Butterflies Are Free Page #3

Freedom is the most important thing

in the world to me, after I've eaten.

- Help yourself.

- Okay. Thanks.

My appetite embarrasses me.

You have to know a lot about things

to care about them.

- I don't know much about anything.

- You don't like yourself very much, do you?

Why do you say that?

Because you're always

putting yourself down.

Let's say I know my limitations.

You have a lot more potential

than you give yourself credit for.

- Just keep telling me that.

- No, just keep telling yourself that.

"I knew the day you met me I could"

"love you if you let me"

"though you touched my cheek and said"

"how easy you'd forget me, you said"

"Butterflies are free"

"and so are we"

That's wild!

That's the song you sing all the time.

- You like it?

- I love it.

I wrote it.

I could never get those last lines right, but

I really like that thing about butterflies.

"Butterflies are free"

"and so are we"

Oh, that's fantastic.

I know a little bit about music.

I studied it in school.

- Did you finish school?

- I finished high school. Just.

My mother wanted me to go to college.

I was going to go to UCLA,

but I couldn't find a place to park.

- You ought to make a record, an album.

- Well, I'm waiting to be discovered.

Well, after you get discovered,

when you're playing somewhere...

are you going to dress like this?

I'd never really thought about it.

Something's wrong with my clothes?

They look as though your mother

bought them.

That bad?

Well, I guess it depends on

where you're playing.

I mean, they're fine

if you're going to play in a bank.

You ought to wear something

a little more liberated.

My mother does buy my clothes.

I'd love to pick out

something really wild for you.

- Like when?

- I don't know. Whenever you like.

- How about now?

- Right now?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

I don't have anything to do. Come on.

- Won't you take your cane?

- I'm going to take your arm.

- You can see, can't you?

- Oh, yeah.

Wait right there. I got to get my bag.

Be careful.

Forty-four. Hey, you're right.

It's 44 steps to the laundry.

What made you come here?

I wanted to try something different.

- Do you think you'll stay?

- I don't really think about it.

I'll see how it goes. I may be an actress.

I say, "I may." I'll know tomorrow.

I'm auditioning for a part in a new play

with a theater group...

called the Cosmic Workshop.

It's about a girl who gets all hung-up

when she marries a homosexual.

Originally, he was an alcoholic...

but homosexuals are very in

now in movies...

and books and plays, so they changed it.

Are you homosexual?

No, just blind.

- Careful, there's a step.

- Up or down?

Down!

One of my best friends is gay.

Dennis. He's a designer.

He's good, too.

He made this blouse for me.

I'm sure it's very pretty.

Actually, he made it for himself,

but I talked him out of it.

Dennis is so campy and funny.

But I don't like lesbians.

They're so heavy and humorless.

The director is my friend.

He thinks I can do the part.

- I just have to be approved by the author.

- Who's the director?

You wouldn't know him.

His name is Ralph Santori.

He's from L.A.

He's done a lot of little theater there...

but never had a hit...

so he came up here because he got a job

with the Cosmic Workshop.

We kind of made it together for a while,

but then he wanted to get married...

and I just couldn't face that again.

Were you in love with him?

I don't really think

I've ever been in love with anybody.

I don't want to be. It's too confining.

Somebody always gets hurt.

Hey, let's go in here.

They've got wild things.

- There are steps.

- Up or down?

Up. I can't think of everything.

Hi.

- You need any help?

- No, thanks, we're just looking.

How about this?

- No, that's not for you, that's for Dennis.

- Well, it feels nice.

- I'll buy it.

- I'll buy it for you.

- No.

- Please, let me buy it for you.

- No.

- I really want to buy it for you.

Okay. Okay.

Here, hold this up.

Yeah, it's not bad.

Can't we do better than "not bad"?

Okay, wait.

Yeah. Try that on.

You can take my shirt, too.

Found anything yet?

- Don, this is Mr. Asparagus.

- Hi.

No, my name is Roy Stratton.

The shop is called Asparagus.

I named it that 'cause I always think

of asparagus as being a friendly vegetable.

I mean, you might see one potato,

or one onion, or one corn...

but you never see one asparagus.

- They come in bunches. They're involved.

- You never see one pea.

Well, I don't like peas.

Hey, this vest will look great with it.

- Here, try it on.

- Yeah.

Give me your other arm.

Okay.

Yeah, now, that's together. I like that.

- Sweet.

- I love it.

- Does it look like an album cover?

- Yeah.

Hey, but what you need is a hat.

Hats are big now.

- What kind of hat?

- Say, baby, we got everything here.

Over here.

How about a Confederate cap?

We sell a lot of these.

Yeah, I've seen a lot of them.

Now, I like this one.

What do you think?

No, I don't think so.

Oh, just a minute.

Hey, how about this?

- A Tyrollean hat.

- A Tyrollean hat?

- Well.

- Yeah, that looks good.

I like that. Take a look at yourself.

- What do you think?

- No. It makes me look like Heidi.

I got just the thing for you.

Now, it's one of a kind, if I can find it.

Here it is. How about that?

- What is it?

- It's a cap from the French Foreign Legion.

I love it.

Perfect fit.

Man, you were born with that hat on.

Hey, take a look at yourself.

In the mirror.

- Hey, is he...

- Yes, he is. And stop whispering.

- Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't...

- Why, man? It's not your fault.

Don't make a big thing out of it. We don't.

- How much is the hat?

- It's on the house. A souvenir.

How much is it?

And the shirt, the vest, and Jill's blouse?

Hey, they've got the Berkeley Barb.

We'll take one of these, too.

Do you have any dirty books?

No.

Too bad. That's the only thing

they don't publish in Braille.

I guess it was the idea of someone blind

asking for dirty books.

You mean, it would've been all right

if I were sighted?

I don't know.

Anyway, you sure threw him into shock.

- What about you?

- Me?

I've been in shock since I met you.

Could you come out of it long enough

to have dinner with me tonight?

For dinner, I'd come out of a coma.

Are you sure we got enough for dinner?

Salami, coleslaw and potato salad.

All my favorites.

- Can I do something?

- Tablecloth in the chest of drawers.

- You can set the table.

- Let's not eat at the table.

Salami and potato salad and stuff,

that's not table food.

Let's eat on the floor and have a picnic.

I got a better idea.

- Let's go to the beach.

- The beach?

Yeah, I know a little stretch of sand

where hardly anybody ever goes.

- Where?

- Over there by the dining table.

- You can see better if you're blind.

- Oh, really?

Then how come you didn't notice

the tide came in?

I see a much better place.

- Where?

- By the bed.

Perfect.

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