Original subtitles

(PHONE RINGS)

(RINGING STOPS)

(LAUGHS)

(CRUNCHING)

Hi, Mrs K.

Merry Christmas, Klara.

Pim said these are your favourite.

Oh! Ichigo! Delicious.

Beautiful! Thank you.

(INDISTINCT SINGING)

# ..all day long

# Hoppin' and boppin' and singing his song

# All the little birds on Jaybird Street... #

# Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

# Rockin' robin

# Rockin' robin... #

Well, see ya! Bye. Bye-bye.

LUCY: Oh, you guys got a turkey? Oh, delicious!

Hm.

Oh, that's nice. (LAUGHS)

Oh.

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

Popcorn, check.

And Mrs K gave us this.

(IMITATES SQUAWKING)

I've gotta go, Polly. Bye! Bye.

Alright. Let's get to work.

Yeah!

Um, I was going to do some drawing.

No! Klara, we're gonna decorate together!

Like we always do!

(SIGHS) But I have an idea, and I need to draw it now.

Well, decorating is creative.

Ugh. It's for an...art prize.

Oh. An art...prize.

Do you need to put your art in a competition?

(SIGHS) So you think it's a bad idea?

I don't know.

Is putting yourself out there for other people's judgement

really a good idea?

It's more than that!

It's... It's...

It's about money.

Pim!

I enjoy it.

(SIGHS) Well, it doesn't look like you are.

Come on, we can have some family time.

Why are you so against this?

Pim, what are you doing?

If you're not helping, then I'm calling Grandma and Grandpa.

Agh! Be careful.

Do you even know their number?

Of course!

I can do things for myself, you know?

At least take your brother up to the attic

and get the tree down before you disappear.

Ugh. Fine!

All aboard.

Chop, chop!

Ugh, it's even hotter up here.

(GRUNTS) I found it, but...

..it's melted onto the rafters.

Let me try!

Agh!

Whoops.

Oh!

(GASPS) Come on!

Uh...

(GASPS) It must be in Mum's room.

Huh?

What?

(FAINTLY) What?

Oh!

(INHALES DEEPLY)

Oh! That smell.

That looks like you, Mum!

Wah!

And Dad.

(INHALES)

Mmm.

(BOTH INHALE DEEPLY)

What is this place?

(FAINTLY) Oh...

(INHALES AND EXHALES DEEPLY)

Ah! (LAUGHS)

Mum? (LAUGHS)

(GASPS) Remember this?

Oh!

Mmm.

Hm! (CHUCKLES)

(BOTH GASP)

Wow! You look weird.

What is going on?

Are you OK?

Oh, a little nauseous, but, otherwise, good.

Do you like the name 'Klara'?

I like it.

That's what I'm going to name our daughter.

Klara! It's Mum when you were in her tummy.

(GASPS)

I think she's going to be a livewire.

Do you want to feel.

(CHUCKLES)

(SOFT THUD) You kicked me!

Oh! (LAUGHS)

(GUITAR PLAYS)

(GASPS) I love this song!

(BOTH LAUGH)

Hey! I like dancing.

(LAUGHS)

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

Mum?

Hi, I'm Lucy.

We just moved here.

Like... Like us!

We move all the time, because my mum loves adventure.

So why did you move HERE?

Good question.

Had to leave all my friends.

Moving's the worst.

Tell me about it'!

I tried to tell my mum I didn't want to go,

but she wouldn't listen.

Mums never do.

Hey, what's in there?

Oh, it's just some stories.

Oh, you DID write stories!

There's nothing good.

Just things that happen and how they make me feel.

Like what kind of things?

Uh, you wouldn't be interested.

But I am interested.

Like how I wish I had a brother or a sister.

And there's one about how my dad keeps doing my homework for me,

thinking he's helping,

but he gets most of it wrong.

(LAUGHS) That is so funny!

Is Dogboy in it? Who's Dogboy?

Could I read some?

You really want to?

Klara, read it for me!

Shh.

Mum! I mean, Lucy.

Wanna play a game?

(LAUGHS)

You really don't have to read it.

(LAUGHS)

What does it say?

Let's go read up there.

Well, I'm gonna go explore, by myself!

OK. Be careful.

(LAUGHS) I can't believe she said that!

You don't have to say you like it.

I don't like it.

I LOVE it.

I feel like you know me.

Like you're my twin sister from a parallel universe.

Something like that.

Wow!

(PHONE RINGING)

This bit here, about how you see the world

that's exactly what I want to show with my drawings.

It's so good. (RINGING CONTINUES)

Thank you.

I want to spend my whole life writing.

What happened?

(RINGING CONTINUES)

Ah! Get away from that!

Hm.

Are you OK?

Don't read it! I'm never showing anyone again.

(SOBS)

Um, Klara?

You need to leave that alone.

I didn't touch it.

Are you OK? This is the worst day of my life!

(SOBS)

Wait!

Come back!

(SOBS)

(GASPS)

Hm? (LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS) Look, Klara.

She's little, like me.

(LAUGHS)

Hm?

(LAUGHS)

Hello! (LAUGHS) Chase me!

(BARKS) (LAUGHS)

Hey! Come back!

(BARKS)

What happened to you?

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS)

Pim! Come back!

No way! It's MY turn to play with Mum.

(GASPS)

Don't touch it! Pim, listen,

we have to leave before she touches anything else.

(GASPS) We need to find Mum.

Mum? Mum? She's not our mum yet.

Lucy? Lucy?

Lucy? Lucy?

BOTH: Lucy?

Oh, no.

I'm scared, Klara.

We need to go home.

Then everything might go back to how it was.

Hey! Be gentle.

We need to get help. I'll go!

I'll call Grandma and Grandpa.

They'll be able to help us.

Are you sure you can do it all by yourself?

I'm not a baby.

OK. Go. Fast.

I've got it. Be careful.

(GIGGLES AND SQUEALS)

Oh!

Ah!

Oh...

(GASPS)

Ah! Oh...

(SQUEALING)

Ooh!

(SOBS AND SCREAMS)

This is hard.

Klara!

Ah! Hey!

(GROANS)

Whoops. Are you OK?

Uh, yeah, but I messed up.

The phone broke. Oh, no!

Why did you even bring it here?

I didn't know what else to do.

I'm sorry.

It's OK, Pim. We'll figure this out.

(LAUGHS) (GASPS)

NO!

How are we gonna turn her back into Mum?

(CRIES)

Can I try? OK.

Sit down, and make sure you support her head.

I like being the big one.

(RINGING)

Come on!

You did it! No, WE did it.

Now call Grandma and Grandpa.

Hello? It's Pim!

We're gonna need a ladder.

What do you think this place is?

I don't know.

But I do remember Mum telling us about a courtyard.

Yeah! The big tree.

I loved those bedtime stories.

So did I.

But they weren't always happy tales.

But Mum always cheered us up.

Hm. She did.

And we'd all be giggling by the end.

Hello?

BOTH: We're over here!

Where's Mum?

Um... Here.

(GASPS) Oh!

Aw!

Oh, my little Lucy-goosey.

(LAUGHS)

Coochie, coochie, coochie, coo! (LAUGHS)

Coochie, coochie, coo!

Ooh!

It's beautiful.

Grandma, what is this place?

Oh, well, it's... it's an inner courtyard.

Yeah. Every house has one of these, if, um,

if you can find it.

What's this?

Ah, well...

Lucy was a bit older than you are now.

Your mum used to write wonderful stories.

Grandpa and I read everything she wrote.

Her words were like music.

And reading them was honestly like dancing.

But Lucy was too shy to let anyone else read her writing.

And I was sure that all she needed was just a LITTLE push.

So I sent her work to a publisher.

I was convinced they'd put it in a book,

that all the world would love Lucy's words

as much as we did.

And they rejected her.

Lucy's stories that once sung like music

had fallen silent.

I think she gave up,

because of me.

That's why she was worried about me putting my art in a competition.

She doesn't want you to be sad like her.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Best we leave now.

Just one more moment,

holding my little girl.

Where does the time go?

(SIGHS) Bye-bye, little Lucy-goosey.

(SIGHS AND YAWNS)

(YAWNS)

Hey, Pim. Where's Klara?

One sec!

(GASPS)

Merry Christmas, Mum.

Whoa! (LAUGHS)

I had a dress just like that when I was young.

Thank you.

You kept it!

I haven't written anything for a LONG time,

other than for Pim.

I should never have pushed you.

I should never have given up.

(LAUGHTER)

Lorenzo, try this!

Ah. Thank you.

Mm! Delicious.

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