Black Bread Page #3

Go up one night and you'll see.

Andreu, Andreu!

Jan will come get you on Sunday.

- Why?

- To go to town to see your mom.

Won't know where you're from

if you never see your home.

Hurry, you'll be late to school.

- And that?

- For a snack.

- Let's go?

- No, you wait for Quirze.

Why do you give them food?

Can't you see they're rotting?

- What do you mean?

- Rotting means...

rotting, like apples or pears,

that look good outside

but are full of sh*t inside.

Their lungs are dirty.

From eating little and working lots.

You think any of them ever lifted

a sack of potatoes?

- Then how'd they get sick?

- They're infected by vice.

They look like angels, but I bet

they go bed hopping at night.

What for?

Are you daft or just pretending?

Because they're horny...

Some die from stroking

their things so much.

But they're all men!

So? There are men who turn around

and play the part of women.

Like Pitorliua.

Or you've never heard of fags?

I heard they choke

coughing up blood.

And 'cause they dry out

from coming so much.

They have enough problems

with their disease!

You might end up like

those puny guys

with so much studying and nonsense.

So? Is that hot chocolate good?

Yes.

You write like a notary.

You like coming up here

to see all this splendor.

You're not like Quirze and Nuria.

We don't have these things at home.

The owners used to spend

summers here, but now...

now nothing, they have so many houses.

And if you could see their bathrooms,

you'd love that.

They even have this porcelain thing

they call a bidet

they use just to wash their ass.

What are you doing?

I told you not to do homework here,

you draw on the table!

And careful with those plates.

The Manubens might ask for them.

They hardly even come for

some of the crops and livestock.

Time for dinner, the kids are waiting.

- Andreu, come down here.

- Coming!

Come on, Andreu, hurry up.

Jan will be here soon

with the wagon.

Don't hold him up,

it'll be dark when you get back.

I have to go to the Town Hall.

To take some of your dad's papers.

That insignificant Mayor

has feathers for brains

- and one idea:
To never lose.

- Weren't you marrying him?

I had many suitors.

I was quite pretty back then.

After the first time I saw your dad,

there were no more.

I would have followed him

to the end of the world.

Here, for you,

- to keep you company.

- Why'd he have to run away?

Pure envy! Too good, too handsome,

too much politics.

- And this angel?

- Hey! Don't touch that!

They're mine and not your business.

What did dad do?

Nothing,

he didn't want to be a farmer...

He wanted to learn at night school,

like you want to be a doctor.

His teacher was

the most revolutionary of all.

He joined a left-wing party and

the other shopkeepers boycotted him.

What's boycott?

Mess things up for us.

So much so we had to close

the butcher's shop.

To make money

he teamed up with Dionis,

then his bird mania,

the chirping contests

all that nonsense.

I'm going to lie down.

The night shift starts today

and I'm exhausted before starting.

Andreu?

Andreu! What are you doing up here?

I thought you were a ghost.

- How did you get in?

- The key was in the lock.

Come here. Up you go.

Wow, how you've grown!

- Are you OK?

- I am, father.

What are you doing here?

I had to come back.

I got sick when I was in the mountains

and... anyway.

Can't you see a doctor?

Doctors and medicines

can't cure my illness.

What is it?

Bring me that cage.

The red one.

Look.

See this chaffinch?

They're the jumpiest birds of all,

they always want to escape.

He'd destroy his beak and wings

in a cage not made of small sticks.

It's the same with me.

You understand?

Birds are made

to be free and fly, Andreu.

Like angels, they have no borders.

We can cage them,

but can't change the way they are.

People's ideals,

the things one loves,

the places we want to reach,

that's how we are too.

But if they don't come true,

people can become very evil.

That's why we must fight for ideals.

Each for his own.

Listen, the owl...

Enough! Grab that sack and help me.

How's the new school?

I hear you're doing well.

- I don't like that school.

- No? Why not?

They're always talking about

who won and who lost,

and they point at us

like we're the plague.

Feel no shame! Hold your head high,

we never hurt anyone.

They're the agitators

but they'll change... right?

- Didn't you want to be a doctor?

- Yes, father.

For a family of farmers like ours,

studying is a luxury,

but we'll do what we must for you.

Time heals everything.

That's what grandma says. But I think

the more it goes on, the worse.

You might be right,

maybe time should go in reverse.

You see?

The owl announced it.

They're giving the last rites

to someone dying at the convent.

Some animals sniff out death.

Others' or their own...

Let's go or it'll get light out.

Can I come back?

When you want.

Don't tell your cousins or anyone.

- What's the 1st condition of a secret?

- No one can know it.

Did you go up to see the ghost?

No need to keep it quiet.

I know your dad's hiding there.

It'll be the same as with mine.

Adults hide everything with lies.

Hey, hey, come here.

See? I told you so.

Bet she's with a Civil Guard.

- Let's see what auntie's doing.

- Leave her alone!

- I wanna see what they're up to.

- What do you think? F***ing!

F***ing?

You know what f***ing is?

Of course I know what it is!

You don't know anything.

Lie down.

Dead hand, dead hand,

knock on this door.

Teacher says it's the nightingale's

nest or the cuckoo's lair.

Mr. Madern?

So it's true what Roviretes says?

Mr. Madern is a pig.

He's the only person

who's treated me well.

That's what you say!

How long's it been?

Since Corpus Christi.

The boys at school,

since I got naked on balconies,

gave me stickers to show

them my privates.

He found out,

but instead of scolding me,

he gave me money.

Doesn't it bother you?

Me? I couldn't care less.

He says I'm like a tree or a stone

because I don't ask for anything...

Then why do you do it?

Because I like it.

But... it's different with you,

I do it with you because I love you.

- You're such a slut.

- And you're a coward like your dad!

Leave me alone! Cripple! Rotten hand!

Here. Kiss it.

Pitorliua.

- What are you doing here so late?

- Shut it, Cio!

- Good thing I got here before them.

- Before who?

- The Guards want to search the house.

- So?

To look for Farriol.

They know he's not in France.

They'll blame him for Segui's death.

- Are the keys here?

- Yes, up on the shelf.

He should leave the farm,

and the sooner the better.

What are you doing?

Come on,

go wake up your aunt Enriqueta.

Go! And don't go outside.

- What's wrong?

- Where's auntie?

I don't know.

Farriol, hurry.

The Guards will be here any second.

- Go now while it's dark.

- Where?

Try to make it to Gudiol's farm,

and after that we'll see.

They're coming for you.

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