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Hurry!

Somebody's coming!

Somebody's coming!

Oh!

Hurry!

Oh!

Oh!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Felix!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Hurry up!

Quick!

- Stop shouting!

- Somebody's coming from the desert.

It's coming, a demon, quick!

- A demon.

- Oh!

See!

Now?

Oh, oh!

Oh!

Hey!

Where you think you're going?

Boo!

Take that bloody thing off your head!

Come on!

What do you want?

Don't like talking?

Hmm?

North...

- Fucking stupid.

Wandering around the desert without bloody water.

Uh, what are you doing around here anyway?

- Mind your own business.

- Don't know much do you mate?

Dinner's ready.

Do us a favour?

Use that first, hm?

- He's not dead, but he looks dead!

Shh, calm down!

- Just leave us! - Keep that voice down!

He's coming, he's coming!

He's coming!

- Uh, thanks a lot.

Eat your beans.

Crabtree.

Name's Felix.

Crabtree.

This is Betty.

She's my little sister.

- Uh, Smith.

- Heading north then?

- That's what I said.

- Yeah.

Well, I'll tell ya, there's no way out

of this desert, 'cept south.

Where you came.

Those mountains, the ones you see to the north,

well, them are out there like a big wall

you know,

no way over, you know.

- Who's way, mate?

- Not any.

Listen, let me explain something to you,

you can't climb those fuckers.

I know, I've tried.

- It's a bloody day's march to the foothills, right?

More like two.

Oh bloody slog.

If you get there, there's cliffs.

Three, four, five hundred fucking foot, vertical.

Who knows what's on the other side,

if you did get over?

But you can't, right.

- I'll go as my own tonight.

About to fly.

- What did you say?

- Sorry?

What did you say?

Just then.

- Don't get you?

- You said something about flying.

- Yeah, yeah, guess I did.

- You can't fly can you?

- What the fuck are you talking about?

- Bugger me.

Thought so.

What would you do if you, uh, could?

- Could what?

- Fly!

You'd go north, right?

Over the mountains.

- North.

Right.

Makes sense, makes sense.

Time for bed then, eh?

Uh, you can use the room down the end of the hall.

Smith,

I'm not crazy, you know.

You're safe here.

Hey hey, I'm all right.

Bloody chair.

Blood chair's useless.

Bloody useless.

Oh, oh, ah.

Feeling hungry, aye?

- Uh yeah, look, I'll uh, see you later.

- Hey!

You can't go yet!

You just got here.

Stay a few days, aye?

Have a look around, you can scrape back, you know.

- Thanks all the same.

- Ah, bloody hell!

Not that again.

Sun's burned your head!

Why don't you listen?

- Did I miss something?

- Well I don't like to poke me nose

in people's affairs, but you can't do it, you know.

- Got no choice, aye.

I knew it.

Somebody's after you!

Knew it.

- There isn't no reward in it, mate.

- Hey!

Well, what do you think?

Ever watch a bird fly?

-All the time, aye.

- Ever thought what it'd be like to be a bird,

you know, what it's like to, uh, what it's like to fly?

Well, I, uh, I don't just think about flying.

I've done it.

I flew.

Like a bird.

Course I only got about 20 foot or so off the ground.

And only for a bit.

I done it.

I fucking flew.

Sister, she'll tell you.

She saw me.

- Like a bird, yeah?

- Look at all this stuff.

Don't you get it?

Aflying machine.

I'm building a machine that flies.

I'll uh, need someone to give me a bit of a hand.

- Uh, in a bit of a rush just now, mate.

You know how it is, don't you?

I'll show you!

Go on, look at it, go on!

- Can't read.

- Look at the bloody pictures then.

Had that book since I was nine.

Apart from me old man's religious books,

it's the only one I've got.

- Careful mate, people don't fly.

- Hey Smith!

- Bit sick of this mate.

- You'd better look at where you're going first.

No charge.

- Have you done it?

- There's a fly on your sandwich.

- Well, have you?

Have you?

- We've been through all this last night.

- Have you told him to be gone?

Send him back to the desert!

- Um had a nice talk.

- What did you tell him?

- Nah.

- Oh.

- Nah.

- Oh.

- Nah, nah, nah!

He's in the bloody workshop.

- He's evil.

- No.

- Send him away, before it's too late.

- Betty, Betty!

- We'll end up like father.

What's he doing in your workshop anyway?

- He's um, looking at me designs.

- Look at them?

- Yeah.

- So, uh, what did you think?

- You're fucking mad.

How many days?

To build your bloody machine, aye?

How many days?

- Geeze, I don't know.

What, three, four?

- More like a week.

I don't have a week, mate.

I've got five days, at the most.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Look, I'm gonna need that spyglass.

I wanna watch the paths to the south.

Need fair warning, aye?

- Sure, sure, yeah, sure.

- Listen, that thing will get us past those mountains, yeah?

- Yeah, yeah.

- You

boold

a, ah, and

ooth

build.

- Morning!

- Yeah.

- Something to show you, right.

- Real good, mate.

- Watch this.

- It's uh, ready.

Hey, mate...

The ah, what do you call it,

it's ready.

- Oh good, good, that's good.

- What is it?

- You look at the books last night?

- Huh?

Oh, yeah, yeah...

- Fuck it.

Shit.

Plans, you look at those?

Yeah.

- Fuck it!

Good, made sense?

- Sure, sure it does.

Geeze.

- So, uh,

I need a test.

What's that for then?

- It's a windsock, shows us wind direction.

This thing here tells us the speed.

Faster the wind, quicker this wheel goes around.

Measures it on this little dial.

Easy, yeah?

Have a look.

- Mm hm.

- See, last time I didn't know enough about the wind.

Real important.

Gotta know what the bastard's up to.

- Yeah, that's what I thought.

- Whew.

How's about a drink?

I've got some good stuff.

Suits me.

She can't fathom it.

Psst, psst.

Uh, go on through.

Be with you sec.

What is it now?

- As if you didn't know.

I had a dream last night.

- Oh.

- Had a dream about the devil.

He was made out of paper and looked like him.

He was painted in bright colours, was laughing

- he's not a devil.

- I'm not saying that, am I.

He's sick in his head.

Been watching him, I know.

He's crazy.

He'll infect us with his sickness.

Hmm.

- He's death come to get us!

- I'm not sending him away.

- Father wouldn't have let him stay.

- I'm not sending him away.

I don't wanna talk about it!

Well, if that's how you feel, you won't want your dinner.

- I feel better.

- Good, it's your turn to cook.

That evil spirit shall not enter the kingdom of heaven

It shall be coveted.

Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

God, take it back Mother of curses!

How does it, uh, go?

Propellers.

- Propellers.

Come again?

- Like the big wheel on the end of a speed box.

- On a speed box.

Same thing, bigger, you know.

Ah, oh, um,

like, like that windmill outside, yeah.

- Oh yeah, right.

- Yeah, right.

- Pedal-driven, like on a bicycle.

Enough push to carry the three of us.

No worries.

- I see.

Eh, you understand this, don't you?

- Sure, sure, a bicycle.

- We'll try out the wing design on our glider first.

Check out the lift.

Know what I mean?

- This is uh, real good, miss crabtree.

- Betty?

You gotta excuse my sister, she's a bit upset.

- Aye!

I am not upset!

We were doing just fine before you came along.

What gives you the right?

You got no right!

Why don't you go back to where you came from?

Get lost.

Go on, piss off!

It's coming out fairly good.

All right.

How's it look?

Hang on a tick.

Alright.

- Alright, stand by.

I can't see a thing.

Good, good, come on, come on ya bastard.

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on ya bastard.

Come on!

Aw shit!

Fuck!

Bloody hell!

Oh, hang on, hold it, hang on, come on, come on,

that's good, ah, ah, ah, come on, that's it, that's it.

Come on, good, good, go, go, hang on there, hang on,

come on, come on, that's good, come on, come on,

come on, go, come on, that's it, that it, go, go!

It didn't fly.

- Well you can't expect everything to work the first time.

Can ya?

Yeah, it just fell.

- Give us a fair go, mate.

It'll come good, you'll see, you'll see.

Um, listen, I'll stay up, work on another design.

I'll have it ready first thing tomorrow morning.

- What happened last time, hm?

What went wrong?

Idiot.

- Dickhead.

You know, real bloody genius.

Rushed into it, knew it all.

- Buggered your legs.

- Who needs legs?

Anyway...

- I'll get us some Tucker.

We'll need it if we're gonna be here all night.

- What do you think you're doing?

Huh?

- Making a sandwich, aye?

- I can see that.

- Don't you have anything better to do?

- I told you to leave here and could you now?

- Yeah, good.

- Listen, I couldn't risk telling you this

when my brother was around, can't you see

what's going on here?

- Yeah, you're squashing me sandwich.

- Can't you see he's nuts?

You know, loony, crackers, sick in the head.

You saw it in him today.

You're not the first you know.

Dozens of 'em have been through here,

young blokes just like you.

Yeah, right.

- You wanna know what happens to them?

He kills them.

Takes them out to a shed and says,

I can show you how to fly!

Looks at the blue sky and says,

don't you wanna be up there like a bird?

Sure, you do.

And he straps them onto one of his loony machines

and says, go on, you can do it, fly.

If you're lucky, you'll end up a cripple like him.

It's not too late for you.

You can still get away, I'll keep him busy and then can...

You're evil!

You're gonna burn in hell!

Even though I walk through the valley of death,

I will fear no evil.

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

What dost thou stand up for, oh lord...

- Oh!

Tsk-tsk, oh, oh.

- Good, good.

Looking good.

How's it up there?

- Stunning mate, stunning.

-Ahem, all right, wait for it.

Wait.

Come on, come on.

That's it, come on, come on, that's it!

There it goes, oh, it's a big one.

Let it go up.

Now!

Hell.

Hell, almost.

Oh well.

Yeah, yeah, back to the bloody drawing board, eh?

What are those things?

- Lead. Made 'em for you.

- What for?

- Wear 'em, they'll make you legs stronger.

You'll need that.

Yeah, sure.

How long is this gonna take mate?

- On the right track, we are, yep.

What we gotta do is change direction in flight,

steer it, you know.

Yeah. Uh, listen,

you can tell me to mind my own business

if you want to, but uh, what's the story?

You know, how come you're on the run?

- Long story mate. Sort of... habit.

- Hm, I'll bet you're wondering what we're doing

way the buggery out here, eh?

Well, I'll tell you.

The old man, he brought us here when we was kids.

He was real religious, you know, travelled around a lot.

He spent the whole bloody time trying to get people

to be bloody nice to one another.

Peace.

Goodwill.

All that bloody stuff.

He gave it up in the end, came out here.

Me sister, she keeps up the grave.

You ever think what it was like before?

- Before what?

- You know, the old times, like in that book I gave ya.

With the pictures.

There were trees behind them flying machines.

And people with um, with um, nice, clean clothes on.

Shit.

You think about that stuff?

- Nah, no point, eh...

Go away.

- Listen, it's me, can I come in?

No!

- Listen, there's something I've gotta talk about.

You're a very cruel person.

You're as bad as him.

Get me up there and I'll kill myself.

I mean it.

- Betty, don't you want your dinner?

Aren't you hungry?

Hm, Betty?

I'm not coming if he's gonna be there.

I'd rather starve.

- Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!

Nah, nah, nah, we control the rudder.

Okay now move them, move them, come on,

left, right, left, right, left, right, move them, move them.

The feet, the feet, the feet!

- Oh yeah, let's get on to the hand part.

Are you sure you can work the rudder?

- Sure, no worries, I'm a natural, aye.

- Okay, now, the control stick, alright?

- Control stick, right

-all the way down and back to climb.

Let it go down, what do you do to climb?

- Up, you pull it up.

- You pull it back, you pull it back, you pull it back.

- Back! Back!

- Back! - Back!

- That's what I said!

Back, back, back.

You're sure you can do this?

Sure, sure I can.

Look, I'll practise, you get some sleep.

No, I go to bed then.

Right, goodnight.

- It's fonnard, take it toward

and up to go down.

How're you doing?

I don't know how I'm gonna hold this bloody thing!

- You'll be alright!

Gonna get a gust any second now, whoa-ho!

I knew it!

Hang on, here it comes.

Yes, yes!

- Hurry will ya?

- Come on, come on, yes!

Aw shit, now I missed it.

Whoa, whoa, oh!

Hang on, here it comes again.

Woo hoo, you fucking beauty!

Yes, yes!

That's it, that's it, you bastard, woo hoo!

- Come on, mate!

- Okay, go!

- What, now?

- Yes, yes, go, go!

Whoa!

- Bring it up, bring it up!

- Gotta go back, back you go, back,

rudder! Rudder!

Oh fucking hell.

- Now, the tracks.

- Yeah.

What?

- Tracks.

- Yeah.

40 foot wall.

Wood, you see?

Take a look.

The chain sits here.

Weights and pulleys.

- Well put that out later.

- Yeah.

Gotta do some wind tinnnel tusts,

some tunnel winnel tennels, tennel,

gotta! Do some wind tunnel tests first.

- Uh, what tests?

- On our finished model, gotta be sure.

- Hm.

Need to know.

- Look, this is taking too long, mate.

We got no time to fuck around.

- But we flew today.

You can't just expect get in that machine and pedal.

Know what I'm sayin'?

- Yeah, let's just push it along a bit.

- Betty!

Betty!

Betty!

Betty.

We flew today.

We've done it.

You know what that means?

We can leave here.

You and me, hm?

Yeah, yeah,

we can go now.

Oh I know, I know you're a bit scared,

it's light now, I can show you what it's like.

What's wrong with you?

We flew!

Whoop.

- Papa, hello?

It's me, Betty.

How've you been?

Good, I hope.

I haven't been too good.

I'm not sure what I'm gonna do.

Listen, it's Felix.

He's gone crazy again.

He's sick in his head.

He won't listen to anything.

He's doing crazy things all the time.

Like you know what?

He's trying to fly again.

Can you believe that?

After what he told you and everything.

Remember?

You remember.

Come on, come on, ya bastard.

Oh, oh.

Oh, oh.

Be with you in a tick.

- Oh, could you do that later?

- Here it is then.

Been wearing the boots?

- Yeah, sure.

When do we start on this?

- Tonight, I suppose.

- We're gonna need more timber, mate.

Now we test it.

- How's it looking, mate?

- Ah, won't do, huh?

Not enough, it won't do.

- Why don't we try?

- It won't do.

- There's clouds building up out there.

That's usually a pretty good sign.

There's not much more we can do today.

I've gotta get some sleep, whew.

Propeller, aye.

What are they?

- Dunno. Fly over every dry season.

Heading north.

- There's something I need to tell you, mate.

There's no more time.

They're coming.

Huh?

Fuck me.

- It'll blow tomorrow.

- Well, maybe.

- And uh, we're off first thing, right?

- Um, uh, no, can't, um, uh, not yet.

We're not ready yet.

Um, look, give it a bit more time, eh?

- We've got no bloody choice, mate.

- I've gotta talk to ya.

It's real important.

Now.

Listen to me.

Are you listening?

Uh, tomorrow morning, with a bit of luck,

we're leaving.

We're gonna leave this place.

You got that?

Eh?

- It's not too late.

We can kill him tonight.

I would.

Let that death be a reward.

- What are ya, what are you talking about?

- You come up behind him in your chair,

knock him off balance and I'll stab him.

It's easy.

Bloody hell!

Talk sense.

- Talk sense!

You're the one that isn't talking sense!

Not once since father died...

- Betty, Betty, you're not listening to me.

We are flying out of here tomorrow!

We are leaving, understand?

- Stay away!

- You don't get it.

It's so easy.

All you gotta do is look up.

Nothing else matters.

Don't you see?

Betty, please.

Who's gonna look after father? You promised.

- Please!

- You promised!

You said you wouldn't fly away.

- Bloody hell, I didn't mean it!

He was dying.

I only said it to make him feel better.

- You always spoil everything!

Stay behind then.

Go on!

- Felix!

What's gonna happen to me?

What should I do?

Yeah?

What?

- Time to go, mate.

- Be with you in a sec.

Shit!

- You alright?

- Yeah, yeah, fine.

I'll see you outside.

The weather is fine.

Yeah, I reckon.

Look, there's clouds.

You know, when iwas a kid, I uh,

I used to think people turned into clouds when they died.

Yeah, I don't know where I got that idea.

Yeah, where's your sister?

She ready?

Nope.

Shouldn't you give her a hurry-up then?

- Oh fuck.

Neck's playing up again.

Nah, no point, she's not going.

- What?

- Neither am I.

- What?

Betty and me, We're staying.

- You've been drinking too much of that stuff.

- Nah, I'm not drunk, not yet.

I, I know what I'm doing.

- It's not gonna fly, is it?

- It'll fly, no worries.

It'll fly.

- Take it easy on the flaps for a bit, right.

Uh, pedal fast, you know, like I told you.

Just pedal it.

- And ease off, save your strength for the mountains.

- Wish you'd think about this.

- You've got a better chance on your own.

- We'll make it, all of us.

- I made up my mind.

- Feels just right.

Ready?

- Okay, thanks.

- Thanks to you too.

- About them...

All they want is me.

- Yeah.

Uh,

Let's get on with it, shall we?

Contact!

Wait for it!

Right now, pedal hard!

Wait for it!

Keep on those fucking flags!

Here we go now!

Come on, come on, yeah, come on, come on, that's it,

that's it, come on, come on, come on!

Silly bastard.

Come on!

Yeah, here it goes!

Now!

Come on you bastard!

To the left!

No, to the left, to the left!

Yay!

Uplift!