Snails in the Rain Page #2

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the geranium. It's summer!

I'll tell Boaz. He waters the plants.

And you? What do you do?

Ah... you cook...

Anyway...

I don't smoke

Come on! Try it!

- I'll be late for class

- So what? Me too!

I'd rather be on time

You asked for the "Introduction to

Syntax of the Semitic Languages"?

- Yes, thank you!

- You're welcome, Boaz

How do you know my name?

I saw your student I.D. on the table

Cut it out!

Boaz enough already!

Calm down, handsome!

That's prof. Richlin,

my teacher at the University

Mother!

Why do you look horrified?

- Did you tell us that you're coming?

- Why do I need to inform you?

I simply took the bus and got here.

Where are you going?

To the University

I brought your favored cake and some

honey from Yossi and Nitza's village.

We were there and they asked us

to take them to Tel Aviv

I don't know why people would

want to visit Tel Aviv?

- Mom, I'm in a hurry!

- I'm not holding you up!

- We also visited the village Nir David

- Did you forget something Boaz?

- Ruth! What's this? A cake?

- Yeah, the one that Boaz likes!

I just wanted to bring you some things

and then I'll leave.

What's this smell in the house?

Ah... you're cooking again!!

Boaz, are you following me?

The noises in your car were from

the carburettor

You can pick it up tomorrow morning.

Boaz?

What do you want?

You didn't get your scholarship?

How come? There's no letter yet

Ah... You're so quite...

Boaz, is there something

bothering you?

No! Certainly not!

Sh*t! I hate it when this happens!

It doesn't matter. They say it's

good luck, right?

I have no idea!

I don't believe in this nonsense

What's there to believe?

Things are just like that

Boaz? Shall we take a bath together?

How long does it take for a letter to

come here, from Jerusalem?

I'm sick of going every morning

to the post office

Do you want me to go there

tomorrow morning?

No, it's OK. It's on my way

to the University

Stop thinking about it now.

It's easy to say that. You do realize

that we must find a house there...?

...and then move to Jerusalem?

There was a guy staring at me

at the library today

A thin guy...

A young man...

wearing a silk shirt

Why do you think he was staring at you?

Because he was staring at me

He had this strange look...

Did you want to stare back at him?

Boaz...! Did you want to

look at him too?

This has nothing to do with me!

Are you alright?

- Are you alright?

- Yeah, I'm alright!

- I'm sorry..

- No, it's OK, it's alright!

Nir go on man! Harder! Nir! Nir!

- Nir! Nir!

- Yoni! Come on Yoni!

(Nir singing in hebrew a famous Greek love song of

the 80's- "Your dark eyes" by Manolis Angelopoulos)

"Your beautiful dark eyes"

remind me of our dreams..."

"...and of those beautiful, quite days..."

"...your smiles and your tender looks"

"...that I cannot get out of my mind..."

"And when you look at me..."

"...I think of sad days..."

Take it. I also changed four spare

parts for extra safety. OK?

A geranium plant?

Yes

On hot days... I should water it

in the evening, but...

...I'm not here in the evening, so

I water it in the morning

I have no choice. I also wet its leaves

so that they remain cool

Haven't you learned that

in your village, Boaz?

It's important to water it in the

evening, on hot days

"My Boaz hi! You'll allow me to

call you like that, won't you?"

"I feel that we already know each other

long enough..."

"A few weeks ago something very

embarrassing happened to me"

"I want to tell you about it. Maybe, this

way you will understand me better"

"I was going to work with a friend, in

his car and we were in central Tel Aviv"

"On a sidewalk, there was

a good looking soldier... "

"...waiting for the light to change..."

"He had black hair and grey eyes"

"My friend said suddenly..."

"Look at this gorgeous girl!

What a body!"

"I said:
Where? Whom are you

talking about?"

"Apparently there was a girl standing

next to the young man..."

"Do you realize that, my Boaz?

I simply had not seen her!"

"She just didn't exist for me!"

"I lowered my head in shame.

My life is contemptible, my Boaz"

"My life is not fair"

"Yesterday is was my birthday"

"I invited some friends for

coffee and cake"

"But I didn't tell them

why I invited them"

"I sat there, in my house, next

to the big plant..."

"And I let myself be carried away by the

pointless, light chit-chat of my friends"

"I thought... how nice it'd be

if you too were there"

"I don't know why...

but this picture..."

"You sitting in my white armchair,

just the two of us in the room"

"Your bright, watery eyes looking

at me intensely"

"This picture makes me very emotional"

(Boaz! Coming to eat?)

"I can hardly stop myself

from touching..."

"...your beautiful face,

your hair, your arms..."

"I think of your girlfriend, who

surely enjoys your arms"

"And I feel a deep pain

from my groins to my throat"

"This afternoon I went for a walk,

trying to put my feelings in order"

"Suddenly, I saw you on a bus"

"I think it was bus line 25"

"You were sitting by the bus window,

oblivious, care-free"

"I'm scared to say this out loud,

but I know..."

"...that I'm deeply in love with you!"

Don't you like the food?

How come? I like it!

- What's going on with you?

- What?

Boaz?

You shouldn't get mad at me...

I'm not your mother

I can't believe that this

is happening to me!

Ori has dumped me.

He simply left me.

He's going to Thailand, alone

He's going scubadiving with just a

rucksack and a bandana on this head

Milk... Croutons for soup...

To run away like that!!

Without a warning...

Do you know how long

they were together?

How should I know that?

How long are we together?

Since the first time that I saw you

at Dr. Kupperschmidt's

Do you want something else?

Leave it. I'll go to do the shopping

I do feel sorry for her, but

it's also her fault... some how

- Her fault?

- She should had realized it

He woke up one morning, bought a

plane ticket and left...

I'm sorry to disturb you.

Have you finished with the book?

- No, I still need it

- I meant Plato's "Symposium"

Ah... that's not mine...

I thought your were majoring

in Classical Studies...

- No, Semitic languages

- Ah... right!

Anyway, I recommend you to

read the "Symposium"

Thanks, I've read it already

Wisdom is one of the most beautiful things

and Eros is in love with beautiful things

Hence, Eros is a philosopher, a lover of

Wisdom (=Symposium, 204b)

I've taken a supplementary course

on Greek philosophy

Good for you!!

(=Plato's "Symposium" is the supreme

philosophical work on male-male Love)

I refute the claim that the

Amorite and Ugaritic languages...

...belong to the Canaan branch

That's my Thesis and...

...I prove that by comparing the two

languages and their history

If you've read my article,

you've seen the references

...and how I support and

prove my arguments.

By the way, I want to quote my

colleague, Prof. Shlomo Izrael...

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