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