Men and Wolves Page #5

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The one over there is more beautiful.

Look how big that one!

Come on!

Wait, I want to see what's under there!

You're both gone mad.

Mamma mia, they went crazy!

Citizens!

Listen to the words I say.

Don't get discouraged,

life is beautiful.

And I promise you

that in a few days these streets

will be full of flowers and joy for all.

Because...

Because...

Well,

now go back quietly in your houses.

Open wide the doors and the windows,

and wait with confidence

the return of the sun.

You believe in what he said?

- Why not?

Mom, you've become cheerful!

Play with us.

Oh! A flower is there, already!

If only there were some wine here!

What a pity, in here!

Finally! A feather bed!

And it's all ours!

I like you, Ricuccio!

Mom, where are you?

You see that you too like to play?

Mom, why don't we play always?

Ring-a-ring o' roses,

A pocket full of posies,...

Wooh!

I am a wolf! Wooh!

We might sleep here, after all.

Just as long as there's no earthquake!

We should put the wheels to these houses,

and bring them along where we want.

There should be a stable here.

We can put in it the wagon.

- This is the most beautiful of all!

There are very large rooms,

as those of Don Pietro!

We're coming!

No, don't unhitch.

I have to go to Vischio.

Well, in two hours I'll be back.

Come mom, come Ricu' !

There is also a fireplace.

We can light the fire!

If you gotta go, you'd better go.

Soon it is night.

So, I'm going, huh?

Wait for me, though.

Don't you do like last time.

Bye!

But really,

I'm not free to go where I like?

And who says anything?

- I know you well by now, y'know?

When you're silent

it means that you're mad at me.

And Ricuccio?

He's feeding the cubs.

Luckily he takes care of it.

If it were up to you!

You feel like doing a page of T's,

before sleeping? - No, I'm sleepy.

Then, some numbers?

- I'm sleepy!

Who knows if Ricuccio likes me.

Ask him when I'm not there.

Come on, let's count three by three.

Three... six...

Nine... twelve... sixteen...

No. Fifteen...

- Fifteen... eighteen...

twenty-one...

twenty-four... twenty-seven...

thirty-one...

No, thirty.

Has Ricuccio come up?

Mom, is it true what Ricuccio told me?

That animals feel pain like people,

when their children are taken away.

So that's why the she-wolf

is always following us.

Listen,...

nobody taught me how to live.

Nobody told me what I should do.

And I've always done my own thing.

However, sometimes,

it would take a guide in life.

Come on, work and don't chat!

May we come in?

- And who are you?

We are wolfers. We killed a wolf.

Will you give us something? - We cooked

everything, there is nothing left.

Shut up you!

It's my second husband.

Come in, come in. Stay and eat with us.

On New Year's Eve,

whoever knocks on my door is welcome.

For sixty years, always so.

- All one family?

But of course!

This is my first son.

I've bet to live longer than him.

All grandchildren!

Twenty are present, and thirteen

are scattered around the world.

Australia, America, Belgium, France...

This is another one of my nephews.

And woe betide you if you stop, huh!

And even these turkeys,

I've bred them myself.

Greetings! - Greetings!

Greetings to all, happy new year!

Cheers! Happy new year!

Teresa!

Where are you?

They're dragees of Sulmona. Take them,

they bring good luck. - Thank you.

You dance?

No.

- But why not?

We never see a new face,

we dance always among ourselves. - No!

So then, I will dance!

- Bravo, grandma!

See how it spins!

Look at how many sparks it sends out!

How beautiful!

It is the first New Years Eve

that I spend without him.

I should not say this,..

and yet I feel almost tranquil.

It was good for you staying around

all this time without much thought.

No, I thought about it.

But what should I do?

Life sets you upright again!

And so it must be!

Today there is snow and in a month...

Goodbye, it's spring.

With each passing day,

one feels different.

But I feel ashamed when I think thus.

Yes, but you can do nothing about it.

Can it be that by a misfortune

is born a good thing?

I don't know.

I would not say it, but me...

maybe it saved me.

If I think of all

the stupid things I've done...

I want to cry.

Look at those fools.

I'd love to see you one day

with a white blouse.

Mom!

Mom!

The wolf cubs ran away.

Never mind, better that way.

On the wagon it seemed so much stuff...

Of course, a woman

would make it last much longer.

I'd collect everything

and would go to seek work in the plain.

Together with you.

Now that you've got the stuff

you want to go?

But we didn't donate it for nothing.

Till there are wolves you must hunt.

Rather than start over, I hitch the wagon

and house to house,

I'll bring back all you gave me.

It's that you've lost your head.

And you, do what you want, even if you

wear mourning. But leave alone Ricuccio!

I, when I loved a man, I married him.

I've not thought of anything else.

Why don't you marry him?

Marry him!

Against your father, your brother...

against the town!

It's better that it happened.

So it was all made clear.

I love you.

Leave me.

And you too love me.

No, not true.

- Yes, it's true.

Bianca can give you all that I have not.

She loves you, you saw it.

If you want, she'll marry you.

Thanks for the advice.

Come on, you gotta go now.

Another liter, it's still early.

And I close all the same!

Anyway, not even a dog is out tonight.

Hurry, at home they're waiting for you.

- No one is waiting for me!

But for me, yes!

Come on, don't make a fuss, go!

Look how low he fell!

I go away if you carry me on shoulders.

Will you carry me on shoulders?

- I'll lock you inside, mind you!

Well then, I'll carry you. On we go!

Stop it!

- I said I'll carry you!

What's going on?

Wolves! Right now, out there!

Over there!

- No, no, they went by there!

Go, bring the dog home. Hurry!

Nazareno, wait!

Did you see where they are?

- You go there, I'll go by here.

But careful where you shoot,

there's people. Come on, hurry up!

Pasqualino!

Shoot in the air!

Otherwise you'll kill the animals!

Nazareno! Over there I saw your dog!

Luckily they're not ours.

You, call the shepherds.

I go in front of the stables.

Pasqualino!

Hurry up, come on!

Quick, quick!

Send them in!

Keep it lit, so they won't approach!

Ricu', there's a wolf in the woodshed!

We closed it, he can't get out.

But there's no time to lose.

And who goes in there, now?

Poor Tommy!

I recall him when I was little.

Once he even saved my sheep.

- He knew no fear!

He was too old!

- Oh, yeah!

This time, he didn't make it.

Poor Tommy!

It's in there! There lies the wolf!

He thought to find the animals.

It takes guts to enter.

Give me a sack and a rope.

But what you want to do?

I want to take him alive.

Here, take.

Don't do anything crazy!

At least take the rifle.

Wants to take him alive.

Goes in with no rifle!

But can he make it by himself?

- My God, he's gone crazy!

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