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Oh, no!

What'd I do?

Every day I do my best, do my best, do my best to prepare all my lessons for

school day.

Though I need to pass my test, pass my test, pass my test, something ever soon

will get right in my way.

It may be a buzzing fly or an apple that I spy that distracts me from my good

intention. How I wish that someone else, someone else, someone else would come

along to give my schoolwork some attention.

Quiet! I can't think with all that noise!

Oh, shit!

John gives me 15 more.

How many pairs do I have?

Unknown?

Bless you.

Tell me, gnome, is it true that you can do magic?

Make roses bloom in winter? Or turn princes into frogs?

I can do anything.

Can you even do my homework?

Of course I can.

Just open the lid.

Uh -uh. First do my homework.

Homework? Take a look, gnome. It's done.

What have you done, gnome?

My teacher will never believe I wrote this neatly.

Why doesn't John just keep his old pairs?

Stop worrying. I know how to fix it.

Release me from this trunk.

Perfect. Now.

Release me from this trunk.

Uh -uh.

Not yet.

Now, let me think.

What else can you give me?

Gold? Jewels?

Or how about food? How about a giant feast of all my favorite things?

Or maybe... Oh, no, you don't.

Not yet.

Oh, please, Nils. Let me go.

I'll do anything you want me to do.

All right.

But are you sure a gnome can do absolutely anything?

Of course. If you can do anything, my wish is to be like you.

All right, but first, let me go.

Well, you won't trick me.

Gnomes never lie.

Here's your wish.

over the question.

Shame on you.

I'm sure he must have crashed.

No doubt.

I'm afraid he's probably dead by now.

Geese, hush up now. And look.

It's the red goose.

He's not dead after all.

A white goose?

Please, oh, great goose leader Aka, I beg of you.

Allow me to stay with your flock and go north with you for the summer?

You've survived great adversity.

And so I will allow it. But what is this with you?

This is a friend.

Why, he's human.

But very small.

From a small boy can come big trouble.

I'm afraid your friend has to leave.

Allow him to stay.

Please, Arca.

One night.

He is ill and could die of the cold.

All right.

I'll let him stay.

But tomorrow, in the morning, off he goes, never to return.

Can't catch me.

Can't catch me. Come on.

Come on.

I hope I can swim, Fox.

No, too bad.

Mills, you did it. You did it.

Oh, very well done, young man. Very good job. I am very impressed with you.

You have saved our route. As the first human boy to ever help us, I am going to

allow you to fly north with us.

Welcome to our flock, human.

my home, my father, my mother.

There's no one to feed me.

And I'm so hungry.

What do you have, Mortine?

Acorns? Where'd you find these?

A mother squirrel.

She gave them to me.

I hope you told the mother thank you.

I forgot.

Mortine, how thoughtless of you.

Thoughtless? Where are you going?

The woods.

To find some more acorns.

Thoughtless? Indeed.

He should take a look at himself.

He never once said thank you to me.

Don't worry about him.

Don't worry.

You, he says, are a coward.

The squirrel didn't say thank you.

She needs his thank you very much. Thank you, Nilsen. Thank you.

If you need my help, no one can help me except the gnome.

What gnome are you talking about?

Come closer.

Nils.

Who can say where goes the gnome? No one knows

where goes the gnome.

But try to guess. Oh, be my guest.

The gnome will bathe and...

I love

to swim and

dive. Yes!

Refreshing. Oh, boy. That was refreshing.

Refreshing. Oh, boy. That was refreshing.

Now to dress and find some acorns.

I forgave your teasing a long time ago.

But the problem is that when I bewitched you, I was very angry. And so the spell

is too strong for me to take it up.

Then I'll be small?

Like this forever?

No, not forever, I think. Perhaps someday.

Someday when?

When someday?

When one little stick with nine holes will destroy... Destroy a whole

army when a royal king will take off his hat and you will still

remain in one.

When... No. You'll discover what the third condition is

after you've fulfilled the first two.

Oh, poor Nils must be lost in the woods.

I shouldn't have let him go.

Not all by himself.

Martine, where are you going?

To the woods.

To search.

Someone's coming this way.

Who is it, Akka?

It's Armani, the stork.

He's lived for many years in the eaves of this castle.

I am happy to see you, Mr. Armani.

Dear Madam Akka, a disaster has befallen the many lodges of this castle.

An army of huge rats has surrounded the place.

This is

no time for tears, Mr. Armony. We can't lose a

minute. Do you know how to fight off an entire army of rats?

No, but... My grandmother told me of a magic book that's hidden somewhere

the castle.

That's right. That book should tell us just how to get rid of the rats.

It does?

But do you have a scholarly goose in your flock who can read such a book?

Yes, I certainly do.

Well, not a goose exactly, but he is a scholar.

Let me start at the top.

Ten thousand easy solutions for everyday

puzzles and problems.

Period. Period.

Introduction. How to find out the truth.

Not interested.

Go ahead.

How to conquer the world.

Not interested.

Who needs to know that?

Go ahead.

How to get rid of rats and mice.

Page 101.

Up, please.

Whoa.

Keep turning.

Keep turning.

Keep turning.

Stop.

How to get rid of mice and rats.

Did he say mice and bats?

Here.

Когда дому угрожают крысы, мышам лучше помалковать. Читай дальше,

Нильс. Способ номер один.

Чтобы раз и навсегда избавиться от крыс и мышей, лучше всего

приобрести молодого здорового кота.

Кота? Он у нас всех птенцов передушит.

of rats with the help of a flute made magic upon the advice of this book.

That's what we want. A magic flute.

My gray warriors, just look at all this grain. Enough to last a lifetime.

It's ours now that we own this basement.

But it's not enough.

We must take over the whole castle.

We must have it all.

Hey, let the shark get the snake.

We'll take another hunt.

I want to talk to you.

I have to figure something out.

Listen, Martine.

Yesterday I fulfilled the gnome's first condition.

So now can I go to sleep?

Wait, Martine.

Here's what he said.

Using one small stick with nine holes in it, I must defeat an

entire army of warriors by myself.

I did that.

First condition.

condition. Is that a king must take over town while I remain alone.

Don't be so stiff, metal face.

Ah, you're no help at all.

Of course.

Running

from something?

Yes, a bronze statue.

Let me help.

I am the tavern's wooden statue.

Rosenbaum, my dear, you may hide in here.

Thank you.

Who are you?

I'm Rosenbaum, your majesty. I used to be the bosun in charge of your royal

fleet. I died a hero in battle.

You are a brave soldier, Rosenbaum.

Thank you for that, my king.

My king?

Oh, no. I should think before I speak.

Tell me, Rosenbaum, did a tiny little rascal with the manners of a monkey run

this way?

Yes, he did, your majesty.

Yes, he did.

Yes, he did.

Oh, no. He's telling... I'm dead.

Where is the scoundrel? He came by, then ran on, uh,

um, toward the old shipyard.

You will help me find him, Rosendahl, but he cannot lose a single moment. I

be back at the square by real block. I dare not be late.

And so... Forgive me, please, Your Majesty. I am old and tired.

And should not eat my food.

Look there.

You can see even now that she was once a royal ship of great men.

Let's give her one last salute in honor of her glory.

But you can't do anything about it. Look at the clock tower.

It's 2 .59.

Soon it'll be 3 o 'clock.

Very bad luck, you know.

I'm just so happy about how things turned out.

Rosenthal, the condition's fulfilled.

The king took off his hat.

Well, I have remained in one.

And that's how it happened, Martine.

That's when the king took off his hat and I was left in Rosenbaum's hat.

Oh, why did the gnome tell me what the last condition is?

If only I knew, I'd fulfill it.

Then I would grow big and I could go home again.

Nils, stop worrying.

We'll live. You'll see.

If you're lucky.

You'll discover what it is before we return home in the winter.

is your home.

It's time to return now, Nils.

No, Akka, I can't go home. Not like this. Look at me. My poor parents.

I only hope they're well. I'll find out. You stay.

I'll go home and see your parents, then fly back.

Before you know it. Oh, Martine, that would be great.

And when you return, we'll continue going south.

Together.

Mr.

Noam, it's you.

Hello, Nils.

Hello. The time has come for you to learn of the last condition.

You will be normal again when your very best friend, whom you've come to

love, will be served at the table with cabbages and apples.

No.

No, I don't want that. If I'd known he'd be eaten, I never would have... sent

him away.

Remember, Nils, for every action, there's a consequence.

Stop, Martine.

Come back.

Look, father.

Martine is back.

Martine, where have you been?

Did you fly north?

The North is nothing.

You should have seen how Nils and I defeated an entire army of rats.

And how we tripped a fuck and then we... Got you, my teen.

You will not fly away now.

I must think.

I'm here.

I'll free you in a minute. Hold on.

Danger! Fly away!

Hurry! Fly away!

What have you done, Nils?

I let my friend go.

Didn't you understand what I told you?

I'd rather stay small than let my very best friend be eaten for dinner.

You will not stay small, Nils. Instead, you will be rewarded for using your mind

to think of a way to save the silly goose who has become your friend.

Now,

my boy, remember, always think before you act.

Even Martine is back.

But Nils...

No, Father.

I think that we will never, ever see our boy.

Think again.