Black Page #5

"New doors opened up for me..."

"new friends, new stories,

new poetry..."

"a new way of looking at the world"

"what you see is what you dream'

No. she, she... she disagrees

with the poet

eyes don't see dreams

but the mind does.

I can't see with my eyes,

yet I dream.

Our dream is that one-day

I would graduate.

Are you ready?

Ready...

tree...

- tree...

burr...

- butterfly...

bir...

- bird...

fish...

- fish...

bee...

- bee...

"the best years of my life..."

"memories of which

bring joy even today"

It's ok...

It's all right!

What...? Tickly...?

It's not going to snow.

Please concentrate on your studies

No, no... you wont need the

umbrella at all, concentrate.

Give me the umbrella.

Hey stop it...

Give me the umbrella...

Give me the umbrella...

give... me... the umbrella

"can't you see"?

I'm sorry sir

hey... no... no. no.

It's alright... it's alright.

No, no...

you are too slow!

How will you pass?

Youll try?

Let's watch it

this is ten words in one minute

Youre going to try and do thirty.

Thirty words, my foot!

Pass?

- No fail.

No, not in one or two subjects,

you have failed in all of them.

"People celebrate success

but we celebrated failure"

"while eating ice cream

you told me the story of the spider"

"who after a lot of tries

made her home."

"After all, failure is

the first step towards success..."

"but for me these steps

were never-ending."

Mr. Sahai, how are you?

How is Michelle?

She's all right,

her results have come out.

And what happened?

She has failed again.

But she said that

her papers were easy.

She lied, so she could

enjoy her holidays

but you said that only after falling

can a person rise higher.

Before I fall, I want her

to learn how to fly.

I'm getting old, you know?

Oh no...

- what happened?

Michelle has failed again?

- Yes Paul. I'm worried.

I think Mr. sahai...

ma... I want to come home.

Ma, I failed.

Teacher shouted at me.

I love you, my baby, I love you.

I was told you were looking

for me Mr. Fernandez

ah Mr. Sahai, please come in.

I have been waiting for you all day...

I want to share my biggest

achievement with you.

Please have a seat.

Mr. Sahai Michelle has been studying

in the same class for 2 years.

So I thought I would do

something to... help her.

First year arts, entirely in braille.

You had once said very few chances

are given for doing good deeds.

I'm happy that you haven't

wasted this chance.

Now noone can stop Michelle

from going ahead. Thank you.

Not at all... It's my duty,

my pleasure, my pride.

I trust that was all right?

Is anything the matter?

Then the books, Mr. Sahai.

Please take them to Michelle.

How do I go out?

How... how do I go out?

I beg your pardon?

The way to go out?

The door, Mr. Sahai...

it's right behind you.

Exactly the waYou came in.

Yes...

Mr. Sahai, is everything all right?

Tee... cher...

"New feelings were arising with age..."

"something that I couldn't understand"

"I knew noone besides you teacher"

"that's why I thought of another

relationship with you teacher"

"was it wrong for me to think this way?"

"A lot was changing..."

"but my failure was constant"

time up, Michelle... time up.

Michelle, you've already

had extra time.

Michelle... I'll take

the paper out then.

No... no...

- please...

leave it...

- please...

leave it... no... leave it...

knowing the answers is not enough...

You have let me down completely.

I am angry... I am very angry...

no... knowing the

answers is not enough...

you need to put them down

on paper too, understand?

Don't just stand there

like a failure!

It's all right.

- No. It's not all right, mrs. McNally.

It's not only her failure,

it's mine too.

This is the third year in a row

that she's failed.

For three years we have been doing

those same lessons.

She's just too slow at typing.

hey, Michelle... Michelle...

where do you think you are going?

Leave this bag...

leave it, leave it...

leave this bag!

Enough! I want to go home.

No. No... you're not going anywhere.

I don't want to stay.

I don't want to study.

No... no... You will stay...

you will study. You understand?

You will study. In three years even

the braille letters have worn out...

but nothing has entered your brain.

- Let her be, Mr. Sahai!

Mrs. McNally, I haven't spent

I'm not going to allow her

to be a failure.

Hey... come here... you...

come here...

listen, you will...

you will not...

you will not run away from failure.

Understand? Not run away from failure!

Michelle... what is this? Don't you

dare disrespect a book!

Pick it up... come on.

Pick it up., pick up the book...

pick up the book... Michelle...

Michelle...

pick up the book...

stop it

as long as I am alive,

you will study.

I don't want to learn.

Yes! You will learn.

You will graduate.

The black robe. Our dream...

I don't want a robe.

My world is black

No. y our world... your world is

not black. It is full of Light!

My world is black, black, black!

Black... black...

in less than 2 minutes.

She's not slow anymore Mrs. McNally

time for celebration.

Time for... an ice-cream, my dear

Ice-cream?

- Yes...

mrs. McNally. Life is an ice-cream.

Enjoy it before it melts.

Can I have two...?

Ice creams, of course...

sir... ice-cream...

Ice-cream sir.

What happened?

- Tee...

what's wrong with you?

Y our change, sir.

Sir, your change?

Tee... tee...

tee... tee... tee...

are you alright...?

Call for a doctor!

Mr. Sahai?

Mr. Sahai?

You are here...

I've been looking for you.

Yes...?

Don't you recognize me?

It's me... Fernandez

Michelles principal.

Oh... yes. of course.

I'll get Michelle for you.

Michelle!

- Michelle can't hear, Mr. Sahai.

I'll just call her.

Mrs. Gomes!!!

- Michelle is not at home.

She's here.

To forget my name,

to forget the door...

all this is fine... but to forget

Michelle like this...

something is seriously wrong,

Mr. Sahai.

I really think you should

get some help and see a doctor...

Good night. Mr. Sahai.

I'm... sorry.

It's ok.

- It's ok.

Don't ever forget me...

I promise...

I will never forget... you

You worry about me?

No. don't... worry about me...

just... getting old.

No... don't worry.

Go to... sleep.

Sing you... a lullaby...

No, I can't sing...

hush, my baby.

On the treetop.

When the wind blows,

the cradle will rock...

hush my baby...

"a storm had scattered my dreams"

"all those dreams those

were most dear to me"

"that day was the first time

I felt fear..."

"how would I live

if you forget me?"

What happened now?

- She doesn't want to come downstairs

she is feeling awkward to come

in front of your in-laws.

She thinks she'll spoil the evening.

Then why did she bother

coming till here?

Stop it Sara...!!!

She's worried about

Mr. Sahai's health, please...

it really hurts me to see

the twoof you fight like this...

now you get her ready

and you bring her down.

I have a lot of work to finish...

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