The Road of Life Page #5

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Otherwise they might find me with it and I'll end up in court.

Well, let's go to sleep, right?

Come over here, my Beany.

Look, Carpulina already bounced back!

Oh, crap, there are so many after her!

Well, let's go to sleep. OK?

Look out, here comes the bus!

Look out, here comes health patrol!

Wake up, wake up, here comes the health patrol's bus!

Bean, Bean, wake up! We have to hide!

Come here, boys. Hurry up, else every bad thing will happen to you, come on.

Look at these ones, they look like dazzled animals. How evident that they're newbies!

Don't hurt us, sir!

Let's go.

Stop, boys, dismount, come on.

Up there, guys, there.

What are you waiting for? Walk.

Hell, one of them already escaped from me! Bah, no use!

Come on, move, walk, walk.

Go on, straight, straight.

Walk, walk.

WINTER SHELTER FOR CHILDREN # 6

Come on in right there. Walk, now go to sleep.

Come along, come with here, guys, don't fall behind.

What are they going to do to us? Are we going to be left locked up forever?

Nothing, tomorrow they'll release us, brother.

Yes, but what will they do to us?

Right now, nothing. Tomorrow, they bathe and cut our hair.

Is that all?

Oh! What more did you want? Come on, lie down.

Hey, brother, isn't it super-nice here? I want to sleep here every night.

I don't know if you can.

Come on, get undressed.

Come on, get up, to the bathroom! Come on, everybody!

Ready, to the bathroom, go ahead!

Come on, lazy, let's go to the bathroom!

The bathroom!

In Guaran that's "Everyone gets naked", eh? No clothes!

Where are you going dressed, you? No clothes!

Rebels get bathed dressed!

Go on, go on, throw off all your clothes! Come on, everyone to the showers!

And beware, anyone who doesn't bath thoroughly!

That is to dry yourselves, but they're not for keeps! Right?

Well, don't bunch up, careful, I'll get wet! Come on!

Back! The towels are here, go on!

Where are my shoes?

They're here, look. Go on, take off!

Give me my shirt!

I want my underwear!

I want my underwear! Give me my shoes!

Give me my pants!

Hey, don't take my shirt!

They took my underwear!

Wow, there are so many now! Huh? I'll just choose the most messy.

You stay, you stay,...you go to the street. Come. You stay,...

stay,...

You two into the street. Go!

You stay,...you stay,...To the street!

Beat it!

Go on, to the streets! Come, little beggar! You stay,...you stay,...you stay,...

Don't be mad, man, surely it wasn't all that bad!

I hate you! Why did you bring me here? They even bathed me and even wanted to cut my hair!

Oh, you! And wasn't it that you wanted to come sleep here every night?

Come on, let's go find the guys.

What's up, my friends? How was the bath?

Don't stand there like idiots. Remember that today I treat you.

Well, here I am!

See what happened because you didn't act right smartly.

Those health guys never give anyone a chance!

They grab you, and pow! --- straight to the bathroom.

Look in what shape they left you!

Here, saleswoman, serve my friends the same as we had.

Well, guys, you stay here. We're going to get the newspapers. We'll see you there.

This part here.

Hey, easy with my little brother.

The boy is nice.

How much do you want for him?

Well, he's not for sale!

I don't want to buy him, just rent him for a while!

How can you rent him? And what do you want with him?

What for? To beg.

Look. I'll give you five pesos a day every day for him. I'll feed him...what do you say?

F***ing brat! With that beautiful kid!

Come on, Bean, don't act like you were sleepy to the bone.

But I'm dying to sleep.

Hey, bro, what's dying like?

I don't know. I think it would be like sleep, just like mom.

Yeah, well, but what about after that?

Ah! Well when we went to catechism --- remember? --- ...

they said there'd be going to heaven and then gave you wings.

Like those of the chickens?

More or less.

And there you don't have to sell newspapers?

No, I think not, you'd have wings.

And there'd be plenty to eat?

Wow, yes, lots! Meat, bread, tortillas. Everything. Imagine, it's heaven.

Hey, brother, let's die.

Hush, little monkey, you don't know what you are saying. Shut up.

And the others won't be coming?

I don't know. They should be here.

I bet they went to see the piatas!

And what's this about piatas? I want to see one.

Oh! Have you forgotten already? In the neighborhood where we lived with Mom,...

once you broke one?

No, I don't remember.

One day when we sell lots of newspapers I'll buy a you coat.

Come on, let's go see the piatas and toys! Come on! Let's go!

TOY STORE:

Are you happy? Do you like the piatas?

Yes!

And what is this?

It is a manger. It's for the day God was born as a child, and they say He was born in one of those.

I want one of these. Would you buy it for me?

How much are the mangers?

The cardboard ones, one peso.

I just have 55 centavos. Can't we have it for that?

I can't, kid, it's worth a peso.

Come on! Yes? It's for my brother.

Ask your mom to make up a whole peso.

We don't have one.

Well, take one away. May God reward me.

Here. Let's go get the guys to show them the manger.

And can we put it up where we sleep?

Smooth!

God pay, gentle folks, your charity,...

And heaven heap happiness.

Blessed is the house that today shelters...

the Pure Virgin, the beautiful Mary.

Enter holy pilgrims, pilgrims, receive this corner,...

not this poor abode but of my heart.

Tonight is joy, pleasure and joy,

because here we shelter the Mother of God.

Look, these are the piatas I told you about.

Wow! They'll pound hard on it and lots of stuff will topple out from inside.

One day when we sell lots of newspapers I'll buy a you coat.

Bean!

Boy thief!

Let me see my brother!

Let me go, let me go, let me see my brother! Bean!

Bean!

And they didn't let me see my brother.

Don't cry, Chinanpina, don't cry.

Bean, Bean!

What, crying again?

Come on, come on. Look, I brought you fresh clothes.

You'll take a bath so you'll look very handsome. OK?

We did a lot of searching but we were unable to find any member of your family.

You can't stay here forever so we have to send you to the poorhouse tomorrow.

Don't worry. You'll be better off there with many kids your age by your side.

They will teach you a trade, and so when you leave, when you're grown,...

you'll be a worthy man and you can form your own family.

Are you comfortable with that?

You're a good boy, and getting you off the street will be to your benefit.

Promise me you'll be nice and whenever you need something, promise me you'll write to me.

Why so sad, Chinanpina?

Tomorrow they're coming for me, to take me to the workhouse.

They're also coming for me.

Yes, but what a difference! For you it's your dad.

Hey, and what's a workhouse like?

I don't know, but my friends have told me they don't like it a one little bit.

There are kids who don't have parents.

And do you have to go to school every day?

Sure. You know what I like? They teach you carpentry and other things there.

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