Echo! Look at the people and listen to the band, the season starts today, doesn't it?
Good job, stand up
I am faster
What Goes Around Comes Around
They are boring, I want them to leave
Do you want to eat?
No, Thanks
Unwanted Ending
Please don't leave her alone!
Please don't
I am leaving!
NO
Every Sunday in the Jardins Publique, Mrs Brill sits with her parrot watching people and listening to their stories. She imagines that they are all acting in a play.
Judging by Appearances
She keeps talking to this parrot. However, Who calls a parrot Echo?
Why does she comes here at all? Who wants her? Why doesn't she keep her silly old mug at home?
Mrs Brill first sits beside a boring couple that are silent and have no conversations or stories to be heard, which is very boring to an eavesdropper like her.
After Rejection
She leaves the wooden chair and the boring couple, looking for another interesting story to watch and listen to. Unfortunately, the story she finally finds to listen seems despairing.
Reality
I miss you so much, you died and left me alone here where we don't belong. I couldn't go back home and leave your buried bodies here! I tried to be a part of this strange society in order to not be alone, but they rejected me! I am sorry, I am lonely! I have to leave.
She goes to sit down next to a younger couple that seemed to be happy until she arrives. They don't realize that appearances are not always the reality.
Oh my God
She gets shocked with the reality of being alienated and lonely. Then, she leaves the Jardin and starts thinking out loud with her parrot, echo.
Is it my fault that I don't want to be alone? I think I should stay alone in my room to avoid bothering others.
At the end, she goes to her room and looks at the photo of her family that died in a terrible accident when they had just arrived to France. She starts crying and talking to them.