Dream and Silence (Sueño y silencio)

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.