Theeb Page #2

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- They're dreaming.

- Hey, boys,

no sleeping in bandit country.

Don't sleep.

- Hilayal, let's wake them.

- Good idea.

Listen.

If anything happens,

climb up the mountain.

When it's safe, wait by the well.

Someone will come.

You hear?

You hear?

I hear.

Get up, Theeb!

Hussein!

He got away, kill him!

Where's the boy?

Little doggy?

He's in the well.

Why are you hiding,

little doggy?

I missed him.

Cut the rope.

Hussein!

Hussein.

Answer me, Hussein.

Hussein!

Hussein.

Hussein.

Over here!

I'm over here.

Hey.

Please, man.

Hey.

Answer me.

I'm begging you, answer.

Water.

Water.

Let me drink.

Get it over with.

Get it over with.

I swear I'll find you!

I swear I'll kill you!

Somebody help me!

I'll get you, little dog.

There's nobody out there.

Help me!

I'm the only one

who can help you!

Help me!

That's dangerous!

Don't be scared.

Don't be scared.

Don't be scared.

Why were you

with the Englishman?

- Shut up.

- Silence.

Did I bring you here?

Your people put you in this mess.

You killed them.

Didn't I say,

"Surrender and you'll have peace"?

And what did you do?

You shot me!

So don't blame me.

God sent me so that

the beasts don't eat you.

I don't need you.

You're sure?

You don't need me?

The trail is clear.

Take my camel as blood money.

What are you waiting for?

Because you're a helpless rabbit.

Worse.

At least a rabbit can survive alone.

Maybe I'll let the beasts eat you.

Until the morning.

Sleep.

Clean the bread.

God punish them

for not cleaning my wound.

Who?

They never appreciated

the value of brotherhood.

Don't betray me.

Come here.

Take the dagger

and dig the bullet out.

Dig it out with the tip.

Use the dagger's tip.

Put the dagger in the fire.

Put it in the fire.

Come here. Leave it.

Come here.

It's loaded.

If anything happens to me,

protect us.

Take it.

Give me the dagger.

You fed us well.

- No.

- No?

That's the Englishman's.

- What's your name?

- Theeb.

Theeb?

Is that your tribe's mark

on the box?

Who's Sheikh Abu Hmoud to you?

He's my father.

The Wolf begets a Wolf.

Here.

Wolf, I beseech you

don't eat the wolf

How many nights did he feed you

when you were starving?

Sing with me, Wolf.

Wolf, I beseech you

don't eat the wolf

How many nights did he feed you

when you were starving?

The departed never return.

How do you track with the stars?

Put the North Star

between your eyes.

And the South Star

between your shoulders.

- What's our direction?

- West.

Right.

- What's that?

- The iron donkey.

- What?

- You'll see.

This is what destroyed us.

What is it?

The iron donkey trail.

What's it for?

Pilgrims and Ottoman soldiers ride it.

A month by camel

now takes a week by train.

We're not raiders.

You're revolutionaries.

If you know us,

who are you?

- I'm a pilgrim guide.

- Aren't you obsolete?

I'm the last one.

Who's this pilgrim?

That's Hmoud.

You going to Mecca, Hmoud?

Yes.

Mecca's behind you.

I'm taking him

to the train station.

Bad idea.

That's none of your business.

Where did you get that pistol?

Is it strange to carry guns?

There are no English pistols

around here.

I bought it in Egypt.

Have you seen an Englishman?

In Egypt,

I bought the gun from one.

And Hmoud,

did you see an Englishman?

What's an Englishman?

We have a long journey.

Time to go.

Avoid the railway.

We have business with the Ottomans.

Go in peace. Safe journey.

I've met all kinds of people.

Anyone from wise men to merchants.

I even took a ship captain to Mecca.

What's a ship captain?

They guide people at sea.

I've never seen the sea.

I've seen two.

The Red Sea...

and the Palestine sea.

I've traveled all over.

I've seen Jerusalem and al-Sham.

Everywhere from Baghdad

to Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah.

Why did you stop?

They stopped me.

The train came and ruined everything.

All my forefathers were pilgrim guides.

They left us in dark times,

without means or opportunity.

And so brother killed brother.

The strong eat the weak.

Those are your Englishman's friends.

What happened?

The train.

Madmen.

You can't stop a spear

with your hand.

Put the saddle on

and stay with the camel.

I won't be long.

What do you want?

- The lieutenant.

- Go on.

Come forward.

- Where did you get it?

- From Egypt.

That's my son.

Stay with the camel.

What's his name?

Theeb,

my right hand on the trail.

Here, Theeb.

Take it, Theeb.

Take it, Theeb.

Go to the camel.

I'll follow you.

Drop the gun!

Drop it, boy!

He killed my brother.

Go home.

Get rid of him.

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