Rolli and the Secret of All Time

Based on Rolli character and songs created by Allu Tuppurainen

Malcolm!

Malcolm, listen.

Don't try to hide.

I don't like it when you...

Listen, if you don't show yourself right now...

Malcolm!

I've been looking for you all over for two days now.

Malcolm the Maggot has vanished!

I'm singing...

Children, time for school!

To school now, quickly!

Juniper! - Rolli! Don't scare people like that!

Malcolm the Maggot has vanished.

ROLLI AND THE SECRET OF ALL TIME

Help!

I'm going to be fish food!

I told you not to mess with me!

You were lucky not to get into a fight with me!

Malcolm the Maggot's great adventure will remain in history books!

Hey! Whoa! Time to make a U-turn!

Stooooop!

Fly for your life! Otherwise we are former maggot and crow!

Take the straightest route to Rolli Village!

La-la-la I'm singing

La-la-la I'm singing

Rolli! You just ogle there while others are making art!

I trust you have an explanation?

Well... Malcolm the Maggot has vanished.

We haven't seen him for two days. His hole is near the brook.

Rolli fears he has fallen in and become fish food.

What are you talking about? Malcolm who? What maggot?

I remember Rolli talking about him. The small, green...

Ah, Malcolm the Great!

That tiny worm Rolli thought was a dragon!

Worm! - Don't make fun of him.

You must speak of Malcolm the Great with respect.

And now Malcolm the Maggot is gone.

Hey! - Malcolm!

Holy smokes!

The end of the world is near! Come quickly!

If news of this spreads, there'll be mass hysteria!

It's important to keep this within the headquarters for now.

Within the executive team!

Executive team? - That's us!

Stay back!

We have an emergency. Everything will be fine

as long as you stay calm and avoid mass hysteria!

Mass hysteria! Is there cause for concern?

A-at l-least I'm not afraid!

The sun is setting and the day is coming to an end.

Evening chores, everyone, and then it's bedtime!

Step on it!

Get ready for bed, everyone! You heard it.

Move it!

And then I saw it.

Luckily the old, loyal crow had followed me...

Hold on, Malcolm... What did you see?

I'm not sure what it was. Some sort of reptile, I guess.

Perhaps even my cousin, except it was humongously bigger than me.

How much bigger? - I can't say an exact figure,

but I would estimate... I'd say...

A hundred... two hundred... three hundred million times my size.

Maybe even bigger. - So, tell us...

Where did you see this big cousin of yours?

At the Beginning of All Time.

The place where the storks come from.

Storks? I fell from a stork's beak in a small bundle. So did you, Rolli.

I fell from an old crow's beak.

I had no first class flight, you know.

The Beginning of All Time!

That's where we came from! We have to get ready for the trip!

Tomorrow we head for the Beginning of All Time!

No, juniper. Malcolm might have been hallucinating.

I don't hallucinate! But the journey is dangerous.

You'd have to cross Eternal Mountains and Eternal Desert,

go through Eternal Forest, and cross the Endless Sea.

Come on, now.

I'm staying in Rolli Village.

This is my home.

It's good to be inside these walls.

When I was just a tiny bundle,

I lived and hid in this box all summer and all winter.

I peeked at others from here. Without even knowing who I am.

But you have a home now!

And we're all one big family.

One big family!

That's right.

Rolli Village finally became my home and I couldn't have a better one.

And I couldn't have a better friend than you, Rolli.

But still I...

If only you understood me. - I do understand you.

The stork whose beak I fell from... Where was she coming from?

I'm sure the answer awaits at the Beginning of All Time.

I must know where I came from. We can make the journey.

We all wonder where we come from

and what the meaning of everything is.

Yes, but... - Everybody wonders

what life has in store

Some feel down and blue

Others like to laugh more

Some have pretty songs to sing

Others make nice paintings

And others just chuckle away

Yeah yeah, I see

Uh huh... - That's the purpose of it all

Yeah yeah, I see

Uh huh... - That's the purpose of it all

Listen,juniper. We can't embark on such a journey.

I'm not a young boy any more.

The whole thing sounds...

You're afraid! - Now listen...

You sure talk the talk. Telling tales at campfire.

When push comes to shove, you want to hide.

Wha... what...

You don't dare face that big reptile!

I don't fear anything! - You do!

No! - Do too!

I am the terrible Rolli!

Prove it! Come with me to look for the Beginning of All Time.

Listen,juniper. I hate to make you sad, but...

There's no point in looking for something we can never find.

That's right! - All your questions have no answer.

No matter how hard you look.

You won't find the Beginning of All Time.

Fine. I'll go alone.

See you when I get back. Unless I stay where I came from.

I guess there's nothing else to do.

Don't do anything reckless, Rolli!

You can't intervene with this, Malcolm.

Juniper!

Juniper! We'll start travel preparations straightaway.

And at the break of dawn we'll embark on an exploration.

And you, Malcolm, can tell us the route.

You say we have to climb over the Eternal Mountains?

Over Eternal Mountains, across the desert, too

Through Eternal Forest, that's the route

I'm Malcolm the Maggot, follow me if you dare

I'm a brave adventurer

Bring your map and your compass Your ice pick, too

Don't forget to bring enough food

Take enough to drink or you'll dry up and shrink

Hear what I say and you'll be on your way

That monster is gigantic Guzzling water like he's frantic

But it never touches stronger stuff

He inspires fear and terror With his mighty fangs

His skin on my wall would be enough

Rolli! What on earth are you looking for?

Good thing you woke up.

Listen, I need mountaineering gear.

You know, wedges and hooks and that kind of stuff.

What do you need them for? - Mountain climbing.

I have a new hobby. I plan to climb...

My plan is to climb on top of that boulder.

And further on to the roof of my hut.

I don't quite get it. - Uh-huh?

Don't you know how to make the necessary gear?

I know how, alright.

Wedges...

Juniper!

This early in the morning? Is everything OK?

Yes. I just want some fishing hooks. I heard you have some.

Yes... - And some fishing line. And spices.

At least Rolli pepper and salt.

And a few apples. - We'll have breakfast soon.

Yes, but Rolli and I are taking a trip.

We are terribly hungry and have no time for breakfast.

A trip, you say?

Can I make soup with this then?

I'll tell Blacksmith this will be the last time he starts so early...

The clothesline! Where has it gone?

Thieves, maybe?

I... I took the rope.

I needed it because...

Rolli has taken up mountaineering.

These are all ready.

That was fast. That's good because we're pressed for time.

Rolli, tell us what you're up to. - Count on me and juniper.

Juniper! juniper, it's time to go!

I demand to know where you are going.

You could tell us a little more about your intentions.

We'll warm up by climbing to the peak of Eternal Mountain.

We might see Malcolm the Maggot's big cousin up there.

I thought Malcolm would have come to bid us farewell.

I guess he's sleeping in his hole.

Maybe you should reconsider? - Why not use the gate?

It's open.

Great adventurers never take the easy way.

When I was younger, I always took off with this catapult.

So, Big Rolli. Pull the lever when I say, "Go!"

Eternal Mountains should be somewhere... over there.

Take a look.

There they are!

Let's make camp here and continue in the morning.

Take my knapsack...

If you cross that unknown mountain

You may enter a frightening world

Even if your past is new to you

The future's more important still

The future's more important still