0:01:02 > 0:01:06# The trees in apple orchards
0:01:06 > 0:01:10# With fruit are bending down
0:01:10 > 0:01:15# The flowers' bluest fringes
0:01:15 > 0:01:20# Are curling in the sun
0:01:20 > 0:01:25# In dusty pods, the milkweed... #
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Come here, children.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Come closer.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Take a good look.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32It may seem just a little valley
0:01:32 > 0:01:35with a little stream running through it, but no.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37There are songs and stories
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and lovely legends about this one blessed spot.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It's Sleepy Hollow.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And now, just because you happen to be
0:01:44 > 0:01:45the kindergarten class
0:01:45 > 0:01:47in the very favored village of Tarrytown,
0:01:47 > 0:01:52ou may run and play in Sleepy Hollow...for...
0:01:52 > 0:01:53exactly 15 minutes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Look, a kitty.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04CAT MEOWS
0:02:06 > 0:02:08HE IMITATES MACHINE GUN
0:02:08 > 0:02:11So this will be the shoe.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13You mustn't let Evalynn catch you with it,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Or you'll be it. Ready?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Yes. Ready.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Go.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20# Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe
0:02:20 > 0:02:22# Get it done by half past 2... #
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Dorothy!
0:02:23 > 0:02:24No, I haven't got it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27# cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe #
0:02:27 > 0:02:30# get it done by half past 2... #
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Amy!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35She's dreaming again.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Amy, you're it.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39He's kicking me.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Ready, Amy?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46We never have any fun with Amy.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48She spoils everything.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I'm sure she doesn't mean to.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Amy's a nice girl, only a little different.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Oh, my beautiful.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04You're my friend.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Come play with me.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Amy.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I'll get it for you, Amy.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I'll get it for you.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17I'll get it.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Really, Mr Reed,
0:03:35 > 0:03:36There isn't anything to worry about.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38After all, it was only a slap.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40That's exactly what I told Mr Reed,
0:03:40 > 0:03:41But he insisted upon remaining home from business
0:03:41 > 0:03:43To talk to you, Miss Callahan.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I know it may seem stupid of me, but
0:03:46 > 0:03:47It's not the slap i'm worried about,
0:03:47 > 0:03:48It's the reason.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Something to do with a butterfly.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51They were quarreling about it.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53No. Amy slapped Donald because
0:03:53 > 0:03:55he hurt the butterfly,
0:03:55 > 0:03:56And...it was her friend.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Well, that seems a harmless fancy.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Amy has too many fancies
0:03:59 > 0:04:01and too few friends, and it worries me.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03It doesn't seem... normal.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05You know these fond fathers with their only chicks.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I can see that you're worried, Mr Reed,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09And Amy is a very sensitive
0:04:09 > 0:04:10and delicately adjusted child.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13But part of the blame for that may lie with you.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Perhaps you're overanxious, watch her too closely,
0:04:15 > 0:04:16worry too much.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18The child's bound to feel it.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20It's late, Mommy.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21You haven't forgotten
0:04:21 > 0:04:22my birthday party.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23No, darling.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Your birthday, Amy,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26and I have something for you in my locker.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27A present.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Mommy's having a party for me,
0:04:29 > 0:04:30and I invited Robert and Lois...
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Amy and I'll meet you at the car.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35And Evalynn and Betty and Ruth.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Look at these, Ollie. Aren't they cute?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43There must be one of Amy's here.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Oh, here it is.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49She certainly doesn't seem to have inherited
0:04:49 > 0:04:51any artistic abilities from either of us.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Well, it shows imagination, anyhow.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I wonder if you don't resent that in her.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I'm sure I don't, Alice. It's something else.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Something moody.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Something sickly.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05She could almost be Irena's child.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07But she's not Irena's child.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08There's nothing of Irena in her.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10She's my child.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13All I have to do is look at Amy's eyes -
0:05:13 > 0:05:14deep and blue, like yours.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I'm not a jealous woman, Oliver.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17I know that.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18That's why I can tell you.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20That you think too much about Irena,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Blame yourself too much for her death.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24No, it's not that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25It's because I know what can happen
0:05:25 > 0:05:27when people begin to lie to themselves,
0:05:27 > 0:05:28imagine things.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29I love Amy too much
0:05:29 > 0:05:31To let her lose herself
0:05:31 > 0:05:33in a dream world
0:05:33 > 0:05:34where butterflies become pals.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I saw what happened to Irena
0:05:37 > 0:05:38with her cat people.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I know, dear. I understand.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41But try not to worry so much about her.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Be a little easier in your thinking.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Especially today. Let's forget about it.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48You'd better hurry. I left Amy in the car,
0:05:48 > 0:05:49and she's getting impatient.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50She tells me there's something
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Especially important about a 6th birthday.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53We'll see that she gets there
0:05:53 > 0:05:54in good time.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I'm so happy to have met you, Miss Callahan.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59You're just as nice as Amy told me you were.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00I do hope you'll come to see us.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Thank you, I will.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Goodbye, Mr Reed.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Goodbye, Miss Callahan.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Where is everybody?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Oh, it's early yet.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15It's nearly quarter after 4.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17The party was for 4, wasn't it?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Yes, darling.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Gosh, in my day,
0:06:20 > 0:06:21kids arrived at birthday parties
0:06:21 > 0:06:23before anybody was ready for them.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Well, times have changed.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Ollie, that's for the children to play with.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37No kids yet.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Something's gone wrong.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Maybe I should call somebody.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49All right, Ollie, go ahead.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Call the Millers
0:06:50 > 0:06:53And see if their darling Donald has left yet.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I think I should. 3000-W?
0:06:55 > 0:06:56That's right.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07What is it, Ollie?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Something's haywire.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09What do you mean?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Neither the Millers nor the Irvings received invitations.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12But they must have.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Amy and I made them out together.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16You mailed them, didn't you, Edward?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Well, ma'am, the truth is I gave them to Amy herself to post.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Amy mailed them?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23She pleaded so to do it.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Amy.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30You remember the party invitations
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Edward gave you to mail?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Yes, Daddy.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Did you mail them?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Yes, I did.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Where did you mail them?
0:07:36 > 0:07:37I'll show you.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Amy, not that old tree?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Yes, Daddy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48But I told you about that so long ago.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50You couldn't have been more than three
0:07:50 > 0:07:53when I told you that tree was a magic mailbox.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54I didn't forget.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57But Amy, that wasn't real.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00That was just a story.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02That tree's no mailbox.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Well, there they are.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Look, Amy,
0:08:14 > 0:08:15mother and daddy keep telling you
0:08:15 > 0:08:16over and over again,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18but you go right on dreaming.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Then things like this happen.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23If the invitations didn't go,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25then that means nobody will come,
0:08:25 > 0:08:26doesn't it?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28There won't be any party.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Oh, yes. There is going to be a party.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34We'll have one ourselves.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38You and I and mother and Edward, huh?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Oh, Amy, look. Isn't that beautiful?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Oh, boy, I'll bet that tastes good.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46You've got to blow them all out at once, Amy.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Amy, make a wish.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Wish real hard,
0:08:48 > 0:08:49then blow out the candles,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50and your wish will come true.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52But wishes don't come true.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Certain wishes do.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55But you told me in the garden
0:08:55 > 0:08:56that the wish about the tree
0:08:56 > 0:08:58couldn't come true.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Well, this is different.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Go on, blow.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Oh, Amy, you'll get your wish.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08You know what I wished, Daddy?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I wished I could be a good girl.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Now it's all ruined.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13You shouldn't speak your wish.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16But, Edward, in this kind of wish,
0:09:16 > 0:09:17that doesn't matter.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I can make this sort of a wish come true.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I'll be just like Daddy wants me to be -
0:09:23 > 0:09:25play with the other children,
0:09:25 > 0:09:26not sit around by myself,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28tell the truth...
0:09:28 > 0:09:29That's right, darling.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32And you'll make Mommy and Daddy very happy.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Good morning, Edward.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Good morning, Amy.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Hello, Jack.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Nah.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56(Look who's coming.)
0:09:56 > 0:09:59THEY WHISPER
0:09:59 > 0:10:00What comes next?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Double knocks, of course.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I just seem to stay in double knocks forever.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Of course, it's very hard to do anything
0:10:10 > 0:10:11with somebody breathing down your neck.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13May I play, too?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14You might just as well
0:10:14 > 0:10:16stop being nice to us, Amy Reed.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17We're mad at you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Why?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Because you said you were going to
0:10:20 > 0:10:22invite us to your birthday party.
0:10:22 > 0:10:22And you didn't.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But I did. I did invite you.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Look at that giraffe!
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Run faster!
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Run! Run faster!
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Ditch her!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I did invite you to my party.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39I did! I did! I did!
0:10:39 > 0:10:42We ditched her. Serves her right.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43The old house.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44It's haunted.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46There's a witch in it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Count 3, count 4. Run past the door.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52That's the best thing to say for witches.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Little girl?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Come into the garden.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12It's pleasant and cool here.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Come into the garden.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Little girl?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Step back away from the house
0:11:39 > 0:11:42so that I can see you.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Give me that.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Go away, little girl.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Go away!
0:12:18 > 0:12:19May I have my milk, Edward?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Certainly, little miss.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Thank you.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28You're welcome.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Look at my ring.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33That's a fine-looking ring.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34A lady threw it to me.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Most surely that was a nice lady
0:12:36 > 0:12:39to give a ring to a little girl. It's a pretty ring.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40I wouldn't be a bit surprised
0:12:40 > 0:12:42if it were a true wishing ring.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45A ring that I can wish on like I wished on the candles?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Maybe. If it's a real mourning ring
0:12:47 > 0:12:49like we have in Jamaica, all you've got to do is
0:12:49 > 0:12:51turn it on your finger,
0:12:51 > 0:12:52close your eyes, and make a wish.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54If it's a real mourning ring,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I'm going to think hard for something I want
0:12:56 > 0:12:58more than anything else in the world before I wish.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00That's the clever way to do it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01You look good and hot,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03and good and tired.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Guess you've been playing real hard with your friends.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I didn't play, Edward.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07They wouldn't play with me.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Your daddy isn't gonna like that.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10He had his heart all set
0:13:10 > 0:13:11on your playing with the other children.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I'd better tell him.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Daddy?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Amy, come over here
0:13:22 > 0:13:24and take a look at this.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Your daddy's so pleased with you
0:13:27 > 0:13:28that he's built you a model ship
0:13:28 > 0:13:30for your very own.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32You see, when you're a good girl
0:13:32 > 0:13:34and play with the other children,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36don't go moping and dreaming by yourself,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38your daddy wants to do everything he can to make you happy.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Now...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45You run along and find the other children.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46I wanted to talk to you.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47I wanted to tell you
0:13:47 > 0:13:48about the other children.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Can't you tell me later?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I didn't play with them.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53They wouldn't play with me.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57What do you mean you didn't play with the other children?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00They wouldn't play with me, on account of the birthday party.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Oh, because you didn't ask them.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Well, I don't blame them for being angry.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Why didn't you explain what happened?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07They ran away.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Why didn't you run after them?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I did. I came to an old, dark house,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15and a voice called to me. A lovely, sweet voice.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Now, Amy...
0:14:17 > 0:14:18It's true.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Who did the voice belong to?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It was just a voice.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Look, this is the last time you come to me with such stories.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26I'm sick of this sort of thing.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27But it's true.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Well, let me be the judge of that.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Old dark houses and voices.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Run out and play with the other children,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33and never let me hear anything of that sort again.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Your mother may excuse it as imagination,
0:14:35 > 0:14:36but I call it just plain lying,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38and I'll have none of it, understand?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40My, my, what a coil we're in.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42What's this all about?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Oh, Amy's been lying again.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45No, I didn't.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Voices from an old, dark house.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Did you hear the child out?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Well, it seemed to me...
0:14:50 > 0:14:51You mean you didn't.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52It seems to me the least you could do.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55You can't just jump at conclusions that way.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56I think you're being unfair.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57I'm never unfair!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59You're shouting at me.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00I'm not shouting at you!
0:15:00 > 0:15:01But there's no doubt in my mind
0:15:01 > 0:15:03that you spoil this child.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I'm sorry, darling.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Daddy and Mommy are a little upset.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13You're upset about me.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I made you fight.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I hate for you to fight.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20We're not really fighting, darling.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22We're just having a little discussion.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25You run out and play, and we'll make up.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Go on, now.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I wish...
0:16:08 > 0:16:10for a friend.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Amy looks happy.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Looks almost as if she were playing
0:17:00 > 0:17:01with another child,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Like somebody else were running with her and playing.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Well, nothing wrong with your appetite, is there?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12I didn't even have to coax her tonight.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13That's because she made a promise,
0:17:13 > 0:17:14and she's keeping it,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Aren't you? Yes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18You saw the way she played this afternoon, Edward.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Indeed, I did. Up and down the garden she went,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21laughing and singing to herself.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I wasn't singing to myself.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Oh? I suppose it was to the wind you sang,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28or maybe to the clouds or the sun.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Or perhaps it was to the flowers in the garden.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33All finished, darling?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Yes, mommy.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36All right, come along, then.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Good night, daddy.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Good night, darling. Pleasant dreams.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Same to you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43She'll surely have pleasant dreams tonight.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45She's been such a good girl all day long.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46SHE HUMS
0:17:46 > 0:17:48What are you saying?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49I wasn't saying anything.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50I was singing.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I suppose any note, no matter how sour,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55sounds like a song if you hold on to it long enough.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I thought I'd never forget that song.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59What song, dear?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01The song I was trying to hum.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03The song my friend taught me.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Oh, you'll remember it sometime.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Mommy?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Yes, darling?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Did you ever make a wish?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Oh, lots of times.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Did your wishes ever come true?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Sometimes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I made a wish today, and it came true,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29just like Edward said it would.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Where did you get this ring?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32That's what I wished on.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Edward said it's a wishing ring, and it is.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37But where did you get it?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40At the old house with the voice.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Someone gave it to you?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43But, darling,
0:18:43 > 0:18:44you shouldn't accept gifts from strangers.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Yes, mommy.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Where was this old house?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00On the back street.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01A green house.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Oh, the Farren house.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Do you know the people?
0:19:05 > 0:19:06No, dear, I don't know them,
0:19:06 > 0:19:07But I've heard about them.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Are they nice?
0:19:09 > 0:19:10I really don't know.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12But I do know that you must return the ring.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13You get Edward to take you up there
0:19:13 > 0:19:15and give it back to the old lady.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Well, the mother or daughter -
0:19:16 > 0:19:18whichever one gave it to you.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21But ask Edward to go with you.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22I'll take it back.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I got my wish anyway.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27You mustn't tell anybody or it won't come true.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29But it's already come true.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Shh. Then you must keep it true.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Good night, darling.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Good night.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43# Ranzo was no sailor
0:19:43 > 0:19:45# Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
0:19:45 > 0:19:47# Ranzo was a tailor
0:19:47 > 0:19:50# Ranzo, boys, Ranzo... #
0:19:50 > 0:19:52VACUUM CLEANER STOPS
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Little miss, you're stopping me in my work.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58I want to talk to you.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Mommy says for you to come
0:19:59 > 0:20:01to the old house with me.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I've got to take back this ring.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04You just wait until I finish here.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I've got to dust these ships off for your dad.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Will you come soon? Soon as I finish.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12# His guitar was a dandy
0:20:12 > 0:20:14# Ranzo, boys, Ranzo
0:20:14 > 0:20:16# And was too fond of brandy
0:20:16 > 0:20:18# Ranzo, boys, Ranzo... #
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Now, little miss?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22You're going to be busy all day long, Edward.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23I do suppose so.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25But since you were there yesterday,
0:20:25 > 0:20:26I guess you can get there today.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28That means I can go alone?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32# Ranzo was a tailor
0:20:32 > 0:20:35# Ranzo, boys, Ranzo... #
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Hello, Amy.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Hello. Were you coming
0:20:40 > 0:20:41to see us, Miss Callahan?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43No, darling, I hadn't intended to.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I live right here.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Well, maybe I'll drop in and see your mommy.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Goodbye, Miss Callahan.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Goodbye, Amy.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I like to see a home like this,
0:21:10 > 0:21:11a home connected with people's
0:21:11 > 0:21:14thoughts and work - things they love.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16This is some of Oliver's handiwork.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Good, too.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19It was fun getting this room together.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I should think so.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25It doesn't fit, does it?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Yet it's a part of our lives, too,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29part of our past.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I've often thought of getting rid of it,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33But Oliver wouldn't stand for it.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34You see, it was his first wife's
0:21:34 > 0:21:36favorite picture. She was an artist.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I didn't know that Mr Reed had been married before.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Yes, he was. As a matter of fact,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I was on the point of telling you about it yesterday.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45It was a tragic, terrible experience.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Oliver's never really gotten over it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07What is it?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08My mother told me to give back the ring
0:22:08 > 0:22:11to the lady who gave it to me.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15You're not the lady.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Sit over there.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04CREAKING LAUGHTER
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I quite agree with you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13The sun is not kind.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16God should use a rose amber spot.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Come along.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Here we go.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Sit down, my child.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I've been watching you.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35You couldn't see me, but I could see you.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38It was like peeking through the slit
0:24:38 > 0:24:40in the curtain before the play began.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43You'd be a very good audience.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44I can see that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46If you are the lady who gave me a ring,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49My mother says I have to give it back to you.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Return it to me? Indeed you may not.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I gave it to you as a present.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55But my mother says I mustn't accept gifts from strangers.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Stranger? Julia Farren a stranger?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Why, I've played every theater
0:25:00 > 0:25:02from Boston to San Francisco.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I've played London, Paris...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Oh, those days...
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Those beautiful, shining, golden days.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13But I only came to give back the ring.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14The ring?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17We'll have no more nonsense about the ring.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Let's have some tea, shall we?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Tea will be good, strong, and red now -
0:25:22 > 0:25:24the way I like it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40She's always spying on me.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44She creeps into the room.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46She lives here. Who is she?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49That woman is an imposter.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51She's a liar and a cheat!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54How do you like your tea?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Well, sometimes I get a spoonful of tea
0:25:57 > 0:25:59in a cup of hot milk.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Good.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03It's almost as if there were a curse on us.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05I wouldn't care if it were on me,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07But it seems to be directed against Amy.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I sometimes think Irena haunts this house.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Why, Edward, I thought you'd gone with Amy.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17No. She went running off to some old house
0:26:17 > 0:26:18she was talking about yesterday.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19That's the Farren house.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Is that where she got the ring, Mrs Reed?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23She shouldn't be up there.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25But I told her to go with you.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26She said something about that,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28but she didn't tell me it was the Farren house.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I'll go right over.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Child...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Have you ever seen a play?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I like stories.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Then I'll tell you a story, a lovely story.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Do you know the story of Rapunzel?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45My mommy read it to me.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Oh. Do you know the story of the headless horseman?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49You live here in Tarrytown
0:26:49 > 0:26:52And don't know the legend of Sleepy Hollow?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Ooh, then you must hear it.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I shall tell it to you.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04There. Now, you sit there.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Now, we'll pretend this is the stage.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21The headless horseman.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Why hasn't he got a head?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Oh, it was shot off long ago
0:27:24 > 0:27:26in the great battles that were fought here,
0:27:26 > 0:27:27With the British on one side,
0:27:27 > 0:27:28And the Americans on the other.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30KNOCK ON DOOR
0:27:30 > 0:27:32"There's a knocking at the south entry.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34"Knock, knock - never quiet.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38"Wake Duncan with thy knocking."
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Is my little miss here?
0:27:40 > 0:27:44A little girl with hair about the color of yours, ma'am?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51About time for you to come home, Amy.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55But Mrs Farren just started to tell me a story. Please.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Let the child stay.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I don't know, Amy.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00He'll let me stay, Mrs Farren.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01He'll let me stay.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Good.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Now, Amy, I didn't say.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05On the dark nights,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08on the stormy nights, you can hear him.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11He passes like the wind,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13and the flapping and fluttering
0:28:13 > 0:28:14of his great cloak,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17beating like gaunt wings,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20and the thunder of his horse's hooves
0:28:20 > 0:28:23is loud and loud and louder!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25At the midnight hour,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28down the road that leads to Sleepy Hollow,
0:28:28 > 0:28:29across the bridge,
0:28:29 > 0:28:33he goes galloping, galloping, galloping -
0:28:33 > 0:28:37always searching, always seeking.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39And if you stand on the bridge
0:28:39 > 0:28:40at the wrong hour,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43the hour when he rides by,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46his great cloak sweeps around you.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48He swings you to his saddle bow,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51and then forever you must ride.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54And always, his cold arms around you,
0:28:54 > 0:28:59clasping you into the cavity of his bony chest.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03And then, forever you must ride...
0:29:03 > 0:29:07and ride and ride...
0:29:07 > 0:29:10with the headless horseman.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Come along now.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21I've had a nice time,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24but I have to go home now. Goodbye.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Goodbye.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Thank you.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Little miss,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01don't you never come here alone.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03You gave me a fright, you did.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06But she's such a nice lady.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07I don't want you coming here alone.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09You get me to go with you
0:30:09 > 0:30:10when you want to come here.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11You promise?
0:30:13 > 0:30:14You be sure of your promise.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24A liar? An imposter?
0:30:24 > 0:30:25Your own daughter?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27You called me that,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30yet you're sweet and kind to the little girl -
0:30:30 > 0:30:31a stranger.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Look at me. I'm your daughter.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38My daughter Barbara died when she was 6.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41That was long ago.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46You're only the woman who takes care of me.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Look at me.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53You are an imposter.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09He passes like the wind...
0:31:09 > 0:31:12VOICES AND HOOFBEATS ECHO
0:31:17 > 0:31:19His cold arms around you...
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Loud and loud and louder...
0:31:21 > 0:31:24And loud and loud and louder...
0:31:24 > 0:31:27HOOFBEATS GET LOUDER
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Aah!
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Listen.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39What is it, Alice?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42I thought I heard Amy calling.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45I guess not.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53My friend, I'm frightened.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55My friend.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26I'm glad you came...
0:32:29 > 0:32:31My friend.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38Sing me that song again...
0:32:38 > 0:32:41My friend.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44# Do-do
0:32:44 > 0:32:48# L'enfant do
0:32:48 > 0:32:54# L'enfant dormira bientot... #
0:32:56 > 0:32:58He's a million miles away.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Gathering a few aces, I hope.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01Ollie? What?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03It's your play.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Oh, I'm sorry.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06I was somewhere else.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10# Do-do
0:33:10 > 0:33:13# mmm-mmm
0:33:13 > 0:33:18# l'enfant dormira bientot #
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Good morning, mommy.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Good morning, darling.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29You ready for breakfast?
0:33:29 > 0:33:30I had my breakfast
0:33:30 > 0:33:31while you were still asleep.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33I haven't had mine.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34Well, you know where it is.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35You see the way I'm treated?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37You're the only one who has any pull around here.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Mommy, who's this?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Amy, where did you get this?
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Right in here. Isn't she pretty?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00She was very pretty.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02What's her name?
0:34:02 > 0:34:03Irena.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Irena.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Darling, look. The sun's shining.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Why don't you run out and play?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11All right, mommy.
0:34:15 > 0:34:16Ollie.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Yeah?
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Don't you think we ought to get rid of this?
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Where'd you get it?
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Amy found it in that drawer.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Perhaps you'd better go through the whole bunch.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29There may be others of Irena in there.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32I hope we never have to tell Amy about her.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35There's no need to that I can see.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Irena.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Irena.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Who are you?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20You called me by my name.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Irena - but who are you?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I'm your friend.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I've wanted a friend.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I've wanted a friend, too.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I've been lonely.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33But where do you come from?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35You wouldn't understand.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I come from great darkness
0:35:38 > 0:35:41and deep peace.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42But where is that?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44I cannot tell you.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Will you be my friend for always?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51For as long as you'll let me.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54I shall want you for always.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56For always, then.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02But you must promise
0:36:02 > 0:36:05never to tell anyone about me.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Not even daddy or mommy?
0:36:07 > 0:36:10No. This must be a friendship
0:36:10 > 0:36:13that only we shall have -
0:36:13 > 0:36:15you and I -
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Amy and her friend.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Oh, I like the sound of that.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Amy and her friend.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Amy and her friend.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16One is like a tall princess.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18A princess?
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Of course.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24And two is the prince who kneels before her
0:37:24 > 0:37:26on one knee.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Yes? Yes, the prince!
0:37:28 > 0:37:29That's right.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32This is more fun than just numbers.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Of course.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42There's an oak leaf. Add a maple.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43That one's an elm.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Throw seaweeds into the flames,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49and the fire turns blue.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I don't think that's much fun.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Let's play house instead.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55You be the friend who comes to see me.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57I'll show you my children.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Your children?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01My dolls. We can pretend.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03All right, then.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Button your sweater, darling.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06It's turning cold.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Yes. Winter's coming.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I don't like the winter.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Oh, but winter's fun.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16There's the wind and the snow.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18You will like the warm fire
0:38:18 > 0:38:19upon the hearth
0:38:19 > 0:38:22and the long, long nights.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27All my children are taking their naps.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29We must be very quiet.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32This is Lottie.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33She's very good.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36This is Mary Ann.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37She's good sometimes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39This is Virginia.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42She's hardly ever good.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02These are all from me.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Oh.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Why, Amy!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Let's see what we have here.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07"to mother, from Amy."
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Thank you, darling.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11You can't open them yet.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12You have to put all of them
0:39:12 > 0:39:13under the tree until morning.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14All right, dear.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I guess if you can wait, so can we.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Let's see... "to daddy, from Amy."
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Here's one for Miss Callahan.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25And, um...
0:39:25 > 0:39:26"to Edward, from Amy."
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Good heavens, what could you be giving me, little miss?
0:39:28 > 0:39:30You just wait.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33This one's for Mrs Farren.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36She gave me a ring, so I'm giving her a ring.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39I paid 25 cents for it, too.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41This one hasn't got a name on it.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Amy, who gets this one?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Who's it for, Amy? Do we have to guess?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Come on. Tell us who it's for.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51CAROL SINGERS SING
0:39:53 > 0:39:58# From angels bending near the earth
0:39:58 > 0:40:03# To touch their harps of gold
0:40:03 > 0:40:05# Peace on the earth
0:40:05 > 0:40:08# Good will to men
0:40:08 > 0:40:13# From heaven's all-gracious king
0:40:13 > 0:40:17# The world in solemn stillness lay... #
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Ollie, ask them in.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23# ..To hear the angels sing! #
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Merry christmas. Come on in.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Thank you. Thank you.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Merry christmas!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Take your things off, girls. Put them down someplace.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Your carols were beautiful.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Oh, it's so cold out there!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42You've no idea how cold.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43You could nearly die.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46There's a big fire in the living room.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Edward's fixing something hot for you all to drink.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50So bounteous of you,
0:40:50 > 0:40:52But I've always said you were a most bounteous young man.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Well, the sentiment's mutual, Miss Plumett.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Oh, thank you.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56Right in there.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Oh, my dear Mrs Reed.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Of all the houses we've been in tonight,
0:41:03 > 0:41:05I do swear that yours has the truest
0:41:05 > 0:41:07dyed-in-tradition Christmas spirit.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Plumett ought to have a record
0:41:08 > 0:41:09made of that.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10She says the same thing
0:41:10 > 0:41:12at every house we go to.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13What did you get for Christmas?
0:41:13 > 0:41:14I don't know yet.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16My goodness,
0:41:16 > 0:41:17don't you open your presents
0:41:17 > 0:41:18until Christmas morning?
0:41:18 > 0:41:19No.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21We open ours on Christmas Eve.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23That's considered proper.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Well, I guess we're not a very proper family.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Hmm.
0:41:27 > 0:41:27Can we have another carol?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Of course you may have
0:41:29 > 0:41:29another carol!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31What shall it be, good friends?
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Oh, I know one.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36We know that one!
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Come on, everybody!
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Now remember, we start con vivace, you know.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49# shepherds, shake off your drowsy sleep
0:41:49 > 0:41:56# Rise and leave your gentle sheep...
0:41:56 > 0:41:59# Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
0:41:59 > 0:42:03# Nous le promettaient les prophetes
0:42:03 > 0:42:06# Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
0:42:06 > 0:42:10# Nous attendions cet heureux temps
0:42:10 > 0:42:14# Il est ne le divin enfant
0:42:14 > 0:42:17# Sonne haut bois resonnez musettes
0:42:17 > 0:42:21# Il est ne le divin enfant
0:42:21 > 0:42:27# Angels from heaven around are singing
0:42:27 > 0:42:33# Tidings of great joy are bringing
0:42:33 > 0:42:36# Shepherds, the chorus
0:42:36 > 0:42:39# Come and swell
0:42:39 > 0:42:42# Sing Noel
0:42:42 > 0:42:47# Oh, sing Noel...
0:42:47 > 0:42:50# Chantons tous son avenement
0:42:50 > 0:42:54# Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
0:42:54 > 0:42:57# Nous le promettaient les prophetes
0:42:57 > 0:43:01# Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
0:43:01 > 0:43:05# Nous attendions cet heureux temps. #
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Merry christmas, Amy.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08Merry christmas, Irena.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I brought you a present.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Oh, thank you, Amy.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15You can open it now, I guess.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Lois Huggins says that's proper.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Oh...
0:43:28 > 0:43:30How beautiful.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32It reminded me of you,
0:43:32 > 0:43:33so I bought it.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36It cost me more than all the others.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39I shall wear it on my cape.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Oh, that is more beautiful
0:43:43 > 0:43:46than I ever imagined it.
0:43:47 > 0:43:48I wish I could show you
0:43:48 > 0:43:51to Mommy and Daddy.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52I wish you could enjoy Christmas
0:43:52 > 0:43:54with us.
0:43:54 > 0:43:59You and I shall enjoy Christmas together.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Shall I show you my Christmas gift to you?
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Oh, please.
0:44:06 > 0:44:07Look.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20Oh!
0:44:22 > 0:44:23Amy? >
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Amy, where are you? >
0:44:26 > 0:44:27Amy! >
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Better go in now.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Run along, darling.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Merry Christmas.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Merry Christmas to you, Amy.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Oh!
0:45:02 > 0:45:03Come in, my child.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Sit over there.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13You sit there.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16I brought you a present.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17Merry Christmas.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Christmas present!
0:45:18 > 0:45:21It's been so long
0:45:21 > 0:45:23since I've had a Christmas present.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24There's a present
0:45:24 > 0:45:25you haven't opened yet.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Oh. That's from her,
0:45:28 > 0:45:29that woman.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Well, let's see what we have here.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35In my time, I've had a great many presents,
0:45:35 > 0:45:36Christmas and otherwise.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39The king of Spain gave me that ring.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Ohh! A ring!
0:45:45 > 0:45:48A beautiful ring.
0:45:48 > 0:45:49See how it shines.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Oh, what would I do
0:45:52 > 0:45:54With the king of Spain's ring
0:45:54 > 0:45:58when I have this to put in its place?
0:45:58 > 0:45:59For this,
0:45:59 > 0:46:01this is a ring given me
0:46:01 > 0:46:03out of friendship and love.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Thank you, my child.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07It's getting late. We'd better be going on.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08The family will be waiting.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12Oh... Such a brief visit.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15But, dear child,
0:46:15 > 0:46:20you've made my Christmas a very happy one.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Merry Christmas.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43You didn't even open my present,
0:46:43 > 0:46:45and I'm your daughter.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46My daughter died
0:46:46 > 0:46:48long ago.
0:47:03 > 0:47:04Dismantling a Christmas tree
0:47:04 > 0:47:06always makes me a little sad.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Cheer up. It'll be on us again
0:47:08 > 0:47:08before you know it.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Amy...here.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Take these and put them on the fire.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Isn't it fun to hear them crackle, Amy?
0:47:17 > 0:47:18Uh-huh. I like it.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20I love the smell of pine.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23It's one of my clearest memories - twelfth night -
0:47:23 > 0:47:25burning pine and mummer's plays.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26It's been ages since I even thought
0:47:26 > 0:47:27Of a mummer's play.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30We used to do them every year in college.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32St George and the dragon.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34All kinds of crazy sword dances.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35I even have some pictures of myself
0:47:35 > 0:47:38all done up in tattered green, waving a wooden sword.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39They're in here, I think.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Here we go again.
0:47:41 > 0:47:42Quiet.
0:47:43 > 0:47:44Uh-oh.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45What did I lose?
0:47:45 > 0:47:46I'll get it, Mommy.
0:47:50 > 0:47:51Daddy!
0:47:51 > 0:47:52Yes, Amy?
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Why, Daddy, you know my friend, too.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02You couldn't know this woman.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04She died before you were born.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Why did you call her your friend?
0:48:07 > 0:48:10Answer me. Why did you call her your friend?
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Because she is my friend.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13Ollie, please,
0:48:13 > 0:48:14let's not go on with this.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15The child's trembling.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18We've got to go on. Amy...
0:48:18 > 0:48:20All this time, you've let your mother and father think
0:48:20 > 0:48:22that you'd forgotten that old dream life of yours,
0:48:22 > 0:48:24now we find you've only kept it secret.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25It isn't a secret.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27She plays with me.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29She plays with me in the garden all the time.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32Right out there in the garden. She does!
0:48:32 > 0:48:34In the garden?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Would she be there now?
0:48:36 > 0:48:39She's there whenever I call her.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Now, Amy, I want you to look all around
0:49:14 > 0:49:15very carefully,
0:49:15 > 0:49:17and then I want you to tell me
0:49:17 > 0:49:18if your friend's in the garden now.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Do you understand, Amy?
0:49:26 > 0:49:28She's there.
0:49:28 > 0:49:29Where, Amy?
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Right there, under the tree.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32Amy, there's nothing there.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35There's no one at all in the garden.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36But she is there!
0:49:36 > 0:49:37Listen, darling,
0:49:37 > 0:49:39I want you to look once more.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Take as long as you want. Look very carefully.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45And then I want you to tell me there's no-one there.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46But she is there!
0:49:46 > 0:49:48I tell you there's no one there.
0:49:48 > 0:49:49If you deny that,
0:49:49 > 0:49:51if you insist this woman you call your friend
0:49:51 > 0:49:54is in the garden,
0:49:54 > 0:49:56I'm afraid I shall have to punish you.
0:49:56 > 0:49:57Do you understand?
0:49:57 > 0:49:58Yes.
0:49:58 > 0:49:59All right.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Now...tell me what you see.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05I see Irena.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Amy's never been punished before.
0:50:32 > 0:50:33Not that way.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36It's best for you not to interfere.
0:50:36 > 0:50:37I suppose so.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39I'm sorry to make such a fool of myself.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41After all, a first spanking -
0:50:41 > 0:50:43it's an important occasion.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45I'll be all right in a minute.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46I'll duck into the kitchen
0:50:46 > 0:50:47and see what's happened
0:50:47 > 0:50:48to Edward and the coffee.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17"When children are playing alone on the green,
0:51:17 > 0:51:19"In comes the playmate that never was seen."
0:51:19 > 0:51:21What did you say?
0:51:21 > 0:51:24I was starting a poem - Stevenson's Unseen Playmate.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25You probably know it.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28"When children are playing alone on the green,
0:51:28 > 0:51:31"In comes the playmate that never was seen.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33"When children are happy and lonely and good,
0:51:33 > 0:51:35"The friend of the children comes out of the wood."
0:51:35 > 0:51:37I know it.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38You liked it, didn't you?
0:51:38 > 0:51:39I like it now.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Don't you see it's the same thing?
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Amy isn't lying to you.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44It's an unseen companion.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46Children love to dream things up.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47This is different.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49This is worse.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51It isn't just a childish fancy.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53It couldn't be anything else.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56You see... I've lived through
0:51:56 > 0:51:57something like this before.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01I was married to the very woman
0:52:01 > 0:52:03that amy claims is a friend,
0:52:03 > 0:52:04whose picture she identified.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06That's so easy to understand.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08She'd seen the picture, and had liked the face,
0:52:08 > 0:52:10and made it part of this companion she imagined
0:52:10 > 0:52:11for herself.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13You don't know about this woman,
0:52:13 > 0:52:15my first wife, Irena.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18You don't know what happened to her
0:52:18 > 0:52:20just because she told lies to herself
0:52:20 > 0:52:21and believed them.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23I tried to stop it, but...
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Everything I did was wrong.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30In the end she went completely mad.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32There was a terrible tragedy.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35She killed a man.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Then she killed herself.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39It must have been terrible for you,
0:52:39 > 0:52:42but you can't let this stand between you and your child.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44CRYING
0:52:47 > 0:52:48Amy.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55Do you know why I came to you, Amy,
0:52:55 > 0:52:58why I came to be your friend?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02Because you called to me.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06Out of your loneliness you called me
0:53:06 > 0:53:08and brought me into being.
0:53:09 > 0:53:10And I came
0:53:10 > 0:53:13so that your childhood could be bright
0:53:13 > 0:53:16and full of friendliness.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Now...you must send me away.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22I don't want you to leave.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28You'll remember me for a while...
0:53:30 > 0:53:31Mourn a little...
0:53:31 > 0:53:34But then you'll forget,
0:53:34 > 0:53:36and that is as it should be.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38I'll never forget you.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41If you leave, I'll follow you.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52No-one can follow me.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55Don't go!
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Don't leave me!
0:53:58 > 0:53:59Goodbye.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Please don't leave me.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05Don't go. Please.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Come back, Irena.
0:54:07 > 0:54:08Irena!
0:54:16 > 0:54:18But you're a teacher, not a parent.
0:54:18 > 0:54:19You haven't any children.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20Wait a minute.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22You design ships. That's your business.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24You haven't any special qualifications
0:54:24 > 0:54:26to handle children, other than parenthood.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30I'm a teacher. I've studied children.
0:54:30 > 0:54:31What do the books tell you about Amy?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Just one book -
0:54:33 > 0:54:35It's called The Inner Life Of Childhood.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36There's a whole chapter devoted
0:54:36 > 0:54:38to children like Amy -
0:54:38 > 0:54:39unhappy and frustrated.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Children have only one way of escape -
0:54:42 > 0:54:44they build companions for themselves.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47Some children believe they have a dog or a cat,
0:54:47 > 0:54:49others create children or grown-ups
0:54:49 > 0:54:50for their friend.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51That's an indication of how serious
0:54:51 > 0:54:52it is with Amy.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53You seem to agree with me.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55I have every right to be worried.
0:54:55 > 0:54:56I've never argued that.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58It's just that you're going about it
0:54:58 > 0:54:59the wrong way.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01I still find that hard to believe.
0:55:11 > 0:55:12Irena.
0:55:25 > 0:55:26Irena.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29You've got to be her friend
0:55:29 > 0:55:30so that she won't need other friends.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33You've got to believe what she says.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34Her friend will vanish
0:55:34 > 0:55:35the moment her hunger for friendship
0:55:35 > 0:55:38is satisfied by a real person.
0:55:38 > 0:55:39You're talking about Amy?
0:55:39 > 0:55:40Yes.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42I want to trust her.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44I want to be her friend.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46There's no better time than now.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48She's probably upstairs this minute
0:55:48 > 0:55:49sobbing out her grief
0:55:49 > 0:55:52to a friend who doesn't even exist.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Ollie, why don't you go up to her?
0:55:54 > 0:55:55Well, I'll...
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I'll go up and see
0:55:57 > 0:55:59if she's gotten to bed all right.
0:56:04 > 0:56:05Irena.
0:56:07 > 0:56:08Ollie, what is it?
0:56:08 > 0:56:10Amy - she's gone!
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Operator,
0:56:19 > 0:56:20give me the state police, and hurry.
0:56:24 > 0:56:25She's gone into the woods.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50'And if you stand on the bridge
0:56:50 > 0:56:51'at the wrong hour,
0:56:51 > 0:56:53'the hour when he rides by,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56'his great cloak sweeps around you...'
0:57:04 > 0:57:06HOOFBEATS
0:57:16 > 0:57:19HOOFBEATS
0:57:27 > 0:57:29THUMPING LIKE HOOFBEATS
0:58:16 > 0:58:17I hate the storm.
0:58:17 > 0:58:18I hate it.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20I don't hate the storm.
0:58:20 > 0:58:24It blows beyond me.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27It was on a night like this
0:58:27 > 0:58:29that barbara died.
0:58:29 > 0:58:30But I'm Barbara.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32I didn't die!
0:58:32 > 0:58:33Don't you understand?
0:58:33 > 0:58:36My Barbara was killed.
0:58:36 > 0:58:37No, no,
0:58:37 > 0:58:39you were out of your mind.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41You didn't know anybody.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43You didn't remember anything.
0:58:43 > 0:58:45Look at me.
0:58:45 > 0:58:46Look in my eyes, mother.
0:58:46 > 0:58:49Say that I'm barbara.
0:58:49 > 0:58:50No.
0:58:50 > 0:58:51It's not true.
0:58:51 > 0:58:55Everything you say is a lie.
0:58:55 > 0:58:59You're a poor, lost woman.
0:58:59 > 0:59:01You're not my Barbara.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05You're always worse when that little girl's been here.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08If that child comes here again,
0:59:08 > 0:59:09I'll kill her.
0:59:09 > 0:59:11Yes, I'll kill her!
0:59:46 > 0:59:47What is it, Johnson?
0:59:47 > 0:59:49Dogs tracked her down to here, sir.
0:59:49 > 0:59:51Ollie, they'll find her.
0:59:51 > 0:59:52It's a bad night.
0:59:52 > 0:59:54If anything happens to her,
0:59:54 > 0:59:55it's so much my fault.
0:59:55 > 0:59:56They'll find her, and then you can
0:59:56 > 0:59:57make it up to her.
0:59:57 > 0:59:58I'll make it up to her.
0:59:58 > 0:59:59I'll trust her. I'll believe her!
0:59:59 > 1:00:00We'll have to leave the car here -
1:00:00 > 1:00:01she's gone across the field.
1:00:01 > 1:00:05BARKING
1:00:26 > 1:00:28BARKING
1:00:35 > 1:00:36HOWLING
1:00:53 > 1:00:55KNOCK ON DOOR
1:01:01 > 1:01:02Mrs Farren!
1:01:03 > 1:01:05Mrs Farren!
1:01:05 > 1:01:06Mrs Farren!
1:01:06 > 1:01:09Mrs Farren!
1:01:09 > 1:01:11Poor little girl!
1:01:11 > 1:01:13Poor little girl.
1:01:17 > 1:01:19TINKLING
1:01:24 > 1:01:26Why, I...
1:01:26 > 1:01:28I'll have to hide you... little girl.
1:01:28 > 1:01:30I'll have to hide you.
1:01:35 > 1:01:36No.
1:01:36 > 1:01:39We-we can't hide you there.
1:01:39 > 1:01:42She knows every corner of that room.
1:01:42 > 1:01:45We could go upstairs.
1:01:45 > 1:01:47There's a little room under the eaves.
1:01:47 > 1:01:50I can hide you there.
1:01:50 > 1:01:53I-I rarely go upstairs any more.
1:01:53 > 1:01:57You-you'll have to help me.
1:01:57 > 1:01:59BARKING
1:02:12 > 1:02:15Hurry. Hurry! Yes. Yes!
1:02:15 > 1:02:16Hurry!
1:02:19 > 1:02:20Oh, I...
1:02:20 > 1:02:22I can't do it.
1:02:22 > 1:02:26I-I can't do it!
1:02:37 > 1:02:38Mrs Farren.
1:02:38 > 1:02:39Mrs Farren!
1:03:06 > 1:03:08FOOTSTEPS
1:03:58 > 1:04:00Even my mother's last moment
1:04:00 > 1:04:01you've stolen from me.
1:04:03 > 1:04:05Come here.
1:04:05 > 1:04:06Daddy.
1:04:06 > 1:04:09Come here.
1:04:15 > 1:04:16My friend.
1:04:19 > 1:04:21My friend!
1:04:47 > 1:04:49My friend.
1:05:02 > 1:05:04My friend.
1:05:21 > 1:05:22BARKING
1:05:28 > 1:05:30Amy!
1:05:30 > 1:05:31Amy!
1:05:33 > 1:05:34Amy.
1:05:35 > 1:05:37Amy, darling.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40I thought we'd lost you.
1:05:40 > 1:05:42I thought I'd never find you again.
1:05:56 > 1:05:58Amy, from now on,
1:05:58 > 1:06:01you and I are going to be friends.
1:06:01 > 1:06:02I'm going to trust you.
1:06:02 > 1:06:03I'm going to believe you.
1:06:03 > 1:06:05You'll like that, won't you?
1:06:05 > 1:06:07Yes, Daddy.
1:06:11 > 1:06:13Is your friend in the garden?
1:06:13 > 1:06:15Can you see Irena now?
1:06:17 > 1:06:20Yes. I can see her.
1:06:20 > 1:06:22I see her, too, darling.