Animals with the Tollkeeper Page #3

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I can't just leave you

in the middle of nowhere

It is the way it must be, Henry.

Felipe and I will

continue our own journey.

Our final adventure.

Perhaps, the greatest of all.

Can I come with you?

You have your own ??? to begin.

Follow this road. It will

take you to your destiny.

Someone to love.

Do not let her pass by.

Together

You will find the

beginning of his creation.

I feel very strange.

You are now a crusader.

Trust your heart.

Believe in the impossible.

Strange things sometimes happen, no?

So this is paradise.

Please stop!

Who are you?

I need to talk to you.

Essie, you come here. Give me that.

Give it. I'll kill you!

You can't kill me if you don't have it.

Give it, give it to me.

Don't steal a man's honour.

Dumb little ass.

Bastard!

You all right?

I'm alright.

You want me to take you somewhere?

No, I'm married to

that son of a b*tch. I'll stay.

Essie!

Coming!

- Get your ass in here! - I'm coming!

You ain't got no class, woman.

You ass cancer.

He's gonna die, at

least that's what he says.

His family got a

knack for knowing when their

time's up, and he says it's now.

Where's he going?

This is the cemetery, we

don't keep no rubble around here.

We usually bury the dead

naked in a fistful of birch seeds.

Except for if they're

coloured, then it's acorns.

These trees is all headstones.

About this woman? She left this behind.

Fatima Chu.

She works the graveyard shift over

at the yarn factory. Pisspot knows her.

Hey get a move on,

old man. I ain't got all day.

- You know where she lives?

- Here I am, Lord!

I don't know what you want with me.

It's gotta be crowded up there by now.

Man's got the heart of a lion.

Might as well sit down.

This could take a while.

Will you just let me stay

down here a little longer?

We hadn't heard from him in a while.

You dead yet?

I'm working on it.

Well, hurry up. It's getting chilly.

Is it always like this between you two?

Pretty much, except for the dying part.

Why do you stay together?

Guess we just a

couple of crazy romantics.

We're supposed to be going to Miami.

He's got this big plan

to become a bell-hop.

He sold everything off.

Got us all packed up.

We've been in the waiting mode.

For how long?

25 years.

But, tomorrow is the first

day of the rest of your life, right?

How about now, pisser?

I'm still here.

Tell me about Fatima.

Keeps to herself.

Thinks she's too good for everybody else.

Even though she barely owns

the filth in between her toes.

Listen

If he dies, you want to stick around?

I don't like being by

myself. I can't stand it.

Nah.

Wouldn't be right, with us

watching him like this.

Only said it to piss him off anyway.

She married?

Fatima? Who'd have her.

I don't know why you'd want to

waste your time with a woman like that.

You ever looked into a stranger's eyes

And knew you were

destined to be together?

Felt the whole world

changed in that very instance.

And your heart fill

with uncontrollable force.

And somehow you knew

that together you could go

places you only dreamed of.

Yeah, once. He's laying

in that hole over there.

Well, you've got a sense of humour,

God. A hell of a sense of humour.

Just a minute! Thank you.

Take the sword. Take the sword.

There's an old pig shack down by

the river by Fatima's mommas house.

There ain't nobody using it. Just

keep an eye out for her little brother.

Boy's afflicted with schisms.

Got the curse on him.

Anybody here?

In the beginning.

God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was without form and void.

And darkness was

upon the face of the deep.

And the spirit of God was

moving over the face of the waters.

And God said, 'Let there be light!'

And there was light.

Easy does it now.

Take it easy now.

Wait!

I'm not a nut, I'm from New York.

I just wanna talk to you.

There's really no reason to be afraid.

We're supposed to be together.

I think you know that too.

I saw it in your eyes, yesterday.

I think you've been waiting for me,

just like I've been waiting for you.

At first, I didn't think you were real.

But when you left

that yarn for me to find.

You knew I wasn't going crazy.

I think you should come with me.

The boy said you were

with a man this morning.

He's lying again. I wasn't with nobody.

I don't don't want you ever

talking to a man.

Ever. You hear me?

Yes, mama.

What's heaven like?

White. Silent.

A place where people's

tongues are tied in knots.

What's hell like?

Boiling, with huge piles

of sh*t everywhere.

Now, go home sweetie. I mean it.

I see a black swan

that eats nothing but pearls.

I see a dead fat lady on her

back, with her legs in the air.

Tell me where I come from again.

The one where you come out of

a fire I burned for seven years?

Another.

- You're made of the wax

from 362 burned-out... - Seven

Seven burned-out candles

that I found in the wood-bin

behind the magpie church

I kneaded them all

together and blowed you dry.

Kid's say I come from

you f***ing a box-turtle.

Them kids are likely to wake

up one morning with their tongues

sewn to the roofs of their mouths.

Draw my bath.

Yes, mama.

And my pisspot's full.

Yes, mama.

Why are you doing this to me?

What'd I ever do to you?

I know you and I don't wanna know you?

Leave me alone. Go away.

Go bother somebody else.

It's not loaded.

Then what good is it?

Your hands are dirty.

I was burying Laurent.

I see.

How would you like to die?

I would prefer to fall

from a great height.

To get as high as possible.

Rocket to the sky.

And let the earth pull

me to it and crash me.

You're not afraid?

Everything must die, even the earth.

But not even death is everlasting.

Winter slaughters autumn.

And the world disintegrates.

Digs itself a shallow grave.

And relinquishes itself to

slumber, only to reappear.

In the same way, our

souls must be recalled.

To become grist for

the mill once again.

There is no mysteries in death.

Only life.

Are you sure she is the one?

You don't know?

Sometimes, when you

look into a woman's eyes

You find a labyrinth of

your own invention.

It's easy to get lost.

Because it is make believe.

It's her, you know it is.

I know a nice girl for you.

She has one leg made of wood.

She does not swim, but

she floats remarkably well.

Oh, Soul brother number 2!

I don't wanna girl that floats.

What's that man doing on our property?

That man only wants

to be fed once a day.

He practically begged me for work.

You're short.

A dollar fifteen.

I accidentally stained some yarn.

You be more careful.

I don't trust him, he looks dangerous

I don't want you going near him.

He looks evil, like a serial killer.

I bet you he his.

I think we should get married.

Why are you doing this to me?

I know we're supposed to be together.

We'd been exiled into limbo,

but now we've awoke.

I'll tell you a secret.

There is magic all around us.

You just have to look for it.

Henry Berst. Cab driver.

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