1. Anything written,
anything read.Copy !req
2. Pashto and Dari.Copy !req
3. Beautiful items for sale.Copy !req
4. Anything written, anything read.Copy !req
5. Pashto and Dari.
Beautiful items for sale.Copy !req
6. I saw you serve a woman!Copy !req
7. I saw you with my own eyes!
- No, I... I... I didn't...Copy !req
8. - You were! I saw you!
- Anything written,Copy !req
9. anything read. Pashto and Dari.
Beautiful items for sale.Copy !req
10. Parvana...Copy !req
11. it's the only thing of value
we have left.Copy !req
12. I never wore it.
Not even once!Copy !req
13. Where would you
wear it, Parvana?Copy !req
14. Let's continue
your studies, all right?Copy !req
15. - Yes, Baba.
- Now, what can you tell meCopy !req
16. about the Silk Road?Copy !req
17. The Silk Road...Copy !req
18. Baba, I can't rememberCopy !req
19. about the Silk Road.Copy !req
20. Maybe if we think of it
like a story, huh?Copy !req
21. Stories remain in our heartsCopy !req
22. even when all else is gone.Copy !req
23. Our people have
always told storiesCopy !req
24. from our very beginning,
when we were ParthiaCopy !req
25. and Khurasan.Copy !req
26. A fractured landCopy !req
27. in the claws
of the Hindu Kush mountains,Copy !req
28. scorched by the fiery eyesCopy !req
29. of the northern deserts.Copy !req
30. Black rubble earth
against ice peaks,Copy !req
31. our land
was the petrified skeletonCopy !req
32. of a monster.Copy !req
33. We were Auriana,Copy !req
34. the land of the noble
and honorable.Copy !req
35. We were a pathway
to everywhere,Copy !req
36. carrying goods
from east to west.Copy !req
37. We studied the stars and began
to see order amidst the chaos.Copy !req
38. We were scientists,Copy !req
39. philosophers and storytellers.Copy !req
40. Questions sought answersCopy !req
41. and then more questions.Copy !req
42. We began to see
our place in the universe,Copy !req
43. but we were at the edges
of empiresCopy !req
44. at war with each otherCopy !req
45. as borders were defined
and redefinedCopy !req
46. over thousands of years.Copy !req
47. Of these mighty rulersCopy !req
48. came Cyrus the Great of Persia,Copy !req
49. then Alexander the GreatCopy !req
50. of Macedon,Copy !req
51. then came the Mauryan Empire,Copy !req
52. Genghis Khan, and so onCopy !req
53. and so on. Each time
there was bloodshed,Copy !req
54. and each time
there were survivors.Copy !req
55. The pattern
repeating itself endlessly.Copy !req
56. When I was young, Parvana,
I knewCopy !req
57. what peace felt like
here, in this city.Copy !req
58. Children went to school,Copy !req
59. women went to university;Copy !req
60. all the empires
forgot about us...Copy !req
61. for a while, at least.Copy !req
62. But it did not last.Copy !req
63. The ground became weak
under our feet,Copy !req
64. always uncertain.Copy !req
65. First came a coup d'état,Copy !req
66. then an invasion,
then a civil war.Copy !req
67. In the chaos,Copy !req
68. some looked to those
who might restore order...Copy !req
69. but at a great cost.Copy !req
70. We have determined
specific dignity for women!Copy !req
71. Women should not go outsideCopy !req
72. and attract
unnecessary attention!Copy !req
73. If a woman shows herself,Copy !req
74. she will be cursed
by Islamic ShariaCopy !req
75. and should never
expect to go to heaven.Copy !req
76. Everything changes, Parvana.Copy !req
77. Stories remind us of that.Copy !req
78. Parvana?Copy !req
79. Were you listening at all?Copy !req
80. Yes, Baba.Copy !req
81. Why don't you tell meCopy !req
82. about our nomadic ancestorsCopy !req
83. and their hills of gold?Copy !req
84. Well?Copy !req
85. 2,000 years ago...Copy !req
86. Yes?Copy !req
87. 2,000 years ago...Copy !req
88. there was a Bactrian princessCopy !req
89. who had a crown...Copy !req
90. - And?
- And...Copy !req
91. - Parvana?
- Away!Copy !req
92. Keep away from my things!
Go away!Copy !req
93. I said go away
you silly dog!Copy !req
94. Hey! Hey, you!
What do you think you're doing?Copy !req
95. Why is this girl shouting?Copy !req
96. She is only a child.
She meant nothing by it.Copy !req
97. She's drawing attention
to herself!Copy !req
98. She should be at home,
not displaying herselfCopy !req
99. in the market.
- I have no son at homeCopy !req
100. except an infant. I need
my daughter to help me.Copy !req
101. Stand up when we talk to you!
I said stand up.Copy !req
102. I know you.
- Yes, Idrees.Copy !req
103. I was your teacher once.
You were a good student.Copy !req
104. You wasted my time,
teaching me things of no worth.Copy !req
105. I have joined theTalibanCopy !req
106. and now I fight
the enemies of Islam.Copy !req
107. Well if I am an enemy,Copy !req
108. then for my sins,
God has taken my leg.Copy !req
109. Are you making fun of me,
old man?Copy !req
110. I lost my leg in the war.
The war we fought together.Copy !req
111. How old is the girl?Copy !req
112. - Idrees...
- She is a child.Copy !req
113. She's old enough to marry!
I'll be looking for a wife soon.Copy !req
114. She's already been
promised to someone.Copy !req
115. Well, she should
cover herself properly!Copy !req
116. Maybe you should
stop looking at her.Copy !req
117. - What did you say to me?
- I said, "Stop looking at her!"Copy !req
118. - I can have you killed!
- Idrees...Copy !req
119. - You watch what you say!
- That's enough! Come on!Copy !req
120. Are you all right?Copy !req
121. Yes, Baba.Copy !req
122. That's my girl.
Let's go home now.Copy !req
123. Parvana?Copy !req
124. You told that boyCopy !req
125. I was promised to someone.
Am I getting married?Copy !req
126. Of course not!
You are still a child.Copy !req
127. I want you playing
and telling stories.Copy !req
128. I'm too old for that now.Copy !req
129. Too old for stories?Copy !req
130. You've always loved stories.Copy !req
131. What's the use?Copy !req
132. I'll have a word with Mama-jan
and we'll sort it all out.Copy !req
133. Please don't
mention the dress.Copy !req
134. then I'll never
hear the end of it.Copy !req
135. - The end of what?
- Nothing, Mama-jan.Copy !req
136. We're not selling
Parvana's good dress!Copy !req
137. Baba! That's not what I meant.Copy !req
138. We need
the money, Baba.Copy !req
139. Well, we'll hold off for a bit.Copy !req
140. I think business will pick up.Copy !req
141. If business picks up,Copy !req
142. then we won't have to sell it.
Sure, when the skyCopy !req
143. is fallen and the earth is hard.
We will have to sell it soon.Copy !req
144. Well, what about
a little storyCopy !req
145. before dinner and we'll forget
all about dresses for a while?Copy !req
146. Maybe Parvana would like
to read something for us.Copy !req
147. Not right now, Mama-jan.
I'm tired.Copy !req
148. - She's not a child anymore,
she tells me.Copy !req
149. So, she doesn't like stories.Copy !req
150. Don't be in such a hurry
to grow up, my sweet girl.Copy !req
151. It might not be
all that you expect.Copy !req
152. We're out of water. You didn't
bring enough this morning.Copy !req
153. There's half a bucket
by the door!Copy !req
154. When I was young enough
to fetch water,Copy !req
155. the buckets were never empty.
- Hey!Copy !req
156. - Girls, stop it!
- Either you go outCopy !req
157. and get more water after dinner,Copy !req
158. or you can wash
Zaki's dirty diapers.Copy !req
159. How are you feeling?Copy !req
160. Better...
now that you're here.Copy !req
161. Maybe if you didn't wash
your hair so much, we wouldn'tCopy !req
162. run out so quickly, eh?
- Parvana...Copy !req
163. You should
have some respect.Copy !req
164. Why don't you eat?Copy !req
165. Hm? Things always look betterCopy !req
166. when your belly is full.
- Yes, Mother.Copy !req
167. Zaki! Zaki!Copy !req
168. Wait 'til
I pull up your sleeves!Copy !req
169. No, Mama-jan! No, Mama-jan!Copy !req
170. There. There you go.Copy !req
171. Don't eat all the
raisins, Parvana.Copy !req
172. Leave them for Zaki.
- Why don't you give himCopy !req
173. that big raisin
on your chin, Soraya?Copy !req
174. Oh, but it's not a raisin.Copy !req
175. It's a big, hairy mole.Copy !req
176. Parvana...Copy !req
177. Apologize to Soraya.Copy !req
178. Parvana.Copy !req
179. He's in there!Copy !req
180. I saw him!Copy !req
181. If there are women present...
- Baba?Copy !req
182. cover yourselves now!Copy !req
183. That's the man!
An enemy of Islam!Copy !req
184. He's got forbidden books andCopy !req
185. he's teaching the women
with them!Copy !req
186. Nurullah Alisai! You mustCopy !req
187. come with us quietly, or it will
be worse for you!Copy !req
188. Baba!Copy !req
189. - You can't take him!
- Baba!Copy !req
190. Mama-jan!Copy !req
191. Where is he being taken?Copy !req
192. To prison.Copy !req
193. They'll teach him a good lesson
in Pul-e-Charkhi.Copy !req
194. Baba!Copy !req
195. Mama-jan?Copy !req
196. Can I light the lamp?Copy !req
197. Hush, Parvana.Copy !req
198. You'll wake Zaki.Copy !req
199. But if they let Baba go,Copy !req
200. he'll need the light
in the window to see home.Copy !req
201. How could he come home?
He doesn't even have his stickCopy !req
202. to walk with.Copy !req
203. Now, go back to sleep.Copy !req
204. It will be all right.Copy !req
205. How do you know that,
Mama-jan? How do you know?Copy !req
206. Be quiet, Parvana. She has
enough to worry about.Copy !req
207. Hey! Zaki! Stop it!Copy !req
208. Get up, Par vana.Copy !req
209. Stop laying around.
- Why? What's going on?Copy !req
210. You and I are going
to find Baba.Copy !req
211. The boy said he was being takenCopy !req
212. to Pul-e-Charkhi prison,
so that's where we are going.Copy !req
213. We can't go outside
without Baba!Copy !req
214. Soraya is writing a letter for
the prison governor to protestCopy !req
215. Nurullah's arrest and ask
for his release.Copy !req
216. At least
I can give them that.Copy !req
217. Mama-jan, it's not allowed!Copy !req
218. We might be all right
if we don't draw attentionCopy !req
219. to ourselves.
- But we can't...Copy !req
220. Come on, Parvana. And bring
Baba's walking stick.Copy !req
221. We have to get going.Copy !req
222. Mama!Copy !req
223. Hey!Copy !req
224. Hey, you!Copy !req
225. Salaam. Can you tell me
the way to Pul-e-Charkhi?Copy !req
226. Salaam.Copy !req
227. It's east. Past the river.
But it's a long way.Copy !req
228. - Thank you, sir.
- Listen, go throughCopy !req
229. the old town
or you will be caught.Copy !req
230. Why are you out here by
yourself? Where is your husband?Copy !req
231. - I... I have no choice!
- It's not permitted to beCopy !req
232. out here without your
husband or your brother.Copy !req
233. I am sorry, I know...Copy !req
234. - Do you understand?
- I am bringing a letterCopy !req
235. protesting my husband's arrest...
- Just go home!Copy !req
236. - No!
- What do you mean, "no"?Copy !req
237. - This is Nurullah Alisai,
my husband. He was arrestedCopy !req
238. last night with no charges...
- Photographs are forbidden!Copy !req
239. - What are you doing,
showing me a photograph?Copy !req
240. Out here, by yourself?
- There is no one in my houseCopy !req
241. except for children! I need to...
- You have no business out here!Copy !req
242. Do you understand?
- ... find out about my husband!Copy !req
243. Just go home! Immediately!Copy !req
244. You're looking for trouble now!Copy !req
245. You are insulting your husband!
You are an insult to your race!Copy !req
246. I need to find out
what happened to him!Copy !req
247. I need to find...
- SHUT UP!Copy !req
248. Going to the prison
will change nothing.Copy !req
249. If you make trouble like this,Copy !req
250. your husband will be punished
severely for your insolence.Copy !req
251. And if I find you out here
again by yourself,Copy !req
252. I will arrest you.Copy !req
253. Now go.Copy !req
254. Mama-jan?Copy !req
255. Take me home.Copy !req
256. Shh! Go get water, Parvana.Copy !req
257. We have none left.Copy !req
258. Come on!Copy !req
259. What are you up to?Copy !req
260. Get out of here!
They'll see you!Copy !req
261. Hey, stop!Copy !req
262. Through here!Copy !req
263. Stop!Copy !req
264. Where did that boy go?
Did you see? Did you see?Copy !req
265. Hey, you! Girl!Copy !req
266. Hey! Come on!
- Forget about her!Copy !req
267. Parvana, this is only
half a bucket.Copy !req
268. Couldn't you fill them up
all the way?Copy !req
269. - Mama-jan!
- Zaki! Shh!Copy !req
270. - Don't wake her.
- Hush, Zaki!Copy !req
271. - Soothe him, Parvana!
- Mama-jan...Copy !req
272. - Tell him a story.
- Mama...Copy !req
273. One time, in the distant past,Copy !req
274. there was a little village
at the footCopy !req
275. of the Hindu Kush mountains.
- I want Mama-jan...Copy !req
276. - Shh! Listen! The villagers
had just managedCopy !req
277. to gather precious seedsCopy !req
278. and so there was dancingCopy !req
279. and singing and laughing
and eating.Copy !req
280. Everyone was happy!Copy !req
281. Especially for one boyCopy !req
282. who danced and sang and laughedCopy !req
283. and ate more than anyone else.Copy !req
284. While the villagers
were dancing and singingCopy !req
285. and laughing and eating,
monsters were coming.Copy !req
286. The monsters
frightened the donkeysCopy !req
287. and ate the trees.Copy !req
288. They stole
the most precious thingCopy !req
289. in the whole village,Copy !req
290. the seeds for next year's crop.Copy !req
291. And they ran back
to the Hindu Kush mountainsCopy !req
292. where their master lived,Copy !req
293. the dreadful Elephant King
with spikes for tusks!Copy !req
294. GROAR! GROAR!Copy !req
295. GROAR!Copy !req
296. GROAR!Copy !req
297. GROAR!Copy !req
298. Mama-jan!Copy !req
299. Ooh, Zaki! Ooh!Copy !req
300. Please eat, Mama-jan.Copy !req
301. You'll feel better
when your belly is full.Copy !req
302. There's hardly any food left.Copy !req
303. I'll go to the market.Copy !req
304. - Salaam.
- Salaam. 12 oranges, please.Copy !req
305. 100 afghani.Copy !req
306. Thank you.Copy !req
307. Salaam. How muchCopy !req
308. for six apples, please?Copy !req
309. Salaam, child.
I can't serve you.Copy !req
310. But sir... can I
please have six apples?Copy !req
311. Get your father
to buy food for you.Copy !req
312. My father's been taken.Copy !req
313. I'm sorry.
Maybe come back later.Copy !req
314. - ... literally stolen.
- But, you know...Copy !req
315. Salaam! Can I have
a kilo of rice, please?Copy !req
316. Salaam!
- Hey, you!Copy !req
317. Girl! Hey, stop!Copy !req
318. Stop when I tell you!Copy !req
319. GO!Copy !req
320. GO HOME!Copy !req
321. I dropped the bag.Copy !req
322. - Hush.
- I lost the money.Copy !req
323. - Keep your head back.
- I can get the water, though.Copy !req
324. Shh. Don't worry
about that now.Copy !req
325. I saved you a piece of naan.Copy !req
326. I'll heat it up for youCopy !req
327. so it's nice and fresh.
All right?Copy !req
328. What are we
going to do?Copy !req
329. - I don't know.
- Maybe if I go out early,Copy !req
330. before it's crowded?
- It won't work, Parvana.Copy !req
331. Market sellers won't
risk getting in troubleCopy !req
332. for serving you.Copy !req
333. Mama-jan has cousins
in Mazar-e-Sharif.Copy !req
334. I could write to them for help.Copy !req
335. But we've never even met them.Copy !req
336. How do you know they will help?Copy !req
337. We need food now.Copy !req
338. These were
your brothers' clothes.Copy !req
339. They will be big,
but we can take them up a bit.Copy !req
340. Do I look like a boy?Copy !req
341. You look like Sulayman.Copy !req
342. So much like him.
- Mama-jan.Copy !req
343. He was such a good boy.Copy !req
344. Not much olderCopy !req
345. than you are now...Copy !req
346. Shh.Copy !req
347. It's all right, Mama-jan.Copy !req
348. Parvana is going to the marketCopy !req
349. for food and water.Copy !req
350. It's the only way, Mama-jan.
We have nothing left.Copy !req
351. All these juices are warm!
I don't want warm juice...Copy !req
352. Buy some bracelets!Copy !req
353. That's what I said!
But you know...Copy !req
354. - Salaam!
- What is this?Copy !req
355. Salaam! Excuse me! Salaam!Copy !req
356. Salaam! Salaam!
Come inside, boy!Copy !req
357. I'm not going to deliver, am I?Copy !req
358. But you know how it goes, right?Copy !req
359. Well then, let's hear it!Copy !req
360. I need a kilo of rice,Copy !req
361. half kilo lentils
and a small amount of raisins.Copy !req
362. A small amount?Copy !req
363. Ha ha! Should I
go by my imagination?Copy !req
364. - Yes.
- Not very bright,Copy !req
365. this one! Ha ha ha ha!Copy !req
366. Poor iron won't
make a sharp sword!Copy !req
367. Ha ha ha ha!Copy !req
368. Look at him smiling!
Ha ha ha ha ha!Copy !req
369. Little guy doesn't even know
when he's being made fun of!Copy !req
370. Thank you!
Thank you very, very much.Copy !req
371. You're spilling the tea.Copy !req
372. Oh. Sorry, Uncle.Copy !req
373. - AH!
- Who are you and why wereCopy !req
374. you staring at me?
- I...Copy !req
375. - What is your name?
- My name?Copy !req
376. - I know you from somewhere!
- No! I wasn't...Copy !req
377. - "Wasn't" what?
- I... you don't know me!Copy !req
378. - I do know you.
- No!Copy !req
379. - I do know you! You're Parvana!
- I'm not!Copy !req
380. - I am Shauzia!
Remember? From school?Copy !req
381. Shauzia?Copy !req
382. - I had long hair then,
but... so did you.Copy !req
383. - Deliwar?
- Don't tell anyone.Copy !req
384. Here's your cap.Copy !req
385. You need to get a boy's name
so you don't hesitateCopy !req
386. next time somebody asks you.
- Deliwar!Copy !req
387. - I am Deliwar now.
It means brave.Copy !req
388. - Where are you?
- I... I have to run.Copy !req
389. It was good to see you!Copy !req
390. Deliwar...Copy !req
391. Mama-jan, please sit down.Copy !req
392. It will be curfew soon.
What if she's not back by then?Copy !req
393. She's fine, I'm...Copy !req
394. Who's hungry?Copy !req
395. Parvana!Copy !req
396. Praise Allah!
He has returned you to me!Copy !req
397. Mama-jan, you're
squashing the naan!Copy !req
398. It smells delicious, Parvana.Copy !req
399. Zaki...Copy !req
400. It's me. See?Copy !req
401. I bought them
especially for you.Copy !req
402. Parvana?Copy !req
403. If you run out and
get some water, he'll get usedCopy !req
404. to you by the time
you come back.Copy !req
405. But I'm tired.Copy !req
406. Hurry on, Parvana.
It's almost curfew.Copy !req
407. You look so much like him.Copy !req
408. Go change Sulayman's clothesCopy !req
409. or you'll get them dirty.Copy !req
410. They are already dirty.Copy !req
411. Elephant!Copy !req
412. What?Copy !req
413. He wants you to continue
your story about the elephant.Copy !req
414. Elephant!Copy !req
415. Well, um...Copy !req
416. in the village,
under the Hindu Kush mountains,Copy !req
417. the poor villagers
cried bitter tears.Copy !req
418. They did not knowCopy !req
419. what they would do without
their precious bag of seeds.Copy !req
420. They would have nothing to sow
come next spring,Copy !req
421. and nothing to eat
come next winter.Copy !req
422. But the boy, he did not
cry bitter tears.Copy !req
423. He looked toward the mountain
and he shouted...Copy !req
424. I am not afraid of you,Copy !req
425. big, spiky, bad Elephant King!Copy !req
426. Well...Copy !req
427. maybe he was
a little bit afraid.Copy !req
428. He told the villagers who had
been weeping bitter tearsCopy !req
429. that he would get the bag
of seeds back before spring.Copy !req
430. I will get the bag of seeds
back before spring!Copy !req
431. But they laughed!Copy !req
432. They laughed and laughed
because he was a childCopy !req
433. and not a great warrior. Yet
the boy repeated his promise.Copy !req
434. I will I getCopy !req
435. the bag of seeds
back before spring!Copy !req
436. And he left the village to the
sound of the elephant king'sCopy !req
437. roars ahead of him.Copy !req
438. Mama-jan! Now that I'm a boy,Copy !req
439. we can go to the prison
and find Baba!Copy !req
440. No, Parvana. We can't do that.Copy !req
441. - Why not?
- Shh!Copy !req
442. It's not that simple, Parvana.Copy !req
443. But we have to try!Copy !req
444. - There's nothing we can do.
- That's not true!Copy !req
445. Stop it, Parvana!
You're upsetting her!Copy !req
446. Hey! Hey! I told you to stop!Copy !req
447. Why do you keep running?Copy !req
448. You should have stopped
when we told you!Copy !req
449. Where is your burqa?
Why are you dressedCopy !req
450. like this outside your house?
- My husband took my burqa!Copy !req
451. I needed to buy medicine!Copy !req
452. Why did your husband
not get it for you?Copy !req
453. - Because she's a girl! My baby is a girl!
- He should be punished forCopy !req
454. letting you outside like this!
- Please, please, please! No!Copy !req
455. You have to take
the punishment!Copy !req
456. STAY INSIDE WHEREYOU BELONG!Copy !req
457. Deliwar! DELIWAR!Copy !req
458. Well, have you
remembered your name yet?Copy !req
459. I don't think I can
go on like this.Copy !req
460. Too bad. I could
use some help.Copy !req
461. I saw something.Copy !req
462. What do you want me to say?Copy !req
463. - I should have helped.
- You'd have helped yourselfCopy !req
464. to a good whipping, that's all.
- But I'm not a boy!Copy !req
465. - You're not a boy; you're not
a girl. Now, I need a helperCopy !req
466. because this tray is too heavy.
Will you help?Copy !req
467. Scratch my nose, quickly!Copy !req
468. If I let go of the tray,
the strap will break!Copy !req
469. That's better.Copy !req
470. - Aatish.
- What?Copy !req
471. I remembered my name.
It's Aatish.Copy !req
472. - That's not really a name.
- It means fire.Copy !req
473. I know what it means
but it's still not a name.Copy !req
474. Then it suits me fine.Copy !req
475. I'll call you Aatish then.Copy !req
476. When you're a boy,
you can go anywhere you like,Copy !req
477. Aatish Khan!Copy !req
478. Where are we going?Copy !req
479. You'll see.Copy !req
480. What if someone sees us?Copy !req
481. I usually just
pretend I work here.Copy !req
482. If you look like you believe it,
then they will too.Copy !req
483. See? We're cleaners.Copy !req
484. What are you waiting for?Copy !req
485. It's either ours
or the mice eat it.Copy !req
486. I need to find
a way to see my baba.Copy !req
487. You can have mine if you like.Copy !req
488. I don't want him.
- My father was takenCopy !req
489. to prison and we've
heard nothing of him since.Copy !req
490. They won't let you
see him, Parvana.Copy !req
491. - But I'm a boy now!
- It doesn't make a difference.Copy !req
492. They'll keep him or let him go,
but there's nothing you can doCopy !req
493. about it.
- You don't know that!Copy !req
494. I'm sorry.Copy !req
495. It's just the way it is.Copy !req
496. There might be a way, but...Copy !req
497. you'll need lots of money.Copy !req
498. What for?Copy !req
499. You can get a lot doneCopy !req
500. with bribes. A lot!Copy !req
501. Anything written,
anything read.Copy !req
502. Pashto and Dari.Copy !req
503. Wonderful items for sale.Copy !req
504. Anything written, anything read.Copy !req
505. Anything written, anything read.Copy !req
506. What happened to the man
who used to sit here?Copy !req
507. It is a simple question.Copy !req
508. Don't you know?Copy !req
509. How should I know? Answer
the question. Where is he?Copy !req
510. He left for Mazar-e-Sharif.Copy !req
511. And what are you to him?Copy !req
512. I'm his nephew.Copy !req
513. Aatish.Copy !req
514. - Do you know how to read?
- Do you have something to read?Copy !req
515. I read Pashto and Dari.
- Read this.Copy !req
516. Let's see if you're any good.Copy !req
517. Come on. Take it
out of the envelope.Copy !req
518. Dear Razaq...Copy !req
519. Louder, or I will have
to take my business elsewhere!Copy !req
520. Dear Razaq,Copy !req
521. I hope this letter
reaches you in Kabul.Copy !req
522. I'm writing to you
with sad news.Copy !req
523. I am sorry to tell youCopy !req
524. that Hala Begum died on the way
to her sister's wedding.Copy !req
525. The bus she was traveling on
hit a land-mine.Copy !req
526. Her injuries were
too great to bearCopy !req
527. and she died
some hours afterward.Copy !req
528. I know this must be
a great shock to you,Copy !req
529. but please know
that when I last spoke to Hala,Copy !req
530. she told me
of your kindness toward her.Copy !req
531. May Allah bless you now,Copy !req
532. guide your path
and give you courage.Copy !req
533. I'm sorry.Copy !req
534. Ah, there's
my sweet little girl!Copy !req
535. Underneath all the dust
of Kabul.Copy !req
536. Parvana,
what did you give Zaki?Copy !req
537. - It's a piece of candy!
- A piece?Copy !req
538. Oh!Copy !req
539. It's big enough to choke him!Copy !req
540. Let him be, Soraya.
You're spoiling his fun!Copy !req
541. OW!Copy !req
542. Continue the story,Copy !req
543. Parvana, for Zaki.Copy !req
544. There was this young boy and...Copy !req
545. he promised his peopleCopy !req
546. to find the precious seeds.Copy !req
547. Elephant? Elephant?Copy !req
548. Yes, and the elephant.Copy !req
549. At night,Copy !req
550. the boy walked
through the pine treesCopy !req
551. on his way to the mountain
to face the elephant king.Copy !req
552. Something was following him
in the darknessCopy !req
553. but he was too terrified
to turn around and face it.Copy !req
554. He began to run and the thing
that chased him also ran.Copy !req
555. The boy ran faster
and so did his pursuer.Copy !req
556. He ran into the night,Copy !req
557. chased by the unknown demonsCopy !req
558. until he could run no more.Copy !req
559. He tumbled down a hill.Copy !req
560. Down and...Copy !req
561. down and...Copy !req
562. down.Copy !req
563. Dear Cousin,Copy !req
564. it has been many years
since we have spokenCopy !req
565. but I am writing to you nowCopy !req
566. to tell you that my husband
has been arrestedCopy !req
567. and we have no wordCopy !req
568. on when he will be released,
if at all.Copy !req
569. My family is in
a desperate situationCopy !req
570. and I need your help.Copy !req
571. My eldest daughter is nowCopy !req
572. of age and I am askingCopy !req
573. that you consider her as a brideCopy !req
574. for your youngest son, Ajmal.Copy !req
575. Please,Copy !req
576. take us out of KabulCopy !req
577. so that we may
have a chance of survival.Copy !req
578. We will not be a burden to you.Copy !req
579. We are skilled and strongCopy !req
580. and need little
by the way of means.Copy !req
581. May the blessings ofAllah
be upon you,Copy !req
582. Fattema.Copy !req
583. Anything written,Copy !req
584. anything read. Anything written,
anything read.Copy !req
585. Anything written...Copy !req
586. - How much for the dress?
- Salaam. It's handmade.Copy !req
587. - How much?
- 3,000.Copy !req
588. Don't be stupid.
I'll give you 300.Copy !req
589. 2,000. Handmade
in Mazar-e-Sharif.Copy !req
590. Your daughter will be very happyCopy !req
591. to wear such a beautiful dress!Copy !req
592. She is my wife.Copy !req
593. 1,500.Copy !req
594. See how it sparkles?Copy !req
595. Here's 1,000.Copy !req
596. How much did you make?Copy !req
597. - 1,000.
- That might be enoughCopy !req
598. for a good bribe.
- Really?Copy !req
599. Definitely! I'm saving up too.Copy !req
600. Whatever money I can hide
from my father I keep,Copy !req
601. and it's mounting up
to a nice little sum.Copy !req
602. See?Copy !req
603. I'm not going to stay here
forever, you know.Copy !req
604. Have you ever been to the sea?Copy !req
605. - No.
- Neither have I,Copy !req
606. but I've heardCopy !req
607. that the moon pulls
the water onto the shoreCopy !req
608. and then back out again.Copy !req
609. I want to see that.
I want to put my feetCopy !req
610. on the warm sand
and have them cooledCopy !req
611. by the lapping water.Copy !req
612. What about your father?Copy !req
613. Doesn't he depend on you?Copy !req
614. I am a good son...Copy !req
615. but he is not a good father.Copy !req
616. What will you do by the sea?Copy !req
617. I'd... buy things
and sell things like I do here,Copy !req
618. but for myself. There are peopleCopy !req
619. who go to the edge of the water
to do nothing!Copy !req
620. They just sit there
and they look at the seaCopy !req
621. with their sunglasses on...
or swim about on floating tubes.Copy !req
622. So I could sell them
those things.Copy !req
623. That sounds nice, Deliwar.Copy !req
624. Maybe I'll join you.Copy !req
625. - Where are you going?
- Wish me luck.Copy !req
626. Why are you back so early?Copy !req
627. I brought some bread
and raisins for Zaki.Copy !req
628. - What are you doing, Parvana?
- I'm going to find Baba.Copy !req
629. - No, you're not.
- I'm going.Copy !req
630. You won't make it home
before curfew!Copy !req
631. I'm going! There's nothing
you can do to stop me!Copy !req
632. Mama-jan has been
through enoughCopy !req
633. without you doing
something so stupid!Copy !req
634. - I have to find him!
- Parvana! Parvana!Copy !req
635. Parvana!Copy !req
636. Excuse me?Copy !req
637. Salaam? Hello?Copy !req
638. Excuse me?
- WHAT DO YOU WANT?Copy !req
639. - Ah!
- I said, "What do you want?"Copy !req
640. - I want to see my father.
- Who?Copy !req
641. My father, Nurullah Alisai,Copy !req
642. brought here two weeks ago
without charge.Copy !req
643. - Get out of here!
- I have money!Copy !req
644. 1,000 afghani.
I can give it to youCopy !req
645. if you promise to help!
- Hey! What are you doing?Copy !req
646. Nothing. Just getting rid
of a kid.Copy !req
647. Please! Open up!
I have to see my father!Copy !req
648. I have to see him! AHH!Copy !req
649. Oh!Copy !req
650. Now get out of here
unless you want some more!Copy !req
651. They say
it doesn't always rainCopy !req
652. the way it thunders.Copy !req
653. Last we heard of him,
the boy had fallen down.Copy !req
654. He had fallen down the hillCopy !req
655. and into the deepest of sleeps.Copy !req
656. But all was not lost.Copy !req
657. He was discoveredCopy !req
658. by an old woman.
She had a drum.Copy !req
659. A magic drumCopy !req
660. that beat so beautifullyCopy !req
661. that his heart woke up.Copy !req
662. She knew he must be on a questCopy !req
663. and so she asked him,Copy !req
664. What is it you seek?Copy !req
665. Well you see,
the dreadful Elephant KingCopy !req
666. sent his jaguars to steal the...Copy !req
667. No one has ever
overcome the Elephant King!Copy !req
668. I know.Copy !req
669. What makes you think you can?Copy !req
670. I need to.Copy !req
671. I just need to. That's all.Copy !req
672. That's not a very good answer.Copy !req
673. Nevertheless,
the woman told himCopy !req
674. he'd need to find three things:Copy !req
675. something that shines,Copy !req
676. something that ensnares,Copy !req
677. and something that soothes.Copy !req
678. Only then would he overcomeCopy !req
679. the Elephant King.
- Give them to me!Copy !req
680. Please!
- I don't have them.Copy !req
681. So you better go look for them.Copy !req
682. And hurry! If the seeds
are not planted soon,Copy !req
683. there will be no harvest!Copy !req
684. - Yes, I know.
- She told him to head east.Copy !req
685. East is the other way.Copy !req
686. Still something
followed the boy.Copy !req
687. And still,Copy !req
688. he could not face it.Copy !req
689. He didn't take the money?Copy !req
690. I don't think bribes work on them.Copy !req
691. No, no.Copy !req
692. It probably wasn't enough.Copy !req
693. It might have insulted him.Copy !req
694. You'll just have to save up more
and be even smarter next time.Copy !req
695. AHH!
- I have to be smarter?Copy !req
696. I've heard there is a guyCopy !req
697. who pays well for small jobs.Copy !req
698. Come on!Copy !req
699. Sir, we have come to work.Copy !req
700. And you are?Copy !req
701. I'm Deliwar and this
is Aatish. We are brothers.Copy !req
702. What kind of a name is Aatish?Copy !req
703. - I don't know. Ask our father.
- Where is your father?Copy !req
704. He was martyred
by the Russians.Copy !req
705. We can do any job you want!Copy !req
706. For the right price.Copy !req
707. - That's the last one, I think.
- Where are we, anyway?Copy !req
708. About time! You boys
are not very strong.Copy !req
709. It was more work
than you said.Copy !req
710. Here you are. Now be off.Copy !req
711. Hey, we did
all that you asked!Copy !req
712. Wait! You said
you'd drive us back!Copy !req
713. I'm not a taxi!
Make your own way home.Copy !req
714. I'm late already
because you took so longCopy !req
715. to load the truck!
- Wait!Copy !req
716. I need to rest a moment.Copy !req
717. Stay on the path.
This place might be mined.Copy !req
718. This is not nearly enough.Copy !req
719. We need better jobs.
- Like what?Copy !req
720. I heard brickmaking pays well,Copy !req
721. but it's hard work.Copy !req
722. I wish I was stronger.Copy !req
723. But you have an older brother,
don't you?Copy !req
724. He used to bring you
to school on his shoulders.Copy !req
725. What's his name?Copy !req
726. Sulayman.Copy !req
727. He died.Copy !req
728. How? Was it a sickness?Copy !req
729. - I don't know.
- But your motherCopy !req
730. must have told you.
- She doesn't speak of it,Copy !req
731. all right?Copy !req
732. All right.Copy !req
733. Hey, look what I've got!Copy !req
734. I found it in a little box where
my father keeps his things.Copy !req
735. Can you believeCopy !req
736. the water is that blue?Copy !req
737. It's very nice.Copy !req
738. Anything written,Copy !req
739. anything read.Copy !req
740. Anything written,Copy !req
741. Anything written, anything read.Copy !req
742. I didn't pay you last time.Copy !req
743. How much do I owe you?
- It's OK, I...Copy !req
744. - What, you don't charge
for bad news?Copy !req
745. Who taught you to read?
The cripple teacher?Copy !req
746. Yes. My uncle.Copy !req
747. Can you write
as good as you read?Copy !req
748. I can.Copy !req
749. Here.Copy !req
750. I kept this in case
you wanted it.Copy !req
751. Show me.Copy !req
752. Show me where it says her name.Copy !req
753. Where it says Hala.Copy !req
754. There.Copy !req
755. See?Copy !req
756. Hala.Copy !req
757. Do you know what it means?Copy !req
758. No.Copy !req
759. Sometimes, on a clear night
when you look at the moon,Copy !req
760. you can see
a bright outline around it.Copy !req
761. That outline is called hala.Copy !req
762. My wife was namedCopy !req
763. for that light.Copy !req
764. Here.Copy !req
765. - This is too much.
- Don't argue with me.Copy !req
766. Thank you.Copy !req
767. Pull my sister's hair.Copy !req
768. I pull my sister's...
- Stop it, Zaki.Copy !req
769. Can I pull yours?Copy !req
770. - Keep him quiet.
I am trying to sleep.Copy !req
771. What's the matter with you?Copy !req
772. Why don't you
tell Zaki a story?Copy !req
773. Hm? We'd all like that.Copy !req
774. Well Zaki, do you want to knowCopy !req
775. what happened to the boy?
- Elephant?Copy !req
776. Elephant?
- Yes, yes.Copy !req
777. And the elephant.Copy !req
778. The boy ran and ran,Copy !req
779. his heart beating fast in fearCopy !req
780. and the thing that chased him...Copy !req
781. - AH!
- ... never stopped.Copy !req
782. So the boy hid behind the tree
and he waited for courage.Copy !req
783. An ancient womanCopy !req
784. had been trying to milk a goatCopy !req
785. but her back was very sore.Copy !req
786. My backCopy !req
787. is very sore!Copy !req
788. The boy took pity on her
and told her to restCopy !req
789. under the shade of a tree and
he would do the milking instead.Copy !req
790. Please, sit under the shade
of this treeCopy !req
791. and I will
do the milking instead.Copy !req
792. When he finished
milking the goat,Copy !req
793. the old woman shared the lovely,
warm milk with him.Copy !req
794. It was the nicest milkCopy !req
795. he had ever tasted,Copy !req
796. and he complimented the woman
on her goats!Copy !req
797. Your goats are very generous!Copy !req
798. In return, the old woman
gave him a mirror.Copy !req
799. See how it shines!Copy !req
800. The boy was delighted
with the mirrorCopy !req
801. but as he looked into it,Copy !req
802. he saw the reflection of the
thing that followed him.Copy !req
803. What are you doing, Mama-jan?Copy !req
804. I'm laying out
Soraya's good clothes.Copy !req
805. Am I to sell them
at the market?Copy !req
806. Shh. Sh, sh, sh.
Parvana, it's time to sleep.Copy !req
807. I just need to find a wayCopy !req
808. to get to PeshawarCopy !req
809. and I can figure it out
from there.Copy !req
810. I think there's a beach in GoaCopy !req
811. where the tourists
are very rich.Copy !req
812. If they're rich,
they will buy my blue stonesCopy !req
813. and that's where I'd
set up my business and...Copy !req
814. you could join me!Copy !req
815. Once I find Baba.Copy !req
816. Once you find your baba.Copy !req
817. - 100.
- I'll give you 85.Copy !req
818. - 90!
- 82.Copy !req
819. 85 and that's final.Copy !req
820. 85 and a bunch of grapes
and that's final.Copy !req
821. You're leaning too hard
on the pen,Copy !req
822. but your writing is good.Copy !req
823. If you try it more gently,
it'll be easier.Copy !req
824. Wait! Wait a moment!Copy !req
825. What is it, child?Copy !req
826. You asked me before
about the manCopy !req
827. who used to sit there,
the teacher.Copy !req
828. - Your uncle?
- He didn't goCopy !req
829. to Mazar-e-Sharif.
He was taken to prison...Copy !req
830. but he did nothing wrong!
- Which one?Copy !req
831. - What?
- Which prison?Copy !req
832. - Pul-e-Charkhi.
It's been weeks nowCopy !req
833. and my family has
had no word of him.Copy !req
834. Go to the prison on Wednesday.
Ask for Roshaan.Copy !req
835. He is my cousin.
Tell him Razaq sent youCopy !req
836. and he will help you...
if he can.Copy !req
837. Deliwar!Copy !req
838. With work like this,Copy !req
839. I'll be an old woman
by the time I get to the sea.Copy !req
840. Or an old man.Copy !req
841. You sit and rest, Deliwar,Copy !req
842. and I'll tell you a story.Copy !req
843. - A story?
- Yes, a story.Copy !req
844. One time, in the deep past,Copy !req
845. there was a boy
who had to return a stolen bagCopy !req
846. of precious seeds
to his village.Copy !req
847. Is it a happy story
or a sad story?Copy !req
848. Just wait and see.Copy !req
849. The boy had been toldCopy !req
850. he needed three things in order
to overcome the Elephant King.Copy !req
851. Something that shines,
something that ensnares,Copy !req
852. and something that...Copy !req
853. Hey! You two! Come here!Copy !req
854. Come on!Copy !req
855. I know that boy.Copy !req
856. Hurry and come here!Copy !req
857. Come on!Copy !req
858. We'd better do
what we're told.Copy !req
859. Get a move on, lazy kids!Copy !req
860. So these are the new workers.Copy !req
861. Where are your tongues?Copy !req
862. Are you stupid?
- Idrees suggested we haveCopy !req
863. a little arm wrestling match...Copy !req
864. to see if you are strong enough
to work for me.Copy !req
865. I saw you sitting down
over there instead of working.Copy !req
866. Idrees, stop now.Copy !req
867. Make me some tea.Copy !req
868. Ahh!Copy !req
869. Let me see how feeble you are,
little one!Copy !req
870. He can't even lift his hands!Copy !req
871. Get up and make us tea.Copy !req
872. Uncle!Copy !req
873. I think you need new workers.Copy !req
874. These ones are no good.Copy !req
875. Enough, Idrees.
Leave the poor kids alone.Copy !req
876. They are a little undercooked.Copy !req
877. I know you.
You're the teacher's daughter.Copy !req
878. AH!Copy !req
879. AHH!
- Idrees!Copy !req
880. Bring the gun back! I said,Copy !req
881. bring the gun back! IDREES!Copy !req
882. IDREES!Copy !req
883. COME OUT NOW!Copy !req
884. COME OUT NOW!Copy !req
885. Idrees! It has begun!
We are moving west!Copy !req
886. We have been given orders
to go immediately!Copy !req
887. I know who you are!Copy !req
888. - Idrees!
- Do you hear?Copy !req
889. Get up here!Copy !req
890. Come on!Copy !req
891. Right now, you little coward!Copy !req
892. You want to fight?Copy !req
893. Now is your chance to fight!Copy !req
894. You'll become a man.Copy !req
895. He's gone.Copy !req
896. What if he comes back?Copy !req
897. He'd be lucky.Copy !req
898. Where are we?Copy !req
899. I came here once
when I ran away.Copy !req
900. I think the way in
has gotten smallerCopy !req
901. or I have gotten bigger.Copy !req
902. It looks old.Copy !req
903. I lost a shoe.Copy !req
904. I lost my cap...Copy !req
905. although I think it's outside.Copy !req
906. Why did you hit him?Copy !req
907. When they took my father,
he was one of them.Copy !req
908. Tell me more about the boy.Copy !req
909. - What boy?
- The story boy.Copy !req
910. The boy was cold.Copy !req
911. Though the sun
burned in the sky,Copy !req
912. it gave no heat.Copy !req
913. But he had a warm hat
and a big coat.Copy !req
914. - Oh!
- No, he didn't!Copy !req
915. He had already found
one of the three things,Copy !req
916. a mirror that shone.
But when he looked at it,Copy !req
917. he saw something behind him.Copy !req
918. Something scary!
Something dreadful!Copy !req
919. - A horse!
- No, Shauzia! Not a horse.Copy !req
920. Yes, it was!Copy !req
921. And it was a very old horse
whose bones clattered togetherCopy !req
922. when it walked.
It wasn't scary at all!Copy !req
923. Fine.Copy !req
924. The boy felt sad
for the old horseCopy !req
925. and fed him hay, and...
- And they all lived happilyCopy !req
926. ever after!
- It's the middle of the story,Copy !req
927. not the end! From a door
carved into the stone,Copy !req
928. out came a round man.Copy !req
929. You wasted my hay
on an old horseCopy !req
930. that will soon be dead!
- The round man threw the boyCopy !req
931. deep into the belly of an
ancient well.Copy !req
932. At the bottom of the well,
there were emeraldsCopy !req
933. and the round man wanted themCopy !req
934. brought up to him
as payment for the wasted hay.Copy !req
935. - You will bring
the emeralds to me!Copy !req
936. What's his name?Copy !req
937. - The round man?
- No, the boy.Copy !req
938. You can't have a story
about a boyCopy !req
939. and not give him a name.Copy !req
940. Give him a name before I do!Copy !req
941. Sulayman. His name is Sulayman.Copy !req
942. That's a good name.Copy !req
943. Sulayman lay at the bottom
of the well.Copy !req
944. Suddenly,
he could see skeletons.Copy !req
945. Three skeletons,
each with an emeraldCopy !req
946. clutched in its bony hands.
He called out for help.Copy !req
947. - HELP!
- The poor, old horseCopy !req
948. looked back at him
from way above.Copy !req
949. But the horse
did something extraordinary!Copy !req
950. He neighed with the voice
of all the world's animals.Copy !req
951. Sulayman climbed up, up,
all the way to the topCopy !req
952. and he thanked the horse
for saving his life.Copy !req
953. Thank you for saving my life!Copy !req
954. Sulayman had just
three emeralds with himCopy !req
955. and he asked the round manCopy !req
956. for food in return.
He was hungry.Copy !req
957. But the round man
was wicked and cheap.Copy !req
958. He threw a fishing net
at SulaymanCopy !req
959. and he told him
to get his own food.Copy !req
960. That was exactly
what Sulayman needed...Copy !req
961. - Ha ha!
- ... something that ensnares.Copy !req
962. But as Sulayman left,Copy !req
963. the ghosts
of the three skeletonsCopy !req
964. came out of the three emeraldsCopy !req
965. and swirled and twirled
and scared the round manCopy !req
966. in frightful vengeance for
having lost them their lives.Copy !req
967. Sulayman and the horse
continued their journeyCopy !req
968. toward the mountain,Copy !req
969. but the horse was getting
slower and slower.Copy !req
970. He needed to rest,
being very, very old.Copy !req
971. And so Sulayman made a shelterCopy !req
972. for the horse and told him
to wait for him.Copy !req
973. The horse protested,Copy !req
974. but Sulayman knewCopy !req
975. he had to face the Elephant King
and the jaguars all by himself.Copy !req
976. - I will see you again,
old horse.Copy !req
977. And so on he went alone.Copy !req
978. Tomorrow isWednesday.
I'm going back there...Copy !req
979. to the prison.Copy !req
980. They'll have to let me
see him then.Copy !req
981. From now on,
you're staying inside.Copy !req
982. It's much too dangerous.
No, Mama-jan.Copy !req
983. We manage all right out there.
We?Copy !req
984. Me and Deliwar.
She's a girl too.Copy !req
985. - We work together.
- We've written to my cousinCopy !req
986. to arrange a marriage
for your sister in Mazar.Copy !req
987. They wrote back and it was
accepted. Someone will comeCopy !req
988. for us the day after tomorrow
to take us away.Copy !req
989. You don't need to do this anymore!
- What?Copy !req
990. We can't go on like this!Copy !req
991. We can't depend on you
to keep us alive!Copy !req
992. Why? I provide
for you just fine!Copy !req
993. It's not the job of a child!Copy !req
994. How can we leave
without Baba?Copy !req
995. Every day, you come home
with cuts and blisters.Copy !req
996. Every day, you go out there
and I don't knowCopy !req
997. if I'll see you back again!Copy !req
998. I can't lose you too.Copy !req
999. I'm not going.Copy !req
1000. Baba could come back and no one
will be here waiting for him.Copy !req
1001. So how long should we wait?Copy !req
1002. Until you're found out
and taken away from me?Copy !req
1003. Until I have to send Zaki
out to earn our keep?Copy !req
1004. Let me go see him before
we leave.Copy !req
1005. Let me tell him where we are going!
- Parvana!Copy !req
1006. Let me bring him
his walking stick.Copy !req
1007. Then I will go with you!Copy !req
1008. Then I will be a good sisterCopy !req
1009. and a good daughter. I promise.Copy !req
1010. I promise.Copy !req
1011. Please don't go. Please.Copy !req
1012. It is much too dangerous now.
- Mama-jan...Copy !req
1013. I'm going. I'll be back tonight
before curfew.Copy !req
1014. - No, Sulayman!
- Mama-jan...Copy !req
1015. - You won't come back.
- Let her go now.Copy !req
1016. Let Parvana go.Copy !req
1017. Oh! Give a kiss!Copy !req
1018. Parvana...Copy !req
1019. Deliwar!Copy !req
1020. You frightened me
half to death!Copy !req
1021. I've been looking
for you everywhere.Copy !req
1022. Why? You want to work at the
chai shop with me this morning?Copy !req
1023. - No, I can't.
- Hey,Copy !req
1024. you want some candy for Zaki?Copy !req
1025. We are leaving Kabul tomorrow.Copy !req
1026. You're leaving me?Copy !req
1027. It's been arranged.
There's nothing I can do.Copy !req
1028. My sister is getting married in
Mazar-e-Sharif.Copy !req
1029. I'm going back to the prison.
I found someone who can help meCopy !req
1030. and I need to get more money
to bribe the guard.Copy !req
1031. I'll need it today!Copy !req
1032. You'll just get
another punch in the guts.Copy !req
1033. It's a stupid idea.
I won't let that happenCopy !req
1034. this time!
- I said, It's a stupid idea.Copy !req
1035. - Please, help me!
- What do you want me to do?Copy !req
1036. Magic some money into your handCopy !req
1037. like in your kid stories?Copy !req
1038. It doesn't work
like that, Parvana!Copy !req
1039. I can't help you.Copy !req
1040. Now run away to Mazar-e-SharifCopy !req
1041. and have a nice wedding party.
Maybe they'll find a husbandCopy !req
1042. for you too and your troubles
will be over...Copy !req
1043. until after the wedding,
at least. You fool!Copy !req
1044. Deliwar!Copy !req
1045. Shauzia!Copy !req
1046. Shauzia... come with us.Copy !req
1047. I can't.Copy !req
1048. My father will come
all the way to Mazar to kill meCopy !req
1049. I can't leave Kabul, Parvana.
Not like this.Copy !req
1050. Here. Take this.
- I can't take your money!Copy !req
1051. Please, take it.Copy !req
1052. Go and see your baba.Copy !req
1053. Tell him that his daughterCopy !req
1054. is a good daughter.Copy !req
1055. Tell him that...Copy !req
1056. Deliwar said so.Copy !req
1057. Hey, Deliwar!Copy !req
1058. What?Copy !req
1059. I'll meet you at that beach
you were talking about,Copy !req
1060. where the moon pulls the water!Copy !req
1061. 20 years from today.Copy !req
1062. I don't think I'll
recognize you then, Aatish.Copy !req
1063. Well, you can sell meCopy !req
1064. some pretty blue stones
for a great price.Copy !req
1065. Until next time, then.Copy !req
1066. Until next time.Copy !req
1067. - Peace be upon you.
Are you Fattema?Copy !req
1068. - Yes, I am Fattema.
- I am your second cousin.Copy !req
1069. Mohamed Abdul sent me
from Mazar.Copy !req
1070. Gather your family.
We must leave immediately.Copy !req
1071. No. You see, you weren't
supposed to come so soon.Copy !req
1072. My son is away, we must waitCopy !req
1073. for him to return.
- There is a war coming!Copy !req
1074. Have you not heard?Copy !req
1075. We have to leave now, before they
block the roads!Copy !req
1076. We have to wait until
she comes home!Copy !req
1077. I have to wait for my daughter!Copy !req
1078. Son, daughter!
Which is it? Gather your things,Copy !req
1079. we are leaving now!
- I am not leavingCopy !req
1080. without Parvana!
We have to wait!Copy !req
1081. Count yourself lucky
I am taking you, old woman.Copy !req
1082. The girl and the baby
are of more worth.Copy !req
1083. I didn't come all this way
for nothing!Copy !req
1084. If we do not go now, we won'tCopy !req
1085. get out of here at all!
- Give me my baby!Copy !req
1086. - Let go!
- Give him to me! Please! Zaki!Copy !req
1087. Zaki! Give me my baby!
GIVE HIM TO ME!Copy !req
1088. NO! GIVE HIM TO ME!
- Let go! Let go!Copy !req
1089. - Salaam, little one.
- Salaam.Copy !req
1090. Where are you going to
with an old man's stick?Copy !req
1091. It belongs to my baba.Copy !req
1092. I'm taking it to him...Copy !req
1093. to the prison.Copy !req
1094. I see.Copy !req
1095. We are going that way.Copy !req
1096. - Give the baby to me!
- Let go!Copy !req
1097. Let go! If you want to keep
the baby, come with me!Copy !req
1098. Ah, Zaki, you... my daughter
is out there!Copy !req
1099. Then what kind of fool are you
to have sent her out alone?Copy !req
1100. Get in, or she won't be
the only child you lose today!Copy !req
1101. No, don't! Give me my baby!Copy !req
1102. Keep him quiet!Copy !req
1103. Zaki! Wait for my daughter!Copy !req
1104. Come, Soraya.
We must start a fire.Copy !req
1105. I am looking for Roshaan! Hey!Copy !req
1106. I am looking for Roshaan!
I am looking for Roshaan!Copy !req
1107. I am looking for Roshaan!Copy !req
1108. I am looking for Roshaan!
Open the door!Copy !req
1109. Get away from the door,
you stupid kid!Copy !req
1110. - I am looking for Roshaan!
- Get out of here!Copy !req
1111. - I am looking for Roshaan!
- Are you stupid? Shut up!Copy !req
1112. - What are you doing here?
It's all right.Copy !req
1113. He is my son.
You are wanted inside.Copy !req
1114. That boy needs
some discipline.Copy !req
1115. That's my business.Copy !req
1116. What in the nameCopy !req
1117. of the merciful
are you doing here?Copy !req
1118. It's Wednesday!Copy !req
1119. I've come to meet
your cousin, Roshaan.Copy !req
1120. There's a war started!Copy !req
1121. Roshaan has gone to fight.Copy !req
1122. We've been brought from the cityCopy !req
1123. to clear the prison of anyone
who won't fight for us.Copy !req
1124. The teacher...
- Is he alive?Copy !req
1125. - I don't know.
- The teacher is my father.Copy !req
1126. I am Parvana, his daughter.Copy !req
1127. Help him.Copy !req
1128. Please.Copy !req
1129. If I'm not back before
the sun has gone down, you run.Copy !req
1130. Run as far away as you can from
here and you keep on running.Copy !req
1131. You can't stay here after
sunset, do you understand?Copy !req
1132. Thank you.Copy !req
1133. - Do you understand?
- Yes.Copy !req
1134. Hide yourself until then.Copy !req
1135. Once, there was a young boy...Copy !req
1136. called Sulayman.Copy !req
1137. He knew his heart
was fated to serve his peopleCopy !req
1138. and he was running out of time.Copy !req
1139. Thank you. Thank you so much.Copy !req
1140. Come on. Get in the car.Copy !req
1141. We have to go
back for my daughter.Copy !req
1142. I said, Come here! Now!Copy !req
1143. We're not going with you.Copy !req
1144. - Mama-jan!
- You!Copy !req
1145. Come now! Do you hear me?Copy !req
1146. You come here
like I told you to!Copy !req
1147. You come now!Copy !req
1148. We will not go with you.Copy !req
1149. Just drive away from us!Copy !req
1150. Get in the car.
Get in the car, now!Copy !req
1151. Mama-jan!Copy !req
1152. Sulayman! Sulayman!Copy !req
1153. Be brave, Sulayman!Copy !req
1154. Run, Soraya!Copy !req
1155. - Take Zaki and run! Now!
- Mama!Copy !req
1156. GO! Keep running!Copy !req
1157. You... let... us... go.Copy !req
1158. Open the door.Copy !req
1159. - What are you doing with that?
- He's dead. I'm putting himCopy !req
1160. with the others. Open the door.
Let me through.Copy !req
1161. Move, move, move,
move, move, move!Copy !req
1162. - Stop!
- Get in a lineup, all of you!Copy !req
1163. STOP!Copy !req
1164. I said, stop!Copy !req
1165. It will be dark soon.Copy !req
1166. Razaq!Copy !req
1167. Razaq! Razaq!Copy !req
1168. Sulayman... Sulayman!Copy !req
1169. The mirror shines!Copy !req
1170. Use it to blind the jaguars!Copy !req
1171. And then the snares!Copy !req
1172. Throw it over them!Copy !req
1173. Razaq! Razaq! Razaq!Copy !req
1174. I have come for my father!Copy !req
1175. I have come for my baba!Copy !req
1176. Put him down!Copy !req
1177. I said, put him down!Copy !req
1178. Do you see what is happening?Copy !req
1179. Where are you taking him?
Who's out there?Copy !req
1180. Look away, can't you?Copy !req
1181. It is just one man.
What does it matter?Copy !req
1182. GO!Copy !req
1183. GO!Copy !req
1184. Go, unless you're going to kill me!Copy !req
1185. I will scream and curse youCopy !req
1186. until the last breath
leaves my body.Copy !req
1187. Go!Copy !req
1188. You're crazy.Copy !req
1189. Crazy!Copy !req
1190. You can die out here
for all I care!Copy !req
1191. Die!Copy !req
1192. Sulayman...Copy !req
1193. Sulayman...Copy !req
1194. Sulayman...Copy !req
1195. I have not come to kill you!Copy !req
1196. Sulayman!Copy !req
1197. Soothe him with your story!
The one that Mama-janCopy !req
1198. can't speak of! Tell him!Copy !req
1199. Sulayman!Copy !req
1200. - My name is Sulayman!
- Tell him what happened!Copy !req
1201. Tell him your story!Copy !req
1202. My name is Sulayman!Copy !req
1203. My mother is a writer.Copy !req
1204. My father is a teacher.Copy !req
1205. And my sisters
always fight each other.Copy !req
1206. One day, I found a toy
on the street.Copy !req
1207. I picked it up. It exploded.Copy !req
1208. I don't remember
what happened after that...Copy !req
1209. because it was the end.
- It's working, Sulayman!Copy !req
1210. Tell him! Tell him!Copy !req
1211. My name is Sulayman!Copy !req
1212. My mother is a writer.Copy !req
1213. My father is a teacher.Copy !req
1214. And my sisters
always fight each other.Copy !req
1215. One day, I found a toy
on the street. I picked it up.Copy !req
1216. It exploded!Copy !req
1217. It was the end.Copy !req
1218. My name is Sulayman.Copy !req
1219. My mother is a writer.
One day, I found a toyCopy !req
1220. on the street.
My father is a teacher.Copy !req
1221. I picked it up.
And my sistersCopy !req
1222. always fight each other.
It exploded.Copy !req
1223. One day, I found a toy
on the street.Copy !req
1224. I don't remember
what happened after that.Copy !req
1225. I picked it up.Copy !req
1226. Because it was the end.Copy !req
1227. The elephant was transformed!Copy !req
1228. He took the bag of seeds
from the centre of the mountainCopy !req
1229. and gave it back to Sulayman!Copy !req
1230. Sulayman returned
to his village.Copy !req
1231. There was much dancing.Copy !req
1232. And singing. And laughing.Copy !req
1233. And eating.Copy !req
1234. Razaq!Copy !req
1235. Baba! Baba!Copy !req
1236. Is he alive?Copy !req
1237. It is not his blood.Copy !req
1238. He lives.Copy !req
1239. Get out of here now, child.
Go on!Copy !req
1240. As fast as you can.Copy !req
1241. It's the moon.Copy !req
1242. Soraya...Copy !req
1243. S... Sora... SORAYA!Copy !req
1244. - Mama?
- Soraya!Copy !req
1245. Soraya... Zaki...Copy !req
1246. We are a landCopy !req
1247. whose peopleCopy !req
1248. are its greatest treasure.Copy !req
1249. We are at the edges of empiresCopy !req
1250. at war with each other.Copy !req
1251. Parvana...Copy !req
1252. We are a fractured land
in the clawsCopy !req
1253. of the Hindu Kush mountains,Copy !req
1254. scorched by the fiery eyes
of the northern deserts.Copy !req
1255. Black rubble earthCopy !req
1256. against ice peaks.Copy !req
1257. We are... Auriana,Copy !req
1258. the land of the noble.Copy !req
1259. Raise your hearts,
not your voice.Copy !req
1260. It is rain that makes the
flowers grow.Copy !req
1261. Not thunder.Copy !req
1262. SETTE inc.Copy !req