It's time I got to work.
Don't be late for school, Dinki. And be good.
Hold on, Dad, I'm just coming.
Will you walk me to school?
Sure, Dinki.
Come on, Birdboy, you need to believe in yourself!
Offer up your wings to the wind!
Feel the wind in your feathers?
Hiya, gorgeous!
Will you take me with you when you learn to fly?
What's up Birdboy? Needs some lessons in how to talk too?
Who was that, Dinki? Is he in school with you?
Yeah, he's called Birdboy.
He's in my class but he doesn't often go to school.
That's strange. I don't think I know his father.
(SCHOOL/FACTORY)
OK, honey. This is where we say goodbye. Have a nice day.
You too, Dad...
Bye!
(INDUSTRIAL AREA)
Birdboy
Dinki! Are you in there?
How are you, darling? How are things?
Who are you?
What do you mean who am I?
I'm your father, honey.
You're not my father.
Sure I am.
You're not my father.
Come on, honey
don't you remember when we went fishing in the lake?
You fell off the rock and you got soaked, remember?
You were wearing your favourite dress...
that one with the hearts you like so much.
You slipped on some seaweed and fell in,
but when you surfaced you were laughing like anything.
We all had a fabulous day.
You remember, don't you?
Sure, I remember now. It was great...
Come on, dear, time to go. You've got to get to school.
Look, your dad and your brother Jonathan are waiting for you.
What are you thinking about, Birdboy?
About us?
Are we flying away somewhere? Just the two of us forever more?
Get him! Aim for the head! Don't let him get away!
Come on! This is our one chance!
We'll never get him once he learns to fly.
I think I got him, sir.
You fool! You let him get away!
We can't afford to make mistakes in the war on crime.
I'm sorry, sir.
I put an end to his father's career myself.
Do I have to do everything round here myself?
Oh please, I hope he doesn't see us. He really scares me!
Look at him... He's in a really bad way. He can hardly walk.
I bet he's going to get stoned.
Of course... If he isn't stoned already!
My father says he's scum.
He really is...
People like that would be better off dead.
God only knows what he's hatching up in that sick, evil mind of his...
My brother says he stuck a syringe into a baby girl the other day,
and then sucked out her blood.
I hope he dies...
Sssshhh, don't talk so loud; he might see us...
Help! It's Birdboy!
He's going to suck out our blood!
Help! I want to go home! I'm frightened!
Please, Birdboy, it's hearing me.
This pain inside is burning me up, it's burning up my insides...
Please, end it for me. Take my life.
I can't stand the pain any more...
Take pity on me...
...Escape from the island, Birdboy...
Fly away forever...
(FATHER)
Now will you take me with you?