A Far Off Place Page #5

- Food.

Food.

- So, how do you like it?

- It's right up there with your pt.

So, how do you say "root" in Bushman?

How do you do that with your tongue?

That's amazing.

Look.

Two stars are walking

together in the sky.

Those aren't stars, Xhabbo.

That's a satellite.

- Satellite?

- Yeah, a satellite.

You know, television.

Broadcasting.

- Television?

- Yeah, television.

See, it's this little box,

and then you turn it on,

and you can see pictures

from all around the world.

When they walked on the moon,

people all across the world saw it

at the same time because of television.

What's so funny?

- Well, you tell him.

- You tell him how it works.

Tell him how you put the moon

in that tiny, little box.

See, the moon in the box

isn't the real moon.

It's a pattern of light transformed

into electromagnetic waves.

Look. It's like my Walkman, all right?

Only with pictures.

The batteries are dead.

It's shrinking powder. It's magic shrinking

powder that shrinks the moon...

...down to the size of a baseball.

You know what a telephone is, eh?

There's this little man.

He's got really quick writing,

and he writes down everything you say.

- Mountains?

- More dunes.

Harry must not look back.

This is Harry's future.

Mopani. These audits.

What about them?

They're a dead end.

It's been two months.

You've found nothing, I've found nothing,

and neither have the police.

You said last week

you were onto something.

Some coffee merchants

trying to avoid export tax. Nothing.

Nonnie was like my own daughter.

Are you telling me to give up?

L"m telling you it wasn't

a corporate conspiracy.

Paul and his family

were killed by poachers.

It's taken you two months

to reach that conclusion?

And how long are you going to

pursue this... the rest of your life?

- If I have to, yes.

- Our friend is dead.

We buried him.

We've mourned him.

I think it's about time

we got on with the business of living.

I know that when I find the tusks,

I will find the killers.

If they don't find you first.

- Are you trying to tell me something?

- I don't want to lose another friend.

- Ready, Mopani.

- Don't worry. You won't.

I'm gonna go

get some more wood.

- Harry has a wife?

- No. Are you kidding?

Nonnie has no husband.

Of course she doesn't.

She's too young.

When Xhabbo was like Harry,

Xhabbo marry.

You got married when you were 16?

When Bushman is ready,

Bushman marry.

She must be pretty.

- Is she good-looking?

- You're wasting your time.

He doesn't have a clue what you're saying.

Bushmen never give each other

compliments about their looks.

Well, they gotta think something.

What did you think when you first saw me?

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