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Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.94,0:00:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last summer I had the great idea of buying a dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.16,0:01:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything started when Manuel broke up with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.25,0:01:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't think of anything better than replacing him with a big dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.12,0:01:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a lot of fur
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.100,0:01:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an enormous mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.67,0:01:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have always been against having animals in the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.26,0:01:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed cruel to the animal and unhygienic for the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.30,0:01:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even want to keep the turtle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.46,0:01:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was given to Manuel for his birthday
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.56,0:01:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his co-workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.48,0:01:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was big and ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.86,0:01:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had put it in the bidet for a couple of weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.64,0:01:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I started having nightmares in which the turtle became giant
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.20,0:01:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pursued me around the entire house.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.31,0:02:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I managed to convince Manuel to leave it in the river
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.24,0:02:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that flowed near the village.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.04,0:02:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never talked about it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.58,0:02:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although I knew perfectly that he would've liked to have a kitten
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.16,0:02:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a puppy, or a bird.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.45,0:02:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that was the reason, for revenge, that I decided to buy a dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now that you're not here anymore I'm buying a dog and you're not going to know."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.91,0:02:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course, he found out anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.30,0:02:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Should I return it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.30,0:02:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tiny revenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.34,0:02:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was recommended to give it a name with one syllable
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.58,0:02:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the dog can learn it easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.83,0:02:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to name him Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.32,0:02:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I liked it because it was the half of "Manuel"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.06,0:02:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it also meant "man" in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.83,0:02:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Although you're only half of "Manuel", you're much more of a man than he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.07,0:03:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manuel has one part of a man and another of an ox.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.35,0:03:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we want that part that means nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.62,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only brings back memories and nostalgia?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.58,0:03:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning, when I walked him around the neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.79,0:03:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a little ashamed to call him by his name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.47,0:03:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after hearing such stupid things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.50,0:03:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that other people had named their dogs, I stopped having any type of hesitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.46,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Man! Come here!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.86,0:03:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Good boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.94,0:04:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man and I went out every Sunday and went to the market.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.84,0:04:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.20,0:04:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent the morning going from one place to another
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.64,0:04:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind everything that moved or drew his attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.99,0:04:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It reminded me that when I was with Manuel
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.75,0:04:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he enjoyed teaching me all sorts of old tricks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.80,0:04:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made all the salesmen bargain nonstop.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.62,0:04:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He always told me that I had to bargain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.88,0:04:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they raised the price for the tourists but I was ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.72,0:04:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man grew.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.19,0:04:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although he had grown loving
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.93,0:04:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a few months living together I started to get sick of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.28,0:04:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't even half of what Manuel had been .
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.61,0:04:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was just a poor dog that deserved something better than living with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.34,0:04:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christmas came.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.73,0:04:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a friend of mine gave me a disk
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.06,0:04:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which one of the songs portrayed me perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.37,0:05:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said that having a large dog when you are young and don't want to be alone
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.74,0:05:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is already a sign of self-destruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.60,0:05:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were as free as we said we were
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.67,0:05:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wouldn't need dogs to replace anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.65,0:05:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.49,0:05:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I played the song over and over while Man watched me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.23,0:05:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those eyes that seemed to understand me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.38,0:05:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be free.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.10,0:05:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that half of Manuel that was still with me was stopping me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.98,0:05:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe with another name it would have helped me forget him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.04,0:05:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was too late to change it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.50,0:05:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to make a decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.99,0:05:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like every year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.80,0:05:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the 24th me and my whole family went to dinner in my parents' house.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.31,0:05:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't told them about Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.17,0:05:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also hadn't told them that Manuel had left me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.25,0:06:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dinner always ended with the exchange of the Christmas gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.76,0:06:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year my mother made a lottery to decide who was going to give a gift to whom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.17,0:06:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year I had Manuel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.42,0:06:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made him a wool scarf and he gave me an album full of photos.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.10,0:06:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year I had my brother Javier.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.92,0:06:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had bought him a cologne.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.57,0:06:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I was home wrapping it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.16,0:06:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that that was my chance to get rid of the dog
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.35,0:06:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start a new life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.27,0:06:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left Man in the car during the dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.34,0:06:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when it was time to exchange the gifts I went down for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.49,0:06:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the place where I had left him
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.12,0:06:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were neither my car, nor Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.16,0:07:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the second time I had my car stolen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.83,0:07:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the first time there was a dog inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.86,0:07:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police found the car in a field a few days later.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.10,0:07:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no trace of the dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.52,0:07:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I should be happy for not having to worry about it anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.87,0:07:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of that I was sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.34,0:07:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much sadder than when Manuel left me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.76,0:08:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put posters with Man's photo throughout the neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.87,0:08:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no news for several days.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.32,0:08:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until one morning the doorbell rang.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.62,0:08:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Man...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.43,0:08:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Manuel.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.27,0:08:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manuel and Man together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.26,0:08:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.28,0:08:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me he had just bought him that day at the flea market.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.16,0:08:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that, although it was hard to believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.55,0:08:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had had the feeling that the dog had
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.88,0:08:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led him to my house.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.46,0:08:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition, he said he missed me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.98,0:08:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that he wanted to be with me again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.50,0:08:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man immediately recognized me and started playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.57,0:08:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to say anything to Manuel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.28,0:08:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was very surprised that the dog was so tender with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.70,0:08:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said he had called him Max.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.35,0:09:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was great.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.49,0:09:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the dog it sounded almost the same
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.70,0:09:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for me it was two-thirds of "Manuel" and part of an unknown "x"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.67,0:09:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had made it so that all three of us were together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.46,0:09:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subtitles - DecemberSky
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.59,0:09:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,;]