Out of the Dark Page #2

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- Okay?

- Yeah.

- Would you like some sugar?

- No.

I've made you a surprise birthday cake.

Thank you. I can drink the tea.

I can't eat the cake

because I'm on a diet.

You look sleepy.

I can't believe you remembered

my birthday.

So, I'll give you some cake.

It's my specialty.

You can have some tea. Yes.

Thank you.

And...

Hannah!

Hannah!

Silver!

Hannah! What are you doing

out here, kiddo?

Not out of my sight,

that's our rule, you know that.

- Silver's here!

- Come here.

Okay. There's nothing there, Hannah.

- Anyway, I thought you said someone took him.

- But I just saw him.

Come on, don't make things up.

Besides, everyone knows if you spend

too much time alone in the jungle...

- you turn into a monkey.

- Dad, you're the one making things up.

Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi, Mr. Holden.

No, Paul, please. Catalina, right?

- Yeah, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- And you must be Hannah, right?

- Hi.

Hi. I brought these for you.

Do you like stickers?

She wants to say thank you.

Say thank you, buddy.

- Thank you.

- There you go.

- You're welcome.

- Would you like to look at my toys?

- Sure.

- I'll go grab us some lemonade, okay?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Wow! You have a lot of toys!

- I have more than eighty, I think.

- Really?

- Maybe even more, I don't know.

We changed the whole system

a few years ago.

Where's the chlorine plant?

We don't produce

our own whitener anymore.

It's cheaper to import it, and we don't

have to worry about the mercury.

There used to be a plant

over at the old mill,

but it was too dangerous.

I want to introduce you to some

of the state committee members

- who regulate the business.

- What? Right now?

No, no, no, no, no.

Tonight, at dinner.

The festival will have started then,

- it should be a lot of fun.

- Okay.

Can you give me a hand?

- You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

You almost ready?

Almost.

- Looks good, kiddo.

- Thank you.

- Hello.

- Hi.

You been doing this a long time?

Yeah, about five years.

I'm working to pay my studies.

- Oh, yeah?

- I'm almost a teacher.

- You want to be a teacher?

- Yeah.

That's great.

Here's our numbers.

Hannah goes to bed at 8:30.

She's gonna say 9:00.

- It's 8:
30.

- Okay.

We'll be home at 11:00. We're going

to the... What is it? La fiesta de...

- La Fiesta de los Nios Santos.

- Yes, that's right.

- The festival of the children?

- Yeah, of the saints children.

It has a very special meaning

for the people of Santa Clara.

Yeah, it seems like

a very big celebration here.

Well, not a celebration.

The fiesta is more

about remembering our past.

It happened hundreds of years ago.

The conquistadors reached Santa Clara,

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