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02:09The truth is there's lots to do in Trollberg
02:11In fact there's a big parade this evening
02:14With floats and decorations and lights and loud music
02:17People in weird costumes
02:20I suppose that sounds cool
02:21I've never seen a proper parade before
02:52Why don't we go down and watch it together?
02:54The subject
02:54You're always saying how you can make friends with elves, trolls and giants
02:58Compared to that, talking to some kids should be easy
03:07Hello, I'm Hilda. I just moved here. Want to be friends?
03:14Hi, I'm Hilda. Nice to meet you. Welcome to Trollberg.
03:20Well, come on.
03:48Psst, come on.
03:52Hello, dear. What can I do for you?
04:00I just wanted to tell you that your flowers are very pretty.
04:08Why, thank you. What a lovely girl you are.
04:21Okay, so, standard can rules. No elbows, no can backs.
04:34No, use your feet
04:49So, uh, anyone going to the big parade tonight?
04:53Parade for little kids and goody-goody spur scouts.
04:56Nice. Check out this rock.
05:00I love rocks. Here's an even better one. Look.
05:04Oh, cool. Can I see?
05:07Hey, that is a good one.
05:18No! No! Stop it! Stop!
05:27Yes, I win!
05:29What's the matter with you?
05:31Oh, um...
05:34What? It's just a bird.
05:36Are you okay?
05:39I'm fine. I think...
05:41Did that bird just talk?
05:43Uh, no. Leave him alone.
05:46Did anyone else hear that?
05:47No.
05:48No.
05:49Let me see him.
05:50No! Come on!
05:52Get away!
05:55We're just scared off the new kid.
05:57It talked! Seriously!
05:59Did you really not hear that?
06:07Okay, we're here.
06:09You did talk, right?
06:12I did. When?
06:16Ooh, how did it go?
06:17It was so nice to see you making friends with some actual kids for a change,
06:21instead of some odd creature.
06:23Uh, yeah. It was cool.
06:33Sign here, here, and here.
06:38Sorry for the hassle, but now you'll be able to see Alpha.
06:42Hello.
06:43And this is my dear fox, Twig.
06:48Oh.
06:50The raven here was attacked by some awful children.
06:53But he seems to be all right now.
06:55Oh, what a tale. This will make quite a report for the elves.
07:00So, what's your name?
07:02Um...
07:03I'm not sure.
07:04Uh-huh. And how do you spend your time here in the city?
07:07I don't know.
07:09Yeah. I hate to say this, but he's not a great interview.
07:12Oh, no. I've lost my memory.
07:15This is bad.
07:16I think I'm important.
07:18Who doesn't?
07:19No, I have to be somewhere.
07:21There's something I need to do.
07:22But I can't even remember who I is.
07:25Who I am.
07:27Am.
07:28Now I've forgotten grammar.
07:30And I love grammar.
07:32You love grammar?
07:33Maybe.
07:34Okay.
07:35Maybe we can figure this out.
07:37What can you remember?
07:38Think hard.
07:43Uh...
07:44I see...
07:45a statue of a bald-bearded man...
07:49with a cape!
07:50How oddly specific.
07:53That should help us find it.
07:54Anything else?
07:55I thought I was bigger.
07:57I've made that mistake many times.
08:00We've got to find that statue and see if it jogs any memories.
08:03In the meantime, don't talk to anyone but me and Alpha.
08:06You never know if it could be someone unsavory like those awful kids.
08:10But we're your friends here.
08:12We'll stick by you.
08:14Who's that?
08:15Shh!
08:17Hilda, it's time for the parade.
08:20Be right there!
08:25I'm sorry.
08:25We'll go out looking first thing tomorrow.
08:28I promise.
08:33Oh!
08:34I forgot my wallet.
08:35Wait right here.
08:36I'll be back in a moment.
08:44What on earth?
08:46Oh!
08:48Come here!
08:48Come on!
08:49Mom!
08:50Wait!
08:51Come back!
08:53Sorry, but our home is no place for strange birds.
08:56Now, shoo!
08:59Don't worry!
09:00I'm here to...
09:02Help?
09:06Got my wallet.
09:07Let's go.
09:11Maybe I should get out more.
09:13I was thinking tomorrow I could go out and explore the city on my own.
09:17Whoa!
09:18It might be better if I showed you around a bit more first.
09:22That is called a walk signal.
09:25Great.
09:26Great.
09:27We're stuck out here.
09:29Oh, chin up.
09:30Maybe we can turn it to our advantage.
09:32Why not find the statue ourselves?
09:34We can fly around and look for it right now.
09:37You're right.
09:38That bad, little fella.
09:39Let's do it!
09:46Oh, boy.
09:53I've forgotten how to fly.
09:55I've forgotten how to fly!
09:58The horror!
10:00Humiliation!
10:01I'm finished!
10:03Done for!
10:04We better just go back to the fire escape!
10:08How?
10:08I'll fly us up to...
10:10Oh!
10:11We'll just have to search for the statue on foot.
10:14I'm a bird.
10:14I don't walk.
10:16If I did, I probably wouldn't have these little sticks for legs.
10:20I walk and I've got little sticks for legs.
10:23Fair point.
10:24Let's go.
10:32Ta-da!
10:33The famous Trollberg bird parade.
10:36It's just about to start.
10:37Ooh!
10:38It's the sparrow scout float.
10:41Let's go and meet them.
10:42I was a sparrow scout myself, you know.
10:49Mum?
10:50What's that bird statue about?
10:52That's the great raven.
10:54This whole festival is in his honour.
10:56He blesses the city by flying over the parade every year.
11:00And, um, what if he doesn't show up?
11:04Well, it's been a long time since that ever happened.
11:07But when it did, the city had a very bad year.
11:11How bad?
11:12Oh, there was a drought.
11:14The harvest was ruined.
11:15That sort of thing.
11:16I want to say famine and plague.
11:20Okay.
11:22Greetings, fellow scouts.
11:23How do you do?
11:25This is my daughter, Hil...
11:27Excuse me.
11:34Hilda, what are you doing?
11:36Mum, I think the great raven might be at our house.
11:38And he's lost his memory.
11:39We've got to tell him who he is.
11:42It was not the great raven.
11:43You just found a raven.
11:45You knew I found a raven?
11:47Yes, and I put him out.
11:49You did what?
11:50I had to.
11:51You can't leave random birds in the house.
11:54He's not random.
11:55He talks.
11:58Well, he didn't say anything to me.
12:00Oh, no, no, no, no, no, come on.
12:02Maybe he's still near the building.
12:10He's gone.
12:11But I know what he's looking for.
12:13The one thing he remembers is a statue of a bold, bearded man with...
12:17With a cape?
12:18You know it?
12:19It's locally famous.
12:21Let's go!
12:23Was it a bald man with a cape, or was it a tall man with a cape?
12:26No, no, it was bald.
12:32Oh, look at those majestic creatures.
12:35They're like giant mittens.
12:37They're called cats.
12:38They appear adorable, but they're quite sinister and love to prey upon birds.
12:45Hey!
12:46I remember cats!
12:50Oh, no.
12:55How'd you find your way around here?
12:57Every street looks exactly alike.
12:59You know, some people think that about rocks.
13:02That's crazy!
13:03Every rock is different.
13:04Well, the city is like that, too.
13:06Take those houses, for example.
13:08Look at the doors.
13:09That one's a nice deep red.
13:11And that one's white with windows on it and a knocker.
13:15And that one's rustic with a wood finish, which I quite like.
13:18I see what you mean.
13:20They're similar, but they've all got their own personality.
13:22And that's just the start.
13:24There's different chimneys.
13:26And lamp posts.
13:27And different cars.
13:29And plants breaking up the pavement.
13:30See?
13:31You're getting it already.
13:32Uh, don't get me wrong.
13:34Troll bugs are still less interesting than a rock.
13:37But it's close.
13:39I think we're almost at the statue.
13:41Come on.
13:47Sorry.
13:48Pardon me.
13:51Oh, that was a close call.
13:54Yeah.
13:55But now we're totally lost.
13:57We'll never find that statue.
14:00Now, now.
14:01Don't lose heart.
14:02Oh.
14:03Where's your friend?
14:04The girl.
14:05We need help.
14:06Helga!
14:08Helga!
14:08It's Hilda, actually.
14:10Sorry.
14:11I'm bad with names, I think.
14:13Actually, I have no idea whether I'm bad with names.
14:16Zelda!
14:17So you can talk?
14:19What?
14:20No, I can't.
14:21I'll show everyone I'm not crazy.
14:27He's not here.
14:28He must not have been able to find it.
14:32Now what?
14:46Where's the great raven?
14:47He's usually here by now.
14:50See, if we want to figure out where a bird would go,
14:54we should look at the city the way a bird does.
14:56Huh.
14:57Good thinking.
15:02Well, from up here, the city is, well, kind of beautiful.
15:09Yes, it is.
15:11I know you miss the wilderness, Hilda, but I promise,
15:15Trillburg is a pretty cool place to grow up, too.
15:18I liked it anyway.
15:22I'm sure it'll be great.
15:25Sorry if I've been a bit of a brat.
15:29And I'm sorry I put the raven out.
15:31It's okay.
15:32I should have told you about it,
15:34but I know you don't like me making friends with creatures.
15:38Hilda, I love that you can make friends with all manner of things.
15:42I just think you ought to be open to befriending humans as well.
15:45I am.
15:46But those kids just weren't a good fit.
15:49They threw rocks at birds, Mum.
15:52Hmm.
15:52In that case, I'm proud of you for not making friends.
16:01I'm telling you, I'm not crazy.
16:04This bird talks.
16:05Go on, show them!
16:06What's that?
16:07Trevor's lost his marbles?
16:09Yeah, I think you're right.
16:19Get back here!
16:23Get off!
16:27What's happening?
16:43Never mind! You're all terrible!
16:48You made me look like an idiot back there.
16:53Hey, it's Trevor.
16:56And he's got the raven with him!
16:58No, no, no, no! I can't lose them now!
17:03Phew!
17:06There they are!
17:09He's the one who hit the raven with the rock.
17:11He can't be trusted.
17:13He's headed for the Bronsted Lane footbridge.
17:15I know a shortcut.
17:24Cruddle sticks!
17:25The raven didn't come.
17:27What's going to happen now?
17:29I don't know.
17:30But a sparrow scout is prepared for anything.
17:33Flashlight, water, matches, camping knife, and rations for three days.
17:38Can I share your rations?
17:43I'm afraid it's every woman for herself in these dark times.
17:57This way!
17:58Right behind you, Mum!
18:06Go, Mum!
18:11Talk to you!
18:12Why won't you talk?
18:13Why did you embarrass me like that?
18:14Why do you hate me?
18:16This is pitiful.
18:17Just talk to him!
18:19Who said that?
18:20No!
18:31You're the great raven!
18:38Hilda!
18:48What's that?
19:01What's that?
19:07I remember everything!
19:17Hilda!
19:26I told you I was bigger.
19:28I only take that little form when I'm being discreet.
19:31I knew it!
19:32You're the great raven!
19:33Well, not exactly.
19:35What?
19:36It was all a big misunderstanding, actually.
19:41A long, long time ago, I was passing over the city when I landed on the statue over there.
19:48The people thought I was the raven messenger of the god they worshipped!
19:53What?
19:53What?
19:54That year, there was a great harvest, and everyone prospered!
19:59They thought it was my doing, so the following year, they started this festival in my honor.
20:05What about the bad year?
20:06Ah, that was the year I missed the festival!
20:10I was off somewhere else, probably at home.
20:13The bad luck had nothing to do with me, but everyone thought they displeased me.
20:18After that, I decided to make the effort to show myself every year.
20:24So, if you're not the great raven, what are you?
20:28I'm a thunderbird.
20:30What's a thunderbird?
20:31They're just a bird for the most part.
20:34But I can't do this!
20:38They seem to like that!
20:42He's here!
20:43Oh, he's here!
20:45The great raven!
20:46The great raven!
20:48The great raven!
20:50It's the great raven!
20:53Restart the parade!
20:56It looks like there's a girl on him.
20:59David, don't be absurd.
21:02I just saw my mum down there.
21:04Do you think you could drop me off?
21:07Mum!
21:12Hilda, you're all right.
21:14Thank you for everything, Tilda!
21:17It's Hilda Hatch...
21:18What's the point?
21:22Where are we going?
21:24Someplace special.
21:45What a lovely view!
21:48Alpha!
21:49Glad you could join us!
21:51Mum, he's in your bag.
21:54I'll sign the paperwork as soon as we get home.
21:59It is a great spot, though.
22:01How did you know about this?
22:03This is where I would come to watch the parade when I was your age.
22:07I know it might not match the view you had up there.
22:14Actually, it's much better.
22:30Actually, it's much better.
22:33To be continued...
22:34One, two, three...
22:35...
22:35One, two, three...
22:40Which is on the phone.
22:42One, two, three...
22:51The one, one, two...
23:02That's so good.
23:09You
24:02You
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