1 00:01:16,435 --> 00:01:19,266 [ Music ] 2 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:48,803 [ Pinky wheezing ] 3 00:03:04,992 --> 00:03:07,512 [ Wheezing stops ] 4 00:03:09,652 --> 00:03:13,794 Farewell, Pinky. 5 00:03:13,897 --> 00:03:16,383 [ Whimpers ] 6 00:03:18,350 --> 00:03:20,387 The potatoes! 7 00:03:20,490 --> 00:03:24,080 [ Wheezes, stops breathing ] 8 00:03:24,184 --> 00:03:26,531 Potatoes? 9 00:03:26,634 --> 00:03:28,464 Potatoes? 10 00:03:28,567 --> 00:03:29,844 Pinky? 11 00:03:29,948 --> 00:03:33,089 Pinky, what do you mean? 12 00:03:33,193 --> 00:03:35,781 Oh! 13 00:03:35,885 --> 00:03:38,474 Oh, Pinky. 14 00:04:03,982 --> 00:04:08,573 Be free, Sylvia. 15 00:04:08,676 --> 00:04:11,610 Don't worry. I'll be okay. 16 00:04:11,714 --> 00:04:14,372 I wasn't always this alone. 17 00:04:14,475 --> 00:04:17,754 My childhood was full of people. 18 00:04:21,033 --> 00:04:23,967 Dad used to say that childhood was like being drunk. 19 00:04:24,071 --> 00:04:28,248 Everyone remembers what you did except you. 20 00:04:28,351 --> 00:04:31,216 But my childhood was sobering, Sylvia. 21 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,532 I remember everything right from the start. 22 00:04:36,635 --> 00:04:39,776 I'd always liked feeling caged in. 23 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,158 Snug and protected. 24 00:04:42,262 --> 00:04:44,643 [ Liquid gurgles ] 25 00:04:44,747 --> 00:04:47,025 It was a shock to be born premature. 26 00:04:47,128 --> 00:04:52,444 I wasn't fully baked and looked like a baby rabbit. 27 00:04:52,548 --> 00:04:56,068 I was named Grace Prudence Pudel. 28 00:04:56,172 --> 00:04:59,555 My twin brother Gilbert. 29 00:04:59,658 --> 00:05:04,905 The nurse said we had two souls but one heart. 30 00:05:05,008 --> 00:05:07,321 I liked that. 31 00:05:07,425 --> 00:05:13,396 Our birth was very strenuous for Mum, and she died. 32 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:15,950 We left her womb. 33 00:05:16,054 --> 00:05:18,643 She entered her tomb. 34 00:05:18,746 --> 00:05:23,786 Mother snails do the same after they've had their babies. 35 00:05:23,889 --> 00:05:25,753 Don't they, Sylvia? 36 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:33,243 As I grew older, I suffered a smorgasbord of afflictions. 37 00:05:33,347 --> 00:05:35,349 [ Air hisses, Grace sputters ] 38 00:05:35,453 --> 00:05:39,180 I was always back in hospital for something. 39 00:05:39,284 --> 00:05:41,182 The doctors said I was like a China doll 40 00:05:41,286 --> 00:05:44,945 you could shatter with just a stare. 41 00:05:45,048 --> 00:05:49,432 Eventually they needed to fix my floppy lip. 42 00:05:49,536 --> 00:05:53,229 [ Air hissing ] 43 00:05:53,333 --> 00:05:57,371 [ Grace gasping ] 44 00:05:57,475 --> 00:05:58,993 Things went bad. 45 00:05:59,097 --> 00:06:00,409 [ Flatline ] 46 00:06:00,512 --> 00:06:02,411 [ Both gasping ] 47 00:06:02,514 --> 00:06:06,484 Grace: I lost so much blood I needed a transfusion. 48 00:06:06,587 --> 00:06:10,350 The doctor asked Gilbert if he'd give me his. 49 00:06:10,453 --> 00:06:12,041 - [ Doctor clears throat ] - Huh? 50 00:06:12,144 --> 00:06:14,492 [ Babbling indistinctly ] 51 00:06:16,908 --> 00:06:18,875 Oh. 52 00:06:21,568 --> 00:06:23,397 Grace: He said yes 53 00:06:23,501 --> 00:06:27,297 even though he thought he'd have to die to save me. 54 00:06:27,401 --> 00:06:30,300 How long before I die? 55 00:06:30,404 --> 00:06:33,027 Grace: They quickly explained he wouldn't die. 56 00:06:33,131 --> 00:06:35,098 His body would make new blood. 57 00:06:35,202 --> 00:06:37,273 Oh. 58 00:06:37,377 --> 00:06:40,034 Grace: He became everyone's hero that night, 59 00:06:40,138 --> 00:06:42,554 especially mine. 60 00:06:42,658 --> 00:06:47,904 To cheer me up, Dad gave me Mum's old jewelry box. 61 00:06:48,008 --> 00:06:50,735 [ Music playing ] 62 00:06:52,806 --> 00:06:54,670 [ Laughs ] 63 00:06:54,773 --> 00:06:59,157 Inside, it had her snail collection and her ring. 64 00:06:59,260 --> 00:07:04,404 She had loved snails as well and had been a malacologist. 65 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:06,889 I thought Gilbert should have the ring. 66 00:07:06,992 --> 00:07:11,825 Ooh. I'm gonna wear this till the day I die, Gracie. 67 00:07:37,333 --> 00:07:39,991 Grace: Despite my woes, Sylvia, 68 00:07:40,094 --> 00:07:44,720 I believed in glasses half-full and silver linings. 69 00:07:44,823 --> 00:07:48,102 Gilbert's glass was half-empty, though. 70 00:07:48,206 --> 00:07:50,864 I remember how he was often sad. 71 00:07:50,967 --> 00:07:54,695 Seemed like he had a secret he wanted to tell. 72 00:07:54,799 --> 00:07:58,319 He was like Holden Caulfield, James Dean, 73 00:07:58,423 --> 00:08:01,426 and Charlie Brown, all rolled into one. 74 00:08:01,530 --> 00:08:03,117 He saw people as a threat. 75 00:08:03,221 --> 00:08:04,429 [ School bell rings ] 76 00:08:04,533 --> 00:08:07,501 At school he was always my warrior. 77 00:08:07,605 --> 00:08:09,020 My defender. 78 00:08:09,123 --> 00:08:11,160 Rabbit face! Rabbit face! 79 00:08:11,263 --> 00:08:15,716 Rabbit face! Rabbit face! 80 00:08:15,820 --> 00:08:17,131 - Thug: Gimme that. - [ Grace screams ] 81 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:18,961 [ Thugs laughing ] 82 00:08:20,238 --> 00:08:22,551 [ Thugs laugh ] 83 00:08:26,624 --> 00:08:28,246 Hey, morons! 84 00:08:28,349 --> 00:08:29,523 Hmm? 85 00:08:29,627 --> 00:08:31,698 [ Growling ] 86 00:08:33,423 --> 00:08:35,805 [ Blows landing ] 87 00:08:38,359 --> 00:08:40,603 [ Thugs laugh ] 88 00:08:41,915 --> 00:08:43,744 [ Groans ] 89 00:08:45,850 --> 00:08:48,059 - [ Growling ] - [ Laughing ] 90 00:08:51,752 --> 00:08:52,857 [ Bones crack ] 91 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,031 [ Shrieks ] 92 00:08:57,551 --> 00:08:59,898 [ Screaming ] 93 00:09:01,244 --> 00:09:03,074 [ Chuckles ] 94 00:09:12,428 --> 00:09:14,464 Barker: [ On TV ] ...able to breed a chicken with a giraffe. 95 00:09:14,568 --> 00:09:15,914 He said that he's able to lay eggs 96 00:09:16,018 --> 00:09:17,537 but has a really long pecker. 97 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,609 Grace: Our home was our sanctuary. 98 00:09:20,712 --> 00:09:24,198 A place where we felt safe to read our books 99 00:09:24,302 --> 00:09:27,098 and watch our favorite shows. 100 00:09:30,342 --> 00:09:33,622 I loved my bedroom. 101 00:09:33,725 --> 00:09:39,420 It's where everything was just so. 102 00:09:39,524 --> 00:09:41,664 Right angles brought me enormous comfort 103 00:09:41,768 --> 00:09:45,634 as did my snails, Sylvia. 104 00:09:45,737 --> 00:09:48,395 They were my friends. 105 00:09:48,498 --> 00:09:51,398 So I made more of them. 106 00:09:51,501 --> 00:09:53,987 I knew they'd never leave me. 107 00:09:54,090 --> 00:09:56,403 Hurt me. 108 00:09:56,506 --> 00:10:00,338 Or die. 109 00:10:00,441 --> 00:10:02,582 I didn't like people dying. 110 00:10:02,685 --> 00:10:04,791 [ James snoring ] 111 00:10:04,894 --> 00:10:07,241 I wanted to save people. 112 00:10:07,345 --> 00:10:10,382 Save the homeless. 113 00:10:10,486 --> 00:10:13,454 My favorite was James. 114 00:10:13,558 --> 00:10:16,596 [ James snoring ] 115 00:10:16,699 --> 00:10:19,012 One Christmas, I covered him in decorations 116 00:10:19,115 --> 00:10:22,740 so he could feel some Christmas cheer. 117 00:10:22,843 --> 00:10:27,227 He loved his tea. 118 00:10:27,330 --> 00:10:30,955 Huh? 119 00:10:31,058 --> 00:10:31,887 [ Giggles ] 120 00:10:31,990 --> 00:10:35,373 Ah, good on ya, little possum. 121 00:10:35,476 --> 00:10:38,445 Good on ya. 122 00:10:38,548 --> 00:10:39,998 Grace: He was once a magistrate 123 00:10:40,102 --> 00:10:43,174 but was defrocked for masturbating in court. 124 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:47,765 Back then, I thought masturbation meant 125 00:10:47,868 --> 00:10:50,457 chewing your food thoroughly. 126 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:51,907 He once told me 127 00:10:52,010 --> 00:10:55,807 that masturbation was the thief of time. 128 00:10:55,911 --> 00:10:58,396 - Ooh! - Huh? 129 00:11:01,054 --> 00:11:03,366 Grace: James gave me my first real snail. 130 00:11:03,470 --> 00:11:04,713 Aha! 131 00:11:04,816 --> 00:11:06,991 Grace: Your Mum, Sylvia. 132 00:11:08,648 --> 00:11:11,581 He told me to put her in a big jar 133 00:11:11,685 --> 00:11:14,757 and feed her Vegemite. 134 00:11:14,861 --> 00:11:17,518 While I was busy trying to save the world, 135 00:11:17,622 --> 00:11:21,281 Gilbert wanted to break free from it. 136 00:11:21,384 --> 00:11:23,041 Free others. 137 00:11:23,145 --> 00:11:25,837 - [ Mildred squawking ] - What? 138 00:11:28,598 --> 00:11:32,292 Grace: Once, he let our neighbor's cockatoo escape. 139 00:11:37,746 --> 00:11:40,231 Gilbert: Fly, Mildred! Come on, fly! 140 00:11:40,334 --> 00:11:42,405 [ Mildred squawking ] 141 00:11:44,856 --> 00:11:46,409 Bye, Mildred! 142 00:11:46,513 --> 00:11:50,034 Grace: Gilbert said Mildred never seemed so happy. 143 00:11:54,279 --> 00:11:58,974 If he wasn't letting animals free, he was rescuing them. 144 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:03,357 He didn't care about the dangers. 145 00:12:06,015 --> 00:12:07,983 I'll save it, Gracie! 146 00:12:08,086 --> 00:12:11,227 [ Horns blaring, engines revving ] 147 00:12:12,781 --> 00:12:14,955 Gilbert! 148 00:12:20,927 --> 00:12:22,791 Gilbert: Come on, Stella! 149 00:12:22,894 --> 00:12:25,103 [ Screaming ] 150 00:12:25,207 --> 00:12:27,174 [ Screaming ] 151 00:12:34,457 --> 00:12:37,012 Gilbert: Over here, Gracie! 152 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:45,986 Grace: Gilbert loved animals so much he became a vegetarian. 153 00:12:51,129 --> 00:12:54,270 Gilbert: Ohh, now she's got a boyfriend. 154 00:12:59,517 --> 00:13:02,244 Look, Gracie, they're hugging. 155 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:06,420 [ Both groan ] 156 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:10,217 Eggs, wow! 157 00:13:10,321 --> 00:13:12,944 Grace: We'd created our own little family. 158 00:13:13,048 --> 00:13:17,777 Gilbert: They've hatched Gracie. Babies! 159 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,608 Grace: You became my favorite, Sylvia. 160 00:13:21,711 --> 00:13:25,405 Your swirl went opposite to the others. 161 00:13:25,508 --> 00:13:30,030 Gilbert named you after Mum's favorite author. 162 00:13:34,207 --> 00:13:37,762 But the thing that made Gilbert really unique 163 00:13:37,866 --> 00:13:40,489 was his love of fire. 164 00:13:43,147 --> 00:13:45,252 He wanted to eat it. 165 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:52,570 He'd spend hours playing with fire. 166 00:14:07,102 --> 00:14:09,069 [ Laughs evilly ] 167 00:14:12,038 --> 00:14:14,523 [ Fireworks exploding ] 168 00:14:17,388 --> 00:14:21,461 Grace: I remember how he always smelt like burnt matches. 169 00:14:23,049 --> 00:14:26,086 At school, the girls swooned. 170 00:14:26,190 --> 00:14:30,435 He was the flame, they were the moths. 171 00:14:30,539 --> 00:14:34,854 But he was more interested in reading and magic. 172 00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:38,167 I think he just wanted to disappear 173 00:14:38,271 --> 00:14:41,308 and spend all his pocket money at Bert's. 174 00:14:47,728 --> 00:14:49,869 Bert was the type of person 175 00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:53,424 parents told you to avoid, Sylvia. 176 00:14:53,527 --> 00:14:56,841 Someone who might offer you boiled lollies. 177 00:14:56,945 --> 00:14:59,775 Ooh, wow. 178 00:14:59,879 --> 00:15:02,398 Grace: Bert seemed anything but magical. 179 00:15:04,918 --> 00:15:06,989 [ Dog yelps ] 180 00:15:11,235 --> 00:15:14,617 Gilbert's dream was to be a street performer in Paris. 181 00:15:14,721 --> 00:15:16,965 [ Crowd cheering ] 182 00:15:26,215 --> 00:15:28,148 Gilbert: Look, Gracie! 183 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:32,601 Grace: He was always practicing. 184 00:15:34,810 --> 00:15:37,778 Gilbert: Oh, shit! 185 00:15:37,882 --> 00:15:38,848 [ Screaming ] 186 00:15:38,952 --> 00:15:40,609 Gilbert: Ow! Ow! Argh! 187 00:15:40,712 --> 00:15:43,267 Grace: And often burnt himself. 188 00:15:45,855 --> 00:15:48,134 We got little scars from the sparks. 189 00:15:48,237 --> 00:15:53,967 And when we put our arms together, they formed a face. 190 00:15:54,071 --> 00:15:55,382 Gilbert: Oh, look, Gracie! 191 00:15:55,486 --> 00:15:58,903 Grace: It felt great when we did this. 192 00:15:59,007 --> 00:16:01,285 Our feelings aligned. 193 00:16:03,321 --> 00:16:07,739 A lot of twins say this, Sylvia, and it's true. 194 00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:10,052 I felt his emotions. 195 00:16:10,156 --> 00:16:14,022 His happiness and his sadness, 196 00:16:14,125 --> 00:16:18,164 which seemed to be the fourth member of our family. 197 00:16:18,267 --> 00:16:21,063 Mum's death had left a hole. 198 00:16:21,167 --> 00:16:23,203 Dad had tried to fill the void, 199 00:16:23,307 --> 00:16:28,484 but he had his own problems. 200 00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:34,559 Dad was French and had once been an animator in Paris. 201 00:16:34,663 --> 00:16:39,185 He made stop motion films with an old Bolex camera. 202 00:16:41,911 --> 00:16:44,224 He showed them to us sometimes. 203 00:16:52,232 --> 00:16:56,719 To pay for his art form, he busked on the streets. 204 00:16:59,895 --> 00:17:02,932 [ Speaking French ] 205 00:17:03,036 --> 00:17:04,417 Mum met him on a holiday 206 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,040 she'd won in the Woman's Weekly magazine. 207 00:17:16,153 --> 00:17:18,534 [ Speaking French ] 208 00:17:22,607 --> 00:17:24,333 [ Heartbeat ] 209 00:17:24,437 --> 00:17:26,059 Mum: Wow! 210 00:17:26,163 --> 00:17:29,131 [ Speaking French ] 211 00:17:35,206 --> 00:17:37,760 Mum: Ooh-la-la! 212 00:17:39,693 --> 00:17:43,594 Grace: They fell in love, and he followed her back to Australia. 213 00:17:43,697 --> 00:17:45,734 [ Car horn blares ] 214 00:17:47,839 --> 00:17:51,257 [ Percy speaking French ] 215 00:17:52,465 --> 00:17:54,053 Man: Wanker! 216 00:17:55,537 --> 00:17:56,710 Hey, watch out! 217 00:17:56,814 --> 00:17:59,541 [ Car crashes, Percy screams ] 218 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:09,689 Grace: Mum had only just got pregnant 219 00:18:09,792 --> 00:18:13,589 when his career was cut short by a drunk driver. 220 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:18,007 He never juggled again and became a paraplegic. 221 00:18:18,111 --> 00:18:21,494 Then, slowly an alcoholic 222 00:18:21,597 --> 00:18:25,429 just like the guy who'd hit him. 223 00:18:25,532 --> 00:18:28,156 Money had always been a problem. 224 00:18:28,259 --> 00:18:31,366 Much worse since his accident. 225 00:18:31,469 --> 00:18:35,301 His pension barely paid for his wheelchair batteries. 226 00:18:37,130 --> 00:18:41,410 Winning scratchies was the only thing that brought him hope. 227 00:18:41,514 --> 00:18:43,792 We found them everywhere. 228 00:18:45,897 --> 00:18:49,798 To make matters worse he developed sleep apnea. 229 00:18:49,901 --> 00:18:52,111 [ Snoring hoarsely ] 230 00:18:52,214 --> 00:18:55,321 [ Snoring stops ] 231 00:18:55,424 --> 00:18:58,186 Huh? 232 00:18:58,289 --> 00:19:00,809 We'd have to clap to wake him up. 233 00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:04,882 [ Exclaims in French ] 234 00:19:16,445 --> 00:19:18,689 Despite our hardships, 235 00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:22,382 our little family unit was strong. 236 00:19:22,486 --> 00:19:25,109 And there was plenty of joy. 237 00:19:25,213 --> 00:19:27,249 Gilbert: Ready! 238 00:19:27,353 --> 00:19:29,803 - Whoo! - [ Laughing ] 239 00:19:33,738 --> 00:19:37,673 Grace: Our happiest day was when we went on the Big Dipper. 240 00:19:41,056 --> 00:19:44,059 It was scary. 241 00:19:44,163 --> 00:19:46,820 Scary because it was a hundred years old. 242 00:19:48,028 --> 00:19:49,237 [ Laughing ] 243 00:19:49,340 --> 00:19:51,791 Grace: Dad felt alive. 244 00:19:51,894 --> 00:19:53,758 Escaped his body. 245 00:19:53,862 --> 00:19:55,898 [ Percy screaming happily ] 246 00:20:00,627 --> 00:20:04,010 Grace: When he died, he said he wanted his ashes sprinkled 247 00:20:04,113 --> 00:20:06,599 off the Big Dipper. 248 00:20:06,702 --> 00:20:09,188 The day got even better on the way home, 249 00:20:09,291 --> 00:20:12,708 when Gilbert found a scratchy on the ground. 250 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:15,263 We won 20 dollars! 251 00:20:15,366 --> 00:20:17,126 So Dad bought 20 more. 252 00:20:17,230 --> 00:20:18,749 [ Percy groans ] 253 00:20:18,852 --> 00:20:21,648 Gilbert: Too bad, Dad. 254 00:20:21,752 --> 00:20:24,548 Grace: He hated we had to look after him. 255 00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:31,693 I suppose his cage was his body. 256 00:20:31,796 --> 00:20:37,216 His glass wasn't full or empty, just a glass. 257 00:20:38,769 --> 00:20:43,360 Knitting and black jellybeans were his other addictions. 258 00:20:43,463 --> 00:20:45,810 He was the one who knitted my snail hat 259 00:20:45,914 --> 00:20:50,505 and made the eyeballs out of his old juggling balls. 260 00:20:50,608 --> 00:20:52,748 The jellybeans made his tongue all black 261 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:56,096 and his breath aniseedy. 262 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,408 Gilbert: [ Whispering ] Watch, Gracie! 263 00:20:57,512 --> 00:20:58,651 Grace: We arranged them on his head 264 00:20:58,754 --> 00:21:00,894 while he pretended to be asleep. 265 00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:03,034 He let us do stuff like that. 266 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:11,526 We were free to do what we wanted, Sylvia. 267 00:21:11,629 --> 00:21:13,976 [ Gilbert grunting, Grace laughing ] 268 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,808 He said, "Childhood was life's best season. 269 00:21:17,911 --> 00:21:21,467 It never lasts, but everyone deserves one." 270 00:21:21,570 --> 00:21:25,850 [ Percy speaking French ] 271 00:21:25,954 --> 00:21:29,923 Grace: He was so proud Gilbert wanted to be a performer. 272 00:21:30,027 --> 00:21:32,098 Follow in his footsteps. 273 00:21:32,201 --> 00:21:34,134 Gilbert: Whoa. Whoa! 274 00:21:34,238 --> 00:21:36,965 [ Laughs ] Bravo! 275 00:21:37,068 --> 00:21:40,106 Grace: That night, we got out Mum's jewelry box 276 00:21:40,209 --> 00:21:42,557 and sang our heads off. 277 00:21:42,660 --> 00:21:44,352 ♪ Alouette, gentille Alouette 278 00:21:44,455 --> 00:21:48,045 ♪ Alouette, je te plumerai 279 00:21:48,148 --> 00:21:52,360 ♪ Je te plumerai la tete, je te plumerai la tete ♪ 280 00:21:52,463 --> 00:21:56,605 ♪ Et la tete, et la tete, Alouette, Alouette ♪ 281 00:21:56,709 --> 00:21:59,574 ♪ Oh 282 00:22:02,439 --> 00:22:03,405 [ Belches ] 283 00:22:03,509 --> 00:22:04,924 Gilbert: Ha! Good one, Dad. 284 00:22:05,027 --> 00:22:07,478 Grace: Later, Dad got out his old Bolex camera 285 00:22:07,582 --> 00:22:10,412 and gave me some tips on how to animate. 286 00:22:12,172 --> 00:22:14,658 [ Tink! Tink! ] 287 00:22:14,761 --> 00:22:17,592 I wanted to become an animator, just like him. 288 00:22:20,733 --> 00:22:23,736 To top the day off, we had a competition 289 00:22:23,839 --> 00:22:26,497 to see who could create the best hairdo. 290 00:22:26,601 --> 00:22:29,638 Barker: Mr. Ian Ramsbottom, who is agnostic, dyslexic... 291 00:22:29,742 --> 00:22:31,399 - Grace: I won. - Barker: ...and insomniac. 292 00:22:31,502 --> 00:22:34,505 He stays up all night wondering if there is a dog. 293 00:22:34,609 --> 00:22:38,198 Grace: I remember the stillness that night, 294 00:22:38,302 --> 00:22:43,549 the wonderful memories of that day fresh in our heads. 295 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,865 A day so precious 296 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:51,798 but fleeting. 297 00:22:54,525 --> 00:22:56,838 [ Snoring ] 298 00:22:59,392 --> 00:23:01,774 [ Snoring stops ] 299 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:04,777 Both: Huh? 300 00:23:17,548 --> 00:23:20,586 Grace: Despite our clapping 301 00:23:20,689 --> 00:23:25,418 this time Dad never woke. 302 00:23:31,182 --> 00:23:35,497 [ Thunder crashes ] 303 00:23:35,601 --> 00:23:38,258 We couldn't afford a proper funeral, 304 00:23:38,362 --> 00:23:41,572 so Dad was cremated by the government. 305 00:23:41,676 --> 00:23:46,301 His ashes given to us in a cardboard box. 306 00:23:46,405 --> 00:23:49,649 I sprinkled him into his jellybean jar. 307 00:23:49,753 --> 00:23:52,134 He woulda liked that. 308 00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:03,387 Child Services came to take us away. 309 00:24:03,491 --> 00:24:07,667 Denise: Come on, you two. Let's go. 310 00:24:07,771 --> 00:24:11,706 Grace: And we were to be sent to foster homes in separate states. 311 00:24:14,881 --> 00:24:18,678 We had no relatives, and no one wanted to adopt twins. 312 00:24:18,782 --> 00:24:22,061 Especially weird ones like us. 313 00:24:29,793 --> 00:24:32,830 Look after it, Gilbert. 314 00:24:32,934 --> 00:24:35,454 [ Crying ] 315 00:24:40,804 --> 00:24:43,772 Denise: Hurry up. Say your goodbyes. 316 00:24:43,876 --> 00:24:46,534 - Gilbert: Bye, Gracie. - [ Horn honks ] 317 00:24:46,637 --> 00:24:49,226 Grace: Bye, Gilbert. 318 00:24:53,989 --> 00:24:57,510 That was the last time I saw my brother. 319 00:24:57,614 --> 00:25:01,514 The last time I smelt his scent of burnt matches. 320 00:25:07,175 --> 00:25:10,730 We never got to sprinkle Dad off the Big Dipper. 321 00:25:18,911 --> 00:25:24,364 Our lives were turned upside down and back to front, Sylvia. 322 00:25:24,468 --> 00:25:27,333 We had no choice but to move onwards. 323 00:25:27,436 --> 00:25:30,578 Upwards. Sidewards. 324 00:25:34,858 --> 00:25:38,724 I was sent to live with a childless couple in Canberra 325 00:25:38,827 --> 00:25:44,074 which had won Safest City three years in a row. 326 00:25:44,177 --> 00:25:47,042 Some people even wore helmets, driving. 327 00:25:53,083 --> 00:25:56,742 Back then, Canberra wasn't the exciting place it is today. 328 00:25:59,814 --> 00:26:04,784 I suppose "settled" is the wrong word for how I felt. 329 00:26:04,888 --> 00:26:07,925 "Traumatized" was more accurate. 330 00:26:09,996 --> 00:26:14,829 The separation from Gilbert made me anxious. 331 00:26:14,932 --> 00:26:17,694 But you and your siblings, Sylvia, 332 00:26:17,797 --> 00:26:20,075 you brought me some comfort. 333 00:26:22,871 --> 00:26:25,667 - Ian: Lovely. - [ Laughs ] 334 00:26:25,771 --> 00:26:29,395 Grace: My new foster parents Ian and Narelle 335 00:26:29,498 --> 00:26:32,156 were pleasant enough. 336 00:26:32,260 --> 00:26:34,262 They were accountants for a company 337 00:26:34,365 --> 00:26:37,334 that made traffic lights. 338 00:26:37,437 --> 00:26:41,372 They were well meaning and addicted to self-help books. 339 00:26:41,476 --> 00:26:43,685 - [ Knock on door ] - Hmm? 340 00:26:43,789 --> 00:26:46,481 - Good morning! - Hey! 341 00:26:46,585 --> 00:26:52,038 Grace: They believed a good dose of self-esteem cured everything. 342 00:26:52,142 --> 00:26:55,214 Every week they'd make me a new certificate. 343 00:26:55,317 --> 00:26:59,667 Narelle: Our little baby. Oh, we're so proud. 344 00:26:59,770 --> 00:27:02,911 Ian: Now, watch this. My finger work! 345 00:27:03,015 --> 00:27:07,019 Grace: On the weekends, they'd play netball. 346 00:27:07,122 --> 00:27:08,952 Ian: Gracie, can you get the ball for us? 347 00:27:09,055 --> 00:27:11,748 Grace: They tried to get me to play, as well. 348 00:27:14,371 --> 00:27:16,097 Ian: Here we go! 349 00:27:18,306 --> 00:27:19,445 Catch it! 350 00:27:19,548 --> 00:27:20,688 - [ Thud ] - Grace: Oh! 351 00:27:20,791 --> 00:27:22,931 Ian: Oh, no! 352 00:27:23,035 --> 00:27:25,140 Narelle: Ian, what's happened to her? 353 00:27:25,244 --> 00:27:26,279 Ian: You right, babe? 354 00:27:26,383 --> 00:27:27,418 Narelle: Babe! 355 00:27:27,522 --> 00:27:28,903 Ian: She's going blue! 356 00:27:29,006 --> 00:27:30,525 Grace: Sometimes I faked asthma attacks. 357 00:27:30,629 --> 00:27:32,389 Ian: Hey, Narelle, better get the puffer! 358 00:27:32,492 --> 00:27:34,702 - Narelle: Okay. - Grace: I felt bad telling lies, 359 00:27:34,805 --> 00:27:37,428 but sport was one of my allergies. 360 00:27:37,532 --> 00:27:38,775 Narelle: You alright, babe? 361 00:27:38,878 --> 00:27:41,709 Ian: Breathe, pumpkin, breathe! 362 00:27:49,026 --> 00:27:52,892 Grace: Their favorite color was beige. 363 00:27:55,170 --> 00:27:58,518 They even had guinea pigs that were beige. 364 00:27:58,622 --> 00:28:01,798 Narelle: Okay, we're off now, pumpkin. 365 00:28:01,901 --> 00:28:05,215 - See you later! - Bye! 366 00:28:05,318 --> 00:28:07,631 Grace: On Saturdays they went to key parties. 367 00:28:07,735 --> 00:28:09,081 Narelle: Ready, love? 368 00:28:09,184 --> 00:28:11,255 Ian: I'm looking forward to tonight, babe. 369 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,466 Grace: They were swingers, Sylvia. 370 00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:16,605 [ People moaning ] 371 00:28:16,709 --> 00:28:17,779 Woman: Daryl! 372 00:28:17,883 --> 00:28:21,024 [ People grunting, screaming ] 373 00:28:23,509 --> 00:28:28,065 Grace: Back then I thought swinging meant something else. 374 00:28:30,723 --> 00:28:33,519 My new school was predictably bad. 375 00:28:33,622 --> 00:28:34,727 - Teacher: Grace Pudel! - Huh? 376 00:28:34,831 --> 00:28:37,005 Teacher: Stop daydreaming. 377 00:28:40,008 --> 00:28:43,736 I tried to make friends 378 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,636 but Gilbert wasn't there to break their fingers. 379 00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:51,744 So I absorbed the abuse, 380 00:28:51,848 --> 00:28:56,473 came home, and played with my clay friends. 381 00:28:56,576 --> 00:28:59,441 I missed Gilbert like crazy. 382 00:28:59,545 --> 00:29:00,960 We wrote each other letters 383 00:29:01,064 --> 00:29:04,515 and I saved every cent I could to go see him. 384 00:29:06,207 --> 00:29:07,933 He'd been sent to live with a family 385 00:29:08,036 --> 00:29:10,798 of fruit farmers near Perth. 386 00:29:12,282 --> 00:29:15,112 I definitely got the better family, Sylvia. 387 00:29:15,216 --> 00:29:17,805 He hated his. 388 00:29:19,323 --> 00:29:23,189 Gilbert: "Dear Gracie, My new parents Ruth and Owen 389 00:29:23,293 --> 00:29:27,090 are strange and do a weird sort of praying." 390 00:29:27,193 --> 00:29:29,886 [ All babbling in tongues ] 391 00:29:35,788 --> 00:29:39,550 Gilbert: "They make me pray four times a day. 392 00:29:39,654 --> 00:29:41,207 They said the more I pray 393 00:29:41,311 --> 00:29:45,073 the more the pain of Dad's death will disappear. 394 00:29:45,177 --> 00:29:49,940 They're really old fashioned and don't even have a phone. 395 00:29:50,044 --> 00:29:54,048 We all have to have magnets taped to us. 396 00:29:54,151 --> 00:29:56,602 They reckon it keeps our auras balanced. 397 00:29:56,705 --> 00:30:00,640 Protects us from the devil. 398 00:30:00,744 --> 00:30:05,473 Ruth is obsessed with her poor budgies. 399 00:30:05,576 --> 00:30:09,615 I reckon she loves them more than her own kids." 400 00:30:09,718 --> 00:30:12,583 [ Owen babbling indistinctly ] 401 00:30:12,687 --> 00:30:14,482 Owen: Worship thy apple! 402 00:30:14,585 --> 00:30:19,004 Gilbert: "They've built their own church and school. 403 00:30:19,107 --> 00:30:22,455 Owen is the Minister." 404 00:30:22,559 --> 00:30:24,492 Owen: Cleanse thy soul! 405 00:30:24,595 --> 00:30:26,528 [ Babbling in tongues ] 406 00:30:28,876 --> 00:30:33,777 Cast out thy demons and worship thy fruit! 407 00:30:33,881 --> 00:30:37,298 [ Continues babbling in tongues ] 408 00:30:37,401 --> 00:30:39,990 Gilbert: Hmm? 409 00:30:40,094 --> 00:30:42,234 [ Groaning loudly ] 410 00:30:42,337 --> 00:30:44,201 Gilbert: "He's got stomach ulcers, 411 00:30:44,305 --> 00:30:46,617 which he blames on the devil." 412 00:30:53,038 --> 00:30:54,798 [ Owen continues babbling in tongues ] 413 00:30:54,902 --> 00:30:59,216 Gilbert: "My new brothers are all morons. 414 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,150 One of them is always staring." 415 00:31:06,914 --> 00:31:09,640 Worship the baby Jesus! 416 00:31:13,023 --> 00:31:16,233 Gilbert: "I have to work in the orchard after school. 417 00:31:16,337 --> 00:31:19,305 The brothers get the better jobs." 418 00:31:21,445 --> 00:31:24,724 "Ruth said if I'm going to be a good orchardman 419 00:31:24,828 --> 00:31:28,625 I'd have to start at the bottom and work my way up." 420 00:31:30,661 --> 00:31:32,905 "I'd rather eat glass." 421 00:31:38,186 --> 00:31:40,464 "Anyway they can all get stuffed 422 00:31:40,568 --> 00:31:43,571 because as soon as I'm old enough and got money 423 00:31:43,674 --> 00:31:45,918 I'm coming to get you. 424 00:31:46,022 --> 00:31:49,715 I'll walk across that big burning desert. 425 00:31:49,818 --> 00:31:51,855 We'll escape to Paris. 426 00:31:51,959 --> 00:31:55,169 I'll become a fire eater. 427 00:31:55,272 --> 00:31:57,999 And you'll become an amazing animator!" 428 00:31:58,103 --> 00:32:00,243 [ Cheers and applause ] 429 00:32:06,732 --> 00:32:08,941 "It'll be great." 430 00:32:09,045 --> 00:32:11,702 [ Grace crying ] 431 00:32:23,576 --> 00:32:26,200 Grace: Gilbert's letters gave me hope. 432 00:32:26,303 --> 00:32:28,927 So I tried to get on with life 433 00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:31,999 squashing my sorrows down into my shoes 434 00:32:32,102 --> 00:32:34,311 as the years dragged on. 435 00:32:34,415 --> 00:32:36,175 To pass time, 436 00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:40,283 I began volunteering at the local library. 437 00:32:40,386 --> 00:32:44,839 One of my jobs was to erase rude drawings done by boys. 438 00:32:44,943 --> 00:32:46,910 [ Gasps ] 439 00:32:47,014 --> 00:32:49,706 That's when I first met Pinky. 440 00:32:51,639 --> 00:32:55,332 I saw her returning books into a rubbish bin. 441 00:32:55,436 --> 00:32:58,128 She thought it was the return chute 442 00:32:58,232 --> 00:33:01,614 and had been doing it for months. 443 00:33:01,718 --> 00:33:03,651 - Excuse me? - Hmm? 444 00:33:03,754 --> 00:33:05,032 Um... 445 00:33:05,135 --> 00:33:07,724 She was mortified when I explained. 446 00:33:07,827 --> 00:33:09,415 Ah, poo. 447 00:33:09,519 --> 00:33:11,900 Grace: Don't worry, I won't turn you in. 448 00:33:12,004 --> 00:33:16,733 Oh, thank you dear. Bless your cotton socks. 449 00:33:16,836 --> 00:33:18,735 What's your name? 450 00:33:18,838 --> 00:33:20,633 Grace Pudel. 451 00:33:20,737 --> 00:33:22,773 Oh, I'm Pinky. 452 00:33:22,877 --> 00:33:25,880 Just Pinky. Like Cher. 453 00:33:25,984 --> 00:33:28,434 Or Liberace. 454 00:33:28,538 --> 00:33:30,747 Or Prince. 455 00:33:30,850 --> 00:33:32,991 Casanova. 456 00:33:33,094 --> 00:33:35,476 Popeye. 457 00:33:35,579 --> 00:33:38,099 People call me Pinky because of this. 458 00:33:38,203 --> 00:33:41,344 Lost it dancing in Barcelona. 459 00:33:46,590 --> 00:33:48,420 Argh! 460 00:33:51,975 --> 00:33:54,564 Why are you dressed like an ant? 461 00:33:54,667 --> 00:33:58,361 Oh, um... 462 00:33:58,464 --> 00:33:59,879 No, I'm a snail. 463 00:33:59,983 --> 00:34:03,711 Oh! [ Chuckles ] Funny. 464 00:34:03,814 --> 00:34:06,645 I used to think I was a pigeon. 465 00:34:06,748 --> 00:34:08,129 [ Cooing ] 466 00:34:08,233 --> 00:34:10,235 Grace: She was a true eccentric 467 00:34:10,338 --> 00:34:14,515 and smelt like ginger and secondhand shops. 468 00:34:14,618 --> 00:34:17,690 [ Cooing ] 469 00:34:17,794 --> 00:34:20,038 Pinky: Dickhead! 470 00:34:20,141 --> 00:34:22,385 Grace: She clothed herself in corduroy 471 00:34:22,488 --> 00:34:25,560 and her face had more wrinkles than her jacket. 472 00:34:25,664 --> 00:34:29,737 It was hard to know where the fabric ended and her skin began. 473 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,704 Apart from you, Sylvia, 474 00:34:31,808 --> 00:34:35,018 she was my first real friend. 475 00:34:35,122 --> 00:34:39,298 My only real friend. 476 00:34:39,402 --> 00:34:41,611 She'd lived an amazing life. 477 00:34:41,714 --> 00:34:45,166 I thought one day I might make a film about her. 478 00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:48,721 She'd seen the Northern Lights. 479 00:34:48,825 --> 00:34:50,999 Floated in the Dead Sea. 480 00:34:51,103 --> 00:34:52,829 [ Pinky humming ] 481 00:34:55,349 --> 00:34:58,421 Grace: Been an exotic dancer in a schnitzel bar. 482 00:35:05,152 --> 00:35:08,948 Won a bee beard contest. 483 00:35:09,052 --> 00:35:10,433 Pinky: My turn. 484 00:35:10,536 --> 00:35:13,091 Grace: Bathed with a snow monkey. 485 00:35:14,713 --> 00:35:19,442 Made love to John Denver in a helicopter. 486 00:35:19,545 --> 00:35:22,790 Pinky: Take me home, country road! 487 00:35:25,517 --> 00:35:30,108 Grace: And once played ping pong with Fidel Castro. 488 00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:34,767 [ Announcer speaking Spanish ] 489 00:35:34,871 --> 00:35:36,217 Grace: She'd never been sick. 490 00:35:36,321 --> 00:35:38,978 Her secret to longevity were coffee enemas 491 00:35:39,082 --> 00:35:41,843 and a daily shot of ginger wine. 492 00:35:43,949 --> 00:35:45,916 She'd outlived two husbands. 493 00:35:46,020 --> 00:35:51,059 The first, Hector, had died just a week after they got married. 494 00:35:51,163 --> 00:35:52,923 Pinky: Careful, sweetie. 495 00:35:53,027 --> 00:35:56,203 [ Hector screams ] 496 00:35:56,306 --> 00:35:57,790 Pinky: Bugger. 497 00:35:57,894 --> 00:35:59,792 [ Bell tolls ] 498 00:36:02,243 --> 00:36:04,763 Grace: Her second husband, Bill, 499 00:36:04,866 --> 00:36:07,593 had been a postman 500 00:36:07,697 --> 00:36:11,563 who wrote love notes on her mail. 501 00:36:11,666 --> 00:36:15,256 Bill: "Roses are red, violets are camp. 502 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,157 I'll be your letter, you be my stamp. 503 00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:22,919 You are the clouds, and I am the skies. 504 00:36:23,022 --> 00:36:28,027 Let me shipwreck meself between your thighs." 505 00:36:28,131 --> 00:36:29,822 Smile! 506 00:36:32,342 --> 00:36:35,552 Pinky: Ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille. 507 00:36:37,589 --> 00:36:40,419 Grace: They'd just begun a trek across Australia... 508 00:36:40,523 --> 00:36:42,559 Bill: Just a little to your left, sweetheart. 509 00:36:42,663 --> 00:36:44,354 Grace: ...when nature struck. 510 00:36:44,458 --> 00:36:47,150 [ Crocodile growling, Bill and Pinky screaming ] 511 00:36:47,254 --> 00:36:49,532 No! No! 512 00:36:51,844 --> 00:36:53,121 Bugger. 513 00:36:53,225 --> 00:36:54,882 [ Camera shutter clicks ] 514 00:37:01,958 --> 00:37:03,684 Careful, kiddies. 515 00:37:03,787 --> 00:37:09,448 Grace: She was a real survivor, and had so many jobs. 516 00:37:09,552 --> 00:37:11,657 Dickhead! 517 00:37:11,761 --> 00:37:12,762 Kids: Dickhead! 518 00:37:12,865 --> 00:37:14,902 Grace: But they never lasted long. 519 00:37:15,005 --> 00:37:17,594 Headmaster: You're fired. 520 00:37:17,698 --> 00:37:19,389 Grace: On her 80th birthday 521 00:37:19,493 --> 00:37:23,635 she'd got a job promoting pineapple chunks. 522 00:37:26,465 --> 00:37:29,365 Gosh, she had a great sense of humour. 523 00:37:31,367 --> 00:37:33,714 She drove her dead husband's postal truck 524 00:37:33,817 --> 00:37:35,992 and once told me she wanted to die peacefully 525 00:37:36,095 --> 00:37:39,685 in her sleep like her cousin, who was a bus driver 526 00:37:39,789 --> 00:37:43,241 not screaming in horror like his passengers. 527 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:45,346 I'm not sure whether she was joking. 528 00:37:45,450 --> 00:37:47,900 It was hard to know with her. 529 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:52,629 Her house was fabulous. 530 00:37:55,322 --> 00:37:58,014 It smelt like popcorn and mothballs. 531 00:38:03,191 --> 00:38:06,540 She had an enormous trophy collection 532 00:38:06,643 --> 00:38:09,370 which I soon discovered were other people's trophies 533 00:38:09,474 --> 00:38:11,717 she'd found at secondhand stores. 534 00:38:16,722 --> 00:38:19,622 There were post-it-notes everywhere. 535 00:38:19,725 --> 00:38:22,003 She had a dreadful memory. 536 00:38:24,247 --> 00:38:28,113 She was terrified of Alzheimer's and had taken up tap dancing. 537 00:38:28,216 --> 00:38:30,667 She'd read it staved off dementia. 538 00:38:34,292 --> 00:38:37,985 She didn't believe in banks and put her savings in an old tin. 539 00:38:38,088 --> 00:38:41,713 She said she kept her secrets in there as well. 540 00:38:41,816 --> 00:38:48,202 You know, Gracie, biscuit tins rarely contain biscuits. 541 00:38:48,306 --> 00:38:50,584 Grace: I'd never seen her mysterious tin. 542 00:38:50,687 --> 00:38:53,621 She was always hiding it in different places 543 00:38:53,725 --> 00:38:57,625 and often couldn't remember where. 544 00:38:57,729 --> 00:39:01,767 Her home was also full of seedlings 545 00:39:01,871 --> 00:39:06,738 which she later confessed were marijuana. 546 00:39:06,841 --> 00:39:10,017 She loved to bake ginger hash-people 547 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:15,160 because she said they relieved her arthritis. 548 00:39:15,263 --> 00:39:17,162 She also enjoyed gardening 549 00:39:17,265 --> 00:39:19,992 especially when she felt a bit miserable. 550 00:39:20,096 --> 00:39:22,788 She called it her "pity-pit." 551 00:39:22,892 --> 00:39:26,447 She wanted her ashes sprinkled in her pity-pit. 552 00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:29,036 Be returned to nature. 553 00:39:29,139 --> 00:39:32,971 Fertilize her veggies. 554 00:39:33,074 --> 00:39:35,767 Gardening fixes everything. 555 00:39:42,636 --> 00:39:47,088 She also enjoyed mini-golf and had built her own course. 556 00:39:58,652 --> 00:40:02,449 Aha! Hole in one! 557 00:40:02,552 --> 00:40:05,313 Grace: But the thing that made Pinky truly remarkable 558 00:40:05,417 --> 00:40:06,901 was what she did every Monday. 559 00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:08,558 Pinky: There, there. 560 00:40:08,662 --> 00:40:12,286 Grace: She'd visit the lonely and hold their hands. 561 00:40:12,390 --> 00:40:17,395 She said the thing the elderly craved most was human touch. 562 00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:20,536 She'd sit with them calmly in silence. 563 00:40:20,639 --> 00:40:24,816 Something so simple yet so comforting. 564 00:40:27,681 --> 00:40:30,787 An occasional ginger hash-person helped as well. 565 00:40:35,516 --> 00:40:40,590 Pinky told me she'd never got to hold her own parents' hands. 566 00:40:40,694 --> 00:40:42,799 She never said why. 567 00:40:42,903 --> 00:40:47,217 Her childhood was off-limits. 568 00:40:47,321 --> 00:40:49,841 Pinky: Whoo-hoo! 569 00:40:49,944 --> 00:40:54,811 You know, life isn't about looking backwards, Gracie. 570 00:40:54,915 --> 00:40:57,918 It's about living forwards. 571 00:40:58,021 --> 00:41:01,887 Grace: She was the jewel in the Canberra junk heap. 572 00:41:01,991 --> 00:41:07,755 She'd crammed so much into her life and I'd crammed nothing. 573 00:41:09,861 --> 00:41:13,278 Pinky's friendship helped ease my sadness, 574 00:41:13,381 --> 00:41:15,729 my feelings of loss. 575 00:41:15,832 --> 00:41:19,146 I suppose she was the medicine I needed. 576 00:41:19,249 --> 00:41:22,114 A vitamin for hope. 577 00:41:24,496 --> 00:41:28,224 Pinky: Bugger. Better luck next time, Gracie. 578 00:41:30,571 --> 00:41:33,850 The years fluttered past, Sylvia. 579 00:41:37,060 --> 00:41:40,581 Apart from Pinky, letters from Gilbert were the only things 580 00:41:40,685 --> 00:41:43,550 that confirmed I existed. 581 00:41:54,526 --> 00:41:57,771 I missed Gilbert like crazy. 582 00:42:23,210 --> 00:42:26,454 Ian and Narelle were still obsessed about my mental health 583 00:42:26,558 --> 00:42:28,836 and sent me to self-help classes 584 00:42:28,940 --> 00:42:31,632 which were supposed to raise my endorphins, 585 00:42:31,736 --> 00:42:35,394 balance my chakra, and cleanse my third eye. 586 00:42:35,498 --> 00:42:38,915 Ready, set, go! 587 00:42:39,019 --> 00:42:41,815 All: Ha! Ha! Ha! 588 00:42:41,918 --> 00:42:44,231 [ All continue imitating laughing ] 589 00:42:52,273 --> 00:42:54,413 [ Ting! Ting! ] 590 00:42:54,517 --> 00:42:56,174 Ooh! 591 00:42:59,211 --> 00:43:01,628 Vicki: Oh, Craig. 592 00:43:01,731 --> 00:43:03,526 Heal me, heal me! 593 00:43:03,630 --> 00:43:04,769 Craig: I'll heal you, Vicki. 594 00:43:04,872 --> 00:43:08,186 - I'll heal you. - Vicki: Oh, Craig! 595 00:43:08,289 --> 00:43:09,256 Craig: Oh, Vick. 596 00:43:09,359 --> 00:43:12,604 Vicki: Oh, Craig! 597 00:43:12,708 --> 00:43:16,159 Grace: Part of me died in those classes, Sylvia. 598 00:43:30,588 --> 00:43:34,453 Self-help was just a shallow quick fix. 599 00:43:34,557 --> 00:43:37,077 None of it actually worked. 600 00:43:37,180 --> 00:43:40,908 I just wanted the earth to stop so I could get off. 601 00:43:42,841 --> 00:43:47,363 Puberty arrived and brought its gifts. 602 00:43:47,466 --> 00:43:50,677 I'd have loved a boyfriend. 603 00:43:57,131 --> 00:43:59,409 It didn't help matters when Pinky convinced me 604 00:43:59,513 --> 00:44:01,619 to get a perm. 605 00:44:04,898 --> 00:44:07,314 [ Pinky humming shakily ] 606 00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:16,392 [ Bell dings ] 607 00:44:28,818 --> 00:44:32,097 Bogan: Nice hairdo. 608 00:44:32,201 --> 00:44:34,030 [ Laughs ] 609 00:44:37,620 --> 00:44:39,139 [ Crying ] 610 00:44:39,242 --> 00:44:42,314 Dickhead! 611 00:44:42,418 --> 00:44:43,695 There, there, love. 612 00:44:43,799 --> 00:44:45,490 Ignore him. 613 00:44:45,593 --> 00:44:47,941 I think we look fabulous. 614 00:44:48,044 --> 00:44:49,977 Grace: Thank God for Pinky. 615 00:44:50,081 --> 00:44:52,566 She became my real foster parent. 616 00:44:52,670 --> 00:44:56,674 Especially as Ian and Narelle weren't around much anymore. 617 00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:58,123 They'd discovered nude cruises 618 00:44:58,227 --> 00:45:00,401 and were gone for weeks at a time. 619 00:45:00,505 --> 00:45:01,609 Whee! 620 00:45:01,713 --> 00:45:03,163 Good morning. 621 00:45:03,266 --> 00:45:05,061 Oh, hi! 622 00:45:11,378 --> 00:45:14,415 Grace: I still grieved the loss of my family 623 00:45:14,519 --> 00:45:19,973 and continued filling the void with more and more snails. 624 00:45:22,354 --> 00:45:28,015 If I saw something snaily it had to be mine. 625 00:45:28,119 --> 00:45:31,260 My obsession had blossomed, Sylvia. 626 00:45:31,363 --> 00:45:35,402 My room had become a snail shrine. 627 00:45:35,505 --> 00:45:39,337 I'd become a snail hoarder. 628 00:45:44,929 --> 00:45:49,002 Oh, I missed Gilbert so much. 629 00:45:49,105 --> 00:45:51,970 His letters still gave me hope. 630 00:45:52,074 --> 00:45:54,697 But he began to worry me. 631 00:45:54,801 --> 00:45:57,907 I felt he wasn't telling me everything. 632 00:45:58,011 --> 00:46:01,600 Gilbert: "Dear Gracie, Life at the Garden of Eden 633 00:46:01,704 --> 00:46:03,671 is certainly no Garden of Eden." 634 00:46:03,775 --> 00:46:06,985 Ruth: Gilbert, get back to work! 635 00:46:07,089 --> 00:46:09,954 Gilbert: "Ruth seems to have it in for me. 636 00:46:10,057 --> 00:46:11,783 But I don't give a stuff." 637 00:46:11,887 --> 00:46:14,268 Sorry, Ruth. 638 00:46:14,372 --> 00:46:19,791 "Oh, and she hates that I call her Ruth instead of Mum. 639 00:46:19,895 --> 00:46:23,726 And she hates that I won't let Owen shave my head. 640 00:46:23,830 --> 00:46:27,454 They make me work really hard for lousy money. 641 00:46:29,180 --> 00:46:34,392 There's no one here to talk to. I try to be friendly 642 00:46:34,495 --> 00:46:39,707 but their weirdo religion has them all brainwashed. 643 00:46:39,811 --> 00:46:43,090 The brothers really hate me." 644 00:46:43,194 --> 00:46:45,127 Poofta! 645 00:46:58,312 --> 00:47:00,625 Gilbert: "Owen forces me to read the Bible. 646 00:47:00,728 --> 00:47:04,456 And Ruth forces me to eat meat." 647 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,217 Ruth: Hello, piggies. 648 00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,081 [ Laughs cruelly ] 649 00:47:08,184 --> 00:47:10,428 [ Blade chops, pig squeals ] 650 00:47:12,361 --> 00:47:13,845 Eat it. 651 00:47:13,949 --> 00:47:16,848 Gilbert: "She's barred me from playing with fire. 652 00:47:16,952 --> 00:47:21,163 She's bonkers and thinks magic is the devil's vice. 653 00:47:21,266 --> 00:47:22,750 And she's always trying to stick 654 00:47:22,854 --> 00:47:26,375 more and more magnets on me to fix my aura. 655 00:47:26,478 --> 00:47:29,999 But I don't care. 656 00:47:30,103 --> 00:47:33,278 I hide behind the church to practise my stuff 657 00:47:33,382 --> 00:47:38,387 with one of the brothers who seems to like me. 658 00:47:38,490 --> 00:47:44,462 Ruth reckons Lucifer's trying to invade my soul. 659 00:47:44,565 --> 00:47:48,604 So they tried to baptize me to get the devil out." 660 00:47:52,884 --> 00:47:55,542 [ Babbling in tongues ] 661 00:48:02,687 --> 00:48:07,726 Dunk thee and cleanse thy demons! 662 00:48:07,830 --> 00:48:10,005 [ Gilbert grunts ] 663 00:48:10,108 --> 00:48:12,628 Gilbert: "I pretended I was possessed. 664 00:48:12,731 --> 00:48:15,769 I hid some of Owen's antacid tablets in my pockets." 665 00:48:15,873 --> 00:48:17,564 [ Gurgling ] 666 00:48:17,667 --> 00:48:18,910 Ruth: Oh, my goodness! 667 00:48:19,014 --> 00:48:20,739 Gilbert: "It was hilarious." 668 00:48:20,843 --> 00:48:22,949 - [ Laughs ] - [ Growls ] 669 00:48:23,052 --> 00:48:24,812 Gilbert: "Ben loved it." 670 00:48:24,916 --> 00:48:27,056 [ Laughs ] 671 00:48:31,474 --> 00:48:34,132 Gilbert: "Ruth is always trying to control me. 672 00:48:34,236 --> 00:48:36,617 She even tried drugging me." 673 00:48:36,721 --> 00:48:38,619 [ Ruth laughs ] 674 00:48:41,933 --> 00:48:44,246 Ruth: Eat it. 675 00:49:00,158 --> 00:49:03,990 Gilbert: "But I'm not dumb. 676 00:49:04,093 --> 00:49:06,924 I hid the pills in my cheeks. 677 00:49:08,408 --> 00:49:12,032 Ruth says Jesus' love isn't free. 678 00:49:12,136 --> 00:49:16,795 So what money we do earn, Gracie, goes back to Jesus." 679 00:49:16,899 --> 00:49:21,145 Owen: Pennies for Jesus. Pennies for Jesus. 680 00:49:26,564 --> 00:49:30,464 Pennies for Jesus. Pennies for Jesus. 681 00:49:30,568 --> 00:49:33,088 That's a good boy. 682 00:49:42,028 --> 00:49:44,375 Ruth: Gilbert! [ Grunts ] 683 00:49:47,378 --> 00:49:50,760 Gilbert: "And Jesus then gives his money back to Owen." 684 00:49:52,003 --> 00:49:55,627 Owen: [ Chuckles ] Thank you, Jesus. 685 00:49:55,731 --> 00:49:57,457 Gilbert: "And his vices." 686 00:49:59,804 --> 00:50:01,737 Barmaid: Oh, Owen, how are ya? 687 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:03,739 The usual? 688 00:50:09,641 --> 00:50:11,678 Have a good night. 689 00:50:15,578 --> 00:50:19,479 Owen: Pennies for Jesus, and whisky for Owen. 690 00:50:21,964 --> 00:50:23,793 [ Gasps ] 691 00:50:31,801 --> 00:50:34,666 Gilbert: "They're such hypocrites! 692 00:50:34,770 --> 00:50:36,875 But I made them pay for it." 693 00:50:36,979 --> 00:50:39,775 Run free, guys. Come on, run! 694 00:50:39,878 --> 00:50:43,020 [ Pigs squealing ] 695 00:50:43,123 --> 00:50:45,436 [ Birds chirping ] 696 00:50:47,162 --> 00:50:49,681 "I hate it here. 697 00:50:49,785 --> 00:50:52,753 No! My budgies! 698 00:50:52,857 --> 00:50:53,858 [ Growls ] 699 00:50:53,961 --> 00:50:57,103 Gilbert: "And I hate her. 700 00:50:57,206 --> 00:50:59,553 She punished me. 701 00:50:59,657 --> 00:51:01,279 Big time." 702 00:51:01,383 --> 00:51:03,730 [ Music box playing music ] 703 00:51:09,356 --> 00:51:11,772 Ruth: Hold him tight! 704 00:51:13,533 --> 00:51:16,777 Sinners must be punished, Gilbert. 705 00:51:16,881 --> 00:51:22,300 Leviticus 24-- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. 706 00:51:22,404 --> 00:51:24,647 [ Music distorting, fading ] 707 00:51:24,751 --> 00:51:28,341 Burn, thy wicked thoughts of pleasures! 708 00:51:28,444 --> 00:51:30,584 - Burn! Burn! - Gilbert: "She punished me, 709 00:51:30,688 --> 00:51:32,517 but it didn't bother me. 710 00:51:32,621 --> 00:51:35,555 I'm fine. 711 00:51:35,658 --> 00:51:39,248 Anyway, I better go. 712 00:51:39,352 --> 00:51:42,148 I'm saving my money and I'll be escaping soon 713 00:51:42,251 --> 00:51:45,151 and crossing that desert to come and get to you." 714 00:51:58,267 --> 00:52:01,167 "Hang in there, Gracie. 715 00:52:01,270 --> 00:52:05,032 Everything is okay. 716 00:52:05,136 --> 00:52:08,277 See you soon. Hopefully. 717 00:52:08,381 --> 00:52:11,522 Love, Gilbert." 718 00:52:21,463 --> 00:52:25,915 Puberty finally finished its cruelty, Sylvia. 719 00:52:26,019 --> 00:52:29,471 The season of our teens ended. 720 00:52:29,574 --> 00:52:31,335 [ Narelle exclaims indistinctly ] 721 00:52:31,438 --> 00:52:33,475 Grace: But life got even lonelier 722 00:52:33,578 --> 00:52:38,273 when Ian and Narelle retired to a nudist colony in Sweden. 723 00:52:38,376 --> 00:52:40,723 It's a shame we never really connected. 724 00:52:40,827 --> 00:52:45,487 What family we did have, though, was now gone. 725 00:52:45,590 --> 00:52:48,248 Narelle: Is that your foot? 726 00:52:51,424 --> 00:52:55,704 Grace: Despite my woes, Sylvia, I tried to be optimistic. 727 00:52:55,807 --> 00:52:58,224 Be more social. 728 00:53:00,433 --> 00:53:01,606 I remember how there were 729 00:53:01,710 --> 00:53:06,024 intriguing people at the library. 730 00:53:06,128 --> 00:53:09,511 But they lived vicariously. 731 00:53:11,306 --> 00:53:14,343 A boyfriend seemed a work of fiction. 732 00:53:16,069 --> 00:53:20,660 I felt invisible. Began to fade. 733 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:29,979 Pinky was the only color in my life. 734 00:53:30,083 --> 00:53:32,568 Still effervescent. 735 00:53:32,672 --> 00:53:36,641 Her hand-holding idea had become a fully fledged charity. 736 00:53:36,745 --> 00:53:40,197 She'd even engaged the long-term unemployed to help out. 737 00:53:42,026 --> 00:53:44,718 We went from home to home. 738 00:53:44,822 --> 00:53:46,927 Hand to hand. 739 00:53:56,109 --> 00:54:01,908 I think over time the loss of my family had somehow frozen me. 740 00:54:05,981 --> 00:54:11,780 I thought it was safer to just live in a pretend world. 741 00:54:11,883 --> 00:54:14,092 Oh, Dad would have been disappointed 742 00:54:14,196 --> 00:54:17,372 I'd resorted to trashy novels. 743 00:54:17,475 --> 00:54:20,961 It was now just me, some sexy pirates, 744 00:54:21,065 --> 00:54:26,243 and a few frisky guinea pigs who mocked my virginity. 745 00:54:26,346 --> 00:54:29,073 The stereotype was now complete, Sylvia. 746 00:54:29,176 --> 00:54:32,283 I'd become an unloved recluse. 747 00:54:32,387 --> 00:54:34,941 And the guinea pig hair that coated me? 748 00:54:35,044 --> 00:54:37,702 A lonely person's glitter. 749 00:54:42,983 --> 00:54:46,193 As my boredom worsened, 750 00:54:46,297 --> 00:54:49,611 I found myself having new urges. 751 00:54:52,061 --> 00:54:56,687 I added kleptomania to my list of hobbies. 752 00:54:56,790 --> 00:55:01,139 Buying, hoarding and now stealing 753 00:55:01,243 --> 00:55:03,832 became a cheap thrill and distraction 754 00:55:03,935 --> 00:55:07,525 from my mundane world 755 00:55:07,629 --> 00:55:11,218 which slowly began to collapse. 756 00:55:11,322 --> 00:55:14,221 [ Guinea pigs squeal ] 757 00:55:14,325 --> 00:55:16,327 [ Guinea pig chirps ] 758 00:55:16,431 --> 00:55:19,088 I lost three guinea pigs that night. 759 00:55:22,229 --> 00:55:25,336 I cremated them in the backyard 760 00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,132 and put their ashes in little jars. 761 00:55:28,235 --> 00:55:31,756 It looked like I was starting a guinea pig spice rack. 762 00:55:35,898 --> 00:55:39,316 My life had become truly pathetic 763 00:55:39,419 --> 00:55:42,491 and things had gotten out of control. 764 00:55:44,148 --> 00:55:46,875 I held my own hand patiently, 765 00:55:46,978 --> 00:55:50,119 waiting for Gilbert to come and rescue me 766 00:55:50,223 --> 00:55:52,190 while I continued to withdraw 767 00:55:52,294 --> 00:55:56,402 into the safety of my snail fortress. 768 00:55:56,505 --> 00:56:01,924 Lonely, loveless, and imprisoned. 769 00:56:11,175 --> 00:56:15,593 But just as I was considering joining a nunnery, 770 00:56:15,697 --> 00:56:19,977 from the mess of my life came one of those silver linings. 771 00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,393 [ Blower whirring ] 772 00:56:27,605 --> 00:56:29,780 His name was Ken. 773 00:56:32,955 --> 00:56:36,511 And he was obsessed with his leaf blower. 774 00:56:39,065 --> 00:56:43,794 There he stood, more delicious than a Chiko Roll. 775 00:56:49,938 --> 00:56:52,768 Ken: Well, hi. 776 00:56:52,872 --> 00:56:56,462 Hey. Could I, ah... maybe, ah... 777 00:56:56,565 --> 00:56:59,706 Grace: He wanted to know if he could blow my leaves. 778 00:56:59,810 --> 00:57:04,401 His presence gave me hot flushes and sweaty knickers. 779 00:57:04,504 --> 00:57:07,507 It was love at first sight. 780 00:57:07,611 --> 00:57:11,131 He was a Canberra Adonis. 781 00:57:11,235 --> 00:57:13,548 A Cadonis. 782 00:57:19,001 --> 00:57:21,901 He was a microwave oven repairman and told me 783 00:57:22,004 --> 00:57:25,905 that he was extremely shallow and one dimensional. 784 00:57:26,008 --> 00:57:29,633 He said if he was an onion and you peeled back the layers 785 00:57:29,736 --> 00:57:32,636 you'd just find more onion. 786 00:57:32,739 --> 00:57:38,055 He had hobbies like me and enjoyed repairing broken bowls. 787 00:57:38,158 --> 00:57:41,714 It was a Japanese art form called Kintsugi 788 00:57:41,817 --> 00:57:45,683 based on the philosophy that just like the soul, 789 00:57:45,787 --> 00:57:51,689 all things can be repaired and our cracks celebrated. 790 00:57:51,793 --> 00:57:53,553 Ken said that I was a broken bowl 791 00:57:53,657 --> 00:57:56,004 and that he'd help repair my wounds. 792 00:57:56,107 --> 00:57:58,489 Fill up my cracks. 793 00:58:00,871 --> 00:58:04,633 He was so thoughtful and community minded. 794 00:58:04,737 --> 00:58:08,292 He volunteered as a lifeguard at the local pool. 795 00:58:08,395 --> 00:58:11,985 Ken: Mm. Hello. 796 00:58:12,089 --> 00:58:14,816 Grace: He adored me 797 00:58:14,919 --> 00:58:18,716 and even built a milkshake station in my kitchen. 798 00:58:31,246 --> 00:58:33,420 We dated for a month and then... 799 00:58:33,524 --> 00:58:34,629 Ken: What do you reckon? 800 00:58:34,732 --> 00:58:38,633 ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah 801 00:58:38,736 --> 00:58:46,054 ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ 802 00:58:46,157 --> 00:58:49,851 Grace: He said he really did love me. 803 00:58:49,954 --> 00:58:51,300 Loved my quirks. 804 00:58:51,404 --> 00:58:53,371 [ Both laugh ] 805 00:58:53,475 --> 00:58:56,374 We celebrated with another milkshake. 806 00:58:56,478 --> 00:58:58,584 He said he'd make me something special. 807 00:58:58,687 --> 00:59:02,311 Ken: Spoonful of that. Cinnamon. 808 00:59:02,415 --> 00:59:03,934 - No! - What? 809 00:59:04,037 --> 00:59:09,284 Oh... um... That's my guinea pig. 810 00:59:09,387 --> 00:59:11,389 A normal person would have thought I was bonkers 811 00:59:11,493 --> 00:59:14,323 keeping those guinea pigs' ashes. 812 00:59:14,427 --> 00:59:17,568 But he didn't. 813 00:59:17,672 --> 00:59:22,884 He loved all of me, even my bum and wobbly bits. 814 00:59:27,198 --> 00:59:30,029 Ken: Yeah. Nice. Oh, yeah. 815 00:59:30,132 --> 00:59:32,065 Oh! 816 00:59:32,169 --> 00:59:34,136 Yeah. Nice, Gracie. 817 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:39,797 Grace: He moved in and I finally lost my virginity. 818 00:59:39,901 --> 00:59:41,799 We were desperate to get pregnant. 819 00:59:41,903 --> 00:59:43,111 Nurse: [ Over speaker ] Clean up, Room 6. 820 00:59:43,214 --> 00:59:45,769 Grace: But Ken was told he was sterile 821 00:59:45,872 --> 00:59:48,530 from all those microwave ovens he'd repaired. 822 00:59:48,634 --> 00:59:50,946 Nurse: Rotten luck. 823 00:59:51,050 --> 00:59:53,224 Grace: But I wasn't too disappointed. 824 00:59:53,328 --> 00:59:56,676 I had more than I could ever wish for, Sylvia. 825 00:59:56,780 --> 01:00:00,369 I had a Cadonis, a herd of guinea pigs, 826 01:00:00,473 --> 01:00:02,509 and a horde of snails. 827 01:00:02,613 --> 01:00:05,961 Ken: Say cheese, Gracie. 828 01:00:06,065 --> 01:00:10,517 Grace: We set a wedding date and sent Gilbert the good news. 829 01:00:10,621 --> 01:00:12,174 Gilbert: Huh? 830 01:00:12,278 --> 01:00:14,142 Oh! Wow! 831 01:00:14,245 --> 01:00:16,834 Hey, Ben, guess what? 832 01:00:19,285 --> 01:00:20,976 Ooh! 833 01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:24,221 Grace: Ken gave him money for an airfare to Canberra. 834 01:00:24,324 --> 01:00:27,465 I asked Gilbert to walk me down the aisle. 835 01:00:27,569 --> 01:00:30,503 Pinky would be the flower girl. 836 01:00:30,607 --> 01:00:33,333 [ Pinky humming ] 837 01:00:33,437 --> 01:00:35,853 We'd finally be a family again. 838 01:00:35,957 --> 01:00:38,822 Finally sprinkle Dad's ashes. 839 01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:42,895 My glass was now brimming. 840 01:00:42,998 --> 01:00:46,830 And there were silver linings galore. 841 01:00:46,933 --> 01:00:48,866 Gilbert would live with us. 842 01:00:48,970 --> 01:00:51,731 He'd be here tomorrow! 843 01:00:56,391 --> 01:00:59,705 I'd never felt so happy. 844 01:00:59,808 --> 01:01:01,914 So optimistic. 845 01:01:29,251 --> 01:01:30,736 Courier: Delivery! 846 01:01:30,839 --> 01:01:32,945 Ken: I'll get it. 847 01:01:35,395 --> 01:01:37,294 Oh. 848 01:01:42,575 --> 01:01:44,853 Ooh! [ Gasps ] 849 01:01:44,957 --> 01:01:47,097 Pinky: Ooh, for you, dear. 850 01:01:51,170 --> 01:01:56,520 Ruth: "Dear Grace, This is Ruth, Gilbert's foster mother. 851 01:01:56,623 --> 01:01:58,142 It saddens me to tell you 852 01:01:58,246 --> 01:02:03,492 that Gilbert has died in an horrific fire. 853 01:02:03,596 --> 01:02:05,253 Our church burnt down 854 01:02:05,356 --> 01:02:09,188 and he was unable to escape the flames. 855 01:02:12,398 --> 01:02:19,336 Last week I found Gilbert and my son Ben fornicating. 856 01:02:22,304 --> 01:02:24,548 [ Gasps ] 857 01:02:24,651 --> 01:02:26,067 Lucifer! 858 01:02:26,170 --> 01:02:28,448 I'm sure you will agree our only course of action 859 01:02:28,552 --> 01:02:33,143 was to purge and correct their homosexual sickness 860 01:02:33,246 --> 01:02:36,387 in the correct fashion, as instructed by 861 01:02:36,491 --> 01:02:40,391 The Lord our Saviour. 862 01:02:40,495 --> 01:02:43,015 This was not a simple task. 863 01:02:43,118 --> 01:02:46,294 We could not just pray the gay away 864 01:02:46,397 --> 01:02:50,263 so the only solution was a dual expulsion 865 01:02:50,367 --> 01:02:52,507 to cast the demons out, 866 01:02:52,610 --> 01:02:54,716 eject the devil from their souls, 867 01:02:54,820 --> 01:02:57,374 and correct their auras." 868 01:02:57,477 --> 01:03:00,618 Out, out, evilness! 869 01:03:00,722 --> 01:03:02,828 Out, out, Satan! 870 01:03:02,931 --> 01:03:06,832 [ Family vocalizing ] 871 01:03:06,935 --> 01:03:10,283 Ruth: The time has come! 872 01:03:10,387 --> 01:03:13,183 Purge their souls! 873 01:03:13,286 --> 01:03:14,701 [ Laughs cruelly ] 874 01:03:14,805 --> 01:03:17,290 Ruth: Cleanse their sickness! 875 01:03:17,394 --> 01:03:20,086 [ Electricity buzzing ] 876 01:03:20,190 --> 01:03:23,158 Gay away! 877 01:03:23,262 --> 01:03:25,609 Out, gayness! 878 01:03:25,712 --> 01:03:27,853 Purge their souls! 879 01:03:27,956 --> 01:03:31,339 Out, out, Lucifer! 880 01:03:31,442 --> 01:03:37,103 Cast out thy demons and shock the gay away! 881 01:03:37,932 --> 01:03:39,588 [ Electricity whining ] 882 01:03:39,692 --> 01:03:43,040 [ Both groaning ] 883 01:03:51,877 --> 01:03:54,155 [ Sons vocalizing ] 884 01:03:59,988 --> 01:04:03,612 Ruth: Enough! 885 01:04:03,716 --> 01:04:05,856 Excellent, excellent. 886 01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:10,550 "I am glad to say for my son this was a success. 887 01:04:10,654 --> 01:04:15,590 But for your brother the devil would not vacate. 888 01:04:15,693 --> 01:04:19,594 And being so full of Satan, well..." 889 01:04:19,697 --> 01:04:23,598 [ Gilbert growling ] 890 01:04:23,701 --> 01:04:26,359 Ruth: "...he assaulted me." 891 01:04:26,463 --> 01:04:29,949 Aah! Lucifer! 892 01:04:31,848 --> 01:04:34,195 [ Growling ] 893 01:04:38,716 --> 01:04:40,477 Get him! 894 01:04:42,582 --> 01:04:44,446 Look, an angel! 895 01:04:44,550 --> 01:04:46,276 - Huh? - Ooh! 896 01:04:47,829 --> 01:04:49,210 [ Bird chirps ] 897 01:04:49,313 --> 01:04:50,659 Ruth: Liar! 898 01:04:50,763 --> 01:04:54,077 [ Growling ] 899 01:04:54,180 --> 01:04:55,147 Huh? 900 01:04:55,250 --> 01:04:58,115 - You Judas! - [ Chuckles ] 901 01:04:58,219 --> 01:05:00,807 Owen: He's escaping! Catch him! 902 01:05:00,911 --> 01:05:02,637 Ruth: Get him! 903 01:05:02,740 --> 01:05:04,950 [ Gilbert panting ] 904 01:05:11,784 --> 01:05:14,235 [ Gulping ] 905 01:05:14,338 --> 01:05:18,377 Ruth: "He then raced to our church and set it alight." 906 01:05:43,954 --> 01:05:46,577 [ Gilbert coughing ] 907 01:05:46,681 --> 01:05:50,443 Ruth: No! Gilbert, stop! 908 01:05:57,761 --> 01:05:59,970 [ Screaming ] 909 01:06:00,074 --> 01:06:02,352 Ruth: "He then sacrificed himself... 910 01:06:02,455 --> 01:06:04,768 - Gilbert: Let me out! - "...as penance for his sins." 911 01:06:04,871 --> 01:06:08,082 - [ Gilbert screaming ] - Ruth: "We tried to rescue him, 912 01:06:08,185 --> 01:06:11,085 but the Inferno was too intense. 913 01:06:11,188 --> 01:06:14,019 The Good Lord took his soul." 914 01:06:14,122 --> 01:06:16,849 [ Gilbert screaming ] 915 01:06:16,953 --> 01:06:19,162 Let me out! 916 01:06:20,370 --> 01:06:23,304 Ruth: "And Lucifer lost the battle." 917 01:06:39,458 --> 01:06:43,117 Now cleansed and with the baby Jesus. 918 01:06:43,220 --> 01:06:44,981 Ruth: "We had a memorial for him 919 01:06:45,084 --> 01:06:47,638 and are confident he is now in a happier place 920 01:06:47,742 --> 01:06:51,159 with God and the baby Jesus." 921 01:06:55,646 --> 01:06:58,995 "Please find enclosed a vessel of your brother's ashes. 922 01:06:59,098 --> 01:07:01,790 I think it best you have them. 923 01:07:01,894 --> 01:07:05,829 Once again I am sorry to be the bearer of such tragic news. 924 01:07:05,932 --> 01:07:07,451 Gilbert was a good soul 925 01:07:07,555 --> 01:07:12,629 who sadly fell to repugnant persuasions. 926 01:07:12,732 --> 01:07:16,460 We will always pray for him as well as you. 927 01:07:16,564 --> 01:07:20,602 Our deepest sympathies, Ruth and Owen Appleby." 928 01:07:31,475 --> 01:07:36,480 Grace: Losing a twin is like losing an eye, Sylvia. 929 01:07:36,584 --> 01:07:39,932 You never see the world quite the same way again. 930 01:07:40,036 --> 01:07:42,279 [ Thunder rumbling ] 931 01:07:42,383 --> 01:07:45,317 Grief is a nothingness. 932 01:07:45,420 --> 01:07:48,699 Leaves a metallic taste in your mouth. 933 01:07:48,803 --> 01:07:53,601 Places stones in your stomach. 934 01:07:53,704 --> 01:07:55,948 Tears don't flow. 935 01:07:56,052 --> 01:07:58,571 They're too scared. 936 01:07:58,675 --> 01:08:03,852 I no longer believed in silver linings or glasses half full. 937 01:08:03,956 --> 01:08:06,579 My glass was shattered. 938 01:08:06,683 --> 01:08:12,309 I'd lost my mother, father, brother. 939 01:08:20,352 --> 01:08:23,527 Luckily I had Pinky. 940 01:08:23,631 --> 01:08:24,735 Ken: Hey, Gracie. 941 01:08:24,839 --> 01:08:26,496 Grace: And Ken. 942 01:08:26,599 --> 01:08:30,396 His spoonfuls of love kept me going. 943 01:08:32,950 --> 01:08:39,474 But weirdly, my snails seemed like my real family. 944 01:08:39,578 --> 01:08:42,926 Real ones hoard together when threatened. 945 01:08:43,029 --> 01:08:45,273 Survival in numbers. 946 01:08:48,380 --> 01:08:52,867 I was emotionally attached to every single one of them. 947 01:08:52,970 --> 01:08:58,631 That's why I couldn't ever, ever throw any of you away. 948 01:08:58,735 --> 01:09:03,774 So I kept buying, adding, 949 01:09:03,878 --> 01:09:05,811 and stealing. 950 01:09:15,165 --> 01:09:16,994 Eventually... 951 01:09:17,098 --> 01:09:19,204 Security guard: Excuse me, Madam. 952 01:09:19,307 --> 01:09:21,102 Grace: ...I got caught. 953 01:09:21,206 --> 01:09:23,829 The shame was crushing. 954 01:09:26,521 --> 01:09:28,937 And there were consequences. 955 01:09:33,770 --> 01:09:35,772 Ken: Oh, Gracie. 956 01:09:44,677 --> 01:09:49,441 Grace: And then things got even worse. 957 01:09:51,063 --> 01:09:52,651 Love can be blind. 958 01:09:52,754 --> 01:09:54,860 Huh? 959 01:09:54,963 --> 01:09:58,864 It can hide darkness and horror. 960 01:10:03,662 --> 01:10:07,321 It seemed Ken's onion did have layers. 961 01:10:07,424 --> 01:10:10,116 He didn't love me. 962 01:10:10,220 --> 01:10:12,498 He loved my fat. 963 01:10:12,602 --> 01:10:14,742 [ Gasps ] 964 01:10:19,643 --> 01:10:23,578 He had some sort of fetish. 965 01:10:23,682 --> 01:10:25,408 He didn't want to fix my bowl. 966 01:10:25,511 --> 01:10:30,240 He wanted to fill it, and fill it, and fill it. 967 01:10:30,344 --> 01:10:32,725 With lard. 968 01:10:32,829 --> 01:10:35,935 It was one thing for me to create a cage for myself. 969 01:10:36,039 --> 01:10:37,627 Ken: Bit of duck for luck! 970 01:10:37,730 --> 01:10:40,423 Grace: It was another for someone else to imprison me. 971 01:10:40,526 --> 01:10:41,769 Ken: Nice, Gracie. 972 01:10:41,872 --> 01:10:44,496 Grace: I knew he admired my largeness 973 01:10:44,599 --> 01:10:46,256 but this was something more. 974 01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:48,845 Ken: Oh, yeah. Nice. 975 01:10:48,948 --> 01:10:53,159 Grace: He said he'd love me more the bigger I got 976 01:10:53,263 --> 01:10:55,852 and now I knew why. 977 01:10:55,955 --> 01:10:58,751 What an idiot I was. 978 01:10:58,855 --> 01:11:01,306 But not for much longer. 979 01:11:12,386 --> 01:11:15,596 Ken: Whoa! 980 01:11:15,699 --> 01:11:17,045 Oh! 981 01:11:30,300 --> 01:11:32,854 Sorry, Gracie. 982 01:11:41,691 --> 01:11:44,349 [ Crying ] 983 01:11:50,527 --> 01:11:54,669 Pinky moved in and tended to my wounds. 984 01:11:54,773 --> 01:11:56,671 I'd read that snails hibernate 985 01:11:56,775 --> 01:11:59,571 when they needed to repair themselves. 986 01:11:59,674 --> 01:12:04,679 I slept for a week and wrestled my demons. 987 01:12:21,903 --> 01:12:25,700 [ Screaming ] 988 01:12:27,599 --> 01:12:30,118 I loathed myself. 989 01:12:30,222 --> 01:12:32,949 My hoarding had caused this. 990 01:12:33,052 --> 01:12:34,744 It had kept me poor. 991 01:12:34,847 --> 01:12:39,265 And being poor had kept me from Gilbert. 992 01:12:39,369 --> 01:12:42,959 The money I'd wasted could have bought a dozen plane tickets 993 01:12:43,062 --> 01:12:45,133 to see him, Sylvia. 994 01:12:45,237 --> 01:12:47,791 Now he was dead. 995 01:12:56,593 --> 01:12:58,768 Pinky: Gracie? 996 01:13:01,529 --> 01:13:04,877 Got your lunch. 997 01:13:04,981 --> 01:13:08,433 Grace: Pinky put me on a strict diet 998 01:13:08,536 --> 01:13:12,747 and life became slightly bearable. 999 01:13:12,851 --> 01:13:15,681 As I slowly emerged from my darkness 1000 01:13:15,785 --> 01:13:19,582 I began to notice how much Pinky had aged. 1001 01:13:21,584 --> 01:13:22,999 I'll never forget the day 1002 01:13:23,102 --> 01:13:26,520 I discovered she had the beginnings of dementia 1003 01:13:26,623 --> 01:13:28,349 when I found her attempting what she thought 1004 01:13:28,453 --> 01:13:32,974 was a jigsaw of a rooster. 1005 01:13:33,078 --> 01:13:36,081 That was just a few months ago, Sylvia. 1006 01:13:37,772 --> 01:13:40,706 She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 1007 01:13:40,810 --> 01:13:42,743 and went downhill quickly. 1008 01:13:42,846 --> 01:13:45,366 Pinky, what are you doing? 1009 01:13:45,470 --> 01:13:48,162 I'm looking for something. 1010 01:13:48,265 --> 01:13:49,681 What? 1011 01:13:53,098 --> 01:13:55,031 I don't know. 1012 01:13:58,724 --> 01:14:01,244 Grace: Roles reversed. 1013 01:14:01,347 --> 01:14:04,143 It was my turn to care for her. 1014 01:14:06,318 --> 01:14:10,218 Ah, ah, ah. My medicine. 1015 01:14:12,566 --> 01:14:15,569 Grace: One day she decided not to get out of bed. 1016 01:14:15,672 --> 01:14:19,227 Did I tell you that thing I can't remember? 1017 01:14:19,331 --> 01:14:23,059 That thing I was looking for but don't know what it is? 1018 01:14:23,162 --> 01:14:26,165 Oh, stupid brain. 1019 01:14:26,269 --> 01:14:28,029 Stupid disease. 1020 01:14:28,133 --> 01:14:32,344 What's the name of that German guy whose disease I got? 1021 01:14:32,448 --> 01:14:36,072 Ah, Guggenheimers? 1022 01:14:36,175 --> 01:14:38,902 Yeah, Guggenheimers. 1023 01:14:39,006 --> 01:14:40,870 Relax, Pinky. 1024 01:14:40,973 --> 01:14:42,975 It doesn't matter. 1025 01:14:43,079 --> 01:14:45,253 Oh, Gracie. 1026 01:14:45,357 --> 01:14:48,567 Such a marvelous friend. 1027 01:14:53,779 --> 01:14:56,817 [ Pinky wheezing ] 1028 01:15:11,694 --> 01:15:14,179 [ Wheezing stops ] 1029 01:15:17,493 --> 01:15:20,599 Farewell, Pinky. 1030 01:15:23,326 --> 01:15:26,881 [ Whimpers ] 1031 01:15:26,985 --> 01:15:29,090 The potatoes! 1032 01:15:29,194 --> 01:15:30,989 [ Wheezes, stops breathing ] 1033 01:15:33,163 --> 01:15:35,303 Potatoes? 1034 01:15:35,407 --> 01:15:37,443 Potatoes? 1035 01:15:37,547 --> 01:15:39,066 Pinky? 1036 01:15:39,169 --> 01:15:42,725 Pinky, what do you mean? 1037 01:15:42,828 --> 01:15:45,106 Oh! 1038 01:15:45,210 --> 01:15:47,246 Oh, Pinky. 1039 01:16:18,036 --> 01:16:20,314 Farewell, Pinky. 1040 01:16:45,132 --> 01:16:47,375 Be free, Sylvia. 1041 01:17:09,225 --> 01:17:11,089 Potatoes? 1042 01:17:11,192 --> 01:17:13,091 Potatoes? 1043 01:17:13,194 --> 01:17:15,645 Sylvia. Oh! 1044 01:17:15,749 --> 01:17:19,373 Maybe that's what she wanted her last meal to be? 1045 01:17:19,476 --> 01:17:21,237 Oh! 1046 01:17:21,340 --> 01:17:24,067 Goddamn life! 1047 01:17:24,171 --> 01:17:26,173 Oh, goddamn life! 1048 01:17:26,276 --> 01:17:27,761 Such a... 1049 01:17:27,864 --> 01:17:31,178 Such a stupid, stupid puzzle! 1050 01:17:31,281 --> 01:17:33,249 Damn it! 1051 01:17:33,352 --> 01:17:37,115 [ Sobbing ] 1052 01:17:37,218 --> 01:17:39,186 I'm so alone! 1053 01:17:39,289 --> 01:17:43,017 I'm so-- so alone. 1054 01:17:43,121 --> 01:17:45,019 [ Sobs, sighs ] 1055 01:17:51,854 --> 01:17:53,510 [ Thunder rumbles ] 1056 01:17:53,614 --> 01:17:55,892 Thugs: Rabbit face! Rabbit face! 1057 01:17:55,996 --> 01:17:58,481 Rabbit face! Rabbit face! 1058 01:17:58,584 --> 01:17:59,620 Ken: Nice, Gracie. 1059 01:17:59,724 --> 01:18:01,173 Bogan: Nice hairdo! 1060 01:18:01,277 --> 01:18:03,797 Denise: Come on, you two, let's go. 1061 01:18:03,900 --> 01:18:06,316 Gilbert: [ Echoing ] "I hate it here. 1062 01:18:06,420 --> 01:18:07,801 I'll be escaping soon 1063 01:18:07,904 --> 01:18:09,734 and crossing that desert to come and get to you." 1064 01:18:09,837 --> 01:18:11,597 Ruth: "It saddens me to tell you 1065 01:18:11,701 --> 01:18:14,600 that Gilbert has died in an horrific fire." 1066 01:18:14,704 --> 01:18:16,844 [ Echoing ] Fire... Fire... Fire... 1067 01:18:34,620 --> 01:18:36,933 Pinky: The potatoes! 1068 01:18:38,970 --> 01:18:41,041 [ Grace spitting ] 1069 01:18:41,144 --> 01:18:43,043 The potatoes! 1070 01:19:04,720 --> 01:19:08,378 Pinky: "Dear Grace, If you're reading this 1071 01:19:08,482 --> 01:19:11,727 then I'm as dead as a doughnut 1072 01:19:11,830 --> 01:19:14,005 and you found my biscuit tin 1073 01:19:14,108 --> 01:19:18,043 and some things I want you to have. 1074 01:19:18,147 --> 01:19:20,736 You've been asleep for days 1075 01:19:20,839 --> 01:19:23,980 and I need to tell you important stuff 1076 01:19:24,084 --> 01:19:26,845 before my brain fully rots." 1077 01:19:28,536 --> 01:19:32,126 "Oh, old age is such a bastard. 1078 01:19:32,230 --> 01:19:35,233 Creeps up without you knowing. 1079 01:19:35,336 --> 01:19:41,549 One day you sink your teeth into an apple and they stay." 1080 01:19:43,241 --> 01:19:47,210 "You go to straighten the wrinkles in your pantyhose 1081 01:19:47,314 --> 01:19:50,524 and then realize you're not wearing any." 1082 01:19:50,627 --> 01:19:52,526 Oh. 1083 01:19:52,629 --> 01:19:55,529 "Anyway, I digress. 1084 01:19:55,632 --> 01:19:57,980 My secrets. 1085 01:19:58,083 --> 01:20:01,121 Firstly I'm an orphan 1086 01:20:01,224 --> 01:20:03,986 and was raised in an orphanage 1087 01:20:04,089 --> 01:20:06,747 after the Great War. 1088 01:20:06,851 --> 01:20:08,887 It was a terrible place 1089 01:20:08,991 --> 01:20:12,995 where I was kept in a crib day and night. 1090 01:20:13,098 --> 01:20:16,653 Never held, or hugged. 1091 01:20:16,757 --> 01:20:21,797 The only contact the little boy next to me. 1092 01:20:21,900 --> 01:20:26,422 No, I won't tell you the horrors I remember 1093 01:20:26,525 --> 01:20:32,048 but do want to tell you what it's like to feel imprisoned. 1094 01:20:32,152 --> 01:20:33,360 Caged. 1095 01:20:33,463 --> 01:20:37,019 It was simply dreadful. 1096 01:20:37,122 --> 01:20:40,056 But in the years since 1097 01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:43,957 I've learnt that the worst cages 1098 01:20:44,060 --> 01:20:48,409 are the ones we create for ourselves. 1099 01:20:48,513 --> 01:20:54,174 You have created a cage for yourself, Gracie. 1100 01:20:54,277 --> 01:20:57,936 Your cage has never been locked. 1101 01:20:58,040 --> 01:21:01,112 But your fears have kept you trapped. 1102 01:21:04,701 --> 01:21:08,395 Get rid of those snails. 1103 01:21:08,498 --> 01:21:11,674 Set yourself free. 1104 01:21:11,777 --> 01:21:14,953 You got rid of that creepy Ken. 1105 01:21:15,057 --> 01:21:18,923 Now it's time for you to shed your shell. 1106 01:21:19,026 --> 01:21:22,927 Purge your hoard. 1107 01:21:23,030 --> 01:21:25,550 Start anew. 1108 01:21:25,653 --> 01:21:29,105 Oh, a bit of self pity's okay. 1109 01:21:29,209 --> 01:21:32,695 But it's time to move on. 1110 01:21:32,798 --> 01:21:37,251 There'll be pain but that's life. 1111 01:21:37,355 --> 01:21:40,599 You have to face it head on. 1112 01:21:40,703 --> 01:21:43,085 Be brave." 1113 01:22:31,616 --> 01:22:36,000 "Anyway, I want to thank you, Gracie. 1114 01:22:36,103 --> 01:22:38,692 You've been terrific. 1115 01:22:38,795 --> 01:22:42,903 Not long now till my number's up. 1116 01:22:43,007 --> 01:22:46,320 It's time to close my curtains. 1117 01:22:46,424 --> 01:22:52,188 For the first time in my life I feel older than I look. 1118 01:22:52,292 --> 01:22:56,158 And I look like a testicle. 1119 01:22:56,261 --> 01:23:02,819 Life's a beautiful tapestry that needs to be experienced. 1120 01:23:02,923 --> 01:23:07,100 Its small pleasures savored. 1121 01:23:07,203 --> 01:23:11,725 Like smoking a cigar in the rain. 1122 01:23:13,692 --> 01:23:18,904 Or wearing a jumper straight from the dryer. 1123 01:23:19,008 --> 01:23:20,976 Enough rambling. 1124 01:23:21,079 --> 01:23:25,532 Time for both of us to let go. 1125 01:23:25,635 --> 01:23:32,366 Like I've said, life can only be understood backwards 1126 01:23:32,470 --> 01:23:36,439 but we have to live it forwards. 1127 01:23:36,543 --> 01:23:40,650 Snails never go back over their trails, 1128 01:23:40,754 --> 01:23:44,344 always moving forwards. 1129 01:23:44,447 --> 01:23:47,623 Time for you to leave some glittering snail trails 1130 01:23:47,726 --> 01:23:51,006 all over the world. 1131 01:23:51,109 --> 01:23:56,459 And remember, never, never go back." 1132 01:24:03,156 --> 01:24:06,849 Court officer: All rise! Order in the court. 1133 01:24:06,952 --> 01:24:08,816 Magistrate: Miss Pudel. 1134 01:24:08,920 --> 01:24:11,336 Your crime is serious. 1135 01:24:11,440 --> 01:24:16,514 Theft is theft, whether it be a diamond or a cucumber. 1136 01:24:16,617 --> 01:24:18,516 And if you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, 1137 01:24:18,619 --> 01:24:21,036 well, then he'll steal your sheep. 1138 01:24:23,624 --> 01:24:27,939 However... I can tell from your face 1139 01:24:28,043 --> 01:24:31,425 that you are full of shame and regret. 1140 01:24:31,529 --> 01:24:34,808 And true regret is punishment enough. 1141 01:24:34,911 --> 01:24:38,812 I know you are a kind person, as many years ago, 1142 01:24:38,915 --> 01:24:43,403 a little girl showed me kindness when I was at my lowest ebb. 1143 01:24:43,506 --> 01:24:45,543 Ah. 1144 01:24:45,646 --> 01:24:46,751 [ Giggles ] 1145 01:24:46,854 --> 01:24:48,822 Ah, good on ya, little possum. 1146 01:24:48,925 --> 01:24:50,582 Good on ya. 1147 01:24:50,686 --> 01:24:54,621 That little girl gave me hope and courage to start again. 1148 01:24:54,724 --> 01:24:57,417 And escape my-- my vices. 1149 01:24:57,520 --> 01:24:58,659 Oh! 1150 01:24:58,763 --> 01:25:02,180 You may have light fingers, Miss Pudel, 1151 01:25:02,284 --> 01:25:04,424 but I know you have a heart of gold 1152 01:25:04,527 --> 01:25:07,289 and have done many good deeds. 1153 01:25:07,392 --> 01:25:11,983 I therefore release you from your charges. 1154 01:25:12,087 --> 01:25:14,158 Case dismissed! 1155 01:25:14,261 --> 01:25:16,746 [ Chuckles ] 1156 01:25:36,214 --> 01:25:39,010 Grace: Life had bashed me round a bit 1157 01:25:39,114 --> 01:25:42,669 but the roses smelt better. 1158 01:25:42,772 --> 01:25:46,845 And I finally started to become the person I'd always wanted. 1159 01:25:49,365 --> 01:25:51,540 I made a film about my life. 1160 01:25:51,643 --> 01:25:54,232 [ Lively instrumental music playing ] 1161 01:26:03,552 --> 01:26:05,347 [ Boing! ] 1162 01:26:11,491 --> 01:26:14,218 It wasn't very good. 1163 01:26:14,321 --> 01:26:16,496 But a few people came. 1164 01:26:16,599 --> 01:26:19,671 I even had a question and answer session afterwards. 1165 01:26:19,775 --> 01:26:22,605 Any-- Any questions? 1166 01:26:32,028 --> 01:26:34,065 Oh, well. 1167 01:26:34,169 --> 01:26:37,102 Thanks for coming. 1168 01:26:37,206 --> 01:26:40,830 Gilbert: Yes. 1169 01:26:40,934 --> 01:26:42,970 I've got one. 1170 01:26:45,352 --> 01:26:49,391 Do you believe in magic? 1171 01:27:01,299 --> 01:27:03,543 Gilbert? 1172 01:27:03,646 --> 01:27:05,027 Yes. 1173 01:27:05,130 --> 01:27:07,823 It's me. 1174 01:27:07,926 --> 01:27:10,964 I walked across that desert. 1175 01:28:10,713 --> 01:28:14,061 Grace: It took me a while to believe Gilbert was alive. 1176 01:28:18,721 --> 01:28:21,103 [ Glass shatters, Gilbert grunts ] 1177 01:28:21,206 --> 01:28:23,726 Grace: How he'd escaped the fire. 1178 01:28:27,696 --> 01:28:30,733 And how his ashes were nothing more than... 1179 01:28:30,837 --> 01:28:33,391 ashes. 1180 01:28:33,495 --> 01:28:37,326 His urn now found a new purpose. 1181 01:28:40,433 --> 01:28:43,643 The cycle of life continued 1182 01:28:43,746 --> 01:28:47,543 and your job was done, Sylvia. 1183 01:28:48,924 --> 01:28:53,031 We were all finally free of our cages. 1184 01:28:57,139 --> 01:29:00,763 And even though our family had shrunk a little... 1185 01:29:02,627 --> 01:29:05,492 ...we were together again. 1186 01:29:11,326 --> 01:29:15,399 With only one thing left to release. 1187 01:29:19,679 --> 01:29:21,405 [ Tink! ] 1188 01:29:22,992 --> 01:29:27,583 Gilbert still smelt like burnt matches. 1189 01:29:27,687 --> 01:29:31,691 The setting sun tingled our skin, 1190 01:29:31,794 --> 01:29:34,418 our two souls, 1191 01:29:34,521 --> 01:29:37,800 and our single heart. 1192 01:29:54,230 --> 01:29:59,615 ♪ Alouette, gentille Alouette, Alouette, je te plumerai ♪ 1193 01:29:59,719 --> 01:30:04,724 ♪ Alouette, gentille Alouette, Alouette, I will pluck you ♪ 1194 01:30:04,827 --> 01:30:07,140 ♪ I will pluck your head, I will pluck your head ♪ 1195 01:30:07,243 --> 01:30:11,006 ♪ I will pluck your head, I will pluck your head ♪