01x01 - The Water Buffalo

[bunniefuu]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

[WATER LAPPING]

[WATER BUFFALO BELLOWS]
[BIRD CALLS]

[BIRDS SCREECH]

[BIRDS SCREECHES]

Huh?
[GROANS]

LUCY: OK, kids, grab some boxes.

I haven't finished
setting up the furniture yet.

That house looks weird.

Don't worry. Come inside.

Look, Pim, you can eat them.

Oh, wow.

Yummy.

Oh!

Oh, joy,
we get to live in a dungeon.

More like a jungle dungeon
with mould and slime and rats.

Pim, stop exaggerating.

You'll fit right in.
Klara, it's going to be great.

It'll feel like home before...
[PHONE RINGS]

[PHONE HITS FLOOR AND STOPS RINGING]

..before you know it.

Well, that's if the slime rats
don't eat us alive.

I just want to go home.
Klara, This is our new home.

Hello?
Grandpa!

Grandma!
Hello.

Give me a hug, my little pup.

Klara, look how tall you're getting.
You're almost as tall as me.

Ah! Oh, we've missed you,
Lucy-Goosey.

We've missed you too.

Ha! Got your nose.

Do me, Grandpa. Do me, Grandpa!
[LAUGHS] Ah!

GRANDMA: Hmm.

I know it's stupid,
but I feel naked without it.

These things take time.

Klara, Come on.

Oh, it is a dungeon!

Oh, there must be dragons.

[SIGHS] Got a flame torch,
Dragon Master?

Mum, the lights are broken.

[QUIETLY] Like my dreams.

I know, honey.

Oh!

Well, there's only two rooms.

You can either share with Pim
or with me.

Oh, pick me, pick me.

It's like being in a zoo.

We all need to adapt, kiddo.

You don't understand.
I need my own space.

I love the zoo.

It won't be forever.

Hey, what's not forever?
It'll be cosy.

Monkey's in the top bunk.

Mum, he still wets the bed.

Oh. That can't be forever.

It's OK, honey,
we have plastic sheets.

What animal are you, Klara?
[SIGHS]

What about Grandma?

Um, a lioness.
Queen of the jungle.

[ROARS]

I know,
Klara's the troll under my bed.

[ALL LAUGH]

Technically not an animal.
[SIGHS]

Dad, you're not helping!

Darling, uh, we're not helping.

[ROARS]

Grandpa, I know you came out here
to do the wise-old-man routine.

Not today.
Well, I'm just unpacking the car.

You know, it'll get easier.

I wasn't asked.
I was just told we're moving.

Your mum needs a little help.

Oh, what about what I need?

Sometimes
things are out of our control.

[METALLIC CLANG, BIRD SQUAWKS]

[LAUGHS]

But change can be good for us,
even when it doesn't feel like it.

Sounding like a wise old man again,
Grandpa.

[LAUGHS]
Help me with the bike, yeah?

Don't worry,
you'll make new friends.

But maybe not them.

Nice bike.
[GASPS]

Looks a bit small.

Who are you?
Who are you?

This is my town.
Well, this is my backyard.

Wanna have some fun?

I can show you around
this dump of a town.

Nah, I've gotta unpack.

Come on, it'll be great.

Maybe next time.

Hmm. Next time. Cool.

See you around, new girl.

[GASPS]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
Yes!

h*! Let there be light.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]

[1950s-STYLE EASY LISTENING MUSIC]

[CRYING, CAR ENGINE STARTS]

[LAUGHS]

Hey, stinky, did you
go to the bathroom before bed?

PIM: Yeah.
Seriously?

After lunch.

Go now.
Oh.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WHISPERS] Miss you guys.

Night-night, night light. [LAUGHS]

[LUCY CRYING]

Mum?

It's alright, darling.

You go to bed, OK?

Klara, Dogboy can't sleep.

Dogboy misses
the sound of the ocean.

[SHIP HORN BLARES]

There's an ocean
right here under my pillow.

And a giant octopus too.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Get inside.

Remember what dad used to say?

Think of a time
when you were really, really happy.

[YAWNS]

Hey, I need you
to run down to the shops, OK?

Isn't that a mum's job?

Klara, please help me out.

Dogboy's hungry.

Brain food.

Oh, that'll tide you over, Pim.

I'm still hungry.
Oh.

Real dogs find food in the wild.

Ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff.

Look, Klara, if you go to the shops
and get some things for lunch,

then you can go exploring.

Hmm? Deal?

[SIGHS] This is not independence.

Ah, helmet.

OK.

WOMAN ON RADIO: ..this next song
will get you going.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

Dogboy eats in the wild.

[GROANS]
The front yard's not the wild.

Yeah!

Anyone for brain food?

Pim, you're a mess!

Put those down.
Where should I put them?

Just somewhere out of the way.

Oh!

Oh, Pim!

It was an accident.

Just pay attention
to what you're doing.

It was an accident. I'm sorry.

Come back.

So, you escaped the claws of boredom?

No, I'm buying something.

Cool skateboard.

They're my favourite band.

Me too.
Really?

Favourite song?
BOTH: Sunlight Fading.

[BOTH LAUGH]

So, wanna hang out?

We could go exploring.

What's your name?
I'm Klara.

Nice to meet you, Klara.

You too, um... What's your name?

Cat.

[HISSING]

So, Klara, wanna have some fun?

[BIRD CAWS]

Hey! I know.

[CAWS]

Come back.

Pim?

Pim!

Come on. I'm sorry for yelling. Pim!

Pim?

Pim!

And then she says,
"Wanna hear a pizza joke?"

So, what did you say?
"Nah, too cheesy."

[BOTH LAUGH]

Where are we?

You don't know?

This will help you figure it out.



Nice.

Think of all the things you hate.

Now focus.

[GLASS SHATTERS]
[GASPS]

[LAUGHS]
Oh, no.

It's my next door neighbour.

What are you doing?

I need to apologise
or offer to fix it.

You're kidding, right? Come on.

Pim! Pim!

[WHISPERS]
Don't step on the cut grass.

[ECHOING VOICE] "Around that house

"there grew a hedge of thorns
thicker every year.

"Until at last the entire house
was hidden from view."

What was that house?
Come on.

Huh? Brain food.

[LAUGHS]

KAT: So, what are your stats?
Parentals? Siblings?

A mother and a brother.

Cool mother?
Klara?

KLARA: Definitely not.

Annoying brother?

[SIGHS] The most!
Especially now we share a room.

Hmm.

Ah!

Three-second rule.

[LAUGHS] Come on.

There's something
I need your help with.

[CAWS]
Huh?

Hey!

Ah! I forgot about the shopping.

You can't leave before you see this.

I was meant to be home ages ago.

It won't take long.

It'll change your life.

Good choice.
[LAUGHS]

Whoa!

LUCY: Pim!

Pim, where are you?

[DEEP SNUFFLING NOISES]

Oh!

[BELLOWS SOFTLY]

Oh!

Surprise.

[LAUGHS]

And away we go.

Oops.

Enjoy your trip to Freakville?

You should have seen
the look on your face. [LAUGHS]

Who was that?

You passed the best-friend test.
Well, you didn't.

LUCY? Pim?

Pim!

Mum! What's happened?
Where's Pim?

He's gone.
What?

I yelled at him, and he...

..he ran away.
Um, why didn't you take the car?

Oh, maybe because
I'm a little panicked, Klara

That's for you.

You like it?

I can get you something
even more delicious.

Ah!

[LAUGHS]

Ah. Ow!

[LAUGHS]

No, not like that.
Just eat the juicy part.

[LAUGHS]

Mum would never let you
in our house.

I wish she would, though.

Why did we have to move?

Everything feels strange now.

What if I don't like it here?

Why is Klara saying
mean things about me?

Maybe I should stay here with you.

[YAWNS]

Think of a time
you were really, really happy.

[BIRD CALLS, WAVES LAP SOFTLY]

Oh.

We'll find him.

Stop!

He's been here.

LUCY: Pim?

Pim, are you here?

[GASPS] Pim.

Why would he be in there?
I think I know where he is.

Pim?

Oh! Oh, thank goodness.

Mum. What...what am I doing here?

I was out in the wild, Klara.

Pim, that's not what I meant.

Mum, this is my fault.

No, I'm the one who's sorry.

The three of us,
we need to look after each other.

We do.

Who was that girl
I saw you with, Klara?

Oh, nobody.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Home delivery.

[ALL LAUGH]

Oh, my little darling is home safe.

But not safe from
the queen of the jungle.

[GRANDMA LAUGHS] Nom nom nom.

GRANDPA: Come on, who's hungry?

[LAUGHTER]

Yum, yum, yum, yum.