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MILK TEETH

Scoot.

Get lost.

Psst.

Edith?

Two dogs were in front of the house again.

You promised to stop.

Look at our new stray.

She was just standing in our garden, as if by magic.

Are you crazy?

Get out.

I said get out.

Get lost.

I said get lost.

Where did you take it?

To where it came from.

You're good at bird calls.

Thanks.

What are you two doing here?

We found something.

She won't believe us anyway.

What did you find?

Where?

There's more over there.

Go home.

You promised not to tell.

Yeah, so leave.

I have to fetch the others.

Get lost.

Come on.

It was just a matter of time before our Skalde found a trail.

It was just by chance.

Show me.

Indeed.

Eggert's brand.

Years of peace, then three attacks in a month.

Whoever did this is still close by.

Fear won't help.

People are scared.

We'll need more than just a trail.

Hey, Pauli boy.

-Hold onto him. -You've gotten big.

He was dancing like a madman. With this.

Was that you?

Kurt.

If it wasn't you, if you saw something, tell me.

If you don't talk, I can't help you.

Exactly.

I barter with him.

He can fish, but not hunt.

So he's got a motive to steal livestock

and use their skulls as bait.

No, I mean he's harmless.

Let me have another look.

-I'll join her. -No.

Skalde is faster alone.

I need you here.

There's no way it was Kurt.

I'm sure Kurt acted out of necessity.

He abused our trust.

To become one of us again, he needs to be punished.

So we're to act like he's gone crazy?

Take him home.

Let me do that.

Here.

Unbelievable.

He's visited us since you were a child.

And you let them do this.

You went to Kurt's?

He didn't come today.

I tried.

There was nothing I could do.

Fantastic.

Come with me.

Where are you from?

From across the burned fields.

I'm Meisis.

I'm Skalde.

Are you gonna keep me locked up here?

You mustn't be seen.

Understand?

It's important.

Skalde?

Come here.

Have a seat.

I hear your stomach growling.

Thanks.

We found your ram.

So who was it?

Kurt was with the cadaver.

Drunk with a knife.

I'd never suspected him.

He was already punished.

A smashed hand won't bring back my ram.

If he'd asked, I'd have helped.

Two of the Henschels' dogs ran off again.

I know it's not your fault, but it'll come back to you.

Tell your mother to stop.

I've told her a thousand times.

She says the dogs come by themselves.

Just take care of it.

Gasoline's over there.

Bring me a canister next week.

None of that sounds like Kurt.

Oh, come on. Quit it.

He drinks himself to death and steps in front of your rifle

because pheasants are too beautiful to be shot.

He's a few eggs short of a dozen.

They made a mess of him.

He'll survive it, like everyone else.

Not everyone.

It flew across the fire.

Lost her way.

Trying to get to the sea.

The river leads to the sea.

You're a clever girl.

I'm not a girl.

What are you?

I'm a wolf.

You didn't have to come.

Tell me what happened to the ram.

No idea. It was already there.

Why didn't you say that?

I was wasted.

Kurt, I know you weren't that drunk.

The ram isn't the first thing the woods have taken back.

Sooner or later, it'll take us all.

Why those looks?

Did I catch you making out?

Oh.

That is good.

Have you heard, Kurt?

The wolves are back.

I thought it was me.

Don't look so glum.

There was nothing you could've done.

Maybe you can use these.

Psst!

Go!

What were you doing?

I said you mustn't be seen.

He called me.

This is your hiding place.

You have to stay here until I come.

Understand?

And she came across the plain?

She won't really talk about it.

That's not good.

You can imagine what the others will think.

Some stranger crossing our border.

How did she even manage it?

And who's been eating the livestock?

They'll say it's unnatural, precisely because it's a child.

You know the stories.

The fairytales?

Some people take them seriously.

You of all people should know that.

Get rid of it, Skalde.

'Its' name is Meisis.

Listen, throw it in a sack with stones and cast it

into the river.

No wonder she's been acting strange.

The poor child.

Alone in the woods at night.

For weeks.

-Or months even. -She has no business here.

Quit your nagging.

Don't you understand that Skalde is keeping the child?

Stop being an old goat and bring us a schnapps.

Fine.

But don't say I didn't warn you.

Move it.

I'm thirsty.

And Skalde needs one, too.

Come here.

Even they're getting smaller.

But everything else is growing like hell.

What are you doing here?

Just dropping by.

I visited Kurt.

I know what Kurt means to you.

But you acted correctly.

I came to give you this.

You know you can always come to me.

About anything.

Have a nice day, Skalde.

See you soon.

What makes you so sure they won't get used to her?

I've been here 19 years.

I'm still the outsider.

I was only allowed to stay because your father

was from here.

You're not the outsider.

You're the witch.

Skalde.

Someone's coming.

This is an official visit.

Show us the child.

Or we'll come and take it.

She's just a child.

We'll have to make sure, for everyone's sake.

Come with me.

So it's true.

How did you get here?

No one made it past the border since Edith.

It stole livestock and caused damage.

You saw for yourselves.

A little girl couldn't slay a ram like that.

Precisely. It's not a normal child.

Skalde...

I'm delighted that you want to take care of someone,

but we can't just break our laws.

Hand over the child now.

Alright?

Must be an important occasion if all the gentlefolk

have gathered.

You've got no say anymore.

Are we afraid of a little girl now?

It'll give us bad luck.

Aren't we too old for those fairytales?

Fine, what do you suggest?

She'll lose her milk teeth.

She's at that age.

In six months, you'll see she's one of us.

There.

I'm her guarantor.

She'll bring you the milk tooth. Nothing will happen.

If it does,

I'll ensure that she disappears.

Do you swear by Len's life?

Yes, I do.

And come and see me tomorrow so I can examine her.

Fine.

Now we can conclude our little assembly.

Thank Len for this.

If it'd been up to me,

the child would've been handed over.

And another thing:

I won't be helping you a second time.

I wanna be left in peace.

I know.

Thanks.

You're putting it all on the line for that?

Skalde...

Why do those people say I'm bad luck?

Because they don't know you.

People here tell each other stories

about creatures of the woods that want to harm people.

In one of them,

the wolves want to live among humans.

So they abduct human children and exchange them

with their own.

They're called wolf children.

They look normal,

but they're malicious, rob humans and are bad luck.

You can only distinguish them by looking in their mouths:

They have tiny teeth that never fall out.

But I'm not a wolf child.

I know.

You're Meisis.

When you're on the Council one day,

you'll understand it's not that simple.

We're responsible for all of your well-being.

You did what you thought right,

knowing what the consequences may be.

I consider that...

admirable.

Grandpa Pesolt, yeah?

Go to bed, Levke.

Sorry you're ashamed of me.

I said go to bed.

She walks funny, right?

Haven't you ever seen a drunk person

where you're from?

Shall we have a closer look?

Don't be afraid.

Say "aah."

-Aah. -Aah.

Nice and wide.

Did you come here on your own?

Yeah.

And where from?

Over burnt fields.

And where are your parents?

-She doesn't remember-- -I didn't ask you.

Where are your parents?

They burned.

Enough.

You seem like a healthy girl.

Look. Over there.

They're blackberry bushes.

Grab some, they're tasty.

Don't let the thorns prick you.

We need to know who stole the livestock.

Or everyone will think she did it.

I'll find out.

Keep your eyes open.

Take Levke, it'll do her good.

And if you find anything,...

then catch it...

or hunt it down.

Wow, a blackberry.

I don't want it on my yard.

I have your slurry.

-This is Meisis. -No, Skalde.

Gösta has vouched for us.

You have kids.

And I mean to protect them.

Our bartering is over until this is cleared up.

It's not personal, Skalde.

Boar.

An old one.

We're wasting our time.

Oh, yeah?

We haven't seen or heard anything all day.

We're the only idiots here.

Then go home.

I can hunt without you.

Don't act like that.

I'm not the one in trouble.

I'm here to help, in case you didn't notice.

No.

You're here because I was told to bring you.

Keep on hunting, doggie.

Skalde!

Skalde!

Hey.

Are you okay?

What happened?

Huh?

I thought I had it.

That was me.

Hey.

What did you think was there?

That was quite a tumble.

Alright?

Crash and burn.

If I jumped in, would you pull me out?

I'd be glad to be rid of you.

Then I'm staying.

I really thought I'd found it.

Skalde...

don't do that again.

I wasn't planning to.

It hurt like hell.

What should I do?

With the child?

I don't care about the child.

I care about you.

You don't understand.

What don't I understand?

What don't I understand?

We didn't find anything.

It must've been someone from the village.

No one would be that stupid, Skalde.

But...

who was it, then?

What about your hands? Reach forward.

Palms outwards and push the water aside.

Very good. That's it.

Hands out front.

Like a frog.

Close your fingers.

Palms outwards and push the water aside.

Very good.

Very good.

I want to learn that, too.

Then I'll show you. Come here.

I've got you.

Hold tight.

Take a deep breath.

There's something wrong with that child.

I see.

It's fine.

It's okay to be scared.

Eggert's daughters vanished.

What do you mean "vanished?"

Missing since last night.

Eggert only found a bracelet.

They searched all night.

Shit.

I think they'll come to search here as well.

I fear for y'all.

You better hide.

Romy!

Mathilda!

Romy?

If I don't find my children, well...

I'll be back.

Then Gösta can't help you, either.

We have to stick together in hard times like these.

Let us be grateful for all that we have.

Let us eat and drink and strengthen ourselves

for the search.

-So, cheers. -Cheers!

Look who's here.

I'm here to say we had nothing to do

with the sisters' disappearance.

Did you bring the kid?

The barbecue's still hot.

Let her speak.

Eggert already searched our house.

As if you're dumb enough to hide them there.

Like we said: The child is bad luck.

You all know me.

I've never messed up.

Until you took in the wolf child.

The child is innocent.

She's one of us.

Shut her mouth.

Let's continue drinking. Cheers!

-Cheers! -Cheers!

Skalde.

Be careful.

Or I won't be able to help you.

Meisis.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I've been waiting for you.

What's wrong?

I dreamed that Edith left.

Go check.

Meisis thought you left.

We can leave.

You, the child and me.

Where to?

The other side of the river.

I'm not leaving.

I won't be driven off.

Don't you get it?

Huh?

We don't belong here.

Go away. Go to sleep. Get out.

Skalde.

What are you doing?

Look, Mama, I did it.

Why did you do that?

All the other children have these necklaces.

You wanna be one of them?

She's got some nerve.

Unbelievable.

Skalde.

Skalde, come here, sweetie.

This is Meisis.

-Hello. -Hello.

Find yourselves a nice tree.

-Need help? -No, thanks.

We're going home, Len's tired.

See you.

We're leaving.

Come on.

Come on!

No.

Careful, it's not finished.

You like it?

Yeah.

That was a bunny,

and this was the biggest bunny,

and here were two little ones.

Go look in the mirror.

Len had a fall.

What happened?

I don't know.

I found her in the woods this morning.

What was she doing?

She broke her leg.

Now she's only talking nonsense.

When did you get so big?

Your whole face...

covered in marmalade!

Little Skalde,...

always eating out of the jar.

What were you doing in the woods?

Looking upwards.

Don't you find...

that the sky between the treetops

sometimes looks like a river?

I think you need some rest.

Don't talk to me like that, I'm not a child.

Go home.

She's waiting for you.

If I were a little bird

And had two wings

I'd fly over to you

But because that won't ever be

I'll stay here

Meisis?

Meisis?

What are you doing?

What do you want?

I thought it was an animal.

She suddenly appeared in the road.

Meisis?

Where were you going?

To the woods.

Meisis, tell me the truth.

Where did you get the bracelet?

From the sisters.

They brought me food.

And where are they now?

Gone.

They wanted me to join them.

But I stayed with you.

I'm looking for Edith. Have you heard from her?

No.

How is she?

Asleep.

She told me to give you this.

Skalde, all the village dogs ran away.

Don't come back.

Please.

The dogs started barking last night and never stopped.

I got this feeling, so I left.

I knew she was out there, Skalde,

as if she were calling out to me.

She was calling out to everyone.

With a circle of dogs around her.

She said you and the girl are leaving.

And that I should stop looking for my children.

They wouldn't be coming back.

She said our children would leave us one by one.

She's right, Skalde.

I know it since I found this on the stairs.

They left a keepsake behind.

Get up.

You're not dead.

We're on your side, Skalde.

Stop.

Don't mess up now.

Not a good knife.

I can't let you go.

Skalde.

Mountains crave

So they say

They say your name

Floods and a day

It's a shame

It's a shame

The paint turn to red

Paint coming down

Will it come down?

And as far as we go

We go down, will we go down?

And as far as we know

How do we know?

How do we know?

And as far as we can go

How far to go?

How far to go?

And the mountains crave

It's in your name

They'll vanish someday

With your name

How do we know?

How do we know?

How do we know?

Do we know?

How do we know?

How can we know?

How do we know?

That life will go on