B plāns

Plan B

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Plan B is the bus. Toms is sure it is the number 5. It is not. You get off in a park you have never seen, full of people running and playing football. A tourist asks you the way.

At the bus stop in front of the station.
Toms
B plāns: Autobuss. Piektais numurs no šīs pieturas.
Plan B: the bus. Number five, from this stop.
Jūs esat drošs? Piektais numurs?
Are you sure? Number five?
Jūs esat drošs? Piektais numurs?
Are you sure? Number five?
Toms
Jā. Uz ezeru vienmēr brauc piektais.
Yes. To the lake it's always number five.
Twenty minutes later you get off the bus in a big park.
Tom, tas nav ezers. Tas ir parks!
Toms, this isn't the lake. It's a park!
Tom, tas nav ezers. Tas ir parks!
Toms, this isn't the lake. It's a park!
Toms
B plānā parka nav.
There's no park in plan B.
Skatieties, cik daudz cilvēku! Viņi skrien, staigā un spēlē futbolu.
Look how many people! They're running, walking and playing football.
Skatieties, cik daudz cilvēku! Viņi skrien, staigā un spēlē futbolu.
Look how many people! They're running, walking and playing football.
A woman in a red rain jacket with a paper map comes up to you.
Marta
Atvainojiet, kur ir stacija?
Excuse me, where is the station?
Atvainojiet, es neesmu vietējais. Es esmu no Vācijas, bet tagad te dzīvoju.
Sorry, I'm not from here. I'm from Germany, but I live here now.
Atvainojiet, es neesmu vietējā. Es esmu no Vācijas, bet tagad te dzīvoju.
Sorry, I'm not from here. I'm from Germany, but I live here now.
Marta
Jūs ļoti labi runājat latviski!
You speak Latvian very well!
Paldies, es mācos. No kurienes jūs esat?
Thank you, I'm learning. And where are you from?
Paldies, es mācos. No kurienes jūs esat?
Thank you, I'm learning. And where are you from?
Marta
No Kanādas. Es arī mācos. Kā tikt līdz stacijai? Ar autobusu?
From Canada. I'm learning too. How do I get to the station? By bus?
Toms studies her map for a long time before he answers.
Toms
Tikai ne ar autobusu! Kājām divdesmit minūtes. Taisni, tad pa kreisi.
Anything but the bus! On foot it's twenty minutes. Straight on and then left.
A grey tomcat with a torn ear walks past, tail high.
Skatieties! Tas ir Muris! Tālu no mājām!
Look! That's Muris! Far from home!
Skatieties! Tas ir Muris! Tālu no mājām!
Look! That's Muris! Far from home!
Toms
Kaķis? Te? Nē...
A cat? Here? No...
Ejam viņam pakaļ!
Let's follow him!
Ejam viņam pakaļ!
Let's follow him!
Muris leads all three of you through the trees to the lake.
Ezers! Muris zina ceļu!
It's the lake! Muris knows the way!
Ezers! Muris zina ceļu!
It's the lake! Muris knows the way!
For the first time, Toms smiles.
Toms
Tas nav plānā.
That's not in the plan.
Marta
Ļoti skaisti. Bet kur ir stacija?
Very pretty. But where's the station?