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Hello, Hello. Yusuf?

I'm calling from Tire. You

need to call home. Right away.

- I'm sorry. We're closed.

- Hi.

I was surprised to find a used

bookstore open at this hour.

What are you looking for?

I'm going to a party and I need

a present. Can I look around?

Do you have a

cookbook, for instance?

Should be one, down on the right.

These were inside the book. Someone

must have forgotten them.

- Must be recipes.

- Keep them.

- No. How much is this book?

- The price is on the back.

Could I exchange it for this

bottle of wine?

Sure.

- Thanks. Good night.

- You too.

Our sympathies.

Yusuf, my son. Don't be sad.

Death comes to all of us.

What can we do?

It's the will of Allah.

Let Allah protect those

who are left on this earth.

Our sympathies.

Our sympathies.

- My condolences, son.

- Thank you.

Got any water? Hurry

up and bring some.

- Hello.

- Hi, welcome.

- Hair or beard?

- Beard.

Ok then.

- There's tea. Will you have one?

- Ok.

- Thanks.

- Sugar?

Please.

If you're hungry, there's a lot of food.

The neighbor brought us food.

How nice of them.

I hung your jacket in your room;

and there is a clean towel in the toilet.

- Enjoy your food.

- Thanks.

- Would you like some quince?

- No, thanks.

- Have a seat.

- OK.

They brought them from Bulgurca.

There is a lot of quince this year.

- Those orchards are still around?

- Yes.

We went there last

on the Spring festival.

We had some relatives there.

Aunt Keriman.

Yes, we visited them.

- How are they?

- They're very old now.

- Is this Grandmother?

- Yes.

- That is your father.

- My father has bloomed.

- This is Uncle Necih, right?

- Yes.

I still see these in my dreams.

- Aren't you afraid of them?

- They're flowers.

- My mother used to talk to them, right?

- Yes.

- She used to chat with them all the time.

- And you?

Sometimes.

- Who is that, in the middle?

- Your Uncle Rahmi...

- Uncle Rahmi died?!

- Didn't you know that?

Happened more than four years ago.

- Sure. And you are Uncle Rahmi's...

- Granddaughter.

- Granddaughter. Yes.

- Ayla.

- Ayla.

- Yes.

- I'll bring some tea.

- Ok.

Thanks.

Ayla, thank you very much for

taking care of my mother.

- I have to leave tomorrow for Istanbul.

- I...

- Yes.

- Before she died...

...Mother Zehra had promised

a holy offering at Birgi.

I mean... Now you've

got to do it for her.

Offering?

Yes... She promised

to sacrifice a ram.

Let me give you what

is necessary. You do it.

But you've got to do it.

- I can't sacrifice a ram.

- Why not? It would only take 3-4 hours.

I don't believe in

those kinds of things.

This is a promise your mother made.

Think of it as a debt she has.

Do it for Mother Zehra's sake.

OK... Let's sort it out the next

time I visit, in the summer maybe.

It's up to you...

Milk! Milk!

Milk! Milk!

I'll buy two liters.

Take this.

Come on, come inside.

- Did you give Mrs. Asiye her pot?

- Yes.

- Did you visit Emine?

- Yes.

Go see if the hen's laid any eggs...

No!

No!

No!

- No eggs... None!

- Look carefully!

None!

- Keep it.

- Take it.

- Have you got a stiff back?

- It is Ok.

- Because of the bed?

- No. I guess I am very tired.

Oh goodness!

- Want some milk?

- No, I should go out.

There are some things of Mother

Zehra's that I need to give you.

Ok, but I'm not leaving now.

I have things to do in town.

The passage you have read is

from "Pearl", a novel of Steinbeck.

This passage is a very short

part that tells the story of Kino.

If you read the whole novel, you will see

several events that develop out of one.

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