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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 14 decisions about the well’s water?”“It’s not the same, I think. What you do in your house doesn’t affect me, but what you do with the river does. I think the water in a river is not something you can buy. The water should belong to everybody,” says Mohamed. “Mmm I think I see your point Mohamed,” says Silvia. “Some things should be everyone’s forever; we all have the right to enjoy them. Imagine what would happen if they sold the woods, or the mountains, and whoever bought them decided to cut the trees down and burn eve- rything so they could build houses. That would be a disaster!” “I disagree,” Elena says. “Why should someone buy something if he can’t do what he wants with it? If you pay for something, then you can do whatever you want with it, right?” José interrupts the conver- sation. “So if I buy a dog, can I do what I want with it? Or according to Mohamed, I can do what I want, as far as it doesn’t affect others, right?” “Elena, would that mean that you can kill your dog because you paid for it?” Danilo says. “I’m not sure, but I think the rule does not apply to living things.” Elena looks at Danilo and says, hesitating at first, “I don’t know, it isn’t so easy, the truth is not so clear. Maybe we should discuss this with Maite and try to clarify all this.” “Ok Elena, but stop beating around the bush.” Mohamed is still angry that we can’t go swim- ming. “The problem is, how are we going to go swimming, and who has caused this situation? If I broke into Rufino’s house and got into his bathtub, what would he think then?” “I’m telling you it’s not Ru- fino’s,” Pedro insists. “Ask my uncle, he’ll tell you the story.” Episode 4. Planning the show for the village festival At the end of the day, we still feel bitter about the injustice of not having been able to go swimming in the river. We get together before dinner to start organizing the performance for the village festival. It will not be a very long play, because we do not want to have to memorize lot of lines.