Rabbit-Proof Fence Page #5

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It's the fence! It's the fence!

She found it!

(EMOTIVE MUSIC)

Now, the latest sighting

which is four days old is...

The man from the newspaper.

I have nothing more to say!

May I have a look?

Dalwallinu. Yes?

Bunnawarra.

Yalgoo.

Dalwallinu.

Bunnawarra. Yalgoo.

Dalwallinu, Bunnawarra, Yalgoo.

They're on the fence.

They're following

the rabbit-proof fence.

Right.

Just because people use

Neolithic tools, Inspector,

does not mean

they have Neolithic minds.

This makes our task

very much easier.

Look. There's a branch off here

to the west, north of Yalgoo.

Now, you put your man

out here on the fence

and north of this junction.

He can start

to come down it to meet them.

I'll have Moodoo come up

from the south behind them.

(MENACING MUSIC)

We can't miss them.

Where Daisy?

Wait here.

My legs, Molly.

They hurt. I can't walk.

I'll carry you only once,

alright?

Come on.

Come on.

Don't think I'm carrying you

all the way.

(HORSE SNORTS)

Camp, Molly.

Damn me.

Where are you girls headed?

Going to Mullewa?

Got family there?

Where Mullewa?

Mullewa?

West.

The way you're headed

along the number two fence.

Are there

two rabbit-proof fence?

My oath.

We've got three of them.

We're on the wrong fence.

Where the north fence?

North fence - back that way

where you come from.

You can cut across.

I'll show you.

Number one rabbit fence.

Here's the number two fence.

Now, you're here.

But you want to be here.

Now, if you cut across here...

...you save yourself

mile or so.

It's not hard.

I'm going back.

I don't have the petrol.

(FAINT MUSIC)

(Whistles)

Hey, we're hungry.

Are youse that lot

from Moore River?

Yeah.

What -

you girls walk all that way?

Yeah.

miles?

I was there.

Too scared to run away, but.

Everyone was always caught,

stuck in that boob.

Youse got the furtherest.

Where you heading?

Home.

WOMAN:
Mavis!

Stay here.

I'll come back and get you.

Sleep with me.

I'll get you some food.

Just getting the washing,

Mrs Evans!

(FOOTSTEPS)

Shh! What's that?

There's someone coming.

Quick, quick, into bed.

Hide under the blankets.

(LATCH CLATTERS)

(AII gasp)

Mavis.

Go away.

Don't worry about that!

Come on, quick. Get up.

Get up! Come on!

Shh, shh, shh.

(DOOR SHUTS)

Don't go, Molly.

Please don't go.

He come back if you go.

Don't go.

He won't say anything.

Please.

(CAR APPROACHES)

Hello, Evans.

MRS EVANS:
Hello.

Mrs Evans.

Quick! Wake up. Wake up.

You got to go.

Let's have a look.

Out that way. Just keep going.

(TENSE MUSIC)

They were running out over

there about an hour or so ago.

We'll pick up their tracks

in the morning.

I'll make a cup of tea.

That's the tracker.

(DOGS BARK FEROCIOUSL Y)

Yeah, that's him.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Hop on.

(UNEASY MUSIC)

I do not expect you

to understand

what I am trying to do

for these people.

But I'll not have my plans

jeopardised.

The problem of half-castes

is not simply going to go away.

If it is not dealt with now,

it will fester

for years to come.

These children are that problem.

Please explain

exactly what happened.

I don't know how they did it,

but we lost them.

I had Larsen out there.

Moodoo was with him.

They're making right fools of us.

They are indeed, Inspector.

And the cost is more

than to just our pride.

This department's reputation

is beginning to suffer.

My men have better things to do

than chase your charges

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