Inkheart Page #5

But I can help.

You can help by staying here and

being safe. That's what you can do.

You don't know what I can do.

And neither do I.

Meggie, will you please...?

Okay, come on. You got to stay here.

- Thanks very much. Take care of Meggie.

- Yes.

- And Farid as well.

- What?

- Take care of Farid as well.

- Of course.

Why can't I come too? It's my car.

Sweetheart.

Just bring her back.

I will.

Reduced to babysitting. Marvelous.

- Hurry up, we'll miss the train.

- How long will it take to get there?

Not very long. Come on.

- Can I sit next to you, Mum?

- Me too.

I'll sit in the middle.

"That just happened,

" said Dorothy, simply.

"I could not help it."

You have no right to...

"If you wish me to use my magic powers

to send you home...

... you must do something for me first.

Help me and I will help you."

"What must I do?" said the girl.

"Kill the Wicked Witch of the West."

"From the far north they heard

a low wail of the wind...

...and Uncle Henry and Dorothy

could see where the long grass bowed...

...before the coming storm."

"lt was Toto that made Dorothy laugh.

He was a little black dog

with long silky hair...

...and small black eyes

that twinkled merrily...

...on either side

of his funny wee nose."

Toto? Oh, Toto, don't be scared.

You're just not in Kansas anymore.

Oh, Toto.

Toto, come out from under there.

You're gonna get me in trouble.

It's me. Open the door.

Just a minute.

And not another sound. I mean it.

I'm sorry, I had no choice.

But, look, it's Basta.

And I'm sorry, but I'm afraid all the

henchmen blend into one, even to me.

Hello, princess. Where's your father?

Told him he'd gone,

but they don't believe me.

- You told them?

- He held a knife to my throat.

Isn't he awful?

And they don't believe I'm the author.

Tell us where Silvertongue is

before I kill you both.

Toto, no!

Toto?

Oh, my goodness!

She's inherited her father's gift.

Another Silvertongue.

Old Capricorn will be pleased.

Bring them both.

So if Darius read her out of the book...

Oh, no, no, no. She's fine.

- Mostly. She...

- Mostly?

She's got no voice.

- What?

- He read her out last spring...

...and she has no voice.

But apart from that, she's fine.

- Pull over.

- For what?

- Just pull over.

- That makes sense, you speaking weasel.

I thought I told you to stay

with the old man.

But he's mean.

Not as mean as Capricorn.

He doesn't scare me.

I was raised by murderers and thieves.

Well, he should scare you.

- I should make you walk back.

- I'd only follow you.

Get in.

After this,

you teach me Dragon's Breath...

Just get in the car.

Hello, Mr. Fenoglio?

Oh.

These guys are just

circling the perimeter.

We should move in now.

When we get to maid's quarters...

...Resa's room is the third door

on the right when we go in back.

I'll go in the back. You guys cover me.

All right, this is our way in.

Now, listen, this is going to

be dangerous so you need to keep up.

Got to move quickly.

After you.

Shall we rest?

No, that's okay. Just keep moving.

- Kids.

- No, I'm fine.

- What was that?

- Where?

There!

- Over there!

- Shoot him!

- Bring him down!

- Thanks.

- They're there behind the square.

- Oh, no.

Well, come on. Quick.

- Hurry! Go on!

- Head him off at the square!

Don't let him get away!

Look. Look at this.

Look at the Dragon's Breath.

I think I got it. Here, feel my hand.

It's been too long.

I'm going to see if he's all right.

- Come on.

- We'll find him.

He's not far away.

- Well done. Thank you.

- My pleasure.

Look who's back. This is nice.

Just in time for your execution.

All right.

Capricorn's castle

is like a five-star hotel.

Not for you, obviously.

You'll be locked in the crypt.

But some of our guests

get a room with a view.

Resa.

Sorry.

Listen, your husband's here.

He's come to rescue you.

That way! That way!

There!

Come on!

What happened?

They're going to kill Dustfinger.

Shh, shh.

- Here.

- They're going to kill him, it's my fault.

No, it's not. What happened?

All the letters of the alphabet.

It looks just like my book.

It's like walking into

my own imagination.

I wonder what Capricorn's

going to make you read.

I hope it's something good.

I'm excited, I am. Are you, eh?

"'What raft, Jim? ' 'Our old raft. '

'You mean to say our old raft

wasn't smashed all to flinders? '"

I'm convinced.

Though I don't know what that poor boy

will do without his raft.

- No.

- I'm tired of doing stupid tricks for you.

Tell me where my father is.

I have absolutely no idea.

Quite frankly, I don't care, because

you read just as well as he does.

What are you gawking at?

You're just as I wrote you.

A cowardly thug.

How dare you.

You'll pay for your filthy story!

Only the king can pull it out.

Don't you remember?

Don't you ever laugh at me.

Get it away from me. I want it

executed with the others.

The dog? You want the dog executed?

As for you, we'll see how you enamored

of your creations you are...

...when The Shadow

is flaying the skin off your back.

You can't bring it out of the book.

You burnt the last copy. I saw you do it.

Wrong.

I saved a copy of the book for myself.

Aren't I full of surprises?

No, I couldn't burn them all, could I?

Not with my old friend trapped inside.

Oh, you are going to love him.

And by love,

l mean cower in terror from.

You see, I love this world...

...and I intend to write my name

on every page of it.

You...

...and The Shadow are going to help me

do just that.

I won't read anything for you.

Oh, really?

Let me show you what happens

to those who disobey me around here.

She's been very naughty, this one.

Tiresome in the extreme.

Always trying to escape.

So I'm putting an end to it.

- Meggie.

- Mum.

It's you.

Mo's here. We're going to get out.

We're going to escape. We'll all escape.

Well...

...what a touching display of empathy.

"Mum."

Look at me.

Yes, I can see the resemblance.

Do you still think I can't convince you

to read for me?

No! Mum! Mum!

Please! Please!

Meggie!

Is it too late to make any changes?

Changes?

Thinking perhaps you might be able to

add a few lines, you know what I mean?

I don't need to be some great beauty,

or anything.

I don't know if you noticed my nose.

Oh, your nose. Yes, right.

Think you could do that?

Rewrite things, change things a bit.

I don't know. It's a wonderful idea.

Move.

- What are you doing? Get off me.

- You can't go down there.

- They have my daughter.

- They'll kill her if you do anything.

- I should never have left her alone.

- We have to stay hidden.

Nothing to be frightened of.

It's just dusty old coffins.

If there are any nasty spirits down here,

it's not us they're angry at.

Princess needs to rest

that voice of hers for tonight.

I've seen my mum.

She's a prisoner here.

I know.

Have you seen my dad?

Yeah, he's fine.

Capricorn's got another copy

of the book.

He's gonna make me

read The Shadow out of it.

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