리차드, 너무 멀리 가지 마

 

엠은 겁장이야!
(엠-에멀라인의 애칭)

 

리차드! 에멀라인!

 

당장 이리 돌아오거라

 

조심하고

 

왜 이 모양이냐, 리차드?

 

위험할 뻔 한데다가
에멀라인도 부추기고 말야

 

죄송해요, 아빠

 

놀고 싶어하는 건 안다

 

탈 없이 모두 샌프란시스코에
도착하게끔 하는 게 내 일이다

 

엄마가 샌프란시스코에 오나요?

 

그럴 것 같지 않구나, 리차드

 

말했잖아, 한 번 하늘나라에 가면

 

다신 돌아오지 못한다구
그렇죠, 아더 아저씨?

 

우리 엄마하고 아빠도
돌아오지 않았잖아요

 

왜냐하면 하느님께서
머물길 원하시기 때문이지

 

그 분의 일을 하시면서
그 날을 기다리신단다

 

네가 부모님을 만나기 위해
멀고 먼 항해를 할 때를 말이다

 

그게 언젠데요?

 

네가 모든 삶을 살고

 

주어진 모든 걸 경험했을 때지

 

봐!

 

아빠, 저거 이름이 뭐에요?

 

상어란다

 

갈고리가 있으면 배 위로 낚아올릴텐데
그럼 요리사가 저녁감으로 튀겨줄 거야

 

선장, 안개가 몰려온다는 걸
알고 있소?

 

잘 알고 있습니다

 

곶 근처에 폭풍이 다가온다고
누군가 말하는 걸 들었소

 

우리를 뱃길 서쪽으로 밀어낸다던데요

 

맞습니다, 어젯밤 별자리에 의하면
우린 여기쯤 있습니다

 

리차드, 뭘 보고 있는거니?

 

옷을 안 입었잖아

 

너희들 여기서 뭘 하는 거냐?
혼좀 나야겠구나, 꼬맹이!

 

이리 와라

 

때리지 말아요

 

너도 맞고 싶은게냐?

 

-불이야!
-불?

 

누가 "불" 이라고 했나?

 

펌프를 가져와

 

-버튼
-예, 선장님?

 

아이들과 레스트레인지 씨를 모시고
배 밖으로 구명보트를 젓게

 

가자

 

레스트레인지 씨

 

창고에 폭약이 있어
싣는 걸 봤다구

 

계속 가!

 

가자

 

어서, 너 말이다

 

아더 아저씨!

 

리차드! 에멀라인!

 

-이쪽입니다, 레스트레인지 씨
-아이들은!

 

아이들은 벌써 떠났습니다
절 따라오세요

 

안돼요, 공간이 없어요

 

내립니다!

 

배를 버려라!

 

아직 터지면 안돼!

 

조금만 더

 

무슨 일이에요? 안 보여요

 

-뭐였어요?
-배다, 얼굴을 가려라

 

리차드!

 

에멀라인!

 

아더 아저씨!

 

저쪽이에요!

 

어디?

 

선장님, 이쪽이에요

 

리차드!

 

이봐

 

아빠!

 

한 번에 양쪽에서 소리치지 마

 

어느 쪽으로 가야할지 모르겠다구

 

대형 보트, 어이! 어디 있어?

 

이봐!

 

아빠!

 

가버렸어

 

신이시여, 도와주시길

 

아빠는 어디 있어요?

 

이름이 뭐에요?

 

패디 버튼, 이제 질문은 그만이다
바쁜 거 안 보이니?

 

젠장, 음식도 물도 없군

 

쇼팽이에요
피아노로 칠 줄 알아요

 

버튼 아저씨
하나 물어봐도 되요?

 

그래

 

아저씨 해적이에요?

 

나 목말라

 

나두

 

들어보거라

 

물에 닿을 때 '쉿' 하는 소리가 들릴게다

 

-들리니?
-그런 거 같아요

 

난 아무것도 안들려요

 

잘 들어보라니까
이젠 분명히 끓는 소리가 들릴테니

 

저기, 들리니?

 

들려요
넌 안들리니, 엠?

안 들리는데

 

그래, 들려

 

꽃 냄새 난다

 

꽃이라구?

 

버튼 아저씨! 리차드!
봐요

 

육지다!

 

육지라구!

 

살았구나
믿을 수가 없는걸

 

여기가 어디에요?

 

극락이지 뭐냐, 이제 패디 버튼에게
더이상 "네, 선장님", "아뇨, 선장님"은 없다

 

고약한 난로에 등짝이
고생스럽던 것도 이젠 끝이다

 

아빠가 우릴 데리러 올까요?

 

가자, 둘러보자꾸나

 

들어봐라

 

가자

 

이럴 줄 알았어

 

멋지구나

 

물이다

 

내려간다! 아래 조심하거라!

 

버튼 아저씨, 여기 통이 있어요

 

선장님 입 냄새랑 비슷한 게 들어있어요

 

선장 입 냄새라구?

 

럼주구나

 

달콤하기도 해라

 

재미난 걸 찾아냈어요
구멍이 뚫려 있어요

 

이리 다오, 어디서 났니?

 

-뭐였는데요?
-여기서 나가는 게 좋겠다

 

저쪽에 무더기로 있어요

 

어서, 여길 빠져나가자

 

서두르라니까

 

아빠 배가 안 보여요

 

아직은 아니다
나중에 올 모양이구나

 

아닐지도 있고

 

뱉어내라!

 

입 벌려!
뱉어내라구!

 

뱉어내! 어서!

 

울지 마라
너한테 화낸 게 아니다

 

저 딸기를 먹으면 잠이 든단다
그럼 다신 깨어나지 못해

 

다신 깨지 못하게 만드는
딸기란다, 알겠니?

 

딸기는 건드리지 말거라, 가자

 

전에 잠들고 나서 깨지 않았던
고양이가 있었어요

 

아더 아저씨가 그랬는데
죽어서 묻었다고 그랬어요

 

버튼 아저씨, 고양이도
저 딸기를 먹은 건가요?

 

그럴게다

 

"죽어서 묻었다"는 게
정확히 무슨 뜻이에요?

 

땅 속에 놓고는 덮었다는 뜻이란다

 

그럼 죽어서 묻은 게 돼지, 알겠니?

 

존스 아줌마 애기랑 같아
기억나, 엠?

 

의사가 양배추 밭을 파냈잖아

 

양배추 밭?

 

맞아요, 하지만 흙을 덮고
다시 양배추를 심었어요

 

그럼 자라서 천사가 된대요

 

모종삽으로 우리 양배추 밭을
다 파내 봤지만

 

아기나 천사는 없었어

 

벌레들 뿐이던데

 

사진 속 사람들이 뭘 하는 거냐, 리차드?

 

결혼한 사람들 이야기에요

 

각 장마다 말이 적혀 있어요

 

어디 보자꾸나

 

그래

 

결혼하신 적 있어요?

 

일곱 번

 

칼라오에서 마카오까지 항구마다 애가 있지
마지막으로 센 게 열 일곱이었다

 

제대로 바라봐 준 적도 없구나

 

눈이 기울어진 아이

 

피부가 검은 아이
너처럼 피부가 분홍인 아이도 몇몇 있지

 

그래도 눈은 모두 날 닮았지

 

아저씨, '복종'이 무슨 뜻이에요?

 

살아오면서 내내 피하려고 애썼던 거지

 

돌아오너라, 다치치 않는다니까

 

헤엄치고 싶지 않아요
수영복도 없잖아요

 

수영복은 잊어버려라!

 

목욕할 때 수영복을 입진 않잖니?

 

이건 욕조가 아녜요, 바다라구요!

 

준비, 던져라
그거야

 

배를 보게 되면
재빨리 달려가서

 

신호 불을 켜거라, 알겠니?

 

토끼 굴이나

 

여우를 보면 세게 당겨라
매듭은 이렇게, 해보거라

 

손가락을 이런 모양으로 해서
밀어넣는 거야

 

됐구나
잘했다, 꼬마 뱃사람

 

어디서 찾았니?

 

찾은 거 아니에요
아저씨가 가르쳐준 매듭으로 만들었어요

 

만들었다구? 이런

 

좀더 크면 좋으련만

 

수영하러 가자

 

그래

 

돌아와서 옷 입거라!

 

낡은 바지는 입고 싶지 않아요

 

종일 발가벗고 뛰어다니는 건 좋지 않다

 

결국 혼자가 됐군

 

리차드, 에멀라인
둘다 나랑 약속할 게 있다

 

너희들 절대, 절대로

 

섬 반대쪽에 가면 안된다

 

왜요, 아저씨?

 

왜냐구?
내가 그렇게 말했기 때문이지!

 

거기엔 아주 더러운 게 있단다

 

지독하고 사악하고 불길한 거야

 

어떤 건데요?

 

버튼 아저씨, 어떤 건데요?

 

그러니까, 도깨비 같은 게 산단다

 

도깨비?

 

그래, 도깨비가 너희들처럼
조그만 아이들을 잡아서

 

어떻게 하는 줄 아니?

 

그냥 먹어버린단다

 

사탕처럼 입에다 던져 놓고는

 

씹어서 삼켜버리지
뼈까지 전부 말이다

 

'법'이 뭔지 아니?

 

좋아, 이제부터 이게 법이다
알았지?

 

"아무도 반대쪽으로 가서는 안된다"

 

너 웃겨

 

얘들아, 어디 있니?

 

저 보세요

 

"절 보세요"

 

아저씬 통에 있는 걸 마시면
바보 같아져요

 

이건 진지한 춤이야

 

후치 쿠치 아가씨들에 대한
노래를 불러 주세요

 

준비됐니?

 

아저씨는 어디 있어?

 

사라졌어

 

저기 있다

 

건너편까지 수영했다가 잠들었나봐
가보자

 

그건 뭐 하러 만들어?

 

버튼 아저씨 머리에 씌워 주려구
그리고 귀에다 "으악" 하려구

 

그럼 놀라서 이걸 쓴 채 벌떡 일어날 거야

 

아저씨, 일어나요
저희에요

 

일어나요!

 

걱정마, 엠
우린 괜찮을 거야

 

여기서 떠나자, 리차드

 

봐!

 

잠깐 지내기 좋은 곳 같아

 

일어나, 크리스마스 아침이야

 

크리스마스?

 

어제 나무에 52 번째로 표시했어
어젯밤에 그가 왔었다구

 

무슨 소리야?

 

산타 클로스 말야
사슴들이 바닷가에 온 걸 봤어

 

우리한테 뭘 가져왔나 보자구

 

어서, 엠
서둘러

 

사슴들이 왔었다구, 보여?

 

양말을 살펴보자

 

뭔가 있는데!

 

봐, 항상 갖고 싶어하던 거야

 

뭔데?

 

뭐처럼 보여? 공깃돌이야

 

이건 네 옥돌이고
이건 네 구슬이야

 

네가 한 짓이구나

 

하지만...

 

속았지?

 

너!

 

우린 왜 항상 다투는 걸까?

 

모르겠어

 

새해에는 좀 달라지자구
이젠 싸우지 말기

 

-그러지, 하지만...
-하지만 뭐?

 

내 말버릇에 뭐가 문제인지 모르겠어

 

계속 엉뚱한 생각이 떠올라

 

어떤 생각?

 

그냥 생각 만이야
너하고 나에 대한 웃긴 생각

 

말해봐

 

안돼

 

그냥 생각일 뿐이야
아무 뜻도 없다구

 

이건 어디서 찾았어?

 

조개 안에서 찾았어

 

아름다워, 고마워

 

"믿음을 갖고"

 

"작은 베들레헴"

 

"말이 끄는 썰매를 타고
눈 속을 달리네"

 

"모두"

 

도와줘!

 

왜 그래?

 

피잖아

 

안돼, 난 괜찮아

 

하지만 피가 난다구

 

저리 가! 날 쳐다보지 마

 

저리 가라구!

 

왜 그랬어, 엠?

 

-왜 피를 흘린거야?
-몰라

 

거짓말!

 

정말이야, 모르겠어

 

다치지 않고서는
그렇게 피를 흘리지 않는다구

 

아마도 심하게 다쳤는데
네가 모를 뿐이야

 

-보자구
-안돼! 보여주기 싫어

 

-왜?
-그냥

 

이건 불공평해

 

난 너한테 비밀이라곤 없어
전부 다 말해준다구

 

전부 다

 

뭘 보는 거야?

 

네 근육

 

어떤데?

 

넌 요즘 정말 바보 같아
멍청한 말이나 하고

 

날 우스운 듯 쳐다보기나 하구

 

병에 걸린 것도 아니면서 말아

 

화 내진 말아줘

 

다시 말해봐

 

-네 엄마랑 아빠는 어디 계셔?
-하늘 나라에

 

하늘 나라는 어디 있는데?

 

알잖아, 저기 위에

 

-너네 아빠도 저기 계실 거야
-아냐

 

언젠가 배를 타고 오셔서
우릴 집에 데려가실 거야

 

들려?

 

아니

 

넌 들려?

 

가끔 들리는 거 같아

 

패디 아저씨가 거짓말 한 거야

 

아저씨가 무지개 끝에는
황금이 든 단지가 있다고 했지

 

그것도 거짓말이야

 

계속 땅을 파면 중국이
나온다고도 했지

 

산타 클로스도 올 리 없구

 

넌 아저씨 생각하곤 해?

 

난 해

 

그 얘기는 하고 싶어하지 않는 거 알아
하지만

 

어찌된 영문인지 궁금하지 않아?

 

안 궁금해

 

난 궁금해

 

이해할 수 없는 게 너무 많아

 

비가 온 다음엔 왜 물고기들이
헤엄치다 말고 물 위로 올라올까?

 

왜 조개 안에서 파도 소리가 나는 걸까?

 

왜 머리카락이 자라는 걸까?

 

세상에 대한 궁금증을 다 풀어주는
커다란 책이 있었으면 좋겠어

 

그런 책이 하늘에서 내 손으로
떨어졌으면 좋겠다구

 

-그럼 모든 걸 알 때까지 읽을 거야
-넌 모든 걸 다 알 수는 없어

 

오직 하느님만이 모든 걸 아셔

 

하느님?

 

하느님도 우린 못 찾아
산타 클로스보다 나을 게 없다구

 

물고기는 무슨 생각을 하는지 궁금해

 

뭐 해?

 

널 즐겁게 해주려고
어서, 웃어봐

 

효과가 없을걸

 

또 들린다

 

도깨비일까?

 

사람일지도 몰라

 

아냐

 

아님 우릴 만나러
이쪽으로 올지도 몰라

 

있음직한 일이야

 

그 사람이 친절하지 않으면?
우릴 해치려고 하면 어떡해?

 

그러면 창으로 찔러버릴 거야

 

보라구!
난 세상에서 가장 훌륭한 어부야!

 

"난 세상에서 가장 훌륭한 어부야!"

 

물고기 겁 줘서 다 도망가는 동안
난 원하는 만큼 다 잡겠다

 

이건 내 '물고기 춤'이야
겁 줘서 쫓아내는 게 아니라구!

 

창으로 찌를 수 있게
물 위로 꼬셔내는 동작이라구

 

누가 네 말에 신경이나 쓰겠어?

 

많이 잡는 게 중요한 게 아냐
어떻게 잡느냐가 중요하지

 

그만해!

 

제발 다른 걸 불라구

 

그거 싫어하는 거 뻔히 알면서
왜 그러는 거야?

 

"겁 줘서 쫓아내는 게 아냐
물 위로 꼬시는 거지"

 

"창으로 찌를 수 있게 말야"

 

널 찔러 주지

 

나 여기 있지

 

돌아와

 

아님 발가벗겨서
회초리를 때려줄테다

 

감히 날 때린다니

 

음식에 '깨지 못하게 하는 딸기'를
집어넣을 거야

 

말해, "리차드는 섬에서 제일
똑똑한 사람이다"

 

-말해!
-그만 리차드, 화낼 거야

 

-그만! 저리 비켜
-말해!

 

리차드는 섬에서 제일 똑똑한 사람이다

 

-가장 빠른 수영 선수다
-가장 빠른 수영 선수다

 

-가장 빠른 달리기 선수다
-가장 빠른 달리기 선수다

 

-가장 뛰어난 오두막 건축가다
-네가 뭐든지 최고야, 저리 비켜!

 

맞는 말이야

 

잠깐 기다려
무슨 영문이지 아마 넌 모를거야

 

조금만 깨물어도 넌 절대
다시 깨어나지 못할 거라구

 

-왜 그래? 무슨 일이야?
-봤어

 

-뭘?
-패디 아저씨가 도깨비라고 한 얼굴

 

-반대쪽에 간 거야?
-도깨비가 아니었어

 

하느님인 거 같아

 

하느님?

 

'로건' 목사님처럼 생겼어
마치 말하는 거 같았어

 

"넌 착하게 살아야 해"
그리고 피를 흘렸어

 

-믿을 수 없어
-예수님 같았다구

 

다신 거기 가지 마
이건 법이야

 

진짜 하느님이면 어떡해?
가서 기도해야 하지 않을까?

 

안 그럼 화가 나셔서 우릴
하늘 나라에 데려가시지 않을지도 몰라

 

그 얘긴 하고 싶지 않아

 

왜 그래?

 

나 여기 있어

 

-너 "죽는 딸기" 먹고...
-아니, 난 괜찮아

 

-그냥 나쁜 꿈을 꾼 거야
-난 떠나지 마

 

떠나지 않겠다고 약속해
항상 나랑 같이 있겠다고 약속해

 

약속해

 

그러지 마

 

뭐 하는 거야?

 

저리 가!

 

뭐 하냐구?

 

기다려, 도대체 왜 그래?

 

-뭐 하는 거야?
-어쩌라구?

 

왜 나랑 얘기 안하는 거야?

 

그냥 혼자 있게 해줘

 

Richard, don't go out too far.

 

Em's a fraidy cat!

 

Richard! Emmeline!

 

Come back here this minute.

 

And be careful.

 

What's gotten into you, Richard?

 

Bad enough to endanger yourself,
but to encourage Emmeline....

 

l'm sorry, Father.

 

l know you want to have fun.

 

All l'm trying to do is get us all
to San Francisco in one piece.

 

Will Mommy be coming to San Fr'isco?

 

l don't believe so, Richard.

 

l told you. Once they go to heaven...

 

...they don't come back.
lsn't that right, Uncle Arthur?

 

My mommy and daddy haven't come back.

 

Because God wants them to stay...

 

...and do his work and wait for the day...

 

...when you will take
the long voyage to see them.

 

When will that be?

 

When you've lived a full life...

 

...and experienced all that it has to offer.

 

Look!

 

Father, what are they called?

 

Sharks.

 

l wish l had a hook. l'd pull 'em aboard
and the cook would fry 'em for dinner.

 

Captain, do you know
there's a fog bank coming in?

 

l'm aware of that fact, sir.

 

l heard one of the men say
those storms rounding the cape...

 

...pushed us far west of our course.

 

That's right, sir.
Last night's celestial puts us about here.

 

Richard, what are you looking at?

 

They don't have any clothes on.

 

What the hell are you two doing here?
l'll teach you, bucko!

 

Come here.

 

Don't you dare hurt him.

 

You want a hiding, too, do you?

 

-Fire!
-Fire?

 

Did somebody say ''fire''?

 

Man the pumps.

 

-Button.
-Yes, sir?

 

Take the children and Mr. Lestrange
and row them away from the ship.

 

Come on.

 

Mr. Lestrange.

 

There's blasting powder in that hold.
l saw them load it.

 

Keep moving!

 

Come on, will you?

 

Come on, you.

 

Uncle Arthur!

 

Richard! Emmeline!

 

-This way, Lestrange.
-The children!

 

They've already taken their leave.
Follow me, sir.

 

No, there is no more room.

 

Lower away!

 

Abandon ship!

 

Don't explode yet!

 

Further.

 

What's happening? l can't see.

 

-What was that?
-The ship. Cover your faces.

 

Richard!

 

Emmeline!

 

Uncle Arthur!

 

There they are!

 

Where?

 

Captain, over here.

 

Richard!

 

Hello.

 

Father!

 

Don't go shouting both at once.

 

l won't know which way to steer.

 

Longboat, ahoy! Where are you?

 

Hello!

 

Father!

 

Gone.

 

Lord, help us.

 

Where is Father?

 

What is your name?

 

Paddy Button. Now, belay your questions.
Can't you see l'm busy?

 

Damn it. No food or water.

 

That's Chopin. l can play it on the piano.

 

Mr. Button, can l ask you a question?

 

Yes.

 

Are you a pirate?

 

l'm thirsty.

 

Me, too.

 

Listen...

 

...you'll hear it hiss
when it touches the water.

 

-You hear it?
-l think so.

 

l don't hear anything.

 

Listen harder.
lt must be fairly boilin' by now.

 

There. Do you hear it?

 

l hear it. Don't you hear it now, Em?

 

l think so.

 

Yes, l hear it.

 

l smell flowers.

 

Flowers?

 

Mr. Button! Richard! Look!

 

lt's land!

 

Land ho!

 

We're saved.
l would never have believed it.

 

Where are we?

 

Nirvana, that's where we are. No more
''yes, sir,'' ''no, sir,'' for Paddy Button.

 

No more breaking my back
over a stinkin' stove.

 

Will Father be coming to fetch us?

 

Come on, let's look around.

 

Listen.

 

Come on.

 

l knew it.

 

lt's lovely.

 

Water.

 

Ho, down there! Look out below!

 

Mr. Button, there's a barrel over here...

 

...with funny stuff in it
that smells like the Captain's breath.

 

The Captain's breath?

 

lt's rum.

 

Sweet Jesus.

 

Look what a funny thing l found.
lt's got holes in it.

 

Give me that. Where did you get it?

 

-What was it?
-We'd better get out of here.

 

There's a bunch of them up there.

 

Come on, let's get out of here.

 

Hurry it up, will you?

 

l don't see Father's boat.

 

No, not yet. Maybe he'll be along later.

 

Maybe not.

 

Take them things out of your mouth!

 

Open your mouth!
Take them out of your mouth!

 

Spit them out! Go on!

 

Don't cry. l ain't mad at you.

 

lf you eat them berries, you'll go to sleep.
You'll never wake up again.

 

They're never-wake-up berries, you see?

 

Just leave them berries alone. Come on.

 

We had a cat once
that went to sleep and never woke up.

 

Uncle Arthur said she was dead and buried.

 

Mr. Button, do you think she ate
some of those berries?

 

Maybe.

 

What does it really mean, Paddy,
''dead and buried''?

 

lt means that they put you in the ground
and they cover you up.

 

And you're dead and buried, do you see?

 

Like Mrs. Jones' baby. Remember, Em?

 

The doctor dug it out of the cabbage patch.

 

The cabbage patch?

 

That's right.
But he took it back and planted it again.

 

So it could grow and turn into an angel.

 

l got a trowel
and dug our cabbage patch all up.

 

But there weren't any babies or any angels.

 

Only worms.

 

What's in them pictures, Richard?

 

lt's a story about these funny people
who get married.

 

There is a saying under each one.

 

Give us a look.

 

Yeah.

 

Were you ever married, Paddy?

 

Seven times.

 

Kids in every port from Callao to Macao.
Seventeen at the last count.

 

Never set eyes on a single of them.

 

Slanted-eyed little devils...

 

...black little devils,
even a couple of pink ones like you.

 

And all with my eyes.

 

Paddy, what's ''subjugation''?

 

Something l've been trying to avoid
all my life.

 

Come back here. This ain't gonna hurt you.

 

We don't want to go swimming!
We don't have our bathing costumes!

 

To hell with your bathing costumes!

 

You don't wear them
when you have a bath, do you?

 

This isn't a bathtub. This is the ocean!

 

Ready, go. That's it.

 

Whenever you see a ship,
you run down quick...

 

...and you light the signal fire.
Do you hear me?

 

There's the rabbit hole....

 

There's a fox, see. Pull it tight.
There's a knot. Do it.

 

Run your finger up like that.
You shove that around under there.

 

There you are. Put it there, shipmate.

 

Where'd you find that?

 

l didn't find it.
l made it from the knots you taught me.

 

You made it? Well...

 

...pity it's not a bit bigger.

 

Let's go swimming.

 

Yeah.

 

Come back here and put your clothes on!

 

l don't want to wear my old britches.

 

lt ain't proper to be
running around naked all the time.

 

Alone at last

 

Rechard, Emeline
l want you both to promise me something.

 

l want you to promise me
that you will never, ever go over...

 

...to the other side of the island.

 

Why, Paddy?

 

Why? Because l tell you, that's why!

 

There's nasty things go on over there, see?

 

Vile, evil, sinister things.

 

Like what?

 

Yes, Mr. Button, like what?

 

Well, for a start,
that's where the bogeyman lives.

 

The bogeyman?

 

That's right. And you know what happens
when the bogeyman...

 

...gets his hands on little people
like yourselves?

 

Why, he just eats them.

 

He pops them into his mouth like candy...

 

...and he chews them up
and he swallows them, bones and all.

 

Do you know what ''law'' is?

 

Good. From now on, that's the law, see?

 

No one goes over to the other side.

 

You look funny.

 

Children, where are you?

 

Look at me.

 

Look at me.

 

You're silly
when you drink out of that barrel.

 

This is a serious dance.

 

Sing the one
about the Hoochie Coochie girls.

 

Come on. Are you ready?

 

Where's Paddy?

 

He's gone.

 

There he is.

 

He must have swum over there
and gone to sleep. Come on.

 

What are you doing that for?

 

l'm going to put it on Mr. Button's head,
so when you say ''boo'' into his ear...

 

...he'll jump up with it on.

 

Paddy, wake up, it's us.

 

Wake up!

 

Don't worry, Em, we'll be all right.

 

Take me away from this place, Richard.

 

Look!

 

This looks like a good place
to stay for awhile.

 

Wake up. lt's Christmas morning.

 

Christmas?

 

Yesterday, l counted 52 big marks
on the tree and last night he came.

 

What are you talking about?

 

Santa Claus. l saw all his reindeer
right there on the beach.

 

Let's see if he brought us anything.

 

Come on, Em, hurry.

 

That's where the reindeer were, see?

 

Look at our stockings.

 

And there's something in them!

 

Look, just what l always wanted.

 

What are they?

 

What do they look like? They're marbles.

 

See, these are your Jaspers
and these are your Peewees.

 

You did it all.

 

But....

 

Fooled ya, didn't l?

 

You!

 

Why are we always fighting so much?

 

l don't know.

 

That should be our New Year's revolution:
to stop fighting so much.

 

-l'll try, but....
-But, what?

 

l don't know what's wrong with me
when l say the things l say.

 

l just keep on having
all these strange thoughts.

 

What kind of thoughts?

 

Just thoughts.
Funny thoughts about you and me.

 

Tell me.

 

l couldn't.

 

They're just thoughts.
They don't mean anything.

 

Where did you find these?

 

l found them in those little shells.

 

They're beautiful. Thank you.

 

''O come, all ye faithful''

 

''O little town of Bethlehem''

 

''Dashing through the snow
ln a one-horse open sleigh

 

''All the''

 

Help!

 

What's wrong?

 

You're bleeding.

 

Don't! l'm all right.

 

But you're bleeding.

 

Go away! Don't look at me.

 

Go away!

 

What was it, Em?

 

-Why were you bleeding like that?
-l don't know.

 

Liar!

 

lt's true, l don't know.

 

People don't bleed like that
unless they've cut themselves.

 

Maybe you're hurt real bad
and you just don't know it.

 

-Let me look.
-No! l don't want you to look.

 

-But, why?
-Just because.

 

That is not fair.

 

l don't keep any secrets from you.
l tell you everything.

 

Everything.

 

What are you looking at?

 

Your muscles.

 

What about them?

 

You're really acting silly lately.
Always saying dumb things like that.

 

Always looking at me funny.

 

You're not coming down with something,
are you?

 

Well, don't give it to me.

 

Tell me again.

 

-Where are your mother and father?
-ln heaven.

 

But where's heaven?

 

You know, up there.

 

-Your father might be there, too.
-No, he's not.

 

He's coming on a ship someday
to take us home.

 

Do you hear it?

 

No.

 

Do you ever hear it?

 

Sometimes l think l do.

 

l think Paddy was a liar.

 

He told us there was a pot of gold
at the end of every rainbow...

 

...and that was a lie.

 

He told us if we dug far enough
we'd reach China.

 

And Santa Claus never came.

 

Do you ever think about him?

 

l do.

 

l know you don't like to talk about it, but...

 

...don't you ever wonder
what really happened?

 

l don't want to know what happened.

 

l do.

 

There are so many things
l don't understand.

 

Why do fish stop swimming and lie on top
of the tide pools after it rains?

 

Why do you hear the waves
inside the big shells?

 

Why are all these funny hairs
growing on me?

 

l wish a big book with all the answers
to every question in the world...

 

...would drop out of the sky
and land in my hand right now.

 

-l'd read it till l knew everything.
-You can't know everything.

 

Only God knows everything.

 

God?

 

He can't find us
any better than Santa Claus.

 

l wonder what fish think about?

 

What are you doing?

 

Trying to cheer you up. Come on, laugh.

 

lt's not going to work.

 

There it is again.

 

Do you think it's the bogeyman?

 

Maybe it's another person.

 

No...

 

...or he would have come over
to meet us and say hello.

 

That's the proper thing to do.

 

What if he's not nice?
What if he wants to hurt us?

 

Then l'll spear him.

 

Look! l'm the greatest fisherman
who ever lived.

 

l'm the greatest fisherman who ever lived.

 

While you scare them off,
l catch as many as l want to.

 

That's my fish dance!
lt doesn't scare them off.

 

lt brings them up to the surface
where l can spear them.

 

Who cares what you say?

 

lt's not how many you catch.
lt's how you do it.

 

Stop that!

 

Please play something else.

 

Why must you do that
when you know it makes me angry?

 

''lt doesn't scare them away.
lt brings 'em to the top...

 

''...where l can spear them.''

 

l'll spear you.

 

Here l am.

 

Come back here...

 

...or l'll pull your britches down
and take a switch to you.

 

Don't you dare try to spank me. l mean it.

 

l'll put never-wake-up berries in your food!
l mean it.

 

Say, ''Richard is the smartest person
on the island.''

 

-Say it!
-Stop it, Richard. l'm getting angry.

 

-Stop it! Now get off.
-Say it!

 

Richard is the smartest person
on the island.

 

-The fastest swimmer.
-The fastest swimmer.

 

-The fastest runner.
-The fastest runner.

 

-The best hut builder.
-You're the best everything. Now get off!

 

lt's true.

 

Just you wait.
You'll never know when it'll happen.

 

Just one little bite
and you'll never wake up again.

 

-What is it? What happened?
-l saw him.

 

-Who?
-The face Paddy thought was a bogeyman.

 

-You went to the other side?
-He's not the bogeyman.

 

l think he's God.

 

God?

 

He looks like Pastor Logan said
he looked like:

 

''You'd better be good or else.''
And he was bleeding.

 

-l don't believe you.
-Just like Jesus.

 

Don't go there again. lt's the law.

 

What if he really is God?
Shouldn't we go and pray?

 

Or won't he be mad
and not let us go to heaven?

 

l don't want to talk about it.

 

What is it?

 

l'm here.

 

-You ate the ''dead and berries''--
-No, l'm fine.

 

-You just had a bad dream.
-Don't ever leave me.

 

Promise you won't.
Promise you'll always be with me.

 

l promise.

 

Don't.

 

What are you doing?

 

Go away!

 

Where are you going?

 

Wait. What's the matter?

 

-What are you doing?
-What do you want?

 

Why won't you talk to me?

 

Just leave me alone.

 

A ship, Emmeline!

 

The signal fire, you didn't light it.
Why didn't you light it?

 

You know how much l want to leave.
lt's the most important thing to me.

 

l know.

 

First you cry for help,
then you throw sticks at me.

 

A ship comes, a ship!

 

The first ship we've seen
since we've been here and you let it go by.

 

Well, that's it. l've had it.

 

l'm sick and tired
of waiting for you to get better.

 

l'm going to San Fr'isco without you.

 

You'll never build a boat strong enough
to get to San Fr'isco.

 

That's the fourth time you've tried
and they've all sunk.

 

Shut up!

 

Why don't you give up?

 

You don't even know where San Fr'isco is.

 

You're such a silly dodo.
We're never getting off this island.

 

Thanks to you.

 

This is where we live.
This is our home, now and forever.

 

No!

 

l could never live here forever
with just you.

 

l don't even like you.
You never used to laugh at me.

 

You never used to have secrets.

 

You're not so perfect either,
Mr. Richard Lestrange.

 

l've seen you playing with it.

 

And l'll tell your father if he ever gets here.

 

You. l hate you.

 

You almost hit me.

 

-Take back what you said.
-l've seen it all.

 

What happens after you do it a long time.

 

Shut up! That isn't fair, peeking.

 

-l don't peek on you.
-That's a lie.

 

You're always staring at my buppies.

 

Only because they look so funny.
You know what you look like now?

 

You look like
one of those pictures Paddy had.

 

One of his Hoochie Coochie girls.

 

l do not!

 

Stop that, or l'll never talk to you again.

 

See them jiggle, wiggle and shake.

 

l'm sorry. l didn't mean to hit you.

 

l wish you were dead and buried.

 

What are you doing?

 

lt's my hut. l built it.

 

That's not true. l helped you.

 

l did most of it.
You can find some other place to live.

 

l said l was sorry, Richard.
What more do you want me to say?

 

l don't want you to say anything.

 

l don't ever want to see you again.

 

You just wait, Richard Lestrange.
l'll get you for this!

 

What's wrong with you?

 

Go away.

 

What happened?

 

l stepped on one of those fish
that looks like a rock.

 

Don't go to sleep.

 

Oh, no. Please wake up.

 

God.

 

Take me to God.

 

But the law....

 

God...

 

...please don't make Em never wake up.

 

l didn't mean it when l said
l wanted her dead and buried.

 

l forgot most of my prayers, God....

 

But....

 

Our Father...

 

...who art in heaven...

 

...kingdom come...

 

...with liberty and justice for all.

 

Amen.

 

Em, are you all right?

 

l've been so worried.

 

You mean, you're not mad at me anymore?

 

Of course not.

 

l was so scared.

 

All l could think of was:

 

What if l lost my Em?

 

What would l do?

 

Here's some food
to help you get your strength back.

 

Do you see that island out there?

 

Yes.

 

l've been thinking, maybe the person
who makes the drum noise...

 

...lives there and then comes here to pray.

 

Maybe.

 

Would you like to try to walk?

 

You all right?

 

Yes.

 

Kiss me.

 

You're all sticky.

 

So what? Kiss me.

 

Stop it, l can't breath.

 

But l don't want to stop.

 

What are you doing?

 

Stop it.

 

l feel so funny in my stomach.

 

Me, too.

 

My heart is beating so fast.

 

Mine, too.

 

Will you stop eating? You're getting fat.

 

Come on up, keep me warm?

 

Where's Em, Coco?

 

l'm sorry, Richard.

 

You didn't want it all day yesterday either.

 

What's the matter?
Don't you love me anymore?

 

Yes, l love you more than ever, Richard.

 

Then why don't you want to do it?

 

lt just hurts right now, that's all.

 

When it stops hurting, we'll do it.

 

When is that going to be?

 

l don't understand. Why does it hurt?

 

l don't know.

 

l don't know anything.

 

But if you touch my tummy right now,
you can feel it.

 

Feel what?

 

How did you make
your tummy move like that?

 

l'm not doing it.

 

lt's not doing it by itself.

 

Yes, it is.

 

There. l felt it again.

 

What's making it do that?

 

l don't know.

 

Where are you?

 

Where are you?

 

What's wrong? Did they hurt you?

 

They?

 

What is it? Tell me what to do.

 

What is it?

 

Answer me.

 

Why did you have a baby?

 

l don't know.

 

Hello, baby.

 

Look, l think he's hungry.

 

What do you feed him?

 

Try some fruit.

 

Here you go.

 

Good food. Fruit.

 

lt doesn't like it.

 

Here, let me try this.

 

What do l do?

 

Why are you doing that?

 

The drum people.

 

What?

 

l saw them.

 

When?

 

The night he came.

 

What did they look like?

 

l don't want to talk about it.
Paddy was right.

 

We shouldn't have gone to the other side.

 

We should have never broken the law.

 

-Do they know we're here?
-l don't think so.

 

lf they come,
l'll do to them what l do to the fish.

 

l'll stick it through their eyes!

 

l'll stick it through their bellies
and watch their guts come out!

 

Remember on the ship
when we tried to get to the dinghy...

 

...how the men
pushed and shoved each other?

 

How their eyes looked?

 

lt was the same with the drum people.

 

l don't understand. Why do people
have to be so bad to each other?

 

Come here, hurry.

 

l'm busy keeping watch.

 

Come on, you have to see this.

 

You taught him to swim.

 

Water.

 

Look at the fishies.

 

Around the tree and back down the hole.

 

Get the boat.

 

Look at the bird. Look, Paddy.

 

Do you see some fishies?
What do you see?

 

Tell me, do you see a ship?

 

Paddy, fan.

 

Richard.

 

He said my name.

 

Look, Paddy, we're making footprints.

 

Like Boston in the winter.

 

Remember the snowball fights we had
every time it snowed?

 

See, it's freezing.

 

lt's cold.

 

The bogeyman.

 

You better bring him up to see
or he'll hear about it from the crew...

 

...and we'll have to sail back tomorrow.

 

Excuse me, sir.

 

We sighted something.

 

There.

 

What do you think?

 

Can we go closer?

 

l'll see,
but we have to be careful of that reef.

 

Look at that face.

 

Boat.

 

No, that couldn't be them.

 

Do you know how to get to
the place where we lived with Paddy?

 

Sure. l go there for bananas.

 

Take me there?

 

l thought you were afraid.

 

l want to see it again.

 

ln you go.

 

You coming?

 

Shark!

 

l have to get the oars.

 

Help me, Em, we're drifting.

 

Go away.

 

Look how far out we are!

 

l can't stop this.

 

Paddy, look.

 

When it hits the water,
you can hear it hiss.

 

Look, see?

 

Hear it?

 

l'm thirsty.

 

l wish we had some water.

 

Fishies.

 

No, Paddy!

 

-Where did you get those?
-Get those out of your mouth.

 

What are you doing?
Get those out of your mouth.

 

He swallowed some.

 

Come here.

 

Don't close your eyes, Paddy.

 

Please don't go to sleep.

 

Please.

 

Three points to port, sir.
Looks to be a small craft.

 

See anyone in it?

 

l can't make it out.

 

Captain, three points to port.

 

Are they dead?

 

No, sir. They're asleep.