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foreign

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so

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hmm

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welcome ladies and gentlemen this

monastery

is commonly known as marcelino's

monastery

because this is where marcelino lives as

a little boy

his extraordinary story has been passed

down from generation to generation

to this very day

inside the monastery you may purchase

booklets written in many languages

created by the local artists and several

books

come on let's go what are you looking at

it's a book about

marcelino we don't need that we've heard

the story a million times

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so this is where my story begins

it was here in the year 16

i don't remember the exact year

what i do remember was that there was a

war going on

the monks always came down from the

monastery to bring comfort to the people

oh god my god i look for you my soul is

thirsty for you

my flesh longs foreign without

water let's absolve their death by

thinking that they will live on

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i absolve you in the name of the father

the son the holy spirit

father i'm only wounded well then keep

your blessing for when you really die

it happens to us all sooner or later

in the name of the father and the holy

spirit courage brothers may god

do you hear that it's a baby

huh there there but that's not possible

this is me do you see where the baby is

under the cabbages yes i see pick it up

i don't want to

i don't want to harm it me either well

we can't just leave it here

but what about its parents i don't know

what do we do under these circumstances

we can't leave it here take the feet

i'll grab the head yes

yes careful now slowly

slowly gently hello brothers

what have you found there we found this

child here a baby you've never seen a

baby

cabbage patch certainly not neither have

i

it was left here all alone there was no

one what should we do with it give it to

me

give it to me children like me a lot oh

beautiful we need to go and see if the

parents of this baby can be found oh

beautiful

let's take him to the monastery see he

doesn't cry with me brothers come and

see

it's not true that a small baby can't

understand anything

he understands he just doesn't know how

to speak

the reason i stopped crying was that

suddenly i felt calm

the reason i was calm was that brother

giocondo

held me tight and it made me feel secure

and comfortable

open open the door brother

open the door brother doorkeeper

did he frighten excuse me

look we found a little are you shouting

i can hear you i'm sorry i'm not dead

look at it

it says isn't it beautiful

oh it's so beautiful

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who is that child can you tell me where

that child comes from

he doesn't have a father or a mother are

you certain we asked everyone about the

baby

he was abandoned behind a house

in the name of the father the son and

the holy spirit tomorrow we'll begin the

search again ask around investigate if

we find that this child has no parents

we will have to find an honest man and a

capable woman to be its father and its

mother beautiful beautiful you see how

it likes

oh what's that look at that child

how sweet where does it come from

the first thing i remember seeing were

the faces of all the monks

some were smiling and some were not most

of them had beards

but on top of their heads it looked like

they wore a suit bowl

if it's not a male i cannot let it in

it's the rule now what do we do

geocondo so tell me masculine or

feminine oh well i'm not sure

he's right our rules don't allow us to

bring in the child unless he is

male let's find out yes

what should we do

look he is a man then he can enter

let's see if we can feed him something

come on eat something baby

ah open up your mouth legend title my

thoughts are

smaller

here we are see see there

children like me she's drinking

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the milk was very salty but i drank it

anyway

even though it didn't taste very good

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see what i have hey why can't he come

to me he just ate i'm taking him out for

air

who's that my god he's a little child

look up a teat

i would like to see him put him down

all right i'll let you see it but be

careful not to scare her

jen ah look at those eyes gently well

look at those eyes huh you can't leave

without letting me hold them just

once you never know if tomorrow will be

in

paradise eh even i at one time was small

like that

and now i'm so tired i'm so old and sick

you have been entrusted to find a home

for the baby

two heads can reason better than one and

remember you must evaluate very

carefully the seriousness of the people

who

are interested in taking home this baby

our lord has entrusted us

we have to watch over and decide for

this baby

give him two brothers truly provided

that you don't find anybody soon take

the baby over to the content

they are women and perhaps they can

handle this situation with a baby better

than we poor men

i shall peace peace and good will may

god assist you

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brother giacondo cried because i was

leaving

i cried too i had made friends and now i

had to leave

hey here's a gift i'd like to send some

flour back to your monastery as a homage

you see i'm quite in your debt as long

as i'm under your protection nothing bad

can happen

you remember last year that lightning

that struck last year well instead of

falling and striking my house by god's

will it hit my brother-in-law

it killed him but he was very sick

anyway so you see it was very fortunate

for me

can we go of course come with me

don't be embarrassed rosa they're monks

permit the monks child to have a drink

all right

but why just do as i tell you

fine let me what did you do

god made it possible for us to find him

under a cabbage

stop that silliness right now leave here

and go right to work you lazy good for

nothings

all my boys work even my three year old

they all work or

else yours is a little boy no no no no

she's a girl she's a girl

a girl are you sure okay thank you very

much thank you very much i thought you

said it was a boy good day

you all right

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hurry up brother and thank you lord god

be blessed i was very happy they took me

out of that place

if i could speak i would have told them

that it's useless to try to get rid of

me

because what i really wanted was to stay

with them

if only i could tell them but i didn't

know how to speak

forgive us sisters but we must find a

good mother for this baby

he desperately needs mother's milk

something that we cannot provide

ourselves yes it's very difficult i

would have to say

impossible for us to find woman's milk

with god's help what is it you're trying

to say we thought one of you could give

milk yes what are you suggesting we're

not you mustn't get upset

we just thought that women could feel so

much uh we thought you could give milk

if it was needed

maybe one of you were pure virgins and

immaculate come along sisters let us

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pray

lost child who wants this lost baby who

wants this last

baby be quiet don't say that

we're looking for the mother of this

child

or even the father

search for someone who could love him

someone's coming

she looks like a real mama she'll take

him away

hello look well at this little child

yes does he belong to you oh no

are you certain perhaps you are mistaken

i thought perhaps he might be one of my

sister's sins

good day

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if it was her sister she would have said

so

here comes another one yes come and

examine this baby and

and see if perhaps it is not one of

yours how much you want for him

this child is not for sale no and don't

insult us

we are looking for this child's family

or a very loving family

ah don't waste my time all right let's

leave

all right no one recognizes him anyway

come on little boy

you see we returned triumphant

i was afraid i wouldn't see the

monastery again

but now i was coming home

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i was afraid they gave

no one recognized him no one wanted him

we even showed him at the town square

but nothing happened no one would take

him

we tried hard uh excuse me but i think

the only thing to do is to keep the

child and make him a good monk

yes that's how i feel too

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is this the truth yes yes father nothing

but the truth nothing but the truth

good leave me alone now

i pray to the holy spirit who guide me

with this problem

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ah

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hmm

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the lord has enlightened me the child

will stay with us

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what since have you committed brother

strolloni oh i've said some lies with

good intentions

and do you sincerely repent i sincerely

repent with all my heart for penance you

have to say ten hail marys and then i

will absolve you of all of your sins

in the name of the father and the son

and the holy spirit amen jesus be

blessed

amen

and what sins do you wish to confess

brother contrario

i've told many lies i've lied to the

miller and his wife and i mistreated a

woman in a gypsy and you repent

yes i repent even if i did all this out

of good faith hmm

say 20 our fathers and hail mary's i

absolve you of all your sins in the name

of the father and the son and the holy

spirit amen

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my brothers i propose we make a

sacrifice to the lord our god to fast

for the day so that the beautiful little

child that we have adopted will grow up

honest

once he gathered up all of the game that

he had caught he loaded up his wagon and

headed for san francisco

a quiet man he had special compassion

for the animals especially the meek

particularly the animals he felt that

had encountered many tortures in their

lives

oh youth do good and be badly

slaughtered during meal time

brother sapiented always read stories

i really enjoyed listening to him he

always read about

birds and other animals

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hmm

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uh

i didn't realize how hard the life of a

monk was

every day they woke up early even before

the sun would rise

and they would go to church and pray

are you taking them with us

the angels helped save us the angels

helped save us

god come now to save us in all of your

glory

glory to the father and to his son

and the spirit of the lord

cause us lord to remember how it was

beginning is now and always forever

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praise thy name

from all forever

at daybreak they wake up again and

return to the church

i have very many fathers but no mother

pretty pretty little baby dog this

little child cannot be called little

love or little baby doll

he's entitled to a christian name that's

true you could call him orlando that's

my name

i give it to him as a gift father i

think we should name him giacondo it's a

good name orlando is better how can you

compare the two uh what's the neighbor

today saint

according to the calendar saint marcelo

beautiful

from this day on we'll call him make it

marcelino

he's just a baby dear lord

we pray here to watch over this child

please keep him in good health while the

brothers were in prayer

a mysterious thing happened

i saw my real mother she was a very

sweet woman

but only i could see her

she would take me in her arms and i

could feel the tenderness and warmth of

her caresses

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it was a new sensation for me one that i

had never felt before

she was my mother

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and she was the one who took me to the

fountain that day to be baptized

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actually no i baptize you in the name of

the father

of the son and the holy spirit

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and she left without anyone having seen

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her

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it was my very first christmas

oh

it looks like the little baby is moving

he is moving he's real

i see there he's moving look it's real

it's a real baby

but it's not a miracle this is the child

that the friars brought to my place you

told me it was a female

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foreign

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six years have passed and nothing had

changed

life inside the monastery was the same

the only thing that changed was that i

had grown and what letter is this

this is the saint that burned himself um

all over he was burned alive

can you tell me lorenzo right and what

letter is it

l yes very good

and what letter is this and which saint

is it

it's saint sebastian yes

letter s s very good you're doing quite

well

now this other letter tell me what it is

the saint and what happened to him

he's the one they put on the cross just

like jesus

what's his name andre then the letter is

a very good now let's do some writing

yes but just a little oh and why just a

little

because i just wanted to ask you a

question very well but just a little

question

what is it why was jesus crucified

some very bad men crucified him

but why did the men crucify jesus

because they were bad and he was good

probably that must have been the reason

then they were really bad men

yes very bad that's enough for today

marcelino

why did god permit it permit what

the crucifying of his son

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because the lord allowed his son to be

crucified to purify the world of the

sins committed by men

even mine no not yours

you are good and jesus smiles at you and

protects you in all moments of your life

but he's dead that's right but on the

third day he was resurrected

and he lived again and went to heaven to

live with his father understand

but why did he fake his death marcelino

it is a beautiful day today why don't

you go outside and play

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enjoy the fresh air

actually i'd rather go play in the

church

i felt more at home there angelino

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where are you marcelino

marcelino

ah good there you are yes what is it

here's a treat for you it's a brown egg

you'll love it

it's still warm thank you brother pepina

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are you sleeping look what i brought for

you today

i have a brown egg with me today and i

brought it for you

oh sweet and hey what a sweet

boy you are to think of your old sick

friend laying here

but soon i'll be in paradise not long

ago

i was young not tired and sick like now

you'll like it

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okay

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oh

a child has fallen from heaven he fell

out of a cart

the people were singing opera the little

boy fell out there

and they just left

just calm down are you hurt all right

gently carefully

does your head hurt

you saw how it happened yes a wagon was

going by and some people were inside

playing some music

he fell out and no one even noticed him

there

just wait when they find out he is

missing they will come back here for him

does this hurt no

let him stay with you i want you to play

with him until someone figures he's gone

do you know any games we could play what

would you like to do

no you shouldn't touch that manuel that

is good for the monastery

the hand is probably made an egg wanna

go and see

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i wanted to make friends with the other

boy but i didn't know the right words to

say

away you heard me

pop go away go away

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ah

hey you're scaring the chickens they're

all running away

i'm coming i'm coming

we lost a child he must have fallen from

our wagon

oh man well man well

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change

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i don't think that marcelino is doing

well here with us

he's not happy because a child without

his mother cannot be happy

for him we're a dozen fathers but never

a mama

i must admit marcelino always says to me

you're like a mama to me he says you are

like a mama not his mama

yes but i love him like a true mother

enough brothers too much talk

it is true marcelino is sad and we must

amuse him the lord has willed him to us

and therefore we are his family i always

try to prepare him some things that he

will like like sweets or some chopped up

fruits the fair is in our area next

sunday

macholino would you like to go to the

fair

uh who could take you oh me margellino

me

me excuse me

silence brother llamo has something to

say

choose me

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how did you do that

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you can do it try one more time

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fresh vegetables fresh vegetables

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fresh vegetables

hold on

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shall we look at the crafts look it's

manuel

marcelino you're right it is manuel

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it's

it's called the tree of abundance you

see it's difficult to get to the top but

if you can you get to keep the good

things in the sacks

oh

i have to stop here and go and see this

old man who wants to confess

you wait right here for me beautiful

young boy father all dressed up like a

monk

it is the first time i have seen him who

is this charming young boy artelino

he lives with us how do you use

it was a beautiful festival everyone

seemed to be having fun

but i couldn't help but feel out of

place

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oh what up beautiful little monk come

over here come on

i give you an apple the best i have

thank you

you're welcome in the name of charity a

piece of bread

you take it thank you will you bless me

i can't sorry

you there come and compare my fruit

beautiful fruit

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wow here this ham is for you

is there anyone else who thinks they can

climb the tree of abundance to me

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here thank you

it's heavy you want me to carry it for

you no

i had found manuel but i never saw him

again

his work always took him to different

and far-off places

he and his family were wanderers

meanwhile i had to return to the

monastery

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the others tried to climb the tree of

abundance

but manuel was the only one that

succeeded

how did he do it

no one else could but he did it was

truly a miracle

he did not realize it but it was a

miracle

i can never tell him

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it will be our secret you know it was

nice seeing him today

i wish i could play with him look i

caught another frog

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what in the world is this how do these

oh look at this what's in there

what is it ah little ships little ships

yes little ships made with walnut shells

what an imagination incredible

it was driving me mad he had wrapped

rags around the clapper

and i couldn't understand why the bell

didn't ring anymore

oh no these are harmless pranks let's be

patient he's just a child he abuses

himself

remember you are once a child yourself

but we need to think about this

philosophically

god be with you

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the next choke may not be on you

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it was a summer and brother giacondo and

i were gathering blackberries

oh no look our hands are filthy it'll

wash off

yes yes our lady is jesus's mother is

that true

that's right you mean even jesus has a

mama

yes all children have a mama not me

for the children without a mama don't

forget there's always the mother of

jesus

hey who is that

who is that uh i don't know

strangers make me nervous

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the count

i hear you i'm coming

peace and good will i have no intention

of lowering my head or dismounting

when i come in actually i expected a

better welcome

your visit here fills our hearts with

great happiness ah

i want to embellish your church with the

work of a great painter

i hope your monastery would appreciate

that it costs a lot

we'll go into the church there and find

the best place for this work of art

ah

hmm i don't want a nativity

or a descent from the cross there are

too many here already

i want a maternity there yes

there i have enough great purity

the virgin with a child yes

and what face will the virgin have my

late wives

this is a portrait of my late wife a

pious woman

she deserves tribute

very well what else we shall put a

figure in the middle there

right there and i is the donor

shall have the honor meaning

it will be my face which looks towards

the believers

of course this will all be done in the

highest of taste since i am giving you

this painting

i believe this is my honor if any of you

disagree please say so

good we all agree

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and who is this a poor orphan

he's like a son to us a fine face

yes your grace you are correct he has

the face of another i myself

and then saint lodovico king of france

and pilgrimage was visiting

he was visiting the great sanctuaries of

the world to hear the great words of

brother ege deal

and decided to personally visit him he

had come all the way from perugia

after a long trip he finally arrived at

the doors of the monastery

he arrived only as a pilgrim stranger

along with just a few trusted traveling

companions

put him in his room he's a sleeper

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say your prayers before you go to bed

but can i see a prayer

for my mama of course you can marjellino

mother i'm saying this for you

our father who art in heaven hallowed be

thy name

thy kingdom come

ah are you hiding there curious fella

don't you know it's forbidden to see the

painting before the count

sorry only no stay

come and take a look at it tell me if

you like it

what is it i don't see anything

who is she that is our lady

the mother of jesus she's very beautiful

silence i still have to finish painting

her eyes

you know that our lady is also my mama

she is the mother of all children

peace and good will ah what happened to

your leg out

truth is i eat like a cardinal

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i want to talk to you of course come in

what a beautiful boy i saw the other day

of course i know it's not appropriate to

take a child like a play thing

no that's right a child cannot be a play

thing

i didn't mean to imply he was a play

thing my apologies

but you think growing up here is such a

good thing for a little boy like that

god sent him to us no one wanted him but

here he was able to have a happy

peaceful childhood

and now and now he has the right to a

good education

and for that reason i'd like to take him

back

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there is also the strong possibility

that this little boy

is my own son

your son yes i find that he resembles my

first wife a great deal

he has her same beautiful face

don't you think so

and everyone knows that my wife was with

child when she was attacked on the way

to the castle

i fought hard but we never saw her again

you remember

you know what i'm saying is true yes

of course

and that's why i have reason to believe

the boy's mind

only god knows that what's really

important

is that i have a male child to rule over

my domain

i'm almost 40 years old if i don't have

a male heir my estate will be passed on

to my cousin and his son

but you have remarried have you not

yes but i'm afraid she's sterile

i want my son

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come here next to me

yes it's all right go and kiss the hand

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are you frightened i'm not some ogre in

a fairy tale

don't worry i won't eat you would you

tell me who those people are

in the scene painted by this great

artist

this one's you this one is jesus

and this one is my mama

you heard this is a portrait of my wife

it is the voice of god that speaks

through this child

this is a miracle a miracle i tell you i

found my son again

listen little one if that's your mother

then i'm your father

ah do be careful no

it's fine

tell me what can i do or say

is there anything that you want i want

to ride on a horse

huh to ride a horse

yes he has led a rather simple life in

this pool monastery

he knows nothing of the real world yes

yes he will know then

i don't believe it it's not the truth

it's a swindle

don't forget my brothers if things

happen and often with good reason

i have to think of what's best for him

what's he trying to say there

what is it now listen to me let's try to

think this over calmly

you all need to think about if we should

send him away without his permission

i don't think that that's fair to

marcelino i think

i think we should ask him i think that

is a wise suggestion

then i'll go ask him

i'll go too me too me too

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wake up

hey

listen to me marcelino the count wants

to take you to live with him at his

castle

is this something you would like to do

do you understand what i am asking you

you will have lots of clothing and learn

many things but you will be very far

from us you'll be influenced

he probably doesn't realize the

situation how do we know he'll make the

right decision

let him speak for himself through his

mouth we'll hear the holy spirit

marcelino would you like to go with the

count yes i would like to go there

but no we can't let we have to respect

the boy's wishes

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at the moment i was leaving i began to

wonder if i was doing the right thing

all the brothers seemed so sad at my

leaving that no one even waved

goodbye to me but on the other hand i

look forward to seeing my mother

a whole new world was about to be opened

up to me

and that part was very exciting peace

and good will

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peace and good will decent goodwill

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he didn't say goodbye to me he was

excited to ride in the carriage

let's go yeah come on let's go

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listen listen

when you greet the count you will call

him father

and the lady countess you shall call

mother

we shall see how it goes come kiss my

hand

come kiss my hand do as you are told

you should touch your mouth lightly not

bathe it with your saliva but i want to

give my mama a great big kiss

no never you have to wait quietly you'll

have to wait until you are kissed first

do as i say you must always do as i say

do what you are told to and i will see

that you'll come to no harm

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what are you staring at ah behold the

count

come along kiss the hand of your

followers good morning my father

good morning now go and kiss the hand of

your mother

go ahead no this is not my mother no no

no don't say that

who as you were instructed he saw the uh

portrait the portrait of the virgin mary

her face resembles that of my dead wife

he has it in his head that that is his

true

mother that mother is in heaven this

mother here

is on earth and she will love you like a

proper son

all right now go over it kiss her hat go

much

go on come to me my child

you needn't be afraid really come here

kiss your mother's hand

no you're not my mother

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you haven't taught him very well i

expect it better of you

i'll mend it your grace

i told you how to behave you must obey

me

do you hear me listen to me when i tell

you how to behave

the rules are different than they were

at the monastery

now what is it what's the matter what's

that

that's a of on soldiers wore them at one

time to save their next during that

what's inside a bad man who eats

children who do not obey no it's not

true

yes it is true and if you don't start

listening to me i'll send them to see

you

bless o lord these gifts which we

receive through your generosity

oh trust our lord amen

you see what happens when you disobey

the orders

of the count you must eat here

and the kitchen get these vulgar

servants

and maids and no meat

only vegetables to eat and i have to

suffer too

i don't like meat anyway

remember boys is what the rich eat that

distinguishes them from the poor

the rich only eat meat and the poor eat

vegetables the rich are

fat and the poor

are skin and bones

wouldn't you rather be rich i want to be

a friar

keep me from temptation and deliver us

from evil

amen would you let me pray for my mother

very well but hurry up you should be

asleep my mother who art in heaven

that's not it for the mother the prayer

is different hail mary i know

very good then tomorrow you can say it

agnes can you snore oh

i don't snore at the monastery where i

was

all the friars snored today i can't

sleep if you don't snore

what do you want me to do i don't snore

at all

if you don't snore i can't sleep

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so

are you jesus

but you don't have the nails

i came here because i wanted to see my

mama

but she's not here

i want to go away help me find the

monastery

very well i won't go away

i'll talk to you later i won't go away

good morning little count it's time to

get up and go to the dressmaker

what he's up and already out of bed

here he is we found him

you should not go out alone

why at the monastery i did what i wanted

to do not have the monastery

among other things you're right next to

a prison

look there that's where people end up

who disappear

what's that a cage when a cat punishes

someone who disobeys or displeases him

he locks them up in there any more

questions

and then what do they do

die

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oh

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what do you do with him when you catch

him we eat him

and we have a big feast venison is

tender meat

applaud them the bravery of the hunters

margino

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prepare the kill i'm famished

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marcelino

eat some it's very good

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and please taste it

be a good boy just try a little it's

good

i'm sorry sir i've tried i don't know

what else to do you may leave and join

the other service

as you wish

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why are you not eating he won't eat meat

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the son of account eats meat and enjoys

it

i know in the monastery you didn't

here we do

go ahead try it no i don't know

no i said it

marcelino

he won't listen sir don't worry

he won't get far

that's gratitude after everything you've

done for him

i ran away but really i didn't know

where i was

all i wanted was to get back to my good

friends the monks

the trouble was i didn't know how to get

back to the monastery

and if i went back to the cat i ran the

danger of being put in the cage

therefore i decided to wait for night to

fall and try to find it on my own

forces rode by me but i was too

exhausted and sleepy

to know how close they were

it was the rain that finally woke me up

they tried to find me with dogs

the dogs could not find me you see

the rain helped me it washed away my

sins so the dogs couldn't smell me

the rain helped with the dogs but i was

so

clear through to my bones

jesus please help me find the monastery

so

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with all the rain that fell last night

there's a mountain of mushrooms

too bad we don't have a sack ah yes

even if we had a sack we do not have the

time to

help me i'm over here look

marcelino what are you doing here why

aren't you at the castle you're all wet

you're trembling i ran away

i wanted to come back to the monastery

with you

father we'll all pray for him

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everything is as it should be my toledo

now rest have a peaceful sleep

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okay

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so

right away right away stall it at the

door so we can hide the boy in the attic

yes father

let's go hurry along we're hurrying

hurry take him up to the bell room and

hide him there quickly now before they

come in

make haste

let's all go into the church and pray

for marcelino

better manners please sir calm down

now tell me what has happened it's

marchalito he's disappeared we cannot

find him anywhere

you're hiding him don't deny it i'm not

then open up and hand him over now

i will open the door but in order to

hand him over he must first be here

now wait here i'll get the prior you can

ask him

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who's moaning

is it

who's whimpering is that a wind

who said that

my goodness did you speak is that you

speaking jesus

would you mind making the wind stop it

frightens me

thank you jesus that's much better

did you know my name was marcelino i got

my name from the friars

there are so many things i want to tell

you but i know

that that is in vain because you already

know everything

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that crown of thorns that they have put

upon your head and

and the nails do they hurt much

it is not important you ask many

questions little one

what's done is done we can't find him he

must have gotten lost on his way back to

the castle

he must have come back to the monastery

i want to bring you something stay right

here

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i warn you you're obligated to report

his whereabouts

you have entrusted him to the count and

it is too late to change your mind

reassure the count that marcelino was as

dear to our hearts as he is to the

counts and that prayer is the only

weapon we have

and we must pray for his salvation yes i

am certain that the count

also prays for his salvation and wishes

to find him

the count intends to take him to rome to

meet the pope for confirmation

and to untie the knot of his estate

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look what i have here for you fresh

bread

you didn't expect that did you

here i brought it for you have some

brother papina made it take it oh you

can

you have nails in your hands

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oh

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i i beg you to leave now and let us get

back to our prayers it is the best way

to help marcelino

marcelino marcelina wake up now the

counts men have finally left

there's no more danger i had a dream

no one will ever take you away from us

again come on that's right that's right

come on come on

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oh

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oh

those friars are lying we need to watch

their monastery

we should send someone there to find out

all of their secrets i just don't trust

any one of them

don't get upset i shall not permit this

person of the front

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to

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so

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so

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look what i brought for you bread and

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wine

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oh

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thank you marcelino my little friend

you're a good boy thank you from this

day forward

you shall be known as marcelino

bread and

it's wonderful

open up go on

open up please for pity say give us a

piece of bread to eat who's there

two very hungry pilgrims just a moment

brothers

enter we'll do what we can

that's that you're not from around here

we're from gubeo and where are you going

to rome to fulfill a vow

we promised the virgin of los angeles

that we would go on foot to the papal

basilica

living only on charity the entire trip

you men are brave

the mother of god saved a brother from

the illness of stone

to live off the charity of our fellow

man is a purpose that will honor you

come along it will be well thought of in

the sight of god

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down down kneel down

here have some soup i made it myself and

it's hot smells so good

excuse me friar do you live all alone in

this monastery or do you have any guests

why why because of that wonderful smell

of bread in the air in this delicious

soup i'm almost tempted to become a monk

and join the monastery myself

marcelino where are you going look

marcelino you know that brother papina

loves you

but you must get well or you'll make me

mad huh now get back into bed right now

you're still weak no i don't want to i'm

actually no bread and wine

bread and wine what are you talking

about what's your secret

between me and jesus what secret fear

that counts men

the cow soldiers here brothers health

the cow soldiers are here

we must apprehend them please don't hurt

us

we'll be lucky to get 20 days on bread

and water for treating the council men

like this i'm tied them but if we set

them free they'll return to the castle

and the first thing they will do is tell

the count that marcelino is really here

with us no

no

listen you two are you willing to swear

upon the cross and upon the blood of our

lord jesus christ

that you'll say nothing to the count yes

yes we solemnly swear on the blood of

jesus and his cross

and may the hot flames of hell burn our

flesh if we perger ourselves

may satan rip all our flesh off our

bones we won't say one word to the count

they will we shall have to trust you

and from this moment on the salvation of

your souls are entrusted to your

conscience

brothers untie these gentlemen thank you

you may leave or you can stay with us no

no we'll go away

we've caused you enough problems

i want to tie them obedience is the

first rule

once upon a time there were three evil

thieves in the land

the three were all very evil

in order to be protected from the evil

the brothers all prayed for the lord's

protection

they gave them in food

continue brother

and in this way the brothers hope that

by giving them food their love for god

would grow

many times they hoped that this would be

the case but the evil men never changed

brother theodore

they still wanted to devour the poor

charity that had been bestowed upon them

by god

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so

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that's right but only for a little while

you'll be safer up there

don't you want to go yes i really want

to go up there

bravo you must not be afraid we will

chase away all of them and then when you

come down from the attic you will stay

with us

forever and ever what do you think of

that huh

open the door open the door there's two

face beggars when faced with the council

wrath have chosen the depths of hello

come prior don't waste time bring me the

child

the countess would be a good mother to

him a warm and tender mother

the boy will stay with us you can't have

him

bring the child right away i don't want

to ask again

may i feel your hands

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do you know who i am yes your god

i repeat sir you cannot have him

i shall have him prior

foreign

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this is all your fault this could all be

avoided prior

give me the boy save yourselves give me

the light now

are you over

everything is burning the brothers are

in the middle of the flames

i'm afraid jesus

uh

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thank you jesus may i take off your

crown

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there you don't have to suffer anymore

can i hug you

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and now maybe you could take me to go

see my mama

please take me

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marcelino has left us he's gone to the

heaven of his mother

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hurry up children the bus is ready to go

hurry up children let's

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where are you going go

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and so this is the end of my story

sometimes sweet sometimes wicked just

like all fables

in all fables there are some miraculous

things

and in all miracles there is always a

little bit of

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make-believe

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do

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so

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you