here is where they put you.
They thought I'd read the book, you see.
Mulgarath will stop at nothing to get these secrets,
which is why you and your family are in grave danger.
And there is only one person who can help you.
Who?
My father.
Your father? But your father's dead.
No! No, no, he's not dead.
The sprites have told me he's alive,
held captive by the sylph for all that he knows.
You must find him,
bring him his book and have him destroy it.
It is your only hope.
No! - Give me that!
Where did he come from?
No!
Horrible, horrible!
Mom?
Useless!
Worthless! No. - Wait. Wait.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
What's this? What's this? No?
You had the book in your possession,
and all you bring me is pages of nixies and phooka habitats!
Don't hurt me.
It hurts!
"Charm for protective circle."
Forgive me, master.
When the moon rises, the book will be mine.
Redcap, we have a potion to make.
Oh, no. This is not good.
Must find human boy. Must warn him.
Or maybe I'll just hide. Ooh, I like that plan.
So, you say you found this book,
and it tells you how to see faeries
and goblins and magic sprites,
and that's what this is all about.
I told you wouldn't believe me.
What do you think about all this, Mal?
It's true, Mom.
No, it's not!
Do you really think I am so stupid
that I don't see what this is about?
You hate the house
and you want to go back to New York and to our old life!
Well, let me just be really clear when I say
that isn't gonna happen.
Because we can't afford New York, because...
This is why Dad left, you know.
Excuse me?
When someone's trying to tell you something you don't wanna hear,
this is what you do.
You just stop listening and start yelling.
You did it to Dad all the time.
Stop it. - I saw you.
Yeah, you saw what you wanted to see.
You wouldn't listen, and that's why he left!
Get out.
What? - I said get out.
Gladly.
I hate you, and I don't want to live with you!
Don't you think you should just tell him?
Go inside, Mal. We'll deal with this when I get home.
Oh, my! We're so organized.
Organized, organized, organized.
Look at that. Oh, that's very good.
More bombs for you.
The book! What happened to the book?
What did you do to the book?
It's okay, it's okay. I'll talk to him.
Stained!
You said you wouldn't take the book, and you lied!
You tricked him! - I know. I'm sorry.
Jared, I think you should come and see this.
See? No goblins.
Do you think they've given up?
Wrong!
Goblins don't give up.
They're too stupid to know how.
They're relentless, and they're out there right now, plotting,
which is why I came back for you.
Now is the perfect time to...
Bird! Bird!
Oh, come here, come here, come here.
Don't go up there! No, come here!
What is that?
It's Hogsqueal.
Wait a minute.
Do birds live in these little houses?
Yeah.
Oh, my gosh. That's genius. Who thought of that?
You can stick your tongue right in.
Hogsqueal! Hogsqueal!
You said the goblins are plotting. To do what?
They have pages of the book.
That stupid book!
You don't understand.
I talked to Spiderwick.
I shared hobgoblin secrets.
But Mulgarath stole just that one page,
then used it to kill my entire family!
If he gets a hold of the whole book,
he will do the same to everyone, including you!
And now he's coming.
"When the moon rises," he said.
But we'll be waiting. We'll set a trap.
You with your knife and me hiding safely near these bird homes.
Who is that? Who's up there?
Ooh! Ooh! More humungous humans!
Recruits for the alliance!
Huh? Huh? Join us on our quest!
Vengeance or death!
Hopefully vengeance.
Okay, here's the plan.
No, no. Wait, wait, wait!
We must unite! We must stay focused!
Dad, I've left like four messages.
Why haven't you called back?
Where are you?
You've got to come here right now.
There's all this crazy...
All this weird stuff's been happening.
Bad stuff, real bad.
And you, you said you were gonna come get me.
So where are you?
He's not coming, is he?
He's with someone else.
He's moved in with her.
He's not getting back with Mom.
He's not.
Mom wanted him to tell you himself.
She's been waiting for him to do that.
It's okay, Tibbsy. It's okay.
Oh, God, they're coming.
Jared, what do we do now?
Lucinda said our only chance
is to take the book to Arthur Spiderwick and have him destroy it.
What?
We don't even know if he's alive, let alone how to find him.
What? What are you looking for?
He had a pet.
A pet? And Fluffy the dog is gonna save us?
It wasn't a dog. It was this, a griffin.
"When I call upon him in the native tongue of the tree elf
"with whom he dwells, he comes to my assistance."
See? His pet can find him.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Summon a griffin in native tree elf
to find a 125-year-old man who may or may not be alive?
That's our plan?
Mmm-hmm.
And you know how to summon a griffin in native tree elf?
Of course.
Is that it?
Did it work?
I guess not.
Whoa! That sounds like a big one.
Okay! Here, birdie, birdie, birdie.
Come to Hogsqueal.
Oh, wow.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Jared! Jared!
Simon, be careful!
Yes, yes, yes! Find Arthur Spiderwick.
Bring him the book.
There's your ride. Off you go.
Go, go, go!
What? You want us to ride that beast?
He's not a beast. He's a bird.
He's a big-boned bird!
There's no way we can possibly... - Shh...
It's okay. Calm down. It's okay.
Cool pet.
Hurry up! What are you waiting for?
Get on him!
My God, it's him.
Arthur Spiderwick.
He's alive.
Whoa.
How are we gonna get home?
Arthur Spiderwick?
Thank God we found you.
You don't even know what we've been through.
I'm sorry. Do I know you?
Um, not really.
Lucinda, your daughter, our great-aunt, she sent us.
Lucy? She's only 6-and-a-half years old.
No. No, she's 86-and-a-half.
Well, that's nonsense.
I was with her only this morning.
Or was that yesterday?
No, that was 80 years ago!
Listen, you gotta believe me.
You're my great-great-uncle.
Help me out, guys.
Guys?
What's happening?
What's the matter with them?
The sylphs.
Their songs must have altered my perception of time.
That is what they do.
Lucy's an old woman now, you say?
That must mean that my wife is...
Oh, my God, what have I done?
Look, I'm sorry about all that, really.
But you gotta help us. I found your book.
The field guide? No!
No, not here. Not now.
Don't listen to them.
Follow me.
Here! Under here!
Quickly, while they're distracted.
The book, give me the book.
Oh, the field guide.
The field guide.
You should never have read this.
You should not have brought this outside the circle.
I know. I know, but I brought it to you so you could destroy it.
Destroy it?
No. Are you mad?
I have uncovered all of their secrets.
And this book is my validation.
This book is my life.
You're 125 years old! Your life is over!
And your daughter spent her life without a father,
all because of that book.
I never imagined that the things I'd learned
could possibly have led to this.
Look, I know stuff I wish I didn't, too,
but there's nothing I can do about that.
One thing I know for sure is that you gotta destroy that book.
What's this? - What?
What's wrong? - Where's my book?
What is this?
Thimbletack, he switched the pages.
But the real book is still inside the circle. It's safe.
No, Mulgarath got pages. - What?
He'll break the circle as soon as...
As soon as the moon rises, I know.
That's when Mom will be getting home.
I gotta get back.
No! They won't let you leave.
They'll keep you here for the same reason they're keeping me.
We know too much.
Then what are we gonna do?
Please, you've gotta help us!
If I'm as old as you say I am,
I'm useless outside this glade.
The last thing I said to my mom was, "I hate you."
Listen, son.
The boy who had the tenacity to find me,
doesn't need my help.
Now, Mulgarath wants the power that comes with knowledge.
You have that knowledge.
You are the book now.
And you have to get out of here. Now.
Yes!
I think I can distract them.
On my signal, run to your brother and sister.
You'll only have a few moments to escape.
But... - Await my signal.
But...
Here! Here! I have the field guide!
Do you want it? Yes, here!
Come take it! You can keep it safe right here!
Now!
Yes, Byron! Yes!
Get them home safely!
Come on, snap out of it! Come on!
Oh, shoot! They started spreading the potion.
Oh, no. There's Mom.
Mom! No! Turn around!
Go away, Mom!
Stop the car!
What?
Mom, move over!
What are you doing?
Mallory, you drive!
Get the car inside the circle!
Go, go!
You're not driving this car!
Stop it! Mal, stop!
Thank God.
Will someone please tell me what's going on?
Jared, what do we do now?
Protect the house.
Simon, the sage in the planter boxes. - I know, I know.
Hang them in the windows! I'm on it.
Mal, go upstairs and get all of Lucinda's salt.
All of it? - All of it!
Okay. Okay.
Thimbletack!
Jared! - Thimbletack!
The circle's about to be broken! Please come out!
Jared! Jared! What is going on?
Mom, you've got to believe me. Okay? - No! No!
One more word about faeries and goblins and I swear...
Goblins, I know. But I hid the book. They'll never find it.
Well, I hope they don't. Unless...
Why is she screaming?
I'm the one who should be screaming.
The circle's about to be broken!
Mom, no! He's not the problem.
They are.
Get in there! Get in there!
We have to protect the house.
Understand?
Hurry, hurry! Yeah, get every opening!
Okay, the living room's done!
Simon, do the music room!
Okay, okay, I got it!
Steel, it cuts and burns.
Good thing we're New Yorkers.
Wait, wait, here it comes.
Here it comes.
The circle is broken.
The circle is broken! Attack!
The windows and doors are protected.
Get down there. Go low! Go low!
Break it! Break on through! Come on!
The rest of you, up! Up, up, up!
Go, you toads! Go! Find the book!
Where did they go?
Did it work?
Come on, Jared! Come on!
Let's go! Let's go!
Get back, Jared! Get back!
Go, go, go! Run!
Give it to me! Give it to me!
Simon, get the back door! - I'm on it!
Mal, help me!
It won't hold for long.
Give me a hand.
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
Go, go, go! Go!
Go on! Get in there! Where did they go?
Where are they? Where are they?
Come on, let's find them.
You, over there, to the left.
You, to the right.
Spread out, spread out.
That's right, over there.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute!
Uh-oh.
Uh-oh!
Oh, sh...
Are you okay? - Mmm-hmm.
It worked.
Yeah.
Book safe?
Yes. Good job, Thimbletack.
Thank God.
What is it?
Come on.
Dad?
What happened?
Richard?
What are you doing here?
What's going on?
Where do we start?
With this, I guess.
What's that? Let me see.
No!
Not until you tell me what you need to tell me.
What?
The last time we were on the phone,
you said the next time we met,
you had something you needed to say to me.
So what is it?
Look me in the eyes and tell me.
I just want to hear you say it.
I...
I just wanted to tell you that I love you.
Let me see.
Jared.
Wrong answer.
Jared! - Get back! Get back!
What did you do?
It's not Dad! - What?
Oh, my God!
Now give me the book!
Run, Jared!
Give me the book. Give me the book.
Back off!
Thimbletack!
Give me the book!
Jared!
Give me the book!
Oh, yeah.
Give me the book now!
You want the book? - Yeah.
Go get it!
Oh! Mmm, mmm, mmm!
Jared! Jared!
Jared, are you okay?
Jared, you did it.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Jared, are you okay?
Yes! Death to the ogre!
We did it! You sent him right to me,
and I ate him! That's teamwork! Oh!
The taste of vengeance is sweet!
I can still taste a little! Oh, it's good!
I did it! I knew I could do it!
They said I couldn't, but I did it!
It's the field guide. Here, we'll help you.
Jared.
I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I mean...
No, I'm sorry.
No, listen, I...
For what I said, I didn't mean...
Jared, it's not your fault.
It's mine.
I was trying to protect you,
but I guess I should have just told you the truth.
Your dad does love you, and if you want to stay with him, that's...
I don't want to live with Dad.
Is it okay if I stay here with you?
Is it okay?
Who else is gonna protect us?
I'll go put this in your old room.
Oh!
My old friend Thimbletack.
My little guardian angel.
I've missed you so much.
Book safe, Lucy. Book safe.
Yes, yes.
And if my father were here, he'd say, "Job well done."
Aunt Lucinda?
I think you should come see this.
Am I dreaming?
No, my child. You're not.
Child?
Do you know how old I am?
Yes, I do.
I'm so sorry.
I was so captivated by all the magical creatures I found
that I lost sight of the one I already had.
But I see now,
and I may never be able to forgive myself.
You came back as you promised,
so I forgive you.
My dear, because the book was saved,
the sylph allowed me to come see you,
but I cannot stay.
Because if I do,
all my years will come back to me,
all at once, and I will turn to dust.
Then this time, take me with you.
Daddy.
Oh, Lucy.
Come with me. LUCINDA:- Okay.
Hey, come on.
Fly while you can, griffin.
I swallowed an ogre whole.
You could be next.
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