The Toymaker Page #3

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A book?

Yes.

A book.

The Nazis are looking for it.

Why did she give it to you?

I don't know. I really don't.

But when I looked inside the book,

it's pages were full of spells.

Some I didn't understand, but one spell,

a spell that brings life to the inanimate.

Are you feeling all right today, Amos?

Indeed.

Indeed I am.

Because now I can truly

bring these creations to life.

Come on, Amos, no.

See for yourself.

Robert.

Show Abigail.

Come on, Robert.

Show Abigail you're alive.

Perhaps he's a little shy.

He's not shy, no.

I don't understand it.

He was running about last night.

Come on, you should rest today.

I'll make you a drink.

I don't want a drink.

It's okay.

You will show me later, come on.

Please.

Something's gone wrong.

Yes.

I hope you have good news.

I'm afraid not, sir.

We've questioned over a

dozen people in the village.

The trail is still cold.

(VON ALVENSLEBEN YELLING)

I have a meeting with

the Fuehrer in a few days.

How do you think he's going to react

when I tell him we've been

outwitted by a bunch of...

We need a change of tactics.

Rosenheim is a poor village.

We need something they will respond to.

What's that, sir?

We will offer a very handsome reward

and a guarantee of no further harassment

to anyone with information

leading to the capture of the book.

But do you think this

will have more impact, sir?

Is fear not the ultimate persuasion?

Hope has its place too, Fegelein.

Twenty thousand Deutschmarks would

change the life of any poor man.

But there is no way all of the villagers

will harbor someone worth so much.

Put the word out immediately.

20,000 for information

leading to the capture of Esther Muller.

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

(ROBERT BREATHING)

- (CLATTERS)

- (GASPS)

Hello?

(ROBERT BREATHING HEAVILY)

(ABIGAIL SCREAMING)

Amos!

Stop that right now!

This is Abigail.

She is a friend, do you understand?

(ABIGAIL WHIMPERING)

Do you?

Now give me that pencil.

Look what you've done to her.

Naughty boy!

(SOBBING)

Oh, my dear.

Come, come.

It's all right.

It's all right, my child.

When you first told me about that book,

I thought you were losing your mind.

Now you know I'm not.

But why did he want to hurt me?

I don't know.

I've been trying to work it out, Abigail.

Do you know, I'm thinking that maybe

it's something to do with the

source of the doll's parts.

I thought you made him from scratch.

No, no.

Not Robert.

He and the other dolls, Otto and Isabella,

I sourced their parts from different places

and assembled them right

here in the workshop.

No, I first discovered Robert

after reading in the newspapers

that a young boy had died.

His body was found in a

local park, clutching a doll.

Turned out that the boy's

father had killed him.

God, that's horrible.

Indeed, indeed.

After the case was closed,

I purchased the doll.

I remodeled his face,

I reinforced the limbs.

I named him Robert.

After the boy who had died.

Why did you want such a morbid thing?

You can call me an old fool,

but I felt as if the boy's

soul had entered the doll.

I felt that his soul would be in torment.

So I brought him here to a

secure home, filled with toys.

I thought a place full

of childhood innocence

would allow his soul to

live in peace, you know.

Okay, that thing

did not seem like a soul

at peace to me, Amos.

Okay? This is dangerous.

Perhaps anger still remains

about the way the boy died.

Look, I'm sorry but I

can't keep working here.

Please...

Please don't go, Abigail.

I can't put myself in

danger like this anymore.

I'm sorry, but today will be my last day.

This is terrible.

Of course I will be very sad to see you go.

I will be sad, too.

Abigail was like family to me.

She really was.

But now she's gone,

perhaps it is time to

create a family of our own.

Robert. This is it.

We are about to become a real family.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh, my!

Robert, it's worked.

It's really worked.

Oh, Otto, Isabel.

Good news, sir.

We have an informant

waiting in the hallway.

She's interested in the reward.

Is the information genuine?

I don't know yet.

She wanted to talk to

someone in a senior position.

Well let's hope so Gebhardt.

I'm tired of dealing

with these lying idiots

trying to claim the reward.

Please, bring her in.

So, you know for a fact this

Amos Blackwood has the book?

Yes, he told me that a girl

named Esther gave it to him.

But you didn't actually see it.

No.

So how do you know Herr Blackwood

is not some senile old fool?

Because he's been using the book.

One toy in the shop, it

came to life and attacked me.

It did, it did.

Fraulein Kendrick, where

in the shop do you think

Herr Blackwood would keep the book?

Well, he has living

quarters above the shop.

And there is a workshop in the back room.

So I would say either one of

those places are a safe bet.

Excellent.

Thank you Fraulein,

you've been most helpful.

So when do I get paid?

Paid?

Yes, the reward.

Yes, of course.

Gebhardt, please pay her.

How much?

Well, all of it.

All of it.

Tell me, Fraulein.

Have you ever heard of

the correlation in behavior

between humans and rats?

I don't understand.

Surprisingly, humans and rats are actually

more alike than they are different.

For one thing, we are both

warm blooded and mammals.

Rats eat everything we do,

and they live where we live.

But you know what the most

amazing similarities are?

No.

Rats form social groups.

And they exhibit many of

the same behaviors as humans.

Also, this is my favorite part,

rats have culture.

Cultured rats, it's amazing, ja?

Sadly, rats also exhibit many of the same

negative behaviors as humans.

For instance, when faced

with overpopulation,

rats turn extremely violent.

This is one of the sadder

aspects of the rat race, hmm?

But you know what the real

trouble with the rat race is?

Even if you win the race...

You are still a rat.

Forgive me.

Please,

go to the toymaker's shop.

Find the book, and bring

Herr Blackwood to me, alive.

I need to know what he's

been doing with the book.

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

Ah, but before you do,

please call the cleaners.

(METAL CLANKING)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

That noise.

Was it you?

You all stay there.

(GASPS)

The old f***er's in the car boot.

There we go.

Burn that sh*t-hole to the ground.

Then we meet later on in headquarters.

Okay.

(BELL CHIMING)

Meet me at the headquarters?

F*** you, Gebhardt.

(SPLASHING)

Where are my matches?

(DOLL BREATHING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Herr Blackwood.

(SIGHING)

Ah, forgive my delay.

I had several hours worth

of very important

appointments to attend to.

Where have you brought me?

Where am I?

That is of minor importance right now.

What is of major importance is who I am.

And what you can do for me.

Who are you?

Right now, to you?

I am God.

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