The Hurricane Page #2

he's the governor of a flock of birds.

Not birds that should be put

in a cage...

but birds that should be allowed to

flutter through the sky which they own.

With stolen canoes in their bills,

you forgot to mention.

When are the nuptials

to take place, Father?

The wedding will begin at sundown...

and will continue until the entire

native population is exhausted.

Wait a minute. I wanna give a toast.

My dear people...

I am very happy and I'm a little sad...

because when I return to France...

any day now...

I shall miss your happy faces.

But I leave with you

my very, very dearest love.

And to Terangi...

and Marama...

Terangi, I had a dream.

I had no dream. I slept.

Terangi, don't sail away on the ship.

Without me, the ship doesn't move.

It stands still in the middle of a wind.

Don't sail away.

I don't want to,

but I smell a wind coming.

By noon, the wind will be good.

I dreamed that all the birds

flew away from Manukura.

From Manukura?

Where did they fly to?

There's no place to go.

They flew away.

Did you dream there was a wind?

No. It was quiet.

Only the sky

was full of birds flying away.

The dream's no good.

Because how could the birds fly away

if there is no wind?

They only leave

when the ifu mantui comes.

The wind that overturns the world.

The world is gone when you go away.

Stay here.

You're married a few days and already

you're an old wife full of worries.

What are you worried about?

- About your going away.

- I come back!

- If something happens to the boat...

- I swim back. Where's my cap?

It's very funny what a difference

a cap makes in the world.

In Tahiti, when I wear this cap,

everybody is my friend.

You think I'm just Terangi who swam

with you when you were a little fish.

In Tahiti, when I sit in a cafe with

this cap on I'm the same as a white man.

Take me with you.

No, please. I like to, but I can't.

Please! I won't take any room.

I'll sleep on top of the mast.

You can hang me over the boat's side

at night and pull me along with a rope.

Only take me. Please, take me.

Quiet, quiet.

What in blazes are you doin' aboard

this boat, Marama?

Please, I go to Tahiti.

- How did she get aboard? You bring her?

- No, I come in a bag like a coconut.

What's wrong with going to Tahiti?

I never been. I go just once.

Listen, the longer you stay aboard,

the further you'll have to swim back.

You have no reason to go to Tahiti.

Oh, yes. I buy a dress with a ribbon on.

And red shoes with high heels.

And a hat with a feather,

and a petticoat with flounces.

And a doll that dances.

All right. You stay on board.

But we'll take Terangi's cap away

and he's through being a first mate.

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