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[CREATURE BREATHING AND GURGLING]

[GIRL GASPS THEN PANTS]

GIRL:

Mam? Are you awake? Mam?

WOMAN:

ZaZa? What are you doing up? It's still early.

- Ga back to sleep.

GIRL:
I can't. Olive is scared.

Mam.

Dawn here.

ZaZa, what are you doing under here?

ZOE:
Mom, I told you, I don't like

that stupid baby name anymore.

My name's Zoe.

And I'm under here because I'm hiding.

Olive said we had to hide.

She dreamed they found us.

Who did?

- The Breathers.

-Hey, what did we just talk about?

Our new rule, remember?

Rule number four. We're not allowed

to talk about them anymore.

I didn't. Olive did.

CLAIRE:

Well, you can tell Olive that no one found us.

Dad's been keeping watch all night,

just like always. We're safe here.

ZOE:

You hear that, Olive?

OLIVE [ON RECORDING]: My smile is stuck.

- Her smile is stuck.

That means she doesn't want

to be smiling anymore.

That means she's still scared.

Would it make Olive feel better

if we went and checked with Dad?

It's okay.

All right.

Came an.

It's okay.

ZOE:

Mam, lack.

CLAIRE:
That's just Dad.

-it doesn't lack like Dad.

[GASPS]

RAY:
Oh. Someone had another nightmare?

ZOE:
Dad.

Hey,hey.

- Thought we told those nightmares to go away.

-We did.

- Well, then why are you so scared?

-Better ask Olive about that.

RAY:

Oh, was it Olive this time, huh?

Haw does she even sleep

with her eyes open all the time?

- Dad, don't be mean.

-I was just wandering.

- She wants a report.

-Well, then I better consult my notes.

RAY:

Hmm. Tsk, tsk.

[IN BRITISH ACCENT]

My glasses, please.

Thank you.

Sc my watch started at 10.

At 2, I played seven games of solitaire.

Wan four, last three.

Last four, wan three.

Ms. Zoe, you see right through me.

At 5, a couple of deer ran overhead.

And at 5 in the morning,

I heard little footsteps.

Possibly belonging

to my rascal of a daughter. Hmm?

But other than that, nothing,

not a creature was stirring, not even--

- A Breather?

CLAIRE:
ZaZa.

[IN NORMAL VOICE]

Na, not even a...

...you know.

-And the locks'?

- They still hold fast'?

-Do you wanna check'?

- Can I?

-Na. Ray, I told you I don't want her up there.

What? This little monkey?

She can handle it.

Yeah, I can handle it, Morn.

I know the rules. One, never be laud.

- I know you know.

-Two:
Never lose control.

Three:
Never open the dour.

Four:
Never talk about the Breathers.

- Careful, ZaZa, your shoe.

- I gut it, Mam.

RAY:

Hold fast?

ZOE:

Hold fast.

ZOE:

Can't I just go barefoot?

Na, that wouldn't be right.

Why not?

Because we're not animals, Zoe.

I need you to remember that.

But it's not like I'm going outside

or anything.

Well, who needs to go outside

when we brought the sun with us?

Another beautiful day, huh?

Mm-hm.

You wanna make it official?

Nat tan hard, okay?

I don't want you to slip.

ZOE:

I gut it, Mam.

RAY:

O Kay.

- How many days is that?

CLAIRE:
If you don't remember, just count them.

They're lined up in rows of 25.

And there are haw many rows?

ZOE:

One, two, three, eight, nine. Twelve.

CLAIRE:

Sc 25 times 12 makes?

Three hundred plus the 1 I just marked.

Sc 301.

That's it. See?

Those math lessons are really paying off.

OLIVE [ON RECORDING]: Give me a kiss.

- That means she's hungry.

Let's see here. We've got hominy...

...corn, potatoes, beans.

- And peaches.

-Peaches. Definitely peaches.

You know, we had peaches yesterday.

We can have them again tomorrow.

But I was thinking today, maybe we should

try something with a little protein.

- Maybe beans for once.

-Ew, beans are the worst.

- Dad. Beans or peaches?

RAY:
Yeah?

Uh, I don't know.

-[VVHISPERS] Peaches.

-Peaches sound pretty good to me.

CLAIRE:

Ray.

- Uh, haw about we take a vote?

-Ray.

All those in favor of beans,

please raise your hand.

One vote for beans. New, all those in favor

of deliciously sweet peaches, raise your hand.

Sorry, hon. Two against one.

Three.

[GRUNTING]

-Is Darlene acting up again?

-Na, she's a tough gal.

She just needs a little encouragement,

that's all.

[CHUCKLES]

[PIPES CLANGING]

There we go. Told you she was tough.

Mam. Dad. The peaches are gone.

CLAIRE:
Not funny, ZoZo.

-I'm serious. Someone stole them.

Gad. That's 12. That's 12 cans.

That's almost two weeks of rations.

There are no more peaches?

Uh, no. Na more peaches.

Something must've been drawn ta the sugar.

Something with teeth.

What has teeth like that?

A rat, probably.

But a rat couldn't get in here.

I checked the dour. It's hold fast.

The dour is not the only way in.

Can the Breathers get in there tan?

- ZaZa.

-Can they?

Na, they're tan big to fit in there.

But a rat could.

CLAIRE:

If it's a rat, it's still in here somewhere.

We have to keep an eye out.

We have to find it

before it steals any more fond.

In the meantime,

we'll have to cut dawn an our rations.

Dad, they're already so small.

I'm sorry, Zoe.

I really am.

I'm not gonna ask you again. Eat.

- Mam, I told you, I don't want stupid beans.

-Hey, remember rule number two.

Never lose central.

- Never let anger take aver.

-Rule number five: Never call me ZaZa.

- I just wanted some peaches.

-A thief stale them.

And new we're all gonna have

to give some things up.

I already have nothing.

I'm stuck in here. I can't even go outside.

I don't have any friends except Olive

and she can only say five things.

RAY:
What about us?

-What?

Well, you said you don't have any friends.

What about us?

Mam and I aren't your friends?

- You know what I mean.

RAY:
No, actually, I don't.

I think it's silly to say you don't have anything

when you really have everything.

- Yeah, right.

-Yeah, right. Lack at that.

- Haw many days did you say that was?

-Three hundred and one.

Three hundred and one.

We shouldn't have been around

for any one of those days.

But just when we needed it...

...we found this shelter...

...and it's given us fond, a home, a life.

And for all we know, we could be

the only ones left, the only ones still alive.

Sc every one of those marks

is really a miracle.

- A miracle?

-That's right. A miracle.

And this fund is gonna allow you

to live another day.

And that means another hatch

can be drawn, right?

Yeah, I guess so.

So you see those nasty cold mushy beans

on your plate?

They're really their awn kind of miracle tan.

And if you eat your mushy miracles for us...

...then maybe we can take a trip afterwards.

- A trip? Really?

-Really.

But you better eat fast, because I finished

my miracle beans and I want mare.

[ZOE GIGGLING]

ZOE:

Careful with it, Dad.

- Mm-hm.

-Mm-hm.

ZOE:
That goes there. Joey's house goes there.

-All right. Off we go.

ZOE:

Eight.

Five, six, seven. Sylvia's Ice Cream.

Okay. Let me get the dour.

[RAY MIMICS DOOR CREAKING]

Boar's open.

The chimes ring above you.

And, lack, there's Sylvia

standing behind the counter.

And she's wearing

that silly cane-shaped apron.

[IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE]

Goad morning, little Zoe.

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