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(GENTLE MUSIC
WITH VOCALISED MELODY PLAYS)

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(MUSIC ENDS)

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(WHEEZY BREATHING)

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(BREATHING FADES AND ENDS)

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Farewell, Pinky.

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(SIGHS)

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(LOW HUMMING)

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The potatoes!

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(WHEEZY BREATH)

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Potatoes?

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Potatoes...

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Pinky...

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Pinky, what do you mean?

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Oh...

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Oh, Pinky.

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(SIGHS)

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Be free, Sylvia.

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Don't worry.

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I'll be OK.

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I wasn't always this alone.

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My childhood
was full of people.

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Hmm...

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Dad used to say that childhood
was like being drunk.

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Everyone remembers
what you did, except you.

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But my childhood
was sobering, Sylvia.

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I remember everything,

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right from the start.

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I'd always liked
feeling caged in,

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snug, and protected.

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It was a shock
to be born premature.

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I wasn't fully baked,

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and looked like a baby rabbit.

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I was named
Grace Prudence Pudel.

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My twin brother, Gilbert.

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The nurse said
we had two souls,

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but one heart.

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Mmm. I liked that.

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Our birth was
very strenuous for Mum,

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and she died.

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We left her womb

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and she entered her tomb.

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Mother snails do the same

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after they've had their babies.

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Don't they, Sylvia?

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As I grew older,

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I suffered a smorgasbord
of afflictions.

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(AIR HISSES EXPLOSIVELY)

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I was always back in hospital
for something.

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The doctor said
I was like a china doll

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you could shatter
with just a stare.

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Eventually, they needed to
fix my floppy lip.

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(AIR HISSES GENTLY)

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(WHIMPERS AND SIGHS)

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Things went bad.

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(GASPS)

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I lost so much blood,

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I needed a transfusion.

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The doctor asked Gilbert
if he'd give me his.

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- (DOCTOR CLEARS THROAT)
- Huh?

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(INDISTINCT)

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Oh.

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He said yes,

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even though he thought
he'd have to die to save me.

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How long before I die?

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(ALL GASP)

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They quickly explained
he wouldn't die.

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His body would make new blood.

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Oh.

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He became everyone's hero
that night.

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Especially mine.

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To cheer me up,

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Dad gave me
Mum's old jewellery box.

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- (MUSIC BOX PLAYS ALOUETTE)
- GRACE: Ooh!

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(LAUGHS)

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Inside, it had
her snail collection,

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and her ring.

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She'd loved snails as well,

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and had been a malacologist.

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I thought Gilbert
should have the ring.

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GILBERT: Ooh.

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I'm going to wear this
till the day I die, Gracie.

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Despite my woes, Sylvia,

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I believed in glasses half-full
and silver linings.

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Gilbert's glass
was half-empty, though.

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I remember
how he was often sad.

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It seemed like he had a secret
he wanted to tell.

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He was like Holden Caulfield,
James Dean and Charlie Brown

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all rolled into one.

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He saw people as a threat.

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(BELL RINGS)

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At school, he was always
my warrior, my defender.

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ALL: (CHANT)
Rabbit face, rabbit face,

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rabbit face, rabbit face.

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(WHIMPERS)

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- Give me that.
- (SQUEALING)

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(BOY LAUGHS NASTILY)

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(KIDS LAUGH)

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(SNIFFLES)

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Hey, morons.

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Hmm?

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(GROWLS)

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(GRUNTING AND GROANING)

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(GASPS)

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- (GROANS)
- (KIDS LAUGH)

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(GROANS)

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- (GROWLS)
- (LAUGHS)

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(SQUEALS AND GASPS)

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Agh!

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(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

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(GRUNTS)

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(VOICE PLAYS) ...able to breed
a chicken with a giraffe.

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He said that
he's able to lay eggs,

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- but has a really long pecker.
- (LAUGHTER)

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Our home was our sanctuary,

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a place where we felt safe

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to read our books
and watch our favourite shows.

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(LAUGHTER ON TV)

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I loved my bedroom.

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It's where
everything was just so.

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Right angles brought me
enormous comfort,

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as did my snails, Sylvia.

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They were my friends,

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so I made more of them.

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I knew they'd never leave me,

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hurt me.

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Or die.

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I didn't like people dying.

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(MAN SNORES)

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GRACE: I wanted to save people.

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Save the homeless.

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My favourite was James.

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(JAMES CONTINUES SNORING)

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One Christmas,
I covered him in decorations

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so he could feel
some Christmas cheer.

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He loved his tea.

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- (LOUD CLINKING)
- Huh?

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Ah! Ah.

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- (GIGGLES)
- Ah...

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Good on ya, little possum.
Good on ya.

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He was once a magistrate,

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but was defrocked
for masturbating in court.

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(INDISTINCT MURMURING)

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(CHUCKLES) Back then,

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I thought masturbation meant
chewing your food thoroughly.

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(CREAKING, JAMES HUMS SOFTLY)

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He once told me that

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masturbation
was the thief of time.

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- Ooh!
- Huh?

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James gave me
my first real snail.

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Ah!

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Your mum, Sylvia.

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He told me to put her
in a big jar

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and feed her Vegemite.

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While I was busy
trying to save the world,

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Gilbert wanted to
break free from it.

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(GILBERT SIGHS)

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GRACE: Free others.

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- (BIRD SQUAWKS)
- Huh?

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(SQUAWKS)

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GILBERT: Ugh!

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Once, he let our neighbour's
cockatoo escape.

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(SQUAWKS CONFUSEDLY)

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GILBERT: Fly, Mildred!
Come on, fly!

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- (CONTINUES BANGING CAGE)
- (MILDRED SQUAWKS)

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- (FLAPPING)
- (LAUGHS)

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(SQUAWKING)

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Bye, Mildred!

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GRACE: Gilbert said Mildred
never seemed so happy.

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If he wasn't
letting animals free,

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he was rescuing them.

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(WHIMPERS)

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He didn't
care about the dangers.

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GILBERT: I'll save it, Gracie!

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- Gilbert!
- Ah!

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Come on, fella!

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- Agh!
- (HORN BLARES)

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(SCREAMS)

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Over here, Gracie!

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GRACE: Gilbert loved animals
so much

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he became a vegetarian.

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(LAUGHS)

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GILBERT: Aww!
Now she's got a boyfriend.

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Look, Gracie,
they're hugging.

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BOTH: Ugh...

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GILBERT: Eggs, wow!

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GRACE: We'd created
our own little family.

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GILBERT: They hatched, Gracie!
Babies!

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GRACE: You became
my favourite, Sylvia.

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Your swirl went opposite
to the others.

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Gilbert named you after
Mum's favourite author.

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But the thing that
made Gilbert really unique

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was his love of fire.

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He wanted to eat it.

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He'd spend hours
playing with fire.

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(LAUGHS MANIACALLY)

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GRACE: I remember how he always
smelt like burnt matches.

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At school, the girls swooned.

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He was the flame,
they were the moths.

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(GIRLS SIGH)

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But he was more interested
in reading, and magic.

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I think he just wanted
to disappear.

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And spend all his pocket money
at Bert's.

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Bert was the type of person

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parents told you to avoid,
Sylvia.

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Someone who might offer you
boiled lollies.

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Ooh.

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Bert seemed
anything but magical.

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(BARKS IN ALARM)

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(LAUGHS)

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GRACE: Gilbert's dream was

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to be a street performer
in Paris.

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- (ACCORDION PLAYS)
- (CROWD GASPS)

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

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- GILBERT: Look, Gracie!
- (GASPS)

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He was always practising.

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- (GRUNTS)
- (GASPS)

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GILBERT: Oh, shit!

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- (SCREAMS)
- GILBERT: Ow, ow, ow!

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GRACE: And often burnt himself.

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(EXHALES)

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We got little scars
from the sparks.

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And when we
put our arms together,

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they formed a face.

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GILBERT: Oh, look, Gracie!

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GRACE: It felt great
when we did this.

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Our feelings aligned.

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A lot of twins
say this, Sylvia,

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and it's true.

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I felt his emotions,

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his happiness
and his sadness.

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Which seemed to be

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the fourth member
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- Mum's death had left a hole.
- (SNORING)

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Dad had tried to fill the void,

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but... he had his own problems.

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Dad was French,

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and had once been
an animator in Paris.

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He made stop-motion films

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with an old Bolex camera.

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(MUSIC PLAYS
WITH SINGING IN FRENCH)

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He showed them to us
sometimes.

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To pay for his art form,

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he busked on the streets.

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(ACCORDION PLAYS)

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Bonjour, messieurs dames,

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Je suis
l'incroyable Percy Pudel.

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Mum met him on a holiday

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she'd won in
the Woman's Weekly magazine.

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Hep-ah!

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- Oh!
- (SHUTTER CLICKS)

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Et voila, messieurs dames.

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Ohh...

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(HEART BEATS LOUDLY)

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Wow!

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Bonjour,
mademoiselle d'escargot.

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- (CHUCKLES)
- (LAUGHS AND SIGHS)

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Ooh! Ooh, la, la!

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(CHUCKLES)

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GRACE: They fell in love,

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and he followed her
back to Australia.

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00:17:20.127 --> 00:17:22.824
(HORNS BLARE, TRAFFIC RUMBLES)

264
00:17:24.462 --> 00:17:28.032
Bonjour! Je suis
l'incroyable Percy Pudel.

265
00:17:28.961 --> 00:17:30.560
MAN: Wanker!

266
00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:33.730
- Hey, w... Watch out!
- (TYRES SQUEAL)

267
00:17:33.731 --> 00:17:35.759
- (CRASH!)
- PERCY:Agh!

268
00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:37.527
(GROANS)

269
00:17:44.395 --> 00:17:45.965
GRACE: Mum had only just
got pregnant

270
00:17:45.966 --> 00:17:49.724
when his career was cut short
by a drunk driver.

271
00:17:49.725 --> 00:17:54.431
He never juggled again,
and became a paraplegic.

272
00:17:54.432 --> 00:17:56.464
Then, slowly,

273
00:17:56.465 --> 00:17:57.929
an alcoholic,

274
00:17:57.930 --> 00:18:00.890
just like the guy
who'd hit him.

275
00:18:01.866 --> 00:18:04.763
Money had
always been a problem.

276
00:18:04.764 --> 00:18:07.264
Much worse since his accident.

277
00:18:07.265 --> 00:18:11.626
His pension barely paid
for his wheelchair batteries.

278
00:18:13.731 --> 00:18:14.997
Winning Scratchies

279
00:18:14.998 --> 00:18:18.125
was the only thing
that brought him hope.

280
00:18:18.126 --> 00:18:20.792
We found them everywhere.

281
00:18:20.793 --> 00:18:22.455
(SNORES)

282
00:18:22.456 --> 00:18:24.324
To make matters worse,

283
00:18:24.325 --> 00:18:26.758
he developed sleep apnoea.

284
00:18:27.492 --> 00:18:31.859
(BREATHING STUTTERS AND STOPS)

285
00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:33.329
BOTH: Huh?

286
00:18:34.395 --> 00:18:36.563
We'd have to clap
to wake him up.

287
00:18:36.564 --> 00:18:38.663
(BOTH CLAP LOUDLY)

288
00:18:38.664 --> 00:18:41.098
(MUTTERS IN FRENCH)

289
00:18:44.191 --> 00:18:46.362
(SNORES)

290
00:18:53.095 --> 00:18:54.590
Despite our hardships,

291
00:18:54.591 --> 00:18:58.928
our little family unit
was strong.

292
00:18:58.929 --> 00:19:01.695
And there was plenty of joy.

293
00:19:01.696 --> 00:19:03.065
GILBERT: Ready!

294
00:19:03.730 --> 00:19:05.758
(ALL CHEER)

295
00:19:06.930 --> 00:19:10.099
(PEOPLE SHOUT AND SCREAM)

296
00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:14.428
GRACE: Our happiest day was
when we went on the Big Dipper.

297
00:19:17.434 --> 00:19:19.098
It was scary.

298
00:19:20.131 --> 00:19:23.065
Scary because it was
100 years old.

299
00:19:24.292 --> 00:19:25.762
Wah! (LAUGHS)

300
00:19:25.763 --> 00:19:27.761
GRACE: Dad felt alive,

301
00:19:27.762 --> 00:19:29.491
escaped his body.

302
00:19:29.492 --> 00:19:32.156
(PERCY CONTINUES
SHOUTING EXCITEDLY)

303
00:19:32.157 --> 00:19:34.791
(ALL SHOUT)

304
00:19:36.566 --> 00:19:38.056
When he died,

305
00:19:38.057 --> 00:19:42.065
he said he wanted his ashes
sprinkled off the Big Dipper.

306
00:19:43.198 --> 00:19:45.559
The day got even better
on the way home

307
00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:49.024
when Gilbert found a Scratchie
on the ground.

308
00:19:49.025 --> 00:19:50.890
We won $20!

309
00:19:52.227 --> 00:19:53.596
So Dad bought 20 more.

310
00:19:53.597 --> 00:19:55.356
(PERCY MURMURS)

311
00:19:55.357 --> 00:19:58.195
GILBERT: Too bad, Dad.

312
00:19:58.196 --> 00:20:00.431
GRACE: He hated we had to
look after him.

313
00:20:00.432 --> 00:20:01.999
(PERCY SIGHS)

314
00:20:03.627 --> 00:20:08.457
GRACE: I suppose his cage
was his body.

315
00:20:08.458 --> 00:20:11.322
His glass wasn't full or empty.

316
00:20:11.323 --> 00:20:13.296
Just... a glass.

317
00:20:15.135 --> 00:20:18.692
Knitting and black jelly beans
were his other addictions.

318
00:20:19.692 --> 00:20:21.956
He was the one
who knitted my snail hat

319
00:20:21.957 --> 00:20:25.528
and made the eyeballs out of
his old juggling balls.

320
00:20:25.529 --> 00:20:26.756
(LAUGHS)

321
00:20:26.757 --> 00:20:29.062
The jelly beans
made his tongue all black,

322
00:20:29.063 --> 00:20:30.596
- and his breath...
- (BOTH SNIFF)

323
00:20:30.597 --> 00:20:32.531
GRACE: ...aniseedy.

324
00:20:32.532 --> 00:20:33.656
GILBERT: Watch, Gracie.

325
00:20:33.657 --> 00:20:34.930
GRACE: We arranged them
on his head

326
00:20:34.931 --> 00:20:37.258
while he pretended
to be asleep.

327
00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:39.197
He let us do stuff like that.

328
00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:47.125
We were free to
do what we wanted, Sylvia.

329
00:20:47.126 --> 00:20:48.628
GILBERT: (LAUGHS) Ah!

330
00:20:48.629 --> 00:20:50.230
(LAUGHTER)

331
00:20:50.231 --> 00:20:54.096
GRACEA: He said childhood
was life's best season.

332
00:20:54.097 --> 00:20:57.588
It never lasts,
but everyone deserves one.

333
00:20:57.589 --> 00:21:00.355
PERCY: Oh, mon fils! (LAUGHS)

334
00:21:00.356 --> 00:21:02.056
Bravo, Gilbert!

335
00:21:02.057 --> 00:21:06.257
GRACE: He was so proud Gilbert
wanted to be a performer,

336
00:21:06.258 --> 00:21:08.224
follow in his footsteps.

337
00:21:08.225 --> 00:21:10.464
GILBERT: Ah... Ohh!

338
00:21:10.465 --> 00:21:13.461
(LAUGHS) Bravo!

339
00:21:13.462 --> 00:21:16.455
GRACE: That night, we got out
mum's jewellery box

340
00:21:16.456 --> 00:21:18.796
and sang our heads off.

341
00:21:18.797 --> 00:21:20.829
ALL: # ...gentille alouette

342
00:21:20.830 --> 00:21:23.962
♪ Alouette, je te plumerai

343
00:21:23.963 --> 00:21:26.861
- PERCY AND GILBERT:
♪ Je te plumerai la tete... ♪
- (GRACE SINGS INDISTINCTLY)

344
00:21:26.862 --> 00:21:28.830
♪ Je te plumerai la tete

345
00:21:28.831 --> 00:21:30.696
ALL: # Et la tete!
Et la tete!

346
00:21:30.697 --> 00:21:32.728
♪ Alouette!
Alouette!

347
00:21:32.729 --> 00:21:34.894
♪ O-o-o-oh... ♪

348
00:21:34.895 --> 00:21:37.362
(MUSIC BOX CONTINUES)

349
00:21:38.561 --> 00:21:40.931
- (BURPS)
- GILBERT: Hah. Good one, Dad.

350
00:21:40.932 --> 00:21:43.723
GRACE: Later, dad got out
his old Bolex camera

351
00:21:43.724 --> 00:21:46.857
and gave me some tips
on how to animate.

352
00:21:50.792 --> 00:21:54.330
I wanted to become an animator,
just like him.

353
00:21:54.331 --> 00:21:56.724
(TV PLAYS)

354
00:21:56.725 --> 00:21:59.864
GRACE: To top the day off,
we had a competition

355
00:21:59.865 --> 00:22:02.728
to see who could create
the best hairdo.

356
00:22:02.729 --> 00:22:06.157
(TV CONTINUES)

357
00:22:06.158 --> 00:22:07.461
GRACE: I won.

358
00:22:10.792 --> 00:22:13.256
I remember
the stillness that night...

359
00:22:13.257 --> 00:22:14.590
(PERCY MURMURS)

360
00:22:14.591 --> 00:22:17.564
...the wonderful memories
of that day,

361
00:22:17.565 --> 00:22:19.461
fresh in our heads.

362
00:22:21.326 --> 00:22:24.857
A day so precious...

363
00:22:26.325 --> 00:22:27.923
...but fleeting.

364
00:22:29.432 --> 00:22:31.857
(SNORES)

365
00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:36.860
(BREATHING STUTTERS AND STOPS)

366
00:22:36.861 --> 00:22:39.221
(TV CONTINUES)

367
00:22:39.222 --> 00:22:40.527
BOTH: Huh?

368
00:22:42.698 --> 00:22:45.263
(BOTH CLAP LOUDLY)

369
00:22:49.733 --> 00:22:52.032
(CLAPPING SLOWS AND STOPS)

370
00:22:53.931 --> 00:22:55.923
GRACE: Despite our clapping...

371
00:22:56.764 --> 00:22:58.629
...this time,

372
00:22:58.630 --> 00:23:00.863
Dad never woke.

373
00:23:00.864 --> 00:23:04.329
- (SNIFFLES)
- (LAUGHTER ON TV)

374
00:23:07.434 --> 00:23:09.560
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

375
00:23:11.834 --> 00:23:14.393
We couldn't afford
a proper funeral,

376
00:23:14.394 --> 00:23:17.756
so Dad was cremated
by the government,

377
00:23:17.757 --> 00:23:22.162
his ashes given to us
in a cardboard box.

378
00:23:22.163 --> 00:23:25.960
I sprinkled him
into his jellybean jar.

379
00:23:25.961 --> 00:23:27.890
He would have liked that.

380
00:23:37.164 --> 00:23:39.524
Child services came
to take us away.

381
00:23:39.525 --> 00:23:42.857
DENISE: Come on, you two.
Let's go.

382
00:23:44.033 --> 00:23:45.960
GRACE: And we were to be
sent to foster homes

383
00:23:45.961 --> 00:23:48.098
in separate states.

384
00:23:50.930 --> 00:23:52.227
We had no relatives,

385
00:23:52.228 --> 00:23:54.895
and no-one wanted to
adopt twins,

386
00:23:54.896 --> 00:23:57.923
especially weird ones like us.

387
00:24:06.194 --> 00:24:08.529
Look after it, Gilbert.

388
00:24:08.530 --> 00:24:11.999
(SNIFFLES)

389
00:24:16.834 --> 00:24:20.128
DENISE: Hurry up.
Say your goodbyes.

390
00:24:20.129 --> 00:24:22.458
- GILBERT: Bye, Gracie.
- (HONKS HORN)

391
00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:26.032
- GRACE: Bye, Gilbert.
- (ENGINE STARTS)

392
00:24:30.001 --> 00:24:33.428
GRACE: That was the last time
I saw my brother.

393
00:24:33.429 --> 00:24:37.494
The last time I smelled
his scent of burnt matches.

394
00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:46.498
We never got to sprinkle Dad
off the Big Dipper.

395
00:24:46.499 --> 00:24:50.296
(SNIFFLES AND SOBS)

396
00:24:54.933 --> 00:24:57.192
Our lives were
turned upside down

397
00:24:57.193 --> 00:25:00.359
and back to front, Sylvia.

398
00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:03.594
We had no choice
but to move onwards.

399
00:25:03.595 --> 00:25:05.331
Upwards.

400
00:25:05.332 --> 00:25:06.692
Sidewards.

401
00:25:10.695 --> 00:25:14.998
I was sent to live with
a childless couple in Canberra,

402
00:25:14.999 --> 00:25:18.560
which had won safest city
three years in a row.

403
00:25:20.033 --> 00:25:23.065
Some people
even wore helmets driving.

404
00:25:29.234 --> 00:25:33.065
Back then, Canberra wasn't
the exciting place it is today.

405
00:25:35.629 --> 00:25:40.263
I suppose 'settled' is
the wrong word for how I felt.

406
00:25:41.131 --> 00:25:44.164
'Traumatised'
was more accurate.

407
00:25:46.165 --> 00:25:49.263
The separation from Gilbert
made me anxious.

408
00:25:50.966 --> 00:25:53.324
But you and your siblings,
Sylvia,

409
00:25:53.325 --> 00:25:55.560
you brought me some comfort.

410
00:25:56.531 --> 00:25:58.065
(SIGHS)

411
00:25:58.829 --> 00:26:00.496
MAN: Lovely.

412
00:26:00.497 --> 00:26:01.657
(WOMAN LAUGHS)

413
00:26:01.658 --> 00:26:05.125
GRACE: My new foster parents,
Ian and Narelle,

414
00:26:05.126 --> 00:26:08.630
were... pleasant enough.

415
00:26:08.631 --> 00:26:09.931
They were accountants

416
00:26:09.932 --> 00:26:12.362
for a company that made
traffic lights.

417
00:26:13.831 --> 00:26:15.127
They were well-meaning,

418
00:26:15.128 --> 00:26:17.059
and addicted to
self-help books.

419
00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:19.697
- (KNOCK AT DOOR)
- Hm?

420
00:26:19.698 --> 00:26:22.493
- Good morning!
- Hey!

421
00:26:22.494 --> 00:26:25.596
GRACE: They believed
a good dose of self-esteem

422
00:26:25.597 --> 00:26:28.361
cured everything.

423
00:26:28.362 --> 00:26:31.657
Every week, they'd make me
a new certificate.

424
00:26:31.658 --> 00:26:35.098
NARELL: Our little baby.
Oh, we're so proud!

425
00:26:35.897 --> 00:26:37.761
IAN: Now, watch this.

426
00:26:37.762 --> 00:26:39.097
My finger work!

427
00:26:39.098 --> 00:26:41.758
GRACE: On the weekends,
they'd play netball.

428
00:26:43.132 --> 00:26:45.393
IAN: Gracie, can you
get the ball for us?

429
00:26:45.394 --> 00:26:47.626
GRACE: They tried to get me
to play as well.

430
00:26:50.127 --> 00:26:51.758
IAN: Here we go.

431
00:26:54.026 --> 00:26:55.090
Catch it!

432
00:26:55.091 --> 00:26:56.463
GRACIE: Oof!

433
00:26:56.464 --> 00:26:57.692
IAN: Oh, no!

434
00:26:59.033 --> 00:27:01.195
NARELLE: Ian!
What's happened to her?

435
00:27:01.196 --> 00:27:03.530
- IAN: You're right, babe.
- NARELLE: Babe?

436
00:27:03.531 --> 00:27:05.228
She's going blue!

437
00:27:05.229 --> 00:27:06.558
GRACE: Sometimes I faked
asthma attacks.

438
00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:09.159
IAN: Hey, Narelle,
better get the puffer!

439
00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.831
GRACE: I felt bad telling lies,

440
00:27:10.832 --> 00:27:13.423
but sport was
one of my allergies.

441
00:27:13.424 --> 00:27:15.192
NARELLE: You alright, babe?

442
00:27:15.193 --> 00:27:17.461
IAN: Breathe, pumpkin, breathe!

443
00:27:25.197 --> 00:27:28.725
Their favourite colour
was beige.

444
00:27:31.033 --> 00:27:34.227
They even had guinea pigs
that were beige.

445
00:27:34.228 --> 00:27:37.329
NARELLE: OK,
we're off now, pumpkin.

446
00:27:37.996 --> 00:27:40.230
- See you later.
- Bye.

447
00:27:41.364 --> 00:27:43.927
GRACE: On Saturdays,
they went to key parties.

448
00:27:43.928 --> 00:27:45.128
NARELLE: Ready, love?

449
00:27:45.129 --> 00:27:47.197
IAN: I'm looking forward
to tonight, babe.

450
00:27:49.164 --> 00:27:51.392
GRACE: They were swingers,
Sylvia.

451
00:27:51.393 --> 00:27:53.597
(GRUNTING, MOANING)
WOMAN: Darryl!

452
00:27:53.598 --> 00:27:56.230
(MOANING CONTINUES)

453
00:27:57.698 --> 00:27:59.530
(HINGES SQUEAK)

454
00:27:59.531 --> 00:28:00.657
GRACE: Back then,

455
00:28:00.658 --> 00:28:03.890
I thought swinging
meant something else.

456
00:28:06.527 --> 00:28:09.193
My new school
was predictably bad.

457
00:28:09.194 --> 00:28:10.762
- WOMAN: Grace Pudel!
- Huh?

458
00:28:10.763 --> 00:28:12.593
WOMAN: Stop daydreaming.

459
00:28:13.293 --> 00:28:15.329
(INDISTINCT MURMURING)

460
00:28:16.130 --> 00:28:18.230
GRACE: I tried to make friends.

461
00:28:19.562 --> 00:28:23.661
But Gilbert wasn't there
to break their fingers.

462
00:28:23.662 --> 00:28:25.663
So... Hmm...

463
00:28:25.664 --> 00:28:27.657
I absorbed the abuse,

464
00:28:27.658 --> 00:28:32.291
came home, and played with
my clay friends.

465
00:28:32.292 --> 00:28:35.126
I missed Gilbert like crazy.

466
00:28:35.127 --> 00:28:36.658
We wrote each other letters,

467
00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:40.428
and I saved every cent I could
to go see him.

468
00:28:42.025 --> 00:28:45.057
He'd been sent to live with
a family of fruit farmers

469
00:28:45.058 --> 00:28:46.725
near Perth.

470
00:28:48.264 --> 00:28:50.926
I definitely got
the better family, Sylvia.

471
00:28:50.927 --> 00:28:53.791
He HATED his.

472
00:28:55.128 --> 00:28:56.723
GILBERT: Dear Gracie,

473
00:28:56.724 --> 00:29:00.292
my new parents, Ruth and Owen,
are strange,

474
00:29:00.293 --> 00:29:02.693
and do a weird sort of praying.

475
00:29:02.694 --> 00:29:03.760
(HUMS)

476
00:29:03.761 --> 00:29:07.428
(ALL BABBLE)

477
00:29:11.561 --> 00:29:14.089
GILBERT: They make me pray
four times a day.

478
00:29:14.090 --> 00:29:15.423
(BABBLES)

479
00:29:15.424 --> 00:29:17.230
They said the more I pray,

480
00:29:17.231 --> 00:29:19.923
the more the pain of
Dad's death will disappear.

481
00:29:21.432 --> 00:29:25.756
They're really old-fashioned,
and don't even have a phone.

482
00:29:25.757 --> 00:29:29.657
We all have to have magnets
taped to us.

483
00:29:29.658 --> 00:29:32.489
They reckon it keeps
our auras balanced,

484
00:29:32.490 --> 00:29:34.758
protects us from the devil.

485
00:29:36.494 --> 00:29:40.230
Ruth is obsessed
with her poor budgies.

486
00:29:41.397 --> 00:29:44.692
I reckon she loves them
more than her own kids.

487
00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.256
(MAN BABBLES)

488
00:29:48.257 --> 00:29:50.032
Worship thy apple!

489
00:29:50.033 --> 00:29:53.560
GILBERT: They've built
their own church and school.

490
00:29:55.065 --> 00:29:58.124
- Owen is the minister.
- (BABBLES)

491
00:29:58.125 --> 00:30:00.092
Cleanse thy soul!

492
00:30:00.093 --> 00:30:03.296
(CONTINUES BABBLING)

493
00:30:04.726 --> 00:30:09.461
Cast out thy demons,
and worship thy fruit!

494
00:30:13.158 --> 00:30:14.824
Hm?

495
00:30:16.795 --> 00:30:18.260
(GRUNTS)

496
00:30:18.261 --> 00:30:19.994
GILBERT: He's got
stomach ulcers,

497
00:30:19.995 --> 00:30:22.032
which he blames on the devil.

498
00:30:28.897 --> 00:30:30.558
(OWEN CONTINUES BABBLING)

499
00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:33.395
GILBERT: My new brothers
are all morons.

500
00:30:35.096 --> 00:30:37.956
One of them is always staring.

501
00:30:42.567 --> 00:30:45.494
Worship the baby Jesus!

502
00:30:48.563 --> 00:30:52.161
GILBERT: I have to work in
the orchard after school.

503
00:30:52.162 --> 00:30:55.428
The brothers
get the better jobs.

504
00:30:57.430 --> 00:31:00.527
Ruth said if I'm going to be
a good orchardman,

505
00:31:00.528 --> 00:31:04.428
I'd have to start at the bottom
and work my way up.

506
00:31:06.227 --> 00:31:08.428
I'd rather eat glass.

507
00:31:10.729 --> 00:31:11.791
Hmph!

508
00:31:12.729 --> 00:31:13.789
Ugh!

509
00:31:13.790 --> 00:31:16.160
GILBERT: Anyway,
they can all get stuffed,

510
00:31:16.161 --> 00:31:18.157
'cause as soon as
I'm old enough,

511
00:31:18.158 --> 00:31:19.422
and got money,

512
00:31:19.423 --> 00:31:21.327
I'm coming to get you.

513
00:31:21.328 --> 00:31:24.692
I'll walk across
that big, burning desert.

514
00:31:25.897 --> 00:31:27.356
We'll escape to Paris.

515
00:31:27.357 --> 00:31:29.326
I'll become a fire eater.

516
00:31:29.327 --> 00:31:30.998
- (ACCORDION PLAYS)
- (CROWD CHEERS)

517
00:31:30.999 --> 00:31:33.890
GILBERT: And you'll become
an amazing animator!

518
00:31:42.094 --> 00:31:44.728
It'll be great.

519
00:31:44.729 --> 00:31:46.758
(GRACIE CRIES)

520
00:31:59.428 --> 00:32:01.731
GRACE: Gilbert's letters
gave me hope,

521
00:32:01.732 --> 00:32:04.492
so I tried to get on with life,

522
00:32:04.493 --> 00:32:07.927
squashing my sorrows
down into my shoes

523
00:32:07.928 --> 00:32:10.431
as the years dragged on.

524
00:32:10.432 --> 00:32:11.723
To pass time,

525
00:32:11.724 --> 00:32:14.760
I began volunteering
at the local library.

526
00:32:14.761 --> 00:32:16.165
(BLOWS OUT)

527
00:32:16.166 --> 00:32:20.728
One of my jobs was to erase
rude drawings done by boys.

528
00:32:20.729 --> 00:32:22.456
(GASPS) Ugh...

529
00:32:22.457 --> 00:32:25.190
That's when I first met Pinky.

530
00:32:25.191 --> 00:32:27.427
(PINKY HUMS SOFTLY)

531
00:32:27.428 --> 00:32:31.260
I saw her returning books
into a rubbish bin.

532
00:32:31.261 --> 00:32:33.689
She thought it was
the return chute.

533
00:32:33.690 --> 00:32:36.527
And had been doing it
for months.

534
00:32:37.194 --> 00:32:39.660
- Excuse me?
- Hm?

535
00:32:39.661 --> 00:32:40.690
Um...

536
00:32:40.691 --> 00:32:43.726
GRACE: She was mortified
when I explained.

537
00:32:43.727 --> 00:32:45.094
Ah, poo.

538
00:32:45.095 --> 00:32:47.564
Don't worry,
I won't turn you in.

539
00:32:47.565 --> 00:32:49.861
Oh, thank you, dear.

540
00:32:49.862 --> 00:32:52.223
Bless your cotton socks.

541
00:32:52.224 --> 00:32:53.958
What's your name?

542
00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:55.958
Grace Pudel.

543
00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:58.397
Uh, I'm Pinky.

544
00:32:58.398 --> 00:32:59.892
Just Pinky.

545
00:32:59.893 --> 00:33:01.727
Like Cher.

546
00:33:01.728 --> 00:33:04.189
Or Liberace.

547
00:33:04.190 --> 00:33:06.155
Or Prince.

548
00:33:06.156 --> 00:33:08.759
Casanova!

549
00:33:08.760 --> 00:33:10.428
Popeye.

550
00:33:11.395 --> 00:33:13.556
People call me Pinky
'cause of this.

551
00:33:13.557 --> 00:33:16.423
Lost it dancing
in Barcelona.

552
00:33:16.424 --> 00:33:19.131
(FLAMENCO-STYLE MUSIC PLAYS)

553
00:33:22.093 --> 00:33:23.791
PINKY: Agh!

554
00:33:27.494 --> 00:33:30.155
Why are you dressed
like an ant?

555
00:33:30.156 --> 00:33:32.157
Oh, um...

556
00:33:32.158 --> 00:33:33.497
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

557
00:33:33.498 --> 00:33:35.331
No, I'm a snail.

558
00:33:35.332 --> 00:33:37.297
Oh! (LAUGHS)

559
00:33:37.298 --> 00:33:39.193
Funny.

560
00:33:39.194 --> 00:33:41.396
I used to think I was a pigeon.

561
00:33:41.397 --> 00:33:43.655
(COOS)

562
00:33:43.656 --> 00:33:45.856
GRACE: She was
a true eccentric,

563
00:33:45.857 --> 00:33:49.725
and smelt like ginger
and second-hand shops.

564
00:33:50.896 --> 00:33:53.056
(CAR APPROACHES)

565
00:33:53.057 --> 00:33:54.593
Dickhead!

566
00:33:55.693 --> 00:33:57.789
GRACE: She clothed herself
in corduroy,

567
00:33:57.790 --> 00:34:01.360
And her face had more wrinkles
than her jacket.

568
00:34:01.361 --> 00:34:03.190
It was hard to know
where the fabric ended

569
00:34:03.191 --> 00:34:05.224
and her skin began.

570
00:34:05.225 --> 00:34:07.159
Apart from you, Sylvia,

571
00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.528
she was my first real friend.

572
00:34:09.529 --> 00:34:10.696
(WHOOSH!)

573
00:34:10.697 --> 00:34:13.024
My only real friend.

574
00:34:13.025 --> 00:34:15.093
(BIRDS CALL)

575
00:34:15.094 --> 00:34:17.493
She'd lived an amazing life.

576
00:34:17.494 --> 00:34:20.197
I thought one day I might
make a film about her.

577
00:34:21.262 --> 00:34:23.263
She'd seen the Northern Lights.

578
00:34:24.425 --> 00:34:26.397
Floated in the Dead Sea.

579
00:34:26.398 --> 00:34:27.762
(HUMS NOTES)

580
00:34:27.763 --> 00:34:30.725
(RAUNCHY MUSIC PLAYS)

581
00:34:30.726 --> 00:34:33.924
GRACE: Been an exotic dancer
in a schnitzel bar.

582
00:34:33.925 --> 00:34:35.296
Ha!

583
00:34:36.462 --> 00:34:38.494
(MAN CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY
AND CHEERS)

584
00:34:40.965 --> 00:34:42.999
GRACE: Won a bee-beard contest.

585
00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:45.798
PINKY: Hee! My turn.

586
00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:48.560
GRACE: Bathed with
a snow monkey.

587
00:34:50.525 --> 00:34:52.857
Made love to John Denver...

588
00:34:53.863 --> 00:34:55.029
In a helicopter.

589
00:34:55.030 --> 00:34:58.230
PINKY: Take me home,
country road!

590
00:35:00.995 --> 00:35:02.659
GRACE: And once...

591
00:35:03.594 --> 00:35:05.624
...played ping pong
with Fidel Castro.

592
00:35:05.625 --> 00:35:08.692
- (COMMENTARY IN SPANISH)
- (CROWD ROARS)

593
00:35:10.327 --> 00:35:11.525
GRACE: She'd never been sick.

594
00:35:11.526 --> 00:35:14.358
Her secret to longevity
were coffee enemas

595
00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:16.864
and a daily shot
of ginger wine.

596
00:35:16.865 --> 00:35:19.425
- (BUBBLING)
- (SIGHS CONTENTEDLY)

597
00:35:19.426 --> 00:35:22.058
GRACE: She'd outlived
two husbands.

598
00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:23.724
The first, Hector,

599
00:35:23.725 --> 00:35:26.597
had died just a week
after they got married.

600
00:35:26.598 --> 00:35:28.423
PINKY: Careful, sweetie.

601
00:35:28.424 --> 00:35:29.698
- HECTOR: Agh!
- (THUNK!)

602
00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:31.530
- (CLATTERING)
- (HECTOR GROANS)

603
00:35:31.531 --> 00:35:33.065
PINKY: Bugger.

604
00:35:37.892 --> 00:35:41.824
Her second husband, Bill,
had been a postman.

605
00:35:43.098 --> 00:35:45.662
Who wrote love notes
on her mail.

606
00:35:45.663 --> 00:35:47.422
(BILL CHUCKLES)

607
00:35:47.423 --> 00:35:48.992
BILL: Roses are red,

608
00:35:48.993 --> 00:35:50.762
Violets are camp,

609
00:35:50.763 --> 00:35:52.365
I'll be your letter,

610
00:35:52.366 --> 00:35:54.630
You be my stamp.

611
00:35:54.631 --> 00:35:56.356
You are the clouds,

612
00:35:56.357 --> 00:35:58.696
And I am the skies,

613
00:35:58.697 --> 00:36:01.257
Let me shipwreck meself

614
00:36:01.258 --> 00:36:03.056
Between your thighs.

615
00:36:03.057 --> 00:36:04.497
Smile.

616
00:36:04.498 --> 00:36:06.296
(BILL CHUCKLES)

617
00:36:07.627 --> 00:36:10.692
PINKY: Ready for my close-up,
Mr DeMille.

618
00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:15.823
GRACE: They'd just begun
a trek across Australia...

619
00:36:15.824 --> 00:36:17.994
BILL: Just a little
to your left, sweetheart.

620
00:36:17.995 --> 00:36:19.622
GRACE: ...when nature struck.

621
00:36:19.623 --> 00:36:22.192
- (BILL SCREAMS)
- Oh! Oh! Oh!

622
00:36:22.193 --> 00:36:23.356
- (THUD!)
- (BOTH SCREAM)

623
00:36:23.357 --> 00:36:25.023
- No!
- (THUMP!)

624
00:36:25.024 --> 00:36:27.090
(GROWLS)

625
00:36:27.091 --> 00:36:28.728
PINKY: Bugger.

626
00:36:28.729 --> 00:36:30.725
(SHUTTER CLICKS)

627
00:36:31.433 --> 00:36:35.098
(BELL TOLLS)

628
00:36:37.392 --> 00:36:39.391
PINKY: Careful, kiddies.

629
00:36:39.392 --> 00:36:41.630
GRACE: She was a real survivor,

630
00:36:41.631 --> 00:36:43.791
and had so many jobs.

631
00:36:44.927 --> 00:36:46.296
Dickhead!

632
00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:48.128
KIDS: Dickhead!

633
00:36:48.129 --> 00:36:50.292
GRACE: But they never
lasted long.

634
00:36:50.293 --> 00:36:52.696
- MAN: You're fired.
- (SIGHS)

635
00:36:52.697 --> 00:36:54.757
On her 80th birthday,

636
00:36:54.758 --> 00:36:58.956
she'd got a job
promoting pineapple chunks.

637
00:36:59.993 --> 00:37:01.591
Oh! Oh!

638
00:37:01.592 --> 00:37:04.758
GRACE: Gosh, she had
a great sense of humour.

639
00:37:06.726 --> 00:37:09.122
She drove her dead husband's
postal truck

640
00:37:09.123 --> 00:37:12.063
and once told me she wanted to
die peacefully in her sleep

641
00:37:12.064 --> 00:37:14.822
like her cousin
who was a bus driver.

642
00:37:14.823 --> 00:37:18.930
Not screaming in horror
like his passengers.

643
00:37:18.931 --> 00:37:20.829
I'm not sure
whether she was joking.

644
00:37:20.830 --> 00:37:22.999
It was hard to know with her.

645
00:37:24.963 --> 00:37:28.032
Her house was fabulous.

646
00:37:30.801 --> 00:37:32.729
It smelt like popcorn
and mothballs.

647
00:37:32.730 --> 00:37:35.923
(SWING MUSIC PLAYS)

648
00:37:38.561 --> 00:37:41.428
She had an enormous
trophy collection,

649
00:37:41.429 --> 00:37:44.722
which I soon discovered
were other people's trophies

650
00:37:44.723 --> 00:37:46.923
she'd found
at second-hand stores.

651
00:37:51.999 --> 00:37:54.895
There were Post-it notes
everywhere.

652
00:37:54.896 --> 00:37:57.263
She had a dreadful memory.

653
00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:01.390
She was terrified
of Alzheimer's

654
00:38:01.391 --> 00:38:03.689
and had taken up tap dancing.

655
00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:05.890
She'd read it
staved off dementia.

656
00:38:09.865 --> 00:38:11.260
She didn't believe in banks,

657
00:38:11.261 --> 00:38:13.790
and put her savings
in an old tin.

658
00:38:13.791 --> 00:38:17.422
She said she kept her secrets
in there as well.

659
00:38:17.423 --> 00:38:18.656
PINKY: You know, Gracie,

660
00:38:18.657 --> 00:38:22.131
biscuit tins
rarely contain biscuits.

661
00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:25.822
GRACE: I'd never seen
her mysterious tin.

662
00:38:25.823 --> 00:38:28.655
She was always hiding it
in different places,

663
00:38:28.656 --> 00:38:31.791
and often
couldn't remember where.

664
00:38:33.032 --> 00:38:36.360
Her home was also
full of seedlings,

665
00:38:36.361 --> 00:38:41.897
which she later confessed
were marijuana.

666
00:38:41.898 --> 00:38:45.355
She loved to bake
ginger hash-people,

667
00:38:45.356 --> 00:38:47.456
because, she said,

668
00:38:47.457 --> 00:38:49.890
they relieved her arthritis.

669
00:38:50.601 --> 00:38:52.723
She also enjoyed gardening,

670
00:38:52.724 --> 00:38:55.456
especially when
she felt a bit miserable.

671
00:38:55.457 --> 00:38:57.790
She called it her Pity-Pit.

672
00:38:57.791 --> 00:39:02.356
She wanted her ashes
sprinkled in her Pity-Pit,

673
00:39:02.357 --> 00:39:04.498
be returned to nature,

674
00:39:04.499 --> 00:39:07.032
fertilise her veggies.

675
00:39:08.162 --> 00:39:11.197
Gardening fixes everything.

676
00:39:12.468 --> 00:39:15.857
(SNIFFS AND EXHALES)

677
00:39:17.867 --> 00:39:19.697
GRACE: She also
enjoyed mini-golf,

678
00:39:19.698 --> 00:39:22.296
and had built her own course.

679
00:39:26.633 --> 00:39:29.923
(CLANGING CONTINUES)

680
00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:37.329
Ha-ha! Hole in one! (LAUGHS)

681
00:39:37.330 --> 00:39:40.522
GRACE: But the thing that
made Pinky truly remarkable

682
00:39:40.523 --> 00:39:42.356
was what she did every Monday.

683
00:39:42.357 --> 00:39:43.626
PINKY: There, there.

684
00:39:43.627 --> 00:39:47.898
GRACE: She'd visit the lonely,
and hold their hands.

685
00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:50.827
She said the thing
the elderly craved most

686
00:39:50.828 --> 00:39:52.690
was human touch.

687
00:39:52.691 --> 00:39:56.063
She'd sit with them calmly,
in silence.

688
00:39:56.064 --> 00:40:00.098
Something so simple,
yet so comforting.

689
00:40:00.929 --> 00:40:02.561
- Hm?
- Ah!

690
00:40:02.562 --> 00:40:06.131
GRACE: An occasional ginger
hash-person helped as well.

691
00:40:10.795 --> 00:40:15.164
Pinky told me she'd never got
to hold her own parents' hands.

692
00:40:15.864 --> 00:40:17.961
She never said why.

693
00:40:17.962 --> 00:40:22.190
Her childhood was off-limits.

694
00:40:22.191 --> 00:40:24.329
PINKY: Woo-hoo!

695
00:40:25.191 --> 00:40:26.459
You know,

696
00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:29.730
life isn't about
looking backwards, Gracie.

697
00:40:29.731 --> 00:40:33.230
It's about living forwards.

698
00:40:33.231 --> 00:40:36.963
GRACE: She was the jewel
in the Canberra junk heap.

699
00:40:36.964 --> 00:40:39.795
She'd crammed so much
into her life,

700
00:40:39.796 --> 00:40:42.389
and I'd crammed nothing.

701
00:40:42.390 --> 00:40:44.791
(FLICKS LIGHTER FLINT)

702
00:40:44.792 --> 00:40:47.795
GRACE: Pinky's friendship
helped ease my sadness,

703
00:40:47.796 --> 00:40:50.161
my feelings of loss.

704
00:40:50.162 --> 00:40:54.465
I suppose SHE was
the medicine I needed,

705
00:40:54.466 --> 00:40:57.189
a vitamin for hope.

706
00:40:57.190 --> 00:40:58.428
(SUCKS IN AIR)

707
00:40:59.368 --> 00:41:00.730
PINKY: Bugger.

708
00:41:00.731 --> 00:41:03.230
Better luck next time, Gracie.

709
00:41:05.934 --> 00:41:09.131
GRACE: The years
fluttered past, Sylvia.

710
00:41:12.434 --> 00:41:14.129
Apart from Pinky,

711
00:41:14.130 --> 00:41:16.059
letters from Gilbert
were the only things

712
00:41:16.060 --> 00:41:18.428
that confirmed I existed.

713
00:41:29.799 --> 00:41:32.560
I missed Gilbert like crazy.

714
00:41:58.164 --> 00:42:00.158
Ian and Narelle
were still obsessed

715
00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.831
about my mental health,

716
00:42:01.832 --> 00:42:03.591
and sent me
to self-help classes.

717
00:42:03.592 --> 00:42:06.393
Which was supposed to
raise my endorphins,

718
00:42:06.394 --> 00:42:10.464
balance my chakra,
and cleanse my third eye.

719
00:42:10.465 --> 00:42:13.727
Ready, set, go!

720
00:42:13.728 --> 00:42:15.627
ALL: Ha! Ha!

721
00:42:15.628 --> 00:42:21.495
Ha! Ha! Ha!

722
00:42:21.496 --> 00:42:27.363
Ha! Ha! Ha!

723
00:42:27.364 --> 00:42:29.465
Ha! Ha!

724
00:42:29.466 --> 00:42:30.695
- Ooh.
- ALL: Ha!

725
00:42:30.696 --> 00:42:33.227
- Ha!
- Hm.

726
00:42:33.228 --> 00:42:35.660
(SMOOCHING)
WOMAN: Ah! Oh, Craig!

727
00:42:35.661 --> 00:42:39.631
- Mm! Heal me! Heal me!
- CRAIG: I'll heal you, Vicky.

728
00:42:39.632 --> 00:42:41.594
- I'll heal you.
- Oh, Craig!

729
00:42:41.595 --> 00:42:42.898
(BANG!)

730
00:42:42.899 --> 00:42:46.495
- (WOMAN MOANS) Oh, Craig!
- CRAIG: Oh, Vic.

731
00:42:46.496 --> 00:42:47.559
(SIGHS)

732
00:42:47.560 --> 00:42:51.098
GRACE: Part of me died
in those classes, Sylvia.

733
00:43:04.695 --> 00:43:09.664
(SIGHS) Self-help was just
a shallow, quick fix.

734
00:43:09.665 --> 00:43:12.230
None of it actually worked.

735
00:43:12.231 --> 00:43:16.197
I just wanted the earth to stop
so I could get off.

736
00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:21.428
Puberty arrived,
and brought its gifts.

737
00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:24.791
I'd have loved a boyfriend.

738
00:43:31.996 --> 00:43:33.194
It didn't help matters

739
00:43:33.195 --> 00:43:35.626
when Pinky convinced me
to get a perm.

740
00:43:39.730 --> 00:43:42.626
(PINKY HUMS)

741
00:43:49.432 --> 00:43:50.593
(DING!)

742
00:44:03.963 --> 00:44:05.528
DRIVER: Nice hairdo.

743
00:44:05.529 --> 00:44:07.023
(GASPS)

744
00:44:07.024 --> 00:44:08.659
Ha-ha!

745
00:44:12.630 --> 00:44:14.023
(SOBS)

746
00:44:14.024 --> 00:44:16.329
Dickhead!

747
00:44:17.062 --> 00:44:18.892
There, there, love.

748
00:44:18.893 --> 00:44:20.729
Ignore him.

749
00:44:20.730 --> 00:44:22.796
I think we look fabulous.

750
00:44:22.797 --> 00:44:24.864
GRACE: Thank God for Pinky.

751
00:44:24.865 --> 00:44:27.424
She became
my real foster parent.

752
00:44:27.425 --> 00:44:29.324
Especially as
Ian and Narelle

753
00:44:29.325 --> 00:44:31.457
weren't around much anymore.

754
00:44:31.458 --> 00:44:33.491
They'd discovered nude cruises,

755
00:44:33.492 --> 00:44:35.324
and were gone for weeks
at a time.

756
00:44:35.325 --> 00:44:37.660
- Whee!
- Good morning.

757
00:44:37.661 --> 00:44:39.659
Oh, hi!

758
00:44:46.331 --> 00:44:49.363
GRACE: I still grieved
the loss of my family,

759
00:44:49.364 --> 00:44:55.197
and continued filling the void
with more and more snails.

760
00:44:57.766 --> 00:44:59.860
If I saw something snail-y,

761
00:44:59.861 --> 00:45:02.930
it HAD to be mine.

762
00:45:02.931 --> 00:45:06.359
My obsession
had blossomed, Sylvia.

763
00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:10.258
My room had become
a snail... shrine.

764
00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:14.197
I'd become a snail hoarder.

765
00:45:19.832 --> 00:45:22.890
Oh, I missed Gilbert so much.

766
00:45:24.229 --> 00:45:26.861
His letters still gave me hope,

767
00:45:26.862 --> 00:45:29.722
but he began to worry me.

768
00:45:29.723 --> 00:45:31.890
I felt he wasn't
telling me everything.

769
00:45:32.897 --> 00:45:34.528
GILBERT: Dear Gracie,

770
00:45:34.529 --> 00:45:38.457
life at the Garden of Eden is
certainly no Garden of Eden.

771
00:45:38.458 --> 00:45:41.426
RUTH: Gilbert!
Get back to work!

772
00:45:41.427 --> 00:45:44.795
GILBERT: Ruth seems to
have it in for me,

773
00:45:44.796 --> 00:45:46.696
but I don't give a stuff.

774
00:45:46.697 --> 00:45:49.090
- Sorry, Ruth.
- Ugh!

775
00:45:49.091 --> 00:45:54.362
GILBERT: Oh, and she hates that
I call her Ruth instead of Mum.

776
00:45:54.363 --> 00:45:57.461
And she hates that I won't
let Owen shave my head.

777
00:45:58.694 --> 00:46:01.759
They make me work really hard
for lousy money.

778
00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:02.956
(SIGHS)

779
00:46:04.130 --> 00:46:05.956
There's no-one here to talk to.

780
00:46:08.095 --> 00:46:09.527
I try to be friendly,

781
00:46:09.528 --> 00:46:12.827
but their weirdo religion
has them all brainwashed.

782
00:46:12.828 --> 00:46:14.261
(ALOUETTE PLAYS)

783
00:46:14.262 --> 00:46:16.824
GILBERT: The brothers
really hate me.

784
00:46:17.765 --> 00:46:19.528
(WHISPERS) Poofter.

785
00:46:19.529 --> 00:46:20.824
(SIGHS)

786
00:46:33.065 --> 00:46:35.456
Owen forces me
to read the Bible,

787
00:46:35.457 --> 00:46:37.389
- and Ruth...
- (LATCH CLANKS)

788
00:46:37.390 --> 00:46:39.059
...forces me to eat meat.

789
00:46:39.060 --> 00:46:40.924
RUTH: Hello, piggies.

790
00:46:40.925 --> 00:46:42.895
(LAUGHS)

791
00:46:42.896 --> 00:46:44.791
- (THUD!)
- (PIG SQUEALS)

792
00:46:47.226 --> 00:46:48.559
RUTH: Eat it!

793
00:46:48.560 --> 00:46:51.296
GILBERT: She's barred me
from playing with fire.

794
00:46:51.297 --> 00:46:56.094
She's bonkers, and thinks
magic is the devil's vice.

795
00:46:56.095 --> 00:46:57.493
And she's always
trying to stick

796
00:46:57.494 --> 00:47:01.256
more and more magnets
on me to fix my aura.

797
00:47:01.257 --> 00:47:03.065
But I don't care.

798
00:47:04.595 --> 00:47:07.861
I hide behind the church
to practice my stuff,

799
00:47:07.862 --> 00:47:09.894
with one of the brothers,

800
00:47:09.895 --> 00:47:12.461
who... seems to like me.

801
00:47:13.496 --> 00:47:17.626
Ruth reckons Lucifer's
trying to invade my soul.

802
00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:21.422
So they tried to baptise me,

803
00:47:21.423 --> 00:47:23.461
to get the devil out!

804
00:47:27.894 --> 00:47:30.857
(BABBLES)

805
00:47:37.334 --> 00:47:38.993
Dunk thee,

806
00:47:38.994 --> 00:47:42.089
and cleanse thy demons!

807
00:47:42.090 --> 00:47:43.593
Ugh!

808
00:47:44.593 --> 00:47:47.098
GILBERT: I pretended
I was possessed.

809
00:47:47.099 --> 00:47:50.089
I hid some of Owen's
antacid tablets in my pockets.

810
00:47:50.090 --> 00:47:51.093
(GURGLES)

811
00:47:51.094 --> 00:47:53.161
- (GASPS) Oh, my!
- Ooh...

812
00:47:53.162 --> 00:47:55.056
GILBERT: (LAUGHS)
It was hilarious.

813
00:47:55.057 --> 00:47:56.792
(LAUGHS)

814
00:47:56.793 --> 00:47:57.861
(GROWLS)

815
00:47:57.862 --> 00:47:59.495
GILBERT: Ben loved it.

816
00:47:59.496 --> 00:48:01.857
(LAUGHS)

817
00:48:06.461 --> 00:48:09.093
Ruth is always
trying to control me.

818
00:48:09.094 --> 00:48:11.431
She even tried drugging me.

819
00:48:11.432 --> 00:48:13.065
(RUTH CHUCKLES)

820
00:48:17.061 --> 00:48:18.725
RUTH: Eat it.

821
00:48:20.663 --> 00:48:21.956
Hmm.

822
00:48:34.061 --> 00:48:35.059
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)

823
00:48:35.060 --> 00:48:36.791
GILBERT: But I'm not dumb.

824
00:48:37.796 --> 00:48:38.555
(FLIES BUZZ)

825
00:48:38.556 --> 00:48:41.428
I hid the pills in my cheeks.

826
00:48:43.362 --> 00:48:46.722
Ruth says,
Jesus's love isn't free.

827
00:48:46.723 --> 00:48:49.531
So, what money
we do earn, Gracie,

828
00:48:49.532 --> 00:48:51.356
goes back to Jesus.

829
00:48:51.357 --> 00:48:53.124
MAN: Pennies for Jesus.

830
00:48:53.125 --> 00:48:55.758
Pennies for Jesus.

831
00:49:01.230 --> 00:49:05.157
Pennies for Jesus.
Pennies for Jesus.

832
00:49:05.158 --> 00:49:07.230
That's a good boy.

833
00:49:09.399 --> 00:49:10.825
Huh?

834
00:49:10.826 --> 00:49:12.494
(SIGHS)

835
00:49:16.699 --> 00:49:19.890
RUTH: Gilbert! (GROWLS)

836
00:49:21.795 --> 00:49:25.626
GILBERT: And Jesus then
gives his money back to Owen.

837
00:49:27.129 --> 00:49:29.960
(LAUGHS) Thank you, Jesus.

838
00:49:29.961 --> 00:49:31.824
GILBERT: And his vices.

839
00:49:33.825 --> 00:49:38.155
WOMAN: Oh, Owen, how are you?
The usual?

840
00:49:38.156 --> 00:49:39.956
(GRUNTS)

841
00:49:44.194 --> 00:49:45.956
WOMAN: Have a good night.

842
00:49:50.067 --> 00:49:53.563
OWEN: Pennies for Jesus,
and whiskey for Owen.

843
00:49:53.564 --> 00:49:55.696
(INHALES) Hm!

844
00:49:55.697 --> 00:49:58.197
- (GULPING)
- (GASPS)

845
00:50:04.432 --> 00:50:06.292
Ah!

846
00:50:06.293 --> 00:50:08.431
GILBERT:
They're such hypocrites!

847
00:50:08.432 --> 00:50:09.598
(LATCH OPENS)

848
00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:11.291
But I made them pay for it.

849
00:50:11.292 --> 00:50:14.422
Run free, guys. Come on! Run!

850
00:50:14.423 --> 00:50:17.197
(PIGS GRUNT AND SQUEAK)

851
00:50:21.401 --> 00:50:23.529
I hate it here.

852
00:50:23.530 --> 00:50:25.356
(GASPS) No!

853
00:50:25.357 --> 00:50:27.693
- My budgies!
- Heh.

854
00:50:27.694 --> 00:50:28.564
(GROWLS)

855
00:50:28.565 --> 00:50:30.593
GILBERT: And I hate her.

856
00:50:31.863 --> 00:50:33.891
She punished me.

857
00:50:33.892 --> 00:50:35.560
Big time.

858
00:50:43.458 --> 00:50:45.626
RUTH: Hold him tight.

859
00:50:47.767 --> 00:50:51.425
Sinners must be punished,
Gilbert.

860
00:50:51.426 --> 00:50:54.355
Leviticus 24 -
an eye for an eye,

861
00:50:54.356 --> 00:50:56.531
a tooth for a tooth.

862
00:50:56.532 --> 00:50:59.326
(ALOUETTE SLOWS AND ENDS)

863
00:50:59.327 --> 00:51:02.758
RUTH: Burn thy
wicked box of pleasures!

864
00:51:02.759 --> 00:51:06.858
GILBERT: She punished
me, but it didn't bother me.

865
00:51:06.859 --> 00:51:08.263
I'm fine.

866
00:51:10.128 --> 00:51:12.791
Anyway, I'd better go.

867
00:51:14.067 --> 00:51:16.559
I'm saving my money,
and I'll be escaping soon

868
00:51:16.560 --> 00:51:19.263
and crossing that desert
to come and get to you.

869
00:51:32.567 --> 00:51:34.560
Hang in there, Gracie.

870
00:51:35.896 --> 00:51:37.725
Everything is OK.

871
00:51:39.533 --> 00:51:41.331
See you soon.

872
00:51:41.332 --> 00:51:42.860
Hopefully.

873
00:51:42.861 --> 00:51:45.725
Love, Gilbert.

874
00:51:55.901 --> 00:51:59.230
Puberty finally finished
its cruelty, Sylvia.

875
00:52:00.294 --> 00:52:03.065
The season of our teens ended.

876
00:52:04.194 --> 00:52:05.557
NARELLE: Oh, bubbles!

877
00:52:05.558 --> 00:52:07.495
GRACE:
But life got even lonelier

878
00:52:07.496 --> 00:52:11.692
when Ian and Narelle retired
to a nudist colony in Sweden.

879
00:52:12.967 --> 00:52:15.359
It's a shame
we never really connected.

880
00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:18.058
What family
we did have, though,

881
00:52:18.059 --> 00:52:20.291
was now gone.

882
00:52:20.292 --> 00:52:22.131
NARELLE: Is that your foot?

883
00:52:25.833 --> 00:52:28.092
GRACE: Despite my woes, Sylvia,

884
00:52:28.093 --> 00:52:30.124
I tried to be optimistic,

885
00:52:30.125 --> 00:52:32.032
be more social.

886
00:52:34.627 --> 00:52:37.355
I remember how there
were intriguing people

887
00:52:37.356 --> 00:52:39.032
at the library.

888
00:52:40.525 --> 00:52:43.692
But they lived vicariously.

889
00:52:45.527 --> 00:52:48.923
A boyfriend
seemed a work of fiction.

890
00:52:50.427 --> 00:52:54.758
I felt invisible,
began to fade.

891
00:53:01.461 --> 00:53:04.728
Pinky was the only colour
in my life,

892
00:53:04.729 --> 00:53:06.331
still effervescent.

893
00:53:06.332 --> 00:53:07.422
(PINKY HUMS)

894
00:53:07.423 --> 00:53:08.732
Her hand-holding idea

895
00:53:08.733 --> 00:53:11.030
had become
a fully-fledged charity.

896
00:53:11.031 --> 00:53:13.156
She'd even engaged
the long-term unemployed

897
00:53:13.157 --> 00:53:14.725
to help out.

898
00:53:16.393 --> 00:53:19.365
We went from home to home...

899
00:53:19.366 --> 00:53:21.098
...hand to hand.

900
00:53:30.726 --> 00:53:33.323
I think, over time,
the loss of my family

901
00:53:33.324 --> 00:53:36.329
had somehow... frozen me.

902
00:53:40.692 --> 00:53:42.828
I thought it was safer
to just...

903
00:53:42.829 --> 00:53:45.362
live in a pretend world.

904
00:53:46.527 --> 00:53:48.522
Oh, Dad would have been
disappointed

905
00:53:48.523 --> 00:53:51.032
I'd resorted to trashy novels.

906
00:53:51.934 --> 00:53:55.522
It was now just me,
some sexy pirates,

907
00:53:55.523 --> 00:53:57.795
and a few frisky guinea pigs

908
00:53:57.796 --> 00:54:00.426
who mocked my virginity.

909
00:54:00.427 --> 00:54:03.829
The stereotype
was now complete, Sylvia.

910
00:54:03.830 --> 00:54:06.327
I'd become an unloved recluse.

911
00:54:06.328 --> 00:54:09.389
And the guinea pig hair
that coated me,

912
00:54:09.390 --> 00:54:11.494
a lonely person's glitter.

913
00:54:17.425 --> 00:54:19.362
As my boredom worsened...

914
00:54:20.692 --> 00:54:24.124
...I found myself
having new urges.

915
00:54:24.125 --> 00:54:26.261
(HUMS NONCHALANTLY)

916
00:54:26.262 --> 00:54:29.923
I added kleptomania
to my list of hobbies.

917
00:54:31.164 --> 00:54:35.129
Buying, hoarding,
and now stealing

918
00:54:35.130 --> 00:54:38.422
became a cheap thrill
and distraction

919
00:54:38.423 --> 00:54:40.692
from my mundane world...

920
00:54:42.032 --> 00:54:45.696
...which slowly
began to collapse.

921
00:54:45.697 --> 00:54:47.296
- (CRASH!)
- (SQUEAK!)

922
00:54:48.467 --> 00:54:50.194
(LONG SQUEAK)

923
00:54:50.195 --> 00:54:53.857
I lost three guinea pigs
that night.

924
00:54:56.692 --> 00:54:59.065
I cremated them
in the backyard...

925
00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:02.395
...and put their ashes
in little jars.

926
00:55:02.396 --> 00:55:05.999
It looked like I was starting
a guinea pig spice rack.

927
00:55:10.164 --> 00:55:13.722
My life had become
truly pathetic.

928
00:55:13.723 --> 00:55:16.791
And things had gotten
out of control.

929
00:55:18.162 --> 00:55:21.030
I held my own hand patiently,

930
00:55:21.031 --> 00:55:24.159
waiting for Gilbert to
come and rescue me,

931
00:55:24.160 --> 00:55:26.360
while I continued to withdraw

932
00:55:26.361 --> 00:55:29.923
into the safety of
my snail fortress...

933
00:55:30.631 --> 00:55:32.297
...lonely,

934
00:55:32.298 --> 00:55:33.728
loveless,

935
00:55:33.729 --> 00:55:35.956
and imprisoned.

936
00:55:38.762 --> 00:55:41.230
(SNORES)

937
00:55:43.467 --> 00:55:45.362
(MOTOR STARTS UP)

938
00:55:45.363 --> 00:55:48.464
But just as I was considering
joining a nunnery...

939
00:55:48.465 --> 00:55:49.796
(ENGINE WHIRS)

940
00:55:49.797 --> 00:55:51.491
...from the mess of my life

941
00:55:51.492 --> 00:55:54.329
came one of those
silver linings.

942
00:56:01.797 --> 00:56:03.890
His name was Ken.

943
00:56:06.462 --> 00:56:10.331
And he was obsessed
with his leaf blower.

944
00:56:10.332 --> 00:56:11.857
(CHUCKLES)

945
00:56:13.698 --> 00:56:14.864
There he stood,

946
00:56:14.865 --> 00:56:18.164
more delicious
than a Chicko Roll.

947
00:56:24.191 --> 00:56:25.999
Well, hi.

948
00:56:28.062 --> 00:56:30.890
Could I, uh, maybe, uh...

949
00:56:30.891 --> 00:56:34.062
GRACE: He wanted to know
if he could blow my leaves.

950
00:56:34.063 --> 00:56:36.629
His presence gave me
hot flushes

951
00:56:36.630 --> 00:56:38.763
and sweaty knickers.

952
00:56:38.764 --> 00:56:41.630
It was love at first sight.

953
00:56:41.631 --> 00:56:45.255
He was a Canberra Adonis.

954
00:56:45.256 --> 00:56:47.131
A Cadonis.

955
00:56:50.763 --> 00:56:52.831
(KEN LAUGHS)

956
00:56:52.832 --> 00:56:55.326
He was
a microwave oven repairman

957
00:56:55.327 --> 00:56:57.860
and told me that
he was extremely shallow

958
00:56:57.861 --> 00:57:00.023
and one-dimensional.

959
00:57:00.024 --> 00:57:03.796
He said if he was an onion
and you peeled back the layers,

960
00:57:03.797 --> 00:57:06.131
you'd just find more onion.

961
00:57:07.128 --> 00:57:08.798
He had hobbies like me,

962
00:57:08.799 --> 00:57:12.756
and enjoyed
repairing broken bowls.

963
00:57:12.757 --> 00:57:15.593
It was a Japanese art form
called kintsugi,

964
00:57:15.594 --> 00:57:20.126
based on the philosophy that,
just like the soul,

965
00:57:20.127 --> 00:57:22.489
all things can be repaired,

966
00:57:22.490 --> 00:57:25.230
and our cracks celebrated.

967
00:57:26.164 --> 00:57:27.831
Ken said that
I was a broken bowl

968
00:57:27.832 --> 00:57:30.322
and that he'd help repair
my wounds,

969
00:57:30.323 --> 00:57:32.560
fill up my cracks.

970
00:57:34.901 --> 00:57:38.394
He was so thoughtful
and community-minded

971
00:57:38.395 --> 00:57:41.595
he volunteered as
a lifeguard at the local pool.

972
00:57:41.596 --> 00:57:43.396
KEN: Mmm...

973
00:57:43.397 --> 00:57:45.131
Hello.

974
00:57:46.425 --> 00:57:48.593
GRACE: He adored me,

975
00:57:48.594 --> 00:57:52.494
and even built a milkshake
station in my kitchen.

976
00:58:05.230 --> 00:58:07.696
We dated for a month,
and then...

977
00:58:07.697 --> 00:58:08.927
KEN: What do you reckon?

978
00:58:08.928 --> 00:58:11.627
(HALLELUJAH CHORUS PLAYS)

979
00:58:11.628 --> 00:58:13.263
(GASPS)

980
00:58:15.498 --> 00:58:17.098
Ooh!

981
00:58:20.296 --> 00:58:23.098
GRACE: He said
he really did love me.

982
00:58:23.797 --> 00:58:25.660
Loved my quirks.

983
00:58:25.661 --> 00:58:27.328
(LAUGHS)

984
00:58:27.329 --> 00:58:30.327
GRACE: We celebrated
with another milkshake.

985
00:58:30.328 --> 00:58:32.458
He said he'd make me
something special.

986
00:58:32.459 --> 00:58:36.157
KEN: Spoonful of that.
Hmm, cinnamon!

987
00:58:36.158 --> 00:58:37.891
- No!
- What?

988
00:58:37.892 --> 00:58:39.230
Oh! I...

989
00:58:40.394 --> 00:58:43.429
- That's my guinea pig.
- Oh!

990
00:58:43.430 --> 00:58:45.392
GRACE: A normal person would
have thought I was bonkers,

991
00:58:45.393 --> 00:58:47.057
keeping those
guinea pigs' ashes.

992
00:58:47.058 --> 00:58:48.224
(BOTH LAUGH)

993
00:58:48.225 --> 00:58:50.263
GRACE: But he didn't.

994
00:58:51.798 --> 00:58:54.225
He loved all of me,

995
00:58:54.226 --> 00:58:57.098
even my bum and wobbly bits.

996
00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:04.495
KEN: Yeah. Nice. Oh, yeah!

997
00:59:04.496 --> 00:59:05.891
Oh!

998
00:59:05.892 --> 00:59:07.398
Yeah!

999
00:59:07.399 --> 00:59:08.563
Nice, Gracie.

1000
00:59:08.564 --> 00:59:09.524
KEN: He moved in,

1001
00:59:09.525 --> 00:59:12.164
and I finally lost
my virginity.

1002
00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:16.362
We were desperate
to get pregnant.

1003
00:59:17.097 --> 00:59:20.064
But Ken was told
he was sterile,

1004
00:59:20.065 --> 00:59:22.927
from all those microwave ovens
he'd repaired.

1005
00:59:22.928 --> 00:59:24.961
WOMAN: Rotten luck.

1006
00:59:24.962 --> 00:59:27.262
But I wasn't too disappointed.

1007
00:59:27.263 --> 00:59:30.629
I had more than I could ever
wish for, Sylvia.

1008
00:59:30.630 --> 00:59:32.158
I had a Cadonis,

1009
00:59:32.159 --> 00:59:34.257
a herd of guinea pigs,

1010
00:59:34.258 --> 00:59:36.828
and a horde of snails.

1011
00:59:36.829 --> 00:59:38.593
KEN: Say cheese, Gracie!

1012
00:59:39.864 --> 00:59:41.830
We set a wedding date,

1013
00:59:41.831 --> 00:59:43.858
and sent Gilbert the good news.

1014
00:59:43.859 --> 00:59:45.362
Huh?

1015
00:59:46.060 --> 00:59:48.059
Oh... Wow!

1016
00:59:48.060 --> 00:59:50.560
Hey, Ben, guess what?

1017
00:59:54.497 --> 00:59:58.096
GRACE: Ken gave him money
for an airfare to Canberra.

1018
00:59:58.097 --> 01:00:01.226
I asked Gilbert to walk me
down the aisle.

1019
01:00:01.227 --> 01:00:04.758
Pinky would be the flower girl.

1020
01:00:07.163 --> 01:00:09.994
We'd finally be a family again.

1021
01:00:09.995 --> 01:00:12.527
Finally sprinkle Dad's ashes.

1022
01:00:14.700 --> 01:00:16.996
My glass was now brimming,

1023
01:00:16.997 --> 01:00:19.593
and there were
silver linings galore.

1024
01:00:20.832 --> 01:00:23.026
Gilbert would live with us.

1025
01:00:23.027 --> 01:00:25.560
He'd be here tomorrow!

1026
01:00:30.230 --> 01:00:35.659
I'd never felt so happy,
so optimistic.

1027
01:01:02.896 --> 01:01:04.596
MAN: Delivery.

1028
01:01:04.597 --> 01:01:06.428
KEN: I'll get it.

1029
01:01:16.466 --> 01:01:18.290
Ooh! (GASPS)

1030
01:01:18.291 --> 01:01:21.329
PINKY: Oh, for you, dear.

1031
01:01:25.028 --> 01:01:26.629
RUTH: Dear Grace,

1032
01:01:26.630 --> 01:01:28.356
this is Ruth,

1033
01:01:28.357 --> 01:01:30.356
Gilbert's foster mother.

1034
01:01:30.357 --> 01:01:32.195
It saddens me to tell you

1035
01:01:32.196 --> 01:01:35.122
that Gilbert has died
in an horrific fire.

1036
01:01:35.123 --> 01:01:37.158
(GASPS)

1037
01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:39.095
Our church burnt down,

1038
01:01:39.096 --> 01:01:43.197
and he was unable
to escape the flames.

1039
01:01:46.198 --> 01:01:51.090
Last week, I found Gilbert
and my son Ben...

1040
01:01:51.091 --> 01:01:53.131
fornicating.

1041
01:01:56.125 --> 01:01:57.791
(GASPS)

1042
01:01:58.762 --> 01:02:00.231
Lucifer!

1043
01:02:00.232 --> 01:02:02.494
RUTH: I'm sure you will agree
our only course of action

1044
01:02:02.495 --> 01:02:06.993
was to purge and correct
their homosexual sickness

1045
01:02:06.994 --> 01:02:08.423
in the correct fashion,

1046
01:02:08.424 --> 01:02:11.256
as instructed by... the Lord...

1047
01:02:11.257 --> 01:02:13.296
...our saviour.

1048
01:02:14.063 --> 01:02:16.590
This was not a simple task.

1049
01:02:16.591 --> 01:02:20.393
We could not just
pray the gay away.

1050
01:02:20.394 --> 01:02:23.960
So the only solution
was a dual expulsion

1051
01:02:23.961 --> 01:02:26.458
to cast the demons out,

1052
01:02:26.459 --> 01:02:28.828
eject the devil
from their souls,

1053
01:02:28.829 --> 01:02:31.290
and correct their auras.

1054
01:02:31.291 --> 01:02:34.190
Out, out, evilness!

1055
01:02:34.191 --> 01:02:36.189
Out, out, Satan!

1056
01:02:36.190 --> 01:02:38.857
ALL: Saaa!

1057
01:02:40.699 --> 01:02:43.926
RUTH: The time has come!

1058
01:02:43.927 --> 01:02:46.761
Purge their souls!

1059
01:02:46.762 --> 01:02:48.696
(LAUGHS EVILLY)

1060
01:02:48.697 --> 01:02:50.890
Cleanse their sickness.

1061
01:02:53.763 --> 01:02:56.263
Gay, away!

1062
01:02:56.929 --> 01:02:59.322
Out, gayness!

1063
01:02:59.323 --> 01:03:01.498
Purge their souls!

1064
01:03:01.499 --> 01:03:04.296
RUTH: Out, out, Lucifer!

1065
01:03:05.468 --> 01:03:07.894
Cast out thy demons,

1066
01:03:07.895 --> 01:03:10.560
and shock the gay away!

1067
01:03:13.224 --> 01:03:15.527
(SCREAMS)

1068
01:03:16.764 --> 01:03:19.626
FAMILY: Ahhhhh!

1069
01:03:33.764 --> 01:03:35.527
RUTH: Enough.

1070
01:03:37.128 --> 01:03:39.494
Excellent, excellent.

1071
01:03:39.495 --> 01:03:44.323
RUTH: I am glad to say,
for my son, this was a success.

1072
01:03:44.324 --> 01:03:45.957
But for your brother...

1073
01:03:45.958 --> 01:03:47.027
Agh!

1074
01:03:47.028 --> 01:03:49.524
...the devil would not vacate.

1075
01:03:49.525 --> 01:03:53.726
And being
so full of Satan, well,

1076
01:03:53.727 --> 01:03:55.198
(GRUNTS)

1077
01:03:55.199 --> 01:03:57.092
Agh!

1078
01:03:57.093 --> 01:03:59.927
RUTH: ...he assaulted me.

1079
01:03:59.928 --> 01:04:03.494
(RUTH SCREAMS) Lucifer!

1080
01:04:05.665 --> 01:04:07.824
(RUTH GROWLS)

1081
01:04:12.191 --> 01:04:13.923
Get him.

1082
01:04:16.193 --> 01:04:18.264
Look, an angel.

1083
01:04:18.265 --> 01:04:19.857
ALL: Huh?

1084
01:04:21.696 --> 01:04:22.959
(CHEEP!)

1085
01:04:22.960 --> 01:04:25.726
RUTH: Liar! (GROWLS)

1086
01:04:25.727 --> 01:04:27.956
(GASPS)

1087
01:04:29.258 --> 01:04:30.956
You Judas!

1088
01:04:32.097 --> 01:04:34.322
OWEN: He's escaping! Catch him.

1089
01:04:34.323 --> 01:04:36.593
(GASPS FOR BREATH)

1090
01:04:47.725 --> 01:04:49.893
RUTH: He then raced
to our church

1091
01:04:49.894 --> 01:04:51.791
and set it alight!

1092
01:05:20.191 --> 01:05:21.893
RUTH: No!

1093
01:05:21.894 --> 01:05:23.659
Gilbert, stop!

1094
01:05:28.927 --> 01:05:30.692
(GROANS)

1095
01:05:31.762 --> 01:05:33.390
(SCREAMS)

1096
01:05:33.391 --> 01:05:35.965
He then sacrificed himself,

1097
01:05:35.966 --> 01:05:39.390
- as penance for his sins.
- (GILBERT SCREAMS)

1098
01:05:39.391 --> 01:05:41.391
RUTH: We tried to rescue him,

1099
01:05:41.392 --> 01:05:44.598
but the inferno
was too intense.

1100
01:05:44.599 --> 01:05:47.365
The good Lord took his soul.

1101
01:05:47.366 --> 01:05:50.288
(GILBERT SCREAMS)

1102
01:05:50.289 --> 01:05:52.131
Let me out!

1103
01:05:53.768 --> 01:05:57.189
RUTH: And Lucifer
lost the battle.

1104
01:05:57.190 --> 01:05:59.890
(WHIMPERS)

1105
01:06:13.329 --> 01:06:16.622
Now cleansed,
and with the baby Jesus.

1106
01:06:16.623 --> 01:06:18.526
RUTH: We had a memorial
for him,

1107
01:06:18.527 --> 01:06:21.291
and are confident he is now
in a happier place,

1108
01:06:21.292 --> 01:06:24.527
with God and the baby Jesus.

1109
01:06:29.025 --> 01:06:32.423
Please find enclosed a vessel
of your brother's ashes.

1110
01:06:32.424 --> 01:06:34.759
I think it best you have them.

1111
01:06:34.760 --> 01:06:39.389
Once again, I am sorry to be
the bearer of such tragic news.

1112
01:06:39.390 --> 01:06:41.261
Gilbert was a good soul,

1113
01:06:41.262 --> 01:06:46.225
who, sadly, fell
to repugnant persuasions.

1114
01:06:46.226 --> 01:06:48.464
We will always pray for him,

1115
01:06:48.465 --> 01:06:49.997
as well as you.

1116
01:06:49.998 --> 01:06:53.824
Our deepest sympathies,
Ruth and Owen Appleby.

1117
01:06:58.193 --> 01:07:01.230
(HEARTBEAT THUDS)

1118
01:07:04.959 --> 01:07:08.530
GRACE: Losing a twin
is like losing an eye, Sylvia.

1119
01:07:08.531 --> 01:07:09.890
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

1120
01:07:09.891 --> 01:07:13.758
You never see the world
quite the same way again.

1121
01:07:15.798 --> 01:07:19.459
Grief is a nothingness,

1122
01:07:19.460 --> 01:07:22.489
leaves a metallic taste
in your mouth,

1123
01:07:22.490 --> 01:07:25.131
places stones in your stomach.

1124
01:07:26.995 --> 01:07:28.857
Tears don't flow.

1125
01:07:29.633 --> 01:07:31.197
They're too scared.

1126
01:07:32.329 --> 01:07:35.158
I no longer believed
in silver linings

1127
01:07:35.159 --> 01:07:37.422
or glasses half-full.

1128
01:07:37.423 --> 01:07:39.659
My glass was shattered.

1129
01:07:40.392 --> 01:07:42.396
I'd lost my mother,

1130
01:07:42.397 --> 01:07:44.122
father,

1131
01:07:44.123 --> 01:07:45.725
brother.

1132
01:07:53.633 --> 01:07:56.959
Luckily, I had Pinky.

1133
01:07:56.960 --> 01:07:58.289
KEN: Hey, Gracie.

1134
01:07:58.290 --> 01:07:59.930
GRACE: And Ken.

1135
01:07:59.931 --> 01:08:03.758
His spoonfuls of love
kept me going.

1136
01:08:06.533 --> 01:08:08.723
But, weirdly,

1137
01:08:08.724 --> 01:08:12.755
my snails seemed like
my real family.

1138
01:08:12.756 --> 01:08:16.290
Real ones horde together
when threatened.

1139
01:08:16.291 --> 01:08:18.725
Survival in numbers.

1140
01:08:21.465 --> 01:08:26.165
I was emotionally attached
to every single one of them.

1141
01:08:26.166 --> 01:08:30.857
That's why I couldn't ever,
ever throw any of you away.

1142
01:08:32.160 --> 01:08:35.056
So I kept buying,

1143
01:08:35.057 --> 01:08:36.992
adding,

1144
01:08:36.993 --> 01:08:38.890
and stealing.

1145
01:08:49.467 --> 01:08:50.564
Eventually...

1146
01:08:50.565 --> 01:08:52.422
MAN: Excuse me, madam.

1147
01:08:52.423 --> 01:08:54.531
GRACE: I got caught.

1148
01:08:54.532 --> 01:08:57.197
The shame was crushing.

1149
01:08:59.964 --> 01:09:02.329
And there were consequences.

1150
01:09:07.368 --> 01:09:09.363
KEN: Oh, Gracie.

1151
01:09:09.364 --> 01:09:11.329
(SIGHS)

1152
01:09:17.863 --> 01:09:19.463
GRACE: And then...

1153
01:09:19.464 --> 01:09:20.762
(SCRATCHING)

1154
01:09:20.763 --> 01:09:23.098
...things got even worse.

1155
01:09:24.325 --> 01:09:26.089
Love can be blind.

1156
01:09:26.090 --> 01:09:28.129
Huh?

1157
01:09:28.130 --> 01:09:32.263
GRACE: It can hide
darkness and horror.

1158
01:09:37.131 --> 01:09:40.728
It seemed Ken's onion
did have layers.

1159
01:09:40.729 --> 01:09:42.692
He didn't love ME.

1160
01:09:43.665 --> 01:09:45.957
He loved my FAT!

1161
01:09:45.958 --> 01:09:47.857
(GASPS)

1162
01:09:52.898 --> 01:09:55.890
He had some sort of... fetish.

1163
01:09:57.030 --> 01:09:58.765
He didn't want to fix my bowl.

1164
01:09:58.766 --> 01:10:01.431
He wanted to fill it,
and fill it,

1165
01:10:01.432 --> 01:10:03.362
and fill it...

1166
01:10:04.259 --> 01:10:05.923
...with lard.

1167
01:10:05.924 --> 01:10:09.456
It was one thing for me to
create a cage for myself.

1168
01:10:09.457 --> 01:10:10.956
KEN: Bit of duck, for luck.

1169
01:10:10.957 --> 01:10:14.322
GRACE: It was another for
someone else to imprison me.

1170
01:10:14.323 --> 01:10:15.491
KEN: Nice, Gracie.

1171
01:10:15.492 --> 01:10:18.324
GRACE: I knew he admired
my... largeness.

1172
01:10:18.325 --> 01:10:19.828
But this was something more.

1173
01:10:19.829 --> 01:10:22.162
KEN: Oh, yeah! Nice.

1174
01:10:22.163 --> 01:10:26.696
He said he'd love me more,
the bigger I got,

1175
01:10:26.697 --> 01:10:29.191
and now I knew why.

1176
01:10:29.192 --> 01:10:32.158
What an idiot I was.

1177
01:10:32.159 --> 01:10:34.329
But not for much longer.

1178
01:10:38.092 --> 01:10:40.396
(SIGHS)

1179
01:10:40.397 --> 01:10:42.395
(GROWLS)

1180
01:10:43.292 --> 01:10:44.626
(GRACE GRUNTS)

1181
01:10:48.567 --> 01:10:50.263
- Oh!
- (GRUNTS)

1182
01:10:57.960 --> 01:11:00.395
(SOBS)

1183
01:11:03.533 --> 01:11:05.122
Sorry, Gracie.

1184
01:11:05.123 --> 01:11:07.098
(SIGHS)

1185
01:11:15.092 --> 01:11:17.758
(SOBS)

1186
01:11:23.935 --> 01:11:27.664
GRACE: Pinky moved in
and tended to my wounds.

1187
01:11:27.665 --> 01:11:29.996
I'd read that snails hibernate

1188
01:11:29.997 --> 01:11:32.861
when they needed
to repair themselves.

1189
01:11:32.862 --> 01:11:35.191
I slept for a week,

1190
01:11:35.192 --> 01:11:37.494
and wrestled my demons.

1191
01:11:55.158 --> 01:11:57.330
Uhhhh!

1192
01:11:57.331 --> 01:12:00.795
(SCREAMS)

1193
01:12:00.796 --> 01:12:02.895
GRACE: I loathed myself.

1194
01:12:02.896 --> 01:12:06.224
My hoarding had caused this.

1195
01:12:06.225 --> 01:12:07.930
It had kept me poor,

1196
01:12:07.931 --> 01:12:12.729
and being poor
had kept me from Gilbert.

1197
01:12:12.730 --> 01:12:14.264
The money I'd wasted

1198
01:12:14.265 --> 01:12:18.629
could have bought a dozen plane
tickets to see him, Sylvia.

1199
01:12:18.630 --> 01:12:21.329
Now, he was dead.

1200
01:12:29.698 --> 01:12:31.428
PINKY: Gracie.

1201
01:12:35.193 --> 01:12:36.527
Got your lunch.

1202
01:12:38.162 --> 01:12:40.824
Pinky put me on a strict diet.

1203
01:12:41.692 --> 01:12:44.890
And life became
slightly bearable.

1204
01:12:45.933 --> 01:12:48.657
As I slowly emerged
from my darkness,

1205
01:12:48.658 --> 01:12:52.428
I began to notice
how much Pinky had aged.

1206
01:12:54.933 --> 01:12:56.963
I'll never forget
the day I discovered

1207
01:12:56.964 --> 01:12:59.423
she had the beginnings
of dementia,

1208
01:12:59.424 --> 01:13:01.063
when I found her attempting

1209
01:13:01.064 --> 01:13:05.164
what she thought
was a jigsaw of a rooster.

1210
01:13:06.231 --> 01:13:09.329
That was just
a few months ago, Sylvia.

1211
01:13:11.032 --> 01:13:13.994
She was diagnosed
with Alzheimer's,

1212
01:13:13.995 --> 01:13:16.455
and went downhill quickly.

1213
01:13:16.456 --> 01:13:18.522
Pinky, what are you doing?

1214
01:13:18.523 --> 01:13:21.396
I'm looking for something.

1215
01:13:21.397 --> 01:13:22.527
What?

1216
01:13:25.962 --> 01:13:27.626
I don't know.

1217
01:13:28.498 --> 01:13:29.999
Hmm...

1218
01:13:32.062 --> 01:13:34.192
GRACE: Roles reversed.

1219
01:13:34.193 --> 01:13:37.164
It was my turn to care for her.

1220
01:13:39.459 --> 01:13:43.296
(INHALES) Ah, my medicine.

1221
01:13:45.530 --> 01:13:48.459
GRACE: One day, she decided
not to get out of bed.

1222
01:13:48.460 --> 01:13:52.056
Did I tell you that thing
I can't remember?

1223
01:13:52.057 --> 01:13:55.992
That thing I was looking for
but don't know what it is?

1224
01:13:55.993 --> 01:13:59.223
Oh, stupid brain.

1225
01:13:59.224 --> 01:14:01.161
Stupid disease.

1226
01:14:01.162 --> 01:14:03.993
What's the name
of that German guy

1227
01:14:03.994 --> 01:14:05.927
whose disease I got?

1228
01:14:05.928 --> 01:14:08.861
Uh... Guggenheimers?

1229
01:14:08.862 --> 01:14:11.794
Yeah, Guggenheimers.

1230
01:14:11.795 --> 01:14:13.827
Relax, Pinky.

1231
01:14:13.828 --> 01:14:15.428
It doesn't matter.

1232
01:14:16.499 --> 01:14:18.191
Oh, Gracie.

1233
01:14:18.192 --> 01:14:21.395
Such a marvellous friend.

1234
01:14:26.633 --> 01:14:29.428
(PINKY BREATHES WHEEZILY)

1235
01:14:44.525 --> 01:14:48.032
(WHEEZING FADES AND STOPS)

1236
01:14:50.698 --> 01:14:53.693
Farewell, Pinky.

1237
01:14:53.694 --> 01:14:55.893
(SIGHS)

1238
01:14:55.894 --> 01:14:59.595
(FAINT SOBBING)

1239
01:14:59.596 --> 01:15:01.662
The potatoes!

1240
01:15:01.663 --> 01:15:04.494
(WHEEZY BREATH)

1241
01:15:05.861 --> 01:15:08.288
Potatoes?

1242
01:15:08.289 --> 01:15:10.627
Potatoes...

1243
01:15:10.628 --> 01:15:11.960
Pinky...

1244
01:15:11.961 --> 01:15:14.197
Pinky, what do you mean?

1245
01:15:15.465 --> 01:15:17.164
Oh...

1246
01:15:17.994 --> 01:15:20.197
Oh, Pinky.

1247
01:15:31.531 --> 01:15:34.593
(SIGHS)

1248
01:15:50.797 --> 01:15:53.329
Farewell, Pinky.

1249
01:16:17.929 --> 01:16:20.362
Be free, Sylvia.

1250
01:16:42.095 --> 01:16:45.794
Potatoes? Potatoes?

1251
01:16:45.795 --> 01:16:48.494
Sylvia... Ugh.

1252
01:16:48.495 --> 01:16:51.494
Maybe that's what she
wanted her last meal to be?

1253
01:16:52.465 --> 01:16:54.464
(GROANS)

1254
01:16:54.465 --> 01:16:56.827
Goddamn life!

1255
01:16:56.828 --> 01:16:59.330
Ugh! Goddamn life.

1256
01:16:59.331 --> 01:17:00.829
Such a...

1257
01:17:00.830 --> 01:17:04.429
Such a stupid, stupid puzzle!

1258
01:17:04.430 --> 01:17:06.089
Damn it!

1259
01:17:06.090 --> 01:17:09.230
(WAILS)

1260
01:17:10.127 --> 01:17:11.960
I'm so alone.

1261
01:17:11.961 --> 01:17:15.626
(SOBS) So... So alone.

1262
01:17:17.962 --> 01:17:20.824
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

1263
01:17:26.495 --> 01:17:29.027
KIDS: (CHANT)
Rabbit face, rabbit face,

1264
01:17:29.028 --> 01:17:31.157
rabbit face, rabbit face...

1265
01:17:31.158 --> 01:17:32.459
KEN: Nice, Gracie.

1266
01:17:32.460 --> 01:17:34.195
- TEACHER: Grace Pudel!
- DRIVER: Nice Hairdo!

1267
01:17:34.196 --> 01:17:36.861
SOCIAL WORKER:
Come on, you two. Let's go.

1268
01:17:36.862 --> 01:17:38.894
GILBERT: I hate it here.

1269
01:17:38.895 --> 01:17:40.724
I'll be escaping soon,

1270
01:17:40.725 --> 01:17:42.490
and crossing the desert
to come and get to you.

1271
01:17:42.491 --> 01:17:44.262
RUTH: It saddens me to tell you

1272
01:17:44.263 --> 01:17:47.260
that Gilbert has died
in an horrific fire...

1273
01:17:47.261 --> 01:17:49.758
(ECHOES)
...fire, fire, fire, fire...

1274
01:18:07.260 --> 01:18:09.428
PINKY: The potatoes!

1275
01:18:11.797 --> 01:18:12.927
(SPITS VIOLENTLY)

1276
01:18:12.928 --> 01:18:15.263
The p... The potatoes!

1277
01:18:31.861 --> 01:18:33.329
(GASPS)

1278
01:18:37.325 --> 01:18:39.197
PINKY: Dear Grace,

1279
01:18:39.198 --> 01:18:44.160
if you're reading this,
then I'm as dead as a doughnut,

1280
01:18:44.161 --> 01:18:46.996
and you've found my biscuit tin

1281
01:18:46.997 --> 01:18:51.060
and some things
I want you to have.

1282
01:18:51.061 --> 01:18:53.591
You've been asleep for days,

1283
01:18:53.592 --> 01:18:56.928
and I need to tell you
important stuff

1284
01:18:56.929 --> 01:18:59.626
before my brain fully rots.

1285
01:19:01.294 --> 01:19:05.027
Oh, old age is such a bastard.

1286
01:19:05.028 --> 01:19:07.657
Creeps up without you knowing.

1287
01:19:07.658 --> 01:19:11.230
One day, you sink your teeth
into an apple...

1288
01:19:12.863 --> 01:19:14.725
...and they stay.

1289
01:19:16.266 --> 01:19:19.798
You go to straighten
the wrinkles in your pantyhose,

1290
01:19:19.799 --> 01:19:23.429
and then realise
you're not wearing any.

1291
01:19:23.430 --> 01:19:24.959
Oh.

1292
01:19:24.960 --> 01:19:28.255
Anyway, I digress.

1293
01:19:28.256 --> 01:19:30.428
My secrets.

1294
01:19:31.128 --> 01:19:33.995
Firstly, I'm an orphan,

1295
01:19:33.996 --> 01:19:36.762
and was raised in an orphanage,

1296
01:19:36.763 --> 01:19:39.356
after the Great War.

1297
01:19:39.357 --> 01:19:41.525
It was a terrible place,

1298
01:19:41.526 --> 01:19:45.296
where I was kept in a crib
day and night.

1299
01:19:46.029 --> 01:19:49.058
Never held or hugged.

1300
01:19:49.059 --> 01:19:51.159
The only contact,

1301
01:19:51.160 --> 01:19:54.261
the little boy next to me.

1302
01:19:54.262 --> 01:19:59.191
No, I won't tell you
the horrors I remember,

1303
01:19:59.192 --> 01:20:00.623
but do want to tell you

1304
01:20:00.624 --> 01:20:04.594
what it's like
to feel imprisoned,

1305
01:20:04.595 --> 01:20:06.389
caged.

1306
01:20:06.390 --> 01:20:09.795
It was simply dreadful.

1307
01:20:09.796 --> 01:20:12.556
But, in the years since,

1308
01:20:12.557 --> 01:20:16.491
I've learnt that
the worst cages

1309
01:20:16.492 --> 01:20:21.361
are the ones we create
for ourselves.

1310
01:20:21.362 --> 01:20:25.659
You have created a cage
for yourself, Gracie.

1311
01:20:26.701 --> 01:20:30.590
Your cage
has never been locked...

1312
01:20:30.591 --> 01:20:33.824
...but your fears
have kept you trapped.

1313
01:20:37.392 --> 01:20:40.461
Get rid of those snails!

1314
01:20:41.259 --> 01:20:44.226
Set yourself free.

1315
01:20:44.227 --> 01:20:47.327
You got rid of that creepy ken.

1316
01:20:47.328 --> 01:20:51.794
Now it's time for you
to shed your shell.

1317
01:20:51.795 --> 01:20:53.923
Purge your hoard.

1318
01:20:55.796 --> 01:20:57.494
Start anew.

1319
01:20:58.326 --> 01:21:02.059
A bit of self-pity's OK,

1320
01:21:02.060 --> 01:21:04.395
but it's time to move on.

1321
01:21:05.434 --> 01:21:07.793
There'll be pain,

1322
01:21:07.794 --> 01:21:10.060
but that's life.

1323
01:21:10.061 --> 01:21:13.155
You have to face it head-on.

1324
01:21:13.156 --> 01:21:15.065
Be brave.

1325
01:21:55.334 --> 01:21:57.329
(CHUCKLES)

1326
01:22:04.000 --> 01:22:08.894
PINKY: Anyway, I want to
thank you, Gracie.

1327
01:22:08.895 --> 01:22:11.260
You've been terrific.

1328
01:22:11.261 --> 01:22:15.731
Not long now
till my number's up.

1329
01:22:15.732 --> 01:22:19.225
It's time to close my curtains.

1330
01:22:19.226 --> 01:22:21.960
For the first time in my life,

1331
01:22:21.961 --> 01:22:25.126
I feel older than I look.

1332
01:22:25.127 --> 01:22:27.659
And I look like a testicle.

1333
01:22:28.766 --> 01:22:31.159
Life's a beautiful tapestry

1334
01:22:31.160 --> 01:22:35.357
that needs to be experienced.

1335
01:22:35.358 --> 01:22:39.326
It's small pleasures savoured,

1336
01:22:39.327 --> 01:22:44.164
like smoking a cigar
in the rain.

1337
01:22:46.330 --> 01:22:50.725
Or wearing a jumper
straight from the dryer.

1338
01:22:51.533 --> 01:22:53.357
Enough rambling.

1339
01:22:53.358 --> 01:22:58.091
Time for both of us to let go.

1340
01:22:58.092 --> 01:23:00.228
Like I've said,

1341
01:23:00.229 --> 01:23:04.698
life can only be understood
backwards,

1342
01:23:04.699 --> 01:23:08.997
but we have to
live it forwards.

1343
01:23:08.998 --> 01:23:13.059
Snails never go back
over their trails,

1344
01:23:13.060 --> 01:23:16.164
always moving forwards.

1345
01:23:16.165 --> 01:23:20.224
Time for you to leave
some glittering snail trails

1346
01:23:20.225 --> 01:23:22.428
all over the world.

1347
01:23:23.534 --> 01:23:25.826
And remember, never...

1348
01:23:25.827 --> 01:23:28.626
never go back.

1349
01:23:35.527 --> 01:23:39.591
MAN: All rise.
Order in the court.

1350
01:23:39.592 --> 01:23:43.992
MAN 2: Miss Pudel,
your crime is serious.

1351
01:23:43.993 --> 01:23:45.360
Theft is theft,

1352
01:23:45.361 --> 01:23:48.627
whether it be a diamond
or a cucumber.

1353
01:23:48.628 --> 01:23:50.897
And if you forgive the fox
for stealing your chickens,

1354
01:23:50.898 --> 01:23:53.428
well, then,
he'll steal your sheep.

1355
01:23:56.225 --> 01:23:57.857
However...

1356
01:23:59.062 --> 01:24:00.524
I can tell from your face

1357
01:24:00.525 --> 01:24:03.098
that you are full of
shame and regret.

1358
01:24:04.000 --> 01:24:07.357
And true regret
is punishment enough.

1359
01:24:07.358 --> 01:24:10.197
I know you are a kind person.

1360
01:24:10.198 --> 01:24:13.357
As, many years ago, a little
girl showed me kindness

1361
01:24:13.358 --> 01:24:15.924
when I was at my lowest ebb.

1362
01:24:15.925 --> 01:24:17.696
Ah! Ah...

1363
01:24:17.697 --> 01:24:19.390
- (GIGGLES)
- Ah.

1364
01:24:19.391 --> 01:24:21.892
Good on ya, little possum.

1365
01:24:21.893 --> 01:24:23.063
Good on ya.

1366
01:24:23.064 --> 01:24:25.358
That little girl gave me hope
and courage

1367
01:24:25.359 --> 01:24:27.796
to start again,
and escape my...

1368
01:24:27.797 --> 01:24:30.198
(CLEARS THROAT) ...my vices.

1369
01:24:30.199 --> 01:24:31.426
Oh!

1370
01:24:31.427 --> 01:24:34.458
You may have light fingers,
Miss Pudel,

1371
01:24:34.459 --> 01:24:36.796
but I know you have
a heart of gold,

1372
01:24:36.797 --> 01:24:39.492
and have done many good deeds.

1373
01:24:39.493 --> 01:24:44.322
I therefore release you
from your charges.

1374
01:24:44.323 --> 01:24:46.696
Case dismissed.

1375
01:24:46.697 --> 01:24:49.032
Ah! (LAUGHS EXCITEDLY)

1376
01:25:08.527 --> 01:25:11.664
GRACE: Life had bashed me
round a bit,

1377
01:25:11.665 --> 01:25:15.023
but the roses smelt better.

1378
01:25:15.024 --> 01:25:19.725
And I finally started to become
the person I'd always wanted.

1379
01:25:21.865 --> 01:25:23.761
I made a film about my life.

1380
01:25:23.762 --> 01:25:26.659
(JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS)

1381
01:25:30.400 --> 01:25:32.263
(MAN GRUNTS)

1382
01:25:34.092 --> 01:25:35.923
(GRUNTS)

1383
01:25:40.797 --> 01:25:42.296
(CLOWN HORN TOOTS)

1384
01:25:43.667 --> 01:25:45.758
GRACE: It wasn't very good.

1385
01:25:46.567 --> 01:25:48.692
But a few people came.

1386
01:25:48.693 --> 01:25:51.795
I even had a question
and answer session afterwards.

1387
01:25:51.796 --> 01:25:55.024
Any... Any questions?

1388
01:25:55.025 --> 01:25:57.188
(CRICKETS CHIRP)

1389
01:25:57.189 --> 01:25:59.188
Mm-mm.

1390
01:25:59.189 --> 01:26:01.296
Mmm...

1391
01:26:02.267 --> 01:26:04.297
(COUGHS)

1392
01:26:04.298 --> 01:26:06.256
Oh, well.

1393
01:26:06.257 --> 01:26:08.131
Thanks for coming.

1394
01:26:09.300 --> 01:26:11.164
MAN: Yes.

1395
01:26:13.094 --> 01:26:14.659
I've got one.

1396
01:26:17.633 --> 01:26:21.362
Do you believe in magic?

1397
01:26:24.731 --> 01:26:27.131
(BREATHES SHAKILY)

1398
01:26:28.460 --> 01:26:30.890
- (GASPS)
- (FEEDBACK WHINES)

1399
01:26:33.663 --> 01:26:35.398
Gilbert?

1400
01:26:35.399 --> 01:26:38.857
Yes, it's me.

1401
01:26:39.867 --> 01:26:42.890
I... I walked across
that desert.

1402
01:27:42.927 --> 01:27:46.065
GRACE: It took me a while
to believe Gilbert was alive...

1403
01:27:52.401 --> 01:27:53.491
(GILBERT GRUNTS)

1404
01:27:53.492 --> 01:27:55.461
GRACE: ...how he'd
escaped the fire...

1405
01:27:59.430 --> 01:28:02.726
...and how his ashes
were nothing more than...

1406
01:28:02.727 --> 01:28:04.362
ashes.

1407
01:28:05.734 --> 01:28:09.263
His urn
now found a new purpose.

1408
01:28:12.459 --> 01:28:15.928
The cycle of life continued.

1409
01:28:15.929 --> 01:28:19.329
And your job was done, Sylvia.

1410
01:28:21.066 --> 01:28:25.230
We were all
finally free of our cages.

1411
01:28:29.365 --> 01:28:32.824
And even though our family
had shrunk a little...

1412
01:28:34.865 --> 01:28:37.197
...we were together again...

1413
01:28:43.230 --> 01:28:47.329
...with only one thing
left to release.

1414
01:28:55.099 --> 01:28:58.296
Gilbert still smelt
like burnt matches.

1415
01:28:59.801 --> 01:29:03.530
The setting sun
tingled our skin,

1416
01:29:03.531 --> 01:29:05.560
our two souls...

1417
01:29:06.864 --> 01:29:09.527
...and our single heart.

1418
01:29:21.429 --> 01:29:24.428
(ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT
OF ALOUETTE PLAYS)

1419
01:29:26.898 --> 01:29:29.126
♪ Alouette, gentille alouette

1420
01:29:29.127 --> 01:29:31.895
♪ Alouette, je te plumerai

1421
01:29:31.896 --> 01:29:34.631
♪ Alouette, gentille alouette

1422
01:29:34.632 --> 01:29:36.998
♪ Alouette, je te plumerai

1423
01:29:36.999 --> 01:29:39.795
♪ Je te plumerai la tete
Je te plumerai la tete

1424
01:29:39.796 --> 01:29:40.994
♪ Je te plumerai la tete

1425
01:29:40.995 --> 01:29:42.892
♪ Je te plumerai
la tete

1426
01:29:42.893 --> 01:29:45.956
(VOCALISING)

1427
01:30:29.632 --> 01:30:31.329
(ALOUETTE ENDS)