Original subtitles

Moya.

Much better.

Yes.

Everybody, I've

just seen a mermaid.

Ah!

They'll kill us all.

[SCREAMING]

What on earth?

It's Billy's mermaid.

[THEME MUSIC]

What is your name?

Name?

Name?

Yes, name?

Moya.

My name is Moya.

You speak English?

Speak English from father.

You have an English father?

No, king.

Father, king.

Ah, so that's what

you were doing here,

visiting your father's grave.

Father die.

Oh, I'm so sorry, my dear.

But, why were those

men trying to kill you?

New king, he want I marry.

He old man.

So you ran away?

I want marry young man, Adu.

Is that your young man's name?

I come speak my

father's spirit.

- How did you get. - Here on your own?

Small boat.

Much danger.

Well, there's certainly low

chance of your coming back.

No.

You must stay.

Would you like that?

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

How is she?

Sleeping like a baby.

Well, that's good.

After all she's been through.

Do you mind having

another daughter?

No, of course not.

And a princess, too.

Yes.

How do you feel

about it, Elizabeth?

Well, it might be rather

nice having another young woman

about the place.

Yes.

I suspect Ernst

thinks so as well.

Oh, yes, Ernst.

Elizabeth, if Moya

is to stay with us,

there remains the matter

of her style of dress.

Oh?

- Don't you think that. - What she's wearing.

Is rather revealing?

Revealing?

Hadn't you noticed?

- And have you not. - Noticed, my dear,

We are living on

a desert island.

- Well, yes, of. - Course, I know that.

- I just don't want. - Her to influence,

Or to be giving ideas along

those lines to our girls.

Or to Ernst.

Yes.

Or to Ernst.

You're welcome, Mr. Barnabas.

Good morning, Henrietta.

Good morning, Mr. Doodledoo.

I've got some breakfast for you.

Well, yes, I suppose they

must seem pretty funny to you.

Funny, yes.

Ah.

Oh, that was my veil.

Veil?

Yes.

I wore it on my wedding day.

Wedding?

When I married Mr. Robinson.

Beautiful.

Shall we wait for

mother and Moya?

Whatever are they

doing up there?

I have absolutely no idea.

I'm hungry.

Oh, very well.

Let's begin.

Dear Lord, for what we

are about to receive,

make us truly thankful.

Amen.

Amen.

Ah, look.

What?

Oh, my goodness.

Children, please.

Oh, dear.

Much better.

Yes.

I agree.

I think, instead of.

Moya dressing like us,

it would be much better

if we dressed like her.

Joanna, that's not decent.

Well, it mightn't

be decent, but it

would be much more sensible.

Joanna, please.

Shall we?

Come, Moya.

Sit.

- ERNST (VOICEOVER): Throughout. - The following days,

Moya settled in as if she

was a member of the family,

and life on the

island seemed idyllic.

No one was aware of the danger

that was so close at hand.

[GIGGLING]

Come on, slowpoke.

I'm not a slowpoke.

Yes, you are.

You are!

Bruno!

It's all right.

There's nobody here.

They've all gone, see?

Gone.

Yes, but...

You're safe now, Moya.

Safe with us.

And they won't be coming back.

I promise.

Good boy.

Bruno, let's play catch.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

I betcha you can't

throw up a rock

and catch it on the back

of your hand like that.

Can too.

I can do it several times.

Told ya so.

See?

No fall down.

It's brilliant.

- So this is here to. - Stabilize it, right?

So it won't capsize?

Yeah.

So that's the answer.

You like?

- Yes, I think it's great. - Good.

Come.

We taking her home.

Come.

Right.

Hey!

Where are you going?

We'd like to go, too!

Sorry, no room.

See you back at the house.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

My, that's a

fascinating craft.

Ernst certainly

seems to think so.

Yes.

Oh, dear.

He's growing up.

And she is a lovely girl.

As we can very plainly see.

Still, my dear, I wish you

could persuade her to wear

something a little less...

I mean, a little more...

More...

More what?

Just more.

You know what I mean.

Yes, dear.

I know what you mean.

[COUGHING]

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

- ERNST (VOICEOVER): As difficult. - As it is to accept now,

- There was a time when. - I didn't care, or even.

Think, about being rescued.

The only thought in

my mind was Moya.

Oh.

Uh, sorry.

I didn't mean to...

Sorry.

It is the Sea God.

Pardon?

Every day, we give thanks.

The Sea God feeds us,

but he can do bad also.

You want eat?

Eat?

Come.

We'll show.

Come.

What is in there?

Um, this is what Moya's

people have for breakfast.

What is it?

It's, uh, fish and seaweed.

Seaweed?

Yuck!

Christina!

It smells delicious.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

Is that how you say grace?

Grace?

The thanks we give

to God for our food.

Oh, yes.

The Sea God.

He good.

What's a Sea God?

Well, let's all eat up,

and then, afterwards, I

have a little surprise for you.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

What are they doing up there?

It won't be long now.

I wish they'd hurry up.

I want to get down to the water.

Look, they're coming.

Look.

Look what mama made us.

Good Lord.

Oh, my goodness.

Aren't they wonderful?

Well, I don't know.

It's good.

Much better for water.

- I used to think I. - Had two daughters.

Now, it looks as if

I have three sons.

Oh, David, we're not in

stuffy old Boston now, you know.

We can make our own rules.

Well, yes.

But at least you haven't

decided to follow suit.

- Yes, well, I think. - Perhaps I'm a little too old.

For such things.

What about you, Emily?

- Aren't you going to. - Dress like a boy as well?

Certainly not.

It's most undignified.

Come on, boy.

Come on.

Wanna see a couple shells?

Yeah.

Oh, Christina.

There.

They couldn't do any of that in

long dresses, now could they?

No, I don't suppose so.

I'm forced to admit, my

dear, your innovation

has been a complete success.

Still, I believe the girls

should wear their new parents

just for swimming, don't you?

Oh, David.

Um, my people, we use...

Oh, come on, Emily.

Take your skirt off.

It's wonderful.

Billy!

Bring me that coconut.

I'm thirsty.

- There's plenty. - More back there.

This one's for Moya.

You're supposed to be

looking after to me, Billy.

She's just a savage.

No, she ain't.

She's a princess.

A real princess.

Both the boys are

enchanted with Moya.

So, I see.

Well, I'm enchanted with you.

Oh.

You find.

I'll give it one

more twist, mama.

I think you need to

twiddle your fingers more.

Yes.

Yes, that's it.

Oh!

Oh, dear.

Oh, mama, you'll

never make it work.

Oh, yes, I shall.

Perseverance will

pay off eventually.

Oh, is that all you've done?

I was expecting to see

great balls of thread.

And so, you shall.

- We'll have finished one. - Soon, won't we, mama?

Of course, we shall.

It's a good thing you don't

need a great deal of material

to make short pants.

Oh, thank you, dear.

You can laugh all you like, but

we will show you in the end.

Oh, Moya, is your boat all safe?

All safe.

We go sail again morning.

- Perhaps we could go. - To the ship tomorrow?

We may not be ready by then.

Yeah, there could be monsters.

I heard sailors tell of great

big sea serpents and things.

You did?

Yeah, with

enormous great teeth,

and heads as big as a ship.

Billy.

It's right.

And breathing

fire, some of them.

Breathing fire?

Yeah, like dragons.

Oh, that's nonsense, Billy.

- Everybody knows. - Dragons aren't real.

Yes, they are.

In China, there are many dragons

on the land and in the sea.

Breathing fire?

Of course.

Some of them can fly even.

That's rubbish.

Look, there are big lizards

and there are crocodiles.

Those are real.

Not dragons.

No, they're real.

Don't be stupid, Emily.

I'm not stupid.

Yes, you are.

You're always being stupid.

Joanna, stop that at once!

I hate you!

I hate you all!

You all hurt.

Go away, Bruno.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

Christina, come

along, darling.

Time you were in bed.

Mama.

No buts.

Bed.

- And you, Billy, time. - You turned in, too.

Good night.

Good night, everybody.

- Good night, Billy. - Good night, Billy.

Good night, Billy.

Father, I think that we could

find a lot of useful things

on the wreck.

You know, like weapons, or

powder and shot perhaps.

I'm sure we could, but...

Well, Moya, do you think it

would be very difficult to dive

down to it?

Maybe.

My people dive for pill.

Well, do you think

you could show us how?

I show how.

Couldn't we use a

breathing tube out

of hollow reeds or something?

I'm not sure we could

find anything long enough.

We need some kind

of diving chamber.

- Maybe we could use. - The water barrels.

- You know, if we. - Turned it upside down,

- So it held a. - Quality of air and...

No?

No.

Ah!

Ah!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

The only way is

big breath, and hold.

Well, how long can

we hold our breath for?

Perhaps half a minute.

Well, I think I

could do a minute.

Well, let's try.

Breathe in and start now.

One, two, three, four, five...

[DOG BARKING]

Six...

Listen.

What's that?

Help!

Help!

Bruno.

Emily.

Help!

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

EMILY: Help!

Emily!

We're coming to you!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Emily!

Ernst, be careful!

We don't know how deep it is.

Ah!

Oh, God, Emily!

EMILY: I'm sinking!

Don't struggle.

You'll sink faster.

Here, grab the musket.

I can't.

Grab the musket.

Papa... papa, save her.

- She can't... she. - Can't reach it.

Moya!

Come here.

This dress, too heavy.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

Come on.

I have you.

I have you.

Moya.

Poor Emily.

It was her own fault.

Joanna.

I'm sorry, papa,

but honestly...

Shh!

Emily, good morning.

How are you now?

I'm quite

recovered, thank you.

Well, that's good.

Come and sit down.

Father.

What is it, Ernst?

The canoe is gone.

It's nowhere to be found.

Might gone away

to sea, I think.

Uh, we make new boat.

Everybody go reef.

What a wonderful idea.

Don't you think so, David?

Yes, yes, of course.

We'll, uh... we'll get started

right after breakfast.

This one.

Eye.

Him float good.

Yes, but how do we

get it to the shore?

No heavy.

Very strong, but very light.

Sounds like balsa wood.

Hmm.

Tie many tree

together, make boat.

Oh, you mean a raft?

Plenty room.

Everybody go reef.

Good.

Let's get to work.

Hello.

What have you got there?

Oh, whatever... oh, my goodness

me, would you look at that?

What's going on?

Look at the shell Billy found.

[MUSIC - PAUL HOLMES AND SHERYL

[JAY - "GET AWAY"]