Colossal Youth Page #2

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Learn it by heart.

Good night, Lento.

Goodnight, Ventura.

I bought chicken.

Mr. Ventura?

That's me all right.

Retired laborer.

Andr Semedo, locksmith,

now in civil service.

North or south islands?

- South, born and bred.

Ch? o do Monte, guas Podres,

Santa Catarina.

Principal, Ch? da Horta,

and Tarrafal.

Your wife's not coming?

Fourth floor, right.

It gets a lot of sun.

My head's spinning,

and I ache all over.

I can't open it.

Temple, shack, household god.

Nothing's more joyful than opening

our home to God, our protector.

It's too small.

I want bedrooms for my children.

Bring me their papers.

There's no mention

of children in your file.

- I want bedrooms.

- How many?

Lots.

Everyone's asking

for more rooms.

I need them

more than others do.

When I had my daughter,

I was in pain for over three days.

In pain?

In my back.

I told my husband,

"I can't stand it.

I'm not even due yet."

"Careful, darling.

Don't give birth here.

If you're feeling bad,

we'll go to the hospital."

Three days in horrible pain.

I didn't want to go.

I was scared.

That was a Saturday.

I had my little girl on a Saturday.

The nurse put her hand on me and said,

"You're not going anywhere."

I said, "Excuse me?

I've got to get home.

Why can't I leave?"

"Because the baby's head

has already appeared."

"But I'm all alone here.

I have to go get my husband.

I don't know his phone number."

And she said,

"You're not leaving here.

Give me your address.

I'll send someone."

I was in such pain!

Christ!

Waves of pain every ten minutes.

"Ow! It hurts so bad!"

Then it was every five minutes.

"Hey, it's getting worse."

"You're having your baby.

Come with me."

So I went.

They put me

in the delivery room

and put this thing on my belly.

I had the same belly

I have now.

I didn't even have a belly.

It was the same as it is now.

They put this CTG on me,

a kind of belt.

And I went,

"Hey, get this crap off me! It hurts!

"We can't, ma'am.

It's to listen to the baby's heart."

"Take it off me, or I will!"

"Ma'am, you can't do that."

When I realized

I was stuck there, I said,

"My husband's outside.

Go get him."

"You were alone before,

and now your husband's here?

"He's outside. Go get him."

- "What's his name?"

- "Paulo Jorge."

He came in.

"What is it, sweetheart?"

"I can't stand it here.

I'm in pain.

Help me, darling.

I can't take it!"

Then an Indian man came in,

plus my husband and five others.

Seven in all.

The Indian man

climbed up here on me,

because when I pushed,

my daughter moved up here.

It was hard.

She was like a little mouse.

If she'd been big,

she'd have come out quicker.

But the small ones

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