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- Look what you did to my spear. Go away.

That was my fish.

Go back out where you belong.

Richard, look.

Now what are we gonna do?

What are we gonna do now, Richard?

- What are we gonna do?

- Will you be quiet and let me think?

Lilli!

Richard!

We're out past sunset.

Mother's gonna be angry.

- What are you doing?

- I've got an idea.

He's coming. Come on!

Where have you been?

Do you realize how late it is?

But there was this old shark in the

channel. He took Richard's spear.

I told you to keep away from sharks.

- Boat drifted loose.

- What are the rules?

- Be home by sunset always.

- And?

- Never to the north side of the island.

- Do you see that? A full moon!

We are going straight home and this is

never happening again. Do you hear me?

Oh! Lilli, Richard.

Go get some thatch.

Get back inside.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Forgive us our trespasses as we...

...forgive those who trespass against

us. Lead us not into temptation...

...but deliver us from evil. For thine is

the kingdom, power and glory forever.

I can feel that the sickness has moved

into my lungs now.

And that means I might not get well.

What's going to happen?

You may have to be here without me.

If God wants...

...l'll be with your father and we'll

be guardian angels watching over you.

This is my special place.

It's quiet here,

and I can see the house.

Hollow out this ground about so deep.

And line it with thatch and moss.

Then fill it in...

...and smooth it over with earth.

I'll write out a prayer for you to say.

We'll carve a marker and it will say:

"Here lies Sarah Hargraves.

Wife of William, mother of Lillian..."

And I know I'm not your

real mother, Richard.

But I would like to have it said:

"And mother of Richard."

We pray the Lord to grant

this last abiding wish.

That Lilli and Richard love each other,

take care of each other...

...and keep up with their lessons...

...and be prepared for the

ship when it comes. Amen.

- Breakfast looks extra good today.

- Thank you.

- Don't forget, you cook tomorrow.

- You're the one who always forgets.

- What? What do I forget?

- To colour your eggs for the hunt.

I didn't forget. I don't think

we should do it this year.

But we do it every Easter.

The calendar marks say tomorrow's

Easter, so we must have the hunt.

Why?

How else do we know who finds

the most eggs and wins?

- Wins what, Richard?

- I don't know.

Nothing. Just wins.

It seems silly to me. I don't

understand why we have to do it.

Because Mother would want us to.

I've got an idea. Whoever finds

the most eggs this year wins a prize.

What kind of a prize?

If you win,

I've gotta give you something.

And if I win,

you've gotta give me something.

It's a wonderful idea.

I hid ten eggs between

the beach and the berry patch.

I hid ten between the rocks

and the fern glade.

- Ready?

- Ready. Get set. Go!

I found nine. Beat that.

- I only found eight.

- The winner's me. Where's my prize?

You were down so long.

What were you doing?

You'll see.

Your prize!

I'm gonna keep this forever.

My prize. The white bead.

I think it looks nice in my hair.

Do you?

I don't care what you do with it...

...or how you wear it.

You can hang it from your nose

for all I care.

Back and forth.

Round and round.

You think this whole reef is yours.

You think you can swallow

anything that swims.

You'd like to catch me, wouldn't you?

But I was too fast, stupid sea slug.

I can beat you every time.

And if you don't believe me,

I'll prove it!

Master of the reef!

The first time, he almost got me.

But I was too fast for him.

This time, he was lying in wait.

So I dive in,

and I can see down his mouth.

There's about 500 teeth.

There's fish around his gills.

And he comes at me.

He misses me. Stupid sea slug!

- It seems silly to me.

- Silly? It's not silly. It's dangerous.

Exactly. That's why it's silly.

I don't understand why you do it.

- I like the way it makes me feel

- What?

Inside here. It feels all alive when

I know I'm the master of the reef.

"The master of the reef.

The master of the reef."

Hey, don't you ever make fun of me.

I'm sorry.

Besides, you're the silly one. Always

touching and looking at yourself.

- I don't touch myself.

- Yes, you do.

You're always touching those

when you look in the mirror.

I'm just measuring

how much they've grown.

- You shouldn't look when I'm naked.

- Why not?

- I always used to see you naked.

- It's different now.

- Why?

- I don't know.

I don't know why it's different,

but it is.

Lilli?

I wish things could be

the way they used to be.

When we had fun.

Remember the seesaw she made us?

The games we used to play?

Ring around the rosy?

Richard?

Yes?

You wouldn't mind if I moved my bed

to another part of the house?

No.

If you weren't gonna do it, I was.

How long have you been there?

I saw the blood on the quilt.

Are you all right?

Do you remember?

What Mother said would happen

when I became a woman?

Yes.

Well...

...l've become one.

Richard, wake up!

Richard?

Richard! Richard, wake up.

I can't sleep with my bed

facing the wrong way.

- Soon as I'm awake.

- You are. Come...

No, I'm not. Stop it.

Let go, I'm not dressed.

Wrap the quilt around you.

Come on!

- What's wrong? You're humped over.

- Just give me a minute.

- What happened to it?

- It gets that way all the time now.

- Well, does it hurt?

- No.

Well, can you walk?

I can walk just fine.

I can make it go away if I want to.

- How?

- None of your business.

If we keep secrets,

nothing will be the...

Nothing's the same around here anyway.

Nothing's the way it used to be!

Come on, let's move your stupid bed.

Mother.

I don't know what to do.

He's changed, I've changed.

Everything's so confusing.

- I'm tired of you snooping. Go!

- I'm sick of you telling me to go away.

Go away! I mean it.

I'll go where I've always wanted to go,

to the north side.

No! We're in a full moon.

- I can do what I want.

- You can't. It's a rule!

It's not my rule! It was her rule!

She wasn't even my real mother!

- She loved you like a real mother.

- I don't care.

I'm sick of the rules. From now on,

I can do whatever I want to do.

I'm old enough. I can go

wherever I wanna go...

...and come home when I want to.

Richard? Richard?

What happened? What have you done?

I had to hide.

These heathens danced around me.

They didn't see me.

If they had, I would've been dead.

There was this one heathen...

...and at first, I wanted to kill him.

And then, I didn't want to kill him.

And then, I couldn't kill him.

- Then he saw you. He'll tell the others!

- No.

I let him go. Peace.

I hope you're right.

I'm glad you're okay.

I thought I'd never see you again.

I never want us to fight again, ever.

Me neither.

- Lilli?

- Yes?

- Friends?

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