After Words Page #5

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Ehh?

Come on, Jane.

You came to Costa Rica

to see the beauty, yes?

Yeah, I guess so.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

What are the things

you wish to see?

- Come on, tell me.

- Well...

I've heard the crocodiles...

in Rio Tarc... Tarcoles,

something,

are really worthwhile.

Yes! They are

incredibly worthwhile.

Absolutely. What else?

There's an orchid

that smells like chocolate.

Yes, the Sharri Baby Hybrid.

I know where you can find them.

It's near the crocodiles.

What else?

I've read about Puerto Viejo.

Oh, the Caribbean side.

Beautiful, beautiful.

We will find you your own beach

to get a perfect tan.

- Oh, you don't want a tan?

- No.

Okay, no tan, eh?

You should say okay.

Please, Jane.

Please.

Okay.

Thank you, Jane.

Pura vida.

Are you okay? Yes?

See you tomorrow.

Bye. Bye.

I guess he's right.

I did come here to see more.

Doesn't exactly

make much sense

to take a shortcut

on a final shortcut.

Choos-pah?

Choos-pah.

Choos-pah?

Choos-pah.

Hey.

Please.

Puta carro.

I fix it in a minute, Jane.

Just gonna be a minute.

Okay. Let's see

what happened here.

Oh, we're gonna see now

some crocodiles at Rio Tarcoles.

And we'll get

so close to them, so...

we will show

lots of choos-pah.

I'm sorry, what?

What?

What did you say?

Uh, choos-pah.

Is that a Spanish word?

No. I believe it's Hebrew.

Choos-pah.

- Chutzpah.

- Chutzpah, yeah, chutzpah.

I guess it sounds different

with my accent.

Oh!

Oh...

Oh, it's okay, it's okay.

It's everything okay.

I'm sure you have read

so many books.

Did you count how many?

Uh, I don't know. Maybe.

- How many do you think?

- I don't know.

Are my questions bothering you?

I like words, you know.

- No. They're fine.

- Okay. Okay.

How long does it usually

take you to read a book?

- I don't know.

- More or less.

It depends on the book,

you know?

It could be a day,

it could be two days.

If it's a really, really rich...

you know, like a rich novel

with lots of rich language,

it could be, I don't know,

it could be a week.

And for how long

have you been doing that?

Well, I've been reading

at least, uh,

a book a week

for 40 years.

Oh.

40 years.

Even if I give you

two weeks off for vacation,

and you read 50 books a year,

that would be...

2,000 books in 40 years.

Eee-my!

That could be a record.

I guess it does add up.

Well, I told you.

I like words.

I'm not too big

on the books.

You could just

pick up one and start.

Yeah, I will, I will.

I want to start

with the best book ever.

Since you have read them all,

which is the best one?

Why is that funny?

No, it's just...

That's...

- an impossible question.

- Why?

'Cause there's so many

different kinds.

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