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Late is Marco on Kosovo field.

I’m sorry teacher.

Have you done your homework?

Sit down.

Dictation!

You're my little babies, yellow and beautiful...

Good afternoon Mrs. Zorka.

Ohh, good afternoon.

Will you please go and pour me some water into this bucket?

The full bucket?

The full bucket, of course, you’re not going to bring me half, right?

Please...

Marco will bring us a water.

Oh, this one's broken.

Thank you Marco, thanks a lot.

Marco!

He’s eating, what do you need?

I've left the axe outside.

I think it's going to rain, tell him to put it back in the shack.

I will return it.

Let him eat. He needs to write his homework.

"God keep Prince Marco, Who hath delivered the land from evil,

Who hath utterly destroyed the oppressor,

God save him, both soul and body!"

I don’t know that one.

That one is from epic poem “Marco abolishes the marriage-tax”.

I haven’t read that one.

Well, now you will.

Six times eight?

Fourty eight.

Good.

Five times five?

Twenty five.

Very good.

Three times eight?

Three times eight?

What happened?

I think I saw something.

What did you see?

I saw a boy.

Kid, don’t waste my time, finish that multiplication table.

But I did...

Finish that, so we could go!

If there was another boy in the village,

I would be the first to know.

Good night.

Shh, shh...

Shh, shh... Over here.

Shall we get in?

Teacher, I have to... help...

Zorka.

Yes, Zorka. She can’t do it on her own.

She is obese!

She is ob... obsessed... with...

With flowers?

Yes!

For homework, write down the multiplication table once more.

I will.

Come on.

Lacho. Marco.

You look like you've seen a ghost, not a kid.

I am the only kid I know.

You have never seen a kid?

I was really young when we came here. I don’t remember seeing a kid before.

Zlata and Zika have grandsons, that are also kids,

but they have never came here.

I thought I saw a kid yesterday.

That doesn´t count. That was me. Check this out.

This is Biber.

He doesn´t know how to sneak around, but he is strong.

If he asks you to arm wrestle, don´t do it.

That is Shotka.

Yep, she is a girl, but if you see her with a slingshot, run.

That over there is Ducho.

Ducho, say hi to Marco.

He is so shy that in time he's become completely invisible.

How do you know that we can trust him?

Maybe he is one of them.

Are you one of them?

No, I am not.

One of whom?

One of the adults.

Not yet.

I told you! He plans to be.

Really?

Everybody has to grow up eventually.

We don’t have to and neither would you...

if you only knew the truth.

The truth?

The adults are children exterminators.

Why aren’t there any kids in the village?

Because they have abolished them.

I just can't figure out why they left you.

Because he's a toad-eater and water boy.

No, I’m not.

Because he's cute?

No, I’m not.

Enough! He will have to prove himself, anyway.

Why are you late?

I asked you a question?

I can’t tell you. I gave my word.

You gave your word to whom?

I can’t tell you that either.

Sorry I’m late, it will never happen again.

You are lucky your father isn’t home.

Go on, quickly, go take a bath.

Have you brought the honey?

As much as I could.

I guess it should be enough.

What are you going to do with it?

Me? Nothing, you are.

First, we must get rid of the teacher.

He is their tracker. He can smell us.

When you're in the class, Biber will throw a wood at the door,

and that will be your mark.

The early bird...

...catches the worm.

A chain is only strong...

...as it's weakest link.

Better safe...

You came right on time.

Yeah! Yes!

We must help him!

He's fine, he's a big guy.

If a bee stings his tongue, he could suffocate.

Who told you that?

The bee stung me a thousand times, and nothing happened.

Liar!

Maybe the others are right.

You are one of them. Go away!

No! I’m not one of them!

You must realize that the adults are jealous,

because they aren’t kids any more.

They are divided into two groups.

The first is BIG KIDS group. That is your teacher for example.

They pretend to be your friends, and they would give anything,

to return to childhood.

And second group is NEVER KIDS.

They are called that way, because they would never admit

that they were kids long ago. They are the main exterminators.

Zorka is like that. You saw that she looks like

she ate at least three kids.

But, what does that have to do with me?

Do you want to be exterminated or even worse, to become one of them?

Well, I don’t.

Than you must be one of us. You must fight against it!

Against what?

Against everything!

I must go. They will kill me if I am late again.

That’s what we're fighting against!

The teacher called.

He said that there is no school tomorrow.

Did he say why?

He mentioned some bees.

When did you decide to grow up?

That's not something you decide, it just happens.

Sometimes I am not even sure whether I grew up.

So you are a Big kid?

The biggest.

Let’s go!

Dear mother of God.

What happened?

What happened? Everything happened! It happened, look...

Twilight zone has happened. How should I know?

The teacher has been stung by bees. Toma has barely survived.

There was a fight at the bar. They've mixed salt and sugar.

And Mirko’s blood pressure jumped,

when he saw pink sheep. Pink sheep, can you imagine?

A woman is swearing that she has seen a handprint,

on that sheet that was drying.

I was wondering... Does your Marco have big hands?

Listen! Don’t involve him in that mess,

he has nothing to do with it. It would be more likely that your

late Pera has come to say hello.

Sure...

Dear mother of God.

And?

We did it!

We did it guys!

We did it!

They won’t abolish us, they won’t!

We did it.

Now what?

Nothing, we must go on.

What do you mean? But you just got here.

Nobody will abolish you here, I promise!

You don’t understand.

You are not the only kid that is by himself in a village.

Do you know how many villages like that are there?

What if they change their mind and abolish me?

They won’t. Besides, you know what to do now.

But I don’t want to stay here alone.

I want to hang out with you guys.

Then come with us!

But...

We're leaving at 8 pm. Don’t be late!

Dear Mom...

...and dad...

Pack you bag. The teacher will come and get you.

Come on!

I’ve packed your slippers, everything is in your bag...

Calm down...

What are you doing? I'll take that bag.

Take that sweater, it's cold outside.

What time is it?

Quarter to eight.

Can I go outside?

It’s almost dark.

You'll go tomorrow.

Mom would let me.

Your mom's not here, and I'm responsible for you now.

Are you hungry?

Hm?

Yes!

I'll be back in a second.

Are you ok?

Just so you know, you realy gave me a hard time.

How did you know where...

Well, you drew it in class.

They left.

They have left me.

I don’t want to be alone.

They will come back.

Besides, you are not alone. I'm here.

You don’t understand. -I'm the only kid here.

You are not anymore, you have a brother.

And they won’t abolish him?

Let’s go!

What’s his name?

Your father and I thought that it would nice if you name him.

Let's name him...

Let’s name him Lacho!