All language subtitles for The.Borrowers.S01E01.en

(BIRDS TWITTER)

Yes. madam. I'll see to it right away

(WATER RUNS)

Do this, do that.

There you are, madam. All done.

Arrietty.

— Yes, Mother.
— Hurry up with that potato.

— Not a whole one.
— You didn't say.

— It'll be ruined once I cut a slice.
— What does it matter? There's plenty more.

Your father risked his life for this potato.

— I mean in the store room.
— Sshh!

I thought I heard him.

— He's late.
— He'll be all right.

Yes.

Yes, of course he will
Put some more coal on the fire.

— I hope he hasn't been climbing curtains.
— I could.

Don't be silly.

— He shouldn't climb at his age.
— I'm not being silly.

I could go borrowing.

You don't know what you're saying.
You have no idea what it's like upstairs.

Pod,

Hello.

— You're back, then.
— Let's see.

— Yes, Has she been worrying again?
— I always worry.

There's no need. I know what I'm doing.

Most of the time.

— What's that tear in your jacket?
— Nothing. It got caught on a pipe.

Where? There's something you're not telling me.

— It looks heavy.
— It is. I'm fine.

I knew there was something. I had a feeling.
One that starts at the knees and...

There.

— Oh, Pod.
— It's wonderful

— I said I'd get you a watch.
— Yes, I know.

But I didn't think.... I mean...
I don't know what to say.

It was wedged down behind the waste pipe
in Aunt Sophy's bathroom.

— It must have been there for months.
— It's beautiful

It's not even my birthday.

— I'll take it back, shall I?
— It will be soon!

I'm just giving you a present a little early.

— Do you want it over here?
— No, There.

— There?
— Maybe a bit to the left.

It looks a bit low.

— Just a minute.
— What do you think, Arrietty?

— It looks wonderful.
— What about the pipe?

No. If you sit here, you can see it perfectly.

— That's true. Oh, I don't know.
— You just carry on. It's not heavy.

— Sorry. That's fine.
— Arrietty, hammer and nails.

Perhaps it would have been better further on.

No, it's fine, really. Couldn't be better. Lovely.

— A clock for the Clocks.
— The Overmantels didn't have a clock.

Not for all their fancy ways and airs and graces.

— Nor did the Harpsichords.
— Where did they live?

— Ina harpsichord.
— She means where in the house.

In the morning room. Them upstairs couldn't
play a note, so the Borrowers lived inside.

— Stuck—up lot, those Harpischords.
— Are they still there?

No. Moved away
as soon as Aunt Sophy took to her bed.

Upstairs didn't use the room, so
there were no pickings for the Harpischords.

Mrs Driver and the gardener stick to the kitchen.

So they had to emigrate.

— Like Uncle Hendreary and Aunt Lupy?
— Yes.

And cousin Eggletina?

— Poor Eggletina.
— Why? What did happen to her?

— Well...
— Soup!

"Asked again about Eggletina.

"what...did...happen...

*, to.,.her?"

— Well, she's growing up fast, isn't she?
— Yes, I know.

She can read and write, you know.
Learned from the books I borrowed for her.

— You had to start borrowing too young.
— Maybe.

— She asks so many questions.
— I can't answer most of them, Pod.

The ones I can I don't want to.

It's up to you to tell her about upstairs.

I will You know I will
I just have to choose my moment, that's all.

— Arrietty?
— Are these all the matches?

Er... Well, yes.

Arrietty...

Last night you asked why Uncle Hendreary
and Aunt Lupy had left the house.

Yes.

Well...

It was because your uncle...

«had been seen.

— Seen?
— On the drawing room mantelpiece.

— Who saw him?
— The kitchen maid.

She dusted him thinking he was an ornament.
He was next to Cupid and he sneezed.

Go on.

— So then what happened?
— She went berserk, historical

We heard the screech from down here.

Homily...

I was just saying how a Human Bean
never lets it go once a Borrower gets seen.

Yes. Look everywhere they do.
Floorboards go up. Traps are set.

— And worse.
— Are we the only family in the house?

— Yes. We are now.
— (RHYTHMIC TAPPING)

Mrs Driver again.

Clumsy great thing.
Just when I've swept the floor.

Arrietty, finish clearing that table.

Where did Uncle Hendreary and Aunt Lupy go?

— To an abandoned badger sett.
— On the other side of the world.

— A few fields away. Beyond Parkin's Wood.
— And Eggletina?

Why won't you tell me?

— Always questions!
— Why won't you?

— You're too young.
— No, I'm not!

— Sorry.
— Look what you've done.

— If you'd been concentrating.
— It was an accident.

— The cup broke itself?
— I said I was sorry.

— Cups are hard to come by.
— I said I was sorry!

(POD) That's enough!

— Homily, keep calm.
— I am.

I can see. Stop worrying about the blooming cup!

I'll. go straight up to the nursery
and borrow another one.

You've got to be more patient.

Don't be hard on your mother.
She gets like that because she loves you.

— I'm sorry about the cup.
— It's all right.

Dry your eyes.

Read your book. There's a good girl

(DOOR OPENS)

(LIGHT FOOTSTEPS)

Pod?

— What is it?
— I've been seen.

— Where?
— In the nursery.

The nursery? But there's no one in the...

(WHISPERS) There's no one in the nursery.

A boy.

Oh, no! Not a boy?

There's no worse Human Bean than a boy!

Why did you go?

Don't start. It's all right.

— What are we going to do?
— I don't know.

We're not going to emigrate?
Not when I've got the house so nice.

I tripped, dropped the cup and he caught it.

He watched me climb down...gave it to me.

"Here you are," he said.

— He spoke to you?
— Yes, he did.

Maybe — only maybe, mind —
he won't tell anyone.

We'll know soon enough if he does.

And boys are not always believed,
so if we lie low, wait and see what happens,

maybe — just maybe — we can stay.

You mean no more borrowing?

— We've got enough to live on for a week.
— How long is he here for?

I didn't ask him.
There wasn't much time to be social

— Shouldn't we tell Arrietty?
— Not yet.

Wait...and see what happens.

Yes.

Wait and see what happens.

Hello. Are you all right?

Fine, yes.

— There's something bothering you.
— No, there isn't.

Yes, there is. You've been acting strangely lately.
Not like your old self at all.

I am.

— What's the matter?
— Nothing.

— Look. There's a blackbird.
— Yes.

And all the trees.

I know you're a wonderful Borrower

and I know we've stayed
when everyone else has gone.

But why do we stay? What's it done for us?

We're alone in this big, half-empty house
with no one else to talk to

and nothing to see but dust and passages,
firelight, candlelight.

I want to run in the grass, lie in the sun

and play in the trees like birds do.

So did Eggletina.

She went outside.

She didn't know
that Uncle Hendreary had been seen

and that because of that...upstairs had got a cat.

A cat?

Poor Eggletina.

Vt doesn't make any difference.
Vt won't change how I feel.

I want to go outside!

Tut!

That's the last of the fish bones, isn't it?

It's been long enough. I think that boy
went off without telling anyone he saw me.

— And we haven't heard a cat.
— No.

Um...

Homily...

— Just suppose...
— You went borrowing again?

Yes, but that's not what I was going to say.

If we'd had a boy...

I'd be teaching him to borrow,
like my father taught me.

— Yes, but we've got Arrietty.
— Yes, I know.

Have you ever thought
what would happen to her...

to both of you,
if I couldn't go on borrowing any more?

Don't even think of such a thing.

But it will happen, Homily, one day, won't it?

That's why I've got to teach Arrietty to borrow.

“Eight days now since Father's

Blancmange! Whoever heard of such a thing?

She expects me to fetch and carry
like some scullery maid!

— It's not my place to run errands.
— No.

That's how it is with Aunt Sophy.
I'd better get the chickens in.

I should have put in my notice last May.

Mrs Driver's gone out.

It's still too much of a risk, Pod.

Arrietty's got to start one day.
Now is as good a time as any.

Start what?

Arrietty, get out of those heavy shoes.
Light shoes for borrowing.

— Borrowing!
— See how you get on.

Thank you.

— The kitchen.
— Be quick. My nerves can't stand it.

— You worry too much.
— I know. Now I'll worry twice as much.

She'll be safe with me. What do you need?

— That brush is very worn. Are you sure?
— Yes. Fibres from the door mat. What else?

Sugar, fish bones, pins, tea leaves...
currants and breadcrumbs.

We need some more coal.
and the matches are getting low.

Only if you get the chance. If it's no bother.

— Ready.
— On with your borrowing bag.

That's it. Nice and tight.

— I'll bring the spare.
— Why a spare?

In case we find something extra.

— Do what your father says.
— Yes.

— Don't go off by yourself.
— I won't.

— Take care.
— Thank you.

— Good Luck.
— Thank you.

You don't take your eyes off her.

Don't worry.

Good luck.

This reminds me of the first time
I went borrowing. My father took me.

Grandpa Osbort. He could borrow anything.

Anything he could move,
and there wasn't much he couldn't.

He was so strong, he could lift a serving spoon.

Always keep this gate open. You never know
when you might want to get home in a hurry.

All right?

Nervous? First time. It's only natural

Stick with me, you'll be all right. Come on.

(TICKING)

Our clock!

Yes, it is. There's everything you need
up here. It's like a sort of outpost, really.

My ladder. Grappling irons.

Javelins. Tools. Care...

Ropes. More borrowing bags. Everything.

— It's so big.
— Yes.

That is the pendulum
and that other thing is the weight.

— We're as safe as houses in here.
— Suppose they move the clock?

They never move clocks like this.
They go wrong if you move them.

Well, you first.

Ready?

Watch me.

— It hurts your hands, doesn't it?
— It does to begin with.

Pull at the loose ones first.

Look, you leave it to me.
Go and sit by the door and keep a lookout.

— But I want to be a real Borrower.
— You will be one day.

I can do this on my own. Go on.

Aagh!