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THE DREAM AND THE SILENCE

''Never do anything Iike that again in front of me''.

threatened Trud.

He took the sign on the bars.

Iooked inside the cage again.

which was compIeteIy siIent.

and went home again through the park in compIete darkness.

He'd gone down... He'd Ieft his book on the bench.''

You see? The youngest monkey

is the one that wants to escape the most.

I thought it was this one.

We haven't read that part yet. That comes Iater.

''When he got home...''

.This outfit? .No.

You're not even Iooking, CeIia.

Yes. I am. I said no.

Good Iord!

.This one? .Neither.

You need a down jacket.

.I want one Iike PauIa's. .They don't have it here.

.Not one Iike PauIa's. .Why not?

Open your mind and Iook around.

.They're ugIy. .No, they're not. Try them on.

Try one on and see how it Iooks.

Your heart is set on PauIa's. you're being a pain.

It's twice as cooI as aII these together.

WeII, you're not getting PauIa's. Don't even bother Iooking.

They're ugIy and they're too puffy.

They make you Iook Iike a snowbaII.

Nobody wears a down jacket to Iook cooI.

That one is awfuI.

The opposite.

The opposite.

Okay, here we go.

Let's start. I'II ask the first question.

In Spanish, pIease.

Or raise your hand and ask in French.

.Is it smaII? .No.

Okay.

Is it smaII? No. Who's next?

Is it taII?

Yes. It's taII.

Okay. SmaII and taII. More.

Is it short?

No. It's taII.

What did you ask? Is it short?

.No, fat or... .Is it fat?

It's thin.

Good. What eIse?

Is it an actor?

It's an actress.

Yes. It's an actress.

An actress, okay.

An actress, what eIse? Let's summarize. An actress.

taII.

thin...

We're at home.

it's nighttime and we see animaIs coming out.

.Okay. .TaIking animaIs?

.That's up to you. .I don't know.

.Okay. .They can taIk.

And...

when we see the animaIs coming out.

we see the kitten

comes out Iast and wants to show us something.

.Fine. .Okay.

And...

I don't know.

That's aII, they taIk. Okay.

Do they have powers?

No, better without.

.Just animaIs. .NormaI but spies.

.Yeah. .Okay.

We shouId pick a few of them.

Two giraffes, two cats, two dogs.

No. I mean we can pick three or four.

We can pick the cat. the dog. the rabbit or the Iion.

.AII of them. .AII of them?

Yes.

.And one wouId be the cat. .Okay.

The cat wants to teII us something. Let's go see.

Let's go.

You see the animaIs?

How cooI.

Sometimes it isn't easy to reinvent things.

But it's pretty easy in generaI.

.Easy? .Yeah.

I find myseIf doing things my mom used to do

and I prepare dishes I didn't Iike when I was a kid

and now I make IentiIs every week.

.For revenge? .No. because I Iove them now.

And the girIs do too.

.For their nutritionaI vaIue. .That's right.

No kid any where Iikes IentiIs.

.No. mine do. .They're awfuI.

No. that depends.

Come over for Iunch sometime.

No. I Iike them. But a chiId isn't aware of nutritionaI vaIue.

But they're good. If you make them right.

With a IittIe chorizo.

They're not the same without chorizo.

With Iardons. We make them with Iardons here.

If you take care of the presentation...

.How? .The presentation.

WeII. IentiIs... I don't know howto present them...

Me neither. PIease. teII.

Not Iike in a schooI cafeteria' they throw it on the pIate.

And it spIatters.

.Have a good week. .Thanks. Goodbye.

.Hi. Everything okay? .Yes.

I'II be right with you. I'm preparing a cIass.

Wait.

Let's see what he's prepared.

What?

.Let's see what he's prepared. .Yeah.

We've taIked about it a Iot.

I'II aIways remember it.

I'II aIways remember howyou were born.

Without the typicaI scream'

without screaming your Iungs out. You were born swimming.

You were Iike this.

You Iooked compIeteIy caIm.

After that they picked you up and when you were ready

you started crying. But after 30 seconds of magic.

WeII,magic... If I'd seen you' I'd have toId them to sIap you.

.No,no. .Shejust sat there.

No. It was peacefuI.

Because this one came out screaming.

''What Iungs!''. I said. And the other...

That's whyyou're such a good swimmer.

It Iooked Iike you were swimming.

Not you. You came out,''Waaa!''

I'II park the car and be right in.

Park the car? Okay.

Hi,sweetie. Here,come in.

Come in,sweetie.

I couIdn't wait to see you.

I couIdn't wait to see you' my princess.

Even if it's onIyyou. One is better than none.

Want to pIay cards?

I was pIaying to pass the time. Do you know how?

You know'

this one might be poisonous.

Water comes out when you pIuck it.

And this fIower?

It might be poisonous' my hand is sticky.

Does this fIower prick?

No,that one doesn't.

Don't be so scared.

You're being a sissy,honey.

Like this,see?

Knowwhat we can pIay with this?

You've never pIayed ''He Ioves me,he Ioves me not?''

.That's with daisies. .This one wiII do.

It has a Iot.

It has Ieaves.

You can pIay ''He Ioves me', with it.

Because it has Ieaves.

Look at that baby pine tree.

When you come back in ten years' it wiII be bigger.

Did you see the different sizes?

It's very interesting to see.

Look at aII the sizes. SmaII, medium...

This trunk has a Iot of kids!

Come on, sweetie.

There aren't manyfIies' but they're sticky.

They stick to your face.

Come on, hurry up.

We stiII have a way to go.

Do you Iike this smeII?

It doesn't smeII Iike anything.

Things are dry this time of year.

It hasn't rained in ages and everything is dry.

If it rained a IittIe' it wouId turn green.

But it hasn't rained.

So it's not green.

I've seen it very green.

But right now it's dry.

That part is green.

It's this coIor when it doesn't rain.

Come on, sweetie.

Keep going.

Watch out for that rock.

You aImost tripped on that rock.

No, not that one.

.Take that one. .Let me see.

This one is good.

Not this one. It's burned on one side.

Don't be Iong, Jaume.

Say goodbye.

You know me. You're not going to discover me now.

Have you gone to see ManeI about the wood?

.No, but I wiII. .Oh, you wiII...

We're about to Ieave and the wood has to Iast aII winter.

I'II do it, don't worry.

No... I'm not worried, but...

I knowyou'II do it' but we might miss him.

Miss him? He Iives nearby. I'II go in a second.

.You have to go, Jaume. .I wiII.

You have to do it. I'm not going to taIk to ManeI.

I don't want you to. I'II go.

I know, but get a move on.

Between your painting, your books and your computer...

Okay. It's your Iife, but...

That's right. It's my Iife.

I'm a IittIe angry. The kids are coming' you couId spend time with them.

Listen, stop bothering me.

I knowyou don't Iike being bothered.

But I'm not happy.

WeII. I'm sorry.

When they get here'

you can go for a waIk with them.

Okay, honey? Go on.

I'II go see if they're here. They shouId be here soon.

You're aIready suffering. Wait a second.

I Iike stopping to do things I Iike.

Sure, and I don't...

What you Iike is never stopping.

They won't be Iong. I'm going to cIean up.

Good Iord, this man, this man...

What am I going to do with him?

Daddy?

And your piIIs?

Daddy?

.I'm coming. .She's caIIing you.

CeIia, we have a nicer tabIecIoth.

What?

We have a nicer tabIecIoth.

Here. I'II give you a nicer one.

Great, reaIIy.

They couIdn't wait to see her. And her coming aIone

makes it even more fun' you know?

They get more time with her.

How about you? How are things with AIba?

I'II caII you Iater.

Yeah.

I'II caII you at dinnertime. WiII you be home?

TeII AIba...

.Want to go to the bathroom? .No, do you?

Want some water?

Water?

No, but I don't knowwhere to throw my gum away.

There's a wastebasket over there.

Come here.

Jaume.

ShaII I cIose the door?

CIose the door, Mom.

Don't cIose it.

You want to go outside?

Let them in. I can't teII them not to come in.

I can't teII them not to come in.

Don't worry, nobody wiII come in.

You want some Iime tea?

You don't want anything?

.No, thank you. .HerbaI tea?

I'II be okay.

Did you teII Laura to stay outside with AIba?

Did she Ieave?

I'II be fine Iater, but now...

Anyway...

Her mother doesn't want her to go in.

Does she want to?

No, she doesn't want to either.

She'II be okay.

I want one too, Jaume.

WiII you get me one? I aIways keep one.

What a prettyfIower.

HoId on to that one. You can hang it and dry it out.

And keep it your whoIe Iife.

You hang it Iike this. Okay, sweetie?

I hope Grandpa brings me one too.

You can hang it upside down

so it dries out and you keep it. Okay?

.We couId never have imagined. .No.

We'II keep it, that's what we'II do.

It's aII we'II have, Jaume.

It's aII we'II have.

.You Iike how it turned out? .Yes.

Like this, or this one?

You try.

I'm going for a waIk.

I'II stop by the hoteI

and get that for you. That way tomorrow, when you go out'

if you need to taIk to the receptionist

you'II have aIready Iearned.

Learned what?

To say, ''Good morning' I want to have breakfast.''

I aIready know howto say ''good morning', and ''good evening.''

With that, you're haIfway there.

I want more than that.

I want to go shopping

and to the park and know what the girIs are taIking about.

AII right?

And OrioI? What's he doing?

Working, he works tomorrow.

When are you going back to work?

I don't know, Mom.

Soon. I think.

Soon.

Just a IittIe Ionger.

Is AIba at your schooI or have you changed her?

No, no.

We don't see each other' because she's in eIementary, but...

But she's at the same schooI.

Convenient, right?

.Are you happy at schooI? .Yes.

Look, this part isn't difficuIt' but you have to remember.

If you foId this one in'

this one comes out. You see?

Yes. Like this?

Yes. No, this goes inside.

To hoId it together, see?

Inside.

And nowthat one comes out.

Does that one work?

I think it's empty. Are there any more?

I think so, go and see.

I'II go see if there's more.

We've aIways tried to... to...

to soIve probIems by taIking about them.

And...

If we keep doing this' you can't move on and neither can I.

We never find the right moment. You never feeI Iike it.

CouId you go away? PIease, OrioI.

This is as good a time as any to...

No.

Every day

one of her cIassmates sits in her seat.

And they do it spontaneousIy.

We don't do that at home.

Excuse me?

At home we don't do that.

You don't do what?

There's a void.

I don't know if...

I'm sorry.

How am I supposed to come back to work?

How's OrioI?

In his worId.

In his worId. I don't know.

.What's happening in his worId? .No idea.

.Has he recovered from his injuries? .Yes.

Is he back?

.Is he at home with you? .Yes.

He's doing okay.

He has no probIems. He's forgotten everything.

What has he forgotten?

He doesn't remember his daughter.

CeIia.

It's Iike...

it makes it harder for me because it's Iike she...

Iike she wasn't a part of the famiIy.

He doesn't...

I don't understand. It's hard.

He doesn't remember the accident.

He has no memory of CeIia.

It's driving me crazy.

It's okayfor him. It's his Iife.

It's his whoIe famiIy. His job.

.He's gone back to work? .Yes.

He's fine.

What does he make of his injuries

if he doesn't remember the accident?

We toId him what happened.

I try to put myseIf in his pIace.

Imagine waking up one day in that state.

You're toId you had an accident.

Do you hoId it against him?

Yes.

For having the accident or for forgetting?

I don't know.

We don't speak very much.

What's your routine Iike?

I pretend nothing's wrong.

EspeciaIIy around AIba' so she won't be sad.

Around OrioI as weII' so he won't be sad.

Does he understand your grief?

I imagine. I hope so. I don't know.

Yes. Yes.

I hope. I guess.

You think something Iike that can be shared?

He woke up, so to speak. He moved.

He's not in the mood. He's oId.

Where are the others?

That one's mocking the other one. He's oId, that's aII.

The other one wants to pIay.

He's tired. He's tired of pIaying aIong.

Look how he's Iooking at him.

And this one cIimbed this tree.

.He Iooks very reIaxed. .Yeah. Hejust cIimbed up.

It Iooks Iike he wanted to move a bit'

but he wants nothing to do with the other one.

There's one over there.

.That's the oIdest one. .Yes.

He Iooks Iike the oIdest one. I'd even say he's the grandfather.

Let's see if there are more monkeys.

I want to see chimpanzees.

HeIp her change cIothes as weII.

You know. Iike it's a game.

We aII change cIothes together.

What about something more fun?

Besides changing cIothes.

How about a movie?

How about a movie?

How about a movie. I said.

A movie... You mean a movie for us?

No, we couId go with AIba.

No?

I prefer seeing movies here at home' you knowthat.

Or your mom can babysit and you and I can go.

Maybe.

Going to a famiIy movie...

We'd rather stay at home together.

But she misses out.

She needs to get out too.

.Whatever you want. .No?

The four of us couId go.

We couId invite one of her friends.

.No. .No?

.I preferjust the four of us. .Okay.

It wouId get my mother out of the house.

Then Iet's go out' but it doesn't have to be a movie.

Propose something.

Give me time to Iook into it.

There are some very interesting activites for chiIdren.

I'm sure we'II find something

in one of these.

I'II Iook at it Iater.

I made one for you.

One second.

Go ahead.

It's very good' but it needs a IittIe more Iight.

Yes.

I wouId add a IittIe...

coIor in here, some shade. But it's very good.

.Shade? .Yes.

Let me see.

With the opposite coIor, see?

A IittIe shade. This coIor is the opposite of yeIIow.

And this coIor is the opposite of red.

I never sit there.

.Not even to bring order? .Never.

I can't see anyone from there.

.This chair is too Iow. .I don't Iike it.

.You don't Iike it? .Never.

It's the sturdiest chair in the schooI.

.I don't sit on it. .Even to bring order?

No. Here. In any case...

Higher.

Do you want to be here?

I have to do it. That's it.

It's something I have to do.

Otherwise...

Otherwise I can't move on.

You hear that noise?

.One of the kids. .No.

A teacher waIking back and forth.

What are you doing today? Are you finished?

I'm finished. I was waiting for you.

Thanks.

Don't mention it.

.AII aIone. .Yeah.

I was waiting for you.

AII excited.

Me too.

.It's hard. .I can imagine.

Jesus Christ.

You might be right. We shouId stop doing this.

The photos can go straight to fucking heII.

I'II do it if you want' if it makes you feeI better.

That's not the point, OrioI' for God's sake.

Who said Iooking at the photos wouId heIp?

I don't know... Some peopIe go to faith heaIers

and they beIieve. That's enough for them.

I don't know.

Force it...

I don't know, somehow.

You just seem so Iaid back.

The doctors say it wiII come back the way it Ieft.

It's not therapy.

PeopIe made up that part about Iooking at the photos'

but it's not a type of therapy.

Then what do we do? Just Iet time pass?

Yes, but caImIy' without forcing it.

CaImIy, without forcing it.

Great.

Okay then.

We'II stay caIm and not force it.

Our whoIe Iives.

I don't know...

Even if you have to make an effort'

at Ieast you get back...

the routine.

You think I can get that back with you?

Are you heIping? Or do you make me...

Your routine before. I was gone most of the day, so it's not Iike...

You have your... I think you know down deep

that you can go back to schooI' where you'II have more moments of...

Moments of gIory.

That's what I need, moments of gIory.

You need to get out of the house.

You have no idea.

You have no idea.

Get some air.

The yeIIow one is good.

If you don't want it, save it for me. Which coIor do you Iike?

I Iike the pink ones.

I'II save them for you.

.Leave them for the end, okay? .Okay.

I'II save you the pink ones and you save me the yeIIow ones.

Okay.

Very tasty.

I grabbed it and went Iike this:

I threw it, my sister ducked and the windowwent ''crack.''

And suddenIy we hated each other and wanted to kiII each other.

We stood there a second

and then we hugged each other

and were friends and sisters again.

And I said, ''What wiII we teII Mom?''

''We can teII her you threw it at me...''

I don't knowwhat excuse we came up with'

but we didn't dare come out of the bedroom.

And when we came out, ''Mom?'' ''What?''

''Something happened in the bedroom.'' ''What?', But we were too scared.

We were ready to kiII each other, but...

Nothing happened.

We made up some story' I don't remember what.

That one of us had tried to pass it to the other

and threw it too hard and the window broke.

My motherjust stared at us Iike...

I remember that day very weII.

We had a Iot offun together.

We pIayed aII the time. With doIIs, with Nancy...

.She stiII exists. .Remember Nancy?

She was chubby, not Iike nowadays' they make Barbies...

We had Barbie and Lucas.

.Lucas? .Her boyfriend.

That's Ken.

Ken? Then who is Lucas?

No, not Barbie... We had Nancy and Lucas.

Lucas had dark hair and we had a bIonde Barbie

with Iong hair and a bIack one with hair Iike this.

We pIayed with them a ton.

And we'd pIay in the street.

There was a huge sidewaIk outside my buiIding

and aII the kids wouId come down.

My buiIding had three stories.

How many kids were there? I don't know.

Eight or nine maybe.

We'd pIay...

I don't remember what it was caIIed.

One kid wouId stand against the waII

and another wouId put his head between his Iegs Iike this.

CarefuI, stay stiII.

And we'd Iine up in a row with our heads between...

We were taIking.

She asked me what I pIayed when I was IittIe.

I toId her about when I used to fight with my sister

and what we'd pIay outside my buiIding.

She rested her head on the chair as she Iistened.

Then she drew Iines on the ground

with a rock...

That game. I forget what it's caIIed...

And wejumped and jumped with the rocks. We had a great time.

She answered you? You touched each other?

Of course.

Am I going crazy? Maybe I am.

But I don't care. It was great fun.

You have to go.

You might see her.

You go.

It's no probIem for me. I'd be happy to.

We were in the pIayground' by the swings.

How do you think I shouId react?

You'II recognize her when you see her and she'II see you.

She might be around there.

Promise you'II go?

I promise. But are you okay?

.I'm great. .You feeI aII right?

It was the nicest day I've had in weeks.

She Iooked beautifuI.

WeII, beIieve me, for me...

Okay.

Grandpa, bring AIba's suitcase.

You pretty thing. The prettiest of aII.

Pretty and beautifuI. Can you manage?

Okay.

Did you see what nice pIants we have?

.Yes, they're very pretty. .You Iike pIants, huh?

I'm coming up.

It's chiIIy here. Very chiIIy. Very, very chiIIy.

This one goes here and AIba's goes here.

I'II arrange the red one.

You know he got sick.

He wanted to have an operation to be on the waiting Iist for a kidney.

You knew about this more or Iess, right?

None of us wanted him to.

I'm teIIing you this so you'II see

that Iife goes on and the grieffades a IittIe.

When he said he wanted an operation we were aII against it.

And my nephews said'

''You taIk to him, he'II Iisten to you.''

''Ramon, don't. It's too risky...''

''I don't want to Iive Iike this, Laura.''

I've been through drama Iike this before.

''I don't want to Iive Iike this.

I want to be on the waiting Iist for a kidney

and if I manage to puII through'

I couId stiII enjoy Iife a IittIe bit.

AII I ask, Laura'

if something happens to me. Iook after Nieves. The boys have their Iives

and stuff, but as her sister.in.Iaw'

Iook after her, don't Ieave her aIone.''

That reaIIy hit me.

TeIIing you about it' with everything eIse'

with what happened to CeIia'

it brings it aII back. But you reach a point where you can taIk about it

and even taIk about it normaIIy' without crying.

That moment wiII come' even though you think it won't.

And with CeIia it'II be the same. You'II see.

In a few days, not days, months'

we'II be abIe to taIk about her

without aII the pain we feeI right now'

without suffering Iike we are right now.

You don't beIieve it, but we wiII.

.We'd better. .We wiII, you'II see.

.But you knowthat takes time. .What?

You knowthat takes time.

.It'II pass, time wiII pass. .Yeah, but...

That couId take months. Not one day, or two, or four.

It wiII take many days.

But it wiII go away. I'm feeIing it too.

ObviousIy a brother isn't the same' I Iost my mother'

she was oId it was the Iaw of nature.

Losing a brother with his whoIe Iife before him crushed me and I stiII am.

TaIking about it makes me upset

at a time Iike this and it affects me more.

But sometimes I don't think about it

and I'm aII right. The same wiII happen with CeIia.

You'II see. Everything goes on' unfortunateIy everything wears off

and we have to go through it together.

With OrioI and your mother' the four of us.

We have to take care of each other. I don't knowwhat to say.

I don't knowwhat to say.

I know aII this, Laura.

They're things you can't see coming.

.But you've been through this before. .What?

.You've been through this before. .But it's not the same.

Losing a brother isn't the same as Iosing a granddaughter.

I don't want to distract you teIIing you about my brother'

but I'mjust saying so you knowthat with time...

You don't see it?

This goes over here.

The Iegs are too short.

.I think it's okay. .A IittIe weird.

.What's wrong? .The Iegs are too short.

Let me see yours.

It's as pretty as a postcard.

I feeI Iike giving her a hug.

It's very sensuaI. Iook.

A neckIace? Very nice!

Good Iord.

You need to shine the broach.

Wash it off.

Grandma, those things Iook IikejeIIy!

.CouId you do it? .Sure.

I was pIaying with CeIia untiI they Ieft.

A IittIe before.

I can't stop thinking about it.

But I don't know. I'II take you if you want, but...

I need to go there.

It's an absurd pIace.

I don't know how it couId have happened.

I don't understand.

Something stupid.

Can you take me?

Of course I can.

Whenever you want.

This is where it happened.

I'm exhausted...

.Are you going to read? .A IittIe.

UntiI I faII asIeep.

I'm on an interesting page.

Something crazy happened to me today.

What?

So things were reaIIy tense between us.

I Ieft Morocco, we weren't taIking. It was awfuI.

After that, things caImed down. We wrote to each other, we spoke.

Things went back to normaI.

It was tense.

It wasn't very positive.

But it was good that it was the Iast time we saw each other.

I didn't know at the time, but I never saw my adoptive father again.

That's right.

It was a big surprise for him too.

I remember when we got out of the taxi with my oIder brother'

my mother heard a car parking.

She came out' she knew he was coming...

She saw him get out of the taxi and open the trunk...

It was dark. It was at night.

It was around 10 PM.

She saw me get out after him...

My mother was wearing gIasses' she's myopic.

So she was trying to see us in the dark...

After she said aII she couId see was a big baII of hair

and she didn't knowwho it was.

So that's it.

So I went into my adoptive father's bedroom.

He was Iying on the bed...

He was iII?

He's been iII for years.

He was iII without being iII.

It's been years. I don't know. 16 years.

He was going through a depression.

He was Iying on his bed, sitting up...

stretched out...

My other father, my dad' was sitting on the edge of the bed...

He was right next to him.

I waIked in and they both Iooked at me.

They aII wear gIasses.

They aII turned and Iooked at me...

.So it was nice? .Yes.

I rushed into his arms' then into the other's...

It was very nice.

From those 48 hours' that's the scene that stays with me.

It's Iike...

Together.

Everybody together. Iet's go.

How many candIes are there?

.Four. .Ten.

''To go.''

Gone. Okay?

We'II Iearn irreguIar verbs after.

But the reguIar endings are: ''ed', and ''ied.''

The verb ''to study.''

ParticipIe?

''Studied.''

We take off the ''y', and...

.''Studed.'' .No.

''Studied.''

''Studied.', Okay?

Let's see...

GuiIIaume.

Past tense of the verb ''to study.''