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being eaten? - Better than waiting

to be rescued by people

who don't know we're missing. - Help!

We'll die of malaria waiting out here.

I've still got the Rid.

You beauty!

- Come on!

It's dead.

- F***.

What have I got?

Car keys.

Penknife.

My wallet.

One more stamp

and I get a free coffee.

What was that?

I want to get out of here.

Maybe we can use these trees

to get out of here.

Look, guys,

even if we could get to land,

we're miles from anywhere.

The idea of getting lost here...

- "Getting lost"? We're already lost!

We go along this river

and get back to here we came from.

Really? Do you know where we are?

- We're on the river.

Do you remember every turn we took?

- I don't need to. - Whatever!

I think Grace is right.

I think we should try the trees.

Do you think it's gonna be easy

getting around in these trees?

Look at it!

I'll go check out the trees.

- It's alright, I'll go.

You've lost your glasses. You can't

put any weight on that leg. I'll go.

It's okay, I'm fine. - Adam, you're

half blind without your glasses.

I'm not blind. I can see, alright?

Just shove over.

This is crazy! - And going for

the boat isn't? - You can't go.

Why not?

- You just can't. I'm fine, I'll go.

Lee, you're not fine.

I'm going to stick to the trees.

If they run out,

I'm straight back here.

Okay?

Just be careful, alright?

- I will.

Adam!

Grace?

You alright?

- Here, Grace! - We're just here.

You're okay...

It's okay. I got you.

I got you.

Come on.

You alright?

- Yep.

What's wrong? What happened?

- Nothing, nothing.

I just got a little bit spooked,

that's all.

I'm okay.

Okay...

So... We're surrounded by water.

It's a bit of a swim to land,

but it's doable. - How far?

I don't know, like, 50 or 100 metres?

The boat's only just there.

But we can't get to it.

- We haven't tried yet.

So...

What's it to be?

The boat... or a 300-metre swim

in a croc-infested river?

It's not 300 metres.

I'm with Grace. I say if we wait

someone will come along.

What's that song that kids sing?

"The three ..."

"Three cheeky monkeys

sitting in a tree,

teasing Mr Crocodile,

'Can't catch me! '

Along comes Mr Crocodile,

quiet as can be...

Snap!"

Thank you, Adam.

I prefer "Row, Row, Row Your Boat,

Gently Down The Stream." - So do I!

Let's get the boat

and get out of here.

Okay, we'll try it your way.

For now.

I thought I was falling.

Can I please have the Rid?

Thanks.

Sh*t. Sorry.

It's time to get moving.

The longer we wait,

the harder it'll be to get going.

Look, we've waited,

we've waited hours

to see this f***er, and no show.

I hate to say it, but he'll probably

be chowing down on Jim for a while.

I remember, when I was a kid

I spent a day in a cupboard, thinking

my brother was gonna beat me up.

Thing is, after he chased me into the

cupboard, he went off with his mates.

It wasn't my brother keeping me in

the cupboard. It was me. It was fear.

If there's no croc down there,

what the hell are we doing up here?

Okay.

You've made your point.

So what's your plan?

Look...

I get over to the boat,

I ride it, I bring it over here

and we get out.

- That's your plan? - That's my plan.

I could go with you.

No. Look, it's best

to just risk one of us.

I'm the strongest, I have the best

chance of getting to the boat.

No, don't go.

Grace, we're not gonna be rescued.

Please. Just wait a little longer.

- It's okay, I'll be right back.

Adam...

- What?

What is it?

Gracie, it's okay.

Take care.

I'll be right back.

Give us a bit of slack.

Just need to loosen the rope.

No, no...

No, no!

- Adam!

Come up!

Adam, come up!

Come up!

Please, let him go!

Go on, you let him go.

Let him go!

It's not going

to leave us alone, is it?

We're gonna die, aren't we?

Lee...

F***!

- Stop it.

We're going to get out of here.

- Yeah? And how are we gonna do that?

The boat.

The boat? The boat?

That's so f***ing hilarious.

You have no idea, do you?

- Shut up, Lee!

Shut up! I need you

to get over there and keep watch.

Get over there and keep a look out.

Get up!

Get up.

Hold that.

Give it to me.

It's coming!

Where?

- Quick! - I'm coming.

Are you sure you saw it?

- Yeah, I thought I saw it.

I'm going back down.

I'll get a bigger stick,

go back down and get the rope.

Okay.

Can you see it?

No.

The boat's going out.

He's just there.

- I know.

Maybe it won't go far.

It's half full of water now.

I didn't tell him, Lee.

I was going to, but I didn't.

- I know. I'm so sorry.

We didn't say goodbye.

Maybe we should say goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye...

I don't know what to say.

- I know...

Goodbye, baby.

I'm so thirsty.

I just wish it would rain.

I can't see the boat.

I was thinking...

Remember when we were kids and we used

to have holidays at the beach house,

and you could always smell

when a storm was coming?

It smells like that.

- Yeah...

It does.

Remember those brothers?

The brothers

who were there every year.

Paul...

- Yeah, Mick and Paul Davies.

Those boys were always chasing you.

- And you were always saving me.

What was that?

What was that?

Oh God, it's eating him!

No, no...

Grace.

Hey, Gracie.

Are you okay?

Grace, you're scaring me. You okay?

Hey, listen...

I'm so sorry about what happened.

I really am so sorry.

But we have to help ourselves.

"Two cheeky monkeys,

sitting in a tree,

teasing Mr Crocodile,

'Can't catch me! '

Along came Mr Crocodile,

quiet as can be...

Snap, snap ..."

Thank you.

Thanks, that's being very helpful.

I'm sorry.

The boat's back.

At the wrong tree.

God, we have to do something.

I'm not going back to the boat.

Not after...

I'm just so tired!

I'm so thirsty.

Me, too.

What are we going to do, Gracie?

Well...

If a boat's gonna go past,

it's gonna go past up there.

Up where we came in.

I don't know, maybe...

Maybe we should see

if we can try and get to it.

Using the trees?

- Yeah.

I could go check it out.

- Please can we go together?

Hang on, wait.

Let's do something to try

and keep it away. - Okay.

"Go away, Croc.

Go away.

You're gonna go away. Far, far away.

Lee and Grace will be safe.

Lee and Grace will be safe.

Lee and Grace will be safe."

You alright?

- Yep.

Let's go for that one.

Okay?

- Yeah...

Are we really gonna do this?

- Don't know. Didn't we just say so?

Yep, yep.

It's gonna be okay.

I think...

- What?

I think we should go back.

- Don't. We're almost halfway there.

Okay then.

What do we do?

- Just stay tight.

Just keep tight.

F*** off, you f***!

Grace!

Grace!

Get up there!

You're alright. You're alright!

You're okay.

It's really not that deep.

You have to stay with me, alright?

Just have to fix your leg.

So keep breathing, okay?

Hold in there!

- F***, it really hurts!

You're okay.

It's a boat.

It's a boat! You'll be alright.

Wait! We're here!

Wait!

We're here!

Help!

We're here!

Wait!

No, come back!

Come back!

We're here!

F***!

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