1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:52,793 --> 00:00:57,494 (GENTLE MUSIC WITH VOCALISED MELODY PLAYS) 4 00:02:20,928 --> 00:02:22,530 (MUSIC ENDS) 5 00:02:22,531 --> 00:02:26,131 (WHEEZY BREATHING) 6 00:02:42,733 --> 00:02:45,065 (BREATHING FADES AND ENDS) 7 00:02:47,061 --> 00:02:50,221 Farewell, Pinky. 8 00:02:50,222 --> 00:02:52,596 (SIGHS) 9 00:02:52,597 --> 00:02:55,596 (LOW HUMMING) 10 00:02:55,597 --> 00:02:57,629 The potatoes! 11 00:02:57,630 --> 00:03:00,329 (WHEEZY BREATH) 12 00:03:01,894 --> 00:03:03,991 Potatoes? 13 00:03:03,992 --> 00:03:05,990 Potatoes... 14 00:03:05,991 --> 00:03:07,389 Pinky... 15 00:03:07,390 --> 00:03:09,197 Pinky, what do you mean? 16 00:03:10,564 --> 00:03:12,131 Oh... 17 00:03:13,192 --> 00:03:15,197 Oh, Pinky. 18 00:03:25,630 --> 00:03:29,296 (SIGHS) 19 00:03:41,127 --> 00:03:43,395 Be free, Sylvia. 20 00:03:45,994 --> 00:03:47,331 Don't worry. 21 00:03:47,332 --> 00:03:48,730 I'll be OK. 22 00:03:48,731 --> 00:03:51,831 I wasn't always this alone. 23 00:03:51,832 --> 00:03:54,758 My childhood was full of people. 24 00:03:55,432 --> 00:03:57,098 Hmm... 25 00:03:58,266 --> 00:04:01,294 Dad used to say that childhood was like being drunk. 26 00:04:01,295 --> 00:04:05,491 Everyone remembers what you did, except you. 27 00:04:05,492 --> 00:04:08,323 But my childhood was sobering, Sylvia. 28 00:04:08,324 --> 00:04:10,356 I remember everything, 29 00:04:10,357 --> 00:04:13,557 right from the start. 30 00:04:13,558 --> 00:04:16,828 I'd always liked feeling caged in, 31 00:04:16,829 --> 00:04:20,098 snug, and protected. 32 00:04:22,263 --> 00:04:24,564 It was a shock to be born premature. 33 00:04:24,565 --> 00:04:25,928 I wasn't fully baked, 34 00:04:25,929 --> 00:04:29,131 and looked like a baby rabbit. 35 00:04:29,999 --> 00:04:33,422 I was named Grace Prudence Pudel. 36 00:04:33,423 --> 00:04:36,764 My twin brother, Gilbert. 37 00:04:36,765 --> 00:04:39,157 The nurse said we had two souls, 38 00:04:39,158 --> 00:04:41,497 but one heart. 39 00:04:41,498 --> 00:04:44,195 Mmm. I liked that. 40 00:04:44,196 --> 00:04:47,530 Our birth was very strenuous for Mum, 41 00:04:47,531 --> 00:04:50,530 and she died. 42 00:04:50,531 --> 00:04:52,564 We left her womb 43 00:04:52,565 --> 00:04:55,263 and she entered her tomb. 44 00:04:56,359 --> 00:04:57,830 Mother snails do the same 45 00:04:57,831 --> 00:05:00,065 after they've had their babies. 46 00:05:00,831 --> 00:05:02,527 Don't they, Sylvia? 47 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,096 As I grew older, 48 00:05:08,097 --> 00:05:10,630 I suffered a smorgasbord of afflictions. 49 00:05:10,631 --> 00:05:12,228 (AIR HISSES EXPLOSIVELY) 50 00:05:12,229 --> 00:05:16,129 I was always back in hospital for something. 51 00:05:16,130 --> 00:05:18,590 The doctor said I was like a china doll 52 00:05:18,591 --> 00:05:21,263 you could shatter with just a stare. 53 00:05:22,331 --> 00:05:26,257 Eventually, they needed to fix my floppy lip. 54 00:05:26,258 --> 00:05:29,428 (AIR HISSES GENTLY) 55 00:05:30,765 --> 00:05:33,428 (WHIMPERS AND SIGHS) 56 00:05:34,665 --> 00:05:36,461 Things went bad. 57 00:05:37,762 --> 00:05:39,663 (GASPS) 58 00:05:39,664 --> 00:05:41,663 I lost so much blood, 59 00:05:41,664 --> 00:05:43,865 I needed a transfusion. 60 00:05:43,866 --> 00:05:47,665 The doctor asked Gilbert if he'd give me his. 61 00:05:47,666 --> 00:05:49,288 - (DOCTOR CLEARS THROAT) - Huh? 62 00:05:49,289 --> 00:05:53,693 (INDISTINCT) 63 00:05:53,694 --> 00:05:55,527 Oh. 64 00:05:58,862 --> 00:06:00,329 He said yes, 65 00:06:00,330 --> 00:06:04,455 even though he thought he'd have to die to save me. 66 00:06:04,456 --> 00:06:06,628 How long before I die? 67 00:06:06,629 --> 00:06:07,798 (ALL GASP) 68 00:06:07,799 --> 00:06:10,159 They quickly explained he wouldn't die. 69 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,155 His body would make new blood. 70 00:06:12,156 --> 00:06:14,359 Oh. 71 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,860 He became everyone's hero that night. 72 00:06:16,861 --> 00:06:19,164 Especially mine. 73 00:06:19,863 --> 00:06:21,227 To cheer me up, 74 00:06:21,228 --> 00:06:24,327 Dad gave me Mum's old jewellery box. 75 00:06:24,328 --> 00:06:27,428 - (MUSIC BOX PLAYS ALOUETTE) - GRACE: Ooh! 76 00:06:29,696 --> 00:06:32,029 (LAUGHS) 77 00:06:32,030 --> 00:06:34,431 Inside, it had her snail collection, 78 00:06:34,432 --> 00:06:36,763 and her ring. 79 00:06:36,764 --> 00:06:38,763 She'd loved snails as well, 80 00:06:38,764 --> 00:06:41,228 and had been a malacologist. 81 00:06:41,229 --> 00:06:43,761 I thought Gilbert should have the ring. 82 00:06:43,762 --> 00:06:45,230 GILBERT: Ooh. 83 00:06:45,231 --> 00:06:48,593 I'm going to wear this till the day I die, Gracie. 84 00:07:14,963 --> 00:07:16,956 Despite my woes, Sylvia, 85 00:07:16,957 --> 00:07:21,822 I believed in glasses half-full and silver linings. 86 00:07:21,823 --> 00:07:25,061 Gilbert's glass was half-empty, though. 87 00:07:25,062 --> 00:07:28,032 I remember how he was often sad. 88 00:07:28,033 --> 00:07:31,495 It seemed like he had a secret he wanted to tell. 89 00:07:31,496 --> 00:07:36,564 He was like Holden Caulfield, James Dean and Charlie Brown 90 00:07:36,565 --> 00:07:38,522 all rolled into one. 91 00:07:38,523 --> 00:07:40,397 He saw people as a threat. 92 00:07:40,398 --> 00:07:41,459 (BELL RINGS) 93 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:45,930 At school, he was always my warrior, my defender. 94 00:07:45,931 --> 00:07:48,422 ALL: (CHANT) Rabbit face, rabbit face, 95 00:07:48,423 --> 00:07:50,727 rabbit face, rabbit face. 96 00:07:50,728 --> 00:07:52,896 (WHIMPERS) 97 00:07:52,897 --> 00:07:54,422 - Give me that. - (SQUEALING) 98 00:07:54,423 --> 00:07:56,496 (BOY LAUGHS NASTILY) 99 00:07:56,497 --> 00:07:58,496 (KIDS LAUGH) 100 00:07:58,497 --> 00:08:00,999 (SNIFFLES) 101 00:08:03,664 --> 00:08:05,396 Hey, morons. 102 00:08:05,397 --> 00:08:06,462 Hmm? 103 00:08:06,463 --> 00:08:08,263 (GROWLS) 104 00:08:10,765 --> 00:08:13,297 (GRUNTING AND GROANING) 105 00:08:13,298 --> 00:08:15,060 (GASPS) 106 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:17,593 - (GROANS) - (KIDS LAUGH) 107 00:08:18,564 --> 00:08:20,461 (GROANS) 108 00:08:22,666 --> 00:08:25,362 - (GROWLS) - (LAUGHS) 109 00:08:29,996 --> 00:08:32,560 (SQUEALS AND GASPS) 110 00:08:34,333 --> 00:08:35,893 Agh! 111 00:08:35,894 --> 00:08:38,362 (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 112 00:08:43,828 --> 00:08:45,593 (GRUNTS) 113 00:08:49,795 --> 00:08:51,930 (VOICE PLAYS) ...able to breed a chicken with a giraffe. 114 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:53,261 He said that he's able to lay eggs, 115 00:08:53,262 --> 00:08:54,895 - but has a really long pecker. - (LAUGHTER) 116 00:08:54,896 --> 00:08:57,488 Our home was our sanctuary, 117 00:08:57,489 --> 00:08:59,460 a place where we felt safe 118 00:08:59,461 --> 00:09:03,860 to read our books and watch our favourite shows. 119 00:09:03,861 --> 00:09:06,197 (LAUGHTER ON TV) 120 00:09:07,227 --> 00:09:10,557 I loved my bedroom. 121 00:09:10,558 --> 00:09:15,964 It's where everything was just so. 122 00:09:15,965 --> 00:09:18,861 Right angles brought me enormous comfort, 123 00:09:18,862 --> 00:09:21,395 as did my snails, Sylvia. 124 00:09:22,633 --> 00:09:25,224 They were my friends, 125 00:09:25,225 --> 00:09:28,291 so I made more of them. 126 00:09:28,292 --> 00:09:30,825 I knew they'd never leave me, 127 00:09:30,826 --> 00:09:32,593 hurt me. 128 00:09:33,630 --> 00:09:35,197 Or die. 129 00:09:37,228 --> 00:09:39,529 I didn't like people dying. 130 00:09:39,530 --> 00:09:41,863 (MAN SNORES) 131 00:09:41,864 --> 00:09:44,157 GRACE: I wanted to save people. 132 00:09:44,158 --> 00:09:46,230 Save the homeless. 133 00:09:47,194 --> 00:09:49,729 My favourite was James. 134 00:09:49,730 --> 00:09:53,228 (JAMES CONTINUES SNORING) 135 00:09:53,229 --> 00:09:56,095 One Christmas, I covered him in decorations 136 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,527 so he could feel some Christmas cheer. 137 00:09:59,764 --> 00:10:02,461 He loved his tea. 138 00:10:03,634 --> 00:10:05,990 - (LOUD CLINKING) - Huh? 139 00:10:05,991 --> 00:10:07,663 Ah! Ah. 140 00:10:07,664 --> 00:10:09,426 - (GIGGLES) - Ah... 141 00:10:09,427 --> 00:10:14,098 Good on ya, little possum. Good on ya. 142 00:10:15,326 --> 00:10:16,964 He was once a magistrate, 143 00:10:16,965 --> 00:10:19,729 but was defrocked for masturbating in court. 144 00:10:19,730 --> 00:10:21,894 (INDISTINCT MURMURING) 145 00:10:21,895 --> 00:10:23,528 (CHUCKLES) Back then, 146 00:10:23,529 --> 00:10:26,192 I thought masturbation meant chewing your food thoroughly. 147 00:10:26,193 --> 00:10:27,663 (CREAKING, JAMES HUMS SOFTLY) 148 00:10:27,664 --> 00:10:28,930 He once told me that 149 00:10:28,931 --> 00:10:32,263 masturbation was the thief of time. 150 00:10:32,995 --> 00:10:35,098 - Ooh! - Huh? 151 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:40,528 James gave me my first real snail. 152 00:10:40,529 --> 00:10:41,761 Ah! 153 00:10:41,762 --> 00:10:43,659 Your mum, Sylvia. 154 00:10:45,164 --> 00:10:48,092 He told me to put her in a big jar 155 00:10:48,093 --> 00:10:51,524 and feed her Vegemite. 156 00:10:51,525 --> 00:10:54,161 While I was busy trying to save the world, 157 00:10:54,162 --> 00:10:56,497 Gilbert wanted to break free from it. 158 00:10:56,498 --> 00:10:57,993 (GILBERT SIGHS) 159 00:10:57,994 --> 00:11:00,026 GRACE: Free others. 160 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:01,462 - (BIRD SQUAWKS) - Huh? 161 00:11:01,463 --> 00:11:03,695 (SQUAWKS) 162 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:05,294 GILBERT: Ugh! 163 00:11:05,295 --> 00:11:09,230 Once, he let our neighbour's cockatoo escape. 164 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:14,293 (SQUAWKS CONFUSEDLY) 165 00:11:14,294 --> 00:11:16,328 GILBERT: Fly, Mildred! Come on, fly! 166 00:11:16,329 --> 00:11:18,093 - (CONTINUES BANGING CAGE) - (MILDRED SQUAWKS) 167 00:11:18,094 --> 00:11:19,826 - (FLAPPING) - (LAUGHS) 168 00:11:19,827 --> 00:11:21,662 (SQUAWKING) 169 00:11:21,663 --> 00:11:23,296 Bye, Mildred! 170 00:11:23,297 --> 00:11:26,527 GRACE: Gilbert said Mildred never seemed so happy. 171 00:11:30,867 --> 00:11:33,597 If he wasn't letting animals free, 172 00:11:33,598 --> 00:11:35,494 he was rescuing them. 173 00:11:36,499 --> 00:11:37,359 (WHIMPERS) 174 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,263 He didn't care about the dangers. 175 00:11:42,931 --> 00:11:44,758 GILBERT: I'll save it, Gracie! 176 00:11:49,633 --> 00:11:51,494 - Gilbert! - Ah! 177 00:11:57,599 --> 00:11:59,423 Come on, fella! 178 00:11:59,424 --> 00:12:01,990 - Agh! - (HORN BLARES) 179 00:12:01,991 --> 00:12:04,395 (SCREAMS) 180 00:12:11,391 --> 00:12:13,527 Over here, Gracie! 181 00:12:17,065 --> 00:12:19,894 GRACE: Gilbert loved animals so much 182 00:12:19,895 --> 00:12:22,593 he became a vegetarian. 183 00:12:24,927 --> 00:12:26,428 (LAUGHS) 184 00:12:27,792 --> 00:12:31,362 GILBERT: Aww! Now she's got a boyfriend. 185 00:12:35,998 --> 00:12:38,527 Look, Gracie, they're hugging. 186 00:12:40,763 --> 00:12:42,725 BOTH: Ugh... 187 00:12:44,996 --> 00:12:47,096 GILBERT: Eggs, wow! 188 00:12:47,097 --> 00:12:49,591 GRACE: We'd created our own little family. 189 00:12:49,592 --> 00:12:52,626 GILBERT: They hatched, Gracie! Babies! 190 00:12:54,033 --> 00:12:58,128 GRACE: You became my favourite, Sylvia. 191 00:12:58,129 --> 00:13:02,228 Your swirl went opposite to the others. 192 00:13:02,229 --> 00:13:06,527 Gilbert named you after Mum's favourite author. 193 00:13:10,496 --> 00:13:14,092 But the thing that made Gilbert really unique 194 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:17,692 was his love of fire. 195 00:13:19,930 --> 00:13:21,758 He wanted to eat it. 196 00:13:25,461 --> 00:13:29,428 He'd spend hours playing with fire. 197 00:13:43,864 --> 00:13:45,725 (LAUGHS MANIACALLY) 198 00:13:53,729 --> 00:13:58,296 GRACE: I remember how he always smelt like burnt matches. 199 00:13:59,459 --> 00:14:02,831 At school, the girls swooned. 200 00:14:02,832 --> 00:14:05,892 He was the flame, they were the moths. 201 00:14:05,893 --> 00:14:07,329 (GIRLS SIGH) 202 00:14:07,330 --> 00:14:11,359 But he was more interested in reading, and magic. 203 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,360 I think he just wanted to disappear. 204 00:14:14,361 --> 00:14:18,329 And spend all his pocket money at Bert's. 205 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,359 Bert was the type of person 206 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,790 parents told you to avoid, Sylvia. 207 00:14:29,791 --> 00:14:33,494 Someone who might offer you boiled lollies. 208 00:14:33,495 --> 00:14:35,461 Ooh. 209 00:14:36,527 --> 00:14:39,494 Bert seemed anything but magical. 210 00:14:41,698 --> 00:14:43,032 (BARKS IN ALARM) 211 00:14:46,564 --> 00:14:47,489 (LAUGHS) 212 00:14:47,490 --> 00:14:49,193 GRACE: Gilbert's dream was 213 00:14:49,194 --> 00:14:51,194 to be a street performer in Paris. 214 00:14:51,195 --> 00:14:53,323 - (ACCORDION PLAYS) - (CROWD GASPS) 215 00:14:53,324 --> 00:14:55,824 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 216 00:15:03,097 --> 00:15:04,857 - GILBERT: Look, Gracie! - (GASPS) 217 00:15:06,491 --> 00:15:08,659 He was always practising. 218 00:15:10,029 --> 00:15:11,398 - (GRUNTS) - (GASPS) 219 00:15:11,399 --> 00:15:13,032 GILBERT: Oh, shit! 220 00:15:14,362 --> 00:15:17,028 - (SCREAMS) - GILBERT: Ow, ow, ow! 221 00:15:17,029 --> 00:15:19,395 GRACE: And often burnt himself. 222 00:15:20,158 --> 00:15:21,593 (EXHALES) 223 00:15:22,527 --> 00:15:24,765 We got little scars from the sparks. 224 00:15:24,766 --> 00:15:27,257 And when we put our arms together, 225 00:15:27,258 --> 00:15:30,357 they formed a face. 226 00:15:30,358 --> 00:15:31,930 GILBERT: Oh, look, Gracie! 227 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:35,290 GRACE: It felt great when we did this. 228 00:15:35,291 --> 00:15:37,824 Our feelings aligned. 229 00:15:39,625 --> 00:15:41,794 A lot of twins say this, Sylvia, 230 00:15:41,795 --> 00:15:44,092 and it's true. 231 00:15:44,093 --> 00:15:46,192 I felt his emotions, 232 00:15:46,193 --> 00:15:50,256 his happiness and his sadness. 233 00:15:50,257 --> 00:15:51,556 Which seemed to be 234 00:15:51,557 --> 00:15:54,657 the fourth member of our family. 235 00:15:54,658 --> 00:15:57,622 - Mum's death had left a hole. - (SNORING) 236 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:00,061 Dad had tried to fill the void, 237 00:16:00,062 --> 00:16:03,461 but... he had his own problems. 238 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,656 Dad was French, 239 00:16:06,657 --> 00:16:11,531 and had once been an animator in Paris. 240 00:16:11,532 --> 00:16:13,323 He made stop-motion films 241 00:16:13,324 --> 00:16:15,458 with an old Bolex camera. 242 00:16:15,459 --> 00:16:18,127 (MUSIC PLAYS WITH SINGING IN FRENCH) 243 00:16:18,128 --> 00:16:20,692 He showed them to us sometimes. 244 00:16:28,567 --> 00:16:30,597 To pay for his art form, 245 00:16:30,598 --> 00:16:32,563 he busked on the streets. 246 00:16:32,564 --> 00:16:35,428 (ACCORDION PLAYS) 247 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:37,557 Bonjour, messieurs dames, 248 00:16:37,558 --> 00:16:39,465 Je suis l'incroyable Percy Pudel. 249 00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:40,690 Mum met him on a holiday 250 00:16:40,691 --> 00:16:43,164 she'd won in the Woman's Weekly magazine. 251 00:16:45,465 --> 00:16:47,461 Hep-ah! 252 00:16:50,492 --> 00:16:52,531 - Oh! - (SHUTTER CLICKS) 253 00:16:52,532 --> 00:16:54,626 Et voila, messieurs dames. 254 00:16:56,432 --> 00:16:58,290 Ohh... 255 00:16:58,291 --> 00:17:00,429 (HEART BEATS LOUDLY) 256 00:17:00,430 --> 00:17:02,391 Wow! 257 00:17:02,392 --> 00:17:04,425 Bonjour, mademoiselle d'escargot. 258 00:17:04,426 --> 00:17:08,263 - (CHUCKLES) - (LAUGHS AND SIGHS) 259 00:17:10,632 --> 00:17:13,397 Ooh! Ooh, la, la! 260 00:17:13,398 --> 00:17:15,659 (CHUCKLES) 261 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:17,591 GRACE: They fell in love, 262 00:17:17,592 --> 00:17:20,126 and he followed her back to Australia. 263 00:17:20,127 --> 00:17:22,824 (HORNS BLARE, TRAFFIC RUMBLES) 264 00:17:24,462 --> 00:17:28,032 Bonjour! Je suis l'incroyable Percy Pudel. 265 00:17:28,961 --> 00:17:30,560 MAN: Wanker! 266 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:33,730 - Hey, w... Watch out! - (TYRES SQUEAL) 267 00:17:33,731 --> 00:17:35,759 - (CRASH!) - PERCY:Agh! 268 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,527 (GROANS) 269 00:17:44,395 --> 00:17:45,965 GRACE: Mum had only just got pregnant 270 00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:49,724 when his career was cut short by a drunk driver. 271 00:17:49,725 --> 00:17:54,431 He never juggled again, and became a paraplegic. 272 00:17:54,432 --> 00:17:56,464 Then, slowly, 273 00:17:56,465 --> 00:17:57,929 an alcoholic, 274 00:17:57,930 --> 00:18:00,890 just like the guy who'd hit him. 275 00:18:01,866 --> 00:18:04,763 Money had always been a problem. 276 00:18:04,764 --> 00:18:07,264 Much worse since his accident. 277 00:18:07,265 --> 00:18:11,626 His pension barely paid for his wheelchair batteries. 278 00:18:13,731 --> 00:18:14,997 Winning Scratchies 279 00:18:14,998 --> 00:18:18,125 was the only thing that brought him hope. 280 00:18:18,126 --> 00:18:20,792 We found them everywhere. 281 00:18:20,793 --> 00:18:22,455 (SNORES) 282 00:18:22,456 --> 00:18:24,324 To make matters worse, 283 00:18:24,325 --> 00:18:26,758 he developed sleep apnoea. 284 00:18:27,492 --> 00:18:31,859 (BREATHING STUTTERS AND STOPS) 285 00:18:31,860 --> 00:18:33,329 BOTH: Huh? 286 00:18:34,395 --> 00:18:36,563 We'd have to clap to wake him up. 287 00:18:36,564 --> 00:18:38,663 (BOTH CLAP LOUDLY) 288 00:18:38,664 --> 00:18:41,098 (MUTTERS IN FRENCH) 289 00:18:44,191 --> 00:18:46,362 (SNORES) 290 00:18:53,095 --> 00:18:54,590 Despite our hardships, 291 00:18:54,591 --> 00:18:58,928 our little family unit was strong. 292 00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:01,695 And there was plenty of joy. 293 00:19:01,696 --> 00:19:03,065 GILBERT: Ready! 294 00:19:03,730 --> 00:19:05,758 (ALL CHEER) 295 00:19:06,930 --> 00:19:10,099 (PEOPLE SHOUT AND SCREAM) 296 00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:14,428 GRACE: Our happiest day was when we went on the Big Dipper. 297 00:19:17,434 --> 00:19:19,098 It was scary. 298 00:19:20,131 --> 00:19:23,065 Scary because it was 100 years old. 299 00:19:24,292 --> 00:19:25,762 Wah! (LAUGHS) 300 00:19:25,763 --> 00:19:27,761 GRACE: Dad felt alive, 301 00:19:27,762 --> 00:19:29,491 escaped his body. 302 00:19:29,492 --> 00:19:32,156 (PERCY CONTINUES SHOUTING EXCITEDLY) 303 00:19:32,157 --> 00:19:34,791 (ALL SHOUT) 304 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:38,056 When he died, 305 00:19:38,057 --> 00:19:42,065 he said he wanted his ashes sprinkled off the Big Dipper. 306 00:19:43,198 --> 00:19:45,559 The day got even better on the way home 307 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,024 when Gilbert found a Scratchie on the ground. 308 00:19:49,025 --> 00:19:50,890 We won $20! 309 00:19:52,227 --> 00:19:53,596 So Dad bought 20 more. 310 00:19:53,597 --> 00:19:55,356 (PERCY MURMURS) 311 00:19:55,357 --> 00:19:58,195 GILBERT: Too bad, Dad. 312 00:19:58,196 --> 00:20:00,431 GRACE: He hated we had to look after him. 313 00:20:00,432 --> 00:20:01,999 (PERCY SIGHS) 314 00:20:03,627 --> 00:20:08,457 GRACE: I suppose his cage was his body. 315 00:20:08,458 --> 00:20:11,322 His glass wasn't full or empty. 316 00:20:11,323 --> 00:20:13,296 Just... a glass. 317 00:20:15,135 --> 00:20:18,692 Knitting and black jelly beans were his other addictions. 318 00:20:19,692 --> 00:20:21,956 He was the one who knitted my snail hat 319 00:20:21,957 --> 00:20:25,528 and made the eyeballs out of his old juggling balls. 320 00:20:25,529 --> 00:20:26,756 (LAUGHS) 321 00:20:26,757 --> 00:20:29,062 The jelly beans made his tongue all black, 322 00:20:29,063 --> 00:20:30,596 - and his breath... - (BOTH SNIFF) 323 00:20:30,597 --> 00:20:32,531 GRACE: ...aniseedy. 324 00:20:32,532 --> 00:20:33,656 GILBERT: Watch, Gracie. 325 00:20:33,657 --> 00:20:34,930 GRACE: We arranged them on his head 326 00:20:34,931 --> 00:20:37,258 while he pretended to be asleep. 327 00:20:37,259 --> 00:20:39,197 He let us do stuff like that. 328 00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:47,125 We were free to do what we wanted, Sylvia. 329 00:20:47,126 --> 00:20:48,628 GILBERT: (LAUGHS) Ah! 330 00:20:48,629 --> 00:20:50,230 (LAUGHTER) 331 00:20:50,231 --> 00:20:54,096 GRACEA: He said childhood was life's best season. 332 00:20:54,097 --> 00:20:57,588 It never lasts, but everyone deserves one. 333 00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,355 PERCY: Oh, mon fils! (LAUGHS) 334 00:21:00,356 --> 00:21:02,056 Bravo, Gilbert! 335 00:21:02,057 --> 00:21:06,257 GRACE: He was so proud Gilbert wanted to be a performer, 336 00:21:06,258 --> 00:21:08,224 follow in his footsteps. 337 00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:10,464 GILBERT: Ah... Ohh! 338 00:21:10,465 --> 00:21:13,461 (LAUGHS) Bravo! 339 00:21:13,462 --> 00:21:16,455 GRACE: That night, we got out mum's jewellery box 340 00:21:16,456 --> 00:21:18,796 and sang our heads off. 341 00:21:18,797 --> 00:21:20,829 ALL: # ...gentille alouette 342 00:21:20,830 --> 00:21:23,962 ♪ Alouette, je te plumerai 343 00:21:23,963 --> 00:21:26,861 - PERCY AND GILBERT: ♪ Je te plumerai la tete... ♪ - (GRACE SINGS INDISTINCTLY) 344 00:21:26,862 --> 00:21:28,830 ♪ Je te plumerai la tete 345 00:21:28,831 --> 00:21:30,696 ALL: # Et la tete! Et la tete! 346 00:21:30,697 --> 00:21:32,728 ♪ Alouette! Alouette! 347 00:21:32,729 --> 00:21:34,894 ♪ O-o-o-oh... ♪ 348 00:21:34,895 --> 00:21:37,362 (MUSIC BOX CONTINUES) 349 00:21:38,561 --> 00:21:40,931 - (BURPS) - GILBERT: Hah. Good one, Dad. 350 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:43,723 GRACE: Later, dad got out his old Bolex camera 351 00:21:43,724 --> 00:21:46,857 and gave me some tips on how to animate. 352 00:21:50,792 --> 00:21:54,330 I wanted to become an animator, just like him. 353 00:21:54,331 --> 00:21:56,724 (TV PLAYS) 354 00:21:56,725 --> 00:21:59,864 GRACE: To top the day off, we had a competition 355 00:21:59,865 --> 00:22:02,728 to see who could create the best hairdo. 356 00:22:02,729 --> 00:22:06,157 (TV CONTINUES) 357 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,461 GRACE: I won. 358 00:22:10,792 --> 00:22:13,256 I remember the stillness that night... 359 00:22:13,257 --> 00:22:14,590 (PERCY MURMURS) 360 00:22:14,591 --> 00:22:17,564 ...the wonderful memories of that day, 361 00:22:17,565 --> 00:22:19,461 fresh in our heads. 362 00:22:21,326 --> 00:22:24,857 A day so precious... 363 00:22:26,325 --> 00:22:27,923 ...but fleeting. 364 00:22:29,432 --> 00:22:31,857 (SNORES) 365 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:36,860 (BREATHING STUTTERS AND STOPS) 366 00:22:36,861 --> 00:22:39,221 (TV CONTINUES) 367 00:22:39,222 --> 00:22:40,527 BOTH: Huh? 368 00:22:42,698 --> 00:22:45,263 (BOTH CLAP LOUDLY) 369 00:22:49,733 --> 00:22:52,032 (CLAPPING SLOWS AND STOPS) 370 00:22:53,931 --> 00:22:55,923 GRACE: Despite our clapping... 371 00:22:56,764 --> 00:22:58,629 ...this time, 372 00:22:58,630 --> 00:23:00,863 Dad never woke. 373 00:23:00,864 --> 00:23:04,329 - (SNIFFLES) - (LAUGHTER ON TV) 374 00:23:07,434 --> 00:23:09,560 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 375 00:23:11,834 --> 00:23:14,393 We couldn't afford a proper funeral, 376 00:23:14,394 --> 00:23:17,756 so Dad was cremated by the government, 377 00:23:17,757 --> 00:23:22,162 his ashes given to us in a cardboard box. 378 00:23:22,163 --> 00:23:25,960 I sprinkled him into his jellybean jar. 379 00:23:25,961 --> 00:23:27,890 He would have liked that. 380 00:23:37,164 --> 00:23:39,524 Child services came to take us away. 381 00:23:39,525 --> 00:23:42,857 DENISE: Come on, you two. Let's go. 382 00:23:44,033 --> 00:23:45,960 GRACE: And we were to be sent to foster homes 383 00:23:45,961 --> 00:23:48,098 in separate states. 384 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,227 We had no relatives, 385 00:23:52,228 --> 00:23:54,895 and no-one wanted to adopt twins, 386 00:23:54,896 --> 00:23:57,923 especially weird ones like us. 387 00:24:06,194 --> 00:24:08,529 Look after it, Gilbert. 388 00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:11,999 (SNIFFLES) 389 00:24:16,834 --> 00:24:20,128 DENISE: Hurry up. Say your goodbyes. 390 00:24:20,129 --> 00:24:22,458 - GILBERT: Bye, Gracie. - (HONKS HORN) 391 00:24:22,459 --> 00:24:26,032 - GRACE: Bye, Gilbert. - (ENGINE STARTS) 392 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:33,428 GRACE: That was the last time I saw my brother. 393 00:24:33,429 --> 00:24:37,494 The last time I smelled his scent of burnt matches. 394 00:24:43,299 --> 00:24:46,498 We never got to sprinkle Dad off the Big Dipper. 395 00:24:46,499 --> 00:24:50,296 (SNIFFLES AND SOBS) 396 00:24:54,933 --> 00:24:57,192 Our lives were turned upside down 397 00:24:57,193 --> 00:25:00,359 and back to front, Sylvia. 398 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:03,594 We had no choice but to move onwards. 399 00:25:03,595 --> 00:25:05,331 Upwards. 400 00:25:05,332 --> 00:25:06,692 Sidewards. 401 00:25:10,695 --> 00:25:14,998 I was sent to live with a childless couple in Canberra, 402 00:25:14,999 --> 00:25:18,560 which had won safest city three years in a row. 403 00:25:20,033 --> 00:25:23,065 Some people even wore helmets driving. 404 00:25:29,234 --> 00:25:33,065 Back then, Canberra wasn't the exciting place it is today. 405 00:25:35,629 --> 00:25:40,263 I suppose 'settled' is the wrong word for how I felt. 406 00:25:41,131 --> 00:25:44,164 'Traumatised' was more accurate. 407 00:25:46,165 --> 00:25:49,263 The separation from Gilbert made me anxious. 408 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:53,324 But you and your siblings, Sylvia, 409 00:25:53,325 --> 00:25:55,560 you brought me some comfort. 410 00:25:56,531 --> 00:25:58,065 (SIGHS) 411 00:25:58,829 --> 00:26:00,496 MAN: Lovely. 412 00:26:00,497 --> 00:26:01,657 (WOMAN LAUGHS) 413 00:26:01,658 --> 00:26:05,125 GRACE: My new foster parents, Ian and Narelle, 414 00:26:05,126 --> 00:26:08,630 were... pleasant enough. 415 00:26:08,631 --> 00:26:09,931 They were accountants 416 00:26:09,932 --> 00:26:12,362 for a company that made traffic lights. 417 00:26:13,831 --> 00:26:15,127 They were well-meaning, 418 00:26:15,128 --> 00:26:17,059 and addicted to self-help books. 419 00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:19,697 - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Hm? 420 00:26:19,698 --> 00:26:22,493 - Good morning! - Hey! 421 00:26:22,494 --> 00:26:25,596 GRACE: They believed a good dose of self-esteem 422 00:26:25,597 --> 00:26:28,361 cured everything. 423 00:26:28,362 --> 00:26:31,657 Every week, they'd make me a new certificate. 424 00:26:31,658 --> 00:26:35,098 NARELL: Our little baby. Oh, we're so proud! 425 00:26:35,897 --> 00:26:37,761 IAN: Now, watch this. 426 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:39,097 My finger work! 427 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:41,758 GRACE: On the weekends, they'd play netball. 428 00:26:43,132 --> 00:26:45,393 IAN: Gracie, can you get the ball for us? 429 00:26:45,394 --> 00:26:47,626 GRACE: They tried to get me to play as well. 430 00:26:50,127 --> 00:26:51,758 IAN: Here we go. 431 00:26:54,026 --> 00:26:55,090 Catch it! 432 00:26:55,091 --> 00:26:56,463 GRACIE: Oof! 433 00:26:56,464 --> 00:26:57,692 IAN: Oh, no! 434 00:26:59,033 --> 00:27:01,195 NARELLE: Ian! What's happened to her? 435 00:27:01,196 --> 00:27:03,530 - IAN: You're right, babe. - NARELLE: Babe? 436 00:27:03,531 --> 00:27:05,228 She's going blue! 437 00:27:05,229 --> 00:27:06,558 GRACE: Sometimes I faked asthma attacks. 438 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:09,159 IAN: Hey, Narelle, better get the puffer! 439 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,831 GRACE: I felt bad telling lies, 440 00:27:10,832 --> 00:27:13,423 but sport was one of my allergies. 441 00:27:13,424 --> 00:27:15,192 NARELLE: You alright, babe? 442 00:27:15,193 --> 00:27:17,461 IAN: Breathe, pumpkin, breathe! 443 00:27:25,197 --> 00:27:28,725 Their favourite colour was beige. 444 00:27:31,033 --> 00:27:34,227 They even had guinea pigs that were beige. 445 00:27:34,228 --> 00:27:37,329 NARELLE: OK, we're off now, pumpkin. 446 00:27:37,996 --> 00:27:40,230 - See you later. - Bye. 447 00:27:41,364 --> 00:27:43,927 GRACE: On Saturdays, they went to key parties. 448 00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:45,128 NARELLE: Ready, love? 449 00:27:45,129 --> 00:27:47,197 IAN: I'm looking forward to tonight, babe. 450 00:27:49,164 --> 00:27:51,392 GRACE: They were swingers, Sylvia. 451 00:27:51,393 --> 00:27:53,597 (GRUNTING, MOANING) WOMAN: Darryl! 452 00:27:53,598 --> 00:27:56,230 (MOANING CONTINUES) 453 00:27:57,698 --> 00:27:59,530 (HINGES SQUEAK) 454 00:27:59,531 --> 00:28:00,657 GRACE: Back then, 455 00:28:00,658 --> 00:28:03,890 I thought swinging meant something else. 456 00:28:06,527 --> 00:28:09,193 My new school was predictably bad. 457 00:28:09,194 --> 00:28:10,762 - WOMAN: Grace Pudel! - Huh? 458 00:28:10,763 --> 00:28:12,593 WOMAN: Stop daydreaming. 459 00:28:13,293 --> 00:28:15,329 (INDISTINCT MURMURING) 460 00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:18,230 GRACE: I tried to make friends. 461 00:28:19,562 --> 00:28:23,661 But Gilbert wasn't there to break their fingers. 462 00:28:23,662 --> 00:28:25,663 So... Hmm... 463 00:28:25,664 --> 00:28:27,657 I absorbed the abuse, 464 00:28:27,658 --> 00:28:32,291 came home, and played with my clay friends. 465 00:28:32,292 --> 00:28:35,126 I missed Gilbert like crazy. 466 00:28:35,127 --> 00:28:36,658 We wrote each other letters, 467 00:28:36,659 --> 00:28:40,428 and I saved every cent I could to go see him. 468 00:28:42,025 --> 00:28:45,057 He'd been sent to live with a family of fruit farmers 469 00:28:45,058 --> 00:28:46,725 near Perth. 470 00:28:48,264 --> 00:28:50,926 I definitely got the better family, Sylvia. 471 00:28:50,927 --> 00:28:53,791 He HATED his. 472 00:28:55,128 --> 00:28:56,723 GILBERT: Dear Gracie, 473 00:28:56,724 --> 00:29:00,292 my new parents, Ruth and Owen, are strange, 474 00:29:00,293 --> 00:29:02,693 and do a weird sort of praying. 475 00:29:02,694 --> 00:29:03,760 (HUMS) 476 00:29:03,761 --> 00:29:07,428 (ALL BABBLE) 477 00:29:11,561 --> 00:29:14,089 GILBERT: They make me pray four times a day. 478 00:29:14,090 --> 00:29:15,423 (BABBLES) 479 00:29:15,424 --> 00:29:17,230 They said the more I pray, 480 00:29:17,231 --> 00:29:19,923 the more the pain of Dad's death will disappear. 481 00:29:21,432 --> 00:29:25,756 They're really old-fashioned, and don't even have a phone. 482 00:29:25,757 --> 00:29:29,657 We all have to have magnets taped to us. 483 00:29:29,658 --> 00:29:32,489 They reckon it keeps our auras balanced, 484 00:29:32,490 --> 00:29:34,758 protects us from the devil. 485 00:29:36,494 --> 00:29:40,230 Ruth is obsessed with her poor budgies. 486 00:29:41,397 --> 00:29:44,692 I reckon she loves them more than her own kids. 487 00:29:45,599 --> 00:29:48,256 (MAN BABBLES) 488 00:29:48,257 --> 00:29:50,032 Worship thy apple! 489 00:29:50,033 --> 00:29:53,560 GILBERT: They've built their own church and school. 490 00:29:55,065 --> 00:29:58,124 - Owen is the minister. - (BABBLES) 491 00:29:58,125 --> 00:30:00,092 Cleanse thy soul! 492 00:30:00,093 --> 00:30:03,296 (CONTINUES BABBLING) 493 00:30:04,726 --> 00:30:09,461 Cast out thy demons, and worship thy fruit! 494 00:30:13,158 --> 00:30:14,824 Hm? 495 00:30:16,795 --> 00:30:18,260 (GRUNTS) 496 00:30:18,261 --> 00:30:19,994 GILBERT: He's got stomach ulcers, 497 00:30:19,995 --> 00:30:22,032 which he blames on the devil. 498 00:30:28,897 --> 00:30:30,558 (OWEN CONTINUES BABBLING) 499 00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:33,395 GILBERT: My new brothers are all morons. 500 00:30:35,096 --> 00:30:37,956 One of them is always staring. 501 00:30:42,567 --> 00:30:45,494 Worship the baby Jesus! 502 00:30:48,563 --> 00:30:52,161 GILBERT: I have to work in the orchard after school. 503 00:30:52,162 --> 00:30:55,428 The brothers get the better jobs. 504 00:30:57,430 --> 00:31:00,527 Ruth said if I'm going to be a good orchardman, 505 00:31:00,528 --> 00:31:04,428 I'd have to start at the bottom and work my way up. 506 00:31:06,227 --> 00:31:08,428 I'd rather eat glass. 507 00:31:10,729 --> 00:31:11,791 Hmph! 508 00:31:12,729 --> 00:31:13,789 Ugh! 509 00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:16,160 GILBERT: Anyway, they can all get stuffed, 510 00:31:16,161 --> 00:31:18,157 'cause as soon as I'm old enough, 511 00:31:18,158 --> 00:31:19,422 and got money, 512 00:31:19,423 --> 00:31:21,327 I'm coming to get you. 513 00:31:21,328 --> 00:31:24,692 I'll walk across that big, burning desert. 514 00:31:25,897 --> 00:31:27,356 We'll escape to Paris. 515 00:31:27,357 --> 00:31:29,326 I'll become a fire eater. 516 00:31:29,327 --> 00:31:30,998 - (ACCORDION PLAYS) - (CROWD CHEERS) 517 00:31:30,999 --> 00:31:33,890 GILBERT: And you'll become an amazing animator! 518 00:31:42,094 --> 00:31:44,728 It'll be great. 519 00:31:44,729 --> 00:31:46,758 (GRACIE CRIES) 520 00:31:59,428 --> 00:32:01,731 GRACE: Gilbert's letters gave me hope, 521 00:32:01,732 --> 00:32:04,492 so I tried to get on with life, 522 00:32:04,493 --> 00:32:07,927 squashing my sorrows down into my shoes 523 00:32:07,928 --> 00:32:10,431 as the years dragged on. 524 00:32:10,432 --> 00:32:11,723 To pass time, 525 00:32:11,724 --> 00:32:14,760 I began volunteering at the local library. 526 00:32:14,761 --> 00:32:16,165 (BLOWS OUT) 527 00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:20,728 One of my jobs was to erase rude drawings done by boys. 528 00:32:20,729 --> 00:32:22,456 (GASPS) Ugh... 529 00:32:22,457 --> 00:32:25,190 That's when I first met Pinky. 530 00:32:25,191 --> 00:32:27,427 (PINKY HUMS SOFTLY) 531 00:32:27,428 --> 00:32:31,260 I saw her returning books into a rubbish bin. 532 00:32:31,261 --> 00:32:33,689 She thought it was the return chute. 533 00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:36,527 And had been doing it for months. 534 00:32:37,194 --> 00:32:39,660 - Excuse me? - Hm? 535 00:32:39,661 --> 00:32:40,690 Um... 536 00:32:40,691 --> 00:32:43,726 GRACE: She was mortified when I explained. 537 00:32:43,727 --> 00:32:45,094 Ah, poo. 538 00:32:45,095 --> 00:32:47,564 Don't worry, I won't turn you in. 539 00:32:47,565 --> 00:32:49,861 Oh, thank you, dear. 540 00:32:49,862 --> 00:32:52,223 Bless your cotton socks. 541 00:32:52,224 --> 00:32:53,958 What's your name? 542 00:32:53,959 --> 00:32:55,958 Grace Pudel. 543 00:32:55,959 --> 00:32:58,397 Uh, I'm Pinky. 544 00:32:58,398 --> 00:32:59,892 Just Pinky. 545 00:32:59,893 --> 00:33:01,727 Like Cher. 546 00:33:01,728 --> 00:33:04,189 Or Liberace. 547 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:06,155 Or Prince. 548 00:33:06,156 --> 00:33:08,759 Casanova! 549 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,428 Popeye. 550 00:33:11,395 --> 00:33:13,556 People call me Pinky 'cause of this. 551 00:33:13,557 --> 00:33:16,423 Lost it dancing in Barcelona. 552 00:33:16,424 --> 00:33:19,131 (FLAMENCO-STYLE MUSIC PLAYS) 553 00:33:22,093 --> 00:33:23,791 PINKY: Agh! 554 00:33:27,494 --> 00:33:30,155 Why are you dressed like an ant? 555 00:33:30,156 --> 00:33:32,157 Oh, um... 556 00:33:32,158 --> 00:33:33,497 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 557 00:33:33,498 --> 00:33:35,331 No, I'm a snail. 558 00:33:35,332 --> 00:33:37,297 Oh! (LAUGHS) 559 00:33:37,298 --> 00:33:39,193 Funny. 560 00:33:39,194 --> 00:33:41,396 I used to think I was a pigeon. 561 00:33:41,397 --> 00:33:43,655 (COOS) 562 00:33:43,656 --> 00:33:45,856 GRACE: She was a true eccentric, 563 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:49,725 and smelt like ginger and second-hand shops. 564 00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:53,056 (CAR APPROACHES) 565 00:33:53,057 --> 00:33:54,593 Dickhead! 566 00:33:55,693 --> 00:33:57,789 GRACE: She clothed herself in corduroy, 567 00:33:57,790 --> 00:34:01,360 And her face had more wrinkles than her jacket. 568 00:34:01,361 --> 00:34:03,190 It was hard to know where the fabric ended 569 00:34:03,191 --> 00:34:05,224 and her skin began. 570 00:34:05,225 --> 00:34:07,159 Apart from you, Sylvia, 571 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,528 she was my first real friend. 572 00:34:09,529 --> 00:34:10,696 (WHOOSH!) 573 00:34:10,697 --> 00:34:13,024 My only real friend. 574 00:34:13,025 --> 00:34:15,093 (BIRDS CALL) 575 00:34:15,094 --> 00:34:17,493 She'd lived an amazing life. 576 00:34:17,494 --> 00:34:20,197 I thought one day I might make a film about her. 577 00:34:21,262 --> 00:34:23,263 She'd seen the Northern Lights. 578 00:34:24,425 --> 00:34:26,397 Floated in the Dead Sea. 579 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:27,762 (HUMS NOTES) 580 00:34:27,763 --> 00:34:30,725 (RAUNCHY MUSIC PLAYS) 581 00:34:30,726 --> 00:34:33,924 GRACE: Been an exotic dancer in a schnitzel bar. 582 00:34:33,925 --> 00:34:35,296 Ha! 583 00:34:36,462 --> 00:34:38,494 (MAN CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY AND CHEERS) 584 00:34:40,965 --> 00:34:42,999 GRACE: Won a bee-beard contest. 585 00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:45,798 PINKY: Hee! My turn. 586 00:34:45,799 --> 00:34:48,560 GRACE: Bathed with a snow monkey. 587 00:34:50,525 --> 00:34:52,857 Made love to John Denver... 588 00:34:53,863 --> 00:34:55,029 In a helicopter. 589 00:34:55,030 --> 00:34:58,230 PINKY: Take me home, country road! 590 00:35:00,995 --> 00:35:02,659 GRACE: And once... 591 00:35:03,594 --> 00:35:05,624 ...played ping pong with Fidel Castro. 592 00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:08,692 - (COMMENTARY IN SPANISH) - (CROWD ROARS) 593 00:35:10,327 --> 00:35:11,525 GRACE: She'd never been sick. 594 00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:14,358 Her secret to longevity were coffee enemas 595 00:35:14,359 --> 00:35:16,864 and a daily shot of ginger wine. 596 00:35:16,865 --> 00:35:19,425 - (BUBBLING) - (SIGHS CONTENTEDLY) 597 00:35:19,426 --> 00:35:22,058 GRACE: She'd outlived two husbands. 598 00:35:22,059 --> 00:35:23,724 The first, Hector, 599 00:35:23,725 --> 00:35:26,597 had died just a week after they got married. 600 00:35:26,598 --> 00:35:28,423 PINKY: Careful, sweetie. 601 00:35:28,424 --> 00:35:29,698 - HECTOR: Agh! - (THUNK!) 602 00:35:29,699 --> 00:35:31,530 - (CLATTERING) - (HECTOR GROANS) 603 00:35:31,531 --> 00:35:33,065 PINKY: Bugger. 604 00:35:37,892 --> 00:35:41,824 Her second husband, Bill, had been a postman. 605 00:35:43,098 --> 00:35:45,662 Who wrote love notes on her mail. 606 00:35:45,663 --> 00:35:47,422 (BILL CHUCKLES) 607 00:35:47,423 --> 00:35:48,992 BILL: Roses are red, 608 00:35:48,993 --> 00:35:50,762 Violets are camp, 609 00:35:50,763 --> 00:35:52,365 I'll be your letter, 610 00:35:52,366 --> 00:35:54,630 You be my stamp. 611 00:35:54,631 --> 00:35:56,356 You are the clouds, 612 00:35:56,357 --> 00:35:58,696 And I am the skies, 613 00:35:58,697 --> 00:36:01,257 Let me shipwreck meself 614 00:36:01,258 --> 00:36:03,056 Between your thighs. 615 00:36:03,057 --> 00:36:04,497 Smile. 616 00:36:04,498 --> 00:36:06,296 (BILL CHUCKLES) 617 00:36:07,627 --> 00:36:10,692 PINKY: Ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille. 618 00:36:12,860 --> 00:36:15,823 GRACE: They'd just begun a trek across Australia... 619 00:36:15,824 --> 00:36:17,994 BILL: Just a little to your left, sweetheart. 620 00:36:17,995 --> 00:36:19,622 GRACE: ...when nature struck. 621 00:36:19,623 --> 00:36:22,192 - (BILL SCREAMS) - Oh! Oh! Oh! 622 00:36:22,193 --> 00:36:23,356 - (THUD!) - (BOTH SCREAM) 623 00:36:23,357 --> 00:36:25,023 - No! - (THUMP!) 624 00:36:25,024 --> 00:36:27,090 (GROWLS) 625 00:36:27,091 --> 00:36:28,728 PINKY: Bugger. 626 00:36:28,729 --> 00:36:30,725 (SHUTTER CLICKS) 627 00:36:31,433 --> 00:36:35,098 (BELL TOLLS) 628 00:36:37,392 --> 00:36:39,391 PINKY: Careful, kiddies. 629 00:36:39,392 --> 00:36:41,630 GRACE: She was a real survivor, 630 00:36:41,631 --> 00:36:43,791 and had so many jobs. 631 00:36:44,927 --> 00:36:46,296 Dickhead! 632 00:36:47,259 --> 00:36:48,128 KIDS: Dickhead! 633 00:36:48,129 --> 00:36:50,292 GRACE: But they never lasted long. 634 00:36:50,293 --> 00:36:52,696 - MAN: You're fired. - (SIGHS) 635 00:36:52,697 --> 00:36:54,757 On her 80th birthday, 636 00:36:54,758 --> 00:36:58,956 she'd got a job promoting pineapple chunks. 637 00:36:59,993 --> 00:37:01,591 Oh! Oh! 638 00:37:01,592 --> 00:37:04,758 GRACE: Gosh, she had a great sense of humour. 639 00:37:06,726 --> 00:37:09,122 She drove her dead husband's postal truck 640 00:37:09,123 --> 00:37:12,063 and once told me she wanted to die peacefully in her sleep 641 00:37:12,064 --> 00:37:14,822 like her cousin who was a bus driver. 642 00:37:14,823 --> 00:37:18,930 Not screaming in horror like his passengers. 643 00:37:18,931 --> 00:37:20,829 I'm not sure whether she was joking. 644 00:37:20,830 --> 00:37:22,999 It was hard to know with her. 645 00:37:24,963 --> 00:37:28,032 Her house was fabulous. 646 00:37:30,801 --> 00:37:32,729 It smelt like popcorn and mothballs. 647 00:37:32,730 --> 00:37:35,923 (SWING MUSIC PLAYS) 648 00:37:38,561 --> 00:37:41,428 She had an enormous trophy collection, 649 00:37:41,429 --> 00:37:44,722 which I soon discovered were other people's trophies 650 00:37:44,723 --> 00:37:46,923 she'd found at second-hand stores. 651 00:37:51,999 --> 00:37:54,895 There were Post-it notes everywhere. 652 00:37:54,896 --> 00:37:57,263 She had a dreadful memory. 653 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,390 She was terrified of Alzheimer's 654 00:38:01,391 --> 00:38:03,689 and had taken up tap dancing. 655 00:38:03,690 --> 00:38:05,890 She'd read it staved off dementia. 656 00:38:09,865 --> 00:38:11,260 She didn't believe in banks, 657 00:38:11,261 --> 00:38:13,790 and put her savings in an old tin. 658 00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:17,422 She said she kept her secrets in there as well. 659 00:38:17,423 --> 00:38:18,656 PINKY: You know, Gracie, 660 00:38:18,657 --> 00:38:22,131 biscuit tins rarely contain biscuits. 661 00:38:23,660 --> 00:38:25,822 GRACE: I'd never seen her mysterious tin. 662 00:38:25,823 --> 00:38:28,655 She was always hiding it in different places, 663 00:38:28,656 --> 00:38:31,791 and often couldn't remember where. 664 00:38:33,032 --> 00:38:36,360 Her home was also full of seedlings, 665 00:38:36,361 --> 00:38:41,897 which she later confessed were marijuana. 666 00:38:41,898 --> 00:38:45,355 She loved to bake ginger hash-people, 667 00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:47,456 because, she said, 668 00:38:47,457 --> 00:38:49,890 they relieved her arthritis. 669 00:38:50,601 --> 00:38:52,723 She also enjoyed gardening, 670 00:38:52,724 --> 00:38:55,456 especially when she felt a bit miserable. 671 00:38:55,457 --> 00:38:57,790 She called it her Pity-Pit. 672 00:38:57,791 --> 00:39:02,356 She wanted her ashes sprinkled in her Pity-Pit, 673 00:39:02,357 --> 00:39:04,498 be returned to nature, 674 00:39:04,499 --> 00:39:07,032 fertilise her veggies. 675 00:39:08,162 --> 00:39:11,197 Gardening fixes everything. 676 00:39:12,468 --> 00:39:15,857 (SNIFFS AND EXHALES) 677 00:39:17,867 --> 00:39:19,697 GRACE: She also enjoyed mini-golf, 678 00:39:19,698 --> 00:39:22,296 and had built her own course. 679 00:39:26,633 --> 00:39:29,923 (CLANGING CONTINUES) 680 00:39:33,799 --> 00:39:37,329 Ha-ha! Hole in one! (LAUGHS) 681 00:39:37,330 --> 00:39:40,522 GRACE: But the thing that made Pinky truly remarkable 682 00:39:40,523 --> 00:39:42,356 was what she did every Monday. 683 00:39:42,357 --> 00:39:43,626 PINKY: There, there. 684 00:39:43,627 --> 00:39:47,898 GRACE: She'd visit the lonely, and hold their hands. 685 00:39:47,899 --> 00:39:50,827 She said the thing the elderly craved most 686 00:39:50,828 --> 00:39:52,690 was human touch. 687 00:39:52,691 --> 00:39:56,063 She'd sit with them calmly, in silence. 688 00:39:56,064 --> 00:40:00,098 Something so simple, yet so comforting. 689 00:40:00,929 --> 00:40:02,561 - Hm? - Ah! 690 00:40:02,562 --> 00:40:06,131 GRACE: An occasional ginger hash-person helped as well. 691 00:40:10,795 --> 00:40:15,164 Pinky told me she'd never got to hold her own parents' hands. 692 00:40:15,864 --> 00:40:17,961 She never said why. 693 00:40:17,962 --> 00:40:22,190 Her childhood was off-limits. 694 00:40:22,191 --> 00:40:24,329 PINKY: Woo-hoo! 695 00:40:25,191 --> 00:40:26,459 You know, 696 00:40:26,460 --> 00:40:29,730 life isn't about looking backwards, Gracie. 697 00:40:29,731 --> 00:40:33,230 It's about living forwards. 698 00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:36,963 GRACE: She was the jewel in the Canberra junk heap. 699 00:40:36,964 --> 00:40:39,795 She'd crammed so much into her life, 700 00:40:39,796 --> 00:40:42,389 and I'd crammed nothing. 701 00:40:42,390 --> 00:40:44,791 (FLICKS LIGHTER FLINT) 702 00:40:44,792 --> 00:40:47,795 GRACE: Pinky's friendship helped ease my sadness, 703 00:40:47,796 --> 00:40:50,161 my feelings of loss. 704 00:40:50,162 --> 00:40:54,465 I suppose SHE was the medicine I needed, 705 00:40:54,466 --> 00:40:57,189 a vitamin for hope. 706 00:40:57,190 --> 00:40:58,428 (SUCKS IN AIR) 707 00:40:59,368 --> 00:41:00,730 PINKY: Bugger. 708 00:41:00,731 --> 00:41:03,230 Better luck next time, Gracie. 709 00:41:05,934 --> 00:41:09,131 GRACE: The years fluttered past, Sylvia. 710 00:41:12,434 --> 00:41:14,129 Apart from Pinky, 711 00:41:14,130 --> 00:41:16,059 letters from Gilbert were the only things 712 00:41:16,060 --> 00:41:18,428 that confirmed I existed. 713 00:41:29,799 --> 00:41:32,560 I missed Gilbert like crazy. 714 00:41:58,164 --> 00:42:00,158 Ian and Narelle were still obsessed 715 00:42:00,159 --> 00:42:01,831 about my mental health, 716 00:42:01,832 --> 00:42:03,591 and sent me to self-help classes. 717 00:42:03,592 --> 00:42:06,393 Which was supposed to raise my endorphins, 718 00:42:06,394 --> 00:42:10,464 balance my chakra, and cleanse my third eye. 719 00:42:10,465 --> 00:42:13,727 Ready, set, go! 720 00:42:13,728 --> 00:42:15,627 ALL: Ha! Ha! 721 00:42:15,628 --> 00:42:21,495 Ha! Ha! Ha! 722 00:42:21,496 --> 00:42:27,363 Ha! Ha! Ha! 723 00:42:27,364 --> 00:42:29,465 Ha! Ha! 724 00:42:29,466 --> 00:42:30,695 - Ooh. - ALL: Ha! 725 00:42:30,696 --> 00:42:33,227 - Ha! - Hm. 726 00:42:33,228 --> 00:42:35,660 (SMOOCHING) WOMAN: Ah! Oh, Craig! 727 00:42:35,661 --> 00:42:39,631 - Mm! Heal me! Heal me! - CRAIG: I'll heal you, Vicky. 728 00:42:39,632 --> 00:42:41,594 - I'll heal you. - Oh, Craig! 729 00:42:41,595 --> 00:42:42,898 (BANG!) 730 00:42:42,899 --> 00:42:46,495 - (WOMAN MOANS) Oh, Craig! - CRAIG: Oh, Vic. 731 00:42:46,496 --> 00:42:47,559 (SIGHS) 732 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:51,098 GRACE: Part of me died in those classes, Sylvia. 733 00:43:04,695 --> 00:43:09,664 (SIGHS) Self-help was just a shallow, quick fix. 734 00:43:09,665 --> 00:43:12,230 None of it actually worked. 735 00:43:12,231 --> 00:43:16,197 I just wanted the earth to stop so I could get off. 736 00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:21,428 Puberty arrived, and brought its gifts. 737 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,791 I'd have loved a boyfriend. 738 00:43:31,996 --> 00:43:33,194 It didn't help matters 739 00:43:33,195 --> 00:43:35,626 when Pinky convinced me to get a perm. 740 00:43:39,730 --> 00:43:42,626 (PINKY HUMS) 741 00:43:49,432 --> 00:43:50,593 (DING!) 742 00:44:03,963 --> 00:44:05,528 DRIVER: Nice hairdo. 743 00:44:05,529 --> 00:44:07,023 (GASPS) 744 00:44:07,024 --> 00:44:08,659 Ha-ha! 745 00:44:12,630 --> 00:44:14,023 (SOBS) 746 00:44:14,024 --> 00:44:16,329 Dickhead! 747 00:44:17,062 --> 00:44:18,892 There, there, love. 748 00:44:18,893 --> 00:44:20,729 Ignore him. 749 00:44:20,730 --> 00:44:22,796 I think we look fabulous. 750 00:44:22,797 --> 00:44:24,864 GRACE: Thank God for Pinky. 751 00:44:24,865 --> 00:44:27,424 She became my real foster parent. 752 00:44:27,425 --> 00:44:29,324 Especially as Ian and Narelle 753 00:44:29,325 --> 00:44:31,457 weren't around much anymore. 754 00:44:31,458 --> 00:44:33,491 They'd discovered nude cruises, 755 00:44:33,492 --> 00:44:35,324 and were gone for weeks at a time. 756 00:44:35,325 --> 00:44:37,660 - Whee! - Good morning. 757 00:44:37,661 --> 00:44:39,659 Oh, hi! 758 00:44:46,331 --> 00:44:49,363 GRACE: I still grieved the loss of my family, 759 00:44:49,364 --> 00:44:55,197 and continued filling the void with more and more snails. 760 00:44:57,766 --> 00:44:59,860 If I saw something snail-y, 761 00:44:59,861 --> 00:45:02,930 it HAD to be mine. 762 00:45:02,931 --> 00:45:06,359 My obsession had blossomed, Sylvia. 763 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:10,258 My room had become a snail... shrine. 764 00:45:10,259 --> 00:45:14,197 I'd become a snail hoarder. 765 00:45:19,832 --> 00:45:22,890 Oh, I missed Gilbert so much. 766 00:45:24,229 --> 00:45:26,861 His letters still gave me hope, 767 00:45:26,862 --> 00:45:29,722 but he began to worry me. 768 00:45:29,723 --> 00:45:31,890 I felt he wasn't telling me everything. 769 00:45:32,897 --> 00:45:34,528 GILBERT: Dear Gracie, 770 00:45:34,529 --> 00:45:38,457 life at the Garden of Eden is certainly no Garden of Eden. 771 00:45:38,458 --> 00:45:41,426 RUTH: Gilbert! Get back to work! 772 00:45:41,427 --> 00:45:44,795 GILBERT: Ruth seems to have it in for me, 773 00:45:44,796 --> 00:45:46,696 but I don't give a stuff. 774 00:45:46,697 --> 00:45:49,090 - Sorry, Ruth. - Ugh! 775 00:45:49,091 --> 00:45:54,362 GILBERT: Oh, and she hates that I call her Ruth instead of Mum. 776 00:45:54,363 --> 00:45:57,461 And she hates that I won't let Owen shave my head. 777 00:45:58,694 --> 00:46:01,759 They make me work really hard for lousy money. 778 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:02,956 (SIGHS) 779 00:46:04,130 --> 00:46:05,956 There's no-one here to talk to. 780 00:46:08,095 --> 00:46:09,527 I try to be friendly, 781 00:46:09,528 --> 00:46:12,827 but their weirdo religion has them all brainwashed. 782 00:46:12,828 --> 00:46:14,261 (ALOUETTE PLAYS) 783 00:46:14,262 --> 00:46:16,824 GILBERT: The brothers really hate me. 784 00:46:17,765 --> 00:46:19,528 (WHISPERS) Poofter. 785 00:46:19,529 --> 00:46:20,824 (SIGHS) 786 00:46:33,065 --> 00:46:35,456 Owen forces me to read the Bible, 787 00:46:35,457 --> 00:46:37,389 - and Ruth... - (LATCH CLANKS) 788 00:46:37,390 --> 00:46:39,059 ...forces me to eat meat. 789 00:46:39,060 --> 00:46:40,924 RUTH: Hello, piggies. 790 00:46:40,925 --> 00:46:42,895 (LAUGHS) 791 00:46:42,896 --> 00:46:44,791 - (THUD!) - (PIG SQUEALS) 792 00:46:47,226 --> 00:46:48,559 RUTH: Eat it! 793 00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:51,296 GILBERT: She's barred me from playing with fire. 794 00:46:51,297 --> 00:46:56,094 She's bonkers, and thinks magic is the devil's vice. 795 00:46:56,095 --> 00:46:57,493 And she's always trying to stick 796 00:46:57,494 --> 00:47:01,256 more and more magnets on me to fix my aura. 797 00:47:01,257 --> 00:47:03,065 But I don't care. 798 00:47:04,595 --> 00:47:07,861 I hide behind the church to practice my stuff, 799 00:47:07,862 --> 00:47:09,894 with one of the brothers, 800 00:47:09,895 --> 00:47:12,461 who... seems to like me. 801 00:47:13,496 --> 00:47:17,626 Ruth reckons Lucifer's trying to invade my soul. 802 00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,422 So they tried to baptise me, 803 00:47:21,423 --> 00:47:23,461 to get the devil out! 804 00:47:27,894 --> 00:47:30,857 (BABBLES) 805 00:47:37,334 --> 00:47:38,993 Dunk thee, 806 00:47:38,994 --> 00:47:42,089 and cleanse thy demons! 807 00:47:42,090 --> 00:47:43,593 Ugh! 808 00:47:44,593 --> 00:47:47,098 GILBERT: I pretended I was possessed. 809 00:47:47,099 --> 00:47:50,089 I hid some of Owen's antacid tablets in my pockets. 810 00:47:50,090 --> 00:47:51,093 (GURGLES) 811 00:47:51,094 --> 00:47:53,161 - (GASPS) Oh, my! - Ooh... 812 00:47:53,162 --> 00:47:55,056 GILBERT: (LAUGHS) It was hilarious. 813 00:47:55,057 --> 00:47:56,792 (LAUGHS) 814 00:47:56,793 --> 00:47:57,861 (GROWLS) 815 00:47:57,862 --> 00:47:59,495 GILBERT: Ben loved it. 816 00:47:59,496 --> 00:48:01,857 (LAUGHS) 817 00:48:06,461 --> 00:48:09,093 Ruth is always trying to control me. 818 00:48:09,094 --> 00:48:11,431 She even tried drugging me. 819 00:48:11,432 --> 00:48:13,065 (RUTH CHUCKLES) 820 00:48:17,061 --> 00:48:18,725 RUTH: Eat it. 821 00:48:20,663 --> 00:48:21,956 Hmm. 822 00:48:34,061 --> 00:48:35,059 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) 823 00:48:35,060 --> 00:48:36,791 GILBERT: But I'm not dumb. 824 00:48:37,796 --> 00:48:38,555 (FLIES BUZZ) 825 00:48:38,556 --> 00:48:41,428 I hid the pills in my cheeks. 826 00:48:43,362 --> 00:48:46,722 Ruth says, Jesus's love isn't free. 827 00:48:46,723 --> 00:48:49,531 So, what money we do earn, Gracie, 828 00:48:49,532 --> 00:48:51,356 goes back to Jesus. 829 00:48:51,357 --> 00:48:53,124 MAN: Pennies for Jesus. 830 00:48:53,125 --> 00:48:55,758 Pennies for Jesus. 831 00:49:01,230 --> 00:49:05,157 Pennies for Jesus. Pennies for Jesus. 832 00:49:05,158 --> 00:49:07,230 That's a good boy. 833 00:49:09,399 --> 00:49:10,825 Huh? 834 00:49:10,826 --> 00:49:12,494 (SIGHS) 835 00:49:16,699 --> 00:49:19,890 RUTH: Gilbert! (GROWLS) 836 00:49:21,795 --> 00:49:25,626 GILBERT: And Jesus then gives his money back to Owen. 837 00:49:27,129 --> 00:49:29,960 (LAUGHS) Thank you, Jesus. 838 00:49:29,961 --> 00:49:31,824 GILBERT: And his vices. 839 00:49:33,825 --> 00:49:38,155 WOMAN: Oh, Owen, how are you? The usual? 840 00:49:38,156 --> 00:49:39,956 (GRUNTS) 841 00:49:44,194 --> 00:49:45,956 WOMAN: Have a good night. 842 00:49:50,067 --> 00:49:53,563 OWEN: Pennies for Jesus, and whiskey for Owen. 843 00:49:53,564 --> 00:49:55,696 (INHALES) Hm! 844 00:49:55,697 --> 00:49:58,197 - (GULPING) - (GASPS) 845 00:50:04,432 --> 00:50:06,292 Ah! 846 00:50:06,293 --> 00:50:08,431 GILBERT: They're such hypocrites! 847 00:50:08,432 --> 00:50:09,598 (LATCH OPENS) 848 00:50:09,599 --> 00:50:11,291 But I made them pay for it. 849 00:50:11,292 --> 00:50:14,422 Run free, guys. Come on! Run! 850 00:50:14,423 --> 00:50:17,197 (PIGS GRUNT AND SQUEAK) 851 00:50:21,401 --> 00:50:23,529 I hate it here. 852 00:50:23,530 --> 00:50:25,356 (GASPS) No! 853 00:50:25,357 --> 00:50:27,693 - My budgies! - Heh. 854 00:50:27,694 --> 00:50:28,564 (GROWLS) 855 00:50:28,565 --> 00:50:30,593 GILBERT: And I hate her. 856 00:50:31,863 --> 00:50:33,891 She punished me. 857 00:50:33,892 --> 00:50:35,560 Big time. 858 00:50:43,458 --> 00:50:45,626 RUTH: Hold him tight. 859 00:50:47,767 --> 00:50:51,425 Sinners must be punished, Gilbert. 860 00:50:51,426 --> 00:50:54,355 Leviticus 24 - an eye for an eye, 861 00:50:54,356 --> 00:50:56,531 a tooth for a tooth. 862 00:50:56,532 --> 00:50:59,326 (ALOUETTE SLOWS AND ENDS) 863 00:50:59,327 --> 00:51:02,758 RUTH: Burn thy wicked box of pleasures! 864 00:51:02,759 --> 00:51:06,858 GILBERT: She punished me, but it didn't bother me. 865 00:51:06,859 --> 00:51:08,263 I'm fine. 866 00:51:10,128 --> 00:51:12,791 Anyway, I'd better go. 867 00:51:14,067 --> 00:51:16,559 I'm saving my money, and I'll be escaping soon 868 00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:19,263 and crossing that desert to come and get to you. 869 00:51:32,567 --> 00:51:34,560 Hang in there, Gracie. 870 00:51:35,896 --> 00:51:37,725 Everything is OK. 871 00:51:39,533 --> 00:51:41,331 See you soon. 872 00:51:41,332 --> 00:51:42,860 Hopefully. 873 00:51:42,861 --> 00:51:45,725 Love, Gilbert. 874 00:51:55,901 --> 00:51:59,230 Puberty finally finished its cruelty, Sylvia. 875 00:52:00,294 --> 00:52:03,065 The season of our teens ended. 876 00:52:04,194 --> 00:52:05,557 NARELLE: Oh, bubbles! 877 00:52:05,558 --> 00:52:07,495 GRACE: But life got even lonelier 878 00:52:07,496 --> 00:52:11,692 when Ian and Narelle retired to a nudist colony in Sweden. 879 00:52:12,967 --> 00:52:15,359 It's a shame we never really connected. 880 00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:18,058 What family we did have, though, 881 00:52:18,059 --> 00:52:20,291 was now gone. 882 00:52:20,292 --> 00:52:22,131 NARELLE: Is that your foot? 883 00:52:25,833 --> 00:52:28,092 GRACE: Despite my woes, Sylvia, 884 00:52:28,093 --> 00:52:30,124 I tried to be optimistic, 885 00:52:30,125 --> 00:52:32,032 be more social. 886 00:52:34,627 --> 00:52:37,355 I remember how there were intriguing people 887 00:52:37,356 --> 00:52:39,032 at the library. 888 00:52:40,525 --> 00:52:43,692 But they lived vicariously. 889 00:52:45,527 --> 00:52:48,923 A boyfriend seemed a work of fiction. 890 00:52:50,427 --> 00:52:54,758 I felt invisible, began to fade. 891 00:53:01,461 --> 00:53:04,728 Pinky was the only colour in my life, 892 00:53:04,729 --> 00:53:06,331 still effervescent. 893 00:53:06,332 --> 00:53:07,422 (PINKY HUMS) 894 00:53:07,423 --> 00:53:08,732 Her hand-holding idea 895 00:53:08,733 --> 00:53:11,030 had become a fully-fledged charity. 896 00:53:11,031 --> 00:53:13,156 She'd even engaged the long-term unemployed 897 00:53:13,157 --> 00:53:14,725 to help out. 898 00:53:16,393 --> 00:53:19,365 We went from home to home... 899 00:53:19,366 --> 00:53:21,098 ...hand to hand. 900 00:53:30,726 --> 00:53:33,323 I think, over time, the loss of my family 901 00:53:33,324 --> 00:53:36,329 had somehow... frozen me. 902 00:53:40,692 --> 00:53:42,828 I thought it was safer to just... 903 00:53:42,829 --> 00:53:45,362 live in a pretend world. 904 00:53:46,527 --> 00:53:48,522 Oh, Dad would have been disappointed 905 00:53:48,523 --> 00:53:51,032 I'd resorted to trashy novels. 906 00:53:51,934 --> 00:53:55,522 It was now just me, some sexy pirates, 907 00:53:55,523 --> 00:53:57,795 and a few frisky guinea pigs 908 00:53:57,796 --> 00:54:00,426 who mocked my virginity. 909 00:54:00,427 --> 00:54:03,829 The stereotype was now complete, Sylvia. 910 00:54:03,830 --> 00:54:06,327 I'd become an unloved recluse. 911 00:54:06,328 --> 00:54:09,389 And the guinea pig hair that coated me, 912 00:54:09,390 --> 00:54:11,494 a lonely person's glitter. 913 00:54:17,425 --> 00:54:19,362 As my boredom worsened... 914 00:54:20,692 --> 00:54:24,124 ...I found myself having new urges. 915 00:54:24,125 --> 00:54:26,261 (HUMS NONCHALANTLY) 916 00:54:26,262 --> 00:54:29,923 I added kleptomania to my list of hobbies. 917 00:54:31,164 --> 00:54:35,129 Buying, hoarding, and now stealing 918 00:54:35,130 --> 00:54:38,422 became a cheap thrill and distraction 919 00:54:38,423 --> 00:54:40,692 from my mundane world... 920 00:54:42,032 --> 00:54:45,696 ...which slowly began to collapse. 921 00:54:45,697 --> 00:54:47,296 - (CRASH!) - (SQUEAK!) 922 00:54:48,467 --> 00:54:50,194 (LONG SQUEAK) 923 00:54:50,195 --> 00:54:53,857 I lost three guinea pigs that night. 924 00:54:56,692 --> 00:54:59,065 I cremated them in the backyard... 925 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,395 ...and put their ashes in little jars. 926 00:55:02,396 --> 00:55:05,999 It looked like I was starting a guinea pig spice rack. 927 00:55:10,164 --> 00:55:13,722 My life had become truly pathetic. 928 00:55:13,723 --> 00:55:16,791 And things had gotten out of control. 929 00:55:18,162 --> 00:55:21,030 I held my own hand patiently, 930 00:55:21,031 --> 00:55:24,159 waiting for Gilbert to come and rescue me, 931 00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,360 while I continued to withdraw 932 00:55:26,361 --> 00:55:29,923 into the safety of my snail fortress... 933 00:55:30,631 --> 00:55:32,297 ...lonely, 934 00:55:32,298 --> 00:55:33,728 loveless, 935 00:55:33,729 --> 00:55:35,956 and imprisoned. 936 00:55:38,762 --> 00:55:41,230 (SNORES) 937 00:55:43,467 --> 00:55:45,362 (MOTOR STARTS UP) 938 00:55:45,363 --> 00:55:48,464 But just as I was considering joining a nunnery... 939 00:55:48,465 --> 00:55:49,796 (ENGINE WHIRS) 940 00:55:49,797 --> 00:55:51,491 ...from the mess of my life 941 00:55:51,492 --> 00:55:54,329 came one of those silver linings. 942 00:56:01,797 --> 00:56:03,890 His name was Ken. 943 00:56:06,462 --> 00:56:10,331 And he was obsessed with his leaf blower. 944 00:56:10,332 --> 00:56:11,857 (CHUCKLES) 945 00:56:13,698 --> 00:56:14,864 There he stood, 946 00:56:14,865 --> 00:56:18,164 more delicious than a Chicko Roll. 947 00:56:24,191 --> 00:56:25,999 Well, hi. 948 00:56:28,062 --> 00:56:30,890 Could I, uh, maybe, uh... 949 00:56:30,891 --> 00:56:34,062 GRACE: He wanted to know if he could blow my leaves. 950 00:56:34,063 --> 00:56:36,629 His presence gave me hot flushes 951 00:56:36,630 --> 00:56:38,763 and sweaty knickers. 952 00:56:38,764 --> 00:56:41,630 It was love at first sight. 953 00:56:41,631 --> 00:56:45,255 He was a Canberra Adonis. 954 00:56:45,256 --> 00:56:47,131 A Cadonis. 955 00:56:50,763 --> 00:56:52,831 (KEN LAUGHS) 956 00:56:52,832 --> 00:56:55,326 He was a microwave oven repairman 957 00:56:55,327 --> 00:56:57,860 and told me that he was extremely shallow 958 00:56:57,861 --> 00:57:00,023 and one-dimensional. 959 00:57:00,024 --> 00:57:03,796 He said if he was an onion and you peeled back the layers, 960 00:57:03,797 --> 00:57:06,131 you'd just find more onion. 961 00:57:07,128 --> 00:57:08,798 He had hobbies like me, 962 00:57:08,799 --> 00:57:12,756 and enjoyed repairing broken bowls. 963 00:57:12,757 --> 00:57:15,593 It was a Japanese art form called kintsugi, 964 00:57:15,594 --> 00:57:20,126 based on the philosophy that, just like the soul, 965 00:57:20,127 --> 00:57:22,489 all things can be repaired, 966 00:57:22,490 --> 00:57:25,230 and our cracks celebrated. 967 00:57:26,164 --> 00:57:27,831 Ken said that I was a broken bowl 968 00:57:27,832 --> 00:57:30,322 and that he'd help repair my wounds, 969 00:57:30,323 --> 00:57:32,560 fill up my cracks. 970 00:57:34,901 --> 00:57:38,394 He was so thoughtful and community-minded 971 00:57:38,395 --> 00:57:41,595 he volunteered as a lifeguard at the local pool. 972 00:57:41,596 --> 00:57:43,396 KEN: Mmm... 973 00:57:43,397 --> 00:57:45,131 Hello. 974 00:57:46,425 --> 00:57:48,593 GRACE: He adored me, 975 00:57:48,594 --> 00:57:52,494 and even built a milkshake station in my kitchen. 976 00:58:05,230 --> 00:58:07,696 We dated for a month, and then... 977 00:58:07,697 --> 00:58:08,927 KEN: What do you reckon? 978 00:58:08,928 --> 00:58:11,627 (HALLELUJAH CHORUS PLAYS) 979 00:58:11,628 --> 00:58:13,263 (GASPS) 980 00:58:15,498 --> 00:58:17,098 Ooh! 981 00:58:20,296 --> 00:58:23,098 GRACE: He said he really did love me. 982 00:58:23,797 --> 00:58:25,660 Loved my quirks. 983 00:58:25,661 --> 00:58:27,328 (LAUGHS) 984 00:58:27,329 --> 00:58:30,327 GRACE: We celebrated with another milkshake. 985 00:58:30,328 --> 00:58:32,458 He said he'd make me something special. 986 00:58:32,459 --> 00:58:36,157 KEN: Spoonful of that. Hmm, cinnamon! 987 00:58:36,158 --> 00:58:37,891 - No! - What? 988 00:58:37,892 --> 00:58:39,230 Oh! I... 989 00:58:40,394 --> 00:58:43,429 - That's my guinea pig. - Oh! 990 00:58:43,430 --> 00:58:45,392 GRACE: A normal person would have thought I was bonkers, 991 00:58:45,393 --> 00:58:47,057 keeping those guinea pigs' ashes. 992 00:58:47,058 --> 00:58:48,224 (BOTH LAUGH) 993 00:58:48,225 --> 00:58:50,263 GRACE: But he didn't. 994 00:58:51,798 --> 00:58:54,225 He loved all of me, 995 00:58:54,226 --> 00:58:57,098 even my bum and wobbly bits. 996 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:04,495 KEN: Yeah. Nice. Oh, yeah! 997 00:59:04,496 --> 00:59:05,891 Oh! 998 00:59:05,892 --> 00:59:07,398 Yeah! 999 00:59:07,399 --> 00:59:08,563 Nice, Gracie. 1000 00:59:08,564 --> 00:59:09,524 KEN: He moved in, 1001 00:59:09,525 --> 00:59:12,164 and I finally lost my virginity. 1002 00:59:13,900 --> 00:59:16,362 We were desperate to get pregnant. 1003 00:59:17,097 --> 00:59:20,064 But Ken was told he was sterile, 1004 00:59:20,065 --> 00:59:22,927 from all those microwave ovens he'd repaired. 1005 00:59:22,928 --> 00:59:24,961 WOMAN: Rotten luck. 1006 00:59:24,962 --> 00:59:27,262 But I wasn't too disappointed. 1007 00:59:27,263 --> 00:59:30,629 I had more than I could ever wish for, Sylvia. 1008 00:59:30,630 --> 00:59:32,158 I had a Cadonis, 1009 00:59:32,159 --> 00:59:34,257 a herd of guinea pigs, 1010 00:59:34,258 --> 00:59:36,828 and a horde of snails. 1011 00:59:36,829 --> 00:59:38,593 KEN: Say cheese, Gracie! 1012 00:59:39,864 --> 00:59:41,830 We set a wedding date, 1013 00:59:41,831 --> 00:59:43,858 and sent Gilbert the good news. 1014 00:59:43,859 --> 00:59:45,362 Huh? 1015 00:59:46,060 --> 00:59:48,059 Oh... Wow! 1016 00:59:48,060 --> 00:59:50,560 Hey, Ben, guess what? 1017 00:59:54,497 --> 00:59:58,096 GRACE: Ken gave him money for an airfare to Canberra. 1018 00:59:58,097 --> 01:00:01,226 I asked Gilbert to walk me down the aisle. 1019 01:00:01,227 --> 01:00:04,758 Pinky would be the flower girl. 1020 01:00:07,163 --> 01:00:09,994 We'd finally be a family again. 1021 01:00:09,995 --> 01:00:12,527 Finally sprinkle Dad's ashes. 1022 01:00:14,700 --> 01:00:16,996 My glass was now brimming, 1023 01:00:16,997 --> 01:00:19,593 and there were silver linings galore. 1024 01:00:20,832 --> 01:00:23,026 Gilbert would live with us. 1025 01:00:23,027 --> 01:00:25,560 He'd be here tomorrow! 1026 01:00:30,230 --> 01:00:35,659 I'd never felt so happy, so optimistic. 1027 01:01:02,896 --> 01:01:04,596 MAN: Delivery. 1028 01:01:04,597 --> 01:01:06,428 KEN: I'll get it. 1029 01:01:16,466 --> 01:01:18,290 Ooh! (GASPS) 1030 01:01:18,291 --> 01:01:21,329 PINKY: Oh, for you, dear. 1031 01:01:25,028 --> 01:01:26,629 RUTH: Dear Grace, 1032 01:01:26,630 --> 01:01:28,356 this is Ruth, 1033 01:01:28,357 --> 01:01:30,356 Gilbert's foster mother. 1034 01:01:30,357 --> 01:01:32,195 It saddens me to tell you 1035 01:01:32,196 --> 01:01:35,122 that Gilbert has died in an horrific fire. 1036 01:01:35,123 --> 01:01:37,158 (GASPS) 1037 01:01:37,159 --> 01:01:39,095 Our church burnt down, 1038 01:01:39,096 --> 01:01:43,197 and he was unable to escape the flames. 1039 01:01:46,198 --> 01:01:51,090 Last week, I found Gilbert and my son Ben... 1040 01:01:51,091 --> 01:01:53,131 fornicating. 1041 01:01:56,125 --> 01:01:57,791 (GASPS) 1042 01:01:58,762 --> 01:02:00,231 Lucifer! 1043 01:02:00,232 --> 01:02:02,494 RUTH: I'm sure you will agree our only course of action 1044 01:02:02,495 --> 01:02:06,993 was to purge and correct their homosexual sickness 1045 01:02:06,994 --> 01:02:08,423 in the correct fashion, 1046 01:02:08,424 --> 01:02:11,256 as instructed by... the Lord... 1047 01:02:11,257 --> 01:02:13,296 ...our saviour. 1048 01:02:14,063 --> 01:02:16,590 This was not a simple task. 1049 01:02:16,591 --> 01:02:20,393 We could not just pray the gay away. 1050 01:02:20,394 --> 01:02:23,960 So the only solution was a dual expulsion 1051 01:02:23,961 --> 01:02:26,458 to cast the demons out, 1052 01:02:26,459 --> 01:02:28,828 eject the devil from their souls, 1053 01:02:28,829 --> 01:02:31,290 and correct their auras. 1054 01:02:31,291 --> 01:02:34,190 Out, out, evilness! 1055 01:02:34,191 --> 01:02:36,189 Out, out, Satan! 1056 01:02:36,190 --> 01:02:38,857 ALL: Saaa! 1057 01:02:40,699 --> 01:02:43,926 RUTH: The time has come! 1058 01:02:43,927 --> 01:02:46,761 Purge their souls! 1059 01:02:46,762 --> 01:02:48,696 (LAUGHS EVILLY) 1060 01:02:48,697 --> 01:02:50,890 Cleanse their sickness. 1061 01:02:53,763 --> 01:02:56,263 Gay, away! 1062 01:02:56,929 --> 01:02:59,322 Out, gayness! 1063 01:02:59,323 --> 01:03:01,498 Purge their souls! 1064 01:03:01,499 --> 01:03:04,296 RUTH: Out, out, Lucifer! 1065 01:03:05,468 --> 01:03:07,894 Cast out thy demons, 1066 01:03:07,895 --> 01:03:10,560 and shock the gay away! 1067 01:03:13,224 --> 01:03:15,527 (SCREAMS) 1068 01:03:16,764 --> 01:03:19,626 FAMILY: Ahhhhh! 1069 01:03:33,764 --> 01:03:35,527 RUTH: Enough. 1070 01:03:37,128 --> 01:03:39,494 Excellent, excellent. 1071 01:03:39,495 --> 01:03:44,323 RUTH: I am glad to say, for my son, this was a success. 1072 01:03:44,324 --> 01:03:45,957 But for your brother... 1073 01:03:45,958 --> 01:03:47,027 Agh! 1074 01:03:47,028 --> 01:03:49,524 ...the devil would not vacate. 1075 01:03:49,525 --> 01:03:53,726 And being so full of Satan, well, 1076 01:03:53,727 --> 01:03:55,198 (GRUNTS) 1077 01:03:55,199 --> 01:03:57,092 Agh! 1078 01:03:57,093 --> 01:03:59,927 RUTH: ...he assaulted me. 1079 01:03:59,928 --> 01:04:03,494 (RUTH SCREAMS) Lucifer! 1080 01:04:05,665 --> 01:04:07,824 (RUTH GROWLS) 1081 01:04:12,191 --> 01:04:13,923 Get him. 1082 01:04:16,193 --> 01:04:18,264 Look, an angel. 1083 01:04:18,265 --> 01:04:19,857 ALL: Huh? 1084 01:04:21,696 --> 01:04:22,959 (CHEEP!) 1085 01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,726 RUTH: Liar! (GROWLS) 1086 01:04:25,727 --> 01:04:27,956 (GASPS) 1087 01:04:29,258 --> 01:04:30,956 You Judas! 1088 01:04:32,097 --> 01:04:34,322 OWEN: He's escaping! Catch him. 1089 01:04:34,323 --> 01:04:36,593 (GASPS FOR BREATH) 1090 01:04:47,725 --> 01:04:49,893 RUTH: He then raced to our church 1091 01:04:49,894 --> 01:04:51,791 and set it alight! 1092 01:05:20,191 --> 01:05:21,893 RUTH: No! 1093 01:05:21,894 --> 01:05:23,659 Gilbert, stop! 1094 01:05:28,927 --> 01:05:30,692 (GROANS) 1095 01:05:31,762 --> 01:05:33,390 (SCREAMS) 1096 01:05:33,391 --> 01:05:35,965 He then sacrificed himself, 1097 01:05:35,966 --> 01:05:39,390 - as penance for his sins. - (GILBERT SCREAMS) 1098 01:05:39,391 --> 01:05:41,391 RUTH: We tried to rescue him, 1099 01:05:41,392 --> 01:05:44,598 but the inferno was too intense. 1100 01:05:44,599 --> 01:05:47,365 The good Lord took his soul. 1101 01:05:47,366 --> 01:05:50,288 (GILBERT SCREAMS) 1102 01:05:50,289 --> 01:05:52,131 Let me out! 1103 01:05:53,768 --> 01:05:57,189 RUTH: And Lucifer lost the battle. 1104 01:05:57,190 --> 01:05:59,890 (WHIMPERS) 1105 01:06:13,329 --> 01:06:16,622 Now cleansed, and with the baby Jesus. 1106 01:06:16,623 --> 01:06:18,526 RUTH: We had a memorial for him, 1107 01:06:18,527 --> 01:06:21,291 and are confident he is now in a happier place, 1108 01:06:21,292 --> 01:06:24,527 with God and the baby Jesus. 1109 01:06:29,025 --> 01:06:32,423 Please find enclosed a vessel of your brother's ashes. 1110 01:06:32,424 --> 01:06:34,759 I think it best you have them. 1111 01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:39,389 Once again, I am sorry to be the bearer of such tragic news. 1112 01:06:39,390 --> 01:06:41,261 Gilbert was a good soul, 1113 01:06:41,262 --> 01:06:46,225 who, sadly, fell to repugnant persuasions. 1114 01:06:46,226 --> 01:06:48,464 We will always pray for him, 1115 01:06:48,465 --> 01:06:49,997 as well as you. 1116 01:06:49,998 --> 01:06:53,824 Our deepest sympathies, Ruth and Owen Appleby. 1117 01:06:58,193 --> 01:07:01,230 (HEARTBEAT THUDS) 1118 01:07:04,959 --> 01:07:08,530 GRACE: Losing a twin is like losing an eye, Sylvia. 1119 01:07:08,531 --> 01:07:09,890 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 1120 01:07:09,891 --> 01:07:13,758 You never see the world quite the same way again. 1121 01:07:15,798 --> 01:07:19,459 Grief is a nothingness, 1122 01:07:19,460 --> 01:07:22,489 leaves a metallic taste in your mouth, 1123 01:07:22,490 --> 01:07:25,131 places stones in your stomach. 1124 01:07:26,995 --> 01:07:28,857 Tears don't flow. 1125 01:07:29,633 --> 01:07:31,197 They're too scared. 1126 01:07:32,329 --> 01:07:35,158 I no longer believed in silver linings 1127 01:07:35,159 --> 01:07:37,422 or glasses half-full. 1128 01:07:37,423 --> 01:07:39,659 My glass was shattered. 1129 01:07:40,392 --> 01:07:42,396 I'd lost my mother, 1130 01:07:42,397 --> 01:07:44,122 father, 1131 01:07:44,123 --> 01:07:45,725 brother. 1132 01:07:53,633 --> 01:07:56,959 Luckily, I had Pinky. 1133 01:07:56,960 --> 01:07:58,289 KEN: Hey, Gracie. 1134 01:07:58,290 --> 01:07:59,930 GRACE: And Ken. 1135 01:07:59,931 --> 01:08:03,758 His spoonfuls of love kept me going. 1136 01:08:06,533 --> 01:08:08,723 But, weirdly, 1137 01:08:08,724 --> 01:08:12,755 my snails seemed like my real family. 1138 01:08:12,756 --> 01:08:16,290 Real ones horde together when threatened. 1139 01:08:16,291 --> 01:08:18,725 Survival in numbers. 1140 01:08:21,465 --> 01:08:26,165 I was emotionally attached to every single one of them. 1141 01:08:26,166 --> 01:08:30,857 That's why I couldn't ever, ever throw any of you away. 1142 01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:35,056 So I kept buying, 1143 01:08:35,057 --> 01:08:36,992 adding, 1144 01:08:36,993 --> 01:08:38,890 and stealing. 1145 01:08:49,467 --> 01:08:50,564 Eventually... 1146 01:08:50,565 --> 01:08:52,422 MAN: Excuse me, madam. 1147 01:08:52,423 --> 01:08:54,531 GRACE: I got caught. 1148 01:08:54,532 --> 01:08:57,197 The shame was crushing. 1149 01:08:59,964 --> 01:09:02,329 And there were consequences. 1150 01:09:07,368 --> 01:09:09,363 KEN: Oh, Gracie. 1151 01:09:09,364 --> 01:09:11,329 (SIGHS) 1152 01:09:17,863 --> 01:09:19,463 GRACE: And then... 1153 01:09:19,464 --> 01:09:20,762 (SCRATCHING) 1154 01:09:20,763 --> 01:09:23,098 ...things got even worse. 1155 01:09:24,325 --> 01:09:26,089 Love can be blind. 1156 01:09:26,090 --> 01:09:28,129 Huh? 1157 01:09:28,130 --> 01:09:32,263 GRACE: It can hide darkness and horror. 1158 01:09:37,131 --> 01:09:40,728 It seemed Ken's onion did have layers. 1159 01:09:40,729 --> 01:09:42,692 He didn't love ME. 1160 01:09:43,665 --> 01:09:45,957 He loved my FAT! 1161 01:09:45,958 --> 01:09:47,857 (GASPS) 1162 01:09:52,898 --> 01:09:55,890 He had some sort of... fetish. 1163 01:09:57,030 --> 01:09:58,765 He didn't want to fix my bowl. 1164 01:09:58,766 --> 01:10:01,431 He wanted to fill it, and fill it, 1165 01:10:01,432 --> 01:10:03,362 and fill it... 1166 01:10:04,259 --> 01:10:05,923 ...with lard. 1167 01:10:05,924 --> 01:10:09,456 It was one thing for me to create a cage for myself. 1168 01:10:09,457 --> 01:10:10,956 KEN: Bit of duck, for luck. 1169 01:10:10,957 --> 01:10:14,322 GRACE: It was another for someone else to imprison me. 1170 01:10:14,323 --> 01:10:15,491 KEN: Nice, Gracie. 1171 01:10:15,492 --> 01:10:18,324 GRACE: I knew he admired my... largeness. 1172 01:10:18,325 --> 01:10:19,828 But this was something more. 1173 01:10:19,829 --> 01:10:22,162 KEN: Oh, yeah! Nice. 1174 01:10:22,163 --> 01:10:26,696 He said he'd love me more, the bigger I got, 1175 01:10:26,697 --> 01:10:29,191 and now I knew why. 1176 01:10:29,192 --> 01:10:32,158 What an idiot I was. 1177 01:10:32,159 --> 01:10:34,329 But not for much longer. 1178 01:10:38,092 --> 01:10:40,396 (SIGHS) 1179 01:10:40,397 --> 01:10:42,395 (GROWLS) 1180 01:10:43,292 --> 01:10:44,626 (GRACE GRUNTS) 1181 01:10:48,567 --> 01:10:50,263 - Oh! - (GRUNTS) 1182 01:10:57,960 --> 01:11:00,395 (SOBS) 1183 01:11:03,533 --> 01:11:05,122 Sorry, Gracie. 1184 01:11:05,123 --> 01:11:07,098 (SIGHS) 1185 01:11:15,092 --> 01:11:17,758 (SOBS) 1186 01:11:23,935 --> 01:11:27,664 GRACE: Pinky moved in and tended to my wounds. 1187 01:11:27,665 --> 01:11:29,996 I'd read that snails hibernate 1188 01:11:29,997 --> 01:11:32,861 when they needed to repair themselves. 1189 01:11:32,862 --> 01:11:35,191 I slept for a week, 1190 01:11:35,192 --> 01:11:37,494 and wrestled my demons. 1191 01:11:55,158 --> 01:11:57,330 Uhhhh! 1192 01:11:57,331 --> 01:12:00,795 (SCREAMS) 1193 01:12:00,796 --> 01:12:02,895 GRACE: I loathed myself. 1194 01:12:02,896 --> 01:12:06,224 My hoarding had caused this. 1195 01:12:06,225 --> 01:12:07,930 It had kept me poor, 1196 01:12:07,931 --> 01:12:12,729 and being poor had kept me from Gilbert. 1197 01:12:12,730 --> 01:12:14,264 The money I'd wasted 1198 01:12:14,265 --> 01:12:18,629 could have bought a dozen plane tickets to see him, Sylvia. 1199 01:12:18,630 --> 01:12:21,329 Now, he was dead. 1200 01:12:29,698 --> 01:12:31,428 PINKY: Gracie. 1201 01:12:35,193 --> 01:12:36,527 Got your lunch. 1202 01:12:38,162 --> 01:12:40,824 Pinky put me on a strict diet. 1203 01:12:41,692 --> 01:12:44,890 And life became slightly bearable. 1204 01:12:45,933 --> 01:12:48,657 As I slowly emerged from my darkness, 1205 01:12:48,658 --> 01:12:52,428 I began to notice how much Pinky had aged. 1206 01:12:54,933 --> 01:12:56,963 I'll never forget the day I discovered 1207 01:12:56,964 --> 01:12:59,423 she had the beginnings of dementia, 1208 01:12:59,424 --> 01:13:01,063 when I found her attempting 1209 01:13:01,064 --> 01:13:05,164 what she thought was a jigsaw of a rooster. 1210 01:13:06,231 --> 01:13:09,329 That was just a few months ago, Sylvia. 1211 01:13:11,032 --> 01:13:13,994 She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, 1212 01:13:13,995 --> 01:13:16,455 and went downhill quickly. 1213 01:13:16,456 --> 01:13:18,522 Pinky, what are you doing? 1214 01:13:18,523 --> 01:13:21,396 I'm looking for something. 1215 01:13:21,397 --> 01:13:22,527 What? 1216 01:13:25,962 --> 01:13:27,626 I don't know. 1217 01:13:28,498 --> 01:13:29,999 Hmm... 1218 01:13:32,062 --> 01:13:34,192 GRACE: Roles reversed. 1219 01:13:34,193 --> 01:13:37,164 It was my turn to care for her. 1220 01:13:39,459 --> 01:13:43,296 (INHALES) Ah, my medicine. 1221 01:13:45,530 --> 01:13:48,459 GRACE: One day, she decided not to get out of bed. 1222 01:13:48,460 --> 01:13:52,056 Did I tell you that thing I can't remember? 1223 01:13:52,057 --> 01:13:55,992 That thing I was looking for but don't know what it is? 1224 01:13:55,993 --> 01:13:59,223 Oh, stupid brain. 1225 01:13:59,224 --> 01:14:01,161 Stupid disease. 1226 01:14:01,162 --> 01:14:03,993 What's the name of that German guy 1227 01:14:03,994 --> 01:14:05,927 whose disease I got? 1228 01:14:05,928 --> 01:14:08,861 Uh... Guggenheimers? 1229 01:14:08,862 --> 01:14:11,794 Yeah, Guggenheimers. 1230 01:14:11,795 --> 01:14:13,827 Relax, Pinky. 1231 01:14:13,828 --> 01:14:15,428 It doesn't matter. 1232 01:14:16,499 --> 01:14:18,191 Oh, Gracie. 1233 01:14:18,192 --> 01:14:21,395 Such a marvellous friend. 1234 01:14:26,633 --> 01:14:29,428 (PINKY BREATHES WHEEZILY) 1235 01:14:44,525 --> 01:14:48,032 (WHEEZING FADES AND STOPS) 1236 01:14:50,698 --> 01:14:53,693 Farewell, Pinky. 1237 01:14:53,694 --> 01:14:55,893 (SIGHS) 1238 01:14:55,894 --> 01:14:59,595 (FAINT SOBBING) 1239 01:14:59,596 --> 01:15:01,662 The potatoes! 1240 01:15:01,663 --> 01:15:04,494 (WHEEZY BREATH) 1241 01:15:05,861 --> 01:15:08,288 Potatoes? 1242 01:15:08,289 --> 01:15:10,627 Potatoes... 1243 01:15:10,628 --> 01:15:11,960 Pinky... 1244 01:15:11,961 --> 01:15:14,197 Pinky, what do you mean? 1245 01:15:15,465 --> 01:15:17,164 Oh... 1246 01:15:17,994 --> 01:15:20,197 Oh, Pinky. 1247 01:15:31,531 --> 01:15:34,593 (SIGHS) 1248 01:15:50,797 --> 01:15:53,329 Farewell, Pinky. 1249 01:16:17,929 --> 01:16:20,362 Be free, Sylvia. 1250 01:16:42,095 --> 01:16:45,794 Potatoes? Potatoes? 1251 01:16:45,795 --> 01:16:48,494 Sylvia... Ugh. 1252 01:16:48,495 --> 01:16:51,494 Maybe that's what she wanted her last meal to be? 1253 01:16:52,465 --> 01:16:54,464 (GROANS) 1254 01:16:54,465 --> 01:16:56,827 Goddamn life! 1255 01:16:56,828 --> 01:16:59,330 Ugh! Goddamn life. 1256 01:16:59,331 --> 01:17:00,829 Such a... 1257 01:17:00,830 --> 01:17:04,429 Such a stupid, stupid puzzle! 1258 01:17:04,430 --> 01:17:06,089 Damn it! 1259 01:17:06,090 --> 01:17:09,230 (WAILS) 1260 01:17:10,127 --> 01:17:11,960 I'm so alone. 1261 01:17:11,961 --> 01:17:15,626 (SOBS) So... So alone. 1262 01:17:17,962 --> 01:17:20,824 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 1263 01:17:26,495 --> 01:17:29,027 KIDS: (CHANT) Rabbit face, rabbit face, 1264 01:17:29,028 --> 01:17:31,157 rabbit face, rabbit face... 1265 01:17:31,158 --> 01:17:32,459 KEN: Nice, Gracie. 1266 01:17:32,460 --> 01:17:34,195 - TEACHER: Grace Pudel! - DRIVER: Nice Hairdo! 1267 01:17:34,196 --> 01:17:36,861 SOCIAL WORKER: Come on, you two. Let's go. 1268 01:17:36,862 --> 01:17:38,894 GILBERT: I hate it here. 1269 01:17:38,895 --> 01:17:40,724 I'll be escaping soon, 1270 01:17:40,725 --> 01:17:42,490 and crossing the desert to come and get to you. 1271 01:17:42,491 --> 01:17:44,262 RUTH: It saddens me to tell you 1272 01:17:44,263 --> 01:17:47,260 that Gilbert has died in an horrific fire... 1273 01:17:47,261 --> 01:17:49,758 (ECHOES) ...fire, fire, fire, fire... 1274 01:18:07,260 --> 01:18:09,428 PINKY: The potatoes! 1275 01:18:11,797 --> 01:18:12,927 (SPITS VIOLENTLY) 1276 01:18:12,928 --> 01:18:15,263 The p... The potatoes! 1277 01:18:31,861 --> 01:18:33,329 (GASPS) 1278 01:18:37,325 --> 01:18:39,197 PINKY: Dear Grace, 1279 01:18:39,198 --> 01:18:44,160 if you're reading this, then I'm as dead as a doughnut, 1280 01:18:44,161 --> 01:18:46,996 and you've found my biscuit tin 1281 01:18:46,997 --> 01:18:51,060 and some things I want you to have. 1282 01:18:51,061 --> 01:18:53,591 You've been asleep for days, 1283 01:18:53,592 --> 01:18:56,928 and I need to tell you important stuff 1284 01:18:56,929 --> 01:18:59,626 before my brain fully rots. 1285 01:19:01,294 --> 01:19:05,027 Oh, old age is such a bastard. 1286 01:19:05,028 --> 01:19:07,657 Creeps up without you knowing. 1287 01:19:07,658 --> 01:19:11,230 One day, you sink your teeth into an apple... 1288 01:19:12,863 --> 01:19:14,725 ...and they stay. 1289 01:19:16,266 --> 01:19:19,798 You go to straighten the wrinkles in your pantyhose, 1290 01:19:19,799 --> 01:19:23,429 and then realise you're not wearing any. 1291 01:19:23,430 --> 01:19:24,959 Oh. 1292 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:28,255 Anyway, I digress. 1293 01:19:28,256 --> 01:19:30,428 My secrets. 1294 01:19:31,128 --> 01:19:33,995 Firstly, I'm an orphan, 1295 01:19:33,996 --> 01:19:36,762 and was raised in an orphanage, 1296 01:19:36,763 --> 01:19:39,356 after the Great War. 1297 01:19:39,357 --> 01:19:41,525 It was a terrible place, 1298 01:19:41,526 --> 01:19:45,296 where I was kept in a crib day and night. 1299 01:19:46,029 --> 01:19:49,058 Never held or hugged. 1300 01:19:49,059 --> 01:19:51,159 The only contact, 1301 01:19:51,160 --> 01:19:54,261 the little boy next to me. 1302 01:19:54,262 --> 01:19:59,191 No, I won't tell you the horrors I remember, 1303 01:19:59,192 --> 01:20:00,623 but do want to tell you 1304 01:20:00,624 --> 01:20:04,594 what it's like to feel imprisoned, 1305 01:20:04,595 --> 01:20:06,389 caged. 1306 01:20:06,390 --> 01:20:09,795 It was simply dreadful. 1307 01:20:09,796 --> 01:20:12,556 But, in the years since, 1308 01:20:12,557 --> 01:20:16,491 I've learnt that the worst cages 1309 01:20:16,492 --> 01:20:21,361 are the ones we create for ourselves. 1310 01:20:21,362 --> 01:20:25,659 You have created a cage for yourself, Gracie. 1311 01:20:26,701 --> 01:20:30,590 Your cage has never been locked... 1312 01:20:30,591 --> 01:20:33,824 ...but your fears have kept you trapped. 1313 01:20:37,392 --> 01:20:40,461 Get rid of those snails! 1314 01:20:41,259 --> 01:20:44,226 Set yourself free. 1315 01:20:44,227 --> 01:20:47,327 You got rid of that creepy ken. 1316 01:20:47,328 --> 01:20:51,794 Now it's time for you to shed your shell. 1317 01:20:51,795 --> 01:20:53,923 Purge your hoard. 1318 01:20:55,796 --> 01:20:57,494 Start anew. 1319 01:20:58,326 --> 01:21:02,059 A bit of self-pity's OK, 1320 01:21:02,060 --> 01:21:04,395 but it's time to move on. 1321 01:21:05,434 --> 01:21:07,793 There'll be pain, 1322 01:21:07,794 --> 01:21:10,060 but that's life. 1323 01:21:10,061 --> 01:21:13,155 You have to face it head-on. 1324 01:21:13,156 --> 01:21:15,065 Be brave. 1325 01:21:55,334 --> 01:21:57,329 (CHUCKLES) 1326 01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:08,894 PINKY: Anyway, I want to thank you, Gracie. 1327 01:22:08,895 --> 01:22:11,260 You've been terrific. 1328 01:22:11,261 --> 01:22:15,731 Not long now till my number's up. 1329 01:22:15,732 --> 01:22:19,225 It's time to close my curtains. 1330 01:22:19,226 --> 01:22:21,960 For the first time in my life, 1331 01:22:21,961 --> 01:22:25,126 I feel older than I look. 1332 01:22:25,127 --> 01:22:27,659 And I look like a testicle. 1333 01:22:28,766 --> 01:22:31,159 Life's a beautiful tapestry 1334 01:22:31,160 --> 01:22:35,357 that needs to be experienced. 1335 01:22:35,358 --> 01:22:39,326 It's small pleasures savoured, 1336 01:22:39,327 --> 01:22:44,164 like smoking a cigar in the rain. 1337 01:22:46,330 --> 01:22:50,725 Or wearing a jumper straight from the dryer. 1338 01:22:51,533 --> 01:22:53,357 Enough rambling. 1339 01:22:53,358 --> 01:22:58,091 Time for both of us to let go. 1340 01:22:58,092 --> 01:23:00,228 Like I've said, 1341 01:23:00,229 --> 01:23:04,698 life can only be understood backwards, 1342 01:23:04,699 --> 01:23:08,997 but we have to live it forwards. 1343 01:23:08,998 --> 01:23:13,059 Snails never go back over their trails, 1344 01:23:13,060 --> 01:23:16,164 always moving forwards. 1345 01:23:16,165 --> 01:23:20,224 Time for you to leave some glittering snail trails 1346 01:23:20,225 --> 01:23:22,428 all over the world. 1347 01:23:23,534 --> 01:23:25,826 And remember, never... 1348 01:23:25,827 --> 01:23:28,626 never go back. 1349 01:23:35,527 --> 01:23:39,591 MAN: All rise. Order in the court. 1350 01:23:39,592 --> 01:23:43,992 MAN 2: Miss Pudel, your crime is serious. 1351 01:23:43,993 --> 01:23:45,360 Theft is theft, 1352 01:23:45,361 --> 01:23:48,627 whether it be a diamond or a cucumber. 1353 01:23:48,628 --> 01:23:50,897 And if you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, 1354 01:23:50,898 --> 01:23:53,428 well, then, he'll steal your sheep. 1355 01:23:56,225 --> 01:23:57,857 However... 1356 01:23:59,062 --> 01:24:00,524 I can tell from your face 1357 01:24:00,525 --> 01:24:03,098 that you are full of shame and regret. 1358 01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:07,357 And true regret is punishment enough. 1359 01:24:07,358 --> 01:24:10,197 I know you are a kind person. 1360 01:24:10,198 --> 01:24:13,357 As, many years ago, a little girl showed me kindness 1361 01:24:13,358 --> 01:24:15,924 when I was at my lowest ebb. 1362 01:24:15,925 --> 01:24:17,696 Ah! Ah... 1363 01:24:17,697 --> 01:24:19,390 - (GIGGLES) - Ah. 1364 01:24:19,391 --> 01:24:21,892 Good on ya, little possum. 1365 01:24:21,893 --> 01:24:23,063 Good on ya. 1366 01:24:23,064 --> 01:24:25,358 That little girl gave me hope and courage 1367 01:24:25,359 --> 01:24:27,796 to start again, and escape my... 1368 01:24:27,797 --> 01:24:30,198 (CLEARS THROAT) ...my vices. 1369 01:24:30,199 --> 01:24:31,426 Oh! 1370 01:24:31,427 --> 01:24:34,458 You may have light fingers, Miss Pudel, 1371 01:24:34,459 --> 01:24:36,796 but I know you have a heart of gold, 1372 01:24:36,797 --> 01:24:39,492 and have done many good deeds. 1373 01:24:39,493 --> 01:24:44,322 I therefore release you from your charges. 1374 01:24:44,323 --> 01:24:46,696 Case dismissed. 1375 01:24:46,697 --> 01:24:49,032 Ah! (LAUGHS EXCITEDLY) 1376 01:25:08,527 --> 01:25:11,664 GRACE: Life had bashed me round a bit, 1377 01:25:11,665 --> 01:25:15,023 but the roses smelt better. 1378 01:25:15,024 --> 01:25:19,725 And I finally started to become the person I'd always wanted. 1379 01:25:21,865 --> 01:25:23,761 I made a film about my life. 1380 01:25:23,762 --> 01:25:26,659 (JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS) 1381 01:25:30,400 --> 01:25:32,263 (MAN GRUNTS) 1382 01:25:34,092 --> 01:25:35,923 (GRUNTS) 1383 01:25:40,797 --> 01:25:42,296 (CLOWN HORN TOOTS) 1384 01:25:43,667 --> 01:25:45,758 GRACE: It wasn't very good. 1385 01:25:46,567 --> 01:25:48,692 But a few people came. 1386 01:25:48,693 --> 01:25:51,795 I even had a question and answer session afterwards. 1387 01:25:51,796 --> 01:25:55,024 Any... Any questions? 1388 01:25:55,025 --> 01:25:57,188 (CRICKETS CHIRP) 1389 01:25:57,189 --> 01:25:59,188 Mm-mm. 1390 01:25:59,189 --> 01:26:01,296 Mmm... 1391 01:26:02,267 --> 01:26:04,297 (COUGHS) 1392 01:26:04,298 --> 01:26:06,256 Oh, well. 1393 01:26:06,257 --> 01:26:08,131 Thanks for coming. 1394 01:26:09,300 --> 01:26:11,164 MAN: Yes. 1395 01:26:13,094 --> 01:26:14,659 I've got one. 1396 01:26:17,633 --> 01:26:21,362 Do you believe in magic? 1397 01:26:24,731 --> 01:26:27,131 (BREATHES SHAKILY) 1398 01:26:28,460 --> 01:26:30,890 - (GASPS) - (FEEDBACK WHINES) 1399 01:26:33,663 --> 01:26:35,398 Gilbert? 1400 01:26:35,399 --> 01:26:38,857 Yes, it's me. 1401 01:26:39,867 --> 01:26:42,890 I... I walked across that desert. 1402 01:27:42,927 --> 01:27:46,065 GRACE: It took me a while to believe Gilbert was alive... 1403 01:27:52,401 --> 01:27:53,491 (GILBERT GRUNTS) 1404 01:27:53,492 --> 01:27:55,461 GRACE: ...how he'd escaped the fire... 1405 01:27:59,430 --> 01:28:02,726 ...and how his ashes were nothing more than... 1406 01:28:02,727 --> 01:28:04,362 ashes. 1407 01:28:05,734 --> 01:28:09,263 His urn now found a new purpose. 1408 01:28:12,459 --> 01:28:15,928 The cycle of life continued. 1409 01:28:15,929 --> 01:28:19,329 And your job was done, Sylvia. 1410 01:28:21,066 --> 01:28:25,230 We were all finally free of our cages. 1411 01:28:29,365 --> 01:28:32,824 And even though our family had shrunk a little... 1412 01:28:34,865 --> 01:28:37,197 ...we were together again... 1413 01:28:43,230 --> 01:28:47,329 ...with only one thing left to release. 1414 01:28:55,099 --> 01:28:58,296 Gilbert still smelt like burnt matches. 1415 01:28:59,801 --> 01:29:03,530 The setting sun tingled our skin, 1416 01:29:03,531 --> 01:29:05,560 our two souls... 1417 01:29:06,864 --> 01:29:09,527 ...and our single heart. 1418 01:29:21,429 --> 01:29:24,428 (ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT OF ALOUETTE PLAYS) 1419 01:29:26,898 --> 01:29:29,126 ♪ Alouette, gentille alouette 1420 01:29:29,127 --> 01:29:31,895 ♪ Alouette, je te plumerai 1421 01:29:31,896 --> 01:29:34,631 ♪ Alouette, gentille alouette 1422 01:29:34,632 --> 01:29:36,998 ♪ Alouette, je te plumerai 1423 01:29:36,999 --> 01:29:39,795 ♪ Je te plumerai la tete Je te plumerai la tete 1424 01:29:39,796 --> 01:29:40,994 ♪ Je te plumerai la tete 1425 01:29:40,995 --> 01:29:42,892 ♪ Je te plumerai la tete 1426 01:29:42,893 --> 01:29:45,956 (VOCALISING) 1427 01:30:29,632 --> 01:30:31,329 (ALOUETTE ENDS)