{"id":5212,"date":"2015-02-28T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laregledujeu.org\/arrabal\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2015-08-18T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:31:49","slug":"fando-and-lis-by-fernando-arrabal-second-draft-of-bart-smet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laregledujeu.org\/arrabal\/2015\/02\/28\/5212\/fando-and-lis-by-fernando-arrabal-second-draft-of-bart-smet\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u00a0Fando and Lis\u00a0\u00bb by Fernando Arrabal (Second Draft of Bart Smet)"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

Fando and Lis<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Fernando Arrabal<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Second Draft of Bart Smet)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Characters:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lis: <\/strong>A woman in a pram.<\/p>\n

Fando: <\/strong>The man who takes her to Tar,<\/p>\n

and the three men under the umbrella:<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A play in five scenes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[47]<\/p>\n

First Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Fando and Lis sit on the ground. Next to them is a very large pram, black, old and tattered, with thick rubber wheels and rusty spokes. On the sides, attached with strings, we can see a certain number of objects, amongst which there are a drum, a rolled up blanket, a fishing rod, a leather bag, and a pan. Lis has her two legs paralysed.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But I will die and nobody will remember me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.<\/em>] No, Lis, I will remember you and I will come and see you in the cemetery with a flower and a dog.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

[Long pause. Fando looks at Lis.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Moved.<\/em>]\u00a0\u00a0 And at your funeral I will softly sing the song: \u201cWhat a beautiful funeral. What a beautiful funeral.\u201d That tune is so easy to hold. [He looks at her quietly and adds satisfied:<\/em>] I will do that for you.<\/p>\n

[48]<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You love me so much.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But I\u2019d rather you don\u2019t die. [Pause.<\/em>] I will be so sad, the day you die.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You will be sad? Why?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Apologising.<\/em>] I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You only say that because you\u2019ve heard someone else saying it. And that means you won\u2019t be sad. You\u2019re always deceiving me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No Lis, I\u2019m honest. I will be very sad.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Will you cry?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll do my best, but I don\u2019t know if I will be able to.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Do you think that\u2019s an answer?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Believe me, Lis.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But, believe what?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinking.<\/em>] I don\u2019t know exactly. Just tell me you believe me.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [As an automaton.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not in the right tone.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cheerfully.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not right either, Lis. [Humble.<\/em>] Lis, when you want to, you know very well how to say things.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [In a different tone, still not sincere.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Discouraged.<\/em>] No, Lis, no. Not like that. Try it again.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Puts in an effort, but her words do not sound more sincere than before.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very sad.<\/em>] No, no Lis. What are you doing? How nasty you are to me! Try a bit harder.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Not reaching her goal.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.<\/em>] No, no that\u2019s not it.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [In a desperate effort.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Even more violent.<\/em>] And neither like that.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sincere.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Emotional, touched.<\/em>] Lis! You believe me?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched herself.<\/em>] Yes, I believe you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, I\u2019m so happy, Lis!<\/p>\n

[49]<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: \u00a0I believe you because when you talk, you resemble a rabbit and when you sleep with me you let me take the whole blanket and you catch cold.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s nothing.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And especially because in the morning you wash me by the fountain and because, like that, I don\u2019t have to do it. You know, I don\u2019t like doing it.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [After a pause, with a resolute air.<\/em>] Lis, I want to do lots of things for you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 How many?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [He thinks.<\/em>] As many as possible.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 OK, then what you have to do is, to fight for your life.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s very difficult.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s the only thing you could do for me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fight for my life? What are you talking about? [A moment.<\/em>] You are not joking are you? [Very serious.<\/em>] But, Lis, I don\u2019t understand why I should fight and maybe then if I did know, I might not have the necessary strength, and if I\u2019d have the strength, I don\u2019t know if it would help me to succeed.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, make an effort.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Make an effort? [Pause.<\/em>] Maybe that will be easier.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We have to agree.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And you are sure that will help us?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Almost sure.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinks.<\/em>] But help us how?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter, what counts is, that it helps.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Everything is so simple for you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, for me too, everything is very difficult.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But you find a solution for everything.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, I never find solutions, what happens is, that I lie when I say that I found one.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But, that\u2019s not fair.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I know it\u2019s not fair. But, since I\u2019m never asked anything, it doesn\u2019t make any difference. And anyway, it makes me look good.<\/p>\n

[50]<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, you\u2019re right, it does. But, what if someone asks you something?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is no danger. Nobody asks me anything. They are all too busy looking for a way to lie to themselves.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh. It\u2019s so complicated.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, very.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>: \u00a0[Emotional.<\/em>] You are so clever, Lis.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But that is no good to me, you always make me suffer.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, Lis, I don\u2019t make you suffer, quite the opposite.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You do, remember how you beat me as soon as you get the opportunity.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.<\/em>] It\u2019s true. I won\u2019t do it again, you\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You always say you won\u2019t do it again and then you torture me as soon as you can and you tell me that you\u2019ll tie me up with a chain so I can\u2019t move anymore. You make me cry.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.<\/em>] I made you cry and maybe even just when you had your period. Lis, no, I will never do it again. [Pause.<\/em>] When we arrive in Tar, I\u2019ll buy a small boat and I\u2019ll take you to see the river. You want that, Lis?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And I will feel all your sorrows, Lis, so that you can really see, that I don\u2019t want to make you suffer. [Pause.<\/em>] And also, I\u2019ll have babies, like you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched.<\/em>] You\u2019re so good.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Shall I tell you some lovely stories, like that one about a man driving a paralysed woman to Tar in a little pram?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Take me for a walk first.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Lis. [Fando takes Lis in his arms and walks her around the stage.<\/em>] Look, Lis, how beautiful the country side and the road are.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, they please me very much.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the stones.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando, what beautiful stones.<\/p>\n

[51]<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the flowers.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 There are no flowers, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.<\/em>] Whatever. Look at the flowers!<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you there are no flowers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis talks in a very humble voice, Fando, on the other hand becomes more and more commanding and brutal.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I told you to look at the flowers! [He screams.<\/em>] Or didn\u2019t you understand me?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I did, Fando, I\u2019m sorry. [Long pause.<\/em>] How I regret being paralysed.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing that you are paralysed, this way, I am the one walking you around.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando grows tired of holding Lis and the more tired he gets, the more violent he becomes<\/em>.]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Very<\/em> softly<\/em>, out of fear of displeasing Fando.<\/em>] How beautiful the country side is with its flowers and beautiful trees.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Irritated.<\/em>] Where do you see trees?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Softly.<\/em>] That\u2019s what they say, the country side with its beautiful trees.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Pause.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re too heavy.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando, without any warning drops Lis on the ground.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

[52]<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cry of pain.<\/em>] Ouch, Fando. [Then immediately very softly, out of fear of displeasing Fando.<\/em>] You\u2019ve hurt me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Harshly.<\/em>] Are you going to start complaining again?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Close to tears.<\/em>] No, I\u2019m not complaining. Thank you, Fando. [Pause.<\/em>] But I\u2019d like it if you would walk me to the country side and showed me the lovely flowers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando, visibly bored, takes Lis by the leg and drags her across the stage.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Right then, you see them now, the flowers you wanted to see? Hey? Say than. You\u2019ve seen enough?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [She is sobbing but makes sure that Fando can\u2019t hear her. She is clearly suffering a lot.<\/em>] Yes \u2026 yes \u2026thank you, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Where do you want me to carry you? To the pram?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, if that doesn\u2019t bother you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando grabs Lis by a hand and drags her close to the pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Visibly bored.<\/em>] I have to do everything for you and you just keep crying on top of that.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry, Fando.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[She sobs.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 One beautiful day, I\u2019ll abandon you and I\u2019ll go very far away from you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cries.<\/em>] No, Fando, Don\u2019t leave me, I only have you in the world.<\/p>\n

[53]<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You just bother me. [He shouts.<\/em>] And stop crying.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Puts in an effort not to cry.<\/em>] I\u2019m not crying.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Stop crying, I\u2019m telling you. I\u2019ll go right now if you don\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis, despite her efforts, continues to cry.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very annoyed.<\/em>] Oh, so you\u2019re just going to cry and cry then, hey? Well then, I\u2019m leaving right now and I\u2019m never coming back.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando leaves, furious. After a few moments he returns on all fours and moves towards where Lis is.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Humble.<\/em>] Lis, forgive me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando takes Lis in her arms and kisses her. Then he sits her up, comfortably. She lets herself being handled without saying a word.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I won\u2019t be mean to you anymore.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re so good, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Lis. You\u2019ll see how I\u2019ll be nice from now on.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tell me what you want.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 To get on our way to Tar.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll leave right now.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando very carefully takes Lis in his arms and places her in the pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

[54]<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But we\u2019ve tried for so long to reach Tar and we never managed.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll try one more time.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Ok, Lis, as you like.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando pushes the pram, which slowly begins to cross the stage. Lis, seated, looks over the back of the stage. Fando suddenly stops, moves in front of Lis and strokes her face with both hands. Pause.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m sorry for what happened. I didn\u2019t mean to upset you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I know, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Have faith in me, I won\u2019t do it again.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I have faith in you. You are always very good to me. I remember you sending me big letters when I was in hospital, so I could boast I was receiving very long ones.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Flattered.<\/em>] That was nothing.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I remember as well that, quite often, because you had nothing to tell me, you send me lots of tissues so the letter would be really thick.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>: \u00a0It was nothing, really.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I was so happy.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You see, you have to trust me.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando, I trust you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[The pram exits the stage, pushed by Fando.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Curtain<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[55]<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Same place.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dusk. Fando enters the stage, pushing the pram in which Lis sits. He stops. Slowly and very carefully, he picks up Lis out of the vehicle and places her on the ground. A big metal chain keeps one of her legs tied to the vehicle. The chain is fairly long. Fando talks now in a soft, desperate voice.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Lis, I am very tired. I\u2019m going to rest for a minute.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis looks distracted.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I just said that I am tired and that I\u2019m going to sit down for a minute.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis looks at him without expression, nods.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[56]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Do you want something? Tell me if you want something.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis doesn\u2019t answer.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Talk to me, Lis, don\u2019t stay quiet, say something to me. I know what it is, you are angry with me because we didn\u2019t get one step further after such a long march and we\u2019re back in the same place.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[You would say, Lis didn\u2019t hear a thing.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Lis, answer me. [Imploring.<\/em>] Do you want something? Lis, talk to me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando keeps talking in an imploring and sad voice.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Do you want me to move you? Are you not comfortable like this?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis doesn\u2019t answer. Lis doesn\u2019t show the least interest in Fando.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I know what it is. You want me to move you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando, carefully moves her around. She lets it happen. He treats her with a lot of attention.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

[57]<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019ll be better like this.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando holds her cheeks in his hands and looks at her enthusiastically.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 How beautiful you are, Lis.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando kisses her. Lis still doesn\u2019t move.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But, tell me something, Lis. Talk to me. Are you bored? Do you want me to play the drum for you? [Fando looks at Lis, waiting for a reply, and then adds contently:<\/em>] Yes, I believe you want me to play the drum.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Pleased, Fando walks to the pram, takes the little drum and places it on the top of his belly.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What do you want me to play?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis keeps quiet. Silence.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well then, I will play the tune of the feather. Fine for you? [Silence.<\/em>] Or would you rather that I\u2019d play the tune of the feather?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Silence. Lis doesn\u2019t answer.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 As you wish.<\/p>\n

[58]<\/p>\n

[But he stops. He is about to begin playing the drum.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m ashamed, Lis. [Silence.<\/em>] Well, but I will try, for you, and I will play, for you, the tune of the feather, which you like so much.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[He is about to start but then decides not to.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.<\/em>] I regret knowing no other songs than the tune of the feather.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Pause. Then straight away sets about playing the drum in a clumsy manner, while he sings out of tune the following song:<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The feather was in the bed.<\/p>\n

And the bed was in the feather. [Repeat.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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[When he finished he says to Lis:<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Did you like it, Lis?<\/p>\n

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[Lis doesn\u2019t say anything. Fando, very hurt, moves towards the pram to put the drum back. Before putting it away, he looks at Lis, He grabs full of enthusiasm the drum again and starts playing again. He glances at Lis, from the corner of his eye, but notices his music leaves her indifferent. Discouraged, he abandons the drum somewhere near the pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sadder than ever.<\/em>] Talk to me, Lis, talk to me. Tell me something. How do you want us to keep going on, if you don\u2019t talk to me? I am getting so tired. I feel like I am all alone. Talk to me Lis. Say something, tell me anything, even if it is something ugly and bad, but tell me something. You know all too well how to talk when you want to. Lis, don\u2019t forget me. [Pause.<\/em>] I\u2019ll take you to Tar. [Pause.<\/em>] Sometimes you become so quiet and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s wrong with you. I don\u2019t know if you\u2019re hungry, or if you want flowers or if you want to piss. Of course, I might be wrong, I know very well that you don\u2019t owe me anything and even that you might be angry with me, but that\u2019s not a reason not to talk to me. [Pause.<\/em>] I know how much you want to go to Tar. I\u2019ve put you in the little pram and I\u2019ll take you there. Whatever gets in our way, I just want to do what you like most. [Silence.<\/em>] But, talk to me, Lis.<\/p>\n

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[Lis looks without expression. Enter three men: Mitaro, Namur and Toso. Namur walks between his two friends and caries a big black umbrella that covers all three. They form one single unit. They stop far from Fando and Lis to examine the surroundings without paying the least attention to them. After their research, very particular when it comes to Mitaro and Namur, who go as far as sniffing the earth, they reunite again, all three under the umbrella.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, we could easily sleep here.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But first, we have to know where the wind comes from.<\/p>\n

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[He wets his finger and sticks it up in the air.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t matter. What\u2019s important is to know where it is going.<\/p>\n

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Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s us lie down under the umbrella and go to sleep and leave that wind palaver alone.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Hurt.<\/em>] You are always so inattentive.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 If we\u2019d listen to you we\u2019d be dead by now.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Dead or even worse, because of his cursed mania of not taking any precautions.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Stubborn.<\/em>] I believe what is important is to sleep.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What\u2019s important is where the wind comes from.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Correcting him gently.<\/em>] No, what\u2019s important is to know where it is going.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I continue to assert that what is important, is to know where the wind comes from.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well then, I do not want to come over uncompromising, I do not want to be like Toso. As you like.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very pleased.<\/em>] So, we are saying, what is important is to know where the wind comes from?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Forthcoming.<\/em>] Indeed, knowing where the wind comes from. [After a short pause, he adds in a lower voice.<\/em>] And where it goes after it has come.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [interrupting.<\/em>] For as far as I am concerned, you can say what you like, it seems to me what is really important is to go to sleep as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Very angry.<\/em>] And that\u2019s it, there is nothing easier, just going to sleep, and then?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, yes, and then what?<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Then \u2026 we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll see! This is how the worst catastrophes come about, by not looking ahead, because one hasn\u2019t taken the slightest precaution.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Exactly, exactly. After all, how long will it take us to take precautions? Hardly one minute. The risk we will avoid doing that? Enormous.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well said.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But I, it tires me to take precautions.<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It tires the gentleman.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And also, it is very difficult.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 He\u2019ll say next that he cannot put in the slightest effort.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s not a small effort, it\u2019s huge.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 The gentleman might catch a hernia.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe he is right. The effort of gaining foresight is enormous and very complicated. And taking the essential precautions becomes almost impossible.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I submit to the evidence. It\u2019s an enormous effort, but immediate, an effort that won\u2019t take long.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Won\u2019t take long? That depends on how you look upon it.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t start telling me your stories now. I remember very well what you told me the other day, that two simultaneous phenomenon to a terrestrial observer, are not so to a planetary observer. From that you deduced that this simultaneity is relative and consequently, time also is relative. And I told you that I believed it as much as I believe in Father Christmas.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 The only thing that I am telling you is that the effort won\u2019t take long.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Angry and not knowing what to say, shuts up. Then he says:<\/em>] But we\u2019ve gone astray of the core question which was to know where the wind comes from.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s true, we were trying to find out where the wind comes from \u2026 [Adding in a lower voice.<\/em>] \u2026 to find out where it is going to.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We were simply trying to take precautions to be able to go to sleep peacefully and immediately, when Toso said that what\u2019s important is to go to sleep.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But \u2026<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Interrupting in an undignified voice.<\/em>] Toso, admit that up till now, you have stopped us from sleeping with your arguing and your lack of solidarity towards our positions.<\/p>\n

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[Toso keeps quite.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Not one single moment did you stop to study intelligently our position, instead you dissociated yourself from our point of view in a manner inconsiderate and destructive.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 All I said was that what matters was to go to sleep under the umbrella as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Outraged.<\/em>] The nerve. You still dare to acknowledge it cynically without asking our pardon. In your place, my face would turn red with shame. We are still having an argument, because of you.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh yes, by your fault alone.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You can see that I renounced my first position, by supporting that the important thing is to know where the wind comes from, to the advantage of a faster agreement that will facilitate us to settle quicker while, just touched upon in passing, as firm as the nose stands in the centre of the face, that what really matters is to know where the wind goes to.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [laughing but incisive.<\/em>] Without wanting to contradict you too much, you would like it to be clearly noted that what matters is to know where the wind comes from.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Trying to laugh smile to hide his anger.<\/em>] I permit myself to add that everyone agrees to recognise that what matters is to know where the wind goes to.<\/p>\n

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[Fando, who has followed the conversation of the three men under the umbrella, intrigued, moves towards them.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.<\/em>] Sorry, pardon me. How beautiful it is from there. [He points towards where he stood before.<\/em>] To hear your argument! How good you are at it. Would you let me join the discussion?<\/p>\n

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[The three men under the umbrella look at each other, very annoyed.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Let me argue with you. [Pause.<\/em>] She doesn\u2019t want to talk with me and me, I would like to tell an awful lot of things to someone. I\u2019m alone.<\/p>\n

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[The three men, very angry, slump to the ground, under the umbrella and begin to sleep.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Humble.<\/em>] I can do a lot of things. I can help you if you talk to me. [Pause. He continues, a bit ashamed.<\/em>] I can also play the drum. [He laughs timidly.<\/em>] Not very well, but I know some good songs like the tune of the feather. You\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

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[Fando goes looking for his drum. The men sleep conscientiously, one of them snores.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [While placing the drum in the required position.<\/em>] I will play and sing for you but at the explicit condition that you will talk to me. [He goes towards them.<\/em>] Don\u2019t you hear me? [Fando realises that they have gone to sleep. Sad, he returns to Lis.<\/em>] They didn\u2019t pay any attention to me. They didn\u2019t want to listen to me, Lis. I have a lot of things to tell them, and was about to sing to them the tune of the feather.<\/p>\n

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[Silence. Lis continues not to see him.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [To Lis, softly.<\/em>] Lis, you are better than them. You can say such beautiful things. Talk to me.<\/p>\n

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[Lis stays quiet. Long silence.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Shall I do a show for you to satisfy you? Shall I do some tricks, acrobatics, he?<\/p>\n

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[Lis stays quiet. Fando executes a series of exercises, which are a mix of ballet, capers, clownery and drunken gestures. Finally, standing on one leg, he rests his elbow on the knee of his other leg while with his hand he bites his thumb and exclaims cries of joy.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 See how difficult it is, Lis. Look, how difficult.<\/p>\n

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[Lis stays quiet. Fando, quiet and discouraged stops his act. He moves towards Lis and walks around her, full off grief. Silence.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Says in a sad tone, but without crying.<\/em>] Talk to me, Lis. Talk to me.<\/p>\n

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Curtain<\/p>\n

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Third Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Same place<\/em><\/p>\n

The men under the umbrella (Namur, Mitaro, Toso) are talking to Fando. Lis sits, a few metres away from them, in her pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And there the numerous years that we have tried to do it.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I have heard that it is impossible to get there.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, it is not that it is impossible. It\u2019s simply that nobody ever arrived there and nobody ever thinks of getting there.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That what is not so complicated is, is trying it.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 So, her and me, we\u2019ll never get there?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re in a better position than us. You have a little pram. That will make it easier to travel and faster.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, of course, I go faster, but I always end up at the same place.<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Same happens to us. We are clearly bound for Tar, but we always end up at the same place.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But that\u2019s not the worst inconvenience we\u2019ve come across. The worst is without a doubt that we never take any precautions.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Namur is right, that\u2019s the worst. How we would have advanced if we had taken precautions.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Annoyed.<\/em>] Oh, you again with your precautions. I have told you already that, what is important is to continue our way.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sorry.<\/em>] Let\u2019s be quite clear, what stops us from getting to Tar, is him, Toso, with his habitual spirit of contradiction, his habitual refusal to join us in how we look upon things.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It is not that we, Namur and I, think the same or have the same ideas, but at the end of the day, we come to agree, but him \u2026 It is his fault if we haven\u2019t arrived at Tar yet. Yesterday, without exaggerating \u2026<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cuts him short.<\/em>] Oh yes, the story of the wind and the need to sleep.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s it. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Overcome by enthusiasm.<\/em>] Oh, how well you discuss. How beautiful it is.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ironic.<\/em>] Yes, yes, beautiful.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Didn\u2019t you hear what we said?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I did, but I didn\u2019t pay any attention, I only heard the music. The beautiful music. [Singing.<\/em>] A Didi A Dodo Padading Padang Eeep eep.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re right, that must have been beautiful.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 From over there, it was a joy to hear.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s annoying: all good hearing it from afar, it\u2019s melodious, but what comes of that?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Worse, the worst.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We cannot avoid that he is the crack in our union. He\u2019s a pig, without a doubt.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Worse than a pig.<\/p>\n

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[Fando thinks. Silence.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Intervening.<\/em>] What did you ask? If there is something worse than a pig, or what is better than a pig?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well, well look at this, looks like this gentleman here knows a thing or two about the animal kingdom.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, All I am asking is, if what he\u2019s looking for [Points at Mitaro.<\/em>] are animals better or worse than pigs.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [After a long pause.<\/em>] I can\u2019t remember.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Telling off?<\/em>] Always so forgetful and such a philanthropist.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Annoyed.<\/em>] You see how you always try to insult me. [He thinks.<\/em>] To teach you, to rile you, I remember all too well what I asked you, that is to say which animals are worse than a pig and which are those that are better.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very happy, talks hurriedly.<\/em>] I know, I know. The worse are the lion, the cockraoch, the goat and the cat, and the better ones are the cow, the hare, the sheep the parakeet and the kangaroo.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 The kangaroo?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, the kangaroo.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Did you say that the kangaroo is worse?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [A bit ashamed.<\/em>] Yes, yes.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And you are sure of that?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Hesitant.<\/em>] yes.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But \u2026 sure, sure?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[Worn out.<\/em>] You put things in such a way that you start to make me doubt.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cruel.<\/em>] But sure, sure, sure.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [In tears.<\/em>] You are too strong.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [To Namur, telling him off.] You made him cry.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But that character there isn\u2019t sure of anything and he allows himself affirmations that are pure \u2026<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You made him cry as if he was a man going to Tar with a woman in a pram.<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Apologetic.<\/em>] But I only cried a little, two tears.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Stubborn.<\/em>] I believe that what we need to do is argue less and try to get to Tar.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Satisfied and hurt.<\/em>] Look at the man, he is always like this. When we are about to get going, when we arrived at that point of agreement, he says something stupid.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 He is unbearable.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And why do you tolerate him in your company?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That would take ages to explain.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 An eternity.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Inflexible.<\/em>] Stop the arguing and let\u2019s go to Tar.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Reprimanding Toso.<\/em>] So, this is how you help us? We are trying to end this discussion with this man here so we can go to Tar and what do you do? You bother us, you annoy us day and night.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You are so negative and antisocial.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [To Fando.<\/em>] You see, it\u2019s regrettable. Don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, really.<\/p>\n

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[Silence.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You, you are really lucky with her.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, really. She doesn\u2019t bother me at all. She\u2019s charming.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Lucky you.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Come and have a look.<\/p>\n

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[Mitaro and Namur go and look at Lis with Fando. Lis, her big eyes open, is absent minded and lets things happen without the slightest reaction.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Enthusiastic.<\/em>] Look at her.<\/p>\n

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[Fando takes her head and shows it from different angles, saying:<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look how beautiful she is.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, she is very beautiful.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Bend down, so you can have a better look from down there, in perspective.<\/p>\n

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[Mitaro and Namur, crouch while looking at Lis. Fando keeps moving her in different positions.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Come here, you\u2019ll see how beautiful it is.<\/p>\n

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[The two men come closer to the pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 See how beautiful her legs are and how soft the material of her underwear is. Touch it.<\/p>\n

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[Mitaro and Namur touch her underwear.]<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>: \u00a0It\u2019s true, what soft material.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very satisfied.<\/em>] See how her thighs are pale and soft.<\/p>\n

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[Fando lifts her underwear so the men can see her thighs.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s true, how pale and soft they are.<\/p>\n

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[Fando straightens her underwear, with a lot of care.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>: \u00a0What I love the most is to kiss her. Her face is very soft. It\u2019s a pleasure to stroke it. Stroke it.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Right now?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, stroke her like this.<\/p>\n

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[Fando take Lis\u2019 face between both her hands and lets them tenderly glide of her cheeks.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try it, stroke her. You\u2019ll see how nice it is.<\/p>\n

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[Mitaro strokes her face with one hand.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, with both hands.<\/p>\n

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[Mitaro, full of respect, strokes her.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well, how did that feel?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Very nice.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You to. [He beckons Namur.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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[Namur strokes her.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And kiss her, like this.<\/p>\n

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[Fando, quickly kisses Lis on the lips.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Do it, you\u2019ll see how nice it is.<\/p>\n

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[Namur and Mitaro kiss Lis on the lips, full of respect. Lis remains expressionless.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well, did that please you?<\/p>\n

Namur and Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, very much.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very pleased.<\/em>] Well then, she\u2019s my fianc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Forever?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, forever.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And you will never grow tired of her?<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Interrupting.<\/em>] When are we going to go to Tar?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [After a short pause.<\/em>] You see what he is like?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 He never lets us finish.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well, what I am saying is that we should get us going to Tar as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Indulgent.<\/em>] Forgive his shortcomings. He is like that. He was born like that. There is nothing we can do to cure him.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You can\u2019t teach him anything, it\u2019s useless. As soon as we start to do something he is there with his complications. He doesn\u2019t let us come to an agreement.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But maybe he is right to say that it would be good for us to get going.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Right? Right, you may be right, there is always some somewhere.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019ll have to agree he doesn\u2019t talk nonsense.<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s true, if we look at it from up close, he might be a bit right, not a lot, of course, but maybe a little.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It is for us maybe the greatest inconvenience. I\u2019ll explain myself: we always find a smidgen of reason even if it is farfetched, in anything he says.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Very farfetched.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, yes. Very farfetched, but, that is, we always find some. It\u2019s because of that, even when we judge his propositions absurd and obstructive, we always accept them, we discuss them and even force ourselves to make him look at the good and bad sides.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What I think, is that we should get going to Tar.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very satisfied.<\/em>] You see?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Equally satisfied.<\/em>] Can you believe it?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, yes, I see.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And it would be so simple for him to keep quiet.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s simple to keep quiet?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I am not saying that you shouldn\u2019t take the required precautions and even have the experience, but truth be said, if you really try, you could come to keep yourself quiet.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh well, I tried once \u2026 and don\u2019t think it\u2019s all that easy.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Ah! What an interesting man! All the things he has done.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And where did it get you, when you tried?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [All red.<\/em>] It\u2019s a bit funny.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Tell us. Tell us. Ah! This is so interesting.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What happened? What did you do?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I woke up in the morning and I said to myself: \u201cToday, all day long, I will keep quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [In order to understand, repeats out loud.<\/em>] He woke up in the morning and said to himself: \u201cToday, all day long, I will keep quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Continues.<\/em>] So, I \u2026<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Again interrupting.<\/em>] But, there is something that I don\u2019t really understand: you told us that you tried not to say anything for the whole day, how did you tell yourself?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t be stupid. He told himself mentally.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Ah! That changes everything.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Go on. Go on. I am captivated.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 So, after I decided not to talk, I started to think about what I could do to compensate for my silence and started to walk back and forth.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You must have felt very pleased.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 In the beginning, yes, I just walked on and on. But then it became worse.<\/p>\n

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[Fando stops.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very interested.<\/em>] What happened?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Go on. Go on.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, I won\u2019t tell you: it\u2019s very personal.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And you are going to leave us like this, all curious?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It would be better if I\u2019d stop talking now \u2026 the story has a bad ending.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Really bad?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [About to burst into tears.<\/em>] Yes, yes, very bad.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What a shame.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s true. That\u2019s so sad!<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It would be better if we would get going to Tar.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Silence and disquiet.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You see now, why insist?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, yes, really.<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s what I like most about you. You understood us. Because, sometimes, we don\u2019t even understand ourselves. The other day we encountered someone else who went to Tar and who insisted on always proving him right.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I saw immediately that you were right and not him. From the moment you told those stories about the wind, I understood.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 How did you understand so quickly?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s easy for me. I told myself \u2026<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Interrupting.<\/em>] Mentally?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Of course, my friend.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [astonished.<\/em>] What a phenomenon! How he talks to himself mentally.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 So I said to myself: the first one who says \u201cwhere\u201d will be right and because it was you who said it before him, I knew he was wrong.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Enthusiastic.<\/em>] That\u2019s a good method of find out who is right.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, it\u2019s fantastic.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And you use it all the time?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Almost all the time.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Then you must have a lot of experience.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh yes, loads. Although sometimes I use different systems.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Blown over.<\/em>] Different systems?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Flattered.<\/em>] But of course.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 This man overflows with inventions.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Going through all that bother to know where right is to be found.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Since I was a kid I used infallible systems to recognise it.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s what we should have done and not wasted our time as we did.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 This is not the time to bemoan ourselves.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Annoyed.<\/em>] Oh, of course. [Pause.<\/em>] And what other procedures did you use to know who is right?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I have used another one with the days of the week, but it\u2019s very complicated.<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Interested.<\/em>] How does it work?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Like this. On days that are multiples of three, men with glasses are right. Even numbered days give mothers right and on the days that end with a zero, nobody is right.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Enthused.<\/em>] Isn\u2019t that just fantastic?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But very complicated. You have to be sure about the day and not be mistaken. That was why sometimes I\u2019ve said someone was right when he was wrong.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Alarmed.<\/em>] Ah. That\u2019s bad.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Very bad. Quite often that stopped my nails from growing.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can see why you prefer your current system.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s simpler, if you take a closer look at it.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Simpler? And what if nobody says the word \u201cwhere\u201d?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I have thought of everything. If after five minutes nobody has said the word \u201cwhere\u201d, I give right to the first one who says \u201cfly\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Astonished.<\/em>] Very thorough.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Satisfied.<\/em>] Yes, yes, without a doubt. It is a very thorough system.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And what if nobody says the word \u201cfly\u201d?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Then I replace it with the word \u201ctree\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Astonished.<\/em>] What foresight.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Flattered.<\/em>] Yes, well, I can\u2019t complain.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And what if nobody says the word \u201ctree\u201d?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Then I give right to the first one who says the word \u201cwater\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Completely bowled over.<\/em>] Blast! What anticipation.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very satisfied.<\/em>] I always prefer to do something thoroughly. In the long run it proves better even if in the beginning it is more tiring.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Horrible.<\/em>] And what if nobody says the word \u201ctree\u201d?<\/p>\n

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[Fando and Mitaro look at Namur with a grudge. Silence. Namur is ashamed.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m only asking what happens if nobody says the word \u201ctree\u201d. I didn\u2019t mean to insult him.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Embarrassed.<\/em>] Not just insult him, you seem to have something against him.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Stunned.] Alright then, I didn\u2019t ask anything.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Much better, so.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Whispering.<\/em>] But I know all too well that if nobody says the word \u201ctree\u201d the whole system fails.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Outraged.] You are as stubborn as Toso.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter because I have anticipated that as well. If nobody says the word \u201ctree\u201d I will give right to the first one who says \u2026 [Hesitates.<\/em>] who says \u2026 the word \u2026 the word \u2026 \u201cword\u201d.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It is all just cheating, you\u2019re just making it up.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You are embarrassing me, Namur, with your improper behaviour.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, that\u2019s wrong, I\u2019m not making it up.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well then, tell us, when did you try this one out.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Confused.<\/em>] To be honest, I haven\u2019t tried it yet.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [To Mitaro.<\/em>] You see. You see.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Interrupting.<\/em>] When are we going to get us going to Tar?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Silence. The three look at each other, impressed by Toso\u2019s demand.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s true, we should get going.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Will you let me come with you?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 With us?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, with you.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll have to see if the three of us agree. [To Mitaro.<\/em>] You, your opinion?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Contemptuous.<\/em>] Well, if he really wants to.<\/p>\n

[77]<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Talking into Mitaro\u2019s ear, so Fando can\u2019t hear him.<\/em>] But consider he will bring along a woman and a pram. We can\u2019t afford us the luxury of such company. It\u2019s too much responsibility.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But what is that going to do?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Almost constipated.<\/em>] Pay attention. He is going to hear us. [Fando starts whistling so they think he isn\u2019t listening.<\/em>] Did you seriously think about all that could happen to us? Think of it. Nothing more, nothing less than a woman and a pram? Do you realize the responsibility that will be put on our shoulders? Do you realize the amount of precautions we will have to take?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, yes. So what? It\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Keeps talking in Mitaro\u2019s ear.<\/em>] It\u2019s fine \u2026 it\u2019s fine \u2026 so easily said. Don\u2019t come and tell me later that I didn\u2019t warn you. [Out loud, so Fando can hear it, with his bad mood visible despite his forced smile.<\/em>] So then, you Mitaro, you agree he comes along with us?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Annoyed.<\/em>] How many times do I have to repeat it?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Alright, alright. [To Toso.<\/em>] And you, Toso?<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 All I want, is to get us finally going, it doesn\u2019t matter to me if it is accompanied by this man or not.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Annoyed but smiling.<\/em>] Well then, we\u2019ve all come to an agreement, you can come with us.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Ah! Fantastic.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s get on our way.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[The three men nestle underneath the umbrella as one. Fando places Lis comfortably in the pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And when will we get there?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Nobody knows.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard saying that nobody ever got there despite just about everybody trying it.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Just gossip.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[The three men under the umbrella start walking towards the edge of the stage. Fando follows them, pushing the pram with Lis.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

They slowly exit.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Curtain<\/p>\n

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Forth Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

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[Same place<\/em><\/p>\n

Fando enters, pushing the pram with Lis. Fando stops.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What\u2019s with you?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m feeling sick.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What do you want me to do, Lis?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Help me out of the pram.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando takes Lis very carefully and helps her out of the pram. Lis still has a long iron chain around her ankle which is fixed to the pram.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Where does it hurt?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What is wrong with you?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 If I knew what was wrong with you, it would be so different.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But I feel very ill.<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Very sad.] Don\u2019t die.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I feel something is very wrong. I feel ill, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What a shame the men with the umbrella aren\u2019t here. They know a lot of things. I\u2019m sure they would cure you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But they should be still far away. You walked so fast.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I have a good lead over them. [Satisfied.<\/em>] And we did started at the same time, but then I had the little pram.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And again we find ourselves at the same place. We didn\u2019t get anywhere.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You are so pessimistic. What matters is that we got here before them.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You ran too fast, you went really quick. That speed hasn\u2019t done me any good, I told you that before.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.<\/em>] It\u2019s true, forgive me, Lis.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You always ask me to forgive you but you never listen to me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s true. I am so mean to you.<\/p>\n

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[Pause.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And then you always say that you are going to put handcuffs on me as if the chain wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, I am not going handcuff you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Pause.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You never listen to me. Do you remember sometimes, when I wasn\u2019t paralysed, you tied me to the bed and you hit me with the belt?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I didn\u2019t think that bothered you.<\/p>\n

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Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I told you all too well. How many times did I tell you that I couldn\u2019t bare the pain?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lis, forgive me. I will never tie you to the bed again and hit you with a belt. I promise.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: And then you got it in your head to put this chain on me, so I can\u2019t move away from the pram. I can barely crawl.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It is true Lis. You should have stopped me.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I always tell you to stop, but you never listen to me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Lis, don\u2019t talk so seriously to me, kiss me.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Resigned.<\/em>] You think you can sort everything like this.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re tormenting me Lis. [Beaten. Silence. Jolly.<\/em>] And who am I going give a little smootch on the mouth?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Stop joking around, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Lis, don\u2019t tell me off. I know it was my fault, but don\u2019t tell me off. You are going to make me feel very sad.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t think you can just sort it out like this.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Kiss me, Lis. [Lis, very serious and without expression lets Fando kiss her passionately.<\/em>] Forget about all these things and stop making me have to think about it.<\/p>\n

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[Silence.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday you got it in your head to leave me all night, naked by the side of the road and it is definitely because of that, why I am feeling sick.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But I did it so all the men that walked passed could see you \u2026 so everyone could see how beautiful you are.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It was so cold. I was shivering.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Poor Lis \u2026 but these men looked at you and they felt so very happy and surely must have gone on their way so much more cheerful.<\/p>\n

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Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But I felt so lonely and I was so cold.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I was right next to you. You didn\u2019t see me? And a lot of the men stroked you when I asked them to. [Pause.<\/em>] I won\u2019t do it again, Lis, I can see you didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You always say that.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s that you are weird sometimes and that you don\u2019t seem to realise that all I do is for your own good. [Pause. He remembers.<\/em>] You were so beautiful, completely naked. It was a wonderful sight.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s never that funny to me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>: \u00a0No, Lis. What a shame you can\u2019t see yourself through my eyes.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, I am very ill, I\u2019m really not feeling well.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What do you want me to do for you, Lis?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 There is nothing you can do about it anymore. [Pause.<\/em>] What I want is that you would always be nice to me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes Lis, I will be nice.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Really try.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Promise, I will.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis notices a bulge in the pocket of Fando.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What have you got in your pocket?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Like a child caught doing something silly and trying to hide it.<\/em>] Something.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Tell me what it is.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, no.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Authoritarian.<\/em>] Show me what you are hiding.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It is nothing bad.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I told you to show me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando shamefaced pulls steel handcuffs out of his pockets.]<\/p>\n

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Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You see: Handcuffs.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But is not to do something wrong, it\u2019s just for playing.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You see. You are just waiting for one moment, when I am not looking, to put them on.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No. Lis, I won\u2019t put them on you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Then throw them away.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Aggressive.<\/em>] No.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[He puts them back in his pocket.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Close to tears.<\/em>] You see how you treat me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very emotional.<\/em>] Lis, don\u2019t cry. Lis, I love you so much. Don\u2019t cry, Lis.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis grabs him passionately.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t leave me Fando, I only have you. Don\u2019t treat me so bad.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched.<\/em>] How mean I am to you. You will see that I will be sweet from now on.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hold me in your arms, Fando, hold me in your arms.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[They embrace passionately.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I feel really bad.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You will soon get better and then we\u2019ll go to Tar and we will be very happy and I will give you all the animals that crawl on the ground to play with. Cockroaches, beetles, butterflies, little mice, toads \u2026 we will sing together and I will play drums for you every day.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes Fando, we will be very happy.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And we will continue our route to Tar.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s it, to Tar.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, yes, the two of us together.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Pause. They look at each other.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And when we arrive at Tar, you will see how happy we will be.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re so good, you are, Fando and how sweet you are with me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes Lis, I will do anything for you, because I love you very much.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando moves towards the pram and very carefully detaches the drum. Then, full of respect he shows it to Lis.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the drum, Lis.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s so beautiful.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 See how round it is.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>: \u00a0It\u2019s true, so round.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I have it just to sing songs for you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You are so good.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We will be so happy when we arrive in Tar. I\u2019ll invent new songs for you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That feather tune is very beautiful.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Flattered.<\/em>] Bah, that\u2019s nothing. I will invent others, much more beautiful. Others where [85] I won\u2019t just talk about feathers, but also, [he thinks<\/em>] about bird feathers, and also about \u2026, feathers of eagles and also [he tries but can\u2019t think of anything.<\/em>] \u2026and also \u2026<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And also about feather markets.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Pleased.<\/em>] Yes, yes, and also about feather markets and also about \u2026 about \u2026 about \u2026 ah, and also about feathers.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Such beautiful songs!<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll do all that for you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You would do that for me?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Lis.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re so good, Fando.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Pause. Fando suddenly pulls out the handcuffs and looks at them nervously.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Softly.<\/em>] Don\u2019t hurt me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very harsh.<\/em>] What makes you think I will hurt you?<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Softly.<\/em>] Don\u2019t talk to me like that, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Very angry, he stands up and answers her.<\/em>] I always talk to you in the same way.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What are you trying to do?<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.<\/em>] Nothing.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You are, you are looking to do something wrong. I can see it.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.<\/em>] You and your stories.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Humble.<\/em>] I know you want to put those handcuffs on me. Don\u2019t do it Fando.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[She sobs.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sour.<\/em>] Don\u2019t cry.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Trying not to cry.<\/em>] No, I won\u2019t cry, but don\u2019t put those handcuffs on.<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Irritated.<\/em>] You never trust me.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Softly.<\/em>] No I do trust you. [Sincerely she adds.<\/em>] I believe you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando takes a few steps in between the pram and Lis. She cries.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Authoritarian.<\/em>] Give me your hands.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, don\u2019t it, Fando, don\u2019t handcuff me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis holds her hands out. Fando nervously puts the handcuffs on.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s better like this.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando. [Very sad.<\/em>] Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve put them on to see if you can crawl with them. So, try crawling.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, don\u2019t hurt me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Beyond himself.<\/em>] I told you to try. Crawl.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis tries to crawl, but she can\u2019t. her hands bound by the handcuffs bother her.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t, Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try, or worse things will happen to you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Softly.<\/em>] Don\u2019t hit me, Fando. Don\u2019t hit me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try, I said.<\/p>\n

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[Lis tries very hard without success.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t Fando.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try again.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t, Fando. Leave me alone. Don\u2019t hurt me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try, or even worse things will happen.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t hit me, please not with your belt.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Irritated.<\/em>] Try.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando goes to the pram to get a leather belt.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Try or I\u2019ll beat you.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, don\u2019t hit me. I\u2019m ill.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando beats Lis violently.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Crawl.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Lis puts in an extreme effort to crawl and succeeds. Fando looks at her, trembling with emotion.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t. No more.<\/p>\n

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Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Go on. Go on.<\/p>\n

Lis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Stop hitting me.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Crawl.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando hits her again. Lis crawls staggering, doing so she makes a false movement, with her bound hands she bumps into the drum and tears the skin.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Furious.<\/em>] you broke my drum. You broke my drum.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando hits her. She drops, spilling blood. Fando, irritated, takes the drum, walks away from her and starts repairing it with a thread and needle. Lis, stretched out, inert, with her bound hands by her chest, lies in the centre of the stage. Long silence. Fando continues to work. Enter the three men under the umbrella. They approach the woman. They observe her attentively and walk around her. Fando, absorbed in repairing his drum doesn\u2019t see them. They don\u2019t notice him either.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at what she\u2019s got on her hands.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Lifting Lis\u2019 hands to have a good look at the handcuffs.<\/em>] They\u2019re handcuffs.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That looks really nice.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Not really.<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Why do you have to contradict me?<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Interrupting them in a cold voice.<\/em>] She has blood on her mouth.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Mitaro and Namur look attentively at the mouth of Lis.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s weird.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Namur takes the lips of Lis as if with pincers and opens her mouth. Mitaro puts his finger in her mouth. He pulls it out and sniffs it.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 It smells like blood.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 How strange is all this.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[With his fingers, Mitaro touches her teeth.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look how small her teeth are. They are so hard.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Teeth are always hard.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Mitaro takes her tongue and pulls it out with his fingers.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look how beautiful her tongue is. And so soft.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Tongues are always like that.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You always have to say something.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Mitaro and Namur stop fiddling with Lis\u2019 mouth. They lift her skirt and look at her knees with great attention.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Those knees.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Like all knees.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Mitaro follows with his fingers the shape of her knees.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at that dimple here.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Namur notes the presence of the dimple, while Toso presses his ear on her chest and listens attentively.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [In a cold voice.<\/em>] She\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, you again with your stories.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cold.<\/em>] She\u2019s dead because you can\u2019t hear her heart beating anymore.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s see!<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And she has stopped breathing.<\/p>\n

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[Namur puts his ear on her chest.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s true, you can\u2019t hear her heart anymore.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 So, she\u2019s dead, then?<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No doubt.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Someone should tell Fando.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Of course.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Namur and Mitaro move towards Fando who energetically is trying to mend the torn drum.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [To Fando.<\/em>] You know, Lis is dead.<\/p>\n

Fando<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 [Stunned.] Lis is dead?<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Fando moves towards Lis. He looks at her with respect, very sadly approaches her. He holds her, sits her up. Her head keeps falling, inert. Fando doesn\u2019t say anything. (The three men under the umbrella, standing up and solemn, have taken their hats off.) Fando rests her on the ground with great care, then arranges his mantle. Fando is close to tears. Suddenly he rests his forehead on her belly. Although we don\u2019t hear him, he is probably crying.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Curtain<\/p>\n

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Fifth Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

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[On stage, the three men under the umbrella.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 He promised her, when she died, he would go and visit her in the cemetery with a flower and a dog.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, that\u2019s not it. What happened was that she told him that she wanted to take her own life and he replied to her that that would be the best thing she could do. So she and her two companions killed the man with the tickets to be able to pay in time for the hire of the box-tricycle. And so they went to buy anchovy sandwiches and paid for hiring it, but the police came to find them and although they didn\u2019t see anything wrong in it, they were arrested.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I remember that one of them spend his time sleeping and that he didn\u2019t want to think because it was annoying and so his friend told him that it would be better to think of silly stories and he replied he didn\u2019t know \u2026 [He thinks.<\/em>]. But that is a completely different story. The one I am talking about is the story of the man that drove around a paralysed woman in a pram trying to get to Tar. [94] I remember that he was told that it was very difficult to get to Tar but that they should try anyway, but later on he told her that when they would arrive, he would compose for her a lot of beautiful songs like the one about the feather and that he would accompany them with the drum and then they kissed.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, because then she discovered he was carrying handcuffs around and was going to put them on her. He said it was nothing, but he held on to them. So she got angry with him and told him that \u2026<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, no, you change everything, you forget everything and you mix everything up. What happened was that after that a police officer arrived, who we didn\u2019t understand all too well and the old flute player told him that he didn\u2019t understand him because he was as bad as his feet and then the other one got really angry. [Pause.<\/em>] And it was at that moment that those two men arrived, one of which played the harmonium and the other a type writer.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, yes, I remember well, they were in a car cemetery. And their lives were really sad because they couldn\u2019t switch their instruments.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, no, they could.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 But that was after. And then straight away the clever man arrived and made them see all that he knew and they just continued to be morons.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, no, then, what happened was that she and he started playing at thinking. But since he didn\u2019t know how to take on a good position, he thought really badly and when she showed him what position he should put himself in, he could only think about death.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 What happened is that we got ourselves under an umbrella and we tried to go to Tar. But you took so long discussing the precautions to take that, after we finally left, we were delayed considerably, as usual.<\/p>\n

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[Namur and Mitaro followed Toso\u2019s words with a clear annoyance.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Interrupting him.<\/em>] And all that to what purpose?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 You see how you always get in our way.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Toso keeps quiet.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 There is nothing to be done with him.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We shouldn\u2019t pay any more attention to him. No more than as if he didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Where were we?<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 I said that he promised to go and see her in the cemetery with a flower and a dog.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No before that. What I was telling you was that the young girl became melancholic when she saw she couldn\u2019t play an ass not even with the tail.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s it, she became melancholic. [Thinks.<\/em>] But what happened was that she pulled up her skirt to lure the man with the tickets and so the man came and they killed him, while they jumped over the fence.<\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 No, my dear old friend, no. What happened was that they couldn\u2019t find a method to classify it all, and, on top of that, they were worried, because she had warned them that if she thought the plan was bad she would tell them regardless of who they were. And so he figured the best thing to do was to measure everything.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Enter Fando with a flower and a dog on a lead. The men under the umbrella stop talking and keep looking at him closely while he crosses the stage, without saying anything, without stopping, slowly. (Maybe he is tired, he looks it.)<\/em>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll join him.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n

Toso<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 And when are we going to Tar?<\/p>\n

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Namur<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have to join him first. Then we\u2019ll get going, the four of us.<\/p>\n

Mitaro<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, together.<\/p>\n

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[The three fugitive men under the umbrella start following Fando. In the middle of the stage they stop and take their hats off. Soon enough they get going again and leave the stage.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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Curtain<\/p>\n

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November December 1955 (Madrid, Paris)<\/p>\n

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  Fando and Lis by Fernando Arrabal\u00a0 (Second Draft of Bart Smet)   Characters: Lis: A woman in a pram. Fando: The man who takes her to Tar, and the three men under the umbrella: Namur Mitaro Toso \u00a0 A play in five scenes. \u00a0 [47] First Scene \u00a0 [Fando and Lis sit on the ground. Next to them is a very large pram, black, old and tattered, with thick rubber wheels and rusty spokes. On the sides, attached with strings, we can see a certain number of objects, amongst which there are a drum, a rolled up blanket, a fishing rod, a leather bag, and a pan. Lis has her two legs paralysed.] \u00a0 Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But I will die and nobody will remember me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.] No, Lis, I will remember you and I will come and see you in the cemetery with a flower and a dog. \u00a0 [Long pause. Fando looks at Lis.]   Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Moved.]\u00a0\u00a0 And at your funeral I will softly sing the song: \u201cWhat a beautiful funeral. What a beautiful funeral.\u201d That tune is so easy to hold. [He looks at her quietly and adds satisfied:] I will do that for you. [48] Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You love me so much. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But I\u2019d rather you don\u2019t die. [Pause.] I will be so sad, the day you die. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You will be sad? Why? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Apologising.] I don\u2019t know. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You only say that because you\u2019ve heard someone else saying it. And that means you won\u2019t be sad. You\u2019re always deceiving me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 No Lis, I\u2019m honest. I will be very sad. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Will you cry? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll do my best, but I don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Do you think that\u2019s an answer? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Believe me, Lis. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But, believe what? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinking.] I don\u2019t know exactly. Just tell me you believe me. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [As an automaton.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not in the right tone. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cheerfully.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not right either, Lis. [Humble.] Lis, when you want to, you know very well how to say things. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [In a different tone, still not sincere.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Discouraged.] No, Lis, no. Not like that. Try it again. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Puts in an effort, but her words do not sound more sincere than before.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very sad.] No, no Lis. What are you doing? How nasty you are to me! Try a bit harder. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Not reaching her goal.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.] No, no that\u2019s not it. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [In a desperate effort.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Even more violent.] And neither like that. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sincere.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Emotional, touched.] Lis! You believe me? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched herself.] Yes, I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, I\u2019m so happy, Lis! [49] Lis: \u00a0I believe you because when you talk, you resemble a rabbit and when you sleep with me you let me take the whole blanket and you catch cold. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s nothing. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 And especially because in the morning you wash me by the fountain and because, like that, I don\u2019t have to do it. You know, I don\u2019t like doing it. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [After a pause, with a resolute air.] Lis, I want to do lots of things for you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 How many? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [He thinks.] As many as possible. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 OK, then what you have to do is, to fight for your life. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s very difficult. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s the only thing you could do for me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fight for my life? What are you talking about? [A moment.] You are not joking are you? [Very serious.] But, Lis, I don\u2019t understand why I should fight and maybe then if I did know, I might not have the necessary strength, and if I\u2019d have the strength, I don\u2019t know if it would help me to succeed. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, make an effort. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Make an effort? [Pause.] Maybe that will be easier. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 We have to agree. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 And you are sure that will help us? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Almost sure. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinks.] But help us how? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter, what counts is, that it helps. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Everything is so simple for you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 No, for me too, everything is very difficult. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But you find a solution for everything. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 No, I never find solutions, what happens is, that I lie when I say that I found one. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But, that\u2019s not fair. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I know it\u2019s not fair. But, since I\u2019m never asked anything, it doesn\u2019t make any difference. And anyway, it makes me look good. [50] Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, you\u2019re right, it does. But, what if someone asks you something? Lis: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is no danger. Nobody asks me anything. They are all too busy looking for a way to lie to themselves. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh. It\u2019s so complicated. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, very. Fando: \u00a0[Emotional.] You are so clever, Lis. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But that is no good to me, you always make me suffer. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 No, Lis, I don\u2019t make you suffer, quite the opposite. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You do, remember how you beat me as soon as you get the opportunity. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.] It\u2019s true. I won\u2019t do it again, you\u2019ll see. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You always say you won\u2019t do it again and then you torture me as soon as you can and you tell me that you\u2019ll tie me up with a chain so I can\u2019t move anymore. You make me cry. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.] I made you cry and maybe even just when you had your period. Lis, no, I will never do it again. [Pause.] When we arrive in Tar, I\u2019ll buy a small boat and I\u2019ll take you to see the river. You want that, Lis? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 And I will feel all your sorrows, Lis, so that you can really see, that I don\u2019t want to make you suffer. [Pause.] And also, I\u2019ll have babies, like you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched.] You\u2019re so good. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Shall I tell you some lovely stories, like that one about a man driving a paralysed woman to Tar in a little pram? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Take me for a walk first. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Lis. [Fando takes Lis in his arms and walks her around the stage.] Look, Lis, how beautiful the country side and the road are. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, they please me very much. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the stones. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando, what beautiful stones. [51] Fando:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the flowers. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 There are no flowers, Fando. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.] Whatever. Look at the flowers! Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you there are no flowers.   [Lis talks in a very humble voice, Fando, on the other hand becomes more and more commanding and brutal.]   Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 I told you to look at the flowers! [He screams.] Or didn\u2019t you understand me? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I did, Fando, I\u2019m sorry. [Long pause.] How I regret being paralysed. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing that you are paralysed, this way, I am the one walking you around.   [Fando grows tired of holding Lis and the more tired he gets, the more violent he becomes.]   Lis:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Very softly, out of fear of displeasing Fando.] How beautiful the country side is with its flowers and beautiful trees. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Irritated.] Where do you see trees? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Softly.] That\u2019s what they say, the country side with its beautiful trees.   [Pause.]   Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re too heavy.   [Fando, without any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25377,6796,781,35821],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellannees","tag-bart-smet","tag-fando-y-lis","tag-fernando-arrabal","tag-theatre"],"yoast_head":"\n"Fando and Lis" by Fernando Arrabal (Second Draft of Bart Smet) - Ceci n\u2019est pas un blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/laregledujeu.org\/arrabal\/2015\/02\/28\/5212\/fando-and-lis-by-fernando-arrabal-second-draft-of-bart-smet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""Fando and Lis" by Fernando Arrabal (Second Draft of Bart Smet) - Ceci n\u2019est pas un blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Fando and Lis by Fernando Arrabal\u00a0 (Second Draft of Bart Smet)   Characters: Lis: A woman in a pram. Fando: The man who takes her to Tar, and the three men under the umbrella: Namur Mitaro Toso \u00a0 A play in five scenes. \u00a0 [47] First Scene \u00a0 [Fando and Lis sit on the ground. Next to them is a very large pram, black, old and tattered, with thick rubber wheels and rusty spokes. On the sides, attached with strings, we can see a certain number of objects, amongst which there are a drum, a rolled up blanket, a fishing rod, a leather bag, and a pan. Lis has her two legs paralysed.] \u00a0 Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But I will die and nobody will remember me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.] No, Lis, I will remember you and I will come and see you in the cemetery with a flower and a dog. \u00a0 [Long pause. Fando looks at Lis.]   Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Moved.]\u00a0\u00a0 And at your funeral I will softly sing the song: \u201cWhat a beautiful funeral. What a beautiful funeral.\u201d That tune is so easy to hold. [He looks at her quietly and adds satisfied:] I will do that for you. [48] Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You love me so much. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But I\u2019d rather you don\u2019t die. [Pause.] I will be so sad, the day you die. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You will be sad? Why? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Apologising.] I don\u2019t know. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You only say that because you\u2019ve heard someone else saying it. And that means you won\u2019t be sad. You\u2019re always deceiving me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 No Lis, I\u2019m honest. I will be very sad. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Will you cry? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll do my best, but I don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Do you think that\u2019s an answer? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Believe me, Lis. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But, believe what? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinking.] I don\u2019t know exactly. Just tell me you believe me. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [As an automaton.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not in the right tone. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cheerfully.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not right either, Lis. [Humble.] Lis, when you want to, you know very well how to say things. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [In a different tone, still not sincere.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Discouraged.] No, Lis, no. Not like that. Try it again. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Puts in an effort, but her words do not sound more sincere than before.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very sad.] No, no Lis. What are you doing? How nasty you are to me! Try a bit harder. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Not reaching her goal.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.] No, no that\u2019s not it. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [In a desperate effort.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Even more violent.] And neither like that. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sincere.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Emotional, touched.] Lis! You believe me? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched herself.] Yes, I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, I\u2019m so happy, Lis! [49] Lis: \u00a0I believe you because when you talk, you resemble a rabbit and when you sleep with me you let me take the whole blanket and you catch cold. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s nothing. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 And especially because in the morning you wash me by the fountain and because, like that, I don\u2019t have to do it. You know, I don\u2019t like doing it. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [After a pause, with a resolute air.] Lis, I want to do lots of things for you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 How many? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [He thinks.] As many as possible. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 OK, then what you have to do is, to fight for your life. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s very difficult. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s the only thing you could do for me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fight for my life? What are you talking about? [A moment.] You are not joking are you? [Very serious.] But, Lis, I don\u2019t understand why I should fight and maybe then if I did know, I might not have the necessary strength, and if I\u2019d have the strength, I don\u2019t know if it would help me to succeed. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, make an effort. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Make an effort? [Pause.] Maybe that will be easier. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 We have to agree. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 And you are sure that will help us? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Almost sure. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinks.] But help us how? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter, what counts is, that it helps. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Everything is so simple for you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 No, for me too, everything is very difficult. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But you find a solution for everything. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 No, I never find solutions, what happens is, that I lie when I say that I found one. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But, that\u2019s not fair. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I know it\u2019s not fair. But, since I\u2019m never asked anything, it doesn\u2019t make any difference. And anyway, it makes me look good. [50] Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, you\u2019re right, it does. But, what if someone asks you something? Lis: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is no danger. Nobody asks me anything. They are all too busy looking for a way to lie to themselves. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh. It\u2019s so complicated. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, very. Fando: \u00a0[Emotional.] You are so clever, Lis. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But that is no good to me, you always make me suffer. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 No, Lis, I don\u2019t make you suffer, quite the opposite. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You do, remember how you beat me as soon as you get the opportunity. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.] It\u2019s true. I won\u2019t do it again, you\u2019ll see. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You always say you won\u2019t do it again and then you torture me as soon as you can and you tell me that you\u2019ll tie me up with a chain so I can\u2019t move anymore. You make me cry. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.] I made you cry and maybe even just when you had your period. Lis, no, I will never do it again. [Pause.] When we arrive in Tar, I\u2019ll buy a small boat and I\u2019ll take you to see the river. You want that, Lis? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 And I will feel all your sorrows, Lis, so that you can really see, that I don\u2019t want to make you suffer. [Pause.] And also, I\u2019ll have babies, like you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched.] You\u2019re so good. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Shall I tell you some lovely stories, like that one about a man driving a paralysed woman to Tar in a little pram? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Take me for a walk first. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Lis. [Fando takes Lis in his arms and walks her around the stage.] Look, Lis, how beautiful the country side and the road are. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, they please me very much. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the stones. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando, what beautiful stones. [51] Fando:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the flowers. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 There are no flowers, Fando. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.] Whatever. Look at the flowers! Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you there are no flowers.   [Lis talks in a very humble voice, Fando, on the other hand becomes more and more commanding and brutal.]   Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 I told you to look at the flowers! [He screams.] Or didn\u2019t you understand me? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I did, Fando, I\u2019m sorry. [Long pause.] How I regret being paralysed. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing that you are paralysed, this way, I am the one walking you around.   [Fando grows tired of holding Lis and the more tired he gets, the more violent he becomes.]   Lis:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Very softly, out of fear of displeasing Fando.] How beautiful the country side is with its flowers and beautiful trees. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Irritated.] Where do you see trees? 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Fando: The man who takes her to Tar, and the three men under the umbrella: Namur Mitaro Toso \u00a0 A play in five scenes. \u00a0 [47] First Scene \u00a0 [Fando and Lis sit on the ground. Next to them is a very large pram, black, old and tattered, with thick rubber wheels and rusty spokes. On the sides, attached with strings, we can see a certain number of objects, amongst which there are a drum, a rolled up blanket, a fishing rod, a leather bag, and a pan. Lis has her two legs paralysed.] \u00a0 Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But I will die and nobody will remember me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.] No, Lis, I will remember you and I will come and see you in the cemetery with a flower and a dog. \u00a0 [Long pause. Fando looks at Lis.]   Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Moved.]\u00a0\u00a0 And at your funeral I will softly sing the song: \u201cWhat a beautiful funeral. What a beautiful funeral.\u201d That tune is so easy to hold. [He looks at her quietly and adds satisfied:] I will do that for you. [48] Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You love me so much. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But I\u2019d rather you don\u2019t die. [Pause.] I will be so sad, the day you die. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You will be sad? Why? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Apologising.] I don\u2019t know. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You only say that because you\u2019ve heard someone else saying it. And that means you won\u2019t be sad. You\u2019re always deceiving me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 No Lis, I\u2019m honest. I will be very sad. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Will you cry? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll do my best, but I don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Don\u2019t know if I will be able to. Do you think that\u2019s an answer? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Believe me, Lis. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But, believe what? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinking.] I don\u2019t know exactly. Just tell me you believe me. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [As an automaton.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not in the right tone. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Cheerfully.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not right either, Lis. [Humble.] Lis, when you want to, you know very well how to say things. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [In a different tone, still not sincere.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Discouraged.] No, Lis, no. Not like that. Try it again. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Puts in an effort, but her words do not sound more sincere than before.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very sad.] No, no Lis. What are you doing? How nasty you are to me! Try a bit harder. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Not reaching her goal.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Violently.] No, no that\u2019s not it. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [In a desperate effort.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Even more violent.] And neither like that. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Sincere.] I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Emotional, touched.] Lis! You believe me? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched herself.] Yes, I believe you. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, I\u2019m so happy, Lis! [49] Lis: \u00a0I believe you because when you talk, you resemble a rabbit and when you sleep with me you let me take the whole blanket and you catch cold. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s nothing. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 And especially because in the morning you wash me by the fountain and because, like that, I don\u2019t have to do it. You know, I don\u2019t like doing it. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [After a pause, with a resolute air.] Lis, I want to do lots of things for you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 How many? Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [He thinks.] As many as possible. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 OK, then what you have to do is, to fight for your life. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s very difficult. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s the only thing you could do for me. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fight for my life? What are you talking about? [A moment.] You are not joking are you? [Very serious.] But, Lis, I don\u2019t understand why I should fight and maybe then if I did know, I might not have the necessary strength, and if I\u2019d have the strength, I don\u2019t know if it would help me to succeed. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Fando, make an effort. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Make an effort? [Pause.] Maybe that will be easier. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 We have to agree. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 And you are sure that will help us? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Almost sure. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Thinks.] But help us how? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter, what counts is, that it helps. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Everything is so simple for you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 No, for me too, everything is very difficult. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But you find a solution for everything. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 No, I never find solutions, what happens is, that I lie when I say that I found one. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 But, that\u2019s not fair. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 I know it\u2019s not fair. But, since I\u2019m never asked anything, it doesn\u2019t make any difference. And anyway, it makes me look good. [50] Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, you\u2019re right, it does. But, what if someone asks you something? Lis: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is no danger. Nobody asks me anything. They are all too busy looking for a way to lie to themselves. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Oh. It\u2019s so complicated. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, very. Fando: \u00a0[Emotional.] You are so clever, Lis. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 But that is no good to me, you always make me suffer. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 No, Lis, I don\u2019t make you suffer, quite the opposite. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You do, remember how you beat me as soon as you get the opportunity. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Ashamed.] It\u2019s true. I won\u2019t do it again, you\u2019ll see. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 You always say you won\u2019t do it again and then you torture me as soon as you can and you tell me that you\u2019ll tie me up with a chain so I can\u2019t move anymore. You make me cry. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 [Very tender.] I made you cry and maybe even just when you had your period. Lis, no, I will never do it again. [Pause.] When we arrive in Tar, I\u2019ll buy a small boat and I\u2019ll take you to see the river. You want that, Lis? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 And I will feel all your sorrows, Lis, so that you can really see, that I don\u2019t want to make you suffer. [Pause.] And also, I\u2019ll have babies, like you. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 [Touched.] You\u2019re so good. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Shall I tell you some lovely stories, like that one about a man driving a paralysed woman to Tar in a little pram? Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Take me for a walk first. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Lis. [Fando takes Lis in his arms and walks her around the stage.] Look, Lis, how beautiful the country side and the road are. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, they please me very much. Fando:\u00a0\u00a0 Look at the stones. Lis:\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, Fando, what beautiful stones. 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