El tesoro del desván

The attic treasure

Your goalI can say whose things are and when they went missing.

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Your suitcase is in the attic, where Elvira put it. You take the old key from the raincoat ("Keep it," she said; now you know why) and climb the ladder from the top landing, past Javier's door; Lucía follows. This is the X on her map, and there is a small round window, just big enough for a cat. Under the roof: buttons, a spare key, the computer mouse from the office, Tomás's pen, the candle "10", the toy thermometer, the mouthpiece. Whose is what, and when did it go? "Your flat was empty for a long time," says Lucía. "It was his flat. And his things."

Mi maleta está en el desván. La llave, en el impermeable.
My suitcase is in the attic. The key, in the raincoat.
Mi maleta está en el desván. La llave, en el impermeable.
My suitcase is in the attic. The key, in the raincoat.
On the top landing, Lucía pops up on the stair with a hand-drawn map and a big red X, grinning.
Lucía
¿Subes? ¡Voy contigo!
Are you going up? I will come with you!
¿Lucía? ¿Qué haces aquí?
Lucía? What are you doing here?
¿Lucía? ¿Qué haces aquí?
Lucía? What are you doing here?
Lucía
¡Siempre estoy aquí!
I am always here!
Lucía
¡Aquí! ¡La cruz roja de mi mapa!
Here! The red cross on my map!
Y una ventana pequeña. Perfecta para Michi.
And a small window. Perfect for Michi.
Y una ventana pequeña. Perfecta para Michi.
And a small window. Perfect for Michi.
Lucía
¡Mira! ¡Tu llave del primer día!
Look! Your key from the first day!
¡La busco desde la primera noche!
I have been looking for it since the first night!
¡La busco desde la primera noche!
I have been looking for it since the first night!
Lucía
El bolígrafo de Tomás. Y el ratón de la oficina.
Tomás’s pen. And the office mouse.
¡El diez de tu tarta!
The ten from your birthday cake!
¡El diez de tu tarta!
The ten from your birthday cake!
Lucía
Y mi termómetro. No lo encuentro desde tu consulta.
And my thermometer. I have not found it since your doctor’s visit.
La boquilla de Javier. La busca desde la fiesta.
Javier’s mouthpiece. He has been looking for it since the festival.
La boquilla de Javier. La busca desde la fiesta.
Javier’s mouthpiece. He has been looking for it since the festival.
¿Por qué guarda todo aquí?
Why does he keep everything here?
¿Por qué guarda todo aquí?
Why does he keep everything here?
Lucía
Tu piso es su antigua casa. Con todas sus cosas.
Your flat is his old home. With all his things.
Y ahora vivo yo allí.
And now I live there.
Y ahora vivo yo allí.
And now I live there.
Lucía
Por eso sus cosas están aquí arriba.
That is why his things are up here.
In the attic, an open suitcase sits in the middle of the floor. Michi sleeps curled up inside, on a photo lying face down.
¡Michi! ¡Esa es mi maleta!
Michi! That is my suitcase!
¡Michi! ¡Esa es mi maleta!
Michi! That is my suitcase!
Lucía
Mira qué hay encima.
Look what is on top.
Mi foto de la fiesta. Y Michi duerme sobre ella.
My festival photo. And Michi is sleeping on it.
Mi foto de la fiesta. Y Michi duerme sobre ella.
My festival photo. And Michi is sleeping on it.
Lucía
Son sus cosas favoritas. Y parece que tú también.
These are his favourite things. And it seems you are one too.