Nothing Is Private Page #4

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...then put it back up at sunrise.

Like that idiot next door.

What is he trying to prove,

that he's more patriotic?

Well, he's not.

It's more patriotic to fly the flag

all the time.

-She got fat on her honeymoon.

-She's pregnant, stupid.

[DOORBELL RlNGS]

JASlRA:

Hi.

I'm Jasira, and this is Zack.

[SOUL ll SOUL'S "BACK TO LlFE"

PLAYS ON STEREO]

-We came to get our birdies back.

-Birdies?

We knocked them into your yard

while you were gone.

Oh, you mean shuttlecocks.

Yeah, sure. Come on in.

Shuttlecocks.

I'm Melina, by the way.

So, what grades are y'all in?

JASlRA:

I'm in eighth. He's in fifth.

What is this?

That's my husband Gil's old house

in Yemen.

He dug toilets for the Peace Corps.

Bend your legs and squat.

Even more. As far as you can,

without your butt touching the floor.

That's how they go to the bathroom.

They just dig a hole in the floor.

Can you imagine doing that

when you're pregnant?

All right, Jasira, let's--

Let's go.

Jasira? What kind of name is that?

-It's a towelhead name.

-Don't you use that word in my house.

Bye.

JASlRA:
People next door came back

from their honeymoon.

I know. That woman

needs to cover her stomach.

Her name is Melina.

Her husband used to live in Yemen.

We do not call adults by their first name.

-She told me to.

-I don't care what she said.

Just find out what her last name is

and call her that.

This is for you.

-Who's Nathalie Maroun?

-She's your grandmother.

It's in French. I can't read it.

What do you mean?

Aren't they teaching you French at school?

I just started.

Jasira.

Ask your teacher for help.

"Dearest Jasira.

I am crying as I write you this.

I want to hold you

and squeeze your cheeks...

...and tell you how beautiful you are,

but I have never even seen you."

-Hey.

-"This is not how things should be.

Please tell your father

to bring you to Beirut very soon.

It is important for you to know

your Lebanese family."

BOY:
She's Lebanese.

DENlSE:
"l love you very much."

BOY:
I thought she was a Mexican.

DENlSE:
"Grandma."

[TEACHER SPEAKS lN FRENCH]

[DENlSE SPEAKS lN FRENCH]

And I think we should all

say merci to Jasira...

...for letting us translate her letter.

[STUDENTS SPEAK lN FRENCH]

Nice letter, raghead.

Yeah, Jizz-ira.

How come you never told us

you were a diaperhead?

Sand n*gger.

Hey, I'm Thomas.

I'm sorry I called you that name.

It's okay.

No, it's not. You should never let anybody

call you names like that.

Long time no see, towelhead.

Don't call me that.

Okay. Camel jockey.

-Shut up.

-Okay. Sand n*gger.

Ow!

You're in big trouble, towelhead.

I'm gonna tell my dad,

and he's gonna tell your dad.

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