The Black Balloon Page #5

He's never going to change.

Howwwazzziiiiitttt?!!

Come on-nnnnnnnnn!!!

Wassiiiiiiiiitttttt?!

Oh, come on, Maggie. It was plumb!

Yes! I'll retire when I get my century,

Mr. Mollison, so then you can get a bat!

You'll keep.

This is so yum, Mrs. Mollison.

I can't remember the last time I had a roast.

Oh, really?

We have a roast once a fortnight.

Simon just loves his roast vegies,

don't you darls?

My dad doesn't really cook.

And we eat at different times,

so it's just take away really.

You're welcome over here

for dinner anytime.

Yeah, just as long as you do the dishes!

What is it, sweetie?

Here, pass it to mummy.

I can do it.

Sure?

- Yeah.

You're being very good.

He'll do any thing for a pretty girl.

Won't you, mate?

What do you say?

That's right. Good boy.

Do you think Charlie will ever talk again?

Yes.

Probably not, actually.

We hoped he might have when

he hit adolescence but...

unfortunately he didn't.

But you get your point across,

don't you sweetie?

Yeah, well maybe if we stopped signing,

he'd start talking, mum.

I think that's unlikely, Thomas.

Are you hungry, too?

She's so tiny.

Yeah,

well she didn't feel so tiny coming out.

You know, I wasn't much older than

you when I had Charlie.

Mum?!

Well, she's hungry.

I fed you this way.

You loved it! Couldn't get enough!

Please...

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fell-ow

And so say all of us!

No, Charlie! You wait for Thomas

and then we'll light them again.

Go, Tommy.

I'm sorry, sweetie.

Charlie! Come here to mummy.

I said wait! Come here.

Just hold on, Tommy. I've got that.

Just wait. Wait, mate.

No.

Okay, almost there. Okay...

Righto. One for the camera.

Hip hip! ...Hooray!

How about one of those over here,

Simon, leave the poor girl alone.

Yeah.

Um, Tommy, now I know we've already

given you your gift,

but I reckon you might like this one.

Oh, what could this be?

Thank you!

You're officially allowed on the road now.

Rex reckons if

I can teach your mother to drive,

I can teach anyone.

All right. Who want some cake?

Yes please!

This is Thomas's favourite, isn't it, sweetie?

It is, mama.

All right, I'll get the ice-cream.

Simon, you can start cutting the cake.

Yep. All right.

Four tiny little pieces for the family,

and one big piece for me.

Oh, my god!

Charlie... Charlie, sh*t, Charlie!

Come on, Charlie, you know that's private!

You do that in your bedroom!

Put your dick back in your shorts, mate!

Bad, Charlie, bad! No. Bad!

Don't laugh!

I'm so sorry, Jackie.

How many times

do we have to tell you that?

You say sorry to Jackie, and go and wash

your hands. All right, mate?

Thomas, don't be ridiculous.

You put that down now right now!

Thomas!

Charlie!

Charlie! Get off! Charlie!

Boys! Stop it! Stop it!

Charlie, you get off him!

Stop it! Leave it! Charlie!

Charlie, let go!

Charlie, just let go!

You f***in' spastic!

Thomas! Get off him! Thomas!

Oh, Thomas! Please!

Thomas, stop it! Stop it now!

Charlie! Sh*t!

Thomas! Thomas,

don't you dare your brother!

I hate him! I hate him!

- Stop it! Stop it!

I hate you! I hate you!

Don't you hit him!

- Maggie, please!

Don't you hit your brother!

No!!

Maggie! Please! Please!

My god!!

Thomas! Get off! Get off!

Charlie? Charlie? Charlie, it's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

Look at mummy. Look at mummy.

No-no! No-no! No, Charlie!

- Settle! Settle! Settle!

- Settle down, mate!

Ssshh! Ssshh! Sweetie, sweetie.

Ssshh! Mummy's here. Mummy's here.

Hang in there, mate. Not long now.

You're being very brave, Charlie.

He is very brave.

I know, Charlie. I know it hurts.

You're being very good.

You're a good boy.

Almost there.

Almost there, darling.

Oh, sweetheart. It's okay. It's okay.

Is that you, Thomas? Honey?

I need to use the loo.

It's not fair, is it, mate?

Oh, you poor boy.

Poor baby boy.

Oh, my beautiful boy.

I know, sweetie. I know.

You scared the sh*t out of me.

I f***ed up.

Simon? Where are the nappies?

I don't know. Try the laundry basket.

I have! Can you look for them?

Sophie needs a feed!

I'm warning you!

Would you shut up?!

That girl on the bus is pretty hot, mate!

Have you boned her?

No way. Tom's still a virgin.

Sure. I reckon his brother

Hey, you'd better watch out,

I reckon your brother's trying bone Jackie.

Oh man, it must suck that your retarded

brother's better looking than you.

Stop being such fuckwits!

Oh, you're all fuckwits!

Okay! Today is the day!

Are we ready?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Boys!

I want two laps!

Let's go!

Come on!

You get this, Mollison,

and shock of all shocks,

you'll actually get your bronze medallion.

On your marks!

Okay. Just ease off nice and easy,

nice and easy.

Just get up to a nice cruising speed.

Yep.

Don't do anything sudden.

All right.

And you've got to drive like

everyone else on the road is an idiot.

No don't look at me.

Look at the road.

Okay. Okay, okay.

Just remember everyone else

on the road is an idiot.

It's called defensive driving.

Defensive.

Just keep an eye on the things that you

might find come running out of the driveway.

All right. Or, okay. How far do?

Just try not... try not to...

Excellent.

You're a natural.

Just like your old man.

Wow-ee!

Climb in, Jackie.

Thank you.

Hopefully, tonight will be the last

time we see those bloody monkey ears.

Ladies and Gentlemen. Roll up,

roll up, for the unbelievable, inconceivable,

"ANIMALS AFLOAT"!

Oh, it looks so cute!

No, no!

Russell, you go down to Charlie.

He knows this... He knows this.

Come on, up you get. You have to be

in the dance with Charlie.

Go on,

you be a monkey with Charlie.

Come on, sweetie.

That's a good boy, come on. That's it.

Charlie? Why don't you help Russell

get up and have a bit of a dance?

No?

Come on, mum and dad are out there.

Come on, up you get darling.

You can do this.

Come on, up you get Russell.

Charlie! Hey!

You stop this! Charlie!

No, no! I want to stay!

What's wrong, Russell?

You know Charlie has worked

so hard for this, Russell.

Are you right? Charlie, are you okay?

You've been on stage before, remember?

Do it for mum and dad, okay?

Look at my face.

Charlie won't be able to dance

if you don't.

Charlie, there is no need to spit at Russell!

I will put you both... in time out!

I said stop!

Charlie, enough! Stop it, all right?

Just behave!

Does Russell like monkeys?

Charlie likes monkeys.

Thomas likes monkeys.

We'll clean up you up now, mate.

Does Russell like dancing?

He likes it.

Charlie likes dancing.

Thomas likes dancing.

No. Russell doesn't like monkeys.

Russell doesn't like monkeys.

Russell doesn't like Charlie.

Just settle down, all right?

Just settle down.

Bad, Charlie. Bad!

Charlie, you'll just have to

go on stage by yourself.

No!

No, you can do it. You're a big boy.

Come on, Charlie. Come on.

Be a good boy. Come on.

Come on. On stage!

There you go! Beautiful!

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