Letters to Juliet Page #2

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Mmm!

Sophie, this is amazing! This is great!

l wish l was a little mouse

living in your cheese cave.

Hey, that was Signor Morini on the phone.

You know, he's inviting us

to this incredible forest,

that's just, like, 1 20 kilometers away.

-And they dig these exquisite truffles...

-Wait. 1 20 kilometers?

-Yeah, it's not like miles, Sophie.

-No, l understand the difference, but l just...

l just don't understand why you wanna go

1 20 kilometers to see a mushroom.

lt's not a mushroom, okay?

lt's a truffle. lt's a tartufo. lt's the thing

that you put on top of pasta, you know?

-A tartufo?

-lt's something else. lt's...

Come on,

you've been having a good day, right?

lt was fine.

But now, l just...

To be honest, l don't really feel like going

to see a mushroom.

Okay, fine, l get it. l get it. lt's fine. l get it.

l mean, just don't call it a mushroom, okay?

Yeah, okay.

You know what?

Why don't you go see the truffle place

-- and l'll go do my thing and sightsee?

- Really?

Yeah. Win-win.

"My dear Juliet..."

"Dear Juliet,

the man that l love is not my husband."

Are you okay?

Take this basket and... Come si dice?

Dig in.

Dig in?

You are the translator

from the employment office?

-No. No, l mean...

-l have been waiting two weeks.

l'm sorry. My name is Sophie.

l just... l followed you,

and l saw that you put the letters

into a basket,

and l just wondered why.

Why?

You are a writer?

Yeah, l am. l am a writer.

Come. l show you.

They come from all over the world

every day.

But taking their letters?

ls that not like taking pennies

from a wishing well?

How else can we give them answers?

Oh, my God. So, you write all of them back.

Yes.

-You're all Juliet?

-Her secretaries.

Donatella has been married 51 years

to the same man.

She handles husband problems.

Husbands are like wine.

They take a long time to mature.

Francesca is a nurse.

She deals with illness and loss.

And Maria...

Why do you always sigh

when you say my name?

She has 1 2 children, 29 grandchildren,

and 1 6 great-grandchildren.

-She writes whatever she likes.

-And you?

lsabella answers the ones

you can barely read.

Yeah, the lovers' quarrels,

the breakups, the really tangled hearts.

Someone has to do it.

My mother.

Would you like to stay for dinner, Sophie?

Mamma, this is not an insult.

l make a beautiful dish,

big enough for the whole town,

and she says no.

l would love to, but l do... l have to go.

This is the problem of the americani.

-Always running.

-Please, Mamma.

l have to meet my fianc.

Fianc?

At least take some dessert

for you and your fianc.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You know, 1 20 kilometers each way

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