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- I hope we can find this house. - So do I.

Otherwise, we're...

Whatever we do, I hope we get there soon, 'cause I can't take it.

This is where we heard the white-throated sparrow.

I wonder if we we'll hear it again.

I just heard it.

Oh!

It's over there in the woods.

Constance hadn't seen the house for more than 80 years

it was where she'd spent the best summers of her childhood.

She had persuaded us

that it would take only a small detour to find it.

The detour turned into something completely unexpected.

♪ Let me hear you whisper ♪

♪ That you love me too ♪

♪ Keep the love light shining ♪

♪ In your eyes so blue ♪

♪ Let me call you sweetheart ♪

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

♪ Let me call you sweetheart ♪

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

♪ Let me hear you whisper ♪

♪ That you love me too ♪

♪ Keep the lovelight shining ♪

♪ In your eyes so blue ♪

♪ Let me call you sweetheart ♪

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

Please, please , please. Please.

Please!

Pop the hood.

Would you pop the hood.

Somebody pop the hood!

Aaaah!

Drat!

Doggit!

Are you okay?

What happened?

She tripped.

I don't believe I'm walking around in the woods with these old...

This has got to be a sight for sore eyes.

What you talking about up here.

Wait for me!

We'll go and find your dream house... hopefully.

We are getting close...

I can tell it's going to be dream house.

There you are, Constance.

No, that's not it.

- We' re staying here no matter what. - We are?

Yes, we are.

- Can we get in? - We can get in, I'm quite sure we can get in there now.

Can you see anything?

No, it's empty.

There's nothing in there.

Looks fairly miserable, doesn't it?

It does.

Goodness me!

Bit ghosty, isn't it?

I can see a light over there.

Is that a door?

Could be.

Is it a door?

It looks like a door. Let's go around and have a look.

The powerful Katrinka.

Kick!

Ah, okay, come on in.

Thank you.

Nothing. Empty.

What a dump!

What are you looking for?

Tested the battery.

Oh, what's that down here?

That's the oil stick.

I don't think you've got any oil.

Have we?

How much have we got?

- Some. - What's some? Show me.

There.

That's all we have?

How are we going to get out of here? Even if you can fix it.

Oh, that's sort of enough. That's not the problem.

I hope there's no skunks in here.

No tramps.

Nothing'd surprise me after the mess...

There's a nice bucket.

- Isn't it? - Yes.

Might come in handy for something, eh?

Can you get over there?

- Oh, look what I found. - What've you found?

A two mattress.

That's good for two of us tonight.

Maybe three.

Oh, look at this.

Isn't it beauti...

Somebody's handiwork in the old days, eh?

Cor.

- Isn't that nice? - Yes.

That's a good-looking jug.

It's beautiful.

This is more awkward than I thought it would be.

It's hard work.

Is it getting heavier?

Who suggested doing this?

Was it you, Winnie?

We want something to lie on, don't we?

- It was Winnie. - Pardon?

We want something to lie on.

You all right, Alice?

- Yeah, I'm coming. - OK.

Remember talking about tramps before?

Did you happen to hear about the two ladies that went

into the wood after a tramp? - No.

But he got away.

He got away.

That was a bit of hard luck, wasn't it?

For the tramp.

- For the lady, you mean. - Yeah.

Uh-huh.

...and for the tramp.

Heavy?

Well, it's just awkward, you know?

Uh-huh.

- You all right? - Oh.

How long do you think it's going to take, now?

You don't happen to have an emery board, do you?

Um, let me see.

Ah, you're lucky.

- Don't lose it... - Thank you.

It's the only one I have.

Oh, flies are killing me.

You don't love the country?

Not really.

I like the city.

I grew up in the woods.

So, where did you find this?

Down in them sheds...

where we were working.

You know what that is?

I think it's the goddess of love.

What do you think?

What do you think, Winnie?

Have a guess.

Well, you could take nails out with it...

Much worse.

Much worse? You all kind of kinky. Give me it.

Look like a old athlete.

You think it's funny.

It looks funny to me. Don't you think?

What you do with it isn't funny.

- What you do with it isn't funny? - No.

What you think?

I know it's the goddess of something.

What is it?

It's a boot jack.

A what?

- A boot jack? - A boot jack, yes.

A piece of 19th century pornography.

- You know how she works? - How?

Well, just imagine you're a man with muddy boots.

You put one foot on her face, wham.

He takes the other foot and he jams it between her legs...

Oh, what a thrill...

Cissy, what are we gonna do with you?

Here you are, you found it.

You found it, you keep it.

Oh, what a thrill.

What are we going to do with you.

- Send me home. - OK.

Wish we could, kid.

- Does it hurt? - Yes.

We're gonna try this one here.

This is what they call it shiny leaf.

- That's supposed to help. - It's cold.

That's okay. It won't stay cold too long.

That's why it's good because... the swelling will go down.

- Who gave you this remedy? - My grandmother.

- Your grandmother? - Yep.

My grandmother always make her own medicine.

Doesn't believe in doctor.

- She doesn't? - No.

How does it feel now?

Cold.

Well, that's alright,

you're not gonna die.

Up a little bit.

Hurts?

That's it.

Now, remember, don't walk.

Come on Cissy, love, let's see what you've got left from your picnic.

There isn't much, Winnie.

- No, eh? - No.

I've nearly ate 'em all.

What's that?

Thar jellies.

- Thar onions, look. - Oh!

That's nice.

Stink the place out!

I thought I had a roll. It's gone.

I must have eaten it.

I guess you did.

And an orange.

Well, what's left of my sandwich...

- An egg... - One egg.

Cookies.

And a mango.

Tomatoes and cucumbers.

And an apple.

That's all I have.

That's not so bad.

How are we are going to manage with that? I wonder for how long.

Have you got anything, Michelle?

Not really.

I thought I was going by the stop in, buy my lunch.

Anyway, I got this.

- Big deal. - Is that all?

Well, look, hindsight is 20-20.

Who's that?

Catherine.

Oh god, it's you.

Hello, everybody.

...bringing...?

Good news?

No.

Well...

I found a lot of things that weren't wrong with it.

Did you fix it?

The whole truth.

No. I'll have to go back tomorrow.

So, we're going to be stuck here for another day?

- Yeah? - Yeah.

It's very nice.

This is a beautiful bunch of flowers.

Wonderful.

I always have trouble with jugs.

- Yes... why? - I don't know.

This has a design on it. It looks like a...

Yes, it has some kind of classical design. - Yes.

Now here's a little dead bird.

- What does it say? - Killed by a cat.

- Did he kill it to eat it? - No, no, they leave it for me to paint.

It's very nice of them.

What do you do, you tell the cat: "go and kill me a bird..."

You ordered them.

Yeah.

Look at that beautiful little creature here.

That's a male.

It's a common Yellow...

Yellowthroat.

Yellowthroat.

Song sparrow.

It'll never sing again.

And it was the yellow, was just like, jewel-like.

Death is around us everywhere.

That's the way life is.

And look, isn't this pretty?

Beautiful.

Very precious little book.

Must be very satisfying.

You know, I had a small talent that I didn't develop.

I made pictures of my children when they were little

that were very good, very good likeness.

You see, I did go to the art school.

I went to École des Beaux-Arts, briefly.

And then, ah,

I had a child and I stayed home, looked after my baby.

Busy breeding and mating and breeding.

You want it piled up in back?

That's it.

I think that will do, don't you?

With this cover...

How high?

There we go, I think that will do.

Very funny.

- Yeah, that's okay. - It is?

Yeah, are you okay?

Well, I've got the mattress.

Are you sure you can cut in seven pieces?

I'm not sure at all...

Here we go.

Ah!

Well, you could give me one right away, I'm hungry-

Gee, thank you.

This is it, for a while.

That's all we gonna have?

Well, for the moment.

We can have an orange.

Each a seventh of an orange.

Well let's eat this then...

Mmm.

It's so good.

Good, uh?

Iawekon.

Iawekon.

Iawekon? Good .

Hm...

Apple?

Sewahio wane.

Hm... is it?

It's longer than you think.

A short word is long and long word is short.

Alice.

Alice...

Are you awake?

I'm awake.

I can't sleep 'cause somebody's snoring.

I think it's Mary.

Hm-mm. Could be.

Do you hear the frogs, their singing?

They sound nice.

Are you afraid of frogs?

No, I like them.

I am.

I guess because when I was young,

When I was a little girl...

Hm-mm.

We used to go frog hunting.

Hm-mm.

We'd catch them and then they'd cut their legs.

We skinned them and then we cook.

Did you kill them first?

I chopped down their legs, so many frogs

maybe that's why today I'm so damn afraid of them.

Now if I see one on the road there,

I'll never go past there.

Think their ghosts have come back to haunt you?

Very funny...

Hm-mm.

Well, I'm going to try to sleep now.

In a manner of fashion I frowned

Till the world seemed to smile all around

Till it wilted I wore it

I'll always adore it

My sweet little Alice blue gown

I once had a gown it was almost new

A sweet little...

A sweet little gown of sweet Alice blue

With pretty forget-me-nots placed here and there

When I had it on I walked in the air

and it wore

Aaaah!

Calm and tranquil lies the sheep fold

when the Shepherds... da dum, da dum, da dum...

Calm and tranquil lies the sheep fold, when the ...

Shh...

- Do you want to go to sleep? - Not really.

- Shepherds. Do you not know that? - Shepherd Watch or something like that.

Shepherd Watch. You do know it.

Well I mean, it sounds like that's what the next word should be.

Do you think?

Sometimes.

Our love! Is a real love!

Whooo!

Ooh.

I got the hint.

So what do you do? You got any kids?

No, I'm not married... to anybody.

Anybody?

You sound so mysterious! Whooo-hoo.

I don't mean to...

I'm married to God.

Ah... a nun! Ah...

You a nun?!

Oh, come on!

See, that's why I didn't want to use the word.

Shh...

Shh... now you trying to quiet me down.

Come on, what's it like being a nun?

Heavenly...

- Isn't that what you wanted me to say? - Not really.

Well, if you really want an explanation of how you manage...

First of all... you have to pray a lot.

Second, you have to be called to it or it doesn't work.

And, uh, you don't choose it, dear,

you don't choose it.

And those that choose it, don't last.

And god doesn't come down,

tap you on the shoulder and say:

"Get you to a nunnery." It was Shakespeare.

But when you're driven to it because you just...

you have to have something deeper, and you have to have something richer

and you have to have something more meaningfull and...

What do you do for fun?

Do I seem sad to you?

You seem kind of...

Pardon?

Ah, I'm trying to find the right word.

How'd you do that?

Let yourself go!

Catherine...

Beth...

It's okay, it's okay,

it's okay.

Catherine, are you awake?

Yes.

I can't go to sleep.

I'm worried about...

this thing... I brought you into and I'm sorry...

Did you hear that noise in the wood?

Can you hear?

I can hear.

It's probably just somebody who belongs there, like a bear.

I bet everybody's furious with me.

Nobody.

I'm going to fix the bus.

And you shouldn't feel bad.

Sleep.

I'll try to sleep.

A big day ahead tomorrow.

It'll be interesting.

What did you say? I didn't hear.

It'll be interesting.

Well, I suppose.

Let's go to sleep.

Yes, let's go to sleep.

Watch it there, kid.

You all right, Winnie?

This is possibly the worst night I've ever had.

Mind you don't get splinters, Mary.

I'm watching.

I think it's nice here.

OK.

Over there...

- What can you see? - Can you hear that one that was singing?

- No. - He's over there.

Is he?

Whereabouts?

To the left?

It's at the very top of one of those bare bushy things.

Oh...

Lost him!

- Pardon? - I lost that one.

Yes, and... and he was so plain, wasn't he?

I'm saying he, it might be a she.

- If it sings, it's a he. - Oh, is it really?

There are very few female birds that sing,

which is one of those sad things. - Oh, I didn't know that.

But every now and then, there's a kind of a bird that

they sing duets, the two of them.

Oh, lovely...

- Tropic. African, I think. - Yes.

Do you live alone, Mary?

No... Well, I do at the moment, yes, but

I've spent a lot of my life living with... with other women.

Do you? Not a man friend?

- Never a man, never a man. - Oh, why not?

Oh, you know, Cissy, I'm a lesbian.

I don't really like to...

Men don't interest me all that much.

I've had my little experiments but it didn't work.

It didn't work? Oh, dear...

I get along better with women.

Women... Oh, that's good.

Oh, look, there's one, look at that big bird, there.

♪ A mighty fortress is our god ♪

♪...

♪...

Did it alter your life in any way?

You know, you turning one to the other?

I didn't exactly turn.

I was always the same thing all along.

- It was very hard in my generation. - Was it?

We were the secret generation.

You weren't ashamed of it, were you?

Well, of course I...

- You had to be, back then. - Yes, you had to hide it.

It's hard not to be when everybody disapproves of you.

Yes. Hid behind the closet door.

That's right!

And did you write about it?

Oh, I did... but not until I was 60 years old.

Then I started talking and now I can't stop. - Good idea.

Why should you stop?

Why should I?

I think everybody's life is more or less interesting.

It's a drama.

It's a drama, yes.

Yours is, isn't it?

Well, parts of it... I've had a good life, really.

Is it true that you had a stroke?

Oh, yes, I had a cerebral.

You'd never know it.

No, no, I know.

You're living...

- You're a miracle. - So they say. - What happened?

Well, I was lay flat in the hospital for weeks and...

Well, it seemed like a lifetime.

And then one day I realized...

I was counting the panes in the hospital.

And I thought to myself: 'this won't do, I got to get up'.

But you were paralysed, weren't you?

I couldn't talk and I had problems with walking.

But my husband helped me.

He was lovely.

You had to learn how to do everything all over again.

I've never been able to knit since.

You know knitting? I haven't been able to knit since.

- But you can do everything else. - Oh, yes.

- Garden... Garden, everything...

And look after two babies: Alicia and Nicholas.

So you do... your grandchildren.

Oh, they're lovely.

They're my life.

And my son, of course.

See any more?

- No. - No?

They've all gone home.

♪ One created love ♪

Hmmm... dah, dut, dut, dah, dut, dut, dah, dut....

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

I used to work in a cigarette factory when I was 14.

And they had all these machines.

I guess they're different now. Everything's computerized now. But then

they had the cigarettes coming out all in one long stream.

They went chop, chop, chop, chop. Then they go down and get into a packet

and they used to slap them on racks and fill 'em up, fill 'em up.

You gotta be fast.

Oh, yeah, put your thing there, grab one, put it there.

Grab a label, stick it on...

like that and stick it down. And turn it upside down.

I bet that's when you learned how to smoke.

- No, we weren't allowed any cigarettes. - No?

In fact, they used to search us as we came out to see if we'd pinched any. - Ohh.

They'd take a batch of people coming out and they'd run their hands down you. Frisk you.

Now the men were allowed so many a week but the women weren't.

When my husband and I broke off, and I had my daughter.

Well, I had to work to support her. So I went to work at distilleries

where they...

Get any free samples?

No, sir!

And that was a sleepy job.

Sleepy?

Oh my god. What my job was, they gave me two cheesecloth wet,

and as the bottles come in on the conveyer

I had to wipe them and put a little ribbon on and a label.

And sometimes I'm half sleeping there.

I didn't work there too long. I couldn't take it.

There you are, Alice.

What are those?

This is for my blood pressure, and this is for my water.

Oh, I got some like that.

- The same kind? - Similar.

That's soon gone.

It went down.

Now it's your turn, Mary.

And what are you taking the tablets for?

This is blood pressure, the other is aches and pains.

Everything is covered.

Where's your aches and pains?

All over, Cissy. It's that night on the floor.

Well, you will go out on the tiles, won't you?

Ha ha.

I'm supposed to take this one after breakfast

but it doesn't look as though we're gonna have any breakfast.

So I suppose I'd better take it now.

Mmm, beautiful aren't they?

Aren't they pretty colours?

- I have a dress that colour blue. - Have you?

Yeah. Everybody likes it. I like it too.

What are you taking them for?

Oh, I have a little heart trouble.

It makes it all right.

Good.

Thank you.

Constance!

Constance!

When I say "now", loudly, then do it.

Did you hear me?

When I say "now".

There he is...

Now!

Missed. Got away again.

Missed.

Try another.

Try another.

This is the way bears stun salmon. Did you know that?

No, I didn't. That's clever.

One, two, three... Go!

Missed.

It didn't work.

Lovely here.

Reminds me of when I was a little girl.

I used to do what we're doing right now, wading round the beach. Yes.

Isn't it marvellous?

Doesn't it make you feel great?

I feel happy here, don't you?

In a way.

If our problems are solved, we still have problems.

True.

Well, it makes me feel happy.

Even if it's only for a very short while.

So, you only have one child?

Yeah, I got a daughter and she's married.

Any kids?

She's got three growing up children.

One is married, and...

- Well, let's go on this side now. Let go. - Ok.

This is way too strange. If my parents could see me now.

So, would you be doing this if you were at home?

Oh, no, heavens, not this. Maybe I'd be eating club sandwich right now.

Club sandwich?

Ok, put one in here, at the bottom. One.

- One right here? - Yeah, the bottom.

- I know my daughter's swimming right now. - Do you?

Yeah, we got a big swimming pool in the back.

When we get back, come and visit me.

Really?

Yeah, and bring your... and bring your bathing suit.

Now, hold this.

We put one more.

This looks kind of funny.

Well, it's all right.

As long as the fish goes in there.

Now...

What do you think?

You think it's going to work?

What do you think?

Well, we're got to try.

Let's put it.

- Ouch! - It hurts?

Of course it hurts.

Let me see.

This way.

Now we're gonna try put...

Can you hold it like that?

Now... in the middle...

Don't cover it up.

Okay, now look, also leave it like that...

How is it?

It's all right.

I'm going to try to put some rocks in here.

I mean, I'm just the way I was when I was a child.

I remember my friends, they would never tell a dirty joke in front of me, because he's here.

And I never knew why they did that.

I envy all you people here because you're so vivacious.

Able to say things so easily.

- Well, why can't you? - I find I can't.

I never could.

Give yourself a chance, Beth...

How much longer have I got? Time is not on my side anymore.

Well then, take off your shoes...

You've got all your buttons buttoned up...

- I'll undo this little button. - ... let yourself go.

- Shall I tell you why I keep this buttoned? - Why?

- I don't want my wrinkled neck to show. - Oh, please!

Look, you take something off, I'll take something off...

Well, I took my jacket off, I thought I was being...

This has got to go.

- You mean this wig? - It has got to go.

I've tried to go out without the damn thing...

Why don't you let me tie it up in a scarf, like I have mine?

- If I had as much hair as you have... - Don't worry about it.

I wouldn't need anything, I wouldn't need a wig or a scarf.

Come on...

I don't think so...

Why, Beth?

Oh... I don't know.

I may surprise you any minute, though.

Shock me.

Would it be a shock?

Okay, I'll shock you.

It looks beautiful.

- No it doesn't, look at the bald spot... - Yes it does.

So what?

Look. I mean look, how old are you?

I know that's personal too but I mean, what do you expect?

you look good for your age. - You want me to tell you?

- You look great. - I'm 80.

You're 80 years... I hope I'll look like that when I get 80. I mean honestly.

- You do? - I really do.

You couldn't ask for more.

- Let me see the scarf... - Don't try it.

I haven't got any hair to do that with.

All you do is tie it right here.

It'll look worse.

No it won't, try it.

I'm not going to try it.

I did enough.

Don't get mad with me.

I look like an old lady this way.

Fantastic!

Beth, you're too much.

- No. - You're too much.

You just don't seem like you've had a hard life. I just cannot visualise it.

I started work...

I left school when I was 14.

I was earning more than my father was earning, because I was fast.

I wanted to make money for my mother to have a little extra, you know, for food.

So I never had a formal education.

- Does that bother you? - Yes, it does.

- Does it make you feel inferior? - Yes.

It really does.

But I can't help that.

You could've went back to school if that really bothered you.

- When? - Whenever... I didn't have the opportunity or the chance.

I wanted to get married and have children.

How many children do you have?

Well, unfortunately...

No, not unfortunately. I did have a son, but unfortunately, he died.

And that's been the bane of my existence.

I've never been happy since that.

- How old was he? - He was 27.

27... How did he die?

He was very ill...

I don't even want to talk about it.

It's still too painful.

And so I've done the best that I can with what I had left.

And so it goes.

This is the pits.

Winnie!

Yes, Mary?

You see anything down there?

A lot of water.

What are you sketching?

I'm drawing you catching a big fish.

You might wait a long time.

Show it to me when it's finished.

Sure...

If it ever is finished.

They do say that if it's not quite finished,

it leaves the rest to the imagination. It's very good.

The art of leaving things out.

Oh dear, I think I'm batting a sticky wicket here.

Let's try the wet grass.

Ok, see what's going to happen.

Put it out that way, won't you?

- No... - Smoke.

- Shows you how much I know... - We want the smoke, huh?

More?

That's a nice sound.

You have to wet the grass.

What do you think we'll do with the blanket?

- Use the whole thing or what? - Do we need to? Because we got...

- Oh you want the fire like that... - Now's the time to use it, the smoke is...

Ok, shall I hold a part of it?

I guess, eh?

- Doesn't it have to be wet, Alice? - I don't think so...

look at that flame, eh?

- It's all guesswork anyway. - Strange.

I thought if you...

Excuse me, Alice.

- Hold it like that and just kind of... - No, no, tip it over.

You hold it, Beth.

You hold it one end, don't you bother, kid.

Hold it like this.

No, you got to put it up like this...

- Just flip it over... - Up and down.

That's a flip, isn't it?

You cover it, then whip it off.

No, no, no, no...

Put it on top... put it down...

I'll count three and... One, two, three...

Slow.

Oh, slow.

Did it work?

Not really.

I thought it did do...

Did it go up? Are you sure?

It went down...

It went down but it didn't come up.

- Try again. - There's so much wind.

One, two, three...

How is it?

Good.

Are you sure?

Did it go up?

Not exactly... I'm afraid.

Again or not?

Constance seems like she's, uh... sleeping her life away.

- Sleeps a lot, doesn't she? - Sure does.

She seems so...

unhappy.

I guess she is.

She says she was born to be happy...

but became unhappy.

I think she's afraid of dying.

And so am I.

Hm.

Maybe she could be happy if she wanted to enough.

I think all the desire's left.

Ha... Ha! Ha! Ha!

Do you hear that?

What?

The bus! The bus!

We're goin'... we're getting out of here.

I don't believe it! I don't believe it!

She did it...

Oh, rock-o!

Ha! Ha! Ha!

Constance, she did it!

We're going home!

Beth, she did it!

We're going home! Yay!

Winnie, Cissy, she saved the bus!

Mesdames, your carriage awaits.

Wait, wait, wait. Why don't you turn the bus around first?

Ok.

- What did you say? - I asked her to turn the bus around.

So you're leaving at dawn?

Yeah.

I couldn't find my way tonight.

I've got to find something to eat.

Good luck.

I'm going to die pretty soon anyway.

So I'd rather die here than in a nursing home or a hospital.

I'm not going to die.

I'm going fishing.

I feel... awful sometimes.

- Is that the way you feel? - Yes.

Why?

Well, I've always got this fear of...

losing everything and being destitute.

And nobody wanting you.

You know, the fear, I mean?

Oh, you know...

You know, it's very sad when you think about that.

Especially when you're home alone and...

Yes... and...

Just thinking... Just thinking...

Yes, you think to yourself: "What am I gonna do?" "What am I gonna do?"

- Well, let's hope for the best. - Yes... Yes.

I'm sure our children will take good care of us.

Well, they've been very good up to now.

The only thing that hurts me is my great-grandson.

I would like to see when he grows up.

We'll be in another world I think, Alice.

And he's so smart now, you know?

- Not quite two and he's so smart. - Is he?

He comes to me and "do-da, do-da". Oh...

that hurts me sometimes.

But...

what can we do?

There's nothing we can do, Alice, nothing at all.

Makes me sad to think that...

something might happen to my boy.

- You always got that in your mind? - Yes, yes.

- How come? - I don't know.

I just think he was on loan to me, you know?

That's where it's bad, when you only have one child. - That's right.

I think the families that have two, three, or more...

See my son's got two.

If anything happens to one, well he has got another.

Yeah, well, don't feel bad, don't feel bad.

I do... I feel awful...

Ah, come on. Don't be sad.

Cry if you feel like crying, you'll feel better.

No, no, I mustn't cry.

You mustn't cry.

You okay?

I'm okay, Alice.

Are you okay?

I'm okay now.

Yes.

I feel better now that it came out.

Well, I guess we picked all the berries, huh? - Yeah.

How much do you have?

I've got about six, I think.

It won't go very far.

I think half is going in your mouth, too.

- There's one! - Oh yeah, see if you can catch it!

Ah, I got it!

There it goes!

There he is!

- I think I'm treading on it. - Oh, there he goes.

Got him!

I've got him, I've got him, I've got him.

Cover him up.

Oh, aren't you wonderful!

We're going to eat tonight!

I mean that.

Oh, my god.

Hold on, they're spades?

Supper for you. A rare delicacy.

Let's go.

And we caught them, you cook 'em.

- Oh! - Don't look.

It's alright, they can't get out.

He jumped.

Only half way.

People pay big money to eat that in restaurants, you know.

So there's nothing terribly shocking about it.

The only trouble is we have to kill them, this is a bad thing.

- Now who's going to do the killing? - Not me.

Don't look at me, I'm not doing it, forget it.

Somebody has to do it. We better draw lots.

If yous want to eat, help yourself.

- Oh, he's coming up! - I know.

I think if we draw the card, the high card will...

don't you think that's a good idea?

- Ok, do you agree with that? - Yes.

All right. Draw one.

Those poor things.

Cissy.

Queen. Looks like me.

- I've got a queen too. - They say the highest is the hearts.

Oh, we both do it. You and I.

All right.

They're very good. Congratulations.

- Tastes pretty good, huh? - Sure does. - Did you eat yours?

Best food I've eaten in a week.

Best I've eaten in a week.

- Is it? - Yes, it certainly is.

What was the last thing you cooked when you was home?

- You don't like it. - No I don't.

Back home in England?

Something out of that garden?

Just the idea of eating frogs legs, I can't...

They're a delicacy.

But I like frogs legs.

I like frog legs.

You do too, I can tell.

I never thought I would like them, did you?

I always liked them.

Yeah, you've had them once before, didn't you?

Do you like frogs legs? Want some?

- No, thank you. - You sure?

I'm sure.

You better eat something to keep up that strength.

- I don't want a frog leg. - Well, that's more for us.

I smell castor oil.

Is that what you're using?

Did you have to take that when you were little? - Mm.

Well, I don't think it's good for you inside.

But my therapist said it was excellent

as a poultice for arthritis.

My feet are arthritic.

And if I'm going to walk out tomorrow I need all the help I can get.

Catherine...

obviously your feet are not in good shape.

You've been working for hours on the bus

And you're the only one who's volunteered to walk out.

Do you thrive on ordeals?

No.

You don't have the habit of setting yourself tasks.

The long habit from being a nun.

Having tasks set for you.

I know what you mean.

Not really.

You, uh...

sometimes you do them because you want to live the life you want to live and...

you don't let yourself get stopped by things.

You can limp, you can sit down,

you can, uh...

Oh, I'll look for places along the road to paint.

I'll pray.

Um, I'll listen to my Walkman.

You do pray?

I mean, you might pray?

- I will pray. - See, I wouldn't pray.

Why not?

Well, I might wish. I mean I might say:

"Oh please, let my feet get me through this horrible thing".

Oh, please who?

- Please, my feet. - You'd pray to your feet--

Dear feet, get me through this horrible ordeal.

Mine don't obey that but, uh...

You have a secret...

I'd like to know what your secret is.

I'd never be able to walk 20, never 20 miles, ever.

You could do it if you had to.

I think you'll have to give me lessons in foot control.

♪ ♪...

You like that?

I like that very much.

Wiggle, Wiggle!

Hey, hey.

♪ ♪...

I remember one time when I was young,

me and my girlfriend, we were about maybe 16-17.

You know that we used to cross the CPR bridge,

the train bridge, to go to Lachine.

And, uh, we used to go dancing there.

Imagine that!

- CPR bridge, and they're that wide. - I know.

And you have to cross there.

Did you go on the tracks, or...?

And if the train's coming, there's only a little space there that you can sit there.

And the railways wait for it to go by, till the train passed.

The train would pass right here.

Imagine when you're young, what you can do.

Oh, we have a good time.

- You get home at 1:30? - About 1:30.

Close at 12.

Lucky you. I wasn't so lucky.

- Were you? - We'd get home at about 11.

The dance would start about 7.

They'd have two bands, one at each end of this huge ballroom in Liverpool. You remember?

- The Palais de danse? - Yes. - Oh, god.

And they never stopped.

And you took these long strides. You know English ballroom dancing?

- Oh, I know. - Good exercise.

- Wish I could do it now. - Great times.

I wish I could do it now.

When you first fell in love, how did you feel? How was your feeling?

Marvellous. Walking on air.

Lovely feeling. I think I'm rather fickle you know.

After about eight months, I can't stand them near me.

I'm not the marrying kind, I don't think.

How about you, first time you fell in love?

Oh, it was like... heaven.

I remember I used to dance with him,

I always thought I was alone on that dance floor with him.

- And I married the guy. - Oh, yeah.

- I was really in love. - Yeah.

It's not often you marry the one you first fall in love with...

But the funny thing is, you guys, as much as I loved him,

how much I hate him a the end.

Oh, that's sad.

Believe it or not, that's really true story.

That's a shame, eh?

But if you met a right guy today, would you fall in love with him now?

- I mean... - Right now? - Now, yes.

Do you think you...?

I suppose. Why not? Still got our, hopes, dreams...

You're still alive.

Ah, yes, definitely!

- It would be nice to meet someone... - I still like to be cuddled and kissed.

Why not, yes.

- I still have feelings. - Sure.

- I envy the youngsters, that. - Oh my god.

When I see a young fellow and girl--

I was watching one Saturday at the dance.

Were they in love!

Really in love, or just dancing?

I was watching, I wish I was 16, I think I'll do the same thing.

- It was so nice to watch them. - Yeah.

I was picturing myself at her place...

At her age. With a good-looking guy?

Oh, well, yeah.

The way they were looking at each other,

they could just eat each other.

I think you'd like some love today, the way you're talking. Am I right?

Ah, maybe if I get a right guy, yeah.

Of course.

How about you, Beth, you would too.

But then again, uh...

You don't lose interest just 'cause you're getting older.

Just talking about it makes me feel that I still could.

Well, I guess we could dream, huh?

Constance, there's the white throated sparrow.

Where?

In there. In the woods.

There it is.

I can't hear.

I can't hear it.

Is it still singing? Did it sing again?

Once. It doesn't sing very much, you know.

It sings its song and...

- It's not like... - It's singing.

You hear it? Yes.

I think I heard a faint sound, but I'm not sure.

I'd give anything to hear it again.

Wonderful bird.

Can you imitate it?

It goes like that.

Three sounds.

I wish it would start again.

[Distant voice]: Is anybody there?

We're alive!

We're alive.

Is anyone there, we're all alive.

We're all alive!

Hello,

Mary!

Hello, Alice!

Hello, Winnie!

Hello, Cissy!

Mary...

Yes?

It's so quiet, isn't it?

So quiet...

Oh, are you frightened?

No.

When was the time, you were most frightened

in your whole life?

During the war, I think.

It must have been terrible.

Oh, yes, it was.

You were in an underground shelter?

Yes, yes.

What was it like when the V-2s came over?

Well, it was a peculiar sound, really.

It was a bump, bump, bump...

Like a throbbing sound.

As though something was coming along in the air.

You know, like that.

- And then? - And then...

And then it would stop, and god help you.

You just kept your fingers crossed

that it was somewhere else, away from you.

It was just like firework night.

- We don't want any more of that, do we? - Never.

No.

Whole streets disappeared.

I'm off.

Well, my dear...

Good luck.

I'll need luck.

Now you take care.

- Good-bye. - Don't overdo it.

Au revoir.

Okay, girls, let's go for a walk.

Oh, don't go too far!

There's frogs over there, Alice.

The water is beautiful.

Ah, there's frogs all round!

Never mind the frogs!

Come on! Come and get me!

Come and get me!

Come on!

Not afraid, huh?

What about you?

You're looking for trouble, huh?

- You're coming back tomorrow. - Ah, this is nice...

- Come on. - No!

You bunch of chickens!

No!

Breathe... Stretch...

Breathe...

Stretch, down...

Stretch, down...

Isn't it peaceful here?

Where did you learn how to do this this, Win?

I was a belly dancer in my youth.

I got the tummy to show it.

Graceful... Very graceful.

Where did you learn this one?

Go, go, Cissy, get it moving!

Nice and slow but if you don't like to do it, don't do it.

- I like to do it. - I like it.

Get the knees going, get the knees going.

Stretch!

Aaah!

We've got some food! We've got some food!

Look what we've got: fish!

Now we're gonna eat!

Oooahg!

It's almost like chitlins...

Ahh... I don't want to touch them.

It's not gonna bite you.

This is the most wanted mushroom in the world.

People exclaim with joy when they see these.

You don't look very... you don't look as though you're dying to eat one.

No, no, I'm not very enthusiastic about those.

Sometimes you peel these.

I'll take it, I'll take it, I'll take it.

Would you like a king?

As soon as I throw this down...

Come on, girls.

Don't rush me, don't rush me! Don't... I don't want it.

Because you got two of the same there.

♪ Da Da Da Dah ♪

♪ La Laah Lah ♪

♪ It's a sin to tell a lie ♪

Who's turn is it?

♪ Millions ♪

♪ of hearts have been ♪

♪ broken ♪

I know why.

♪ Just because these words ♪

♪ were spoken ♪

♪ I love you, yes I do ♪ - I love ya, I love ya, I love ya.

♪ I love you ♪

♪ If you break my heart, I'll die ♪

I'll die!

You're knocking, Constance?

- Knocking. - Oh, yes.

- Oh, I've got one more chance. - Yeah, we all got one more chance.

- So be sure... - Oh boy!

♪ It's true ♪

♪ when you say I love you ♪

That's disgusting!

♪ It's a sin ♪

♪ to tell ♪

Ohh...

♪ A Lie ♪

- Boy, I'm 31 or something... - Aaah...

- Rock-o! - Something nice, kid.

- 30! - Pay girls, pay girls!

You don't have to pay if you have the same of uh...

Well, see how smart you were? You going to win.

What have you got, Constance?

King, jack, jack.

- You knocked on that? - I got 29.

But she's knocking, she's got nothing, she's got 11.

Constance, you've got to have three jacks.

I've got nothing.

She laughs, she laughs...

- I don't believe it. - If you had 3 jacks it would be 30, you see.

Beautiful sky, uh?

Yes.

Look at the stars.

There's millions of them.

Isn't there?

What do you think when you die, do you think there's heaven, or...?

Yes, I believe in it.

Yes, I do.

- Sometimes I think when you die, that's it. - Do you?

There's no heaven, there's no hell.

No, nothing at all?

You're burried and it's all over. - Oh, no.

Oh, I think there is.

I think there's something further on.

I like to think my husband's up there.

Watching me.

Laughing-

What a fool. What a fool I am.

Well, they say they're always watching us.

Yes.

Yeah, maybe.

What a beautiful moon.

Yes. And a beautiful night.

And all's well with the world.

We hope...

Mmm hmm...

It's Catherine.

Mary, Cissy, I'm here.

I made it!

Goodbye, house.

Alice, how do you say goodbye in mohawk?

Ó:nen ki' wáhi.

Ó:nen ki' wáhi.

Ó:nen ki' wáhi.

Ó:nen ki' wáhi.

Ó:nen ki' wáhi.

Ó:nen ki' wáhi.

Well, let's get going.