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00:00:01I'm Leonie, and I'm seven. The whole town of Oakhaven thinks I'm cursed. I haven't eaten all day. I just
00:00:11stared at the black bread in my aunt's hand, and she whipped me bloody with a thorny vine.
00:00:26What are you looking at? I gave you a soup last, and you still steal food! You! Good-for-nothing
00:00:32leech!
00:00:34Aunt Grace slammed the heavy farm tool right onto me. Stop playing dead! If you don't finish before sunset, forget
00:00:41about dinner!
00:00:42My hands are covered in cuts, and the broken blisters sting interribly. But I have to work, or I'll be
00:00:50thrown out into the wild.
00:00:53Under the scorching sun, I starved and dragged myself to the field. Passing villagers just pointed and whispered.
00:01:00They said Aunt Grace kept all my dad's military pension from the war, but they only pitied me in secret.
00:01:06No one dared to help.
00:01:07Look at the poor thing. Grace is an absolute monster. She spreads rumors that Leonie is the cursed child who
00:01:14brought the dust storms. Good lord, it breaks my heart.
00:01:18Just then, Mrs. Hannon showed up. She's the meanest, greediest woman in town.
00:01:24Oh, look at this! She just snatched people's seeds.
00:01:27Dirt in Oak Haven is growing its own seeds! Since you don't want them, I'll take them.
00:01:31Ada! You wicked hag! Stealing our seeds? Have you no shame? You dropped them them yourself, and now you're framing
00:01:40me?
00:01:40Mrs. Hannon raised her tool looking so fierce. She scared them away. Mrs. Hanson looked like a wicked witch. Everyone
00:01:48was scared of her.
00:01:49Back off! Don't even think about stealing my seeds!
00:01:51And so was I. I'm sorry, Mrs. Hanson. I'll move over there.
00:01:56But I couldn't run. I had to finish Aunt Grace's work.
00:02:02The sun felt like it was burning a hole in my head. I couldn't hold on anymore.
00:02:08Everything went black, and I crashed into the mud.
00:02:16Hey! You wretched girl!
00:02:29Cold water trickled down my cracked lips. I thought I'd die in that dry mud.
00:02:35But the one who saved me was the meanest, scariest woman in town, Mrs. Hanson.
00:02:51And then, Mrs. van so scared I saw you.
00:02:58You have an out of the brush, and I dated my programmers!
00:03:00People can TVs like adad called oillogist.
00:03:00No stocking?
00:03:07Let's remember.
00:03:07You should find a new feed, but women can win.
00:03:07Get up here.
00:03:10Mrs. Hanson, you dropped your bread.
00:03:13It fell on the ground. I don't want it. It's yours now.
00:03:17I knew she left it just to save me.
00:03:20I held on to that muddy bread tight and prayed,
00:03:22kind people like Mrs. Hanson deserve a reward from God.
00:03:26Right then, Mrs. Hanson accidentally kicked a pile of dead roots,
00:03:30and hidden inside was a massive, golden, dripping wild honeycomb.
00:03:40Mrs. Hanson took her lucky find home.
00:03:43She wanted to save the precious honey for her sick oldest son.
00:03:48Mother, this is too precious.
00:03:50You work so hard every day, you should have it.
00:03:55Are you trying to infuriate me?
00:03:57Arthur can barely breathe from his coughing.
00:04:00Do you want him to meet his mather early?
00:04:03Miss Ella, her second daughter-in-law, is super selfish.
00:04:08Her eyes lit up when she saw the honey, just like a hungry wolf.
00:04:16Arthur's minor lungs are already rotting.
00:04:18It's a waste to give it to him.
00:04:19I'm carrying your only grandson.
00:04:21He needs the nutrition way more.
00:04:27Stop!
00:04:28Mrs. Hanson and Miss Martha stormed out in a rage.
00:04:32But right as she crossed the threshold,
00:04:34Mrs. Hanson tripped over a dark figure in the corner.
00:04:38Curled up in the freezing corner was a ragged, bloody figure.
00:04:43It was me.
00:04:44My God, Leoneni!
00:04:46Why are you covered in blood out here?
00:04:51Since I didn't finish the work,
00:04:53my aunt whipped me bloody and threw me out.
00:04:56Turns out, under all that yelling,
00:04:58Mrs. Hanson's had the only kind heart in town.
00:05:02Grace is a wicked, heartless witch!
00:05:05What a bastard!
00:05:09Why did you come to my house anyway?
00:05:12Out of all the houses in the village,
00:05:13you were I and my honey, weren't you?
00:05:15No, Mrs. Hanson.
00:05:17It's because I know you're a good person.
00:05:19Mrs. Hanson,
00:05:27it's because I know you're a good person.
00:05:30Oh my gosh!
00:05:31Miss Martha let me stay?
00:05:33Is this real?
00:05:34No!
00:05:35I don't agree!
00:05:36Get out!
00:05:37But Miss Ella called me a free loner,
00:05:40grabbed me by the neck,
00:05:41and tried to throw me out to the wolves.
00:05:43It hurts!
00:05:44Mrs. Hanson, help me!
00:05:47Please don't throw me out!
00:05:49I'll do anything!
00:05:50I struggled in despair,
00:05:52wanting so badly to live.
00:05:53Right then,
00:05:54a massive 200-pound wild boar
00:05:57charged like crazy
00:05:58and smashed itself to death
00:05:59against the courtyard wall.
00:06:06Because of the famine,
00:06:08everyone in town
00:06:09only ever ate hard black bread,
00:06:11but tonight we had delicious roast pork.
00:06:13Sweet Miss Martha gave me
00:06:15the best piece of meat.
00:06:16I didn't want to eat it.
00:06:17I wanted to repay Mrs. Hanson
00:06:19for keeping me warm.
00:06:21But just as she went
00:06:22to take her first bite,
00:06:24something weird happened.
00:06:27Get lost,
00:06:28you begging little stray!
00:06:29You don't belong here!
00:06:46Miss Ella,
00:06:47I'm sorry.
00:06:49I won't eat it.
00:06:50You can have it all.
00:06:51I don't know why,
00:06:52but Miss Ella bites into a bone
00:06:54and knocks her teeth out.
00:06:56Her mouth is full of blood.
00:06:59Miss Ella is furious
00:07:00she didn't get to eat the meat,
00:07:01but there's nothing she can do.
00:07:03She just leaves in a rage.
00:07:12Leon, you are a good girl.
00:07:16It's morning.
00:07:17Miss Martha takes me home.
00:07:19As soon as we reach the gate,
00:07:20I see Aunt Grace
00:07:22throwing all my things out.
00:07:23She's kicking me out
00:07:24right in front of all the neighbors.
00:07:25Throw all this trash out!
00:07:26Don't bring bad luck
00:07:27into our house!
00:07:28She says my dad is dead
00:07:30and the military won't send
00:07:31any more subsidies.
00:07:41Auntie, please don't kick me out!
00:07:43I'll work harder!
00:07:45I won't eat!
00:07:46I won't sleep!
00:07:46I'm begging you!
00:07:49Get lost!
00:07:50You cursed brat!
00:07:51You killed your own father!
00:07:53Stay away from us!
00:07:55Aunt Grace wants to kick me out.
00:07:57I cry and hug her leg,
00:07:59terrified that dad won't find me
00:08:01when he comes back.
00:08:02She heartlessly kicks me away,
00:08:04grabs a thorny stick
00:08:05and whips me hard on the back.
00:08:07I run out of the house
00:08:08into the cornfield
00:08:09and I run and run.
00:08:16Miss Martha rushes over
00:08:18to protect
00:08:18but Aunt Grace
00:08:19violently shoves her away.
00:08:20Back off!
00:08:21Mind your own business.
00:08:37Take this dead man's trash
00:08:38and go straight to hell!
00:08:47even with the glass
00:08:49cutting my fingers
00:08:50and blood pouring out,
00:08:51I desperately gather the pieces.
00:08:53I have to put the photo
00:08:55back together.
00:08:58Stop it!
00:09:01Stop it!
00:09:02A thunderous roar
00:09:03really comes from
00:09:04the back of the crowd.
00:09:13The thunderous roar
00:09:15shocks everyone.
00:09:17The burly Sheriff Harry
00:09:19violently shoves my aunt away.
00:09:21He drops to one knee in the mud
00:09:23and lifts my bloody body.
00:09:25Mr. Carter,
00:09:25tell me my dad isn't dead.
00:09:27They're just lying to me, right?
00:09:29I beg him in despair
00:09:31but looking at my mangled hands,
00:09:33Mr. Carter painfully closes his eyes.
00:09:36In that moment,
00:09:37the last bit of hope in my heart
00:09:39completely dies.
00:09:41Dad really isn't coming back.
00:09:46Leone is the child of a hero!
00:09:48How dare you treat her like this!
00:09:50She's a jinx!
00:09:51I won't let her pass her bad luck
00:09:53to my son!
00:09:54She's getting out of my house today!
00:09:56Aunt Grace doesn't just
00:09:57want to kick me out.
00:09:59She wants to steal the farm
00:10:00and house Dad left me.
00:10:02And my own Uncle Thomas
00:10:04just guiltily hides
00:10:05behind his wife,
00:10:06not even daring to look at me.
00:10:08My wife is right.
00:10:10We have a son to raise, too.
00:10:12Mr. Carter takes off his hat
00:10:14and humbly begs the villagers
00:10:16to each chip in a little food
00:10:17to raise me together.
00:10:18But those neighbors
00:10:21who once received favors
00:10:22from my dad
00:10:23all make excuses
00:10:25about having no extra food.
00:10:27They even suggest
00:10:29sending me to the workhouse
00:10:30in the city.
00:10:31In that moment,
00:10:32I feel like a dirty rag
00:10:34tossed away by the world.
00:10:36With red eyes,
00:10:37Mr. Carter drags me
00:10:39toward his carriage.
00:10:40I kick frantically,
00:10:42digging my nails
00:10:42deep into the dirt
00:10:44and face covered
00:10:45in blood and tears.
00:10:46No! I don't want to go
00:10:46to the workhouse!
00:10:47I want to wait
00:10:48for Dad right here!
00:10:50Please don't send me away!
00:10:53Just as I'm about
00:10:54to be stuffed
00:10:55into the carriage,
00:10:56I see a skinny
00:10:57but determined figure
00:10:58burst through the crowd.
00:11:00It's Miss Martha.
00:11:01Enough!
00:11:02Nobody is taking her away!
00:11:04I'm going to adopt Leonie!
00:11:06She snatches me back,
00:11:08ignoring everything else,
00:11:10and holds me tight
00:11:11in her warm embrace.
00:11:18I hide in Miss Martha's
00:11:19warm arms like a drowning cat.
00:11:22Even though Mr. Carter sighs
00:11:24and says the workhouse
00:11:25will feed me,
00:11:26I still grip Miss Martha's
00:11:28clothes tightly.
00:11:29She's the last bit of light
00:11:31I can hold on to.
00:11:34Miss Martha,
00:11:36I'll be good.
00:11:37I'll eat less
00:11:38and work more
00:11:39from now on.
00:11:40I promise to treat
00:11:41Leonie like my own child.
00:11:42As long as I have
00:11:44a bite to eat,
00:11:45she won't starve.
00:11:46How bizarre.
00:11:47Someone actually
00:11:48wants to raise
00:11:48this jinx.
00:11:49Martha,
00:11:50I suggest you prepare
00:11:51a coffin for your
00:11:52sick husband first.
00:11:53Right then,
00:11:54Miss Ella,
00:11:55heavily pregnant,
00:11:56suddenly stormed out.
00:11:58Martha!
00:11:59Are you insane?
00:12:00She's just a
00:12:01freeloading jinx.
00:12:03Where on earth
00:12:03do we have the money
00:12:04to raise a stray?
00:12:05Everyone is saying
00:12:07Mrs. Hanson
00:12:08will kick me out.
00:12:09Martha,
00:12:09your family has
00:12:10no extra money
00:12:11or food either.
00:12:12Your mother-in-law
00:12:13will probably just
00:12:14throw her out again
00:12:15tomorrow.
00:12:17You gutter rat!
00:12:19Is talking trash
00:12:20behind people's backs
00:12:22all you're good
00:12:22for in this life?
00:12:23Mrs. Hanson shows up
00:12:25with a dark scowl.
00:12:27Everyone expects her
00:12:27to throw me back
00:12:28into the wild,
00:12:29but the next second,
00:12:31a crisp slap
00:12:32echoes out
00:12:32and the whole yard
00:12:34falls dead silent.
00:12:42You idiot!
00:12:44Don't think being pregnant
00:12:45makes you untouchable.
00:12:46How dare you come out here
00:12:47spewing lies!
00:12:49Now,
00:12:49get your ass back home
00:12:51now!
00:12:58Taking Leonie in
00:13:00was my call.
00:13:01Anyone else got
00:13:02something to say?
00:13:03I'll shatter your bones
00:13:05with this pole!
00:13:07Mrs. Hanson's words
00:13:09hit like a bombshell.
00:13:11She's actually taking me.
00:13:12Turns out,
00:13:13even in this freezing world,
00:13:15someone is willing
00:13:16to face the backlash
00:13:17for a jinx like me.
00:13:19Ada,
00:13:20you've been a cheap shooter
00:13:21your whole life.
00:13:22You hoard rusty nails,
00:13:24but now you're
00:13:25raising a stray?
00:13:26They're dirt poor.
00:13:28Bet they'll trade her
00:13:29for rations?
00:13:30She's a hero's kid!
00:13:31You'll rot in jail
00:13:32for this!
00:13:33Cowards!
00:13:34When Officer Harry
00:13:35begged for food,
00:13:36it was crickets.
00:13:37Now I step up,
00:13:38and suddenly you've
00:13:39all got an opinion?
00:13:40You want her?
00:13:41Take her!
00:13:42No?
00:13:42Then shut your mouths!
00:13:46Listen up, Leonie.
00:13:47You'll be cold,
00:13:48hungry,
00:13:49and working your fingers
00:13:50to the bone.
00:13:51Can you handle that?
00:13:53I can!
00:13:54I'll wash clothes,
00:13:56gather wood,
00:13:56and take care of Mr. Arthur.
00:13:58When I'm older,
00:13:59I swear I'll make it up to you.
00:14:01All right, then.
00:14:02From now on,
00:14:03I'm your grandma,
00:14:04and Martha is your mom.
00:14:07Grandma!
00:14:10Mom!
00:14:13Not so fast!
00:14:14You want the kid?
00:14:16You owe me rations
00:14:17for my trouble!
00:14:18Are you crazy, Grace?
00:14:19You just refused
00:14:21to take her!
00:14:21You can't shake
00:14:22Ada down for food now!
00:14:23The orphanage is free!
00:14:25But a private adoption?
00:14:29That's a deal.
00:14:30Five pounds
00:14:30of premium flour.
00:14:32Not an ounce less,
00:14:33or she stays put.
00:14:43I was terrified
00:14:44Mrs. Hanson would back out.
00:14:46Five pounds of flour
00:14:47just for me?
00:14:48That's a whole month's
00:14:49worth of bread
00:14:49for a family.
00:14:50Fine!
00:14:51Deal!
00:14:51What?
00:14:53Ada actually agreed?
00:14:55We're writing a contract
00:14:56to cut all ties
00:14:57right here.
00:14:58From this moment on,
00:15:00Leonie has nothing
00:15:00to do with you two animals.
00:15:02Dead or alive,
00:15:03we go our separate ways.
00:15:06Fine by me!
00:15:06Who wants this jinx anyway?
00:15:09Thomas,
00:15:09go write up the contract!
00:15:14Just as Aunt Grace
00:15:15smugly carries
00:15:16the flour inside,
00:15:18she trips over nothing.
00:15:20The flour she traded me for
00:15:22is completely blown away
00:15:24by the wind.
00:15:49See that?
00:15:50God is watching!
00:15:52Leonie,
00:15:53let's go home!
00:15:54For the first time,
00:15:55the cramped cabin
00:15:57feels warm from the fire.
00:15:59Mrs. Hanson curses
00:16:00the whole time,
00:16:01calling the thick wool blanket
00:16:03Miss Martha spent
00:16:04three months knitting
00:16:05a piece of junk,
00:16:06but she tossed it
00:16:07right into my arms.
00:16:08This junk is stiff
00:16:09and stinky!
00:16:10Hurry up and make a bed
00:16:11for this unlucky brat
00:16:12and don't get my floor dirty!
00:16:16Grandma Ada calls
00:16:18that beautiful wool blanket
00:16:19junk,
00:16:20but she has sick
00:16:22Mr. Arthur
00:16:22tuck me in with it.
00:16:24In this moment,
00:16:25I finally have a home.
00:16:27Thank you, Grandma.
00:16:30Thank you, Mom.
00:16:33Thank you, Mr. Arthur.
00:16:36Mr. Arthur tells me
00:16:37to call him Dad.
00:16:38He says until my real dad
00:16:40comes back,
00:16:40he'll protect me
00:16:41with his life.
00:16:42I'm finally not
00:16:43an unwanted kid anymore.
00:16:50Good Lord!
00:16:53How could that wicked woman
00:16:54do this?
00:16:55Martha,
00:16:56go sell my wool coat.
00:16:59Use the money
00:16:59to build up her strength.
00:17:01To buy me meat.
00:17:02Dad even wants to sell
00:17:03his winter coat.
00:17:04Grandma slams the table
00:17:06and stops him
00:17:07because without it,
00:17:08Dad won't survive the winter.
00:17:10Mom cries and says
00:17:11the doctor told them
00:17:12a natural hot spring
00:17:13could turn Dad's health around.
00:17:15But in Oak Haven,
00:17:16where it hasn't rained
00:17:17in three years,
00:17:19that's impossible.
00:17:20Don't be scared, Dad.
00:17:21I'll pray to the angels.
00:17:22You're going to get better.
00:17:26I pray to the angels
00:17:28with all my heart.
00:17:29I'd give up ten years
00:17:31of my life
00:17:31for Dad's health.
00:17:32I run to the back hill
00:17:34wanting to do more chores
00:17:36for the family.
00:17:37With a loud pop,
00:17:38I easily pull
00:17:39a deep-rooted stump
00:17:41right out of the ground.
00:17:43Then,
00:17:43a blast of hot,
00:17:45wet steam
00:17:46shoots into the sky
00:17:48like a giant dragon.
00:17:49Grandma!
00:17:50Mom!
00:17:51Come out quick!
00:17:52I broke the ground!
00:17:55Hearing my scream,
00:17:57Grandma Ad
00:17:58rushes over first.
00:17:59I think I broke the earth
00:18:01and caused a huge disaster.
00:18:04But when she touches
00:18:05the boiling water
00:18:06with trembling hands,
00:18:07she laughs
00:18:08and cries
00:18:10like a kid.
00:18:11It's hot!
00:18:12The water is hot!
00:18:13It's a natural hot spring!
00:18:37hot spring!
00:18:37A hot spring!
00:18:38It's a real hot spring!
00:18:41Arthur!
00:18:43My son!
00:18:44The doctor said
00:18:45a hot spring
00:18:46could save your lungs!
00:18:47You're saved!
00:18:49Mom hugs me tight
00:18:50and kisses my face
00:18:51in excitement.
00:18:52She says
00:18:53I'm an angel
00:18:54sent by God.
00:18:55It turns out
00:18:56I'm not unwanted trash.
00:18:57I can be someone's
00:18:58salvation too.
00:19:01But when I happily
00:19:02return to the yard,
00:19:04I'm greeted
00:19:05by two icy faces.
00:19:07Miss Ella
00:19:07and Aunt Grace
00:19:08are whispering together.
00:19:10Their glares
00:19:11pierce my heart
00:19:12like poison swords.
00:19:14What rotten luck!
00:19:16We're already
00:19:16too poor to eat
00:19:17and now we have
00:19:17to share food with her.
00:19:19Ella,
00:19:19I'm telling you,
00:19:21stay away from them.
00:19:22That Leone
00:19:23brings nothing
00:19:24but bad luck.
00:19:30But remembering bad
00:19:32spent all his money
00:19:33on medicine.
00:19:34I can't bear to see
00:19:36this family
00:19:36tear itself apart
00:19:37over me.
00:19:38Miss Ella,
00:19:40please don't be mad.
00:19:41I won't fight
00:19:42for anything.
00:19:43I'll help take care
00:19:44of the baby
00:19:45and I won't eat
00:19:46the good food.
00:19:49Liar!
00:19:50Are you gonna let her
00:19:51pass her bad luck
00:19:52to your son?
00:19:53Her curse
00:19:54will kill your son!
00:19:56Pete!
00:20:03Get lost!
00:20:04Don't touch me
00:20:05with your dirty hands!
00:20:16Aunt Grace screams
00:20:18that I'm a monster
00:20:19who kills families,
00:20:21pushing Miss Ella
00:20:22to attack me
00:20:23just as I try
00:20:24to beg again.
00:20:25Ella winds up
00:20:26and slaps me
00:20:27hard across the face.
00:20:32My face burns
00:20:33like it's on fire
00:20:34but I don't cry.
00:20:37Grandma Ada
00:20:37told me
00:20:38if I'm bullied
00:20:39and oppressed
00:20:40I have to fight back.
00:20:42I have to fight back.
00:20:42Leone,
00:20:42you are a child
00:20:43of this house.
00:20:45When you get bullied,
00:20:46you fight back.
00:20:47Grandma helps me
00:20:48raise my hand
00:20:49and aim at Aunt Grace
00:20:50who's waiting
00:20:52for a laugh.
00:20:53The stone hits
00:20:54her shoulder
00:20:54dead on.
00:20:55My shoulder's hurt!
00:20:57Help!
00:20:57I watch Aunt Grace
00:20:59run away.
00:21:00She used to seem
00:21:01like a giant fence
00:21:02to me.
00:21:03But now,
00:21:03she looks like
00:21:04a panicked gray rat
00:21:06scurrying around.
00:21:07Grandma Ada
00:21:08is like a massive tree
00:21:10shielding me
00:21:11from the storm.
00:21:11She publicly announces
00:21:13she's cutting ties
00:21:14with Miss Ella.
00:21:15Leone is my chosen
00:21:16granddaughter!
00:21:17She's no jinx!
00:21:18Mother!
00:21:18Your real grandson
00:21:20is right here!
00:21:21Arthur is a cripple
00:21:22and Martha can't have kids!
00:21:24If you insist
00:21:24on keeping this jinx,
00:21:25we're cutting ties.
00:21:26Fine, I agree!
00:21:28Mom and Dad
00:21:29pull Grandma's sleeves
00:21:30begging her
00:21:31not to act rashly
00:21:33but she firmly refuses.
00:21:35As long as
00:21:36this toxic woman
00:21:37Ella is around
00:21:39our family
00:21:40will never have
00:21:41a normal life!
00:21:42I'm kicking
00:21:43this wicked woman
00:21:44out today!
00:21:46Cutting ties
00:21:46is no big deal
00:21:48but get the best house
00:21:50and the biggest
00:21:51part of the farm!
00:21:52Done!
00:21:54You can have it!
00:21:56Just get out
00:21:57of my sight!
00:21:58Ella!
00:22:00Don't hesitate!
00:22:01Cut ties with them!
00:22:03And your husband's
00:22:04money will be
00:22:05all yours!
00:22:06Do you want
00:22:07Leonise
00:22:08to bring bad luck
00:22:09to you
00:22:10and your baby?
00:22:11Don't forget
00:22:13her unlucky dad
00:22:14just died
00:22:15in the war!
00:22:16My dad isn't dead!
00:22:18He's coming back!
00:22:20He'll come back
00:22:21and make you pay!
00:22:22Stop dreaming!
00:22:24He was blown
00:22:25to ashes long ago!
00:22:26You won't even
00:22:27find his bones!
00:22:29Leonise bad luck
00:22:30will drag
00:22:31the whole town down!
00:22:32Just watch!
00:22:34Soon you won't
00:22:34even have mud
00:22:35to eat!
00:22:36I'm not a jinx!
00:22:38Grandma Ada
00:22:39says I brought
00:22:40good luck!
00:22:41You're a bad person!
00:22:43Get out of my house!
00:22:48Aunt Grace's laughter
00:22:50suddenly stops
00:22:51as the roar of an engine
00:22:53and the steel monster
00:22:55shatters the silence
00:22:57of the wasteland
00:22:58and traces back
00:22:59and the car door opens
00:23:01and a tall man
00:23:02covered in metal
00:23:03steps out!
00:23:05I don't even need
00:23:05to see his face!
00:23:07The pounding
00:23:07in my blood give
00:23:09gives me the answer!
00:23:10Dad!
00:23:19The majestic maid
00:23:21decorated with metals
00:23:22gives me a solemn salute!
00:23:24I thought God
00:23:26heard my prayers
00:23:27and brought Dad back
00:23:28but that cold
00:23:30purple heart
00:23:31tells me
00:23:32I'll never feel
00:23:33his hug again!
00:23:40Captain Leo
00:23:41protected our country
00:23:42with his life!
00:23:43This honor belongs
00:23:44to him
00:23:44and to his only daughter
00:23:46Leonie!
00:23:47The major pulls out
00:23:48a thick paper bag
00:23:50Inside is $5,000
00:23:52from my dad's
00:23:53military pension
00:23:54I don't know
00:23:55how much that is
00:23:56but I hear the adult
00:23:58saying it could buy
00:23:59a mountain of bread
00:24:00covered in sugar
00:24:01and jam
00:24:03Aunt Grace
00:24:04and Uncle Thomas
00:24:05pop out of nowhere
00:24:06One second
00:24:07they want to throw me
00:24:08into the wild
00:24:08and the next
00:24:09they put on fake smiles
00:24:10inside a dragon home
00:24:11Uncle Thomas
00:24:13grips my arm
00:24:14like an iron fist
00:24:15I know he doesn't
00:24:16want me
00:24:16he wants that blood money
00:24:20Grandma Ada
00:24:21acts like a lioness
00:24:22protecting her cub
00:24:24and rips up my sleeve
00:24:25Those rotting frostbites
00:24:27and bruises
00:24:28look so layering
00:24:29in the sunlight
00:24:29Look sir!
00:24:30Living with these
00:24:31two heartless scumbags
00:24:32Leonie starves
00:24:33freezes and gets
00:24:34beaten every single day
00:24:36It's absolutely
00:24:37heartbreaking!
00:24:43You!
00:24:46How dare you treat
00:24:48a hero's only daughter
00:24:49like an animal!
00:24:52Aunt Grace is still lying
00:24:53She points at my
00:24:55bloody wounds
00:24:55and lies with a
00:24:56straight face
00:24:57that I fell while playing
00:24:58but I see the
00:24:59neighbors shaking
00:25:00their heads
00:25:00They all know
00:25:01it's not true
00:25:03Bullshit!
00:25:04I saw you buy
00:25:05new leather boots
00:25:06in the city
00:25:06with the military pay
00:25:07while you made
00:25:08this poor kid
00:25:08gnaw on spoiled
00:25:09potato peels
00:25:10in the snow
00:25:10oh yeah
00:25:10she even lost
00:25:12a kid in the barn
00:25:12to beat her
00:25:13we all heard
00:25:14the scream
00:25:15the major's face
00:25:16is as dark
00:25:17as a stormy sky
00:25:18he waves
00:25:18his white-gloved hand
00:25:19and orders
00:25:20their arrest
00:25:21Uncle Thomas
00:25:22is taken away
00:25:23but Aunt Grace
00:25:24avoids arrest
00:25:24because she has a baby
00:25:25to take care of
00:25:29watching the jeep
00:25:30drive away
00:25:30I don't feel
00:25:31the thrill
00:25:32of revenge
00:25:33I just think
00:25:34that maybe justice
00:25:34really does come
00:25:35to this desolate look
00:25:39I thought with
00:25:40$5,000
00:25:41my new home
00:25:42would be safe
00:25:43I never expected
00:25:44trouble to come
00:25:45so fast
00:25:46Miss Ella bursts
00:25:47through the door
00:25:47and her stare
00:25:48at that pile of cash
00:25:49is even scarier
00:25:51than Aunt Grace's
00:25:53I'm carrying
00:25:54the only heir
00:25:55to this family
00:25:56we should get
00:25:57half of that
00:25:57$5,000
00:25:58James keeps
00:26:00his head down
00:26:00for money
00:26:01he doesn't even
00:26:03dare look at
00:26:04his sick brother
00:26:04they aren't
00:26:05trying to steal
00:26:06money
00:26:06they're trying
00:26:07to steal
00:26:08my last memory
00:26:09of my dad
00:26:09nobody is touching
00:26:11this money
00:26:12including you
00:26:14from now on
00:26:15we live our own lives
00:26:16get out of my house
00:26:18for me
00:26:20grandma kicks
00:26:21her own son
00:26:21out of the house
00:26:22she rubs my head
00:26:24and says
00:26:25as long as she's here
00:26:27no one will touch
00:26:28a single hair
00:26:29on my head
00:26:35grandma
00:26:36aida locks
00:26:36the money
00:26:37in an iron box
00:26:38under the bed
00:26:39she tells me
00:26:40that money
00:26:41could buy
00:26:41lots of pretty
00:26:42clothes
00:26:43and candy
00:26:44but my dad
00:26:45traded his life
00:26:46for it
00:26:47so we can't
00:26:48waste a single
00:26:49penny
00:26:51dad's gut
00:26:52ranking coughs
00:26:53come from
00:26:53the back room
00:26:56he begs mom
00:26:57from his sick bed
00:26:58to stop worrying
00:26:59about him
00:27:00and to save
00:27:01the last bite
00:27:02of food
00:27:02for me
00:27:19the cracked earth
00:27:21in the blackwood forest
00:27:22looks like countless mouths
00:27:23laughing at our poverty
00:27:25starving people
00:27:26have stripped away
00:27:27every chewable piece
00:27:28of tree bark
00:27:29in this hell hole
00:27:30mom leans on her stick
00:27:32wandering the wasteland
00:27:33in despair
00:27:34just as mom
00:27:35is about to collapse
00:27:38I trip hard
00:27:39over a tree root
00:27:40in the flying dust
00:27:46I actually find
00:27:47a few heavy
00:27:48dirty
00:27:48weird looking stones
00:27:53mom says
00:27:54they're useless rocks
00:27:56and tells me
00:27:57to throw them away
00:27:58but right as she
00:27:59reaches out
00:28:00something weird
00:28:01happens again
00:28:05the festwick
00:28:06dies on the spot
00:28:08and rolls
00:28:09right to mom's feet
00:28:10aunt grace
00:28:12called me a jinx
00:28:13but now
00:28:15god himself
00:28:16has delivered
00:28:17dinner to me
00:28:27mom is finally smiling
00:28:29when she smiles
00:28:31the wrinkles around her eyes
00:28:33look like pretty flowers
00:28:35if good luck is real
00:28:37I want to give it all
00:28:39to the people
00:28:39who treat me well
00:28:42but this is just the beginning
00:28:44I actually
00:28:46dig up some lumpy
00:28:47white roots
00:28:48from the dirt
00:28:48that smell amazing
00:28:51mom says
00:28:52they're wild mushrooms
00:28:53they smell so good
00:28:55I don't know
00:28:57what they are
00:28:57but mom says
00:28:59we can sell them
00:28:59for money
00:29:00so they must be good
00:29:03golden grease
00:29:04bubbles in the pan
00:29:05the white mushrooms
00:29:07mom sliced
00:29:09release an incredible
00:29:11mind-blowing smell
00:29:12in the heat
00:29:14even bed-roan
00:29:15papa arthur
00:29:16can't help
00:29:16but sit up
00:29:23you're clearly an angel
00:29:25bringing good luck
00:29:26yet they call you
00:29:26a witch bringing disaster
00:29:28what a bunch of blind idiots
00:29:30but the smell brings trouble too
00:29:32miss ella bursts in
00:29:34drooling so much
00:29:36it almost drips
00:29:37into our pot
00:29:38she points to the air
00:29:40in her belly
00:29:41and demands the biggest
00:29:42bowl of meat
00:29:45this time
00:29:46grandma ada
00:29:47doesn't even
00:29:48look back
00:29:49the heavy
00:29:49bloody meat
00:29:50crawler
00:29:51in her hand
00:29:52just flies
00:29:52across the room
00:29:53with grandma here
00:29:54no one can
00:29:55go with us
00:29:56take one more step
00:29:57into my yard
00:29:58and i'll chop your feet off
00:29:59get lost
00:30:03this is the first time
00:30:05i've ever had a full stomach
00:30:06i don't have to shiver
00:30:08in a freezing haystack
00:30:09and no one is pulling my hair
00:30:11i eat the delicious chicken
00:30:13and the air smells like pure happiness
00:30:33papa arthur says
00:30:35his lungs feel warm
00:30:36and he can finally breathe easier
00:30:39mom says those
00:30:41white mushrooms
00:30:42we found
00:30:42will definitely sell
00:30:44for a good price
00:30:44if we can buy medicine
00:30:47papa will be saved
00:30:50the blowing yellow sand
00:30:52can't hide
00:30:52how run down the market is
00:30:54mom and i huddle in a corner
00:30:56carefully laying out
00:30:57those lumpy white roots
00:30:59i don't know it yet
00:31:00but these wild mushrooms
00:31:02are called white gold
00:31:03on the tables of rich city folks
00:31:05and then she started
00:31:07begging her cousin mark
00:31:09she kept pulling on his sleeve
00:31:12and crying
00:31:13i'm sorry
00:31:14she wanted
00:31:15mark uncle
00:31:16to get thomas out of jail
00:31:24mark is impatiently
00:31:26trying to push her away
00:31:27then he notices us
00:31:29in the corner
00:31:32a aunt grace
00:31:34blames me
00:31:34for all her tragedies
00:31:39leone
00:31:40you're the reason
00:31:42my life is ruined
00:31:47aunt grace's face
00:31:48is uglier than dead bark
00:31:50in the blackwood forest
00:31:52for the five thousand dollars
00:31:54she brought her bully cousin mark
00:31:55who works at the town hall
00:31:58they stare at mom and me
00:32:00like starving wolves
00:32:04mom and i guard our stall
00:32:06it's our only hope
00:32:07to buy papa's medicine
00:32:14but mark comes right up
00:32:16and kicks our basket over
00:32:19mark yells like crazy
00:32:20in the market
00:32:21framing us for selling
00:32:22deadly poisonous mushrooms
00:32:24right in front of everyone
00:32:26he crushes the white mushrooms
00:32:28we worked so hard to find
00:32:29just like stepping on trash
00:32:31mark grabs the gray stones
00:32:33i found
00:32:33calling us money hungry scammers
00:32:35with a loud bend
00:32:37he smashes the rocks
00:32:38onto the ground
00:32:39the sound of them breaking
00:32:41is the sound of my heart breaking
00:32:43the crowd believes mark
00:32:45they point at us
00:32:46calling us shameless
00:32:48their insults almost drown mom and me
00:32:50we're not scamming anyone
00:32:54these really aren't poisonous mushrooms
00:32:56that's not true
00:32:58we're not lying
00:33:02mark doesn't care about poisonous mushrooms at all
00:33:05he just wants the five thousand dollars papa left us
00:33:09he threatens mom like a snake
00:33:11saying if we don't pay protection money
00:33:14he'll make us disappear from oak haven for good
00:33:17to protect my life-saving money
00:33:19mom firmly rejects this hungry wolf
00:33:22but it brings devastating revenge
00:33:25mark goes crazy
00:33:26he flips our stall
00:33:28and crushes the white mushrooms
00:33:30that could save papa arthur into mud
00:33:32i scream and pray for god
00:33:35to punish these bad people
00:33:36but all i get is aunt grace's piercing cacker
00:33:39you bad people
00:33:40god is watching
00:33:42he will definitely punish you
00:33:44she points at my nose
00:33:46calling me a naive little idiot
00:33:49saying even jesus couldn't save us now
00:33:52stop
00:33:57i follow everyone's gaze
00:33:59and see two men walking in from the crowd
00:34:02they dress completely differently from the townsfolk
00:34:05and they look incredibly distinguished
00:34:14what the hell are you blind idiots doing
00:34:19the old man with glasses kneels in the mud
00:34:22holding the crushed pieces
00:34:24his hands are shaking worse than dead leaves in autumn
00:34:26i can feel how angry and heartbroken he is
00:34:29at the time
00:34:30i still didn't know
00:34:31just how precious those crushed white mushrooms were
00:34:38you fool
00:34:39these are top grade's white struffles
00:34:42that even the royal family pays a fortune to find
00:34:45and you crush them
00:34:46mark's face instantly drained of color
00:34:49too terrified to speak
00:34:51meanwhile
00:34:52mr sterling
00:34:53with his leopard cane
00:34:54slowly walks toward the gray stones
00:34:57aunt grace smashed
00:34:58in that moment
00:35:00i think the sun fell into the stone
00:35:02beneath the dull gray surface
00:35:04a dreamy deep purple light shines out
00:35:07mr sterling says
00:35:08it's an extremely rare natural amethyst geogre
00:35:12mr sterling goes crazy
00:35:14he pulls out a thick stack of hundred dollar bills
00:35:17enough to buy half the town
00:35:19and shoves it into mom's hands
00:35:20he says he'd give his entire fortune
00:35:23to buy all the trash stones i found
00:35:25seeing things go bad
00:35:30mark and aunt grace try to sneak away into the crowd like cowards
00:35:34but the two men in black suits grab them by the collars
00:35:38and throw them hard into a filthy stinking mud puddle
00:35:46mom's hands are shaking so much
00:35:49she can barely hold the heavy stack of cash
00:35:51she can't believe the rotten mushrooms and broken stones
00:35:55i casually picked up in the blackwood forest
00:35:58are actually worth more than gold
00:36:00mr sterling takes off his expensive top hat
00:36:04he says i'm an angel blessed by god
00:36:07the villagers who used to point and gloss up
00:36:10are all shocked silent by this massive fortune
00:36:14you just found these lying around
00:36:17good lord
00:36:18this child is absolutely
00:36:20a reincarnated angel
00:36:22only someone blessed by god
00:36:24could have such unbelievable luck
00:36:25mr sterling
00:36:26i think we have an obligation
00:36:28to help this child
00:36:29get the compensation she deserves
00:36:31and make these scumbags face their punishment
00:36:34the well-dressed lawyer steps forward
00:36:37he calculates our damages
00:36:38at three thousand five hundred dollars
00:36:41that's an astrosnomical price
00:36:43enough to buy the whole town of oak haven
00:36:47mark doesn't want to pay the compensation
00:36:50he tries to run towards a speeding coal train
00:36:53to hop on
00:36:54and escape
00:36:58the bodyguard quickly drags him back from the train
00:37:00and pins him in the mud
00:37:01he can't run anymore
00:37:03the sheriff arrives and tells aunt grace
00:37:05that if she doesn't get the money together in 48 hours
00:37:08she'll not only hand over papa's farm that she stole
00:37:10but she'll also rot in jail for the rest of her life
00:37:20late at night in oak haven
00:37:21the wind tears at the ground like a mad beast
00:37:23the old roof shakes
00:37:24the drafty windows creak
00:37:26but in the flickering light of the kerosene lamp
00:37:27aunt grace is scarier than the storm
00:37:29i found a picture today
00:37:30a man in a uniform
00:37:31i asked who he was
00:37:32she said it was nothing
00:37:33just someone who used to live here
00:37:35the old roof shakes
00:37:36the drafty windows crank
00:37:39the three thousand and five hundred dollars collection notice
00:37:43chokes her like a noose
00:37:44instead of repenting
00:37:46aunt grace just stares at the document
00:37:48with the red thumbprint
00:37:49plotting to steal the blood-soaked ocean money
00:37:52under grandma ada's bed
00:37:55lightning flashes
00:37:56lighting up aunt grace's soaked face
00:37:59she raises cold plizers
00:38:02snips the wire fence
00:38:03and sneaks onto our farm
00:38:22it rains so hard that night
00:38:24the noise keeps me awake
00:38:26i get up for a drink of water
00:38:29having no idea danger is so close
00:38:40the wind is so strong outside
00:38:44i'm afraid the rain will ruin the wood floor
00:38:46so i drag a big iron bucket over
00:38:49and force the window shut tight
00:38:51i think closing the window will keep the storm out
00:38:54but i don't notice the old frame is rotten
00:38:58the second i turn around
00:39:00aunt grace pries it open
00:39:10i don't know the window is broken
00:39:12and might fall if opened again
00:39:15aunt grace risks her life for that money
00:39:18she squeezes inside
00:39:20scraping the skin right off her waist
00:39:25the metal clangs loudly in the dead of night
00:39:28aunt grace flails like a funny puppet
00:39:31desperately trying to grab something
00:39:34to steady herself
00:39:35please don't fall
00:39:36but she grabs a wobbly shelf
00:39:43it burns my eyes
00:39:46grandma ada taught me
00:39:48that quick live boils like a kettle
00:39:50when it hits water
00:39:52aunt grace screams so miserably
00:39:55but
00:39:57she wouldn't be hurt
00:39:58if she didn't sneak in
00:39:59through the window at midnight
00:40:04aunt grace screams
00:40:06smashes through the back door
00:40:08and plunges into the terrestrial rain
00:40:10the quick line boils on her face
00:40:13the burning blinds her
00:40:14making her stumble through the mud
00:40:19even the farm dog avoids that stinky pit
00:40:22aunt grace used to call me a smelly beggar
00:40:26but now even the skunk living in the pit is disgusted by her
00:40:31aunt grace crawls out of the cesspool
00:40:34her mind still obsessed with the money
00:40:36when she finds the heavy locked metal box in the junk pile
00:40:41her burned eyes gleam scarier than the demons
00:40:44a locked box
00:40:46the money must be inside
00:40:57the smell of gunpowder overpowers the rain
00:41:01and grandma ada's furious shout
00:41:03tears through the night
00:41:04aunt grace actually hits the gas
00:41:07through a hail of bullets
00:41:08in the pouring rain
00:41:10aunt grace laughs like a dying maniac
00:41:14in a speeding truck
00:41:20this 5000's is all mine
00:41:22she hugs the metal box to her chest
00:41:24thinking she holds all the wealth in the world
00:41:27and has finally beaten everyone
00:41:32grandma ada holds her shotgun anxious to chase her
00:41:35i stand barefoot in the mud
00:41:38and gently tug her wet shirt to remind her
00:41:41uncle thomas told me before that whenever it storms
00:41:44the wooden bridge over there floods completely
00:41:55the truck in the storm is like a wild beast out of control
00:41:58i.e. grace screams madly in the cab
00:42:01when she sees the river completely swallowing the bridge
00:42:04no the bridge
00:42:04she falls into total despair
00:42:06where's my bridge
00:42:07stop stop right now
00:42:11the crash shatters the rain
00:42:13aunt grace doesn't die
00:42:15but she lands somewhere worse than hell
00:42:18major evan's military restricted zone
00:42:23money
00:42:25my money
00:42:26a dozen black thompson submachine guns
00:42:29aim right at her head
00:42:31the major steps forward
00:42:33in his raincoat
00:42:34with a cold face
00:42:36i told you not to flee
00:42:37where do you think you're driving miss grace
00:42:47it's over
00:42:48it's all over
00:42:52the stench from the truck is more nauseating than a rotting corpse in the black forest
00:42:57it's the smell of cesspool water mixed with aunt grace's food
00:43:02even as the mps drag her into the mud
00:43:05she clings to the heavy metal box
00:43:08while aunt grace dreams of being rich
00:43:10grandma ada arrives with me on her roaring tractor
00:43:14grandma looks at aunt grace in the mud
00:43:16and laughs with sheer contempt
00:43:18because the real pension money rests safely under the hanson family's bed
00:43:27grandma ada tells major evans the truth
00:43:30and he pries open the heavy padlock with the daggers
00:43:33with a loud clang
00:43:35aunt grace's dream shatters completely
00:43:48stealing private property
00:43:50go join your husband in prison
00:43:52take her away
00:44:04my once arrogant aunt and uncle
00:44:07now look like two cornered rabbits
00:44:10facing their final judgment
00:44:14grandma doesn't carry her scary shotgun today
00:44:17she puts me in a new lace dress
00:44:20and holds my hand
00:44:22stepping into the light like a guardian angel
00:44:25uncle thomas's mental defenses
00:44:27completely break down
00:44:29and he roars at aunt grace
00:44:30facing 20 years in prison
00:44:33he doesn't hesitate to sign his name
00:44:44the gavel bangs down hard
00:44:46the judge declares that the farm
00:44:49and all the wealth dad left me
00:44:51are finally back in my hands
00:44:53now
00:45:00the judge usually looks so mean
00:45:03and everyone is scared of him
00:45:06but today
00:45:07he bends down and smiles at us
00:45:10just like the chubby man in town
00:45:12who loves giving kids candy
00:45:17aunt grace used to plug her nose
00:45:19disgusted by the moldy barn smell on me
00:45:23but now
00:45:24she stinks so bad
00:45:26that even i have to turn my head
00:45:27and pinch my nose
00:45:30remember that freezing barn
00:45:32you kicked leonie into
00:45:33on that stormy day
00:45:35from today on
00:45:36that broken barn is yours
00:45:38the guards can't stand
00:45:40aunt grace's sour stench
00:45:42they drag her out
00:45:43and her screams echo through the hall
00:45:47the adults surround me
00:45:48smiling and calling me
00:45:50a lucky little angel
00:45:52but i don't care
00:45:53all i know is that grandma's hand
00:45:56holding mine is big and warm
00:45:58and no one will ever force me
00:46:00into a freezing barn again
00:46:04i used to think this dirt
00:46:06could only grow hard rocks
00:46:07and starved bugs
00:46:09only today do i realize
00:46:11it can grow so much wheat
00:46:13that looks like pure gold
00:46:17grandma laughed so loudly today
00:46:23good girl look
00:46:24these are all gifts from god
00:46:26that neither of us notices
00:46:28miss ella staring at me
00:46:30she looks exactly like
00:46:32aunt grace used to
00:46:33when she wanted to hit me
00:46:34miss ella yells at james
00:46:36they want this most fertile land
00:46:39in town
00:46:40miss ella looks at me
00:46:41so fiercely
00:46:42as if she wants to rush over
00:46:44and eat me alive
00:46:52if that damn old hack
00:46:54won't give it to us
00:46:55we'll just take it ourselves
00:46:56take it?
00:46:57how?
00:46:58that land is in the name
00:46:59of that little bastard leonie
00:47:05then we'll find a way
00:47:06to switch the deeds
00:47:07greedy snakes
00:47:09can never fill their
00:47:10bottomless pit of desire
00:47:12blood ties don't bring
00:47:14family love
00:47:15they just become an excuse
00:47:17to steal
00:47:22greedy james brings
00:47:23his dark secrets
00:47:25and knocks on the back
00:47:26door of power
00:47:27just like a sewer rat
00:47:33i only learn later
00:47:35that there's a scary magic
00:47:37in the adult world
00:47:39if you secretly give the mayor
00:47:41a special gift
00:47:42your wishes come true
00:47:47james uses tobacco
00:47:49and money to trade
00:47:50for the fertile isle farm
00:47:51under my name
00:48:04james
00:48:05your appetite
00:48:07is way bigger
00:48:09than your dying brothers
00:48:23power completely surrenders
00:48:25to money
00:48:28the mayor accepts
00:48:30james's gift
00:48:49take it james
00:48:50with this requisition order
00:48:52that fertile land
00:48:53is yours by sunrise
00:48:55tomorrow
00:49:11this morning
00:49:13a lot of people
00:49:14suddenly come to our farm
00:49:18it's james
00:49:19miss ella
00:49:20and the mayor
00:49:21they look really mean
00:49:23they use big adult words
00:49:25i don't understand
00:49:26i just see grandma ada
00:49:28shaking with anger
00:49:29because they want to trade
00:49:31a barren wasteland
00:49:32for our golden wheat field
00:49:37trade?
00:49:38james do you think
00:49:39i'm an idiot?
00:49:40not even weeds
00:49:41can grow on that land
00:49:42don't waste your breath
00:49:43on her
00:49:44quick pull up
00:49:45the boundary markers
00:49:46and put ours in
00:49:46this is our land now
00:49:48grandma nailed
00:49:49that marker herself
00:49:50when it falls
00:49:51my heart hurts
00:49:53so much
00:49:53you robbers
00:49:55i'll fight you
00:49:56to the death
00:49:58those two guns
00:50:00are so so close
00:50:01to grandma's head
00:50:01for the first time
00:50:03i realize a hunting rifle
00:50:04isn't scary at all
00:50:05mrs hanson
00:50:06calm down
00:50:07or we'll arrest you
00:50:08for obstructing justice
00:50:10no
00:50:10don't kill my grandma
00:50:12no
00:50:13what's really scary
00:50:14is when others
00:50:15point guns at us
00:50:23just sign it
00:50:24mrs hanson
00:50:25you don't want
00:50:26this little girl
00:50:27watching you
00:50:27get taken away
00:50:28do you
00:50:28grandma ada
00:50:29looks at me
00:50:30crying in fear
00:50:32she closes her eyes
00:50:33and agrees to sign
00:50:35the contract
00:50:38i grip grandma's
00:50:40clothes tight
00:50:40i'm worried she's
00:50:42in danger
00:50:42i see her eyes
00:50:44turn red
00:50:45and my heart
00:50:46aches
00:50:46but i don't know
00:50:47what to do
00:50:56you old hag
00:50:57take this unlucky
00:50:59little stray
00:50:59and get all my
00:51:00property right now
00:51:01go eat dirt
00:51:03in that rocky
00:51:04wasteland
00:51:09we move to the place
00:51:11they call the rocky
00:51:12land
00:51:13there's nothing here
00:51:14but bare rocks
00:51:15and cold wind
00:51:19grandma ada
00:51:20is frowning
00:51:21so hard
00:51:28this year's harvest
00:51:30is totally ruined
00:51:32sweetie
00:51:32we might starve
00:51:34i see how sad
00:51:36grandma is
00:51:37and my heart
00:51:38feels like it's
00:51:38crushed by a rock
00:51:39but i don't want
00:51:41to make her sadder
00:51:42i remember
00:51:43grandma ada
00:51:43said
00:51:44as long as
00:51:45there is hope
00:51:45there's nothing
00:51:46to fear
00:51:47don't worry
00:51:48grandma
00:51:48i can grow
00:51:49pretty flowers
00:51:49even in the rocks
00:51:50i just want
00:51:51to do something
00:51:52even if it's
00:51:54just digging
00:51:54a little hole
00:51:55i believe my luck
00:51:57will definitely
00:51:58help us
00:51:58right then
00:52:00something weird
00:52:01happens
00:52:02the ground
00:52:03starts shaking
00:52:04violently
00:52:04i feel the rocks
00:52:06under my feet
00:52:07jumping
00:52:07like they're
00:52:08alive
00:52:08danger
00:52:09leonis
00:52:10get out
00:52:10of the way
00:52:16the ground
00:52:17shakes like a thousand
00:52:19wild horses running
00:52:20under my feet
00:52:21my feet go numb
00:52:22i shut my eyes
00:52:24i shut my eyes tight
00:52:24thinking i really
00:52:25messed up
00:52:26and dug up
00:52:26a sleeping demon
00:52:27with my rusty
00:52:29little shovel
00:52:29i've never seen
00:52:31such a scary
00:52:32and awesome sight
00:52:33the black liquid
00:52:34shoots up so high
00:52:36and rains down
00:52:37splashing all over
00:52:38me and grandma
00:52:39this weird rain
00:52:41is black
00:52:41and stinky
00:52:42it sticks to my face
00:52:44and ruins my
00:52:45only clean dress
00:52:46i look at grandma
00:52:48nervously
00:52:48terrified
00:52:49she's gonna blow up
00:52:51over this awful
00:52:51prank
00:52:52but i notice
00:52:53grandma ada
00:52:54isn't mad at all
00:52:55her weathered face
00:52:56instantly twists
00:52:57into this extreme
00:52:59almost crazy joy
00:53:01this isn't muddy water
00:53:02it's crude oil
00:53:03it's oil
00:53:04thank god
00:53:05we struck oil
00:53:06i don't know
00:53:08what oil is
00:53:09but i can taste
00:53:10grandma's happy tears
00:53:12in this black rain
00:53:14we hug each other
00:53:15so tight
00:53:19not long after
00:53:20that black rain
00:53:21a bunch of
00:53:22big shoops
00:53:23come to town
00:53:23they head straight
00:53:25for this rocky
00:53:26wasteland
00:53:27that even the devil
00:53:28wouldn't look
00:53:29twice at
00:53:42congratulations
00:53:43mrs hansen
00:53:44your granddaughter
00:53:45is a true
00:53:46lucky angel
00:53:48a bunch of guys
00:53:49in expensive suits
00:53:50step out of the cars
00:53:51they use weird gadgets
00:53:53to dig and measure
00:53:54all over the place
00:53:57mr sterling
00:53:59initial surveys show
00:54:01the most massive
00:54:02shallow oil field
00:54:04in the entire state
00:54:05is hidden right under here
00:54:07the value is immeasurable
00:54:09i don't understand
00:54:10what they're saying
00:54:11but i see mr sterling
00:54:13pull out a really big
00:54:14piece of paper
00:54:15with lots and lots
00:54:17of zeros on it
00:54:18starting today
00:54:19an oil company
00:54:20named after you
00:54:21is officially founded
00:54:22congratulations
00:54:22my little black gold
00:54:24tycara
00:54:24in that moment
00:54:25i feel like i'm dreaming
00:54:27mr sterling calls me
00:54:29a black gold tycoon
00:54:30i don't really get
00:54:31what that means
00:54:32but he tells me
00:54:33we'll never go hungry again
00:54:37mr sterling tells me
00:54:39god rewards the good
00:54:40but also punishes
00:54:42the bad guys
00:54:43who bully us
00:54:44without mercy
00:54:44once i use this money
00:54:46to buy off
00:54:46the state senator
00:54:47i'll get out of this
00:54:49hell hole
00:54:50and be a real big shot
00:54:51in washington
00:54:52he sends the toughest
00:54:54lawyers
00:54:54and cops
00:54:56to find that evil mayor
00:54:57those gentlemen
00:54:58in black suits
00:54:59burst right into
00:55:00that room full of lies
00:55:02mr mayor
00:55:02this is all the evidence
00:55:03of your corruption
00:55:04bribery
00:55:05and abuse of power
00:55:06you're under arrest
00:55:07just like superheroes
00:55:09dropping from the sky
00:55:10in movies
00:55:11seeing the bad guy
00:55:12get punished
00:55:13makes me feel so good
00:55:14this can't be happening
00:55:15let go of me
00:55:16i can give you money
00:55:18turns out
00:55:19there really is justice
00:55:20in this world
00:55:25aunt ella and uncle james
00:55:27stand on the fertile farm
00:55:28they stole
00:55:29they look at the rocky land
00:55:30they tossed away like trash
00:55:32now swarming with rich people
00:55:34and they are going absolutely crazy
00:55:37with jealousy
00:55:37damn it
00:55:38that land was ours
00:55:41we threw it away
00:55:42at least we still have
00:55:44the best wheat field in town
00:55:45we'll strike it rich
00:55:47in the fall anyway
00:55:47that little bit of oil
00:55:49they have will probably
00:55:50dry up real soon
00:55:51miss ella is still dreaming
00:55:53of getting rich
00:55:54but she doesn't know
00:55:55that god's judgment
00:55:57never spares a greedy soul
00:55:59i see a huge dark cloud
00:56:01flying in
00:56:04as it gets closer
00:56:06i realize it's not a cloud at all
00:56:08it's millions of gross bugs
00:56:25james's screams echo across the empty farm
00:56:28that golden wheat field
00:56:30is just completely eaten up by the bugs
00:56:35the bugs eat all the crops
00:56:38miss ellie kneels in the messy mud
00:56:40without a shred of dignity
00:56:42like a soulless corpse
00:56:43miss ella cries so hard
00:56:46she probably doesn't get why god's bugs
00:56:48only ate the fertile wheat field
00:56:50they stole from us
00:56:51it's gone
00:56:53it's all gone
00:57:01a lot of big machines i've never seen before
00:57:04arrive on this rocky land
00:57:06mr sterling says
00:57:08they'll make us so much money
00:57:10i won't be able to spend it all in a lifetime
00:57:24i'm so happy because grandma ida and i have new clothes on
00:57:28she takes my hand and we cut the red ribbon
00:57:33grandma said flowers planted in rocks
00:57:36bloom brighter than any other
00:57:38now our harsh winter is finally over completely
00:57:48on this land we live a peaceful and wealthy life
00:57:55but i don't know that while we smile in the sun
00:57:58a venomous snake in the dark is already eyeing us
00:58:03the news of the oil field attracts someone even greedier than a wild wolf
00:58:08forced my downs are too low class
00:58:11all i need is to snatch leone's custody
00:58:14and this oil field is mine
00:58:17for money and revenge
00:58:20they sell grandma ida and me out
00:58:27ida is vulgar and mentally unstable
00:58:30she carries a hunting rifle everywhere
00:58:33has violent tendencies
00:58:35and constantly abuses leone
00:58:39excellent she's unfit to raise leone
00:58:41i'll be taking over her custody
00:58:45mclean files a petition
00:58:46to change guardianship at the court
00:58:49shattering my peaceful life with grandma ida
00:58:55it's a rare sweet moment
00:58:57but the screech of brakes shatters the peace
00:59:00two bailiffs step out of the car
00:59:03and walk straight up to grandma ida
00:59:05hello mrs hanson
00:59:06we're from the city court
00:59:07someone reported you for child abuse and is demanding you hand over leone's
00:59:11his custody grandma ida is stunned once she snaps out of it
00:59:15she loudly protests and swears she never abused any child
00:59:19i swear on my life grandma ida is the best person in the world
00:59:24she has never abused me
00:59:27sorry we're just here to notify you
00:59:29direct any questions to the hearing next wednesday
00:59:31until then you are forbidden from transferring any assets under the girl's name
00:59:35but my promise is the hearing
00:59:41the hearing proceeds as scheduled for grandma ida and me
01:00:14this isn't a fair trial at all
01:00:15as a violent ignorant village woman what's worse
01:00:19the devil's accomplices take the stand
01:00:22your honor i saw with my own eyes how ida forced leoneed to sleep in the barn and eat scraps
01:00:29you two animals shut up
01:00:33ella you're crossing the line
01:00:35ella you're crossing the line james is this how you treat your own mother
01:00:37they take every single horrific thing they did to me
01:00:41and pin it all on grandma ida who loves me
01:00:44order
01:00:46if you dare to show contempt of court again i'll have the bailiffs throw you all in jail instantly
01:00:52the judge has already been bought off by mcclain
01:00:55he doesn't listen to a word we say
01:00:57the court leans towards revoking ada's guardianship
01:01:00transferring it to mcclain's foundation
01:01:03and sending leonine to a closed boarding school on the east coast
01:01:08a closed school means i'll be totally at mcclain's mercy
01:01:13and our oil wealth will be completely swallowed up
01:01:16i won't go to school i don't want to leave grandma ida
01:01:23everyone holds their breath
01:01:25the judge is about to strip grandma ida of my custody
01:01:29whatever is on that paper decides my fate
01:01:33the bad guys wicked laughs drill into my ears
01:01:37their dirty revenge is about to succeed
01:01:41grandma ida hugs me tight
01:01:43completely desperate
01:01:45i glare at those monsters through my tears
01:01:48i absolutely can't let them take everything from me
01:01:54i see the massive chandelier crash down
01:01:57smashing the briefcase next to the judge
01:02:01countless papers fly everywhere
01:02:04mr sterling grabs some key documents
01:02:07he announces to the courtroom that it's evidence of the judge taking bribes from the sick room
01:02:13the proof is solid all their dirty deals are exposed
01:02:18despicable they ganged up to take leone away
01:02:20but now it's all out in the open
01:02:22their plot fails
01:02:23we're done for mr sterling calls the police
01:02:27mcclain's plot is completely ruined and miss ella and the others will get what they deserve
01:02:33mcclain
01:02:36your dirty money can buy a judge
01:02:38but it can't buy real justice
01:02:44the bribe judge is taken away by the police
01:02:48i finally return to grandma ida
01:02:50and the greedy james and ella become abandoned pawns
01:03:07damn you ada
01:03:09this isn't over
01:03:11mcclain doesn't just let it go
01:03:13he finds the local mafia
01:03:15ready to use violence
01:03:23just when we think everything is peaceful again
01:03:26mcclellan's revenge hits fast
01:03:29way beyond what any of us expected
01:03:32i'll go check it out
01:03:34i walk out with grandma ada and the others
01:03:37we see several cars without license cards smash through the farm gate like mad bulls
01:03:44completely blocking our escape
01:03:51they claim mcclain sent them
01:03:53they threaten grandma ada to sell the oil field to them dirt cheap
01:03:56but she refuses to give in
01:03:58they only give us 10 minutes
01:04:00after 10 minutes they'll make their move
01:04:18grandma ada chooses to let mom martha hide me in the cellar while she faces the mafia head on
01:04:47give me 10 minutes to think about it
01:04:55grandma pretends to give in
01:04:57grandma pretends to give in
01:04:58just to keep me safe
01:05:07grandma ada has already decided to fight the mafia to the end and dad arthur asks sheriff harry for backup
01:05:24the mobsters get ready to strike
01:05:26the mobsters get ready to strike
01:05:28but grandma ada
01:05:32is faster
01:05:35damn it they have guns
01:05:38you scumbags want to steal my granddaughter's land
01:05:42get off my property right now or i'll send you to hell
01:05:52to protect me and our home grandma odd and dad arthur get into a shootout with the mob
01:06:02but nobody knows that two greedy coyotes are sneaking into our defenseless backyard
01:06:23that bitch martha took the little bastard in there this is our best chance
01:06:28whether the mob or mother wins we're dead either way catching leonel is our only leverage
01:06:42the constant gunshots outside make me super anxious just then the cellar door suddenly opens
01:06:49is it grandma ada and the others coming back
01:06:58it's you get out of here right now my dear sister martha that old hag ada is busy fighting the
01:07:06mob
01:07:06let's see who comes to save you this time
01:07:08they'll want to kidnap me but mom martha stands in front of me to protect me
01:07:18stop fighting you little brat you're our cash cow
01:07:22ella grabs me clamping a towel soaked in pungent chemicals tightly over my nose and mouth
01:07:27intense busyness instantly pierces my brain
01:07:30hurry up get her in the sack we don't have much time
01:07:33grandma ada and the others hide in the cellar to dodge the mob but
01:07:46mother arthur james and ella took leonese
01:07:53i wake up to find my hands tied to a rotting wooden post ella and james are like wolves ready
01:07:58to devour me
01:07:59once we get the money we'll throw you down an abandoned mine shaft to feed the rats
01:08:04let's go we should check the situation outside
01:08:08they leave and i'm all alone in the abandoned mine i'm so scared but i can't just do nothing
01:08:14they'll use me to threaten grandma ada i can't let them get away with it
01:08:18thank god the lalt rope falls off on its own is that firefly leading the way for me
01:08:35the little bitch escaped miss ella quickly notices i'm gone she and james are searching for me
01:08:45the harsh light flashes right past my feet i'm gonna be found what do i do save me grandma ada
01:08:53dad
01:08:56grandma ada and the others are trapped the mob is searching for us grandma ada and dad arthur wait
01:09:05for sheriff harry but he doesn't show up because the mob has him pinned down too it's all my fault
01:09:12i didn't protect leonese mom lost me and she feels incredibly guilty
01:09:24let's take them down with us
01:09:30the mob finds mom martha and the others
01:09:42you're out of bullets right
01:09:46say your prayers but right then a deafening roar interrupts victor
01:09:58who's this nosy bastard you got a death wish
01:10:26that tall man like a god of war my father leo rushes to grandma anxiously asking where i am
01:10:37grandma ada blasts the venomous mclean's plant and ella's shameless kidnapping
01:10:43luckily sheriff harry arrives at the scene and quickly takes down the rest of the mobsters
01:10:51mrs hansen please forgive me for being late that mob sent people to block us
01:10:56seeing my father alive sheriff harry is so shocked he can barely hold his gun my father
01:11:01explains he faked his death to carry out a top secret mission by the way my men saw ella and
01:11:07james
01:11:08heading toward the abandoned mine out west thank you harry
01:11:18but right now the blinding flashlight beam pins me down like a viper's tongue
01:11:23catch her she can't get far i can't let them catch me that'll just cause more trouble for grandma ada
01:11:32save me dad
01:11:41leone
01:11:44i run through the tunnel for my life but those heavy footsteps follow me like a death sentence
01:11:52james catches up to me quickly he grabs my hair tight slams me hard onto the cold rocky ground and
01:11:59talks with miss ella about breaking my legs the huge rock is about to smash my legs i can almost
01:12:05hear my
01:12:06bones breaking someone please save me who is it do you have any idea who you're messing with
01:12:16don't kill me you can take the girl she's worth an oil field you'll be rich i hear ella's terrified
01:12:22voice in the dark did someone save me
01:12:41dad
01:12:47it's dad he saves me i knew he wasn't dead my daughter leoneath dad's embrace is as warm as the
01:12:55midday sun it instantly drives away all the cold and fear in the mine dad carefully checks me for
01:13:03injuries luckily miss ella and the others haven't hurt me yet dad takes me out of the pitch black mine
01:13:10grandma ada and the others find us too grandma ada checks every inch of me she only relaxes after
01:13:17making sure i'm not hurt leone my sweet baby are you okay grandma ada furiously scolds miss ella
01:13:28and james sheriff harry arrives and arrests them the bad guys are taken no mother please forgive me
01:13:36it's over it's all over it's all over and dad is finally back i hold grandma's hand
01:13:44tightly with one hand and grip dad broad warm hand with the other
01:13:52dad promises me he will come back grandma ada tells me dad is going to catch the bad guy
01:13:59the one behind this whole conspiracy
01:14:03dad tells me to stay here and be good he has to go take care of something
01:14:21glane messes everything up after finding
01:14:25out dad's identity he decides to flee immediately damn it why does he have a military background
01:14:40mclean jumps into his car in a panic but they don't even make it out of the estate gates
01:14:46get us out of here as fast as you can now
01:14:55my dad blocks their way mclean gives the order and the car doesn't slow down
01:15:02they want to run my dad over facing the speeding beast
01:15:06dad doesn't panic he calmly pulls out his gun and shoots
01:15:15dad's perfect breakthrough marksmanship flips the bad guy's car mclean can't escape
01:15:22don't kill me i'll give you 10 million keep your money you'll need it to buy your way into hell
01:15:31mclean stands in the dock in a prison uniform totally stripped of his former arrogance
01:15:39dad not only catches mclean himself but also gathers all the evidence of his crimes
01:15:46no elite lawyer can save him now mclean
01:15:51do you have anything to say no i confess to my crimes
01:15:58in the end mclean is sentenced to life in prison and stripped of all his assets
01:16:15as for miss ella and james they get their due punishment too 30 years in prison
01:16:22they deserve it all the bad guys are locked up and i finally have my dad back a much better
01:16:30life is
01:16:31waiting for us dad's hand is so warm and i feel so comfortable right now he promises he'll never leave
01:16:41my side again tomorrow is thanksgiving our family must have a proper celebration
01:16:53the fire cracklers and the smell of roast turkey and pumpkin pie fills the whole house
01:17:00this is a thanksgiving dinner i couldn't even dare to dream of grandma ada and the family call me their
01:17:08little angel they say they have this life now because of me my dad also thanks grandma ada
01:17:15because she took me in if it weren't for her i wouldn't be here today
01:17:26even without blood ties i've considered them my real family for a long time
01:17:38this is the only thing your mom left behind she got separated from her family in a dust storm
01:17:43her wish was to find them now i'm passing it on to you mom
01:17:47i take my mom's belonging and beside me grandma ada suddenly freezes as if she's been electrocuted
01:17:57oh my god leonie your mother is my biological daughter who went missing 30 years ago
01:18:04i gave her this pocket watch you are margaret's child nobody saw this coming
01:18:09my mom is actually aide grandma ada's daughter
01:18:16i hug grandma aid tight no she's my real grandma she's my actual family grandma ada
01:18:24you're my real grandma yes my sweet girl i'm your grandma forever thank god we truly are family not
01:18:32only do i have my dad back but grandma ada is my biological grandmother i'm so lucky and so happy
01:18:39happy
01:18:39thanksgivings everyone let's eat
01:18:46the nightmare is over thanks to the oil field everyone in the village can afford to eat
01:18:52and wear warm clothes dad plays with me every day i feel like the happiest kid in the world
01:19:02and my grandma ada she no longer needs her mean disguise she is now the most generous
01:19:09old lady in the whole village take a break if you're tired
01:19:16grandma ada
01:19:21hi grandma ada
01:19:24oh my my little leona looks so pretty today
01:19:31leona needs to go to school in the city i'm taking her there myself dad will the city people
01:19:37bully me don't worry dad will protect you i am so incredibly happy now all the misfortunes of the
01:19:45past are gone i feel so blessed because i finally have a home that will never fall apart
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