After Words Page #3
Oh, the Caribbean side.
Beautiful, beautiful.
We will find you your own beach
to get a perfect tan.
- Oh, you don't want a tan?
- No.
Okay, no tan, eh?
You should say okay.
Please, Jane.
Please.
Okay.
Thank you, Jane.
Pura vida.
Are you okay? Yes?
See you tomorrow.
Bye. Bye.
I guess he's right.
I did come here to see more.
Doesn't exactly
make much sense
to take a shortcut
on a final shortcut.
Choos-pah?
Choos-pah.
Choos-pah?
Choos-pah.
Hey.
Please.
Puta carro.
I fix it in a minute, Jane.
Just gonna be a minute.
Okay. Let's see
what happened here.
Oh, we're gonna see now
some crocodiles at Rio Tarcoles.
And we'll get
so close to them, so...
we will show
lots of choos-pah.
I'm sorry, what?
What?
What did you say?
Uh, choos-pah.
Is that a Spanish word?
No. I believe it's Hebrew.
Choos-pah.
- Chutzpah.
- Chutzpah, yeah, chutzpah.
with my accent.
Oh!
Oh...
Oh, it's okay, it's okay.
It's everything okay.
I'm sure you have read
so many books.
Did you count how many?
Uh, I don't know. Maybe.
- How many do you think?
- I don't know.
Are my questions bothering you?
I like words, you know.
- No. They're fine.
- Okay. Okay.
How long does it usually
take you to read a book?
- I don't know.
- More or less.
It depends on the book,
you know?
It could be a day,
it could be two days.
If it's a really, really rich...
you know, like a rich novel
with lots of rich language,
it could be, I don't know,
it could be a week.
And for how long
have you been doing that?
Well, I've been reading
at least, uh,
a book a week
for 40 years.
Oh.
40 years.
Even if I give you
two weeks off for vacation,
and you read 50 books a year,
that would be...
2,000 books in 40 years.
Eee-my!
That could be a record.
I guess it does add up.
Well, I told you.
I like words.
I'm not too big
on the books.
You could just
pick up one and start.
Yeah, I will, I will.
I want to start
with the best book ever.
Since you have read them all,
which is the best one?
Why is that funny?
No, it's just...
That's...
- an impossible question.
- Why?
'Cause there's so many
different kinds.
There's fantasy, there's action,
there's mystery.
- Oh, I see.
- There's romance.
What's the best love story
you read?
Okay, the best love story
I ever read...
probably was
Tale of Two Cities.
Tale of Two Cities.
Tale of Two Cities.
Who wrote that?
- Charles Dickens.
- Charles Dickens.
Tale of Two Cities.
Charles... Charles Dickens.
Tale of Two Cities.
Charles Dickens.
I'll make sure
that I read it one day.
- Good.
- You know...
I'm Latin. I ask you
all these questions about this.
- You know why?
- Why?
It made you laugh.
You should laugh on vacation,
even if it's at stupid me.
Okay.
Now I'll shut up, fix it,
and we'll go see
some crocodiles.
Okay.
Come on, Jane,
come on, come on.
Ah!
I wonder if I can feed myself
to the wildlife
from here up on the bridge.
Would I wind up
as a pair of boots?
Or a handbag?
Or maybe a belt?
Go on, boys,
make me an accessory.
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa. Sorry, sorry,
but I don't want to find you
in a crocodile soup.
Come on. I have
a better view for you, yes?
Jane, please.
It's not safe.
Okay, come on.
You need to have this one.
Good photo.
Really, I am.
There's comfort in knowing
I'm never going home.
Unlikely as it may have seemed,
I'm going out on a high.
See?
This place is special, eh?
Regular tour guides
won't take you here.
It's for ticos, locals.
Tourist places are
restaurantes.
We call this kinda place a soda,
like the soda you drink.
- You know?
- Hmm.
- Pura vida.
- Uh, no, thank you.
- I don't drink.
- Oh, no, you're in Costa Rica.
You should try our Imperial.
Come on, show some of that
North American chutzpah.
Okay, maybe just one sip.
Pura vida.
Hmm? You like it?
Yeah.
You're right.
It's nice. It's light.
You do a lot of writing.
It is your diary?
Mm. Mm-mm.
It's my journal.
I hope I'm not a clown.
I'd be embarrassed if Anna
reads your book one day
and her father is the fool
who was too touchy, you know?
You must see
the Caribbean coast.
It's a very different world
with the Rastas.
- Do you know Rastas?
- Rastafarians?
Yes. I guess this is
the long name, Rastafarians.
Oh. Gracias.
We call this casados.
Casados means marriage,
and this is
a marriage of our foods.
It's rice, beans,
plantain and local fish,
mahi-mahi.
Very good.
It's casados in the soda.
Yes! Very good, very good!
Come on.
Mix it. Come on.
- It's messy.
- Mix it.
Okay, very good, very good.
That's right.
Nice?
- Beautiful.
- Mm-hmm.
You can put Tabasco
if you want.
You could show some real
chutzpah and go for number 4.
"hoot-spa"
going for numbers 1, 2 and 3.
That's right, that's right.
Jane?
Jane?
Whew.
Jane!
Jane! Hey!
It was a beautiful day, yes?
Yes!
Okay, tomorrow we go to Arenal,
the volcano.
You should bring
good walking shoes.
Not being touchy.
Just want to make sure
the three beers are mostly gone.
Okay.
Tomorrow should be early.
Is 7:
00, 8:00 okay?Okay, yes, thank you.
Okay. Good night, then.
Pura vida.
She told you to read that?
No. I just wanted to read it.
Is that so strange?
Yes! This is
your first book... ever.
- Is she pretty?
- Who?
The librarian.
I don't know. Maybe.
How don't you know?
You look at her, don't you?
Yeah, but I guess I just see
how smart she is.
That's so sweet, but that means
she's not very pretty.
Fitting in is a habit you
either develop early or not.
There'd be nothing
more pathetic
than attempting it now.
Sitting amongst them
would make it more obvious
Did you go out last night?
Well, I went out on the beach
for a while.
Oh, what a beautiful night.
So many stars, yes?
Yes. I'm not used
to seeing so many.
You don't see them
in Los Angeles?
No. The city lights
are too bright.
And... smog.
Oh, that's too bad.
the other stars in Los Angeles.
Who have you seen?
Nobody.
None I know.
It's ridiculous.
Anything wrong?
- It's very fun.
- Uh...
- Yeah?
- I'm not... I'm...
I'm not really sure
about this.
Come on, Jane.
You will like it.
Uh, no, I'm...
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Jane, you do different things
on vacation.
You are on vacation.
That's why you came, right?
Come on, Jane.
That's why you came.
No! That's not why I came.
Okay, okay.
I'm sorry to push.
We can go.
Sure? Are you sure?
No, no. No vamos.
That's fine. We can go.
No, wait. No, wait.
Okay.
You sure, Jane?
Yeah.
- Come on.
- It's gonna be wonderful.
Put that foot right here.
Okay.
Okay, your left.
You will like it, Jane.
I'll place this on the back.
He has to touch you
just a little bit
to put, you know,
the belt.
- Doesn't matter.
- Okay, okay, okay.
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