After Words Page #3

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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.

I guess it sounds different

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.

I'm enjoying my final tour.

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 guess I'm in there now.

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.

I think I showed enough

"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

what a complete freak I am.

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.

I guess at least you can see

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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