Jack Be Nimble

Oh, come on, come on.

Come on... Ah! Come on, darling.

Once upon a time,

three little maidens were lost in a great forest.

It was beginning to get dark

when they spied a small light coming from a house.

So the youngest of them, who was called Molly Whuppie,

and was by far the cleverest and pluckiest,

went and knocked at the door.

When she came to the door, the sword rattled in its sheathe

and woke up the giant.

Molly ran, and the giant ran, and they both ran.

She ran and he ran, and she ran and he ran.

She ran and he ran, and at last they came

to the bridge of the single hair.

And Molly was so light, she could run over.

But not the giant, for run over he could not.

Anne?

Anne?

What's this?

Dora, where's mummy?

- It was Dora? - Dora.

What a lovely name.

No!

Hello, Dora, I'm Mrs. Birch.

I'm your new mummy.

Come on, darling.

This one.

Ah.

Clarrie

A real little man.

Jack, meet your sisters.

4 years old, what a big girl.

Now take a big breath

and make a wish, darling.

I know that place.

She knows that place.

Dora, it's just a cake.

No.

Well, anyway.

Blow the candles out and then we'll cut the cake.

Where's the knife, Phillip?

No!

Don't you want a piece?

It's just a cake, sweetheart.

Well, it doesn't matter.

We don't have to eat it.

Have you seen my cat?

You can hold her.

She's amazing.

Nah, she's stupid, she gets stuck up trees.

I bet she can climb so high.

Bet she can fly.

Can I have a cat?

No, you can't!

He's been getting fancy ideas from that Morton boy.

Saw you fooling with that boy.

I catch you again, there'll be trouble.

Hear me?

Answer me! - Ow!

All right, girls.

Page 130, exercise B : The business letter.

I'm looking in particular

for correct spacing.

You're not to attempt any corrections.

Callie.

I'll be marking these.

You may start.

I'm sorry to interrupt you, girls,

but Dora has decided to type something of her own.

To show you how clever she is, I'm going to read it to you.

"Dear Jack, how are you?"

"I'm fine".

"Actually, I'm not".

"I'm very lonely and I miss you very much".

"I try to guess what you look like now".

"There's no use typing this because I don't know where to send it".

"I think of you all the time. I wish we could be together".

"I really love you".

Very good, Jack, but what is it?

- An improvement. - Shut up!

Mind your own business, Shawn.

Jack, is something wrong?

- No. - Really?

Here.

I've got your reports to give out.

Remember, these go home to your parents, not in the bin.

"I'm very lonely, I miss you so much.

"I'm very lonely, I miss you so much."

Hey Dora!

Who's Jack, Dora?

Is he your boyfriend?

Hey, I bet she hasn't got a boyfriend at all.

She's still a virgin.

Fuck off.

What did you say?

Come here!

What did you say?

Did you see that?

Get her, Callie!

Fuck you, Dora.

You're in for it now! - Get her.

Look what she did.

Fucking bitch!

Callie, no!

She dead?

No, she's just faking.

Oh shit, I only just passed.

What did you get?

Oh, I don't care.

- Let's go through your place. - I thought you weren't allowed.

Your father might see us.

He's not my father. What do you mean?

I was adopted.

' adopted?

You never told me that.

What happened to your real mum and dad?

I wanna find them.

I have to find Dora, my sister.

Wish I had a sister.

What's she like?

She's happy.

Clarrie!

Clarrie.

Girls just saw him, he's gone over the fence there.

He's over there.

Dad says if I pass everything this year

he'll get me a car, which is really good.

Though I'm not looking forward to varsity.

Except for the girls.

Behind my back?

Come here, pussy!

- No! - What's he done?

Behind my bloody back!

Waste your time with those rich bastards,

when I told you not to!

You think you're special, do you?

Well you're not!

You're a bloody fag!

No bloody use to them,

and you're sure as hell no bloody use to us.

See what you made him do?

Remember, Jack, you owe us.

Jack?

Got something to tell me?

No.

I'll ask again.

Have you got something--

I said no.

I think you do.

What's this?

Everything except metalwork failed.

My god!

Eat with the animals if you're that bloody stupid!

All these years!

An utter waste of time and money.

All our hopes.

I've been a mother to you, Jack

and Clarrie's been your father.

We've been a family.

We've watched you grow.

Fed you.

Protected you.

And what sort of a son have you been, hm?

Always resisting!

So ashamed.

Makes me sick to the stomach.

You're not thinking of running away, are you, Jack?

Cause if you were, that'd be a slap in the face.

An insult.

Betrayal.

That'd hurt me, Jack,

and I couldn't allow that to happen.

What you need is time to think.

Tell him, Clarrie.

Forget about leaving.

Forget about everything.

You're back in the thistles.

You wouldn't.

Wouldn't I, oh, wouldn't I?

Let me tell you something, boy-a, the game's over.

Until you can prove you're worthy of this family,

you won't leave this farm again.

"Can I have a cat?"

"Oh please, can I have a cat?"

- Would you like to see what I made in metalwork?

The hell use is that?

You made this?

Watch.

You.

Stand up.

Wait there.

Turn around.

Lie down.

I hope you feel this.

Wake up!

Turn around.

Get down.

You're my cat.

You're my black cat.