Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Page #2

It is. If there were more white ones,

they'd eat first. Or black ones.

I've heard about pecking orders,

but not for goats.

It's to do with breeding

and superiority...

Maybe yours are special.

The brown ones eat first.

They win out. See...

Their horns have to be cut,

or they fight,

and get hurt.

See, the ones

with cut horns are fighters.

That old one there

can't get around anymore.

I'll feed her.

Here...

You've done a good job.

Don't bother her!

Shall I feed the ones at the back?

It's might makes right.

- We can't mess with that!

- But I'm here today!

See that one? We had to isolate her:

she was harming the others.

She's real mean.

It's true...

- That one?

- Yes.

See how strong she is?

What's her name?

Diane.

Call her!

She's sulking.

Stubborn.

Come here!

In fall, she blends with the trees...

You're pretty!

Come here.

No chance.

I'll go over.

- Not scared of horses?

- Don't worry.

If I were you...

Do what you want...

She's nice, but...

You're disturbing her privacy...

Careful!

Hey, sheep!

You used to horses?

I like them.

She can tell...

See?

Come meet my neighbors.

Hi, Kitty.

Mr. Housseau...

A pleasure.

Mrs. Housseau...

She's from Paris,

likes the countryside.

She's in the right place!

Like what?

- Strawberries!

- They always bloom...

They're lovely!

They've been lazy.

Took 'em time to grow...

Really?

Because of winter frost?

Frost, maybe...

Dampness...

That's a rosebush?

Yes, it blooms...

Fabulous strawberries!

Ripe for picking.

- May I?

- Go ahead.

Excellent strawberries...

Here, Reinette.

I'll eat one.

- Really ripe!

- Not like in central Paris!

That's summer cabbage.

Those purple ones?

They're in with the leeks,

the first we get.

Known as summer leeks.

Why?

They come out first,

and you eat 'em right away:

in 6 weeks they'll be overgrown.

- The lettuce is big too!

- It's chicory.

Cooking lettuce.

What are those big things...

with little white flowers?

Potatoes... no,

maybe they're beans.

Shall we check?

Could be beans.

Pretty flowers.

What's all this?

Will you tell me?

Radishes, cucumbers,

and endives...

How do endives grow?

Don't we eat the root?

We gather the root

and bury it for the winter.

All winter?

They grow big white heads...

They're called endives.

And the leaves?

Rabbits eat them...

No leaves.

I'll make you bloom!

I'll put some in your pocket...

a buttonhole!

Pink and blue's pretty.

Where do cows go

during the day?

Down to the meadow...

We've made a path

so they can reach the woods.

- This way?

- Yes, by that path.

So this is the way to reach them?

You can take the other route, too.

They have a shelter for when it rains.

It's not a nice day.

Think it'll rain?

Those mean nothing...

I think it'll rain.

I'll get my raincoat.

You never know.

Stitch in time saves nine!

Can't always be right.

Lovely poppies!

Can we pick some?

But they die in vases.

It's starting to rain hard.

Got a hood?

I love rain.

It's good for the hair.

We keep going?

Too bad it's raining today.

Doesn't matter. I'll have seen

the countryside in all weather...

You graduate high-school?

Last year.

And I never went to school.

Then you did it by correspondence.

I liked that...

In school I always had problems.

It's so dumb!

Their schedules!

You study a new subject every hour!

- I know, I went!

- It's idiotic.

So what's next?

Next year I'm applying

to the Art Institute. When I draw...

I know when it's wrong,

but I don't know why.

I think I could improve my technique...

There I'll admit school could help.

But otherwise!

It's true, technique helps.

Where'll you live?

I have cousins in Sartrouville.

That's a long way away.

20 minutes from Paris.

That's an hour's travel every day!

I like trains.

I'll try it.

My cousins are so nice...

I share an apartment with a girl

who's leaving in September.

If you want

you could share it with me.

So you'd really be in Paris.

If that suits you.

I'm very independent.

We'll each have our own room.

I could fix mine up as I want?

Sure, we'd be sharing fifty-fifty.

And you're on your own...

Bring home who you want...

Do what you want...

I have a boyfriend

but he doesn't live with me.

So he comes over.

You got a lover?

That's a secret,

it's my private life...

If I talk about it,

it's not private anymore!

You dance well!

I don't know how!

Doesn't show.

Dancing comes naturally.

I never learned.

I've never even tried.

- I've never been to a disco.

- Really?

That's nonsense,

saying you can't dance.

I've traveled.

I've been to Mexico...

To Tunisia, Greece

and the Caribbean.

We ought to go to bed

or we'll miss the blue hour.

Live for the moment!

Like a Parisian!

A Parisian must dance well!

We'll miss the blue hour.

You really want to?

It was for you...

If it's for me,

let's dance till midnight. OK?

THE WAITER:

- Leaving already?

- I'm late.

- When do you get out?

- 3 P.M.

We could meet...

in Montparnasse.

Meet me at school.

A cafe's handier. There's one

called "Equality" or something.

What's the address?

Near the Montparnasse tower.

Gat St.

- Know where it is?

- No, but I'll find it.

What number?

I don't know, but it's a caf...

It's near a square

with a subway station.

What station?

I don't know. Doesn't matter

since you're walking there.

Take Grande Chaumire St.,

keep going straight...

Cross one avenue,

then another...

There's a little street between.

The square's at the end.

The caf faces the station.

OK, Gat St.

If I can't find it, I'll ask.

You can't miss it.

See you later.

Excuse me, sir...

Where's Gat St.?

You're in luck.

I was just there, or almost.

It's left of Maine Ave.

- Maine Ave.?

- It's a broad, tree-lined avenue.

Now where Gat St. starts there aren't

any trees, the avenue goes underground.

Keep going, take a right, then left,

left again, twice left, and you're there.

Got it?

Need help, miss?

I'm looking for Gat St.

It's close. I was just there, or almost.

It's that way!

Gat St?

Yes, turn right, follow the cemetery,

then right again.

It's to the left! It is if you take

Maine Ave., and shorter!

That's a big detour!

What? Maine Ave.'s to the left,

and so is Gat St.!

That Way's much shorter.

The rear window of Gat St.

overlook the cemetery.

Friend of mine lived there.

Damn your friend.

It's tasteless to send her

to a cemetery

to reach Gat St.

when it's that way!

All roads lead to Rome,

but don't cross cemeteries!

Not cross, follow...

That's simpler

than taking your...

huge detour.

There it is!

...not through, alongside...

What's the difference,

the cemetery's square!

No, it isn't!

Are you from here, sir?

Not really. And you?

Not at all.

But I know Montparnasse.

And this young lady...

They're hopeless...

Here you are.

Pay me now, please.

Sure. How much?

There's the check.

Can't you read?

4.30 francs, that it?

That's it.

Here.

You kidding me?

A 200-franc bill?

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