PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
One a Year
The old yard on Khlong Bang Luang, Tee behind the camera and Master Wichai on his bench: how many boats has this yard built; I stopped counting at two hundred, though my wife wrote them down; and now; one a year, even though nobody orders one; even though nobody buys one; but in the end somebody buys it; and who taught you to build boats; my father, though he said he only let me watch: even though, in its three shapes.
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THE STORY
Master Wichai's old yard on Khlong Bang Luang in Thonburi on a cool-season morning, Tee behind the camera: Tee and Jack say the polite word to Master Wichai and call him master; he speaks to them plainly, by name.
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