Mosley (2019) - full transcript

- Hey!
- Now, that, there it is, uh,

35, goin' on, goin' on,
$40, it's a whole, what, fair deal.

Forty dollars. Come on, now,
give me a 45, 45, anybody?

Hey, right there, bidding is 45.
Thank you, son, I appreciate it.

Nice hairdo.
All right, come on!

Anybody got 50--
55, 55...

Fifty goin' once.
Fifty goin' twice.

Sold that hog
for a $50 bid!

Yes, sir, that's a good hunk
of pork ya got there, mister.

Fill that up
with some onions and shrooms...

Well, folks, uh,
planting time is upon us.



I'm sure y'all gonna be

harnessin' up your donkeys,
your oxen, your mules.

and bustin' sod
this spring.

But I wanna
show you somethin'

real special tonight.

It's a new item here
at Bemus' Travelin' Auction.

Now, hey, it's a pricey item,
make no mistake.

But somethin' like this
could change your--

Yes, sir! Make it
a whole lot easier.

Now, the problem with a mule
or a horse is that,

even though they're strong,
they're just so dang stupid!

- I don't wanna be the butt, Shank.
- Shut up, Ollie!

You see what I mean?

Strength, yeah.



Brains, eh,
not so much.

- But what if you could have both?
- Yeah.

Bring 'em in, boys!

Would ya look at that.

Gentlemen,
these are thoriphants.

Just you look at that
strong back, those legs...

much stronger
than any mule or ox.

But this right here's
the best part.

What's your name,
little feller?

I said,
what's your name, son?

M-- Mosley.

It can talk!

Look! Look!

You see what I mean?

Very articulate.

Now just imagine
the possibilities.

An animal stronger
than what's pullin' your plow now...

Mama,
what's going on?

...but able to think.

- Maybe even do chores around the farm.
- Mama?

You see, a...
a thoriphant is a...

creature you can treat
like an animal,

but depend on
like a man.

These animals are
all the rage

south of Enoch.

And old Bemus has brought 'em
to you special today!

With a little help...

from a friend of mine.

We'll start the biddin'
for this young feller here

at $300.

- Who'll give me three?
- Oh, yeah!

- There, $300 biddin' now, 325.
- Oi!

- Who'll give me 325?
- Over here!

Right there, 325.

Who'll give me
30, 30, 30, 30--

All muscle and brain!
Why, you're lookin' at--

Mama, what's happening?

Come on! This thing can talk.
Come on, 375 there--

Mama?

Somebody
give me $800.

You!
Right there it is,

800 going once...

goin' twice...

Sold to the gentleman
for an $800 bid.

Hey, right there you get 45,
thank you, son, I appreciate--

Mama!

Papa.

Have a nice day,
Mosley.

I'll see ya later.

Chickie, come here.

Good morning, sir.

Haya!

Follow my tracks
in the dust.

Are you good chickie?
You're a good chickie.

Ugh.

Get back
with your sons.

- I don't want my sons to see--
- Then why is your lanes too good--

Shank! Ollie!

Don't you make me
pull this wagon over, now.

You're not
a nice person.

Would you look
at that old hermit.

How long has he been
out here, Bemus?

Since he lost Edna.

Gentlemen and ladies,
brats of all ages,

it's Bemus'
Travelin' Medicine Show,

bringin' ya the finest
linaments, ointments, elixers,

and other
health-related products.

Bemus.

Did you bring
the seed I ordered?

Yeah, but seeds don't pay
the rent, slick, when times are hard.

So if you give me
half a minute here,

I got to move
some product.

My gracious, son,
look at you.

You're covered
in chigger bites.

I mean to tell ya,
it's somethin' awful.

You scratch and you scratch
until it start bleedin'.

Whatever can be done?

Is there no hope
for the working man?

Now that's why you need
Bemus' Salve Ointment!

Hey, Turpin.
I haven't seen you in a while.

- How's your leg?
- Hello, Mosley.

Oh, it's a little stiff.

I manage, though.

Papa, Papa,
are you ready to go now?

Are you ready
to go now?

- Come on, the ti-- Oh.
- Shh.

Sorry.

I won't do it anymore,
I promise.

- Hello, Rue.
- Mr. Turpin,

guess what
I found today.

- Huh?
- It's in the gullies. It's a cave.

- A what?
- It's in the gullies, in a cave!

There's a slide in there,
and I was like, whoa!

And they all went down,
and I was like, whoo!

- Rue, now is not a good time.
- Come on, Rue. Papa's working.

Slashin' prices
left and right!

Somebody lock me up!

All right, Bemus.

You ain't just tryin'
to sell me salve.

Now why are you
really here?

Okay, okay, okay.

He's why I'm here.

This young'un's ready
to go to auction,

and it's
big enough now, oh, is he--

- Oh, he's sort of big enough.
- No!

- Not-Not now, anyhow.
- Aw, come on.

- I'll make us a good prosperingin'.
- No!

- That's the thanks I get...
- Inside, Rue.

Unbelievable!

You've gotta start thinkin'
like a businessman, Simon.

You know what?
If I were you,

I'd add Beggars Field
over there to your property.

Plant somethin'
real quick,

and-- and claim it
as your own...

before too many folks move
out here from town, Simon.

No.

I don't know when
I'd find the time.

Time?
What you ain't--

- That field's no good.
- Mosley, no.

- Uh, son, that's what you're gonna get
- Sir?

- if you don't--
- Huh?

Uh, s-sorry, I didn't--
I don't mean to interrupt...

You see, there's a reason
no one's ever planted in that field.

It's full of roots
and stones, uh...

What's this?

Have you started taking advice
from your animals now?

Nobody asked you...

Mosley.

- Where you going, Papa?
- Come on, Rue.

Mosley?

Come here, quick.

The calf is moving.

Wow!

- He's active, isn't he?
- He?

- Could be a she.
- Oh, yeah, it could be,

but, I don't know,
I've got a feeling

- about this one.
- Oh, a feeling, huh?

All right. But that didn't work
too well for you last time.

It didn't? I thought I s--
I thought I said a boy last time.

Nope.
You said a girl.

- I did?
- Ah!

The tower is
falling down!

Well,
we got a boy all right.

I've been lookin'
forward to this all day.

Papa, are you ready,
are you now?

Come on, let's go,

big guy!

Go where?

My new hiding place
in the gullies. Come on!

Maybe another day,
Rue, all right?

- It's late. I'm tired.
- Mosley.

You oughta see this.

- See what?
- His hiding place.

- What, now?
- Yes.

Why?

This one sounds...

different.

Sounds different?

All right, guys, look, I'm sore.
I wanna go to bed.

If I'm gonna plow that field tomorrow,
at least I want a good night's sleep.

Papa, do you know what
I would do if I had hands?

What did you say?

If I had hands,
do you know what I would do?

Hands?

Like Simon has 'em?

Rue,
what are you talking about?

Mosley...

you should see this.

Over here, Papa,
it's just over here!

All right, I'm comin'.

Lightning bugs?

Great luck!

Now we won't get lost
in the darkness.

- Woo-hoo!
- Hey! Hold on, just slow down a little bit.

Over here, Papa,
it's just over here!

♪ Happy bugs, I love you
You're so happy, I love you ♪

Hey, uh, does your mom know
how far away you're going?

And he's gone.

Down here, Papa!
It's down here!

- Come on!
- All right, I'm comin'.

Gimme a minute.

Hey, Papa!
Oop.

Hey, Papa.

All right, Rue,
where is this place?

This is further out
than I was planning to go.

Come on!

It's just over here!

- Yahoo!
- Rue! Oh, no. No, no, no, no.

Rue!

Rue!

- Down here, Papa! It's fun!
- Well, don't move!

I'll b-- I'll be, uh...

Huh?

Oh, no!

Whoa.

Oh, my gosh, wh--

What is this?

It's our new
hiding place, Papa.

And someone even drew
on the walls.

They're thoriphants,
just like us,

but they have hands.

They walk upright.

- Their backs, they're not bent.
- And they have hands.

They're so tall.

And they have hands.

And they have hands.

Look at 'em.

That one over there's
playing a flute.

And that one over there's
smoking a pipe!

Rue...

- How far does this go?
- Come on.

I'll show you.

Have you gone
that far in?

No. I waited to go
'til you'd go with me.

It's too scary
in the dark.

Papa, are they real,
or did someone just make them up?

Hello, Mosley.

You've been looking
at my drawings again.

I used to be
better at it.

The fewer teeth I have,
the harder it is to hold the chalk.

What are they,
Mr. Turpin?

They are
what we used to be.

Once there were two great
families of thoriphants.

One fled to the north
to escape the evil of men.

The other was
left behind.

We are the descendants
of those who remained.

And over time,
under the oppression of men,

we changed.

Hands were
of no use.

We had strong backs...

bent for labor.

Well, why haven't
they come for us?

They don't know
we're here.

They thought they were
the last thoriphants in the world,

But some believe
one day they will come back,

marching through the fields
to rescue us--

ten feet tall
with massive arms.

Time to work,
you miserable animals.

No.

They're not real.

It's just a cruel thing
to hope for.

Come on, Rue.

Let's go home.

- But Papa...
- It's already late, son,

and we need
to get back.

Yes, sir.

Goodnight, Rue.

Papa, do you know
what I would do...

if I had hands?

No.
What would you do?

Well?
Did you see it?

It's a cave, Bera.

It's not just
a cave, Mosley.

It's proof...

proof that the Uprights
really exist, that

they could be out there somewhere.
That cave could lead us to them.

The Uprights are
just a fairy tale.

Well, don't you at least want
to find out how far that cave goes?

No, I don't. I...

I have to work
tomorrow.

Hey, besides,
didn't we agree not to tell Rue

- any stories about Uprights?
- I didn't tell him.

He found them
in the cave.

- No!
- I know at least four other farmers

lookin' to buy
a young calf like Rue.

- No.
- He's a full year older than Mosley was

when I sold him to ya.

You're just not thinkin'
like a businessman, Simon.

Okay, Bemus.

Once the new
calf is born,

you can take Rue.

Whoo! Yes, siree!
I'll drink to that.

- Hoo!
- Mosley.

Please,
do something.

I will.

I'll talk to Simon
tomorrow.

- I think that--
- Talk?!

You heard
what they said.

You've got time to go,
find out, and then come back.

What, the cave again?
No!

I'm not going back out there
to chase a fairy tale.

I would go...

but I can't.

- Oh, you would go?
- Yes, I would.

- Bera...
- I would run,

and run, and not stop
until I found them.

Mosley,

if we don't
take a chance now...

Come on, Mosley!

Come on, pull!

Aw, come on, pull!

Pull!

You're ignorant, stupid animal!
Come on!

♪ You are so great
I'll dance and

- ♪ All the glory I would see ♪
- I'm just talkin' about scratch right there.

Reach down there and scratch it good...
Oh, right there.

Okay.

Mr. Turpin,

Good morning, Rue.

Do you know what
I would do if I had hands?

- What?
- Hands!

Do you know
what I would do?!

Uh, my gosh,
back is a mess.

Up, boys.
We got some salve to sell.

- Pull!
- Hmm?

Come on, pull!

What's goin' on?

Uh-oh.

Pull!

That field is bad,
ain't it?

- Pull!
- And it's what his thoriphant said.

Quit fooling around.
Don't get wacky. Go, go, go!

Pull!

Pull!

Mosley!

Pull!

Oh.

Go, go, go! Come on!
Come on! Let's go, you two!

- Bemus!
- Is he comin' this way?

- Yeah, he's comin' this way, Bemus.
- Bemus!

Yeah, yeah,
wai-wai-wait a minute, Simon.

I didn't say
it would be easy.

- My plow split!
- What split, the blades?

- Papa...
- No!

This thing stopped
the blade by force!

How's that...

I love
my wagon, there.

I've been
all the way down...

I would run,

and run, and not stop
until I found them.

What?
What's he doin'?

- Papa!
- Rue...

I'm gonna go
back to that cave

Are you gonna go
find the Uprights?

Yes. And I need you
to stay here, Rue.

I need you to be like Papa
until I come home.

That means you have to take care
of Mama, do all the chores.

Can you do that
for me?

Yes, Papa.

And Rue...

Tell your mother
she was right.

She was right
about everything.

Aw, he's just
talkin' to his boy.

No, no...

somethin's up.

Mosley?

Mosley!

Come on, boys,
go, go!

Come on!

Go!

Woo-hoo!
Yahoo!

- Go, go, go!
- Mosley!

Mosley!

Mama!

Come on!

Goldurn piece
of horse dukey.

- Come on, boy, hoof it!
- I'm comin', Shank!

Mosley!

Mosley!

Mosley!
Come on, now!

We-- We've been
together all these years.

Don't--
Don't do this, Mosley.

I'd, I'll...
I'm...

I'm gonna walk fast to walk two miles to go
around your farm to come and go to town

so I don't have
to look at you.

It's like you've got
a rump roast between your ears.

Mosley!

Obviously
he ain't here.

But ya gotta
keep your head.

Now is not the time
for a hissy fit.

You.

Where did he go?

I don't know.

I'm lockin'
the door tonight.

Mama,
is Papa in trouble?

Hey, you know,
all this gives me an idea.

An idea?
An idea?!

Come on now,
Simon.

- Don't get all moody on me.
- Get off my farm!

- What? Simon...
- Get off, now!

Listen to me
for a minute, will ya?

For a small fee,

I could guarantee
the return of your animal.

If ya don't get 'im back,
you pay nothin'!

You can't lose!

I'll pack, Bemus.
Can we please leave now?

Yeah, but we're
comin' back tomorrow.

- Huh?
- Why?

We're gonna go
get Warfield.

Warfield?
Are you serious?

Oh, yeah...

serious
as a heart attack.

♪ I'll be faithful
and true ♪

Come on, Turpin,
get it up!

Is that Bemus?

Yes, it is.

- Now, settle down, settle down.
- Bemus!

- I'm gonna get you, Bemus!
- Settle down.

I'd be ashamed raisin' such a fuss
over a bottle of beauty cream.

It don't work, Bemus.
It don't do nothin'!

I'm a scientist, ma'am,
I'm not a magician.

I used Bemus' Salve
on a wart on my head.

And now
look at it!

Point that thing
somewhere else, will you please?

Is he in?

He just finished
a job, Bemus.

No, no... no.

I got another one
for 'im.

No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no. No, don't.

Don't go.
No, don't, don't, don't...

No, don't.
Don't go.

No, no, no... No, no, no,
don't go, don't go, don't go...

Are you okay?

Don't go!

What?
What are you talking about?

There were sinkholes...
north of town.

- I found caves.
- What?

Caves...

- with Upright drawings.
- Uprights?

D-- D-- D--
Don't go!

It's...
It's a trap!

Whoa!

We got 'im!

- We got 'im, Simon!
- We got 'im!

We're here!

- Papa.
- Hmm?

We got the thing in,
and brought him all the way home.

I told ya I'd get
your animal back.

He's as good as got.

There here's Warfield.

He's a tracker,
a hunter...

catches thoriphants
no matter how far they run.

I'll pay 350.

His name is Mosley.

And I want him
back unharmed.

Y-You unders--
You understand me?

Hey!

Don't you wanna know
which direction he went?

Rue?

Rue! Rue!
Rue!

- Oh-ho! Look-a there!
- Rue!

No!
I'll get him.

Let go!
Let me go!

Let go!

- Rue.
- Mr. Turpin,

what's he going to do
to my Papa?

I don't know.

But we need
to get you back now, okay?

You listen
to me now.

You need to think
of your mother.

The calf will be
coming soon.

You have to be
strong for her.

You know, they say
he ain't just catchin'

runaways these days.

They say he's layin'
traps for 'em, too.

Traps?

- Where?
- I don't know.

But I want
a cut of that action.

Well,
would you look at that?

- Come on. Ollie, come on!
- I don't know about this, Shank.

So...

they really don't exist,
do they?

You're going
back to Simon.

But first...

I get
a souvenir.

Wow!
Look at that one.

Look!
Lookit here.

Who knew
this was down here?

A thoriphant, walkin'
around like people...

just like a little kid's
nursery rhyme or somethin'.

Shank,
let's get outta here.

- I don't like this place.
- Oh, what are you scared of, Ollie?

You think one of them's
gonna jump up and grab you?

Stop it, Shank,
that ain't funny.

Man, Warfield must have
painted all of this

to lure them
thoriphants in here.

I just didn't think
he was the artistic type.

Well, his secret's out.
He's gonna have to split the take now.

No, Shank, no!

No!

No, no, no, no!

No!
Shank! No!

No!

- Huh?
- Huh?

Stop foamin'
in the mouth...

Aah, don't worry, Simon,
I'm not stayin' long...

just until Warfield gets back
and I collect my 10%.

Don't you ever scare me
like that again, Rue.

But Mama, I was just
gonna stop him a little bit.

I can't go after you.
The calf is getting too big.

- But I can be brave, Mama, I can.
- Rue, I...

Ooh.

Ah, that's better.

Rue...

I will tell you when
you need to be brave, okay?

But you have
a little brother...

or a sister
that will be coming.

And remember...

you need to be like Papa
until he comes home.

Okay?

All right, Mama.

Galin!

What?

Galin!

Galin!

Galin.

Oh, this--
this is, this is your fault.

Oh, he's gotta be
around here somewhere.

- I mean, how far could he go?
- You shouldn't have left them!

I didn't leave them, Warnie,
I was just resting my eyes!

Resting your eyes means
you were sleeping on the job.

- I wasn't!
- Aww.

- They're real.
- Galin?

They're really real.

I can't believe it.

Look at the baby.

Coochy-coochy-coochy-coo.

Are you an Upright?
Are there more like you?

Is-- Is there a city
like they always said, a real city

with really real
Uprights just like you?

You're so troubled,
little baby.

- Where's he gone?
- Shh. Do you hear that?

- Whoa, whoa! Whoa!
- Get it off! Hey!

- Whoa!
- Hah!

- Sorry! Sorry!
- Get off him! Get off him.

- I'm sorry, I--
- What are you?

I'm-I--
I'm-- I'm Mosley.

- He's a thoriphant!
- He's not a thoriphant!

- Get back!
- I don't want any trouble. I was just--

What are you doing here?
What's your name?

I'm M-M-Mosley.

- Get back!
- Are you Uprights?

- Get... back!
- Just like in all the stories.

You've gotta help me.
My family, I've left them...

- What a...
- Hey, hey, hey... hey!

- Why are you naked?
- Na-- Naked?

- I, I, I... I...
- Stand up!

- I am, I'm...
- Stand up!

- Warnie! Warnie...
- Stand... up!

He...
He is standing up.

Um...

Right!
Uh, well, um...

Introductions are probably
necessary at this point.

- Mmm.
- My name is Warnie,

and this is Deaver.

- He's my brother.
- Hello!

We are elders
in our community.

And who's he?

- Er, uh...
- Oh, that's Galin.

You have
to forgive him.

His... His mind is not
what it used to be.

Yes, one sandwich
short of a picnic.

What's he doing?

Well, actually, I think
he's talking to that drawing.

He probably thinks
it's one of his relatives.

Galin is
the only one left.

He is the only one
who remembers

living in this place,
long ago, before the Migration.

Well, we didn't think there were any
thoriphants left in this part of the world.

Are they...
all like you?

- Like me?
- Uh, four feet!

No hands.

That can't be
very convenient.

Yeah, it's convenient
for some people.

My master.

- A man?
- It was because of men

that our ancestors fled
this part of the world

- centuries ago.
- But why did you come all the way back?

Old Galin.

Deaver and I are
getting up in years,

but Galin is older
than the both of us put together.

And his
mind is fading.

I think
he can hear us.

But senility has

somehow endowed him
with an unusual power.

He sees visions.

- Visions?
- Eh, usually nothing of consequence,

but they are amazing,
nonetheless.

This time
he's dreamed of fireflies.

- Fireflies?
- Yes...

leading him back
to this part of the world.

- We didn't know why at first.
- Well, I could tell you why.

This is no accident.
Fireflies led me here, too.

- What?
- Yes!

- Fireflies?
- Two great families of thoriphants.

That's what I was told
when I was young.

One escaped
the tyranny of men.

- The other perished!
- No!

When your ancestors left,
ours stayed behind and we changed...

backs bent
for work...

no hands.

Unbelievable.

Do you see
what's happening here?

Our meeting is
the fulfillment of a prophecy,

- the Uprights coming to rescue us.
- Now just wait a minute.

We'll go back
to your city.

- We'll get your army.
- Oh, army.

Mosley, it's not
as simple as that.

- You see, in Kineserath--
- No!

No, Deaver.

Maybe we can
help Mosley.

We can?

We can.

Okay,
time to be like Papa.

Nope.

Just great.

This is amazing.

Whoo! Wow!

Hey,
wait up, guys!

- Uh...
- Hand.

Oh, if only Rue were
here to see this. I--

I bet your army uses
their hands to, like, fight!

They'll hold
weapons and stuff?

And-- And make big fists
to, like, smash things.

Uh, their fists are
very smashy, yes, yes.

Uh, you know what the best
thing about hands is?

- No, what?
- Fingers!

Oh!

- Why's that?
- Well, a hand without fingers is

like having
no hand at all.

Each finger has
its own job.

- Now, the little finger...
- Oh.

is sort of a decorative
number, really.

It doesn't
really do much,

- but is quite cute.
- Oh.

Now, this finger is
my ring finger,

because you can place
a ring on this one.

And you'd be
like a royal king.

Hello.
Hello, my subjects.

But the next two are
the most important fingers.

They work
with Mr. Thumb.

Look at him!
Look at Mr. Thumb!

Hey,
where's my lackies?

Here we are.

These three work together
to do wonderful things.

- Like, like what?
- Yes, yes, like what?

I am breathless
with anticipation.

Like maybe...
pick your nose!

You couldn't resist that,
could you?

Showing off,
being disgusting...

one hundred
and four years old,

and he still acts
like a little bubba.

- I do not!
- Yes, you do!

- With knobs on it.
- Oh, unrealistic.

- Don't let him fool you, Mosley.
- Huh?

He's done it, you know,
I've seen him.

Ah, yep, they're right
up there... right up there.

Oh, just wait
'til Rue meets you guys.

You have to show him
how you pick your nose.

Oh, that's easy.
And how 'bout this?

- Oh.
- And, look at this.

Amazing.

Snap, clap,
crack knuckles...

it's all part
of the package.

And wh-what if-- What if you have
an itch on your back or something?

An itch?
Uh, well, uh...

I would...

Oh.

That feels
pretty good.

Whoa!
I gotta get a turn in.

The itchies.
Sratchy-scratch.

- Oh, that's good.
- Down here? Huh?

Sheesh,
thanks, guys, I...

Nobody's ever done that
for me before.

Um...
here-- here, Galin.

Oh, no, no, no.

Well...

It looks as if Galin prefers you
to his walking stick, Mosley.

You've made
a friend.

Do you mind? I'm afraid
Galin's a bit slow on the trail.

No, no, it's fine.
It's my pleasure.

Oh, look at this.

Why, you can
take them off?

No. No.
See, it's--

- It's just a trick.
- Oh. Oh.

What's this?

This is
the Great Orchard.

Kineserath lies
on the other side.

- Well, then we go through it, right?
- No, no.

We go
around it.

- Around it?
- It's haunted.

Haunted. Really?

Oh, yes.

They say that the world
actually began here,

in this
very spot.

Well,
what happened to it?

The Great
Corruption--

a curse
that started here

and spread
over all living things...

perhaps even bending the backs
of your ancestors, Mosley.

There's nothing
in there now...

only decay
and ruin.

- And ghosts.
- Huh?

Well, a spirit,
to be sure,

guarding the one viable tree
that is left in the Orchard.

Thoriphants go in...

- But they never come out.
- Return.

"Ret"-- It's "return" is
what I was gonna go with.

I was gonna say, out...

- Wait a minute...
- You're out!

Hey! Follow me,
I see something.

I don't think
this is a good idea.

Well, going under the orchard isn't
the same as going in, Warnie.

Perhaps
the spirit won't mind.

The map doesn't
tell us much.

- It may have been a shortcut once, but now--
- Oh, Warnie, why is it

that evertime somebody else has
an idea, you become so...

- Guys?
- Ipse dipso facto.

- I've had enough warning! That's it!
- Guys!

Listen, I'm in a bit
of a hurry here.

I need that
army of yours.

and this is
really a shortcut.

All right,
all right, then.

We'll go under.

But cautiously.

Deaver,
you go first.

Are you tired, Galin?
Do you need to sit down?

Hello. Oh, my,
you're a stern-looking fellow.

Would you like
a grape?

Hmm?

This doesn't
feel right to me.

Oh! And did it feel right
for you to tell Mosley

- a whopper like you did?
- What?

- What are you talking about?
- You lied to him.

- I didn't lie to him.
- Well, you didn't not lie to him.

Ah! What does
that even mean?

- Raining trees, you say?
- All right.

I think your rock
friend is fine, okay?

Hey,
you're ready to go?

I was just waiting
for the right time to tell him.

Now seems
like a pretty good time.

- Stop touching me!
- Oh! Stop touching you... like this?

- Huh?! Uh-oh...
- Oh.

He says
you shouldn't have come here.

Deaver,
are you all right?

Climb, Deaver, climb!

Mosley,
get Galin out of there!

- Go!
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll get out!

Galin, we gotta
get you out of here.

This way.

- Oh!
- Which way do we go?

Galin, come on!
We gotta go!

- Ah.
- Let's go!

Whoa!

Come on!

- Hurry, Mosley!
- Mosley, Mosley!

Definitely not
a short-cut.

Galin!

- Galin!
- Galin, come on!

That'll teach you,
hmm?!

Well, that could
have been a shortcut.

You knew that there was
a very grumpy... something in there.

Oh, it's grumpy,
all right.

Well, you needn't
bother about us!

We'll go around!

Grape?

Okay, you stay out
of the way for safety.

A little guy like you could
get drowned if you're not careful,

and you won't have
that fuzzy feel anymore.

Yeah.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa!

Ow! Ow!
Ooh!

Let's try it again!

Let's try this
one more time.

It's an eye there,
and the thumb is the ear.

Look at this!
Look!

It's a...
What's that?

Mmm, I still don't--
Not sure what I'm seein', all right?

I don't know.
I've got no idea what that is, either.

Well! We lost
a lot of time today

with shortcuts
and vengeful spirits

It's a wonder
we didn't get ourselves killed!

I know, I know,
I... I mean,

how could any of have known it was
gonna suddenly start... raining trees?

Well...
somebody knew.

- Mosley.
- Hmm?

What's in here?

What?

Oh. Yeah.

Uh...

I can't stop thinkin'
about Bera and Rue.

I've been gone a long time. They--
They might not think I'm coming home.

But it'll all be worth it, right?
I mean...

Imagine the look on Rue's face
when I come home with an army.

- Ah!
- Ah!

Ah.

Yeah, I've suddenly got
a craving for a muffin.

- Muffins!
- Does anyone fancy a mu-- a mu-muffin?

- Yes. Muffin.
- Yes.

- Muffin time! Mmm.
- Muffin, muffin, yes!

I think I've got
some muffins in here. Yeah.

I'm so hungry.

Hm. Wonderful. Mmm.

Mosley, tell us
about children.

Yes, yeah,
tell us about Rue.

Rue? Oh.

He's the greatest kid--
adventurous. He's into everything.

I mean, d-- ya know,
how kids are, right?

- Ah. Ah!
- Mmm. Yes.

Yes, clearly.

Ya know, I-I bet
even probably right now,

he's pokin' around
somewhere he doesn't belong.

Ooh.

Wow!

Hmm.

Huh?

No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no!

I haven't got
a piece of cake.

Rue?

What are you doing
out so late?

Uprights!

Are these
pictures of Uprights?

Why, yes,
they are, heh.

Rue, how do you know
about the Uprights?

Me and Pop saw
some paintings once.

But he said
they were fake.

But then,
he went to go look for 'em.

So maybe
they're not fake.

Oh, heh,
maybe they're not.

Will they ever come
to rescue us?

There's an old verse
that says:

"Through the fields
one summer day

"We'll see
the Uprights come,

"Posture straight
and massive hands,

"That dwarf the size
of any man's.

"Removing yoke
and chain and bands,

"Our toil will
then be done."

I can't wait.

Hmm?

Galin?

Hey!

Huh?

- Warnie, Deaver.
- What is it?

Look.

Galin!

No, it'll just be
his overactive bladder.

Galin!

Galin!

- Wake up!
- He is awake, Deaver.

He may be having a vision.
Let's just see where he goes.

- Ah! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Galin! Stop!

This is as far as we go, Galin.
Wait a minute!

Are you okay, Galin?

Are you having
a dream?

Wait a minute now, come on!
Come on! Time to wake up!

- Galin! Time to wake up!
- Galin, please... wakey-wakey now.

Oh, please!
Wake up, old man!

Wake up!
Rise and shine.

Galin, please!
It's not fair.

- Don't dare call me--!
- Yeah, guys?

- Galin, let's--!
- Ouch!

- Hey, guys!
- What, what, what?!

I think you should
lower your voices.

Why?
What's wrong?

- Uh, there may be a hunter after me.
- What?

- A hunter?
- A man hunter?

And we're leading him
back to our city?

I didn't think to tell you
before, but, it's like...

Say, who c--

Who's that?

- The hunter.
- Mosley! Stay with Galin!

Galin, stop!

Whoa! Whoa, oh!

- You, distract!
- Me, district?

I'll ambush!

Your entire life has
been a distraction.

Look at me,
the distraction!

What do we do?
We're trapped!

Believe, Mosley.

What are you doing?

They are
leading us.

Leading us? Wait...
is this like the raining trees?

Nanny nanny boo-boo!

Look at me!
Distracting!

Oh, boy.

Oh, look!

Mosley, stop!

Come on, guys!
Hurry up!

Ha! Go!

You could lose
some weight, you know.

Oh, no, no!

Oh, look... look!

Look, Deaver.

- I'm alive, I'm alive!
- Hey, hey!

- Mosley.
- Huh?

Look.

That's it?

That's
Kineserath?

Hmm.

- Look at that!
- We could be the first flying thoriphants.

Well,
it sure beats walking.

Those weren't
just fireflies, Mosley.

- No.
- What are they?

I...
I'm not sure.

Then how
did you know?

We gotta
keep movin'.

You sure make it
look easy, Mr. Turpin.

Well, Rue,
the secret is to keep your head up

and your eyes
out front.

- Like this?
- There you go.

It's so heavy.

But I didn't spill
any this time.

The more you practice,
the stronger you'll get.

She sleeps
all the time now.

Yes,
it won't be long.

Hey!

Soon you'll have
a brother... or sister.

But don't worry.

I'll be here
when the baby comes.

Ooh.

Warnie!

We're close, Warnie,
we-- we need to tell him.

- Did we make it? Are we there?
- Uh...

yes, but...

- Mosley! Wait!
- Galin!

- There, are you happy?
- I was going to tell him.

Well,
it's too late now!

The city
of Uprights.

Bera, Rue,
we made it.

We made it!
Whoo!

Mosley!

Ha, ha-ha!
This is amazing!

Hello!

- Nice to meet you!
- A thoriphant?

Hey!
Hey!

Hello!
Oop, sorry about that. Sorry.

Thoriphants
living in houses!

Hey! How ya doin'?
It's nice to meet you!

- And it's nice to meet you, too.
- Huh?

Hi!
Hi, everybody!

I made it!

Huh?

Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait a minute, what...?

- Huh?
- What's going on here?

This can't be
everybody.

What's wrong
with that boy?

Where's the army?

- Mosley. Mosley!
- It's just Warnie, sir.

I'm so sorry.
Mosley!

Warnie,
why is...?

- Why is everyone so...?
- Old.

I'm so sorry,
Mosley.

- I was going to tell you.
- You lied to me?

Why? Why would you lead me
all the way out here t...

just for this?!

We have our own
burdens in Kineserath.

Oh, you seem to be
doing just fine to me.

We are dying,
Mosley.

- Dying?
- Yes.

There hasn't been a child born
to us in over a hundred years.

Deaver and I are
the youngest in the city.

Soon there won't be
any of us left.

But extinction isn't
the worst part.

What are you
talking about?

I'm talking
about devolution.

The curse on this world
doesn't just want to kill us.

It wants
to bend us...

to make thoriphants less and less
of what we were intended to be.

Look at you,
Mosley!

Your back is
already bent!

You don't have
any hands!

But you are in danger
of losing something far more important,

something in here.

All your life you've thought
of yourself as an animal--

some man's
property.

But you know there's
something noble inside of you,

something worth
fighting for.

We had
to bring you back.

- And now, maybe together, we can--
- I'm sorry, I... I can't stay.

My family's waiting
for me. I g--

I gotta go home.

Give me
one more day.

I have to report
to our queen.

Look around you,
Mosley.

These are your brothers,
and your sisters.

We, too, are
your family.

Don't count us out
just yet.

Pardon me
for disturbin' y'all,

but I-- but I got
a message for ya here, Bemus.

- Oh, go ahead.
- Well, ya see,

Red sent me out here to tell ya
that he'd buy that old thoriphant from ya.

- Huh?
- Use him to stamp mortar in Enoch.

Yes, sir.
Hoo!

We'll ride back
together.

Turpin, come on, boy,
we're headin' back in.

What?

- What does he mean?
- I think I just got sold.

- I'm sorry, Rue.
- Turp! Come on!

Let's go!

But you can't go.
You can't.

Shh.
Now you remember:

Be like Papa,
until he comes home, right?

All right, Turp,
let's get goin'.

Actually, he's--
he's a very punctual animal.

Mr. Turpin,
it is all true, isn't it?

I mean,
about the Uprights?

Rue,
if you truly believe,

- in your heart--
- That's not good enough, Mr. Turpin.

It has to be
really real...

not just
in my heart.

Get it up!
Come on, Turpin, let's go!

I'm sorry.
I don't know.

I don't know
what's keepin' Warfield, Simon,

but I'll check back with ya
sometime, you know me.

I go where
the profit is.

But hey! I'll be back to pick up
that young fella for the auction.

It's his time,
Simon.

And that'll make us
both a good profit.

You know me!
You--

Up and down
ya go.

It's the Orchard.

Our ancestors built
the city here long ago...

hoping one day to see
the Orchard bloom again.

Mosley.

Oh, Mosley,

if I had but known that our brothers
past the falls were suffering so...

I would not
have let myself...

waste away like this
for so many years!

We stand
with you, Mosley.

We were hoping
you'd say that.

We've made swords!

And some of them are
pretty sharp, too.

Mosley!

- Mosley! Mosley!
- No!

- Mosley! Mosley! Mosley!
- Wait! Everybody! Wait! Wait!

I can't
let you do this.

- There's no way.
- But Mosley... we want to.

- But you can't!
- Why not?

Warnie! Oh, no!

Warnie...

Deaver,
come quickly!

What do we do?

- Follow me!
- Yes, yes!

How'd ya like
the point here of this, eh?

- Quickly, quickly!
- This way, come on.

What do you want,
hunter?

Have you come for Mosley?
Is that it, eh?

Well,
you can't have him!

Leave!

Leave at once!

Galin?

Galin, no!

Galin!

Oh, Galin!

Help me!
Help me get him outta here!

Put him on my back!

Go on!
Get him!

Galin.

Galin,
don't do this.

Do you...

- Do you see the...
- See what, Galin?

the...

fireflies?

He's gone.

Galin.

Mosley, no, no!

- Wait, Mosley!
- I'm sick of running from this man.

All tog--
together we can--

No.
You're too old, Warnie.

He'll pick off every
one of you and you know it.

Your family...
you've got to think of them.

I am
thinking of them.

I'm thinking
of all of you.

- Fireflies.
- What?

- I'll lead him in there.
- The Orchard?

Mosley, you know whatever's
in there doesn't take

kindly to strangers.

And you'll be lost...
or killed!

Deaver, I need you to get them
to a safe place, all right?

Hey,
where you going?

Deaver,
what should we do?

No! Push me!

There we go.

He's coming.

You better
make yourselves scarce.

Mosley...

of all the thoriphants
I've ever known,

you are
the most upright.

Upright!
That's it!

Mosley, there is one living tree
hidden in the Orchard.

If you could find it,
eat its fruit.

What would happen?

The corruption would be
reversed in you.

But remember,
Mosley,

The Orchard Spirit guards
his treasure violently.

What's wrong?

It's a full moon.

No.

Rue, honey...

something's wrong.

Now, I need you
to go and get Simon, okay?

- No, Mama. No! I can't!
- Rue... Rue, listen to me!

Remember when I said
that I would

tell you when
you needed to be brave?

- You remember that?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, I need you
to be brave now.

Go, Rue, go!

Be like Papa.

Be like Papa.

Simon?

Mr. Simon?

My mama is having trouble
with the baby.

Hey!

You wanna hunt me?

Well, come on!

Hunt me!

Oh, boy.

- Fireflies.
- You think you're going to lose me in here?

You might as well have
the plow on your back.

Sheesh.

You won't survive
the next one.

There's not gonna be
a next one.

I have a family.

I don't care.

The Orchard has
devoured him.

No, no!

- Deaver! No!
- I will not lose another friend today!

So it was you...

all the time.

Lightning bugs?

Believe, Mosley.

What do you want,
Mosley?

I want my family
to be free.

Mama?

Mama.

Mama!

- Oh.
- It's going to be okay, Mama.

I'm going
to be okay.

I'll always
love you, Rue.

And your dad...

would be
so proud of you.

I have to go
away now, Rosie.

Take care
of my chick for me.

And most
importantly...

take care
of Mama.

Now come on,
little fella.

It's good doin' business
with ya, Simon.

You won't
regret it!

♪ Here we go... ♪

Come on, now, girl.

Come on now,
we're movin' on.

Hey!

Hey, Bera, what's this?
Get on, now!

Come on now,
move!

Hey!

Mosley?

Papa!

- Mosley.
- Simon.

I'm taking
my family...

and I'm leaving.

And if you know
what's best for you...

Simon...

But Mosley...

Mosley.

What...?

What's happened
to you?

I found them, Bera.

I found
so much.

- Papa!
- Rue!

Rue!

Rue!

Rue.

Do you know what I would do
if I had hands?

Papa.

Hey.

Huh?

Hey, you!

Aw, come here,
come here!

Come here.

Look at you.

- Oh, she's a girl.
- Of course she's a girl.

You had a feeling
it was gonna be a boy

so it had
to be a girl.

Hey,
wait a minute.

I have something.

I have something
for each of you.

Oh, my goodness.

Bera.

- Rue.
- Papa.

You know what the best
thing is about hands?

Fingers.
Boop!

Come here.
Let me show ya.

Pa pa.

Come on.

Hey.