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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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ADULT TOM: ( NARRATING)
1941 was a momentous year
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in the history of the small
industrial city of Belfast.
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It's remembered
by many as the year
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war came to our shores,
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bringing horrific terror
and unimaginable destruction.
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But not for me,
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Tom Hall.
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And that's because the
contents of a wooden crate
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making its way across
the sea to our shores
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was about to make that year
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simply the most unforgettable
year of my life.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(BOAT HORN BLOWS)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(ELEPHANT GRUNTS)
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(BOAT HORN BLOWING)
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(TRUMPETS)
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(ELEPHANT TRUMPETING)
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The zoo is closed today,
ladies and gentlemen.
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(ALL GASP AND MUTTER)
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Yes, just while we settle
the elephant.
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Come back another day.
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No, no, you got no business
being here today.
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Off you go. Not today.
Not today, moppet.
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Moppet.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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(WHISTLING)
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(LOCK CLICKS, GATE CREAKS OPEN)
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(MAN CROONING ON RECORDING)
(TYPEWRITER CLACKING)
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Would you like to meet him?
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Come on.
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(GROANS AND SNARLS)
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He's perfect.
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(LAUGHS)
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Is he okay?
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(HEARTBEAT THUDS)
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Just fine.
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(ROARS GENTLY)
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(LAUGHS)
GEORGE: Oh.
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You're the first person
he's done that to.
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Got a special touch, eh?
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Chip off the old block?
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SHAWCROSS: Special touch indeed.
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This one's had a difficult
time where he's come from,
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and needs considerable
attention.
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And that's what we do best
here in Belfast Zoo.
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Sir, Tom has a name for him.
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TOM: Buster.
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Well, yes, I-I-I suppose
we needed someone to name him.
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Nobody better I'd say, eh, sir?
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Yes, quite, yes.
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Oh, well, very well, then.
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Carry on.
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(BUSTER SNARLS)
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(BIRDS TWEET)
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(SQUEAKS)
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(CHIRPING AND SQUAWKING)
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I knew you'd choose Buster.
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(RADIO DIAL TURNING)
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NEWSCASTER: (ON RADIO) Orders have been
issued this evening at 1600 hours
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as a precaution,
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calling up officers
and men of the Anti-Aircraft
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and coast defense units
of the Territorial Army.
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This is, as yet, not a measure
of general mobilization
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to include the Territorial Army.
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(CLOCK TICKING)
(AIR RAID SIREN WAILING)
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As a further precaution,
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officers and men on leave
from the Royal Air Force
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and the defense units
of the Auxiliary Air Force,
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and also the Observer Corps...
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(HEAVY BREATHING)
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(GIRL SOBBING SOFTLY)
(AIR RAID SIREN WAILS)
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There's no use crying.
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Every morning
we'll be doing this drill.
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I expect everyone
to be in attendance.
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Bombs or no bombs,
this school remains open.
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War does not halt education.
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Any questions?
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Uncle Hughie's going off
to win the war, sir.
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That's great, Peter.
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I'm sure there'll be
lots of men...
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Auntie Ethna says
she'll be glad at the peace.
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We all want peace.
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Oh, no, sir.
She means from Uncle Hughie.
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(KIDS SNICKER)
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Right. No more silliness now,
Peter.
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(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
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Have you not heard?
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(INAUDIBLE)
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We've been called up.
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I go Friday.
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This happened to me
when I was your age.
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My Grandpa Bill went off to war.
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He sat me down, too.
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I'll be coming home in no time.
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Grandpa didn't.
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Look after him for me,
won't you?
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(DOG BARKING)
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I'd say a couple of tons or so.
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He's just a small one.
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Still, you're in charge?
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Ow!
Ah!
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(BOYS LAUGH)
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So this is new elephant I heard
you lying all about, Hall?
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Leave him alone.
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You need a girl
to save you, Hall?
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JANE: Just leave him.
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VERNON: Or what?
You'll tell your DA?
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Piss-head the drunk.
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Classic.
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Well, Hall?
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I've been asked to look after
an animal too.
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TOM: What happened to it?
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We found it outside Wi...
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I killed it,
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what happened.
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Outside witch woman's house.
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She'll hardly miss
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one of her millions
of stinking animals.
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(BOTH LAUGH)
VERNON: Let's leave this weirdo.
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Oh, sorry. Sorry.
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(THUMPING OVERHEAD)
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CHARLIE: Oi, oi! Get
back here, you toe rag!
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TOM: Hi, Charlie!
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Hey, Adam. Hey, John.
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Hello, Tom!
Hello!
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(ALL SQUAWKING)
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(LION ROARS)
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Come here, Gilbert.
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Come on.
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That's it.
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Still got it, old boy.
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Hey. Hey.
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(CLAPS HANDS)
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(ALL GIBBERING)
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(GROWLS SOFTLY)
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Like that, don't you?
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SHAWCROSS: All right. Here we are.
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What are you doing in here?
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Oh, this is Jake.
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He's replacing your father.
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Apprentice vet, Lockleys.
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Nice to meet you.
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Here for Buster?
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Proper vet, Tom.
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Apprentice.
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(GROWLS)
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What's that?
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It's medicine.
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You allow him in here, sir?
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Dad said he's fine.
JAKE: Well...
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one a day keeps the doc away.
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Do you want me to...?
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This isn't some wee
pet rabbit, son.
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Now, give us our cloth.
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(ROARS AND SNARLS)
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Dad usually does it by...
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This one isn't backward
at coming forward.
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Dad always warms it up first.
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(BUSTER SNARLS)
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VERNON: Behind that door
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is a real-life witch.
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Listen.
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(ANIMALS SQUEAKING AND CHIRPING)
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Her house is full of stinking
animals and birds.
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And you know what?
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She keeps them for one reason.
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(CHOMPS) For eating.
(GASPS)
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She eats them birds,
rats, rabbits, the lot.
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Now you are going to throw that
against her door right now.
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Throw it.
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(ALL LAUGH)
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(MUTTERING)
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(CHILDREN LAUGHING DISTANTLY)
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(ANIMALS SQUEAKING)
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It's not safe out here,
little fella.
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Mrs. Austin?
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Hello?
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Hello, Mrs. Austin?
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(BIRD SQUAWKS)
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Shoo, bunny.
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(ANIMALS SQUEAKING AND CHIRPING)
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(BIRDS CLUCKING AND COOING)
Hello?
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Lovely ones.
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What...? Who are you?
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I'm... I'm Tom.
Tom Hall.
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Get out.
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Trespasser, get out.
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But your door pushed open.
It can't have. Get out.
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I was just returning
your guinea pig.
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You evil...
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No, I didn't.
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(MRS. AUSTIN GRUNTS)
I would never harm an animal.
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Mrs. Austin!
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I just thought
you'd like it back.
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(AIR RAID SIREN WAILS)
(CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
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(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
(NERVOUS CHATTER)
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(EXPLOSIONS RUMBLE)
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Not you again.
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But I've got money.
(COINS CHINK)
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(EXHALES)
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(COINS CLATTER)
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Hey.
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Go on. Enjoy them.
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Won't be here much longer.
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I was worried
about you last night.
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Were you frightened?
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(TRUMPETS)
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(DOOR OPENS)
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We've a lot to organize today.
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SHAWCROSS: Yes, I'm afraid so.
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Why aren't you at school?
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Are the animals
being moved or something?
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Charlie said...
Tom.
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Go now, please.
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Your father doesn't work
here anymore.
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(BUSTER GROWLS)
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What are you doing?
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Oh...
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tying grass or something.
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You really in charge
of that new elephant?
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Aye.
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My dad's away to war.
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What's your dad do?
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He...
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he's going to war, too.
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Want to see a picture?
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Picture of what?
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Picture.
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In the picture house.
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You've never seen a picture
on the big screen?
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You coming or what?
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(PROJECTOR WHIRRING)
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NEWS NARRATOR: ( ONSCREEN)
Today was, beyond question,
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the most costly for
the German Air Force
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for nearly a month.
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Up to 10:00 this morning,
175 German aircraft
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have been destroyed
in raids over this country.
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Approximately 400 enemy aircraft
were launched
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in two devastating attacks
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against London
and southeast England.
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Officials estimate over half of
them were successfully shot down.
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(RAGTIME PIANO MUSIC PLAYS)
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(MAN GROANING AND MUTTERING)
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Oh, I-I better...
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Yeah.
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(MAN GRUNTS AND YELLS)
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Get in that house, ye!
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(DOG BARKS)
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(CHILDREN CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
(BELL CLANGING)
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You keep your damn piehole shut.
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What?
You know what.
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Last night.
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You saw my brother, you turd.
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Nobody knows about him.
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I won't tell.
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(SIGHS)
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(DISTANT GUNSHOT)
(BIRD WINGS BEATING)
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(GUNSHOT)
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(INDISTINCT VOICES)
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MAN: (OVER RADIO) The list from
the Ministry is as follows.
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The hyena, the wolves,
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the puma, the tiger,
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the black bear,
the Barbary lion,
267
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:24,869
the polar bear,
the lynx and the giant rat.
268
00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:27,405
Over.
(RADIO STATIC CRACKLES)
269
00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:35,913
What's happening?
Zoo's closed today, son.
270
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:38,616
Charlie, what are they doing?
271
00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:40,117
MAN: (OVER RADIO)
Potentially dangerous animals
272
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:41,819
must be destroyed.
273
00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:43,053
No.
274
00:23:43,055 --> 00:23:44,188
(GUNSHOTS)
275
00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:46,424
Please, you have to stop them.
276
00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:50,628
SOLDIER: Back away, son!
277
00:23:51,631 --> 00:23:53,931
(GUNSHOT)
Charlie!
278
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:55,599
(GUNFIRE)
279
00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:56,734
TOM: Buster.
SOLDIER: Hey!
280
00:23:56,736 --> 00:23:58,135
Hey, you can't go up there!
281
00:23:58,137 --> 00:23:59,770
MAN: (ON RADIO)
What'd you say, Alpha?
282
00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,739
Say again.
Repeat, say again.
283
00:24:01,741 --> 00:24:03,007
Over.
284
00:24:03,009 --> 00:24:05,810
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
285
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,948
(MONKEYS GIBBER)
286
00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:19,223
(GUNSHOT)
(ALL SQUEAL AND SQUAWK)
287
00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:21,892
(MONKEY GIBBERS)
(WOLVES HOWL DISTANTLY)
288
00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:24,462
(LION ROARS)
289
00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:31,535
MAN 2: (OVER RADIO)
This is 23 Alpha,
290
00:24:31,537 --> 00:24:32,837
receiving you
loud and clear, over.
291
00:24:32,839 --> 00:24:34,238
MAN 1: (OVER RADIO)
All zookeepers
292
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,973
have been fully briefed,
293
00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:39,043
and the veterinarian
will confirm all kills.
294
00:24:39,045 --> 00:24:40,778
Standby for further orders.
295
00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:42,546
No!
(GUNSHOT)
296
00:24:42,548 --> 00:24:44,081
(LION ROARS)
297
00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:58,529
Buster.
298
00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:12,743
No.
299
00:25:19,652 --> 00:25:20,985
Buster.
(LOW TRUMPET)
300
00:25:20,987 --> 00:25:23,087
Buster. Buster.
301
00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:26,090
(SIGHS)
Buster.
302
00:25:32,665 --> 00:25:35,533
It's okay, Buster.
It's okay. I'm here now.
303
00:25:37,136 --> 00:25:40,738
(KEYS JINGLE)
ZOOKEEPER: So, what do we do with Buster?
304
00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:43,741
JAKE: He wasn't on the list,
but it doesn't look good.
305
00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:47,845
(GROANS AND TRUMPETS)
Shh, Buster.
306
00:25:47,847 --> 00:25:49,747
You have to be quiet now.
307
00:25:52,618 --> 00:25:54,051
Get out.
308
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:55,986
(BUSTER TRUMPETS)
You stay away.
309
00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:58,689
I saw you. You killer.
310
00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:01,592
It was a government directive.
311
00:26:01,594 --> 00:26:03,961
We had to do it in case the animals
escaped during the bombings.
312
00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:06,163
If they bomb again,
you'll bring the guns back?
313
00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:09,800
Will you?
Tom, I have to follow orders.
314
00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:12,236
Stay away from me and Buster.
315
00:26:13,172 --> 00:26:15,239
Why didn't you go to war?
316
00:26:16,175 --> 00:26:18,075
Too frightened?
317
00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:22,046
Only thing you can shoot
is poor, defenseless animals?
318
00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:23,981
You don't know shit, boy.
319
00:26:25,284 --> 00:26:26,784
Now, get the hell out of here.
320
00:26:26,786 --> 00:26:28,018
(BUSTER ROARS)
321
00:26:28,020 --> 00:26:29,987
What are you going to do?
322
00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:32,723
Shoot me too? Go on.
323
00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:35,826
If anything happens to Buster,
324
00:26:35,828 --> 00:26:37,361
anything,
325
00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:39,730
I promise...
326
00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:43,367
(TRUMPETS)
327
00:26:47,873 --> 00:26:49,807
(EXHALES)
328
00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:57,181
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
329
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:04,221
Emily? I saw your Tom
at the entrance.
330
00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:05,656
Tom?
331
00:27:05,658 --> 00:27:07,224
He was there five minutes ago.
332
00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:09,326
Tom?
333
00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,995
What are you doing here, son?
334
00:27:10,997 --> 00:27:13,797
What happened?
You're bleeding.
335
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,265
They shot the animals, Mum.
336
00:27:15,267 --> 00:27:16,900
What are you talking about,
love?
337
00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:20,137
In the zoo.
They shot loads.
338
00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:22,172
The gunmen will come back
if they bomb again.
339
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:26,377
Nurse Hall.
You're required on Ward Five.
340
00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:29,179
Stay away from that zoo.
341
00:27:29,181 --> 00:27:30,748
Do you hear me?
342
00:27:44,397 --> 00:27:46,230
(SIGHS)
343
00:27:54,073 --> 00:27:56,840
(FOLIAGE RUSTLES)
344
00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:59,076
What are you doing here again?
345
00:27:59,078 --> 00:28:01,111
What are you doing here again?
346
00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:08,986
Tom. What's wrong?
347
00:28:10,156 --> 00:28:11,989
Did you not hear?
348
00:28:11,991 --> 00:28:15,225
They shot the animals
in the zoo.
349
00:28:15,227 --> 00:28:16,960
Lots of them.
350
00:28:16,962 --> 00:28:19,697
Because of the bombs.
351
00:28:19,699 --> 00:28:21,198
Did they...
352
00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:25,135
shoot Buster?
353
00:28:26,172 --> 00:28:27,971
Not yet.
354
00:28:31,243 --> 00:28:33,077
But if they come back...
355
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,978
Buster will get...
356
00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,016
I have to get him out.
357
00:28:41,854 --> 00:28:43,287
Tom.
358
00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:46,390
Could I help?
359
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,946
NEWSCASTER: (ON RADIO)
Sixty-two thousand Empire troops
360
00:29:08,948 --> 00:29:12,182
have now arrived in Greece,
including the British First...
361
00:29:12,184 --> 00:29:14,017
(RADIO CLICKS OFF)
362
00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:32,836
TOM: "They went from cage to cage
363
00:29:32,838 --> 00:29:34,905
shooting the big cats.
364
00:29:34,907 --> 00:29:37,107
Jake helped, too.
365
00:29:38,043 --> 00:29:39,810
He shot Gilbert.
366
00:29:39,812 --> 00:29:43,447
They even shot Hugo
the giant rat.
367
00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:47,317
Not the birds, monkeys,
reptiles and some others.
368
00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:51,088
You would've stopped them, Dad.
369
00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:53,123
But I couldn't."
370
00:30:10,409 --> 00:30:12,242
Shh.
371
00:30:12,244 --> 00:30:13,877
It's only me.
372
00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:19,082
I'm sorry about the animals.
373
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:21,285
Send Dad my letter, Mum.
374
00:30:21,287 --> 00:30:23,153
He needs to know.
375
00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:25,589
I will.
376
00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:29,059
(WHISPERS)
Go to sleep, son.
377
00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:45,576
(GATE RATTLING)
(TOM GRUNTS)
378
00:30:49,448 --> 00:30:51,381
JANE: It's not even budging.
379
00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:53,984
And how we going to get him
past the guard anyway?
380
00:30:53,986 --> 00:30:56,486
That's why we have
to get this gate open.
381
00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:58,155
Charlie doesn't even know
it's here,
382
00:30:58,157 --> 00:31:01,024
so it's the safest way
to get Buster out.
383
00:31:04,930 --> 00:31:07,064
We need to do it
before the weekend.
384
00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:08,899
Last raid was at the weekend,
385
00:31:08,901 --> 00:31:11,235
so I'm thinking Hitler
does weekends,
386
00:31:11,237 --> 00:31:12,636
when everyone's home.
387
00:31:12,638 --> 00:31:14,638
Okay.
388
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,406
How long can we keep him there?
389
00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:18,642
Until my dad gets home.
390
00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:22,913
Until the war is over?
That could be a while, Tom.
391
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:27,184
What if somebody
finds Buster there?
392
00:31:27,186 --> 00:31:28,919
They won't.
393
00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:30,487
Nobody will ever find my place.
394
00:31:30,489 --> 00:31:33,323
I've been going there for years.
395
00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:35,125
I found it.
396
00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:39,663
Yeah, but me and you are...
397
00:31:41,267 --> 00:31:43,233
a bit different.
398
00:31:44,670 --> 00:31:46,937
Tom, we aren't strong enough.
399
00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:48,405
I will get that gate open.
400
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:49,907
Tom, we need help.
401
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:51,208
(SIGHS)
402
00:31:51,210 --> 00:31:53,277
We can't.
403
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:54,978
Nobody can know.
404
00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:57,214
I'm not saying adult help.
405
00:31:57,216 --> 00:31:59,416
CHILDREN: Patty-cake,
patty-cake, baker's man...
406
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:01,652
BOY: No, no.
TOM: Who, Pete?
407
00:32:05,291 --> 00:32:07,291
No chance.
He's a nutcase.
408
00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:08,992
But he's strong, Tom.
409
00:32:08,994 --> 00:32:11,962
(BOY GRUNTS)
(PETE LAUGHS)
410
00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:14,531
(MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY)
411
00:32:18,237 --> 00:32:21,171
You two lovebirds
writing love letters?
412
00:32:22,341 --> 00:32:24,174
Right, come on.
413
00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:26,243
Out to the yard
with the rest of the children.
414
00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:31,114
We are not lovebirds, Tom.
415
00:32:35,220 --> 00:32:38,622
All I'm saying is, unless you've
got a better idea...
416
00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:41,258
(GRUNTS AND PANTS)
417
00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:43,126
I don't trust him.
418
00:32:44,396 --> 00:32:47,297
Buster won't care about
you trusting Pete...
419
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:49,499
whenever the gunmen come back.
420
00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:02,512
They must be planning
for another raid.
421
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:05,115
MISS RAINEY: They're checking
everybody's gas masks work.
422
00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:08,285
Right, you two next.
And no messing, Peter.
423
00:33:08,287 --> 00:33:10,420
PETE: Yeah, yeah. I promise, I won't.
424
00:33:18,297 --> 00:33:20,430
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
425
00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:26,670
(LOUD RATTLING)
TOM: You okay?
426
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,739
PETE: Sweet Jesus,
are there snakes in here too?
427
00:33:28,741 --> 00:33:30,207
Surely this isn't
on the curriculum.
428
00:33:30,209 --> 00:33:31,475
TOM: What?
PETE: This!
429
00:33:31,477 --> 00:33:33,110
Gassing the pupils.
430
00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:35,312
I mean, gassed
by your own teachers?
431
00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:41,218
TOM: Pete, uh,
432
00:33:41,220 --> 00:33:43,587
do you want to help me
with something?
433
00:33:43,589 --> 00:33:46,456
Me and Jane,
we need someone strong.
434
00:33:46,458 --> 00:33:48,792
PETE: You and Jane?
435
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:51,762
Come on, Jane.
436
00:33:57,036 --> 00:33:59,169
JANE: Did you ask him, Tom?
437
00:34:05,778 --> 00:34:08,078
Are you helping Tom
with something?
438
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,247
Might be. Why?
439
00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:12,516
Tom's an animal-loving
weirdo!
440
00:34:12,518 --> 00:34:14,251
(CHILDREN LAUGH)
441
00:34:14,253 --> 00:34:15,685
Do you want me to help, Jane?
442
00:34:15,687 --> 00:34:18,155
That'd be a delight.
443
00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:22,092
Hold on. Did you just say
that I'd be shite?
444
00:34:22,094 --> 00:34:23,660
I'd love you to help, Pete.
445
00:34:23,662 --> 00:34:25,495
MISS RAINEY: Back to your seat, Vernon.
446
00:34:29,468 --> 00:34:30,667
Vernon?
447
00:34:30,669 --> 00:34:32,436
(SCHOOL BELL CLANGS)
448
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,673
I'm in.
449
00:34:44,383 --> 00:34:46,583
We all have to do it.
450
00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:48,752
Right now.
451
00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:53,323
(INHALES AND EXHALES DEEPLY)
452
00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:10,607
(SHAKY BREATHING)
453
00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:20,450
We have to be sure
we can trust you, Pete.
454
00:35:23,555 --> 00:35:26,256
I swear on my mother, my father,
my Uncle Sammy, my Aunt Lydia,
455
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:28,325
my... my go-kart,
my Meccano, my...
456
00:35:28,327 --> 00:35:30,393
Hey, look, Pete,
there's an eagle.
457
00:35:30,395 --> 00:35:31,728
(GASPS)
458
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:33,296
You...
459
00:35:47,546 --> 00:35:49,346
(ALL GRUNT)
460
00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:52,916
(PETE LAUGHS)
461
00:35:55,921 --> 00:35:58,288
What about the streetlamps?
462
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:00,824
Lamps won't be on.
463
00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:02,659
Curfew.
464
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:05,795
Tom?
What?
465
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:07,464
We should wear dark clothes.
466
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:10,700
No, I don't even
have dark clothes.
467
00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:12,502
Great idea.
468
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,871
Tom?
What, Pete?
469
00:36:14,873 --> 00:36:16,640
We should bring our gas masks.
470
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,776
Tom?
BOTH: What, Pete?
471
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:22,779
Will Buster need a gas mask
or something?
472
00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:26,449
Well, he can breathe, can't he?
473
00:36:26,451 --> 00:36:28,752
What if he decides he doesn't
want to come with us?
474
00:36:28,754 --> 00:36:30,887
Have you ever walked
an elephant before?
475
00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:32,422
He will.
476
00:36:32,424 --> 00:36:33,790
I have a special touch.
477
00:36:34,893 --> 00:36:36,860
But I bet he's strong, though.
478
00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:38,195
We're going to need
an adult to help us.
479
00:36:38,197 --> 00:36:40,197
No.
No, Pete.
480
00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:41,765
That's why we have you.
481
00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:44,868
Okay, Tom.
482
00:36:50,976 --> 00:36:53,443
It's just, I thought the real
reason I was recruited was,
483
00:36:53,445 --> 00:36:54,778
well, you know...
484
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,479
Definitely not.
485
00:36:57,683 --> 00:36:59,282
All right, you two.
486
00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:03,253
No chance.
No chance.
487
00:37:03,255 --> 00:37:06,423
ALL: ♪ He wakes each
morning Bright and early ♪
488
00:37:06,425 --> 00:37:09,826
♪ To wake up
All the neighborhood ♪
489
00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:12,762
♪ To bring to every boy
And girlie ♪
490
00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:16,266
♪ His happy serenade on wood ♪
491
00:37:16,268 --> 00:37:17,968
♪ Hear him picking out
A melody ♪
492
00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,970
♪ Peck, peck, pecking
At the same old tree ♪
493
00:37:19,972 --> 00:37:23,540
♪ He's as happy as a bumblebee
All day long ♪
494
00:37:23,542 --> 00:37:27,744
It's peck, peck, pecking,
not pick, pick, picking, Pete.
495
00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:30,247
It's the woodpecker song.
496
00:37:30,249 --> 00:37:32,249
I thought it was a wood picker.
497
00:37:32,251 --> 00:37:33,683
(BOTH LAUGH)
498
00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:36,987
Wood... woodpecker.
499
00:37:36,989 --> 00:37:38,588
Woodpecker.
500
00:37:42,561 --> 00:37:44,894
Tonight.
Tonight.
501
00:37:50,302 --> 00:37:52,902
PETE: Tonight.
502
00:37:53,905 --> 00:37:55,739
For Buster.
503
00:37:55,741 --> 00:37:57,440
For Buster.
JANE: For Buster.
504
00:38:15,927 --> 00:38:17,927
(CAT MEOWING DISTANTLY)
505
00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:21,398
(DOG BARKING)
506
00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:26,369
I didn't even hear you, Jane.
507
00:38:26,371 --> 00:38:28,371
You're like a ghost.
508
00:38:28,373 --> 00:38:30,040
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
509
00:38:33,712 --> 00:38:35,812
I'm sorry I'm late.
510
00:38:35,814 --> 00:38:37,514
I'm not great in the dark.
511
00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:40,784
Oh, yeah.
I had to bring my brother.
512
00:38:40,786 --> 00:38:43,920
He was making too much noise
when I was getting up.
513
00:38:43,922 --> 00:38:46,556
He would have woken my mother,
and she'd have killed me.
514
00:38:46,558 --> 00:38:48,058
It's fine.
515
00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:49,626
Hi.
516
00:38:52,397 --> 00:38:53,930
PETE: His name is...
517
00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:58,468
My name is Mickey.
518
00:38:58,470 --> 00:39:03,807
He thinks because I'm like this
that this doesn't work.
519
00:39:03,809 --> 00:39:05,875
Hi, Mickey.
520
00:39:05,877 --> 00:39:08,011
I didn't even know
that you had a...
521
00:39:08,013 --> 00:39:10,380
He didn't tell you?
You told me not to, Pete.
522
00:39:10,382 --> 00:39:11,915
And I keep my word.
523
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,486
I don't really talk
about Mickey.
524
00:39:16,488 --> 00:39:19,522
People laugh at him
just because he's different.
525
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:20,957
Tell me a kid
that isn't different.
526
00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:23,860
I'd say he's more
different than me.
527
00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:27,130
Don't worry. We'll be much
faster when he's on my back.
528
00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:28,732
He likes to wander off.
529
00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:30,400
Jane!
JANE: Come on, you two.
530
00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:32,469
Do what?
Stop.
531
00:39:35,974 --> 00:39:37,674
What are you two doing out here?
532
00:39:37,676 --> 00:39:39,976
What are you doing out here?
533
00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:41,778
Sorry, misters.
534
00:39:41,780 --> 00:39:43,913
He just got out of the house.
535
00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:45,548
He's not all there.
536
00:39:45,550 --> 00:39:47,884
Well, get him back in.
537
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,486
Get back in.
538
00:39:49,488 --> 00:39:51,087
Now.
Now.
539
00:39:51,089 --> 00:39:53,156
(DOG BARKING DISTANTLY)
And is that your dog barking?
540
00:39:53,158 --> 00:39:54,824
And why is your dog barking?
541
00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:56,393
PETE: Sorry.
542
00:39:56,395 --> 00:39:57,494
WARDEN 1: Well, shut it up, too.
543
00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:59,028
WARDEN 2: Shut it up.
544
00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:03,967
Rover, shut your piehole.
545
00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:07,137
MAN: Get out of my yard!
546
00:40:07,139 --> 00:40:09,672
(MAN GRUNTS)
(DOG WHIMPERS)
547
00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:12,509
Are you okay, Jane?
548
00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:14,144
Did he hit you?
549
00:40:14,146 --> 00:40:16,179
Didn't even feel it.
550
00:40:17,783 --> 00:40:18,982
Now, come on.
551
00:40:18,984 --> 00:40:20,583
We've got to help Buster.
552
00:40:37,536 --> 00:40:39,436
(LOUD SCREECH)
(GASPS)
553
00:40:39,438 --> 00:40:41,771
MICKEY: Pete.
554
00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:47,944
(GROANS)
555
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,160
PETE: Shit a dog.
556
00:41:04,162 --> 00:41:06,129
That's a real elephant in there.
557
00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:07,630
That's Buster.
558
00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:09,199
He's so perfect.
559
00:41:09,201 --> 00:41:10,800
(BUSTER SNARLS)
560
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,836
Much bigger than I expected.
561
00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:15,572
He's an elephant, Pete.
562
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:18,074
An elephant.
563
00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:22,979
Jane, grab those keys
and run around
564
00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:24,714
and open the double doors.
565
00:41:30,589 --> 00:41:32,689
Tom, throw me your dad's keys.
566
00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:38,695
(TRUMPETS)
TOM: Shh, Buster.
567
00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:53,743
Wrap that around your wrist
and hold on tight,
568
00:41:53,745 --> 00:41:55,178
but don't yank it.
569
00:41:58,049 --> 00:41:59,282
You two coming or what?
570
00:41:59,284 --> 00:42:01,184
Lead the way, lady.
571
00:42:06,791 --> 00:42:08,758
PETE: I'm walking an elephant!
572
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,593
MICKEY: Would you shut it, Pete?
573
00:42:13,899 --> 00:42:15,932
(SIGHS)
(MONKEYS HOOTING AND GIBBERING)
574
00:42:26,578 --> 00:42:28,244
(MONKEYS SCREECHING)
575
00:42:51,636 --> 00:42:53,937
(ALARM RINGING DISTANTLY)
PETE: Oh, my God.
576
00:42:53,939 --> 00:42:55,605
Is that for us?
577
00:42:55,607 --> 00:42:57,840
That's for us?
578
00:42:57,842 --> 00:42:59,242
We are kill't.
579
00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:01,210
Run, run.
580
00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:02,845
Wait.
581
00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:04,280
Mickey. Where's Mickey?
582
00:43:04,282 --> 00:43:06,215
MICKEY: I need to pee.
583
00:43:07,185 --> 00:43:08,918
He won't budge until he goes.
584
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,954
(BUSTER GROWLS)
585
00:43:12,324 --> 00:43:13,790
CHARLIE: Hello?
586
00:43:13,792 --> 00:43:15,725
Hello?
587
00:43:15,727 --> 00:43:18,161
Yes, this is security
up at the zoo.
588
00:43:18,163 --> 00:43:19,829
Yeah.
589
00:43:19,831 --> 00:43:21,164
Well...
590
00:43:22,601 --> 00:43:24,767
whatever's happening, it's...
591
00:43:25,971 --> 00:43:28,104
well, it's happening.
592
00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:30,239
(URINE STREAMING)
593
00:43:36,281 --> 00:43:38,848
Come on, Mickey, please.
594
00:43:38,850 --> 00:43:41,384
MICKEY: Wait. Wait. Wait.
595
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,087
That's me.
596
00:43:44,089 --> 00:43:45,722
(TRUMPETS)
597
00:43:45,724 --> 00:43:47,757
PETE: Hurry, quick, come on.
598
00:43:56,167 --> 00:43:59,268
That's really sweet, Pete, the way
you care for your brother like that.
599
00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:01,237
Is it?
600
00:44:06,678 --> 00:44:08,411
(BUSTER GROWLS)
601
00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:21,190
TOM: Pete, the gate. Quietly.
602
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,368
Stop. Pete...
603
00:44:32,370 --> 00:44:34,070
where are my dad's keys?
604
00:44:35,006 --> 00:44:36,105
I left them in the pen.
605
00:44:36,107 --> 00:44:37,707
(SIGHS)
606
00:44:39,444 --> 00:44:40,943
I'll go get them.
607
00:44:40,945 --> 00:44:42,178
Yeah, good.
608
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:43,446
I mean, no.
609
00:44:43,448 --> 00:44:44,981
Jane, you'll get caught.
610
00:44:44,983 --> 00:44:46,215
The zoo will be swarming.
611
00:44:46,217 --> 00:44:48,051
You boys steer him to the tree.
612
00:44:48,053 --> 00:44:49,852
I'll go get the keys.
613
00:44:49,854 --> 00:44:51,254
Jane...
614
00:44:51,256 --> 00:44:52,989
Tom, I want to do this.
615
00:44:52,991 --> 00:44:55,158
CHARLIE: Stand very still.
616
00:44:56,261 --> 00:44:58,795
Well, well, well.
617
00:44:58,797 --> 00:45:00,163
Well, well.
618
00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:04,000
Yes.
619
00:45:04,002 --> 00:45:06,035
I see what's going on here.
620
00:45:10,075 --> 00:45:12,208
And you're going to need these.
621
00:45:12,210 --> 00:45:13,843
(KEYS JINGLE)
622
00:45:20,251 --> 00:45:22,919
Off you go, Buster.
623
00:45:22,921 --> 00:45:25,321
(BUSTER GROWLS AND MOANS)
624
00:45:30,962 --> 00:45:32,829
TOM: Come on, quick.
We'd better go.
625
00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:08,865
TOM: Buster, this way.
626
00:46:08,867 --> 00:46:10,500
(PRAYING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
627
00:46:14,472 --> 00:46:16,072
Amen.
628
00:46:17,909 --> 00:46:19,809
(BUSTER TRUMPETS LOUDLY)
629
00:46:27,852 --> 00:46:30,086
(BUSTER TRUMPETING)
630
00:46:43,334 --> 00:46:45,034
JANE: We did it.
631
00:46:45,036 --> 00:46:46,269
We did it.
632
00:46:46,271 --> 00:46:48,004
Pete!
633
00:46:48,006 --> 00:46:49,539
Where's Mickey?
634
00:46:49,541 --> 00:46:51,474
Mickey?
JANE: Mickey?
635
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:54,043
(WHISTLING)
636
00:46:59,150 --> 00:47:00,983
WARDEN 1: Stay in your houses.
637
00:47:00,985 --> 00:47:02,485
Stay inside.
638
00:47:02,487 --> 00:47:04,887
WARDEN 2: Inside!
639
00:47:04,889 --> 00:47:08,191
WARDEN 1: Trying to make
yourselves a target here.
640
00:47:08,193 --> 00:47:10,359
WARDEN 2: Stay in your houses.
641
00:47:12,463 --> 00:47:14,430
(WARDEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
642
00:47:14,432 --> 00:47:16,599
(OBJECTS CLATTER)
643
00:47:23,474 --> 00:47:26,175
(DOG BARKING DISTANTLY)
644
00:47:47,398 --> 00:47:49,632
Is there somebody in there?
645
00:47:51,202 --> 00:47:53,402
I'm going to be awhile, Mister.
646
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:56,505
(METALLIC CLANK)
647
00:47:56,507 --> 00:47:58,441
(TOILET FLUSHES)
648
00:47:58,443 --> 00:47:59,976
It's a two-flusher.
649
00:47:59,978 --> 00:48:01,944
(GROANS)
650
00:48:01,946 --> 00:48:03,512
Right, well...
651
00:48:03,514 --> 00:48:05,348
carry on, then.
652
00:48:07,151 --> 00:48:09,352
He was with us
at Floral Gardens.
653
00:48:09,354 --> 00:48:10,920
I better go find him.
654
00:48:10,922 --> 00:48:12,588
You want me to come with you?
655
00:48:12,590 --> 00:48:15,424
I need to get in before my dad.
656
00:48:15,426 --> 00:48:17,093
Are you okay with Buster?
657
00:48:17,095 --> 00:48:18,327
Yeah.
658
00:48:18,329 --> 00:48:19,929
See you at school.
659
00:48:21,332 --> 00:48:24,033
Jane. Thanks.
660
00:48:25,069 --> 00:48:26,369
No.
661
00:48:26,371 --> 00:48:28,104
Thank you, Tom.
662
00:48:29,007 --> 00:48:30,473
PETE: Hey, Tom?
663
00:48:30,475 --> 00:48:32,141
We all stole
an elephant tonight.
664
00:48:32,143 --> 00:48:33,342
Shh! "Saved."
665
00:48:33,344 --> 00:48:35,244
Saved.
666
00:48:40,184 --> 00:48:41,918
PETE: Mickey.
(CAT MEWLING)
667
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,186
Mickey.
Mickey!
668
00:48:44,188 --> 00:48:45,988
Shh, Pete.
669
00:48:45,990 --> 00:48:48,057
We're going to have to split up.
670
00:48:48,059 --> 00:48:50,459
You go that way.
I'm going to go this way.
671
00:48:51,396 --> 00:48:52,628
I'm not good with the dark.
672
00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:54,230
Pete!
673
00:48:57,068 --> 00:48:58,701
PETE: Mickey.
674
00:49:03,241 --> 00:49:05,141
Now then, young man.
675
00:49:05,143 --> 00:49:07,576
You're going to tell me what
you're doing out after curfew.
676
00:49:07,578 --> 00:49:09,145
Do you hear me?
677
00:49:09,147 --> 00:49:11,147
Where to begin, Mister?
678
00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:15,651
(EXHALES) Well,
it's been quite a night.
679
00:49:17,722 --> 00:49:20,389
Didn't we meet earlier tonight?
680
00:49:20,391 --> 00:49:23,292
That's neither here nor there.
681
00:49:26,297 --> 00:49:29,098
(BUSTER RUMBLES AND GROANS)
See you tomorrow, Buster.
682
00:49:31,469 --> 00:49:33,736
MAN 1: What was that?
683
00:49:33,738 --> 00:49:35,338
Did you hear that?
684
00:49:35,340 --> 00:49:37,707
(BUSTER TRUMPETS)
685
00:49:37,709 --> 00:49:40,276
Strange sound...
Shh!
686
00:49:40,278 --> 00:49:42,244
MAN 2: You're hearing things now?
687
00:49:43,314 --> 00:49:45,047
Why so damn tight, Pete?
688
00:49:45,049 --> 00:49:46,315
MAN 1: Oh, there it is again.
689
00:49:46,317 --> 00:49:48,017
Come on.
690
00:49:49,721 --> 00:49:51,554
(BUSTER TRUMPETS DISTANTLY)
691
00:49:56,194 --> 00:49:57,727
TOM: Mrs. Austin.
692
00:49:57,729 --> 00:49:59,395
It's me, Tom.
693
00:49:59,397 --> 00:50:01,197
Tom Hall?
694
00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:04,166
(BUSTER ROARS)
695
00:50:05,403 --> 00:50:08,738
Holy sweet Jesus
and the apostles.
696
00:50:09,774 --> 00:50:11,173
It's okay. He's really tame.
697
00:50:11,175 --> 00:50:13,142
That's a bloody elephant.
698
00:50:13,144 --> 00:50:14,510
I need help.
699
00:50:14,512 --> 00:50:16,178
You got your own home,
haven't you?
700
00:50:16,180 --> 00:50:18,014
I can't take him home.
701
00:50:18,016 --> 00:50:20,016
My dad works at the zoo.
He'd be sacked.
702
00:50:20,018 --> 00:50:23,185
Well, you can't keep him here.
You're not my responsibility.
703
00:50:23,187 --> 00:50:24,754
You like animals.
704
00:50:24,756 --> 00:50:27,056
I had nowhere else to go.
705
00:50:27,058 --> 00:50:30,760
Please, just, until my dad
gets back from war.
706
00:50:32,296 --> 00:50:35,164
Let me and Buster in
and I'll explain.
707
00:50:37,502 --> 00:50:39,135
Please.
708
00:50:39,771 --> 00:50:41,337
(ROARS)
709
00:50:47,311 --> 00:50:50,646
(BUSTER ROARS)
Will you stop that damn noise!
710
00:50:50,648 --> 00:50:53,382
It's the middle of the night,
for God's sake!
711
00:50:55,153 --> 00:50:56,786
She's as blind as a cat.
712
00:51:07,498 --> 00:51:09,365
(BIRDS CHIRP)
713
00:51:47,238 --> 00:51:48,537
JANE'S FATHER: Jane!
714
00:51:48,539 --> 00:51:50,739
You better get in this house!
715
00:51:53,544 --> 00:51:54,844
Jane!
716
00:51:54,846 --> 00:51:56,812
Where are you?
717
00:51:56,814 --> 00:51:58,814
(GLASS BOTTLE SHATTERS)
718
00:52:21,672 --> 00:52:24,707
How can you let a two-ton
elephant simply vanish, Charlie?
719
00:52:24,709 --> 00:52:28,210
Animals do not vanish
from my zoo.
720
00:52:28,212 --> 00:52:31,580
The public must be informed.
721
00:52:42,326 --> 00:52:44,293
Did you sleep well?
722
00:52:44,295 --> 00:52:46,195
You seem tired.
723
00:52:46,197 --> 00:52:48,597
Where were you last night, son?
724
00:52:48,599 --> 00:52:50,499
Just out.
725
00:52:50,501 --> 00:52:52,868
Did you get the dinner
I left out for you?
726
00:52:53,804 --> 00:52:54,803
Bye!
727
00:52:56,607 --> 00:52:58,274
Mum, did Dad...
728
00:52:58,276 --> 00:53:00,342
(DOOR CLOSES)
729
00:53:01,412 --> 00:53:02,578
(SIGHS)
730
00:53:02,580 --> 00:53:04,246
Reply yet?
731
00:53:06,217 --> 00:53:07,716
JANE: We never found Mickey.
732
00:53:07,718 --> 00:53:09,485
We looked everywhere.
733
00:53:12,323 --> 00:53:13,923
Where's Pete now?
734
00:53:13,925 --> 00:53:15,791
Don't know.
735
00:53:16,727 --> 00:53:18,394
Probably still looking.
736
00:53:18,396 --> 00:53:20,629
(TOM SIGHS)
737
00:53:20,631 --> 00:53:23,832
Jane, there was a slight
change of plan last night.
738
00:53:23,834 --> 00:53:26,402
PETE: Quick.
739
00:53:26,404 --> 00:53:27,603
We are so dead.
740
00:53:28,773 --> 00:53:31,207
We are so dead.
741
00:53:31,209 --> 00:53:32,675
What's he saying?
742
00:53:34,312 --> 00:53:35,844
He's telling them about Buster.
743
00:53:35,846 --> 00:53:37,580
Oh, we're so dead.
744
00:53:37,582 --> 00:53:39,582
PETE'S MOTHER: Goodbye.
OFFICER: Goodbye.
745
00:53:47,325 --> 00:53:49,858
Peter, Mickey is not allowed
to play with the swans
746
00:53:49,860 --> 00:53:51,293
in the lagoon anymore.
747
00:53:51,295 --> 00:53:53,229
I'm sorry, Mother.
It was...
748
00:53:53,231 --> 00:53:55,431
Wait. Swans?
749
00:53:55,433 --> 00:53:57,233
MICKEY: Yeah, Pete.
750
00:53:57,235 --> 00:53:58,701
The swans.
751
00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:02,605
(SIGHS)
752
00:54:07,011 --> 00:54:09,278
(DOORS CLOSE)
753
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:11,580
(KEYS RATTLE)
What's she doing?
754
00:54:20,491 --> 00:54:22,558
You don't actually trust her,
do you?
755
00:54:25,529 --> 00:54:26,996
Tom.
756
00:54:29,867 --> 00:54:31,800
(TRUMPETS)
757
00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:38,307
Lock the door after me, Tom.
758
00:54:38,309 --> 00:54:39,708
(DOOR OPENS)
759
00:54:48,919 --> 00:54:50,519
PETE: It's a trap.
760
00:54:50,521 --> 00:54:53,756
I know it is.
(BUSTER ROARS)
761
00:54:59,563 --> 00:55:01,530
MRS. AUSTIN: Now you know how to get in.
762
00:55:05,503 --> 00:55:07,036
We need her.
763
00:55:14,779 --> 00:55:16,645
Denise.
764
00:55:18,582 --> 00:55:20,983
Now we're all in this together.
765
00:55:24,355 --> 00:55:26,555
PETE: Oh!
766
00:55:26,557 --> 00:55:28,791
(ALL LAUGH)
(BUSTER TRUMPETS)
767
00:55:32,430 --> 00:55:36,732
I seem to have...
768
00:55:38,369 --> 00:55:40,803
made some...
769
00:55:42,340 --> 00:55:45,474
little friends.
770
00:55:54,552 --> 00:55:58,787
And a large one.
771
00:55:58,789 --> 00:56:00,889
(CHUCKLES)
772
00:56:04,528 --> 00:56:05,928
(DOG BARKS)
773
00:56:10,034 --> 00:56:12,368
We'll need a lot more straw.
774
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:18,941
Oh, just leave it in there.
775
00:56:18,943 --> 00:56:20,476
(BUSTER GRUNTS)
776
00:56:21,679 --> 00:56:22,644
May I?
777
00:56:23,681 --> 00:56:24,646
Yes.
778
00:56:28,586 --> 00:56:31,520
(BIRDS CHIRP)
779
00:56:53,144 --> 00:56:55,844
Would you like me...
780
00:56:56,747 --> 00:56:58,514
to do your hair?
781
00:57:00,584 --> 00:57:02,651
It's all right if not.
782
00:57:06,824 --> 00:57:09,792
You have beautiful hair.
783
00:57:16,100 --> 00:57:19,468
Ever been to the zoo,
Mrs. Austin?
784
00:57:22,473 --> 00:57:25,441
It's okay.
I've only been once, with Tom.
785
00:57:27,745 --> 00:57:31,580
It's just, with these knees...
786
00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:34,683
and that hill.
787
00:57:39,924 --> 00:57:41,824
You look nice.
Thanks.
788
00:57:41,826 --> 00:57:44,493
You want me to do yours?
No, no, no.
789
00:57:44,495 --> 00:57:46,628
Thank you, love.
790
00:57:47,865 --> 00:57:50,098
If you ever need
your hair brushed again...
791
00:57:51,769 --> 00:57:54,736
or anything else...
792
00:57:54,738 --> 00:57:57,739
don't you hesitate
from coming down here.
793
00:58:00,778 --> 00:58:02,744
We girls.
794
00:58:07,518 --> 00:58:10,018
(BUSTER GROANS)
795
00:58:10,020 --> 00:58:11,987
You okay, Buster?
796
00:58:13,891 --> 00:58:15,991
What is wrong?
797
00:58:15,993 --> 00:58:18,894
Are you feeling okay, Buster?
798
00:58:18,896 --> 00:58:22,197
It's all right. It's okay.
It's okay, Buster.
799
00:58:22,199 --> 00:58:23,265
It's okay.
800
00:58:23,267 --> 00:58:25,000
Good boy.
801
00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:20,055
(KEYS JIGGLE)
802
00:59:30,935 --> 00:59:32,167
(DOOR CLOSES)
803
00:59:32,169 --> 00:59:33,769
(FOOTSTEPS)
804
00:59:35,973 --> 00:59:37,606
I thought you were at work.
805
00:59:38,842 --> 00:59:40,275
From your dad.
806
00:59:40,277 --> 00:59:42,010
Yours is on the other side.
807
00:59:50,354 --> 00:59:51,920
Is this all he sent?
808
00:59:51,922 --> 00:59:54,089
I think he did well.
809
00:59:54,091 --> 00:59:55,624
He's not the writing type.
810
00:59:55,626 --> 00:59:57,326
He said nothing about the zoo.
811
00:59:58,762 --> 01:00:01,096
Well, maybe he hasn't
got your letter yet.
812
01:00:01,098 --> 01:00:04,833
Anyway, you should be happy
to hear from your father.
813
01:00:04,835 --> 01:00:06,602
No, Mum.
814
01:00:06,604 --> 01:00:09,605
Maybe you only care
about people.
815
01:00:09,607 --> 01:00:12,274
But I care about animals, too.
816
01:00:12,276 --> 01:00:14,643
Of course I care.
817
01:00:14,645 --> 01:00:16,178
I have to work.
818
01:00:16,180 --> 01:00:17,713
I've no choice, son.
819
01:00:17,715 --> 01:00:19,781
People really need nurses
at the minute.
820
01:00:22,853 --> 01:00:24,386
I'm sorry.
821
01:00:26,256 --> 01:00:27,990
Don't be sorry.
822
01:00:29,026 --> 01:00:30,959
This isn't your fault.
823
01:00:32,096 --> 01:00:33,829
This is war, son.
824
01:00:33,831 --> 01:00:36,632
I'm sorry.
825
01:00:36,634 --> 01:00:39,301
I'm sorry for this whole mess.
826
01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:45,741
You are not responsible
for that zoo.
827
01:00:45,743 --> 01:00:48,176
Your father wouldn't want that.
828
01:01:02,259 --> 01:01:04,826
(GROANS)
829
01:01:26,216 --> 01:01:28,150
TOM: Buster, you need to eat.
830
01:01:29,687 --> 01:01:31,887
Eat, Buster, please.
831
01:01:31,889 --> 01:01:34,823
Buster, you're going to get sick
if you don't eat.
832
01:02:03,721 --> 01:02:05,487
See if he'll eat these.
833
01:02:08,959 --> 01:02:10,992
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
834
01:02:20,037 --> 01:02:23,271
WARDEN 1: There have been multiple
calls to date from your neighbors,
835
01:02:23,273 --> 01:02:25,073
all saying there's
strange noises
836
01:02:25,075 --> 01:02:27,042
coming from your backyard.
837
01:02:27,044 --> 01:02:29,277
WARDEN 2: Strange noises
coming from your backyard.
838
01:02:29,279 --> 01:02:31,379
MRS. AUSTIN: They're bloody animals.
They're going to make a noise.
839
01:02:31,381 --> 01:02:34,249
WARDEN 1: We have orders, missus.
840
01:02:34,251 --> 01:02:36,818
We're looking for an elephant.
841
01:02:36,820 --> 01:02:38,086
May we come in?
842
01:02:38,088 --> 01:02:40,155
MRS. AUSTIN: No, you can't.
843
01:02:40,157 --> 01:02:43,258
WARDEN 1: This here is the
veterinarian from the zoo.
844
01:02:43,260 --> 01:02:46,995
I don't care where he comes
from, you're not coming in.
845
01:02:46,997 --> 01:02:49,197
Oh! Oh, how dare you?
846
01:02:49,199 --> 01:02:52,234
How dare you force yourselves
into my property?
847
01:02:52,236 --> 01:02:53,401
This is disgraceful.
848
01:02:53,403 --> 01:02:54,870
JAKE: I'm sorry, ma'am.
849
01:02:54,872 --> 01:02:56,438
I'm Jake McClune.
850
01:02:59,176 --> 01:03:01,510
MRS. AUSTIN: This is a disgrace!
851
01:03:03,881 --> 01:03:06,214
Bertie, look at that.
852
01:03:10,387 --> 01:03:11,987
Hey.
853
01:03:18,195 --> 01:03:20,061
It's like a zoo in here.
854
01:03:20,063 --> 01:03:21,997
Like a zoo.
855
01:03:24,001 --> 01:03:26,067
So sorry, Tom.
856
01:03:31,241 --> 01:03:32,974
(HOOTING)
857
01:03:50,527 --> 01:03:52,594
WARDEN 1: Well, don't you
need a license for all these?
858
01:03:52,596 --> 01:03:56,064
WARDEN 2: She needs a license...
or something.
859
01:03:56,066 --> 01:03:59,100
No. They're all just
household pets.
860
01:04:10,881 --> 01:04:14,282
So, what'll happen
to this elephant,
861
01:04:15,185 --> 01:04:16,318
if found?
862
01:04:18,455 --> 01:04:22,224
If they find that elephant,
they'll destroy it.
863
01:04:28,465 --> 01:04:30,932
(BELL RINGING)
864
01:04:32,302 --> 01:04:35,637
So much for your new
elephant keeper job, Hall.
865
01:04:35,639 --> 01:04:38,306
A reward for its capture, too.
866
01:04:38,308 --> 01:04:40,141
There's an elephant
out there, Hall.
867
01:04:40,143 --> 01:04:42,177
And we are going to find it.
868
01:04:45,048 --> 01:04:47,616
A big fat reward.
We'll be rich.
869
01:04:50,153 --> 01:04:52,621
Pete won't help Vernon
to find him.
870
01:04:52,623 --> 01:04:55,090
It's not Vernon
I'm worried about.
871
01:04:55,092 --> 01:04:57,459
Everybody will be
looking for Buster.
872
01:05:00,998 --> 01:05:03,265
JANE: "Having been forced
to admit the disappearance
873
01:05:03,267 --> 01:05:06,501
of the elephant,
a red-faced Mr. Shawcross,
874
01:05:06,503 --> 01:05:10,505
zoo manager, has offered
a substantial reward
875
01:05:10,507 --> 01:05:12,474
for any information
876
01:05:12,476 --> 01:05:14,209
leading to the recovery
of the elephant."
877
01:05:15,145 --> 01:05:17,178
We're going to be so famous.
878
01:05:20,117 --> 01:05:24,152
"Of grave concern is the fact
that Buster suffers from
879
01:05:24,154 --> 01:05:26,254
elephant degenerative disease
880
01:05:26,256 --> 01:05:29,357
due to maltreatment
in his previous location.
881
01:05:30,994 --> 01:05:33,595
If not treated,
the condition can be fatal.
882
01:05:33,597 --> 01:05:35,597
The public are warned
not to approach the elephant,
883
01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:38,033
but to immediately inform
the police."
884
01:05:40,037 --> 01:05:42,337
MRS. AUSTIN: Poor thing.
885
01:05:47,210 --> 01:05:49,411
One a day keeps the doc away.
886
01:05:50,414 --> 01:05:52,013
The medicine.
887
01:05:53,283 --> 01:05:56,351
Jake was giving it to
him from the cupboard.
888
01:05:56,353 --> 01:05:57,953
We have to go back in.
889
01:05:57,955 --> 01:05:59,387
Oh, no, no, no, no.
890
01:05:59,389 --> 01:06:01,423
There's no way
we're going back in there.
891
01:06:01,425 --> 01:06:03,458
My nerves just couldn't
take that again.
892
01:06:03,460 --> 01:06:06,962
MRS. AUSTIN: If I could take
your place, Pete, I would.
893
01:06:06,964 --> 01:06:08,463
We go in tonight.
894
01:06:08,465 --> 01:06:10,165
Maybe I should go in alone.
895
01:06:11,168 --> 01:06:12,267
They'll be on high alert.
896
01:06:12,269 --> 01:06:14,703
JANE: Not a chance.
897
01:06:14,705 --> 01:06:17,138
Buster's ill, and we're a team.
898
01:06:22,245 --> 01:06:23,712
(DOOR CLOSES)
899
01:06:34,758 --> 01:06:37,292
There's always
hard times, Buster.
900
01:06:38,462 --> 01:06:40,095
But you'll get through it.
901
01:06:41,198 --> 01:06:44,632
No matter how hard things get,
902
01:06:44,634 --> 01:06:47,035
the birds always sing
in the morning.
903
01:06:48,138 --> 01:06:50,305
I always tell myself that.
904
01:06:59,216 --> 01:07:01,383
(AIR RAID SIREN WAILS)
905
01:07:01,385 --> 01:07:03,218
(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
906
01:07:04,454 --> 01:07:06,554
Not tonight.
907
01:07:07,624 --> 01:07:09,357
(EXPLOSION)
(SCREAMS)
908
01:07:09,359 --> 01:07:11,426
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
909
01:07:16,566 --> 01:07:18,600
(EXPLOSION)
(SCREAMS)
910
01:07:22,372 --> 01:07:24,539
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
911
01:07:27,611 --> 01:07:29,210
(EXPLOSIONS)
(CATS MEWL)
912
01:07:29,212 --> 01:07:30,712
(BUSTER ROARS)
913
01:07:35,152 --> 01:07:37,652
(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
914
01:07:37,654 --> 01:07:39,120
Dad?
915
01:07:49,466 --> 01:07:51,499
(BELLS TOLLING DISTANTLY)
916
01:07:53,437 --> 01:07:56,137
(CROWD SCREAMING)
917
01:07:57,140 --> 01:07:58,740
(EXPLOSION)
918
01:08:02,479 --> 01:08:04,446
Are you all right?
919
01:08:13,824 --> 01:08:15,723
TOM: Jane. Run, Jane. Come on.
920
01:08:15,725 --> 01:08:17,859
We have to get
Buster's medicine.
921
01:08:17,861 --> 01:08:19,527
Not tonight.
It's too dangerous.
922
01:08:19,529 --> 01:08:22,597
Tom, come on!
Run, love! Run!
923
01:08:22,599 --> 01:08:24,599
(POLICE WHISTLE BLOWING)
924
01:08:24,601 --> 01:08:26,334
(EXPLOSIONS)
925
01:08:31,208 --> 01:08:33,408
(AIRPLANES FLYING OVERHEAD)
926
01:08:41,585 --> 01:08:43,751
(EXPLOSIONS RUMBLE)
(WOMEN SOBBING)
927
01:08:53,330 --> 01:08:55,463
(TOM BREATHING HEAVILY)
928
01:08:56,433 --> 01:08:58,399
(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
929
01:09:04,274 --> 01:09:06,174
(LOUD EXPLOSIONS)
930
01:09:06,176 --> 01:09:08,143
(BOMBS WHISTLING)
931
01:09:12,816 --> 01:09:14,749
There, there, Buster.
I'm here.
932
01:09:14,751 --> 01:09:16,784
(LOUD EXPLOSION)
(YELPS)
933
01:09:29,432 --> 01:09:32,233
Jane!
(GASPS)
934
01:09:32,235 --> 01:09:33,735
Sorry. Are you okay?
935
01:09:35,172 --> 01:09:36,504
I knew you'd come, Tom.
936
01:09:37,674 --> 01:09:39,407
They've changed the padlocks.
937
01:09:39,409 --> 01:09:41,176
There's a window.
938
01:09:56,326 --> 01:09:58,326
(DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
939
01:10:22,786 --> 01:10:24,919
Got it.
940
01:10:39,903 --> 01:10:42,537
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
941
01:10:44,574 --> 01:10:46,741
(LOUD EXPLOSION)
(BOTH YELP)
942
01:10:47,944 --> 01:10:50,979
(AIR RAID SIREN WAILING)
943
01:10:57,854 --> 01:10:59,854
(EXPLOSION)
944
01:11:18,375 --> 01:11:20,375
(PANTING)
945
01:11:21,478 --> 01:11:22,877
Jane, let's get to the shelter.
946
01:11:22,879 --> 01:11:25,580
I need to check my dad's safe.
947
01:11:25,582 --> 01:11:28,316
But I'll see you at school, Tom.
948
01:11:42,666 --> 01:11:44,999
(EXPLOSION)
(ALL SCREAM)
949
01:11:58,481 --> 01:12:00,415
(EXPLOSION)
Ah!
950
01:12:01,951 --> 01:12:04,652
This way, Buster. Come on.
(BUSTER TRUMPETS)
951
01:12:47,530 --> 01:12:49,697
(ANIMALS SQUAWKING AND CHIRPING)
952
01:12:52,669 --> 01:12:54,469
Buster!
953
01:12:54,471 --> 01:12:56,371
(GLASS SHATTERS)
954
01:12:57,707 --> 01:12:58,806
My knees.
955
01:12:58,808 --> 01:13:00,875
Are you okay, Mrs. Austin?
956
01:13:01,878 --> 01:13:04,379
We got the medicine.
What?
957
01:13:06,116 --> 01:13:07,615
When?
958
01:13:07,617 --> 01:13:09,650
Last night.
Me and Jane.
959
01:13:09,652 --> 01:13:11,085
We got the medicine.
960
01:13:11,087 --> 01:13:12,620
(CHUCKLES)
961
01:13:20,830 --> 01:13:23,564
(GROANS)
That's it.
962
01:13:23,566 --> 01:13:25,133
Good boy.
963
01:13:44,988 --> 01:13:46,621
(KNOCKS)
964
01:13:51,127 --> 01:13:52,827
Jane?
965
01:13:58,168 --> 01:14:00,435
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
966
01:14:21,825 --> 01:14:23,758
(BELL CLANGING)
967
01:14:28,565 --> 01:14:30,064
Have you seen Jane?
968
01:14:30,066 --> 01:14:31,732
No.
969
01:14:31,734 --> 01:14:33,234
Did you see the bombing
last night?
970
01:14:33,236 --> 01:14:35,870
Pete, me and Jane,
971
01:14:35,872 --> 01:14:38,005
we got the medicine.
972
01:14:38,007 --> 01:14:39,974
What? Last night?
973
01:14:40,944 --> 01:14:43,578
Just... just you and Jane?
974
01:14:44,814 --> 01:14:47,215
Tom... Tom, why didn't
you ask me?
975
01:14:47,217 --> 01:14:48,749
MISS RAINEY: Tom?
976
01:14:48,751 --> 01:14:50,685
Can you come here, please?
977
01:14:51,688 --> 01:14:53,221
Peter, take a seat, please.
978
01:15:01,598 --> 01:15:03,631
(INDISTINCT MURMURING)
979
01:15:05,134 --> 01:15:07,602
(INAUDIBLE)
980
01:15:21,584 --> 01:15:25,019
We pray for the men and women
who helped the injured.
981
01:15:26,055 --> 01:15:27,922
And we pray
for the brave firemen
982
01:15:27,924 --> 01:15:30,625
from all over Ireland
who came to help us.
983
01:15:45,675 --> 01:15:50,778
MRS. AUSTIN: Our very brave
little friend Jane Berry
984
01:15:50,780 --> 01:15:54,715
died last night in the bombings.
985
01:15:55,919 --> 01:15:58,152
She was only
986
01:15:58,154 --> 01:16:01,856
a few yards from home.
987
01:16:03,293 --> 01:16:07,161
Maybe now...
988
01:16:10,166 --> 01:16:13,301
the troubled little soul...
989
01:16:14,804 --> 01:16:17,905
will have...
990
01:16:19,008 --> 01:16:20,107
peace.
991
01:16:39,762 --> 01:16:41,796
(BUSTER ROARS)
992
01:17:04,087 --> 01:17:05,853
TOM: She adored her dad.
993
01:17:11,661 --> 01:17:13,861
It's not your fault, son.
994
01:17:16,265 --> 01:17:19,367
Jane never had a real family...
995
01:17:21,070 --> 01:17:22,870
like you have.
996
01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:29,176
You gave her some fun
in her little life.
997
01:17:29,178 --> 01:17:31,078
That's what you did.
998
01:17:31,080 --> 01:17:33,814
You made her part of something,
999
01:17:33,816 --> 01:17:35,916
something very special.
1000
01:17:35,918 --> 01:17:38,319
You also made me a part
of something very special,
1001
01:17:38,321 --> 01:17:40,755
something I'll never forget.
1002
01:17:41,724 --> 01:17:42,890
Tom...
1003
01:17:44,093 --> 01:17:46,260
it's not your fault.
1004
01:18:30,873 --> 01:18:33,274
Some malt and jam.
1005
01:18:33,276 --> 01:18:35,042
Your favorite.
1006
01:18:49,459 --> 01:18:51,726
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
1007
01:18:53,096 --> 01:18:54,929
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
1008
01:19:01,270 --> 01:19:02,737
MRS. AUSTIN: He's perking up.
1009
01:19:03,740 --> 01:19:04,505
Pete.
1010
01:19:05,975 --> 01:19:07,241
He blames me for Jane.
1011
01:19:08,211 --> 01:19:09,810
Tom?
1012
01:19:10,847 --> 01:19:13,214
You have a job to finish.
1013
01:19:13,216 --> 01:19:16,784
A job you bravely started.
1014
01:19:16,786 --> 01:19:19,353
She was the only brave one.
1015
01:19:19,355 --> 01:19:21,055
Too many terrible things
have happened,
1016
01:19:21,057 --> 01:19:23,457
and too many people
have been hurt.
1017
01:19:23,459 --> 01:19:26,861
You and us have to make sure
that not a single hair
1018
01:19:26,863 --> 01:19:29,930
on Buster's back is harmed.
1019
01:19:32,268 --> 01:19:34,301
TOM: We have to finish this.
1020
01:19:35,938 --> 01:19:37,905
For Jane.
That's right.
1021
01:19:44,847 --> 01:19:46,180
Who's that?
1022
01:19:48,951 --> 01:19:50,151
I'm sorry.
1023
01:19:50,153 --> 01:19:51,418
I didn't mean to.
1024
01:19:51,420 --> 01:19:53,154
No.
1025
01:20:01,030 --> 01:20:02,997
It's just a letter.
1026
01:20:02,999 --> 01:20:04,799
A letter from my son.
1027
01:20:05,434 --> 01:20:06,934
You've got a son?
1028
01:20:06,936 --> 01:20:09,036
Had a son.
He was a brave soldier
1029
01:20:09,038 --> 01:20:11,038
in the Great War.
1030
01:20:12,375 --> 01:20:16,043
This is the last photograph
I have of him.
1031
01:20:16,045 --> 01:20:18,345
And the last letter from him.
1032
01:20:18,347 --> 01:20:21,916
He used to write me every week.
1033
01:20:21,918 --> 01:20:25,019
He used to write on everything
he could lay his hands on.
1034
01:20:26,022 --> 01:20:29,156
This one... this one here,
1035
01:20:29,158 --> 01:20:31,592
it's written on
a Gitanes packet.
1036
01:20:34,330 --> 01:20:35,830
Did you write back to him?
1037
01:20:35,832 --> 01:20:37,298
Of course.
1038
01:20:40,469 --> 01:20:42,169
Still do.
1039
01:20:44,907 --> 01:20:47,341
I post him a letter every week.
1040
01:20:49,412 --> 01:20:51,278
How did your son...?
1041
01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:54,048
A bomb hit their camp
in Belgium.
1042
01:20:55,017 --> 01:20:56,150
I'm sorry.
1043
01:20:56,152 --> 01:20:57,518
There's not a day goes by
1044
01:20:57,520 --> 01:20:59,253
when I don't
have a think about him.
1045
01:21:01,390 --> 01:21:03,123
But I'm all right.
1046
01:21:03,125 --> 01:21:05,626
I've got my animals
to keep me company now.
1047
01:21:07,930 --> 01:21:09,530
The strange thing...
1048
01:21:10,867 --> 01:21:14,335
I always picture him
at your age.
1049
01:21:15,404 --> 01:21:18,038
Very like him in many ways, Tom.
1050
01:21:22,445 --> 01:21:24,044
Oh!
1051
01:21:28,918 --> 01:21:30,351
Hello, Pete.
1052
01:21:31,988 --> 01:21:33,954
He's looking better.
1053
01:21:49,672 --> 01:21:51,906
(DOG BARKS DISTANTLY)
1054
01:21:54,210 --> 01:21:55,542
What?
1055
01:21:55,544 --> 01:21:57,111
You tell me what.
1056
01:21:57,113 --> 01:21:58,379
Where were you?
1057
01:21:58,381 --> 01:21:59,947
I was just walking about,
you know.
1058
01:21:59,949 --> 01:22:01,282
Looking for something bad to do.
1059
01:22:01,284 --> 01:22:03,150
Yeah, well,
I was looking for you.
1060
01:22:05,321 --> 01:22:06,520
Hey!
1061
01:22:06,522 --> 01:22:08,322
I said I was looking for you.
1062
01:22:08,324 --> 01:22:10,124
Yeah, well, you found me.
1063
01:22:13,095 --> 01:22:14,662
(GRUNTS)
1064
01:22:16,666 --> 01:22:18,699
TOM: There you go, Buster.
1065
01:22:18,701 --> 01:22:21,335
Good boy. Good boy.
1066
01:22:21,337 --> 01:22:23,570
He ate a whole cart full.
1067
01:22:47,196 --> 01:22:49,129
(BUSTER ROARS)
1068
01:22:52,101 --> 01:22:53,500
Bingo.
1069
01:23:21,297 --> 01:23:24,231
PETE: I went back to the tree
the other day with Mickey,
1070
01:23:24,233 --> 01:23:28,168
and repainted our three initials
and added Mickey's.
1071
01:23:28,170 --> 01:23:30,004
I hope that's okay
with you, Tom.
1072
01:23:31,307 --> 01:23:32,573
TOM: Of course it's okay, Pete.
1073
01:23:32,575 --> 01:23:34,041
Did you repaint it
with your blood?
1074
01:23:34,043 --> 01:23:35,409
PETE: Are you kidding?
1075
01:23:35,411 --> 01:23:36,710
No.
1076
01:23:36,712 --> 01:23:38,379
Painted it with my Meccano pen.
1077
01:23:38,381 --> 01:23:40,381
(PETE CHUCKLES)
1078
01:23:40,383 --> 01:23:41,682
WOMAN: Come on, you two.
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)
1079
01:23:41,684 --> 01:23:43,751
PETE: Tom?
TOM: Yeah, Pete?
1080
01:23:43,753 --> 01:23:46,086
PETE: I never want those initials to fade.
TOM: Neither do I.
1081
01:23:51,127 --> 01:23:53,360
WOMAN: How was that?
You all right?
1082
01:23:53,362 --> 01:23:55,362
I saw the elephant, Hall.
1083
01:23:56,432 --> 01:23:58,532
That's right. I saw it.
1084
01:23:58,534 --> 01:24:00,434
And you know what?
1085
01:24:00,436 --> 01:24:03,103
Not only am I going to get
a fat reward and get famous,
1086
01:24:03,105 --> 01:24:05,139
but you're dead
when the police find out
1087
01:24:05,141 --> 01:24:06,807
you were involved, Hall.
1088
01:24:06,809 --> 01:24:08,776
And your dad'll be sacked!
1089
01:24:11,347 --> 01:24:13,247
Pete, why are you
speaking to him?
1090
01:24:13,249 --> 01:24:16,650
What are you? Deaf and dumb
like your dopey brother?
1091
01:24:17,586 --> 01:24:18,786
Pete...
1092
01:24:18,788 --> 01:24:20,687
Petey? I didn't mean...
1093
01:24:24,060 --> 01:24:27,661
Never, ever speak
about my brother again.
1094
01:24:27,663 --> 01:24:29,163
HEADMASTER: Come here, you.
1095
01:24:29,165 --> 01:24:31,432
(CHILDREN APPLAUD)
1096
01:24:33,769 --> 01:24:36,470
(CHILDREN, CHANTING)
Pete! Pete! Pete! Pete! Pete!
1097
01:24:37,273 --> 01:24:39,373
(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING)
1098
01:24:41,544 --> 01:24:44,211
I found the elephant!
1099
01:24:44,213 --> 01:24:45,479
Hello? Misters?
1100
01:24:45,481 --> 01:24:47,681
I found the elephant!
1101
01:24:49,418 --> 01:24:51,418
(CHAIN RATTLES)
1102
01:24:55,591 --> 01:24:57,624
(WHEEZING)
1103
01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:06,366
TOM: You okay?
1104
01:25:10,539 --> 01:25:12,506
JAKE: Could you reach me that?
1105
01:25:12,508 --> 01:25:15,142
(LABORED BREATHING)
1106
01:25:19,648 --> 01:25:21,815
(PANTING)
1107
01:25:24,220 --> 01:25:26,253
One a day keeps the doc away.
1108
01:25:29,258 --> 01:25:31,758
I guess now you know
why I never made it to war.
1109
01:25:43,239 --> 01:25:44,638
(SIGHS)
1110
01:25:45,774 --> 01:25:47,341
I...
1111
01:25:48,711 --> 01:25:50,477
I need to talk.
1112
01:26:02,358 --> 01:26:03,790
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
1113
01:26:09,365 --> 01:26:11,198
Hopefully...
1114
01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:13,500
hopefully these will
help him get...
1115
01:26:14,603 --> 01:26:16,236
Hello again, ma'am.
1116
01:26:16,238 --> 01:26:17,671
TOM: It's okay.
1117
01:26:17,673 --> 01:26:19,540
He's part of our team now.
1118
01:26:19,542 --> 01:26:21,542
Let's finish what we started.
1119
01:26:27,683 --> 01:26:29,283
EMILY: Tom?
1120
01:26:31,353 --> 01:26:32,786
What?
1121
01:26:32,788 --> 01:26:35,255
Look.
1122
01:26:35,257 --> 01:26:37,658
ADULT TOM: ( NARRATING)
Shortly after the last devastating raid,
1123
01:26:37,660 --> 01:26:40,928
the Allied forces took control
of the skies.
1124
01:26:40,930 --> 01:26:44,364
It was then we knew
our job was done.
1125
01:27:44,860 --> 01:27:46,860
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1126
01:27:46,862 --> 01:27:49,263
(MICKEY LAUGHING)
1127
01:28:05,714 --> 01:28:07,347
Hello.
1128
01:28:07,349 --> 01:28:09,049
"Awsofer," I need
to report something.
1129
01:28:09,051 --> 01:28:10,517
Shh.
1130
01:28:10,519 --> 01:28:11,918
Repeat that?
1131
01:28:11,920 --> 01:28:13,720
JAKE: (OVER PHONE)
It's the zoo vet here.
1132
01:28:13,722 --> 01:28:15,756
The elephant has returned.
The what has returned?
1133
01:28:15,758 --> 01:28:17,691
JAKE: Buster. The
missing elephant?
1134
01:28:17,693 --> 01:28:19,493
How?
JAKE: Don't know.
1135
01:28:19,495 --> 01:28:20,694
What?
1136
01:28:20,696 --> 01:28:21,928
JAKE: It's a mystery.
1137
01:28:21,930 --> 01:28:23,530
It just returned?
1138
01:28:23,532 --> 01:28:24,631
JAKE: Yes, officer.
1139
01:28:24,633 --> 01:28:25,999
Buster's here now.
1140
01:28:26,001 --> 01:28:27,768
You can call off the search...
1141
01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:34,775
You will not believe
what has just reappeared.
1142
01:28:34,777 --> 01:28:36,977
I need to talk to somebody
1143
01:28:36,979 --> 01:28:39,079
about the missing elephant.
1144
01:28:39,081 --> 01:28:41,048
That missing elephant is...
1145
01:28:41,050 --> 01:28:43,383
no longer missing.
1146
01:28:45,721 --> 01:28:47,421
Okay.
1147
01:28:47,423 --> 01:28:48,488
EMILY: It's in my dresser drawer.
1148
01:28:48,490 --> 01:28:51,858
The green leather one.
1149
01:28:51,860 --> 01:28:53,493
ADULT TOM: ( NARRATING)
Shortly after we returned Buster,
1150
01:28:53,495 --> 01:28:55,929
I discovered my letters to Dad.
1151
01:28:55,931 --> 01:28:57,931
Unsent.
1152
01:28:59,568 --> 01:29:01,068
EMILY: Did you find it, Tom?
1153
01:29:01,070 --> 01:29:03,437
The little gray one.
1154
01:29:05,407 --> 01:29:07,974
ADULT TOM: I decided my mum's secret
1155
01:29:07,976 --> 01:29:11,945
should be kept a secret.
1156
01:29:11,947 --> 01:29:15,449
And I grew to understand
why she never sent the letters.
1157
01:29:26,595 --> 01:29:29,496
PETE: She's heavy.
1158
01:29:29,498 --> 01:29:32,733
Whose idea was this anyway?
1159
01:29:32,735 --> 01:29:34,134
I heard that.
1160
01:29:34,136 --> 01:29:37,804
I'm sorry, boys,
but I like my Paris buns.
1161
01:29:37,806 --> 01:29:39,539
ADULT TOM: Sometime later,
1162
01:29:39,541 --> 01:29:42,542
Charlie was reinstated
to his rightful place.
1163
01:29:46,648 --> 01:29:48,682
CHARLIE: You're going to have
to pay, just like everyone else.
1164
01:29:48,684 --> 01:29:51,752
ADULT TOM: And he quickly
returned to his old self.
1165
01:29:51,754 --> 01:29:53,820
No problem, Charlie.
1166
01:29:53,822 --> 01:29:54,888
It's Mister to you.
1167
01:29:54,890 --> 01:29:57,624
Oh, grow up, Mister.
1168
01:29:57,626 --> 01:29:59,393
(KIDS SNICKERING)
1169
01:30:08,771 --> 01:30:11,071
Have a wonderful afternoon.
1170
01:30:13,509 --> 01:30:15,776
MRS. AUSTIN: Oh, look, boys.
1171
01:30:15,778 --> 01:30:17,911
Flamingos.
1172
01:30:17,913 --> 01:30:19,613
TOM: I know.
PETE: I know.
1173
01:30:23,152 --> 01:30:26,119
Oh, look, a giraffe!
1174
01:30:26,121 --> 01:30:28,889
PETE & TOM: We know.
1175
01:30:41,970 --> 01:30:43,937
(BUSTER ROARING)
1176
01:30:48,844 --> 01:30:50,911
MRS. AUSTIN: Oh, Lord.
1177
01:30:51,914 --> 01:30:54,147
There's my little boy.
1178
01:30:54,149 --> 01:30:55,982
(TRUMPETS)
1179
01:30:55,984 --> 01:30:58,552
He has grown.
1180
01:31:00,155 --> 01:31:03,490
(LAUGHS)
1181
01:31:03,492 --> 01:31:06,626
ADULT TOM: There were two major
bombing raids on Belfast.
1182
01:31:06,628 --> 01:31:10,096
Over a thousand souls
lost their lives.
1183
01:31:13,135 --> 01:31:14,835
A while later,
1184
01:31:14,837 --> 01:31:17,604
Dad returned safely
from the war.
1185
01:31:24,713 --> 01:31:26,646
Pete, against all odds,
1186
01:31:26,648 --> 01:31:28,982
went on to become
a doctor in London,
1187
01:31:28,984 --> 01:31:31,952
specializing in children
with disabilities.
1188
01:31:31,954 --> 01:31:33,687
We write to each other often.
1189
01:31:33,689 --> 01:31:37,090
And he tells me Mickey
is as bossy as ever.
1190
01:31:40,062 --> 01:31:45,265
Mrs. Austin died
peacefully in her sleep in 1962,
1191
01:31:45,267 --> 01:31:49,035
finally and eternally
reunited with her beloved son.
1192
01:31:56,278 --> 01:32:00,013
I visit Jane's grave
every year on her birthday
1193
01:32:00,015 --> 01:32:04,117
and retell her the story
of how we saved an elephant.
1194
01:32:08,290 --> 01:32:10,090
Well done, son.
1195
01:32:12,628 --> 01:32:14,194
I'm proud of you.
1196
01:32:15,230 --> 01:32:17,230
ADULT TOM: Dad is going strong.
1197
01:32:17,232 --> 01:32:20,133
Still working up at the zoo.
1198
01:32:20,135 --> 01:32:23,003
And still my hero.
1199
01:32:23,005 --> 01:32:25,305
(TRUMPETS)
1200
01:32:25,307 --> 01:32:27,007
Me?
1201
01:32:27,009 --> 01:32:29,609
There was only one place
in the whole world
1202
01:32:29,611 --> 01:32:31,244
I wanted to work.
1203
01:32:36,652 --> 01:32:38,718
(BUSTER TRUMPETS)
1204
01:33:17,092 --> 01:33:19,259
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)