andnow-i-am
Scene 8
[in park]
Selene: Oh, look, there's a rabbit.
Jesse: Yeah. Hey there, rabbit.
Selene: He's so cute. [sees a cemetery] I visited this as a young teenager. I
think it left a bigger impression on me at that time than any of the museums we
went to. [they go into the cemetery, and walk through].
Jesse: Yeah? Its tiny.
Selene: I know. There was this little old man that talked to us. He was the
grounds keeper. He explained that most of the people are buried here that washed
up on the bank of the Danube.
Jesse: How old are these?
Selene: Around the beginning of the century or so. It's called the cemetery of
the no-name because the often didn't know who these people were. Maybe a first
name, that's all.
Jesse: Why were all the bodies washing up?
Selene: I think some were from accidents, on boats and things like that, but
most of them were suicides that jumped in the river. I always liked the idea of
all those unknown people lost in the world. When I was a little girl, I thought
that if none of your family or friends knew you were dead, then its like not
really being dead. People can invent the best and the worst for you. [She sees a
gravestone, and indicates it]. Ah, here she is, I think. Yeah, this is, this is
the one I remember the most. [Name on gravestone is Elizabeth]. She was only 13
when she died. That meant something to me, you know, I was around that age when
I first saw this. Hmm. Now, I'm 10 years older, and she's still, 13, I guess.
That's funny. [they leave the cemetery].
[in park]
Selene: Oh, look, there's a rabbit.
Jesse: Yeah. Hey there, rabbit.
Selene: He's so cute. [sees a cemetery] I visited this as a young teenager. I
think it left a bigger impression on me at that time than any of the museums we
went to. [they go into the cemetery, and walk through].
Jesse: Yeah? Its tiny.
Selene: I know. There was this little old man that talked to us. He was the
grounds keeper. He explained that most of the people are buried here that washed
up on the bank of the Danube.
Jesse: How old are these?
Selene: Around the beginning of the century or so. It's called the cemetery of
the no-name because the often didn't know who these people were. Maybe a first
name, that's all.
Jesse: Why were all the bodies washing up?
Selene: I think some were from accidents, on boats and things like that, but
most of them were suicides that jumped in the river. I always liked the idea of
all those unknown people lost in the world. When I was a little girl, I thought
that if none of your family or friends knew you were dead, then its like not
really being dead. People can invent the best and the worst for you. [She sees a
gravestone, and indicates it]. Ah, here she is, I think. Yeah, this is, this is
the one I remember the most. [Name on gravestone is Elizabeth]. She was only 13
when she died. That meant something to me, you know, I was around that age when
I first saw this. Hmm. Now, I'm 10 years older, and she's still, 13, I guess.
That's funny. [they leave the cemetery].