Parrot and Tortoise

“Parrot, my good friend”, said Tortoise. “Tell my wife to bring out all the soft things in my house so that I can jump down from the sky without danger.”

Parrot flew away. But whhen he reached Tortoise’s house. Parrot told his wife to bring out all the hard things in the house.  Tortoise looked down from the sky and saw his wife, but it was too far to see what she was bringing out. When everything was ready he jumped. He fell and fell and fell and landed with a great crash on the ground. He wasn’t hurt but his shell broke into many pieces. However, there was a great doctor in the neighbourhood. Tortoise’s wife sent for him and he collected all the hits of shell and stuck them together. And that is why Tortoise’s shell is not smooth.

Once upon a time all the birds were invited to a feast by the people of the sky. Now tortoise was very clever and very hungry, and as soon as he heard about the great feast he began to plan how he would travel to the sky.

Tortoise went to the birds and asked if he could go with them. All the birds agreed, and they each gave him a feather with which he made two wings.

At last the great day came and tortoise and the birds set off on their journey.

There is one important thing which we must not forget, he said as they flew on their way. When people are invited too a great feast like this they take new names. And so they each took a new name and tortoise also took one. He was to be called All of you.

At last the birds and tortoise arrived at the party. The people of the sky invited the birds to eat the delicious food they had prepared. But tortoise asked: “For whom have you prepared this feast?”

“For all of you”, replied the people of the sky. Tortoise turned to the birds and said, “Remember that my name is All of you. You will eat after me.”

The birds waited angrily as Tortoise ate and drank most off feast. Then they came forward to eat but some of them were too angry to eat. Before flying home, each bird took back the feather he had lent to tortoise. So there he stood in his hard shell full of food and drink but without any wings to fly home. He asked the birds to take a message for his wife, but they all refused expect Parrot.

Lost In Translation

Directed by Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation is an unusual romantic comedy. It stars Bill Murray as Bob, a bored, middle-aged actor, and Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte, a young philosophy graduate who is unhappily married to a photographer. Set in Tokyo, the film tells the story of the two Americans who meet one night in the bar of their hotel. During the film, they become close friends.

What i liked about this film is that it is about the characters, not about action or events. It looks at how people communicate and how they can change each other. Not much happens, but that doesn’t matter. It’s clever, funny and well acted. If you like ‘feel good movies’, I can highly recommend this one.