Children of Sorrow Page #2

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You need to be yourself.

You need that.

And I never got that.

And that's what I want.

I...

I lost someone really close

to me a while ago.

I'm sorry.

And I...

I kind of pushed everyone away.

As you can see,

we don't have much.

But I'll tell you what,

we make do.

And here's some of our

children doing their laundry.

Hey, Brother Ben. How are you?

What do you got there?

Got your laundry there?

Looks good, nice and clean.

All right, carry on, Brother.

We have Sister Grace,

Sister Ellen.

Hi, Father Simon.

Better be careful in there,

you might get a tidal wave.

Well, it's...

It's really not what I expected.

But this group of people, I

don't think they'd hurt anyone.

Simon is

definitely a crook, but

I don't think he's murderous.

Mary's creepy, though.

Every time I'm around her,

my skin crawls.

I don't know.

Why are we getting this again?

'Cause we need the happy stuff.

Okay?

Hey, guys.

Hi, Father Simon.

Father Simon.

So we're gonna

have a camera chat

and we're gonna find out

about what you're doing

and tell everybody what we

do here, Sister Veronica.

With your sweet smile.

And your nice dancing eyes.

Are you Irish?

Yeah, I am.

You look like you got

some Irish in you there.

Why don't you tell the people

what you're doing?

We're sewing our caftans.

To be ready for our transition.

And each of

the children got to choose

their own

pattern for the caftan.

Right? Yeah?

That's right. Yes.

So I'm guessing

yours is stylish?

I don't know what it's gonna turn out like.

It's not that good.

It's gonna be great, yeah.

Thank you, Father Simon.

It's really great being here

because everyone is

really nice to me.

Father Simon is...

Just makes me feel at home

and everyone else makes me feel

like I'm part of a family.

You are at home

and you are part of the family.

Thank you, my dear. So sweet.

Seamstress Robin.

Hard at work.

She probably knows

the size of needles to use.

If I had a sewing

machine for you, I bet you

could just crank out

all kinds of things.

I wish.

This is good, though.

These needles are good for

getting through the fabric.

You probably wouldn't mind

sewing everyone's caftan.

Well, but then they wouldn't

each be different.

They'd all be the same.

And that's just

a little part of the lesson,

preparing your own caftans

because I prepared my own.

We're family and each family

member has a responsibility

and we work together

all for the common good.

I am an idealist at heart

and I'm still idealistic

enough even at this age to

believe that it's possible to

work together for something good.

You guys with me?

Yes, Father Simon!

Okay.

Blessings on you, Sister.

Go, go, go, go, go!

All right, come on.

Whoo!

All the way home.

All the way home. Nice.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Mary, Mary, Mary.

I don't know what to say.

It's fantastic.

Where the hell did you get this?

I like it, it's good.

It's a bent candle, it's nice.

Universal religious symbolism

mixed with a little pagan sh*t.

So the parrot turns to the

magician on the raft and he says,

"Okay, I give up.

How'd you do the trick?"

Is there love in this room?

Yes, Father.

Is there happiness in this room?

Yes, Father.

Is there trust in this room?

Yes, Father.

Take a step back.

'Cause sometimes we need to trust

each other with a big thing.

Not just a small thing.

Yes?

Yes, Father.

And we send trust to you,

Brother Frank.

One,

two,

three!

Hug your brothers and sisters!

Yes.

Yes.

Other people...

Other people...

are shadows.

are shadows.

We let the shadows go.

We let the shadows go.

Gently.

Gently.

Other people...

Sister Ellen, the more

of those lovely dishes you break

the higher your points.

You ready to try?

Yeah?

Do you know how to do this?

Have you done this before?

I'll bet they don't

have this in London.

In fact, I know they don't.

Here she goes.

Just do it.

We've been

learning about each other.

There's someone here today

who's feeling something

they haven't felt before.

I know it.

I can feel it.

Who is that someone?

Who is that someone?

Sister Ellen.

Don't deny it, Sister.

There's something changing in you.

There's something changing inside you.

Do you see it in her eyes?

Do you see it,

brothers and sisters?

Yes, Father.

Tell us.

Tell us, share. Share.

I don't know what to say.

Don't hold back on us,

dear, please. We've given you everything.

I don't know,

I guess, I don't know, I'm...

I feel...

I...

I guess I feel like I

am starting to

believe in something again.

I don't know.

Yes.

You look like you

really know what you're doing.

Uh...

It's nothing.

My dad was a contractor.

He just taught me how to build.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I bet you could fix

just about anything.

I could try.

I don't know if I could fix everything.

I think that maybe later

there's something in my room

that's broken maybe you could fix?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah?

Of course, Father Simon.

That'd be great. Thanks.

Of course.

No problem.

I can help you with anything.

Thank you. All right.

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen! Amen!

Amen!

I like knitting and I made

needles out of these spoons

and I'm making

each of you a scarf.

Yeah!

Sister Ellen,

have you a talent?

Have you a talent, my dear?

Will you share it with us?

Step to the front.

All right.

One more time.

Mary...

It's fine.

Just go.

How long do I have to do this?

For a while.

But it's so boring.

It makes me look thoughtful.

It's still boring.

Be sure you get this.

This looks good.

Got it.

And zoom out.

Okay, you can go.

Thank you.

You know I did.

How?

You know.

Yes, but they don't.

Father Simon and I

talked a whole lot online

and he told me the best

stories about his life

and how good it

would be if I joined him.

So what'd you do?

I came and found you.

You're happy?

I guess so.

Do you like peaches?

Yes.

Yeah, me too.

You can do it.

You just gotta scrub harder.

Harder.

A little bit harder.

See?

And this is our chore wheel.

Who would like to explain

how the chore wheel works?

To show everybody how it works?

Veronica?

Yeah,

what happens chore wheel day?

On chore wheel day,

we just spin the wheel

and whatever it lands on,

that's our chore for the week.

Veronica, guess what?

You get to pick the first

person to spin the wheel.

Who do you pick?

Um... Uh...

I'll pick Ellen.

Pump water.

Brother Alan.

Would you like to spin?

What's your favorite?

I like doing the laundry.

Okay. Here we go.

Bathroom.

Who hasn't gone?

Who have I missed?

Who among

the children have I missed?

Grace!

Get up, Amazing Grace!

All right.

All right, Grace.

It always sticks.

Okay.

Who loves chore wheel day?

All right, guys, on the

count of three, we're all gonna get up

we're gonna go do our chores and

work hard because we're a family.

Who loves you?

Father Simon.

I love my children.

Do what the chore

wheel told you! Let's go!

Yeah. All right, let's go.

Come on, hustle, hustle.

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