A Mosquito in the Ear (2026)

[bunniefuu]

Ladies and gentlemen,

we will be landing shortly.

Please, make sure that your

seat belt is securely fastened.

Thank you...

Can I see the picture again?

She's adorable.

Ready?

Oh.

Andrew!

Daniela?

Andrew? DANIELA: That's us.

Oh.

Welcome to India.

Good to be here.

Lovely to see the both of you together.

Oh, hi there.

It's such a pleasure

to meet the both of you.

I'm Sister Aruna. Yes.

Love the sign.

Lovely to meet you.

Yeah, professionalism.

Yes.

Is this all the baggage you have?

Yeah, that's all we have.

Thank you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Oh, oh, oh. Andrew, Andrew.

That's Pio.

He's our driver.

He doesn't speak much of English.

He's just here to help

you with the luggage.

I'm so sorry. Thank you so much.

Sorry. Thank you.

Bag? Carry your bag?

That's great. Please.

Thank you very much. I'm sorry.

Thank you. Thank you, Pio.

Uh, where should we...

No, here. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, oh.

Do you want to take the front?

Sure. Oh...

The two of you in the back seat together?

Yeah, absolutely.

OK.

Just, uh... just...

Comfortable?

It's great.

Babe.

First time in India?

Hmm?

This is great.

Now, that's been some

time I saw something like that.

Yeah, it's... no, it's an old one.

I just can't get rid of it, you know.

Loves it. ANDREW: Don't wanna give it up.

I read about it in your file,

that both of you are artists.

I'm an illustrator and

Danny is an art teacher, so...

A very good illustrator.

He's a very good illustrator. Thank you.

Very good art teacher.

Are we anywhere near where Sarvari lives?

No, no.

Sarvari is not close by.

The institute is in the

other part of the city.

Yeah.

But she's excited to go with us, right?

Oh, sh*t.

Are you OK? Yeah.

You want us to stop? No, no.

I'm good. I'm good.

Found it.

OK, babe, I...

Here, let me do it. Just one more.

Let me.

OK.

Are you kidding me?

Mm.

Do you think she'll like us?

What's not to like?

I mean, is she too old?

Do you think she'll feel

like we're her parents?

You're gonna be a wonderful mom.

OK?

OK?

Mm-hmm.

You're not getting any today.

What?

Yeah.

You don't want to try one more time?

Silly.

Mm.

Hey, I love you.

Love you.

Yeah.

Welcome to Mapza bazaar.

Thank you.

You know, this is, uh,

the best market in Goa.

Cheap and cheerful.

Wow.

Colors.

Doing a little shopping while we're here.

Do the kids ever get to come here?

How far are we from an orphanage?

Oh, about 25 minutes by car.

Oh. Yeah.

Then what are we doing here?

Uh, we've come to pick

up something for the kids.

Oh. Oh, we...

Well, here.

No, they told us about it in the class.

We have drawing supplies. Yeah.

They're really cute.

So we can just...

Come.

Come, come.

Oh, yeah?

25 rupees each. OK.

Yeah.

Oh, here.

25.50.

Oh, oh. Uh...

Oh.

Oh.

Is that enough for the kids?

Um... oh. SISTER ARUNA: Yeah.

I have candies.

Hey.

Life of Pi.

Oh, I bet somebody would love that.

Let's get it. OK.

How much... how much is this?

It's 500.500?

Yes.

No, no.

Wait, wait, wait.

OK?

Yeah.

250? $2?

OK.

Deal.

You have to bargain here.

Yeah.

We're going to get you to a

shop to get you a nice sari.

Oh.

You don't like what I'm wearing?

Oh, I love what you're wearing.

But you know what?

It's a very special day for Sarvari, yeah.

I'd love to get to the orphanage.

Yes, yes. Yeah.

We're ready to celebrate.

OK.

Yes.

This is best for wedding.

Oh, we're not here for a wedding.

Oh.

Um, do you have something simpler?

Maybe...

How about this red? This?

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll pin it up with

safety pins and it'll stay put.

All right. OK.

Oh, yeah.

That looks good on madam. Yeah?

What do you think, babe?

Yeah, I love it.

Whoa. Yeah.

What's happening? ANDREW: Yes.

Something else, just... just stick this.

Oh. DANIELA: Oh.

Very nice. Oh, oh.

Oh, beautiful. Oh.

What's this?

Oh, this is a nose chain.

Oh.

It's something traditional

and looks very good

with something formal.

Yeah.

It's just a nice touch.

It's a nice touch. What

do you think, Danny?

Beautiful.

I just... you know, me and jewelry...

I think it's all a bit too much...

You love jewelry.

Let's find you something

which matches this sari.

Oh.

What do you I mean?

I mean it's your turn now. Come on.

Oh, I don't need to. That's OK.

I'm all right.

I'm good.

This way.

DANIELA: OK.

It's beautiful.

Oh, wow.

Do you recognize her?

No.

Is Sarvari one of the singers?

The photo we have is a few years old.

She's inside, getting ready. Yeah.

OK.

Yeah.

That was great.

So great.

Oh, yeah.

Aw.

Hey.

Tell her hey.

Hi.

Hey, kiddo.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Please, have a seat.

Sarvari, we got this for you.

Eh!

She said, kitty.

Sarvari doesn't speak English.

You know, at her age,

they pick up very fast.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

We'll have so much fun together.

Yeah, we sure will.

Sarvari, you're beautiful,

and I love your style.

She's wearing that nose ring.

Um, Andrew and I are

honored to be your parents.

Yeah.

Can you translate that?

I'll teach you how to do

Sarvari's hair, Daniela.

She likes her clippers.

Let's have a look at the

orphanage before lunch.

Shall we? Yeah, yeah.

Of course.

Sarvari.

Ha.

There are so many kids.

What happens to them?

Uh, if they don't get adopted by age 14,

they have to leave the institute.

I wish we could take them all.

Yeah, that's what everybody says.

But most of these children

will go to Indian families.

And only the ones with special

needs go to foreign couples.

No one really wants one

in their families over here,

even if it's something

minor or correctable.

Yeah, we read in her file

that she'll need a little vitamin D.

To get those bones big and strong.

Strong like iron!

Can we color?

Wow.

The bathroom.

Bathroom...

Sorry.

What did you say?

Oh, nothing.

She asked if you would want to help.

Oh. Oh.

Of course.

We'd be happy to give a hand.

Right?

Yeah.

Uh, OK.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Uh, I'm just gonna put that.

I think you have to untie.

Do you know how to do this?

OK, baby. OK, baby.

OK.

OK, baby.

I think we lucked out.

Jamaal's kind of a wild man.

I'm just saying.

She's like a little angel.

She is an angel.

She's so sweet.

Oh, there's more food coming.

Oh. Thank you.

This looks amazing.

Wow.

Beautiful.

It's so nice. DANIELA: Aw.

Are you serving us?

Can I have one?

Thank you.

Yeah.

Mm.

Oh, wow.

That's delicious.

Delicious.

Sarvari, you live in a beautiful place.

Yeah.

It's so organized.

Yeah, it's better than our place.

Hey.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I'm glad you like it.

With every passing year,

they keep cutting our fundings.

Oh. Oh, man.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, we'll survive.

Does she have any questions for us?

Has she flown on a plane before?

Yeah. Sarvari.

That's a good question.

Sarvari.

Plane.

It was my first time too.

He had never done it before.

Yeah.

Sarvari hasn't even sat in a car before.

You know, we have a lot

of time to discuss all of that.

Yeah. DANIELA: Yeah.

OK, sure. Sure.

Yeah, of course.

What does she know about us?

Well, she knows that you

brought her her Mama and Papa.

All right.

Whoa.

Oh-oh.

Oh.

Ah!

That's awesome.

Hey. Hey.

Hey.

Soccer, football... oh.

Oh.

Sarvari, come on.

We have to go.

Come, come.

Good girl.

Oh. Yeah.

We're going to mama and papa.

Let's get going.

Get in.

Come on, come on, come on. Oh.

Just...

Yeah.

She's been here as long as I have.

Hey, thank you for everything.

These are some of her belongings.

Thank you.

Hey, Sarvari.

Hi.

Here we go.

OK.

So we're all set?

It's OK. It's OK.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

That's OK.

Let's get her out of here.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no.

Aruna!

Aruna! Aruna.

Let's go.

Come on. No!

Just don't let go! Here.

Here, here, here.

Let's go. Let's go.

Hey. Hey.

It's OK.

Here. Here.

Come on, here. OK.

Hey.

Hey.

All right.

OK.

Shh.

Are... are we sure Pio

doesn't want to eat with us?

Oh, he's busy.

He doesn't like to intrude.

Rice on her plate.

No.

No?

She doesn't want to touch that.

So I'm gonna give her

some of this plain rice.

OK.

Ah.

Ketchup?

You like ketchup?

Cheers.

Oh my goodness.

"Susu."

What did she say?

"Susu" is peeing.

"Susu."

OK.

Yeah.

Mean, that sounds like an emergency.

Daddy doesn't...

Come on, sweetie.

Come on.

All right.

Yeah.

All right, let me help you.

It's a bit big.

You want to go like this?

Let me just close the door.

OK. All right.

DANIELA: OK, OK.

All right.

We can leave it open.

OK.

We're back.

How'd it go?

Um, we got there.

ANDREW: OK?

Yeah.

She was upset in the bathroom, too.

I got it. I got it.

I got it.

Um, excuse me?

Hey.

Hi.

Could we get another one of these?

A little bit. One.

We'll do one. So one.

That's great.

Thank you.

Oh, should we get some for the room?

OK.

Pump the brakes there.

All right.

Round two.

Oh, no.

Bathroom.

Bathroom!

Bathroom.

OK.

You must be tired.

What do you wanna do?

I'm wondering, should we,

uh... should we go to sleep?

Do you want to cuddle in bed?

Yeah?

Uh, are you sure? Yeah.

I don't know.

I'm probably just gonna

sleep on the chair tonight.

Really?

I mean, it's tight, but you

guys can have the bed.

Oh.

Oh. Hey.

Hang on.

Hey, hey. No, no.

Get up here. Come on.

Um.

Oh.

Should we... maybe she wants her own bed.

I don't know.

I'm gonna get Aruna. Oh, no, no.

Aruna.

She just left.

Hey, we'll figure this out. ANDREW: Sure?

Yeah. ANDREW: I mean...

Hey, are you ticklish?

Yeah, she's so cool.

She likes that.

Hey.

Give me these toes.

Go, go, go, go. Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

Give me these toes.

Hey, it's OK.

I was just trying... just trying

to play the game with

her. DANIELA: Yeah, no.

I know. I know.

It's OK. She's just not...

Sarvari, sorry. It's OK.

We don't have to do that.

It'll take time.

You just gotta be patient, I guess.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Go to sleep

Go to sleep, little darling

Little angel

Precious time

Go to sleep tonight

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Oh.

She's throwing up blood.

It's just the ketchup up you gave her, OK?

Shi!

Hey, Andrew... SARVARI:

It's OK.

It's OK.

Change the bed sheets.

OK.

It's OK, baby.

Hey.

Do you want... do you want

me to just put it outside?

I want you to call reception

and tell them what happened

and get new sheets.

Uh, OK.

OK.

All right.

Mm.

Andrew, what's happening?

Um, I don't think the phone...

Go... go to reception, OK?

Yeah.

Yep.

Yeah.

Andrew, I just need new sheets.

Yeah, yeah. Come on.

Come on. It's OK.

It's OK. Oh, it's fine.

It's OK.

It's OK.

You need to take those and go.

OK.

All right, all right.

Thank you.

DANIELA: OK.

OK.

OK.

Bye.

Going down?

Yes, please.

All right.

How are you feeling?

Are you OK?

Sarvari, you want to get off... yeah, yeah.

You want to get this... this shirt off?

Let's take it off. OK.

All right, all right.

OK.

So, uh, I'm gonna take my sari

off because I also have a stain.

OK?

All right, here we go.

All right.

And, oh, yeah.

No?

OK, I'm not gonna look,

and you can take your shirt

off and give it to me, OK?

OK.

You know, I have these

sheets, but I need a new pair of

sheets.

My daughter threw up on them.

Is she OK?

Yeah, yeah.

She's OK.

She's just a little sick.

Oh, this is ketchup.

She... it's a bunch of ketchup.

Yeah, sorry. No, she's all right.

She's all right.

It's OK, sir.

Oh, a little girl.

Oh, Sarvari.

OK.

All right.

OK. All right.

Let's see.

Oh, yeah.

Good news, Sarvari!

The stain's coming out.

All right.

OK.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, Sarvari.

Oh my god.

What are you doing to her?

I'm not doing anything to her.

She's trying to pick the

lock with the bottle opener.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Sarvari.

I didn't give it to her. Hey, hey, hey.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

OK, she's trying to pick the

lock with the bottle opener.

Excuse me. Why does she...

Excuse me.

I don't know why she has a...

She's a little escape artist.

We can't leave her alone for a second.

Well, we didn't leave her alone.

Sarvari, you have to... thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. It's OK.

I can't let her have it.

I mean...

I was in the bathroom

trying to get the stain out.

What took you so long?

I went... I saw the guy in the hallway,

and he was in the elevator,

and I had to stop him.

And then I had to try to

speak to him about the sheets,

and that took a moment.

And then I didn't have my card.

So then I had to have him

come with me with the master key

and it just all, you know...

It's all getting a little unmanageable.

I'm just trying to get

a little help over here.

Yeah.

Well, that's... that's why

I wanted to get Aruna.

Not from Aruna, from you.

Danny, I did what you asked me to do, OK?

I went and got the sheets and I came back.

OK. All right.

OK.

It's gonna be OK, sweetie.

Susu?

Susu, Sarvari? Susu?

Susu?

I really don't think it's "susu."

Please, don't upset her.

She can perceive your hostility.

Just... just try not to, like,

Um, OK.

I'm gonna go for a walk.

I'm just gonna take a beat.

No, no, no.

You can't... you can't leave us tonight.

This is our first night together.

I'm not helping here.

Please, I just need some space.

Please.

I know.

I know.

I know, sweetie.

Hi.

Hello.

Oh, what is it?

Oh, no.

No, thank you.

Um, candy?

Hey.

I'm really sorry.

What do you say, Sarvari?

Should we forgive him?

You guys wanna go for a walk?

Might help her calm down and go to sleep.

Yeah, yeah.

Let's go.

Should we go for a walk?

Yeah.

Come on.

Off we go.

Hey.

You look tired.

Do you want me to take her?

That's OK, hon.

I have her.

I can take her, Danny.

Hey, Sarvari.

Sorry, I don't think she's quite ready.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Perfect.

We're gonna get the dress as well.

Thanks.

She's a wonderful child. Yeah.

Thank you.

Don't let her forget India.

Actually, sir, can you ask her if she

wants to wear her new clothes?

Yeah, I think I understood that.

Oh, how about this?

Sarvari, you want this?

No?

Danny, my mom messaged me.

She wants to know how it's going.

Huh.

Danny?

Yeah.

My mom wants to know how it's going.

Oh, yeah?

What do you want to say?

Um, I don't know.

I'm gonna say it's going smooth.

All right.

All right.

Thank you.

How much do I owe you?

Hey, she wants to FaceTime?

You wanna FaceTime?

No, no, no, no, no.

Face...

No!

All right.

Will you please have some of this?

OK.

She wants to know when

we're gonna come visit.

What do you want to say? I don't know.

OK. All right.

What is it? DANIELA: All right.

OK.

Sorry.

I am just trying to get this kid to eat,

and she's not eating anything.

So, please... Pops!

Pops! You want Pops?

No.

We've already had red vomit.

We don't need multi-colored vomit.

Put those away.

Pops.

What are you doing?

Pops.

No Pops.

Sorry, Mom said.

Oh, blame it on me.

Yes.

Happy birthday.

Is it your birthday?

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you. Cake.

You want cake?

Cake.

Cake?

Cake? Cake.

Cake!

Eh! No!

Oh.

Away.

Pops!

No, not in your mouth.

In your pocket.

Not in your mouth, Andrew. They're gone.

They're gone. DANIELA: Oh my god.

Pop.

There weren't any more.

Sarvari, eat is.

Eat is.

At least she's not crying anymore.

Yeah.

Bread is.

Hmm?

Babe?

Hmm?

Hey.

Hey.

Hmm?

Stop distracting her.

Sarvari, spoon.

Eat with spoon.

How are we gonna communicate

if she doesn't want to learn?

I guess you have to learn.

Us?

Yeah.

You have to come meet her halfway.

OK.

Yeah, sure.

Let's start with something

simple like "khana"

is food.

Num, num, num. DANIELA: "Khana."

"Khana."

Not "Khana."

It's "Khana."

"Khana."

"Khana." DANIELA: No.

Just "Khana," babe.

Just K...

"Khana."

"Khana."

Is that "Khana"?

Sarvari.

And, uh, moving ahead, let's see.

It's OK. Mm.

It's OK.

Yeah.

It's OK. ANDREW:

What was that?

What did she say?

She says that both of you are really good.

Yeah, I doubt that.

You think she's ready to leave Goa?

I don't make the rules, Danny.

We have to go to Delhi for

visa and for the final review.

It just makes sense to fly out from there.

It's not what I'm saying.

What are you saying?

We're not gonna skip the appointment

after all the work we put in.

Don't... don't be ridiculous.

I'm not asking for us

to miss the appointment.

Don't act like you're on another planet.

You're following the situation, right?

Yeah, I'm following the situation.

I just... I don't know

what you want me to do.

We're gonna move to Goa? Wait.

Where is she?

She's right there with

the girl on the slide.

No, she's not, she's...

Danny, she's with her...

She's not on the slide, Andrew.

All right.

She was just... Sarvari!

Sarvari!

Sarvari.

Sarvari!

Oh.

Andrew!

Andrew! Oh.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

We took our eyes over for a second.

This is yours.

Oh. Thank you.

Oh, don't worry.

You guys are doing a great job.

I just thought I'd get you a

little something to say goodbye.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

OK.

Sarvari.

Um, you wanna come with us to Delhi?

Oh, I'm afraid not.

It'd mean a lot to us.

I'm sorry.

I mean, if you need anything, I'm here.

Well, I think we're all set

for tomorrow, but thank you.

You now have a good trip in Delhi,

and then have a safe trip back to the US.

Come on, Sarvari, why don't you

want to wear your new clothes?

Sarvari.

Sarvari.

How is it possible that at the orphanage,

she was so outgoing,

like a little adult, and now

she's completely uncooperative?

Let her be a kid.

We got to go.

Thanks.

That's very helpful.

We have to take your visa photo,

and your clothes are dirty.

Can you please put this on?

A lot of people.

It would have been a lot quicker to fly.

OK.

I don't want to freak her out.

Baby steps.

We come to India, we're gonna

have a big adventure on a train.

Right.

All right?

Smile, sweetheart.

You get to go home with

Mama and Papa soon, No?

No Mama, Papa.

Sarvari, what are you saying?

Sarvari, tell him...

tell... tell him...

Sarvari.

Uh, it's just she's...

I mean, she's just confused, I think.

Yeah.

She'll come around soon.

Give it some time.

So when do you all head

back to the United States?

We fly back tomorrow Delhi

to LAX, LAX to San Francisco.

All right.

Well, best of luck.

And congratulations on your new family.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Yeah, we did it.

Yeah. Yeah, we did.

Six years.

Oh, sweetie, please, don't do that.

Mama has a headache.

Don't do that.

No, no, no, no.

I'm gonna take this.

Maybe we should have

gone straight to the hotel.

Well, we're here now, so

let's make the most of it.

Sweetie, no.

Do you want ice cream?

Do you want dessert or something?

No, I don't. Maybe she does.

Oh. Sweet, Mama has a headache.

Sarvari. DANIELA: No.

What?

What are you... what?

What did she say?

How am I supposed to know?

Do you have the cards?

Cards.

Uh,

Just a second.

Oh my god.

Give me a napkin, Andrew!

She bit it. She broke the glass.

OK.

Let me look in your mouth.

Um...

Uh, yeah.

Can we... can we... Let

me look in your mouth.

Let me look in your mouth.

Can we...

I'm so sorry.

There's no glass in her mouth.

DANIELA: OK.

OK.

We're gonna take you to the sisters, OK?

Yeah.

Danny, we have the flight tomorrow.

Cancel it.

OK.

OK. It's OK.

It's OK.

I'm so sorry.

What happened?

Reality.

I don't want her hurting herself.

What are we doing wrong?

I don't think we're doing anything wrong.

I think we can use the flashcards

and eat what she eats

and wear what she wears.

But on us, it's just costumes.

I think there's a gap there.

Andrew, people have kids all the time,

and they figure it out.

They... they learn on the job.

Mm-hmm.

Biological parents don't have

to prove to governments and

adoption agencies that

they're fit to become parents,

but we did.

We just have to stay as long as it takes.

No.

Danny, we can't stay here forever.

No.

No, you don't get to just run

away when things get tough.

I am saying, I think we're

all hurting each other.

I just want her to be happy.

OK, OK.

I know, this way.

OK.

OK.

Yeah.

There you go. All right.

Yeah, come on.

OK.

All right.

Daniela and I were wondering, um...

It just, uh, feels like...

We haven't quite gotten through to her yet.

Yeah.

So, yeah... so we're

just maybe... I don't know.

We take her back to the

orphanage for a little bit

and she sees her friends.

I don't know.

And we would stay with her.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Is that...

Absolutely not.

Do you think spending a few more nights

at the institute will make her feel better,

and she would want to go back with you?

Really?

I don't know.

I'm just trying... I'm trying to help out.

I'm trying to, um, explore all the options.

Andrew, we can't.

Getting Sarvari back would

just hurt everybody more.

We all grieve Sarvari's departure.

She's going to leave such

a big hole in our hearts.

I know.

If you know, then what is the problem?

I feel... we feel like

we're kidnapping her.

We want her more than

anything, but we don't want

to take her away from her home.

You know that she will eventually leave

the institute at a certain age.

Yeah. You know that?

Yeah.

I just think sometimes maybe she's

better off, uh, without us.

You want to leave her without her parents?

Without a permanent home?

Is that what you want?

No, that's not what I'm saying.

Whatever we may do, there will never

be a scenario where she won't

have to leave something behind.

Right.

It's just the way it goes.

OK.

Hey.

She feels a little warm.

Yeah.

I don't know.

Might be all the dancing.

Listen, I have to get back to my convent.

And please, monitor that.

ANDREW: OK.

And if she gets any worse,

I'll call her doctor in the morning.

Yeah. Thanks.

She's burning up.

What do you think her temperature is?

I don't know.

Should we call Sister Aruna?

Uh, I think she needs

to go to the bathroom.

Um, susu?

Yeah.

Potty?

Hmm.

OK.

Let's go.

Nah! Oh.

Babe.

Babe, I think you should go.

She wants you to leave. Go, go, go.

OK.

It's OK, Sarvari.

It's OK.

Um, I'll be out here.

DANIELA: OK.

OK.

It's not serious.

She has a small stomach infection.

That's a relief.

I will need to give her

a shot of antibiotics.

That will clear her up.

Hopefully she doesn't bite him.

Thank you.

Billy, so nice to meet you.

Ah!

Oh, what a mighty roar you have.

Don't eat me.

I'm trying to be your friend.

You wanna be my friend?

Wait, where are you going?

Hey!

Hi.

You wanna draw, too?

Did you know that your mama

could teach you how to draw?

Oh, I bet she's already a pro.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, Sarvari, that's beautiful.

Who are all these people?

I think it's Sarvari's family, right?

Yeah.

What did she say?

She asks if you're a mother.

Oh.

Um, well, I guess I am now.

Um, She... she asked about me?

No.

Yeah.

Aruna!

Aruna, hi.

Hi.

Um, well, that was nice up there.

Yeah, it was.

You have such a nice, uh, bond, those two.

It's just really sweet.

Thank you. Yeah.

Can I... I'm sorry.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

How much does Sarvari

know about, you know, all this?

What do you mean?

Well, I don't know.

She seemed, uh, confused,

or maybe, um, it's just not what

I expected from the classes...

Oh, Andrew.

Nobody's ever prepared to be adopted.

Nobody.

Right.

Yeah, I suppose that's...

that's comforting to hear.

Thank you.

Um, it feels sometimes like

she's not sure who we are

or what our relationship to her is.

You know, Sarvari has

never had a family like that.

The orphanage is all she knows.

Right.

Yeah, right.

But someone explained it to her, right?

Someone explained that we'd be coming,

and then she'd leave with

us and, you know, on a plane,

we'd go to the US and we would

be her mom and dad and that...

Come on.

You can't explain these kind of things.

I mean, she needs to experience

them, to feel, to understand.

She's just a little afraid of you.

She's never lived with a man before.

We only have nuns at the institute.

Come on.

Please, understand.

Be a little patient, hmm?

Brown?

You want brown?

Here you go.

Good job.

We shall overcome some day

Oh, deep in my heart

I do believe

We shall over...

You're so good.

Hey.

Hi.

She doesn't know anything.

Let's talk about this outside, OK?

OK.

All right.

OK.

Great job.

All those kids are saying,

Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy.

It means nothing to her.

Of course it means nothing.

She's never had parents.

Right.

They didn't explain it to her.

That's why she acts like a little hostage.

That's why she acts

like we're kidnapping her.

Look, I know this has been

especially difficult for you.

And I'm sorry.

Is that it?

We've been preparing

for this for six years.

What do you want me to say, Andrew?

I want you to help me

explain to her who we are

and that we have to leave.

Oh, OK.

Yeah, I'll just go tell her in Hindi.

I know you don't speak

Hindi, but you two clearly

have a little connection.

Yeah, I'm the mom.

For what, three days?

All right.

Listen, you'll get there.

"You may go into the

fields or down the lane,

but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden.

Your father had an accident there.

He was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor."

Hey, do you wanna

just look at the pictures?

Look at these.

They're talking about, uh, Peter's Papa.

His... his dad.

He got put in a pie.

It's like cake.

Papa, they're like Mammas,

but, you know, cooler.

And delicious, I guess, in this story.

"Now, run along and

don't get into mischief.

I am going out."

Sarvari!

Play with Papa!

How's the water?

Good!

Press this button.

It records whatever's in this box.

Yeah.

Are you gonna be careful with it?

Huh? DANIELA: Careful.

Careful.

You got a good eye.

Yeah.

Good eye.

There you go.

The sun. "Suraj."

Su?

"Suraj."

Sarvari, "aankh."

"Aankh."

"Aankh."

Sarvari, are you enjoying your dinner?

Yeah?

What did she say?

She said hearing you

speak English is like having

a mosquito in the ear.

Oh, OK.

You're lucky she can communicate with you.

Give her some time.

But I must say you really

have been very resourceful.

Thank you.

Look, we're gonna try to

make another attempt to,

uh... you know.

Can you ask her if she's ready?

Andrew, no. What?

No. Why?

No. Please, don't ask her that.

Wh... why?

Completely inappropriate.

Let's just have Aruna ask her.

Imagine how she's gonna feel.

She's gonna have to go at some point.

You know, many kids

cry because they are confused.

Sarvari cries because she

knows exactly what's happening.

You know this process is not easy?

Right.

And, uh, there are no shortcuts.

Of course.

Yeah.

And I'm sure you have some good reasons

for doing this, right?

Yeah.

I mean, we couldn't conceive,

and we really want a family.

Yeah, the opportunity to give a

child who needed a loving home

and parents meant a lot to us.

I see.

The truth is, even with

all the adoption classes,

I wasn't expecting her to

have such an attachment to...

A nun.

Don't worry.

We really want you and Sister Teresina

to stay in Sarvari's life.

We're all gonna miss you a lot.

Yeah.

And India.

You know, it's our greatest joy

to watch these kids

grow up in their families,

even if they don't remember us anymore.

Well, Sarvari certainly will.

I hope so.

That'll depend on the two of you.

Yeah.

What? This one?

I don't know.

This one's really special. I don't know.

I don't know.

This one... this one's really special.

Oh.

Pretty excited to go.

Thank you.

All right, we got one more.

I really wasn't expecting this.

We seem to be getting

through to this young lady.

Get it over here.

All right, go ahead. Oh.

Yeah.

Cheeky.

Um, there you go.

Thank you, sir.

Ma'am.

All right, shall we?

Oh.

No.

I know, sweetie, but we've gotta go.

Oh.

No, you gotta put it in.

Nah! DANIELA: Oh.

All right.

Hey, Sarvari, can you stop, please?

Can you stop?

Sarvari.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. DANIELA: Wait.

No, no. ANDREW: Hey, hey, hey.

No. ANDREW: I don't need...

I'm... No, daddy, doesn't need that.

I don't need it over here.

No. ANDREW: Sarvari.

No.

I don't... I don't need that, hon.

He's... he's done.

Hey, hey, hey.

I don't need it, OK? We're all right.

It's packed.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

OK, OK.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

hey. No, no, no, no, no.

Whoa. No.

Hey, this isn't... no...

Sweetie, no.

No, no, no. Just... thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank... I got it.

I got it. You can...

Sweetie. SARVARI:

You wanna do something?

Can you help me out here a moment?

I mean... I'm trying.

Sweetie... Stop.

Hey! God.

Oh! Damn it!

Are you f*cking kidding me? DANIELA: Hey!

Come on!

What?

Hey.

Stop it.

It's...

What have you done?

I'm so sorry.

Come on.

Come on.

How's it looking?

It's not great.

Thank you for asking.

Why are you angry at me?

I am not angry at you.

All of our memories

from the trip are on this.

I guess I'm gonna go try to apologize.

Good idea.

She probably just needs a hug?

Yeah.

Sarvari.

She's not in there.

Andrew, the tiger's not here.

f*ck.

sh*t, Andrew. She ran away.

I'm gonna talk to the receptionist, OK?

OK. Excuse me?

Excuse me? Sir... sorry.

Sorry. Have you seen a little girl?

No, sir, I haven't.

Sarvari?

I'm so sorry.

Sarvari?

Hey, Danny. I'm... she's not here.

I can't find her anywhere.

I'm going to see Aruna.

I feel like sh*t.

I'm so sorry.

I had no idea she was gonna do this.

Like, she's just a sensitive kid.

I didn't... will you please... excuse me.

I don't wanna talk to you.

I'm done encouraging you.

I'm done convincing you. I'm done.

I'm trying here. No.

Bullshit, Andrew!

Can we calm down just for a moment

so we can try to find her?

I know this was my idea, but have you

stopped to think for one

second how difficult this is for me,

managing both of you.

Sister.

Sister Aruna.

We have to go to the police station.

I'll look for Sarvari

and you can call them.

Are you sure?

Yes.

All right, I'll go with you.

No.

Oh, it doesn't work that way.

We need to go to the

station and file a report.

And one of you has to come with me

because they may need a parent.

OK, you go with Aruna.

I'm gonna start looking.

I am looking for my child.

You can do it whatever the hell you want.

I'm gonna find her, OK? No.

I'm gonna find her. No.

Please?

I need to find her.

Please?

Get the f*ck away from me.

OK.

I'm not... I'm not.

It's OK. It's OK.

You know what? It's OK.

I'll call you.

I'll go explain the situation to them.

And if they need any

of you, I'll give you a call.

Sarvari?

Sarvari!

Sorry, sorry.

Sorry, sorry.

Sarvari!

Sa...

Sorry.

It's, uh... it's my daughter.

Little girl.

Have you seen my little girl?

Have you seen a little girl?

Have you seen a little girl?

Sarvari?

Sarvari.

Sorry, so... sorry.

Sorry.

sh*t!

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry, man.

I'm just trying...

I'm just trying to find my daughter.

I'm just trying to get through.

I'm just trying to...

I'm getting... excuse me, excuse me.

Excuse me.

Hey, this is Andrew.

Sorry I missed your call. Leave a message.

I'll get back to you.

Hey!

Hey!

Sarvari?

Sarvari?

Sarvari!

Have you seen a little girl?

Have you seen the little girl?

You've seen a little girl?

Please, please.

Sarvari.

She's is...

Sarvari!

Sarvari!

Sarvari!

Sarvari!

Sarvari!

Sarvari!

Oh my god.

Hey.

I'm so sorry.

Hey, hey.

Hey.

It's OK.

OK, sweetie.

OK.

OK.

It's OK.

Sorry.

It's OK.

All right.

Sorry.

Let's cut this.

Uh-huh.

How about that?

Hi!

Let's go.

It's beautiful.

Sister Teresina, Shruti, Alisha,

Jamaal, Diya, Krishna, Aarav.

I think she's saying goodbye.

Aruna, I can't thank you enough.

You know, we could stay a

little longer, if we needed to.

Oh.

I think it's time.

Oh, Andrew, how are you feeling?

Oh.

Um, yeah, terrified.

Terrified.

That's good.

That means you're feeling

the responsibility then.

But don't worry.

I'm just a call away.

Thank you.

We may actually take you

up on that, if you don't mind.

Sarvari.

Hmm?

Hmm?

Oh.

Thank you.

Take care.

Bye, Pio.

Come on.

Thank you.

Take care, Andrew.

Thank you.

Sarvari.

Hey.

Hey.

Come here.

Sarvari!

Cheerful.

Piping down the valleys wild

Piping songs of peasant glee

On a cloud I saw a child

A child I saw

And he laughing said to me

Piping

Pipe, sit thee down

And write

In a book

A book that all may read

So he vanished from my sight

And I made a rural pen

And I stained the water clear

And I wrote my happy songs

My happy songs

Every child may joy to hear

To hear