TH: Well, let´s cool off a little bit. Let´s take a 5-minute break. You can take your time and cool off until I speak to you again. (5-minute break) Okay, let´s continue. Do you know the name of the king of Nepal of the time when you lived as the village head?
Risa: Gurka. Gurkakostares.
TH: What year is it when you are living as the village head? Can you answer by the Western calendar? Don´t you know the Western calendar?
Risa: The Western calendar?
TH: Don´t you know the Western calendar? What year is it?
Risa: 59 years old.
TH: It´s your age, right?
TH: Don´t you know what year it is? Don´t you understand what I´m asking?
Risa: I don´t understand.
TH: All right, then, it won´t work. You know the name of the king, don´t you?
Risa: Gurkha.
TH: Isn´t there any calendar at the time? At the time when you are living as a 59-year-old.
Risa: Calendar?
HT: Isn´t there any calendar in Nepal? (Risa nods). Where are you now?
Risa: In a field.
TH: Please look around. What can you see?
Risa: Swamp. …. Bugs, bugs!
TH: Are there bugs? Do they bite?
Risa: (nodding) … Leeches.
<To be continued...>
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