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El informe de Tomás
Tomás’s report
Your goalI can tell a short story in the past with times, and ask what someone did.
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TomásBuenos días. Aquí está mi informe del sábado. Para usted.
Good morning. Here is my Saturday report. For you.
¿Un informe? ¿De la fiesta?
A report? Of the festival?
¿Un informe? ¿De la fiesta?
A report? Of the festival?
- Tomás
Sí. Minuto a minuto. Y ahora, mejor de tú. Soy Tomás.
Yes. Minute by minute. And from now on, let us use familiar address. I am Tomás.
- Tomás
Escucha.
Listen.
- Tomás
Veinte cero cero: empieza el concierto.
Twenty hundred: the concert starts.
- Tomás
Veinte catorce: se apagan las luces.
Twenty fourteen: the lights go out.
- Tomás
Veinte quince: un ruido. Algo se cae.
Twenty fifteen: a noise. Something falls.
¿Qué se cae, Tomás?
What falls, Tomás?
¿Qué se cae, Tomás?
What falls, Tomás?
- Tomás
Ni idea. Veinte dieciséis: grito.
No idea. Twenty sixteen: I scream.
¿Gritas? ¿Por qué?
You scream? Why?
¿Gritas? ¿Por qué?
You scream? Why?
TomásAlgo caliente me toca la pierna. En la oscuridad.
Something warm touches my leg. In the dark.
Quizá es Michi.
Perhaps it is Michi.
Quizá es Michi.
Perhaps it is Michi.
- Tomás
Quizá. No veo nada.
Perhaps. I cannot see anything.
- Tomás
Veinte veinte: vuelve la luz. Fin del informe.
Twenty twenty: the light returns. End of report.
¿Y después? ¿Qué pasa?
And afterwards? What happens?
¿Y después? ¿Qué pasa?
And afterwards? What happens?
- Tomás
Nada. Me voy a casa a las ocho y media.
Nothing. I go home at half past eight.
¿Seguro? Todos dicen que bailas.
Are you sure? Everyone says you dance.
¿Seguro? Todos dicen que bailas.
Are you sure? Everyone says you dance.
Tomás stands stiff, arms at his sides, chin up, cheeks a little pink. He did not dance. - Tomás
Yo no bailo.
I do not dance.
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Elvira says you dance very well.
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Elvira says you dance very well.
- Tomás
No es verdad.
It is not true.
A typed sheet on the desk. The last line is struck through. ¿Y aquí? ¿En la última línea?
And here? In the last line?
¿Y aquí? ¿En la última línea?
And here? In the last line?
Veinte veinticinco: bailo.
Twenty twenty-five: I dance.
Veinte veinticinco: bailo.
Twenty twenty-five: I dance.
- Tomás
Un error.
A mistake.
¿Un error?
A mistake?
¿Un error?
A mistake?
Tomás goes red, and then a shy smile. He looks down at his shoes. - Tomás
Bueno. Un bonito error.
Well. A lovely mistake.
Who says this?
Buenos días. Aquí está mi informe del sábado. Para usted.
Buenos días. Aquí está mi informe del sábado. Para usted.
What does it mean?
Veinte cero cero: empieza el concierto.
Which line do you hear?
Twenty fourteen: the lights go out.
Put the words in order.
Twenty fifteen: a noise. Something falls.
Who says this?
Ni idea. Veinte dieciséis: grito.
Ni idea. Veinte dieciséis: grito.
What does it mean?
Algo caliente me toca la pierna. En la oscuridad.
Which line do you hear?
Perhaps. I cannot see anything.
Put the words in order.
And afterwards? What happens?
And afterwards? What happens?
Who says this?
Yo no bailo.
Yo no bailo.
What does it mean?
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Elvira dice que bailas muy bien.
Which line do you hear?
And here? In the last line?
And here? In the last line?
Put the words in order.
Well. A lovely mistake.
What happens first?
Put the lines in the order they come in the scene.
Scene complete
El informe de Tomás
Goal reachedI can tell a short story in the past with times, and ask what someone did.
