I-I, uh, I-I-I..

I brought you a sugar cookie.

Oh, a cookie, for me.

Look, boys.

Pilon has brought us a sugar cookie.

Susie Francisco borrowed it for me.

You know, she works in the bakery.

Oh, eh..

First, our guest.

And then, us.

There.

So.. That's all.

No more.

Pirate, amigo, why do you allow your friends

to worry about you so much?

- My friends? - Yes.

And, they, they would like to come and visit you

you know, but they are afraid if they come here

and, and see you living like this

that you would be ashamed.

Danny, Jose Maria

Pablo... they are all my friends?

Oh, yes, yes, pirate.

They are your friends and they worry about you.

They are afraid you will get sick

and die in here.

Oh.

But... you see, Pilon

my boys like it here.

And I like it because they like it.

'I did not know'

'I had friends who worried.'

Oh, yes, yes, and you should not

let them do it, amigo.

But I..

You must tell me what to do, Pilon.

You are my friend.

We have a house.

It shall be your house.

Why don't you come and live with us?

I... come and live with you?

Yes, it is the only way

we can stop being sad about you.

And my, my boys, too?

'Yes, yes, oh, yes.'

'Danny loves dogs.'

Oh.

Please..

...go away now, Pilon.

My friend..

...I, I cannot speak anymore.

I will talk it over with my boys

and tonight, maybe..

...we will come to your house.

Goodbye, amigo.

Oh, thanks.

- Hey. - What's the matter now?

You left your pitcher in my house.

I know, I'll come by and get it.

You don't have to. I gave it to Mrs. Teresina.

Alright, thanks.

Oh, fo..

See what you did?

Well, I just came down to tell you, that's all.

Alright, now you told me.

Sure, I told you.

Alright, so you heard I heard you.

- Sure, you heard me. - Come on. Get out of here.

- Will you? - He's going, Mr. Willoughb--

Watch your line. Get back to..

Hey, paisano. I need another man.

You want a job? Five bucks.

How long is the job?

Oh, eight or ten hours.

No, I'm busy.

I thought I told you..

Well, there. You want it?

A sweeping machine.

Oh, what a present.

Nobody in Tortilla Flat has a thing like that.

Well, goodnight, Danny.

Goodnight, Dolores.

An old lady has no business to be around

at a time like this.

Where did you get it?

It cost a lot.

I got it. Do you want it?

You didn't steal it, did you? You didn't--

What are you talking about? I bought it.

- Where did you get the money? - I worked for it.

What do you think?

You worked for it?

Danny, you mean you got a job? You mean..

Come here.

Hey. Hey. Get down.

- What is this? - Here, here, here, boys.

This, this is Danny.

Danny has asked us to come and live in his house.

Amigo, where have you been?

We have a great surprise for you.

The pirate has agreed to come and live with us.

- Yes, but where will he.. - Sit down.

Sit down, amigo, and sit down.

The pirate has been telling us some fine stories.

- Yes, but where will he, uh.. - Here, here.

Have some wine.

Maybe the pirate would tell us

some more stories about the dogs.

Do they, do they all like to go in the woods

and-and-and hunt for animals

'and dig up things out of the ground?'

Oh, yes.

SenorAlex Thompson here

he, he digs all the time.

Maybe he will find treasure someday.

You know, Pilon, rich people, they sometimes

bury their money in the woods.

'Oh, I know. I know, I know.'

'And that is no good, you know.'

People lose their money that way.

'Yeah, it is foolish to hide money.'

'I had an uncle once, an old miser.'

'He used to hide his gold'

in the woods, too.

Some thief found it and stole it.

'My uncle was a poor old man then'

'with all his money gone.'

So, he... hanged himself.

I was there when they found him.

He looked like he was listening to the birds.

Oh, well, there..

There's no treasure in these woods.

People who hide their money..

I-I-I remember my cousin.

My cousin was a very smart man, too.

If-if anybody in the world would know

'how to hide their money so no one would find it'

'it would be my cousin.'

Maybe you know my cousin, he..

He's the little one who crawls around on the wharf

begging for fish heads to make soup of.

That is my cousin.

He hid his money.

Me, uh, I don't feel sorry

for people who hide their money.

Oh, no, no. That is their own punishment.

'People who have money should, should make use of it'

'for the happiness of themselves and of their friends.'

Anybody who hides his money might just as well

hang himself like your uncle

because my cousin gets all the fish heads.

But I-I, I have not any money.

Oh, not you, amigo.

We were not talking about you.

This is a little story we tell here in this house

each night before we go to bed.

- Now we go to bed, huh? - Hmm..

Eh, you sleep here, pirate. It's warm in here.

Do you think he's got a lot of money, huh?

He acts like all people who have money, he is afraid.

I don't know why he is afraid but I think

he will dig it up soon.

And I think maybe we should be there

when he digs it up, mm.

We can help him overcome his fear.

Now, look, if we do, I mean, do you think

I could borrow $210 from him, huh?

- Why do you want $210? - Um, uh..

Herman Scrivani's boat. It's for sale.

Where have you been all evening, amigo?

What's that got to do with it?

What I wanna know is, do you think I can get the money

or can't I? You're my friend, aren't you?

Now, wait a minute. I did not say you could not. But, uh..

Well, that's all I wanted to know.

Thanks, Pilon.

Shh.

Come on. Let's go.

You must not follow too close.

The dogs will hear us.

Ow..

Mmm..

That is a fine place to look.

Eh, Pilon, I didn't know that--

Shut up.

I-I think he went over there.

No, no. He went to the left.

Yeah. You three go that way.

I will take this one. We will go over here. Be quiet.

Be quiet.

Shh!

Who was that?

What are you all sitting around here for?

We can't find him.

- Joe's feet hurt. - Yeah.

- Hey, what smells around here? - Him.

Amigos, I-I was only trying to help. Honest, I-I was.

I thought I saw one of his dogs.

A dog with a white stripe down its back.

Come on.

You stay in back of the wind.

In back of the wind.

All night... when we could have been asleep.

We must find some other way to follow him.

- Yeah. - We'll never see him again.

Uh, oh, good morning.

Good morning, my friends.

'I am so happy to see you.'

'Where have you been?'

I have so much to tell you.

I-I went out into the woods last night.

Alright, alright. We will talk about it later.

Phew.

I am going to go to sleep.

And I don't want..

Oh, Pilon.

I lied to you last night.

I said I had no money

because I was afraid.

But I was more afraid when I heard you tell

how hidden money can be stolen.

So, I went into the woods

and I brought it back here.

Well, good. Good, huh?

- You-you-you have money, huh? - Yeah.

You were.. Yes. It was right.

You should bring it here.

Oh, yes.

It came to me all at once

like a wonderful light.

You are my friends

my only friends.

'No one can steal my money'

if my friends watch it for me.

You will not believe this, but last night, in the woods

some people followed me..

...to steal my money.

I, I heard them.

Oh, please.

Please, my friends.

Keep it for me.

'It will make me very happy.'

Uh, maybe..

Maybe you, uh..

...you would like to take out, uh

just a few two bitses before--

Oh, no, no. I cannot do that.

The money is promised.

Promised? To who?

To Saint Francis of Assisi.

- Saint Francis? - Yeah.

The good saint of the animals?

Yes.

There is almost 1,000 two bitses

in this bag.

When I have 1,000, I must buy

a gold candlestick

for Saint Francis.

Why?

Well, I once had

a nice dog.

He was a very sick boy

and I prayed.

And I promised a gold candlestick

of 1,000 days if he would get well.

And that dog got well.

Which dog was that?

Oh, no. Not one of these.

Another one.

A little later

a truck ran over him.

We will keep this money.

There..

The money will be safe there.

Oh... and to think

of all the years that I worried.

Now, nothing can happen

to the money of Saint Francis

because I have my friends.

It squeezes very hard inside of me.

- Are you sure? - You'll see.

- I cannot believe this. - Oh, right up here he is.

And Petey Ravanno told me he's been here

for the last three days.

Hah. There he is.

Working.

Poor Danny. He's working.

Uh, I told you.

Look. Look, look.

- He's sweating. - 'Okay. Pull her out.'

It's that Portagee girl.

We must do something.

She makes him do that?

Everybody knows he gave her

that sweeping machine.

Ah, this is only the beginning.

Don't you see the way her nose is pointed?

Before long, she will be in our ho..

In Danny's house.

She will wanna make some changes, you remember?

She'd want to be alone there with Danny, won't she?

We can't let her do this to him.

That's the trouble when property comes.

Shh. There he is.

Let me try to help him.

- Working, huh, amigo? - Oh.

Uh, hello, Pilon.

I, uh, thought maybe I could use some money, you know?

Uh-huh. Yes.

To buy a boat or some electric wires

for the sweeping machine?

What wires?

Well, everybody in Tortilla Flat

is talking about it.

They know you bought the lady a sweeping machine

and they also know she has no wires

in her house to make it go.

They think it is a very funny present.

- Well, she liked it. - Of course, she liked it.

She says you promised to put wires in the house, too.

Did she say that?

Why, she has told everybody.

If I, if I did not think it was so funny

I, I would be angry that everybody

is laughing at my friend.

Who is laughing?

Everybody is laughing.

Mrs. Marellis, Torrelli..

Yes, and they, they say that Arabella Gross

when she drinks whiskey, she sings a song about it.

Eight parts.

I do not think it was very nice of the lady

to make a joke about the man she is going to marry.

Who said I was going to marry her?

You said nothing about marriage?

Why, she has told everyone.

I never said a word.

I was waiting..

- Well, till I, uh.. - 'Hey, Danny.'

- 'Snap it up there.' - I..

I-I got to go now.

Hello, Pilon.

- Your husband is here? - No.

Oh, Pilon. You bring me a rosebush?

- Oh. - A rose for you.

And for this, two gallons.

Oh, a sweeping machine.

Isn't this the one Danny gave the Ramirez girl?

Yes, yes, yes, but you know, you know she is a bad one.

Oh, he had to take it back.

They had a fight, you know.

Ah, there are not many women like you

my little corn cake.

The wine is in the cellar.

Maybe you'll help me carry up two gallons, no?

Sure, sure. Maybe I'll help you carry up three gallons.

What do you want to come around here for?

Hmm, that's good.

What do I wanna come around here for in the first place?

- That's what I'd like to know. - Because you're a thief.

You come and take it while my back's turned, uh?

Take what? What are you talkin' about?

You give like Indians, don't you?

- Who's an Indian-- - You gave me a present.

I opened my heart, my heart to you.

And when I make a fool of myself

you come and take it back again.

And let everybody in the whole world know about it.

I don't know what you're talkin' about--

I suppose you didn't trade

the vacuum cleaner to that Torrelli cow

for some of her dirty wine?

Let her mouth babble it from door to door.

I suppose just an hour ago, your no-good friend Pilon

didn't come by and laugh at me about it.

I hate him. That..

Never mind Pilon. Never mind anything.

I never asked you to marry me, did I?

Now, did I?

Me? Marry you?

Oh, why did you go spreading that all around for?

Since when do you got the right to go yapping all over--

Listen, Mr. Alvarez.

I did no such thing.

But I found you out now.

I wouldn't marry you if, if you were

the governor in gold pants!

You wouldn't, eh? I bet, like they all say..

You'd marry anybody that had two dimes

and a dead goat..

Get out of here! Get out!

Right through the door.

Is anybody home?

No.

No, but..

...come in, Mr. Brown.

Come in.

It's nice to see you.

♪ Danny is a lucky boy ♪

♪ That I'm a friend of his ♪

♪ I'm the one who saved him ♪

♪ From a wife and goats and cheese ♪

♪ I give him all my good advice ♪

♪ For only half his wine ♪

♪ Danny is a lucky boy ♪

♪ That he's a friend of mine ♪

♪ Ay ay paisano♪♪

This is fine wine, amigo.

- You made a good trade. - Yeah.

Hello, amigo.

Pirate.

The boys and me, we had a nice day today.

Look, another two bitses, Pilon--

Ah. Good, good, good.

Here, we-we put this with the rest, huh?

- It's been a very busy day. - Yeah.

- But a good finish, huh? - Yeah.

Eh..

Oh. No.

No, no!

No!

No, no!

No, don't let them take my money.

It's promised.

- Please, please don't. - Maybe, maybe Danny..

No, Danny would not take the money, where is Joe?

I don't know, but this morning he went out.

♪ Loves me ♪

♪ From Barbourville to Victorville ♪

♪ All the girls they love me ♪

♪ From Porterville to Morgan hill ♪

♪ All the girls they love me ♪

♪ All the girls they love me ♪♪

Good evenings, my brothers.

The world is made of the white breast of chickens

and I am deep inside of it.

Where have you been all day? Did you have a nice day?

I met a nice, fat girl from Castroville.

Red hair like a flame, eyes like the stars.

I can see them now. I will always see them--

What did you do with his money?

- 'I didn't take it.' - 'Yes, you did.'

- 'What did you do with it?' - 'No, hey.'

Well, I only took a little of it.

I only took six quarters.

'Oh, only six.'

'What did you do with the rest?'

The porch. I buried it under the porch.

'Ah, uh.'

980, 990, 1,000.

You have the 1,000 two bitses already.

You can buy the candlestick now.

And you have... seven two bitses leftover.

Oh.

Why are you crying, amigo?

Well, I, I am so happy.

And-and my boys are happy, too.

Amigos, we need to celebrate now.

Those seven two bitses, we can--

Be still, be still.

Do you think when the candlestick is given

that he cango to the mass dressed like this?

He must buy some new clothes.

You mean..

...that I would be in the church

when the candlestick is given?

- Well, sure of that. - Ah.

Oh.

Oh, Danny, we have--

No, no, no, now, now, now.

He seems a little upset. I will talk with him.

Danny, amigo, we have counted the pirate's money

and he has enough to buy the gold candlestick.

Come on, now, we will drink some wine

and maybe sing some songs, huh?

Danny, do not be sad.

Many men have been fooled

like that before by women.

Ah, I'm glad you are rid of her, amigo.

I saw her from the first.

A worthless, grabbing woman with a tongue of a..

I'll have wine. I'll have plenty.

Hey. Hey. Wha..

He, he took the full jug.

What's the matter with him? Is he crazy?

They say a little love is like a little wine.

Too much of either makes a man sick.

Hey. Ah.

Hey, oh.

'Come quick. They're washing pirate's beard.'

- Oh. - Yeah, get his ears good, now.

Get on the side of his neck here, here.

'Ah, be quiet.'

'You got your own work to do.'

- Well.. - Stand him up.

Here, here, sit down now.

Eh. Ah. Ah.

Hey, now you finish it, amigo.

Ah. Ah.

- Look how his beard shines. - He-he.

St. Francis will be proud of you.

I wish that our friend Danny

would be here to go with us.

Yes, well, we will tell him about it when he comes back.

He will have a big headache, and it will make him very happy.

- Yeah. - Now, tell us.

Tell us more about the vision.

When you promised the candlestick

did you really see St. Francis?

I, I think I saw a little vision.

Maybe, maybe I saw St. Francis in the air

and he was shining like a star.

You remember that, huh?

I, I think I remember.

St. Francis, he looked at me and smiled

like a good saint.

And he said

"Be good to little dogs, you dirty man."

Did he call you that?

Well, I was.

And saints, they never lie, you know.

Have you ever seen any other visions, maybe?

Oh, no.

No, I..

I would be afraid

to see another one.

Uh, well, now, now we must get him dressed, huh?

Well, where are the clothes you bought?

Oh, yeah.

- Is this all you got? - Oh, yeah.

Well, you-you can't go to church in those clothes.

He-he can have my coat.

I have another shirt. I can..

You could have my hat, but, but look at your pants.

You got no pants. They're..

- Joe. Joe. - Hey, no.

Your pants will just fit the pirate.

- No - Yes, Joe, yes.

There. No, no, no.

On the inside amigo.

Oh, but it is so pretty.

Yes, I know, but not, not for church.

You-you wear it on the inside and leave your coat open

and then they will be able to see it a little.

Yah. Yah. Hey, look at all the rats.

Pilon. Pilon is a rat.

A son of a rat and a bed bug!

Come back to your house, amigo.

You have had plenty of fun for this time.

Do you think I'd come back to a, a rat's nest?

Get back in your holes!

Get back!

We must do something, Pilon.

He's been this way five days now.

He threw a beer bottle in Torrelli's window

and hit Torrelli in the neck, you know?

Come on, amigo.

But does not Danny know that

Joe showed us where the money was?

If this is what is troubling him, we should tell him, we--

Do not worry about Danny, after all that is the old Danny.

Pretty soon, they will put him in jail

and everything will be alright again.

Come on now, we must not be late.

Hey, wait.

I can't go.

I haven't got any pants.

Well, then you stay here. We will tell you all about it.

How can I go? He's got my coat.

And my-my good shirt. We-we can't go like that.

- No. - Well, we will wait outside.

Maybe we can hear something

uh, from out the windows, huh?

Come on, boys. We are going now.

No, no, no, you cannot take the dogs to church.

Oh. But they, they are good boys.

St. Francis knows that.

And if, if I see that one of them must go outside, I-I-I--

Yes, yes, yes. I know.

But if they wanted dogs in church, you know, amigo

they would have built seats for them.

Now, come on, you must leave them with Joe.

Oh. But the boys will not like that.

You must stay here, boys.

Ah. Yes. Yes.

Now, you keep 'em, huh, Joe?

Yeah, sure.

You, you sit there

'like good boys.'

Goodbye.

There. There. See him?

Yes, right in front.

I don't know why, uh, I'm so excited, I feel sick.

Shh.

...as so ordained by the will of God.

And now, there is new beauty in the church today.

There before the image of the blessed St. Francis

is a golden candlestick, which was not there before.

I want you all to look at it

'and then hear how it came to be there.'

A man came to me.

A poor and humble child of the church.

And this is what he said to me.

"I had a dog. A good little dog.

'"His nose was dry'

'"and his eyes were like the glass of bottles'

'"out of the sea.'

'"And this little dog groaned'

'because he hurt inside."'

And then, this man said

"Father.

"I promise the gold candlestick of 1,000 days

"to St. Francis.

'He's really my patron, father."'

And then, there was a miracle

for that dog wagged his tail three times

and right away started to get well.

'It was a miracle from St. Francis.'

'St. Francis, too, was poor.'

'He, too, loved dumb animals.'

I can hear nothing, but it is very beautiful.

'Look.'

You'd better take them outside until the service is over.

Oh, you bad boys. You wicked boys.

Now, you stay here and wait.

Father Ramon is now going to tell us the true miracle

of St. Francis.

And I will tell you later, huh?

If Danny could only see this.

Working Sunday, huh?

Hey.

Hey, you.

Get away, you good-for-nothing.

I just wanted to tell you I didn't take

that sweeping business, see?

What do I care?

I've heard what you've been doing.

I know what you are.

Sure, sure, I'mMr. Brown.

John Smith Motorcord Brown, that's me.

Eight-ball in the side, remember me?

- Hey, you. - Remember?

I'm the vegetable.. The.. And fruit..

Danny! Oh, Da..

He's in here.

Oh, just a minute, father.

- Hello, father. - Well, doctor?

I don't know. It looks pretty bad.

He's got a lot of vitality, might last for hours

and then again..

But the lung is punctured.

Poor boy.

Say... he isn't gonna..

Is he going to die, eh?

Danny's going to die, and it's you who did it.

You and your no-good friends

and your sneaking ways.

You tried to make him like you

but you couldn't do it.

You couldn't do it because..

Because he's been taken away from you.

He's been taken away from me.

This, this is the image of St. Francis, eh?

'I want it to be just the way it was.'

'Here.'

That is the candlestick

with a candle in it, huh?

So, come, SenorThompson. Here.

Sit here.

'Like that, yeah.'

'And.. Frog.. I want right here'

because he is the little one, eh?

And Pirito, here.

There. So..

No, no, no, SenorThompson. You cannot lie down.

Now, listen to me.

I forgive you for breaking into the church.

Father Ramon said it was no sacrilege this time.

But, oh, if you could only have

stayed to hear him

tell the beautiful things.

'He told all about how the blessed St. Francis'

'lived on Earth and went around teaching people to be good.'

He-he taught the animals, too.

Yes, he did.

Dogs, birds, everything.

'He used to talk to them when they needed it'

because he loved them.

Now, now, here is the true

miracle of St. Francis.

Once, the birds were making a lot of noise

and bothering St. Francis.

'And he said to them'

'"Be quiet, my little sisters.'

'"You do not have to work for a living.'

'"The, the good Lord gives you clothes, and feeds you'

'"and gives you trees to nest in.

'"The least you can do'

'"is to stop quarrelling'

'"amongst yourselves'

and disturbing other people."

And what do you think?

They were quiet

and St. Francis blessed them.

'And they flew away together'

'singing sweetly.'

'Some to the north, some south'

others east, others west.

In close, straight lines, they flew

so that they make the sign of the cross in the sky.

And the Earth was full of peace.

Oh. Did you see him?

It was St. Francis.

Oh, did you see him? Did you see him?

Oh, what good boys you must be.

You've seen blessed St. Francis.

'Pilon. Pilon.'

You want job? Five dollars a day.

You cut squid?

Yes, that is a nice candlestick.

And you should have it, too

for the saving of the little dog.

It would be nice if you had one to go

on the other side, too, huh?

If, uh..

If you would do something for me

I, I could get you another one.

And I would work for it, too. Yes, I would.

If you would do this thing for me, then I would do that.

I would, uh..

I would cut squids for the candlestick.

I would..

...cut squids for Chin Kee even..

...with my own hands, for a whole season

I would cut squids.

You know what it's for, don't you?

It is for Danny. Danny Alvarez, my friend.

He is hurt bad in the chest.

It's, it's on account of that girl.

That, that sweets girl, you know, from Salinas?

I've been thinking if, if Danny got well and..

...he might marry that girl

because it has been growing in his heart

like needles in a cactus.

I had been thinking maybe that wouldn't be so good

but... maybe I am wrong, St. Francis.

Danny is no dog, St. Francis, but he is..

He is strong in head and body like a young horse.

He is too young to die.

If it were me..

But Danny has not lived long.

So you've got to do it right now!

Because Danny is sick!

He is dying and you got to fix him up!

I'm sorry, St. Francis.

I have no right to give orders like that.

Please forgive me.

I guess I talk too much.

♪ Ah you little squid ♪

♪ Ugly little squid ♪

♪ I promised I would go to work and that is what I did ♪

♪ Oh you ugly little squid ♪

♪ Dirty little squid ♪

♪ I bet your mamma thinks you are a pretty kid ♪

♪ Ay ay pais..♪♪

- Danny? - Danny is still sick.

Isn't he maybe a little better?

Maybe a little better, but still sick.

All you friends, all sit in front of hospital.

All the time now. Four, five weeks.

They looking for Pilon.

All saloon, all jails, no Pilon.

You didn't tell 'em anything?

Tell 'em nothing. Secret.

They all think Pilon dead.

- You're sure it was Pilon? - Yes, father.

I was digging clams under the dock

and I saw him, he was cutting squid.

Cutting squid under the dock?

Yes, father. Right down there, at Chin Kee's.

Very well.

Now, you run along.

And remember, you must not tell anyone.

Hello, Pilon.

Hello, father.

We've been looking for you everywhere.

Your friends are very worried.

Well, well, I, I have been very evil, father.

I, uh, I drank some bad wine and..

And I did an evil thing

and I, I was afraid they might put me in jail

so, uh, I thought I should come to this little shack and hide

until, until they were through looking for me.

Very well.

I'll not say that I saw you

until you think it's safe to come back.

Thank you, father.

And, uh, how is Danny?

Oh, Danny's much better.

Somebody's prayers must have been answered.

I don't know who would pray for Danny.

Mm, someone must have. Dolores, perhaps.

Ah. That one.

She's very worried about you, Pilon.

She's afraid that you ran away

because she blamed you for Danny's getting hurt.

She doesn't blame you anymore.

- No? - No.

Well, then, maybe you could tell her that, uh

that it's not the reason that I went away

because of what she said.

Very well. I can tell her that, Pilon.

Oh, by the way, Pilon

I had a revelation from St. Francis the other night.

He was very pleased with the pirate's candlestick

but he said that one candlestick was enough

'and he didn't care for any more.'

But, instead of the candlestick

'he said there was something else'

'that would make him very happy.'

That when Danny got well, he was going to want a boat.

'He said that it would make him very happy'

'if there was some way that Danny could have a boat.'

Well, I hope it will be safe for you to come back soon, Pilon.

Hey, you-you're too close.

Oh, it's a small room, Torrelli.

Big girl.

♪ Oh how I love a wedding ♪

♪ With plenty of food and wine ♪

♪ Oh how I love a wedding ♪

♪ As long as it is not mine ♪♪

Quiet now, quiet, quiet, quiet.

Now, we will raffle off Danny's guitar.

Now that Danny is married, he won't need it anymore.

Right, Danny? Eh, no, no, no.

No peek-no peeking now, no-no cheating.

Put your hand in there. Close your eyes now.

Close your eyes.

That's a boy. That's the boy.

411, Alfredo Teresina. Come on..

- Alfredo. - Alfredo.

Come here, Alfredo..

Here, Alfredo, here, here, here.

Here, you are a little small for this now

but you'll have more use

for it later on, huh, Danny?

Pilon, why have we never thought of a raffle before?

I-it's wonderful.

We will talk about it later.

You know, father, Pilon made in the raffle

enough money to buy Danny his boat.

- Indeed. - Here, have some wine.

Thank you. Oh, we'll have a raffle every day now.

We'll raffle off this table.

It's a good thing, that raffle.

Well, you just sell the tickets and..

Uh, you ju..

Wher-where did you sell all the tickets, Pilon?

Well, I, you..

Hmm, well, perhaps Pilon sold a lot of tickets that time

he was away visiting his sick uncle in Salinas, eh, Pilon?

Yes, yes, father, yes.

Could I have some wine, too, Pilon?

Oh, yes, yes.

- Danny was a good man. - Yeah.

Strong, too. He had a punch like a mule.

Yeah, could make love, too. Make girls spin dizzy.

- No more. Only one girl now. - Yeah.

It was nice of Danny to give us this house.

Oh, shut up.

It was this house that caused all of Danny's troubles.

His grandfather had no right to leave it to him.

Ah, that's what happens when a man gets property.

Hey. Hey..

- Where will we go now? - Let's go down on the beach.

We will go to sleep in the moonlight under the sky.

The sky is a good place to sleep under.

It is one roof that will never burn down.

And it is a roof that will always be there tomorrow

when you wake up, amigos.

Ha. That's right.

♪ Ay ay paisano ♪

♪ La vida esta si♪♪