"We Who Stayed Behind" "Everyone can have a bad day" "But some days are worse than others." "In this city, it was like the bad mood had completely conquered the city" "What was first a bad day, turned into a bad week" "And that week became a month, which became a bad year." "I once lived in this city with my mother and father" "Adults told us that the world is an evil and dangeous place." "And they became more and more fearful" "It was like a contagious disease" "Everyone talked about doing something" "But nobody found a cure for the disease before everybody was gone" "Dad!" "Dad!" "The fear infected all the adults" "It was a deep, dark despair, which slowly penetrated into their body," "In the end their blod changed color" "From red to gray." "They left the city." "They just walked away." "Ony us children remained" "And we had to do on our own." "Only a single adult remained behind" "He was our only hope." "Why doesn't he come?" "Now it's 8'o clock" "It's obvious that if something doesn't match up... then you need to borrow, right?" "Can anyone tell me the correct answer?" " Yes?" " Why is it important that we learn?" "You see ..." "Children need to learn to be able to become adults" "But if you're not growing up, What's the meaning of it all?" "I don't wanna grow up just to become gray and then disappear." "Maybe they will never come back." "Let us return to mathematics." "Hello!" " Adam!" " What?" "It's dead." "You can't have a dead bird in your pocket." "Does it matter?" "Everything is falling apart." "Everybody leaves." "Not Carlo." "This is Carlo's blod." "It's completely gray." "And what about us?" "What if it happens to us?" " With the blood." " Do you think it's happends?" "I don't know." "Then there's nothing we can do about it." "There's always something we can do" "Something terrible has happened." "Come with me." "Carlo is leaving." "All right." "Don't leave, Carlo." "Don't leave, Carlo." "Do you know at all where you're going?" "It seemed like Carlo took something from inside us with him." "A small part the of hope that lived inside us." "From that moment everything was changed forever." " No more lessons from now on?" " There is no longer anyone who's in charge." "Ida, why do you have paint on your hand?" "We should all check our blood." "Ida, put you hand out." "Leave her alone!" "We don't want to partipate in that" "Can't we do whatever we want?" " This isn't very much fun." " And if we become gray?" "So what?" "Carlo left." "We can always do something." "Ida?" "Everything will be fine." "There's something I want to show you." " Conrad, what are you doing?" " She is sick." " Stop playing doctor." " It's irresponsible, she must be kept here" "Stay here and hold the switch." "We just have to help the others a bit so they don't become gray" "Now you can turn it on." "Ida!" "Why are you leaving?" "Oh, no." "Ida, answer me!" "If you're gone, I'll go, too." "Everyone can have a bad day but there's all the rest of life too." "The magical and the warming." "It's these tiny things that makes the wind change direction." "Tomorrow will be a good day." "I could feel it." "And I knew that my mom and dad, and Carlo, and other adults... who wanders around somewhere, could feel it too."