Polednice Page #2

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- No.

That's normal,

she's probably home by now.

- Good night, Elika.

- Good night.

We're glad to have you here.

Bang, bang, sounded again,

this time even louder.

Little Johnny drew aside a curtain

and looked behind the door.

- And there, to his surprise, stood...

- Mom? -Yes?

- Why didn't dad come?

- He's too busy.

- And when is he coming?

- Don't know.

- How come?

- I don't know!

Why did that boy say

that he won't come back?

I don't know that either.

And you shouldn't

beat up local boys.

- Nobody will like you then.

- He shouldn't tell lies.

- So listen.

- You don't need to finish it.

I know what happens. Sun takes

him, but Moon saves him.

And you are my curious kitty and

don't want to sleep in my bed.

- So good night.

- G'night.

Jeez, what are you doing here?

Don't be scared.

I waited for you

and fell asleep.

- Your husband was looking for you.

- I'll find myself.

Should I go get him?

- I really need to talk to you.

- About what?

- She'll come back.

- What?

- She'll come back and take.

- Who?

That solitude and heat, that's her.

She comes and takes.

- Who comes and takes?

- She takes a child, won't return it.

Please leave.

- No, listen to me.

- Leave me alone!

"Give that child here," she'll say

and then you'll be like me. Forever.

Enough!

Don't worry, little girl.

- You'll find each other.

- Out! Go!

Don't worry.

Nobody will come, nobody

will take you away from me.

I wouldn't give you to

anyone in the whole world.

You're my everything, Kitty.

Together we can do it.

You and I.

And dad.

Mom, I don't want to stay here.

Why can't I go with you?

Because you just can't, dear.

I'll be back in the evening, and

we'll make dinner together, okay?

- Mom, I want to go with you.

- You can't, Aneta! You hear me?

It's just for a few hours.

I'll be back soon.

Wait here. Be a good girl

and don't go anywhere.

Not to the fence, not behind

it, not in the field.

Especially not the

field, you hear me?

I have to go. Mr. Polek

will be here soon.

Your mom's gone?

I see.

Maybe you can draw something.

And I'll take a nap.

Maybe.

Hey, come here!

Come, I'll show you something.

You'll see I didn't lie.

- I can't.

- It's close, just across the field.

Come on.

- What is it?

- Shhh!

Run!

Aneta, eat.

You don't want it?

You like grits, don't you?

Aneta, eat, damn it!

- I don't want it.

- So you'll go to bed hungry.

- So what? I don't care.

- Don't talk like that!

- I want to be with dad.

- Go! Go to bed.

Anetka, come finish it.

Aneta!

I thought you were gone.

- What are you doing here?

- I wanted to talk to you.

About what? Does your

husband know you're here?

- No. He doesn't believe.

- Believe what?

That she's here. That she

comes back again and again.

She's close, Elika.

I was alone then. And

the heat, Elika.

- I have to be with Anetka.

- Cry. Cry together.

She comes, takes and

won't give back.

Goodbye.

There's still time, Elika.

Aneta?

Aneta, what is it?

Nothing!

Aneta, open up!

- Come out, now!

- I'm not coming out.

- Why not?

- I'm scared here without dad.

Come out! Aneta!

Ouch!

- Aneta, are you going to bed now?

- Yup.

Want to hear a bedtime story?

Yup.

Once upon a time in a place

far, far away, was a kingdom

where, in the Eastern Land's vast

fields, lived little Johnny.

He didn't have a

mommy or daddy...

One day, when the sun beat

down even more than usual,

little Johnny decided to go

further than he often did,

to a place he had

never been before.

Anetka?

Anetka, I want to

tell you something.

Good evening, Elika.

Good evening. Is your wife home?

She's sleeping.

Could you please tell

her that we don't want

her to come visit us? Could

you please tell her that?

Elika...

Come in. Please.

It was a year, maybe

two, before it happened.

I'd taken a job at the regional

office and almost never saw them.

She came back to me

after seven years.

They said she wasn't sane.

Supposedly it happens,

to hurt like that.

But she talked about some being,

who takes and doesn't

give back...

A coping mechanism.

She has had the delusion

that the person who strangled

our Honza was not her,

but some kind of creature.

She's unable to bear the

responsibility for what she did.

You know we hadn't talked for ages.

She returned to me years later.

Yet I couldn't even look at her.

But not because of

what she did to Honza.

Out of guilt.

She was alone in every way.

But it's too late now.

Anetka is really

scared after all this.

She won't leave her room.

This is not what I wanted.

We came here to be close to Tom,

to start all over, but not this.

But I can't just tie

her to the bed.

Though...

sometimes I would love to...

Between you and me, Elika,

sometimes I wish

God had taken her

to His loving home

and freed her from her pain.

And Anetka still doesn't know...

Damn it!

Finally you came!

You'd always drop her

here when I was at work,

but today I have time

for the princess.

No, not for me. I have to run.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Polkov.

I mean Da. I wanted to ask

if your husband could stop by.

The drain's plugged, blind's broken,

if you could send him over.

I'll send him there. He

chases after you anyway.

- That mangy old fool...

- This is the last time.

And Anetka and I will

have some fun, right?

Rise and shine! Lunch is ready.

Eat.

Chicken soup warms your soul.

- Hi.

- Hello.

What would you like to do

in the afternoon, Princess?

See, I didn't lie.

Don't you worry, little girl.

Your mom's here, Princess.

To the table, the meat will be ready soon.

What'll you have, Elika?

- We should go now.

- Oh no, no way!

You think that you can

just run away each time?

What about the meat?

It's bad, eh?

Let me get you something

for it, it's your nerves.

I have these pills, I

take them all the time.

- This is a f***ed-up world.

- It's done, ladies!

Done? It's still white!

Keep grilling! Can't

you see we're talking?

I heard two people

died over the hill.

An old man and a baby.

One got sunstroke, the

other heatstroke.

It's brutal, this heat.

I finished my beer.

Anybody want some?

The old fool. He's

losing it too.

As long as we have food and

drinks, no need to worry, right?

What is it, Princess,

you don't like it?

Eat.

Aneta!

When is dad coming back?

What?

When is dad coming back?

Soon. Eat.

Eat.

"Denied."

"No sign of foul play." "Our deepest

condolences, State Insurance."

It's from dad?

- No.

- Who then?

- It's just... the authorities.

- What do they want?

- What is it?

- Nothing.

- What's wrong, Aneta?

- Nothing.

- Where is dad?

- Gone.

- And when is he coming back?

- I don't know.

- When is he coming back?

- Don't know.

I don't know when!

Hello. Da sends some

flowers or whatnot.

And the drain needs

fixing, Da said so.

And something's wrong

with the blind.

- Where is the girl?

- There.

So I'll get to work.

It's fixed, that darn thing.

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