My Mother Is a Parrot (Mi Mamá Lora)

‘’And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:

it is only with the heart that one can see rightly;

what is essential is invisible to the eye''

My Mother the Parrot

Look! how nice... you are beautiful

- Can you give me the little napkin,babe? - Yes.

Grandma, I can’t go to the camp.

Yes, you will, I promise you will be able to do so.

Let’s go and talk with mum.

We will make her realize that it's something very simple.

And you and your friends will go to that camp.

Don’t worry, sweetie…

…and then head to head he won.

They crossed the finish line and beat me narrowly.

Tomás!

You never thought of writing these stories?

Eh, maybe one day...

Wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Tomás!

- What’s up? - Come here!

- Happy Birthday! - Thanks!

- How are you feeling? - Fine.

- Fine? You’re not that fine. - Well, more or less.

- Why? - Because I can’t invite friends.

- And I can’t go to the camp neither. - How great! A camp!

Build up a Canadian Tent, fill the rucksack with clothes…

…it’s for two days only, in Campana, It’s not that far.

- I know. - I come and go.

I know that they’re two days but I'll miss you!

Me too.

- And Juana misses you too. - OK.

- Will you be back soon? - Yes.

Ah, you’re not allowed?

So, if you need something,

you come and look for me, you know?

Don’t go to the left, there is a swamp and smells horrible, you will notice.

Then, you take the way by the barns,

where all the horses are.

- Up to the ginger horse… - Beto!

- the Korean horse, - Beto!

- What? - Come here.

- Shall we bring the cake? - Sure!

Bring the cake!

Beto, you can’t tell everybody you are a horse.

-Stop for a while! - Mom!

…think about it.

- Well, ok. - Let’s go!

- It looks good! - What a nice cake!

- It looks good! - What a nice cake!

- Excuse me! - Have you seen the flower I put on it?

Wonderful!

It matches with her clothes.

Twelve years!

- Lots of candles, aren’t they? - A lot!

- She’s a lady already. - 54, 55—

Beto!

Come on.

Think of your wishes.

Think of your wishes…

These candles are too new or too old.

- Did you buy them where I told you? - Yes.

Because you know this old man.

- Wait, I’ll turn off the lights. - Right!

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday, dear Juana! Happy birthday to you!

- No! - The wishes!

The wishes.

I want to go to the camp.

- Well, it’s a good wish. - Sure!

- We’ll talk about that later. - It can come true.

And I want to be able to invite friends over to the house.

OK, we’ll do it your next birthday.

This is a family birthday party, then we’ll have a party with friends.

OK, blow out the candles.

Well done!

- OK! - The presents! I’ll bring the presents.

The presents, the presents.

- Beto, what did you give her? - It’s a surprise.

I can’t bring them all because they’re so many!

This is my present and it’s going to be the first one,

because I worked hard on it.

What a mystery! What a mystery!

Rip it, rip it, rip it!

Yes, it brings good luck.

It looks good, yes?

- Thank you! Is it for the camp? - Yes.

Great!

It’s nice, yes.

OK, now open the others as well—

I’ll cut the cake.

All right.

Can we go and eat it outside?

No, Beto, not outside.

Ok, Juanita,

because today was your birthday,

you will choose the tale I’m going to read for you.

- Really? - Yes.

What is this feather, grandma?

It’s the feather of ‘Yara’.

With this feather, all the tales in this book were written.

Pick one!

This one, grandma.

Hector, the frog.

Hector, a great guardian!

Looked after his whole family.

He was a farmer.

He worked the earth with his sister and his father.

His first transformation was at the age of 9…

Well it’s late Juana, let’s go to sleep.

It’s too late right now.

- Yes, let me finish the tale of Hector— – I need to talk to you mom.

- Yes, let me finish the tale of Hector. - Right now, mom!

It’s ok, here you are, you can read it, can’t you?

Mother, how long are you going to keep on telling her all these stories?

Hector, the frog; Elvira the magpie; Felipe, the lizard. I don’t know.

It’s the story of our family.

She has to know about it. She has to know her origin.

If something happens to Juana I won’t forgive myself, Mom.

I swear!

What could happen to her? You shouldn’t have so many fears.

Why not?

I don’t know what I’m going to turn into.

I don’t know what my daughter is going to turn into.

I don’t want my husband to know about it. We are fine like this, mother.

We live in our house, I’m very well here.

And my daughter is very well with me! You have to accept it!

You have to open your mind a little! Look at things from another perspective!

Look mom, I don’t know. I’ll think about it.

Anyway, I don’t want Juana to hear us.

- And I don’t even want Tomás to know. - All right…

This one, grandma.

Hector, the frog.

Hector, a great guardian!

Looked after his whole family.

He was a farmer.

He worked the earth with his sister and his father.

His first transformation was at the age of 9…

Hi!

The good thing is that we won.

Yes, yes, we won--

On penalties, but we won it.

- Look! - What’s up?

Look!

Marcos, he is weird.

They say he was held back 3 times.

- Held back 3 times?! - And that he was born in a circus.

- Stop lying! - It’s true!

- Good morning students! - The director!

I’m here to tell you that Miss Beatriz is taking two weeks off.

And that’s why I’m going to give the lessons.

In regards to the required approvals for the camp,

you have to bring them signed by your parents, and give them to me.

And about the division of the tasks or the camp—

Girls cook!

Very good Rodriguez, that’s your idea?

And tell me if the girls cook, what do the boys do?

We play football!

Ok, and who brings the wood for cooking?

- The girls can get it. - If they have to cook, they do!

Do you all agree with what Rodriguez thinks?

What can you say, Oviedo?

I do not agree sir.

I can’t hear you Oviedo, speak a little louder, please.

Did you see? He spoke, he spoke!

I do not agree sir.

OK, and what idea can you propose us?

We can divide the assignments.

And how can we know what each one thinks?

I don’t know, collecting signatures.

Well, and are you going to do it yourself?

Yes.

Perfect!

- Hi, how are you? - Fine.

I’m collecting signatures to divide tasks for the camp.

No, thanks.

- Hello! - Hi!

- How are you? - Fine, you?

I’m collecting signatures to divide tasks for the camp—

No!

- Listen to him first. - But we already said no!

- We don’t care what you’re going to say - It will only take a second.

I think it’s a good idea.

A good idea? You are not even allowed to walk to the corner by yourself.

They say the groundskeeper takes the kids to the swamp.

- He takes the kids to the swamp? - Remember the ginger from 5th?

He doesn’t come to school anymore.

What does that have to do with anything?

- He has taken him to the swamp! - Stop lying!

- I’ m going to sign it! - Do it.

- No, what are you doing? - I’m signing.

- For what? - Because I think it’s a good idea.

- You think it’s a good idea? - Yes.

You were agreeing with me and now you want to sign.

Take it!

Neither of us is going to sign, girls cook and boys play football.

If you only play football, I`ll kick a penalty!

Really?

What’re you laughing at? Are you scared of me?

- Me? Scared of you? - Yes.

- Look at you! - We’ll see.