Fiesta Page #7

Hurry.

It`s crazy.

It`s been crazy from the beginning.

I`ve had enough of this nonsense, Chato.

-Get out of the way.

-No. If you please, just a few minutes.

Oh, he`s so nervous.

Everybody`s nervous before a fight.

-Step aside.

-No, no, please, not yet.

-We gotta have pictures.

-Who does he think he is?.

PIease, gentlemen. PIease be patient.

I`II see if he`s, uh--

I`II see if he`s still praying.

You would think

that he was the boy`s father.

Wait until I get him home.

-About 4:
00.

-The fight will be starting soon.

Maybe he isn`t

going to fight today either.

What do you think, maestro?.

Oh, this is too much.

Chato. Mario. Open the door.

You hear me?.

But it`s impossible. I--

I didn`t--

AII I wanted is to give him my sword.

[PLAYING TRUMPET]

-If Mario doesn`t come out--

-PIease. We`II find Mario.

You stop Iooking around

while you`re working the bull.

Watch the bull, please.

AII right. Go now.

[CROWD CHEERING]

She must be inside.

Well, go in there and find her. Go ahead.

You`re making me nervous.

Mario, wait!

-Ticket?.

CONTRERAS:
I don`t have any.

Ticket over there, please.

-Oh, no, my friend.

-I don`t consider myself your friend.

And then, please,

would you kindly step aside?.

Go back to scraping on your fiddle.

You will not interfere with my son again.

Step aside, please.

Let the gentlemen buy his ticket.

You are mistaken on two counts.

He`s not a gentleman

and he`s not going to buy a ticket.

Senor, will you kindly

have this person removed?.

Call the police.

CONTRERAS:
--see to my rights.

-What seems to be the trouble?.

-Look, I--

-I`II do the explaining.

I am Don Antonio Morales.

Don Antonio.

Is this criminal annoying you, maestro?.

Criminal?. I am Maximino Contreras

of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Maestro. Is this broken-down bullfighter

annoying you?.

No. You`II address the greatest matador

of all times with respect.

You will address the greatest musician

in Mexico with reverence.

-He wants to stop my son from fighting.

-We won`t Iet him.

It`s against the Iaw

to prevent a man from buying a ticket.

It`s against the Iaw

to interfere with a bullfight.

You can`t prove

that he intends to interfere.

AII right.

We`II go see the captain.

-He`II settle this.

-Good.

But I have to get in, please.

Yes. Yes. Let`s see the captain.

He`II settle this.

-Come, senores.

-Good.

Mario.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

-Mario.

-Look out, Maria!

[WOMEN SCREAMING]

MARIA:
I`m fine. Put me down, I`m fine.

-Yes, dear.

Are you all right?.

You`re not hurt, are you?.

Oh, Mario. Oh, I knew I`d find you.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Maria.

Hello, Pepe.

That`s what I wanna talk to you about.

Later. Later, Pepe.

Not in front of Mother, please.

-Pepe.

-Congratulations.

I`m so glad. I know you`II be very happy.

Where`s Don Antonio?.

Maria said she Ieft him with you.

Didn`t he come home with you?.

We got separated.

Isn`t he here yet?.

I can`t understand it.

He invited all these people

for a fiesta for you.

He`II be here any minute. Come on,

Mother, Iet`s dance, huh?. Come on.

Where is Father, Pepe?.

He`s probably having Barrios arrested

for Ietting you get in that ring.

-Where`s Chato?.

-I passed Chato at the gate, waiting for him.

Maestro, Don Antonio.

Is there something

I can do for you, senor?.

Yes. Step aside, please.

We don`t Iike to run over Iittle animals

on the highway.

Go on.

CHATO:

Maestro.

Maestro, we`re glad you`re home.

We`ve been worried.

Chato, you are as trustworthy

as a scorpion.

It`s a Iucky thing for you

that everything went so well for me.

I can almost forgive you.

Yes, Iife is good.

Good?. What is good, Maestro?.

Who made it possible

for Mario to fight the bull?.

You?. No, I did it.

-You, maestro?.

-Of course.

That crazy man, Contreras, showed up

outside of the bullring again today.

Well, I stopped him. I refused

to Iet him go in and create a disturbance.

By the time we were through

with explanations...

...at the office of the police captain,

the fights were over.

Oh, then, you didn`t see the fight?.

-No. Come inside and Iet me know about it.

-No, maestro. PIease Iisten.

Listen to what?.

So far we have told your wife nothing.

Nothing about what?.

Maestro, you`II never know

how close Mario was to the end.

He was going beautifully when,

suddenly-- You know his fault.

--he Iost his concentration.

The bull swung

and threw Mario to the ground.

He was stunned.

The bull turned, saw him Iying helpless.

He Iowered his head.

Oh, the horns were within an inch

of Mario`s body.

Then, all of a sudden, from nowhere,

a young man appeared.

He stepped over Mario`s body

and used his own coat as a cape.

Oh, maestro, if that boy

had been one second Iater...

...you`d never have been able

to come home and face your wife.

-It was that close?.

-No, maestro...

...it was closer.

No concentration.

What is it, Maria?.

It`s Father.

Antonio.

-We were worried.

-I`m sorry, querida.

-Has Mario come home?.

-Yes, of course.

Where is he?.

[BOTH SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Antonio.

You know Senor Contreras.

Don Antonio.

Senor Contreras.

Mario.

Yes, Father?.

You fought well.

I--

-You saw me?.

-Of course, why not?.

You know, Mario,

you executed the veronicas quite well.

SIowly, with good form.

AIso the chicuelinas.

In fact...

...I have no criticism

on the way you handled the cape...

...but one thing

you have never Iearned: concentration.

I`m afraid I was wrong.

Fighting bulls is not for him.

Perhaps he`II have better Iuck

with his concentration...

...when he studies music

with Senor Contreras.

Thank you, Father, for--

For everything.

That`s all right, my boy.

Maestro, I take back everything

I`ve said about you.

Yes, even what I was thinking about you.

Well...

...Mario, Maria, dance.

I ordered this fiesta for you.

Go on, enjoy yourselves.

You did well, maestro.

Very well.

Well, why not?.

[BAND PLAYING

""MEXICAN HAT DANCE""]

If Mario was knocked down,

why is Maria Iimping?.

Uh....

Twins, maestro, twins.

Chato!

Come back here!

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