Portrait of Jennie Page #2

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- Who's Cecily Brown ?

- She is my best friend.

I go to school everyday now,

but only in the mornings.

What do you learn ?

Well, yesterday we learnt about Kaiser.

He is the king of Germany.

He was a long time ago.

You are wrong.

Cecily Brown's father is in Germany

now, he sees him all the time.

He says the Kaiser rides around in a white horse

and he likes to fight.

I can fight too.

I can fight Cecily.

She is bigger but I'm stronger.

I can fight a girl.

But you said Cecily Brown

is your best friend.

She is.

Its funny to have someone to play with.

Don't you know anybody to play with ?

No.

Well, I'm afraid I have to go now.

Well its little lot I told you about myself.

So I will walk away with you,

if you don't mind.

I know a song.

Would you like to hear it ?

I love to.

Where I come from

nobody

knows

And where I am going

everything nows

When wind blows

when it snows

Nobody knows

And where I am going

nobody

knows

- Who taught you that ?

- Nobody, Its just a song.

- Do you know the game I like to play best ?

- Whatta?

Its a wishing game.

- I'll tell you what I wish most.

- What do you wish ?

You first have to close your eyes

and turn around three times.

I wish that you will wait for me to grow up

so that we can always be together.

Did you know what I guessed.

Well...I can't talk anymore. Good bye.

- I'll get your parcel.

- Oh! Thank you.

Funny kind of a kid.

Jennie!

- Is that you, Mr. Adams ?

- Yes Mrs. Jekes.

You are always coming so extremely quiet,

I can hardly hear you Mr. Adams.

- So thoughtful of my other tenants.

- I didn't want to disturb anyone.

Of course not,

by a fine gentleman like you.

- Will 5$ do for a while ?

- It won't do , but I'll take.

- I will get some more for you soon.

- I will better see that you do.

I also thought you will be interested

in another of my sketches.

Oh! No. My bathroom is full of now.

Where will I put in another one ?

In my parlour ?

No, I wasn't expecting anything like that.

You certainly have a way, Mrs Jekes.

Play with him like a cat and a mouse,

and then you pounce.

But he is attractive, isn't he ?

And a gentleman besides.

That makes it so hard

to throw him out.

But he is an honourable to

your house, Mrs. Jekes.

Just can't understand a man fiddling

away his time just painting things naked.

Of course, he did shovel snow

to pay for last months rent.

Painting things, women ?

Women without...

Mrs. Bounce, we agreed he is a gentleman,

gentlemen just don't paint women without..."

No, of course not.

Somehow they tuned the little

girl sang straight in my mind.

And I thought of the

last thing she said to me,

about waiting for her to grow up.

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