Narration/dialog demo 1 Cathedral
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no, maybe I could take him bowling. I said to my wife, she was at the draining board doing scallop potatoes. She put down the knife she was using and turned around. If you love me. She said, you can do this for me if you don't love me, Okay. But if you had a friend, any friend and the friend came to visit, I'd make him feel comfortable. She wiped her hands with a dish towel. I don't have any blind friends. I said you don't have any friends. She said period. Besides, she said, goddammit, his wife just died. Don't you understand that the man's lost his wife? I didn't answer. She told me a little about the blind man's wife. Her name was Bueller Bulaga. That's the name for a colored woman. Was his wife? A *****? I asked, are you crazy? My wife said, have you just flipped or something? She picked up a potato. I saw it hit the floor, then roll under the stove. What's wrong with you? She said, are you drunk? I'm just asking. I said, my wife said, I want you to meet robert, robert, This is my husband, I've told you all about him. She was beaming. She had this blind man by his coat sleeve. The blind man let go of a suitcase and up came his hand. I took it. He squeezed hard, held my hand and then let it go. I feel like we've already met. He boomed likewise. I said, I didn't know what else to say welcome. I've heard a lot about you. Did you have a good train ride? I said. Which side of the train did you sit on by the way? What a question. Which side? My wife said, What does it matter which side? She said. I just asked. I said right side. The blind man said I hadn't been on a train in nearly 40 years. Not since I was a kid with my folks. That's been a long time. I'd nearly forgotten the sensation. I have winter in my beard now, he said, so I've been told anyway, do I look distinguished, my dear, The blind man said to my wife, you look distinguished, robert, she said, she said, what are you doing? Tell me I want to know. I didn't answer her. The blind man said, we're drawing a cathedral. Me and him are working on it. Press hard. He said to me, That's right, that's good. He said, sure you got it bob. I can tell you didn't think you could, but you can can't. You? You're cooking with gas now. You know what I'm saying? We're really gonna have something here in a minute. How's the old arm? He said, put some people in there now, What's a cathedral without people? My wife said, what's going on, robert? What are you doing? What's going on? It's all right. He said to her, Close your eyes now. The blind man said to me, I did it. I closed them just like he said, are they closed? He said don't fudge, they're closed. I said keep them that way. He said he said don't stop now, draw. So we kept on with it. His fingers road my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like nothing else in my life. Until now when he said I think that's it. I think you've got it bob. He said, take a look. What do you think? But I had my eyes closed. I thought I'd keep them that way for a while longer. I thought it was something I ought to do. Well he said, are you looking? Yeah, yeah, yeah. My eyes were still closed, I was in my house, I knew that, but I didn't feel like I was inside anything. It's really something I said. Mhm, wow, Mhm.