:30:03
but, all those years, your face
had a cunning expression.
:30:08
Once, when I leaned close toyou...
:30:12
I heard your little body...
:30:14
filled with very loud laughter.
:30:18
Your favorite tree was the walnut tree
in your grandfather's garden.
:30:22
You would sit under it
for hours...
:30:25
Yes.
:30:26
holding a small puppet
that you allowed to dance...
:30:29
only when a passing grown up complained
loudly about the mosquitoes...
:30:33
that didn't bother you
under your walnut tree.
:30:39
When they cut off
your curls...
:30:42
because you were supposed
to become a boy...
:30:44
you didn't cry...
:30:46
even though you really
wanted to.
:30:48
But the tip of your nose
turned completely white.
:30:55
During class you loved
to gaze out the window.
:31:00
The windows were very high...
:31:02
with panes made
ofbeveled glass...
:31:04
except for the top two...
:31:08
which the teacher could open with
a long pole with a hook on the end.
:31:14
You always managed to sit
at a desk where you could watch...
:31:18
the movements ofthe treetops,
the birds and the clouds.
:31:24
With the exception ofone time.
:31:26
It was then that you decided
to grow up...
:31:29
at all costs, as soon as possible.
:31:32
You wanted to become
an architect...
:31:34
and build schools
entirely out ofglass...
:31:36
that would rotate to follow
the course ofthe sun...
:31:38
and at night,
when the children were asleep...
:31:40
the teachers would set the school
back in its starting position.
:31:47
When you turned 1 4...
:31:51
you fell deeply in love...
:31:53
with a girl called
Milda Kosewort.
:31:57
Oh, yes.