Monocerus Page #3

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Jen... Look...

Svanhild, my mother,

That must be you!

Must be.

She sang lullaby's

to me in this house,

I didn't even know her,

Maybe now is your chance.

I want to sleep here!

Can I sleep here too?

Oh, not bad,

Wow, where are you guys staying?

Sarah?

Sarah? Are you O K?

Yeah, I just had this really

strange dream, It was nothing.

Look how clear the sky is Sarah,

The moon looks so big.

You know what we need? An

observatory with a telescope on it.

There is an old silo near the house,

we could put it on top of that.

What do you think?

I think it's great, dad.

There's fire in the kitchen guys!

That's nice honey.

I need coffee.

Have you seen Eric?

No I have not seen him

yet. Could you look for him?

Sure,

I need coffee.

Eric?

Mom wants you!

Eric?

Eric?

Mom, dad, Sarah! I caught breakfast!

I didn't realize how easy it

was to catch fish from the lake.

It's a Fjord, It's not a lake.

It's saltwater, from the glaciers.

Can you say it? Fjord!

Fjord,

That's it, you got it.

Eric, this is Good.

My fish is always the best fish,

We don't even need electricity

to get it cozy in here,

You don't think so?

Then maybe you can do

the cooking from now on.

What's the matter Sarah? You

don't like fish for breakfast?

No, I'm just really tired.

Whoooow!

Cool! Do you think it still I works?

Come on! If an old woman in her

Look at this crank.

Let's see if it works!

In to the driver's seat, Sir.

Are you sure? Mom

probably won't like this.

She's going to love it. You'll see,

Alright, put your left foot

on the clutch right here.

And put your right foot

on the gas, lightly.

Turn on the ignition right

there. I'll crank her up.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

I'll try it again.

Whoa! It works!

Move over.

Hang on.

Idiot! Where did you learn to drive?

Oh, Mr. Good! I'm so sorry,

I didn't realize it was you.

Lars Storhaug, it's nice to meet you,

Sebastian Good. I guess

we already met your lawyer?

Oh yes, exactly! I see you have

Gudrun's old truck running, Not bad!

But you must have had a tough

time getting in to the house?

We did actually,

Well, I had a security lock put on,

I can let you in right

now if you'd like,

You wouldn't believe the people who

would break in to a house like this,

Oh, Mrs. Good, I presume?

Jennifer Good, my pleasure,

Lars Storhaug, the

pleasure is all mine.

And, what does an American housewife

think of a typical Norwegian kitchen?

I think it's a little

old-fashioned, but it's nice enough.

Well, don't you miss your television

and your microwave and your toasters?

No, I miss electricity though.

You don't have electricity?

No.

I think I might be able

to solve your problem.

Gudrun was obsessed about hiding things,

but that would have been ridiculous,

I caught some fish this morning!

Oh, a typical American sportsman.

Loves to catch his own food, N ice!

Let me show you some other

things about the house,

I don't know how much you

folks know about old houses,

Oh, a fair amount.

Sebastian.,, No we

don't know that much,

Do you see that spot over there?

Yeah.

I can't see any spot,

Eric!

That's fungus. Not easy to

spot with an untrained eye.

But that one little speck of mold

can grow and grow and multiply.

...from the basement all

the way on up to the chimney!

Eventually enveloping the entire house

in a giant, dark, sliming mushroom.

And you know how to get rid of that?

There is only one way

to get rid of that.

No

You burn the house down,

Hi.

This is oven polish.

Is that what you wanted?

Oh, I thought it was some

Norwegian spread for bread.

No, it's not easy to know

everything in a new country,

You belong to the family that's

staying up at Gudrun's old house?

Yeah, I'm Sarah, Sarah Good,

How long are you and your family

planning on staying in Norway?

I'm not really sure.

Well it's Good to see some

new faces around lnnvik.

Christian!

Yeah.

Grab me two ice cream cones,

Have you tasted

Norwegian ice cream yet?

No, not yet,

It's very, very Good, Here,

Why don't you show

Sarah around lnnvik?

Ok, but dad told me to restock...

Don't worry about it,

If he asks you about it, just tell

him I gave you the afternoon off.

You don't have to do this for me,

Don't worry about it,

I'll just finish ringing this up and

I'll have it sent up to your house,

Thank you,

Thanks mom,

Let's go over there,

So...

You first,

How did you get that scrape?

OH, Tor's horse almost ran me over,

That horse is wild and Tor doesn't

look after it, Do you know Tor?

Not really, He gave me this

box from Gudrun after she died,

He brought it al l

the way to the states,

Tor was in the U,S,?

So, you know Tor?

Nobody really knows Tor,

everybody knows of him.

He used to be the superintendent

of the mine before it got shut down.

What mine?

Don't you know about the mine? I

thought it belonged to Fjordheim?

I don't know anything about

it, What kind of mine is it?

I think it used to be an old iron

mine or something, It's pretty cool.

I used to play there when I was

little, but Tor kept chasing me off,

He said a girl died there and

I'd be next if I didn't stop.

Oh.

People blamed Tor for her death,

because he didn't keep it secure,

So now it's locked up all the time.

Sarah! Can you get me something

to put this broken glass in?

Here you go.

Look at this mess. Here.

Wait, don't throw that away,

Why not?

Because I want to try

to glue it back together.

No, we're throwing it away honey.

No mom, please, It's really

pretty. Please come on.

OK, but don't cut yourself. I don't

know where the hospital is yet. Ok?

Dad, is that a cow coming?

I think so,

Do you think she's dangerous? Go away!

Shooe!

Go away!

Go back to that barn!

Go away! We don't want you here!

Go away!

Yes! Not here! Just go back!

Don't mind them.

They're a little crazy,

Mrs, Good, a little

something for the house.

Thank you, that's a very nice plant,

Oh, you're so welcome.

That's excellent coffee Mrs. Good.

It's instant,

Oh, well, it must be the atmosphere

in this wonderful kitchen.

Really? I think it's a

little bit gloomy in here.

So Lars tell me, why do

you want this big old house?

Oh, it's purely sentimental,

I love old houses and I own half the

rest of the town anyway so I figured

Excuse me but it is a big

house, and it's on a lot of land.

Don't you think it's

worth more than $300,000?

From the outside it

might look that way.

But I looked at the foundation,

it's completely shot,

It will cost you $300,,000

just to fix that alone.

Really?

What about the mine? Now,

that must be worth something?

What mine?

It's an old mine, it hasn't

been used in forty years,

It's abandoned, it's

completely worthless.

Where did you get that?

I found it.

What is that?

Get out of here! Yeehaw, come on!

Hi Sarah! Hold up a second!

We're going the same way,

let me give you a lift!

No!

What's the matter, my car

is not good enough for you?

Or I'm not good enough

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