"Many years ago there was an adventurous boy and his name was Wim." "And Wim had two very good friends." "They were named Jet and Gijs." "Wim, Jet and Gijs really got along well together." "Wim even sat with Jet in the classroom and Jet's father was the head master." "The head master taught the children to read in a special way." "But at the beginning of this story Wim didn't know this special way." "To be sure, Wim could not read a letter yet, because he did not go to school." "He had never even seen the inside of one." "Wim come along." "Come this way." "Well, come on." "Put that cart down." "Yes sir, I'm right here (girls singing, "...ieja deja"" "(I eat my food drinkmydrinkand leave,ieja deja )" "(get two buckets of water pump two buckets)" "(girls in their clogs)" "Good morning, children." "Good morning Miss." "So..." "Good day." "What can I do for you?" "I would love to go to school." "To school?" "How old are you?" "Ten, I think." "Ten and a half maybe, but at least nine." "Then go and get your mom and dad you need to bring them along." "They're dead." "I live in the orphanage and do factory work." "Wait." "Here." "Then you can still practice a bit." "Wim?" "I do not think so." "Come on, you." "So." "You cannot treat a child that way." "Oh, no?" "Why not?" "Come here." "Running." "Let me go." "No." "Well, come on." "Hurry up." "Keep working." "Keep working." "Come on." "Come on." "You heard what I said." "Come on, come on." "Hey, girl." "Take a moment to fetch that spool, would you?" "Take her position." "It may take her a while." "Wim." "Do you dare to tackle that one?" "Good day, Mr. Director." "Here I am again." "Are the Children doing their best?" "They might if you fed them some more." "Some already fall down by the afternoon." "Well, they have more than enough.." "Have you heard of the new law?" "What new law?" "Children under 12 soon have to go to school." "Oh, but not the orphans." "yes, them as well." "All children under 12." "At least, that is what the new law says." "Why should those children go to school?" "Then who would we have to work?" "Can we go to school?" "There's a new law." "What Is a law?" "I do not know, but it says children under 12 must attend school." "Heaven, then we all do not have to do dirty chores." "I want to be an engineer." "Shoemaker." "Captain." "If You went to school, you could do anything." "Bakerwoman." "Teacher." "Dancer." "Fire brigade." "Shop Girl." "Silence." "Sleep." "School..." "Anything?" "Absolutely everything." "Come on, wake up." "Come on." "Hup, hup." "Line up." "Hop, hop, hop." "Keep moving." "Line up." "There you are now." "Fast." "You know how much that man costs?" "Good day, Doctor." "How very nice to see you again." "Yes." "What child is sick?" "Nobody." "There is never anyone sick." "No, I need to ask you something." "Something very important." "It's like this, Doctor." "We have a little problem with our children." "But that little problem may become a bigger problem  Unless you do something about it." "Dear children, none of you know exactly how old you are." "And that happens when you are in an orphanage, which is a pity of course." "Because it's not really fun to to guess whether you are 5 or 6 or 11 or 12?" "And that is why I have asked our dear Doctor Stump  To determine how old you really are." "Yes, go ahead." "Open." "Well?" "Eight." "Eight?" "O." "Next." "Open." "Eight." "Eight?" "Nine." "Next one." "O, nine." "Nine?" "And a half." "Nine and a half." "Nine And a half." "Well, next." "Eleven." "Eleven, Right." "And a half." "And A half, lovely." "And here." "Open." "Yes." "Yeah?" "Clear case of 12." "Twelve." "Twelve." "I'm not 12." "I'm 10." "Pardon?" "Ten and a half at most." "Not twelve." "Mouth closed." "Nothing mouth shut." "When I say that I am ten then that is true." "Listen, boy." "I'm the doctor here and when I say that you are 12..." "Then you are not telling the truth." "I'm ten and before I was nine  And then eight, seven and six..." "I will teach you some manners." "No." "Come with me." "Next." "I Know why I'm 12." "Then I can not go to school and I have to work." "But I'm almost sure I'm ten." "Oh yeah?" "Here." "Have you at some point seen your birth certificate?" "What birth certificate?" "What does it matter." "You cannot read it anyway." "In you go." "Tibor." "What?" "Where can I find such a birth thing?" "Search good." "Birth Certificate." "Here, look." "Oh, no." "Of course you can not read." "Oh, would you look at that." "This is Wim's." "And he has just been asking about it." "Ten years, two months and eleven days." "Too bad, Wim." "Good riddance." "Oh, Tibor." "We're going to have a lot of years to enjoy our orphans." "And with a lot of pennies for Paris." "In the city of lights and the avenues and theaters and champagne." "O, Tibor, wouldn't that be wonderful?" "Oh, Delphine." "It would be lovely." "Come on." "Hurry up." "Since they already are." "Good day." "I'm Delphine, headmistress here." "Buff." "The girls are good at sewing and cooking." "All of them can actually." "The boys, yes..." "They can carry coal and..." "Well, if you need someone..." "Yes, hello." "Delphine, Director ..." "I am looking for a girl." "Please take a look." "But Not too old." "Choose me." "Oh, this one is cute." "Look, she's rich." "She has clean clothes." "They are all in fine condition." "Forget it." "Hi." "I choose you." "What's your name, little girl?" "Hey." "Delphine, Director." "You see now?" "We're too old." "And boys... who wants them at all." "I won't stay here a day longer than necessary." "But What are you gonna do?" "I will search for a school outside." "Thank you, ma'am." "But You know no one outside." "I don't care." "In here you'll remain as dumb as an onion." "Thank you for bread, huh?" "When I'm in America and living as a millionaire I'll fetch you with a hot air balloon." "Just go, chatterbox." "If I can write, I'll send a letter." "Good luck." "Bye." "Oh, my darling I love you" "Now what?" "What's he gonna do?" "There." "I knew it." "Wake up." "Hey, come." "Wake up." "We need to work." "Already?" "Hey, get out of here, you." "Hurry up." "Wim's gone?" "Little bastard." "Yes, enlist the police." "Yes." "Hurry up." "Potatoes for sale." "Fresh potatoes." "Madam, I'm so hungry." "Please." "Clear away, you villain." "Will you agree to move to the side, boy." "Ma'am, I'm so hungry I could eat a cow." "Please let me eat something." "Separate yourself from us, street kid." "Here's something to eat but chew over there." "There's Your cow." "And Wim, believe me, inspector, he is the worst of the lot." "Oh, is that so?" "Yes, look." "What do you see?" "Nothing at all." "No, exactly." "But on that finger was once a ring." "And it was stolen." "By Wim." "Where Could he go?" "(Singing) "in the moonlight"" "Good day, teacher." "It is good that you want to go to school, and the woman at the orphanage is going to be required to think so." "But she does not approve of this." "Then they would only have small children in the factory." "And then they couldn't make anything there." "Can I maybe move in with you?" "That would be nice, eh, Wim?" "Oh, no." "Get him." "Come here." "Go away." "Get him." "Just go away, man." "Get him." "Asshole." "Come here." "so long ..." "Wim, come here." "Wim help." "I was looking for you." "Here, against the wall." "And now..." "Where's the ring?" "I have no ring." "You do have it." "Here." "Liar." "No sir." "Please..." "Hup." "The youth of today..." "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven where has Berend Botje gone he's not here, he is not there he's in America" "America, America turn around once, turn around twice" "Look, there is the market." "I'm here to buy a card for Gijs." "Then We meet each other at the barges, huh?" "Yes, good." "Come, Hans." "Come Sientje." "So so." "Come on." "We're going to sell eggs." "Come." "Catch me." "I'll get you." "No." "See?" "Come." "Look at that monkey." "Let's poke the monkey." "Come quick." "Hey, monkey." "Look, you stupid monkey." "Hey, stop it." "That's cruel." "Stop it." "That's cruel." "Hey, stop it." "Leave that monkey alone." "Brat." "Hey." "No, let go." "What are you doing?" "My monkey." "Hey, monkey." "Monkey, come here." "Are you hungry, monkey?" "Are you hungry?" "I have some food for you." "Now you must do something for me." "See those keys?" "No, crazy beast." "There." "Yes, up." "Yes, those." "Take them off the hook." "Yes." "Come." "Good." "Thank you." "Good afternoon, constable." "Good afternoon." "Hey, you again?" "Are you hungry, monkey?" "Look." "Hey." "Look what I have for you." "Hi." "What are you writing?" "I'm Writing a card to Gijs." "From my village." "Who taught you to write so beautifully?" "Geleerd, My father." "Not in school?" "Yes." "My dad is my head master." "Oh." "When are you leaving?" "Oh, later." "By boat." "(singing)there drinking sweet milk with cream sweet milk with chunks baby should not fib" "Do not panic." "What is it, Jet?" "Go On ahead." "I'll be right there." "Good." "You can sleep in the barn." "The farm at the end of the dike." "Thank you." "Monkey, come." "Hey, little lamb." "God's sake." "You can't win against that, monkey." "Sleep well." "I have to tend to the beasts, Teun." "That's a good boy." "Good day, Kees." "Good morning." "Did you sleep well?" "Yeah." "Good." "Hey, monkey." "Calm down, ladies." "You'll all get your turn." "Good day, Johanna." "Good day, Bella." "Good day, Ella." "Will We eat her?" "What?" "The sow?" "No, she'll be having piglets." "Otto all depends on the ladder." "Come on." "Shall we start with you." "Quiet." "Hi, Jet." "Hi, Gijs." "Will you help me with milking?" "That's good." "When will I actually get my card?" "Maybe this afternoon." "This afternoon when the mail is delivered?" "We'll see." "Well done, lass." "Did you sleep well?" "No." "Those animals shitting, pissing and farting all night." "And when they let a breeze..." "Oh, then the whole roof flies off." "Why are you even here?" "I Would like to go to school." "And your father is he not headmaster?" "But It might not be so easy." "How old are you?" "Ten, I think." "Then you're too old for school." "How old are you then?" "Also ten, but I've been there for four years." "Here." "Thank you." "You could also become a farmer." "Like Gijs." "I want to learn reading, writing and arithmetic." "There is simply nothing more beautiful." "There is nothing I would rather do, Jet." "How do you know my name?" "I'm repeating what I heard." "It's me again." "School begins so." "See you." "Bye." "So, Uncle Teun." "Making a tasty black pudding?" "A black pudding this afternoon, huh?" "First a little work, huh Gijs?" "Yes, school." "School." "Come on." "The bell." "Come on." "Till this afternoon." "Good morning, children." "Good Morning, sir." "Come on in." "Hey, you again?" "Do you want to learn to read?" "L-A-M." "Lamb." "Good." "Well, write it once again." "Hey?" "And for the big kids..." "Look here just a minute some long division, yes?" "Get started, everyone." "I'll be back." "Hi." "Who is that?" "Wim." "He's skinny." "Yeah." "That's because he's from the orphanage." "Hi." "But what is he doing here?" "He Wants to join us in the classroom." "What's this?" "A sum." "Three hundred Seventy-two divided by twelve." "You can not share with that many." "What bread can you share like that?" "What is that?" "That's the map of the Netherlands." "It seems like Netherlands has the measles." "How do you do that?" "What's your name?" "Wim." "This is the W" "The wind and sausage." "And warm mittens." "And Now there is Wim." "I write my own name." "Where did that crazy beast come from?" "Look, he can count." "Quick, the master." "Come quickly." "No, in here." "And don't move." "So." "Did you solve the division?" "We Have not started yet." "How can that be?" "There Was a strange bird." "Yes, with weird colors." "Yes, of course that's cuter than a sum." "You can not learn to count from a strange bird." "No." "Well, 372 divided by 12 is..." "Antje?" "Thirty-one, sir." "Well done." "Afternoon, master." "Good afternoon." "Master?" "Antje?" "May I just finish my work?" "And I?" "Well, we are diligent today." "That's fine." "What do we do?" "Just wait." "Stay there, Wim." "We will be right back." "Good day, Dad." "Can we borrow the pedal-cart?" "Are you strong enough to pedal it?" "Easy." "Forward then." "Hooray!" "A little help here." "Help here." "Yes." "Yes thank you." "Wim come out now." "Here, come on." "Come." "Whoopee has come took my girl but I will not be there to mourn I have already picked another" "You're strong, you know." "We are here Wim." "You can come out." "Yeah." "Bink will be back tomorrow to fetch you with the dog cart" "That's good." "That poor child." "Perhaps he will soon be dead along the side of the road." "Would't that be terrible?" "Yes, but..." "Well, do something about it." "Look, ma'am, we're doing everything we can..." "You're still checking the market?" "Maybe he's out of town." "Have you investigated that possibility?" "Van Boxtel." "A letter from the city." "So." "Yeah." "Perhaps I finally get a promotion." "Wanted." "A little fellow." "He is on the run and in possession of a gold ladies ring." "With a ruby." "His name is Wim." "It seems I can only get promoted if I arrest someone." "I know, right?" "But nothing ever happens here." "He's coming." "hurry." "Jet, open up." "Yes, come." "Fast." "Good morning." "Good morning, sir." "Good morning." "Good morning, children." "Good Morning, sir." "Where is Bink?" "He is With his father slaughtering a cow." "Yes." "Oh." "Well, if it must be, then it must be." "it's a little party do you know for sure that the Easter Bunny has been" "Nice." "Now you are an easter egg." "Well, what words should I include?" "It must contain a short A sound." "Can." "Goose." "It has begun." "Jet, Sien, it has begun." "It has begun." "Come." "Good." "Yes." "Come." "Almost." "Good." "Yes." "He is sweet." "Well done girl." "So beautiful." "It's A ram." "Can I pet it?" "So soon?" "Mama Sheep should recover some first." "Oh, look." "How sweet." "He is still very small." "Today geography." "Geography?" "The desert." "Desert?" "Does, come here." "Ho, no." "Come here." "Does, come here." "can't Does stay and play with Kees?" "No." "Why not?" "Because it's that time of year." "Come on." "Father, may we still play if it is that time of year?" "Well, child." "Are you so hungry?" "Yes, Jet is having a growth spurt." "Yes." "My clogs are almost too small." "Good day, Dad." "Good day, Boy." "That's enough, huh?" "You are picking enough to make two carrot cakes." "Yes, Mom." "Please." "Thank you." "So, Jet." "Good day, Constable." "I had to do some shopping for my mother." "Very good, girl." "hold on to them tight." "Strange things have been happening here lately." "The doctor loses his watch." "The mayor's wife's necklace." "Yes, the Easter eggs were hidden and then suddenly were gone." "You see now?" "I told you." "Crazy things are happening here." "Please." "That rotten school." "I don't understand anything." "Are you crazy?" "You're just getting started." "But I don't understand any of it." "I can't count." "I understand nothing of biology." "I do not know where the desert lies." "I get a headache." "That makes sense" "Your brain is like a desert yet." "So come, wise desert brain" "No." "I don't want to." "Then you'll just have to go back to the orphanage." "You are strict." "Right." "I am very strict." "Well, where is the desert?" "There." "See." "You can do it." "You're really smart... for an orphan." "Thank you." "I have an idea." "I'm going to ask my father if you can stay." "Really?" "I will do it tonight." "it rains, it rains the pans get wet there were two decent peasants that fell on their chins..." "Father?" "Are there children who first start school at ten years old?" "Ten?" "Ten is very late, but it can be done if he's smart." "Why?" "Well, I was with Teun and Sien in the market..." "Good evening everyone." "Good Evening, Constable." "Master..." "Come inside." "He seems to be quite a scoundrel." "And he is not stupid." "He managed to escape from prison." "Without keys." "And he stole the ring from the director of the orphanage." "Those kind of kids are best kept under lock and key." "That is for the best." "That's true." "Sad, but true." "How old is he?" "The Orphanage says 12" "And he is called Wim." "So if you see him..." "You surely know all the kids from the neighborhood." "And I know where to find you." "Come out." "I know a nice spot." "it rains, it rains the pans get wet" "How did it go?" "Can I go to school?" "Are you a thief?" "Have you stolen a ring?" "No, really, no." "What ring?" "From The director." "Who says?" "The Constable." "Zonet." "I have never stolen." "Except one loaf." "When the monkey was quite hungry." "Are you 12?" "I Am not 12." "I'm 10." "I'm not a thief." "If I am you can drown me in a chamber pot" "Or push me into a bath full of piss." "God save us." "And then make me drink a sip." "You're really crazy, you know." "I can not ask." "if you can go to school." "If I do then father will bring you to the police." "Hello." "Good morning." "Good day." "I have mail." "Please." "Postman." "Yes?" "What does it say?" "Greetings from Jet." "It's beautiful." "Hey, must it be so hard?" "They do their best." "Good morning, ladies." "Oh, Bella." "Lightning." "What is that there?" "Jet, there is a monkey here." "Come." "Be careful, he bites." "He better not try." "would you like a nut?" "No, don;t do it." "Nice huh?" "Yes, let's see where you're nesting." "Gijs, No." "Who are you?" "This Is Wim, Gijs." "What is he doing here?" "Wim Comes from the city." "From the orphanage?" "He is that scoundrel." "Gijs, Wait." "He is here to learn." "Learn how?" "Here in the barn?" "No, Jet." "In school." "But I live here." "Do you really have no parents?" "No, never had any." "The orphanage was not fun, Gijs." "They worked there for ten hours a day." "So what?" "What is wrong with that?" "And they beat them." "How hard?" "As hard as the man with the team beats his horses." "Look." "Read what I wrote." "I cannot read." "Do you have a sum for me?" "No." "You can't count either?" "No." "I'd rather be with the animals." "Gijs is a farmer." "And that is already difficult." "He may still remain?" "I would let you stay." "I'm with Teun." "That's my family." "It is summer." "You get awfully busy." "Teun is already old." "You can use some help, right?" "Wim?" "What does he know about farming?" "He cannot do anything, can he?" "He can learn it, can't he?" "From whom?" "From you, of course." "You've been a farmer." "He's really not stupid." "He has already learned to write." "So you think milking is as easy as writing?" "Just give him a chance." "Ok, but he must learn everything." "Lesson one: milking." "This is empty." "Like so." "Choose only one." "That one over there." "That's a bull." "Lesson learned." "How do you get chocolate milk?" "Then You have to have brown udders." "For chocolate you have to pull hard." "Oh, what a pity." "He has had chocolate pooped out." "Oh, no." "Ah, Jet." "I'm not a farmer." "Are you almost done?" "I'll go check, okay?" "Almost." "Yes." "O is not perfectly round." "The A's are best." "A's are Best?" "Miss, this is best." "What should I do?" "Take the stick and push it into the hive and remove the honey." "They won't mind the stabbing?" "Not if you keep quiet." "I see nothing." "Then You need to stick it in farther." "Sweet." "Get away." "They sting." "Get away rotten beasts." "Wim." "Get in the water." "You failed, Wim." "Gijs, why did you do that?" "Gijs really isn't so mean." "I'm not a farmer." "It's too hard." "I'm going to find a boat." "I'll be a sailor." "At least I'll be something." "But, Wim, if you continue you can learn reading, math, writing and farming." "Then you definitely have a chance to stay." "Only if it has nothing to do with bees and bulls." "Agreed." "Agreed." "Come on." "They taste delicious, Wim." "I have one." "Now you." "Who can find the most in one minute." "One, two, three, four..." "Eleven, twelve..." "Jet, catch." "Thirteen..." "Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nine..." "I've never seen you before." "What's your name?" "Wim." "Wim?" "Good evening everyone." "Good Evening, Constable." "Jet, who is this?" "This is Wim and he lives here in the barn." "Did you know?" "So that's where all those sandwiches went to, Jet." "Is that Wim from the orphanage?" "But he is not a crook." "Really he isn't, Father." "No, don't." "Now tell us please, Wim." "Where did that come from?" "I do not know, master." "Not really." "Where do you sleep, little man?" "Look at that." "Just look." "Our Easter eggs." "But did Wim steal all that?" "No, Jet." "The monkey stole it for him." "But Wim has trained him." "Is that true?" "Do you have that monkey trained to steal?" "No, he did it himself." "I did not even know he could." "Well, Little man  Could you yourself even believe that?" "Hup." "Come." "Well, finally something happened here." "Well, Wim, inside." "So." "You too." "Go, inside." "Sit." "Hmmm." "Hurry up." "Hup." "That can not ..." "I got that..." "Silence." "Order in the court." "Next case." "The theft of a watch, a silver fork and a pearl necklace." "Plus 11 painted Easter eggs." "How old are you?" "About Ten, sir." "Perhaps" "About 11." ", maybe..." "Do you have a birth certificate?" "No sir." "Madam." "Your honor." "I want to know how old that boy is relative to the punishment I'm about to give." "Do you have his birth certificate?" "Yeah." "No, yes, but the thing is..." "Well, how about it?" "Do you have it or don't you?" "Sorry." "No Unfortunately." "Wim was brought to us without a birth certificate." "How very unfortunate, particularly in light of this." "Wim, you can already read a little?" "A bit, Sir." "Read this out loud." "Read, Yeah..." "Adopted Children Act." "Children under 12 years receive compulsory schooling." "So if you find out how old you are, you might go to school." "But first you must now go back to the orphanage." "That monkey has to go." "Take him to the zoo." "Next case." "The Verbruggen case." "Hup." "Go, walk." "Not so slow." "Come on." "Get to work." "HUP, Hurry up." "Yes, hop to it." "Shoot." "Hurry even a little, man." "Come on." "You're at work you know." "I do not think so." "What a coincidence." "This is yours." "Oh, that's your birthday." "Totally forgotten." "What do we mean?" "No." "Yes." "And gone it is." "Now nobody knows when you were born." "Nope." "I was born on September 15, 1889." "The Headmaster will post the truth." "Then I can join him in the classroom ..." "Tibor." "..." "And then I can live with Jet." "Why would your Headmaster do that?" "You're just an ordinary thief from an orphanage, huh?" "I am not." "Yes, give him a thrashing." "Connect tonight with his past and let it count for three offenses." "Yes, what are you waiting for?" "Well, Come." "Come here." "Everything we do for those children, and this is the thanks we get." "No, Mr. Wim prefers to run away." "It's The first child in all those years." "It gives the other children ideas." "Pretty soon the tent here is empty." "But by then we are already together in Paris, right?" "Excuse me?" "You and I together on an avenue, with all the electric lights  And a glass of champagne." "Do you really think I would go to Paris with a bumpkin like you?" "You can not even write, let alone speak French." "I'm tired." "Good night ." "Buzz off." "So you have been to school?" "Yes." "Was that difficult?" "The reading and writing and stuff?" "You cannot?" "No." "Not even your own name?" "I Usually just put a cross." "T-i  B-O-R." "Look, here is your name." "Now you." "Is that the T?" "Yeah." "I can write T. I can ..." "Ho, ho." "I would not be satisfied with only one letter." "We still have I-B-O-R." "I-B-O-R." "Well, O is not completely round." "No." "There is not one true characteristic of A  But otherwise it's not bad for a beginning pupil, Tibor." "Do I really have to line up for that adoption?" "There will never be anyone for me." "Let's do it." "Otherwise they begin to grumble again, eh?" "So, here." "Hup." "Come on." "Very well." "Boys, all rub." "Welcome." "How do you do?" "Voilà." "Boys, girls." "Rene, he must be a healthy child I could not take a sick..." "Sure, sweetheart." "Honey, We will have him immediately examined by the doctor." "That one has fleas in my opinion." "It does not look clean." "Hey, that one looks strong." "Good afternoon." "Wim, you have a chance." "They Look nice." "You're really lucky." "Good day." "What's your name?" "Wim, ma'am." "I'm Madeleine." "How old are you, Wim?" "I Was born on September 15, 1889." "Where, I do not know, but I'm ten plus a bunch of days." "And Wim, when was the last time you were sick?" "I have never been sick." "See that gorilla?" "I can push him with one hand on his back." "Would you like to live with us?" "Do you know Jet?" "Jet?" "Yes, Jet." "And Gijs and Ot and Sien and Bella, Johanna, Ella eleven..." "Ella eleven?" "That's a cow." "No, Wim." "That cow we do not know." "But if I live with you, may I go to school?" "It looks like you lose." "Good luck, Wim." "Good luck, Wim." "Good luck." "Keep practicing and learning, Tibor." "Welcome home, Wim." "Really" "Yes." "Totally." "Go." "This is your room." "Come." "Oh, a real train." "And if you need anything, you just pull this cord." "What do you wish?" "A meat ball would be nice." "Please, sir." "Parties." "So I'm going to school tomorrow?" "Of course." "You go to school tomorrow." "Fine." "You Love school, huh?" "I love dictations and geography, but most most of all fractions." "Then you and Master Sipke will enjoy yourselves." "So, I go to school." "Where is it?" "Here's your school." "Where is the master?" "Day." "Wim, This is master Sipke." "Hi, sir." "So." "Have you ever been to school?" "Certainly." "But where are the other kids?" "You are the children, Wim." "You're the class." "You're the school." "Do I get private lessons here?" "Yes, that is the best way." "Go sit down." "Master Sipke will teach you a lot." "Success." "Look, Wim, when you consider man ..." "Early on he looked in the night and saw perhaps a thousand stars." "And if there were clouds he saw no whistle." "May I?" "And so he invented the telescope and saw perhaps 10,000 stars." "Then he invented the giant telescope and when he then looked, he saw 100.000." "When he dug into the ground all he found was pebbles." "As he dug deeper and deeper and he then found coal." "So." "Oil, Iron  Copper, gold, sodium, chlorine, helium, hydrogen..." "So he understood that the universe consisted of different substances and compounds  with which you he could do unbelievably many things." "Man could for example, make light and fire." "He could float on water, or fly through the air." "He could create steam from water, or bake clay." "He can paint  He can make glass out of sand." "The possibilities are endless." "Do you understand a little bit, Wim?" "No, sir." "And I really don't understand those atoms and molecules things." "That's why you are still in school." "I'll explain it all." "Maybe I'll understand it by the time I'm 100." "Can we still do anything fun?" "Happy hooping." "Hey." "How do you like it here?" "It is excellent, madam." "If you want to...you can call me pretty mama." "The Master is very pleased with you, Wim." "Because you have done your best this afternoon we may go have some fun." "Where would you like to go?" "To the zoo, with the monkey." "Monkey?" "Yes, my monkey." "He misses me" "Joris Was also so fond of the zoo." "Hold on tight?" "Good day, Wim." "Nice, huh?" "Kneel." "Well done." "Do you want to ride the camel?" "No, I want to see the monkey." "Monkey." "Monkey, It's Wim." "Oh, look at that." "He has already made friends with the other monkeys." "Remember we lived at Jet and Gijs?" "I wish I had given you a name." "Then I could call you." "Fritz." "Well, Wim." "What do you fancy today?" "Writing." "What would you write?" "A letter." "Dear Madam..." "You are very kind and your husband, too." "You have a nice house and your servants are good at hooping." "Though they are very boring." "Yeah." "I also learn a lot from Master Sipke." "But I miss the animals." "I miss Jet  And Gijs." "Even though he had the bees sting me, I still miss him." "And Ot and Sien and school." "I would like to apply honey." "Honey is a mistake." "Look, Wim." "You're here to see if you like it." "And we hope you like it here." "I think that I like it here, but it's so empty and quiet." "And I want to live with Jet." "Yes, Wim, if you want to leave here you have to go back to the orphanage." "No." "Never ever." "I'm not going back." "Then we have a problem." "I want to live with Jet." "She needs me to help with the lambs and calves." "It is very busy on the farm." "Jet said she needed me." "I can only take you to the orphanage." "Those are the rules." "I won't go!" "If You scream again, I will punish you." "Oh, yeah?" "Then do it." "For you kids are like animals." "If they do not do what you want then lock them up." "Oh, no, Wim." "We would never do that." "We would never imprison you." "The only thing we want is that you feel comfortable with us." "Then we can sign the adoption paper so that you are our son." "I'd rather be outside with the animals." "I understand that." "Go." "I can milk you." "Here, take a nice one." "Thank you." "Come." "Up sa." "Very good." "What are you going to call them?" "That's because they have become so round." "No." "They are so round ... during your race, race, race King race through the puddle on you go, on King drive through the gate your erk, erks erk King drive through the church you one, two, three Hatsjie" "get two buckets of water pump two buckets of water the girls on their clogs the boys on their wooden legs row on my street through" "Good day, Wim." "Good day, Jet." "Form for adoption." "Where was this for?" "It's for where I belong." "Mom, come look." "Wim is back." "You stay here a minute." "What do we do with this?" "We Can not just pluck him from the street." "But he has no one except us." "Jet." "Even then we can not take him home." "Why not?" "You're schoolmaster?" "If it can not be us..." "That boy has twice come all this way to go to school." "He just deserves a chance." "And during the summer he can help with the chores." "He doesn't know how to milk yet." "It looks like you taught him right, Gijs." "I didn't milk them completely empty." "I left some for the calves." "Ho." "It's Wim." "So." "What a shame." "Well it appears we cannot make it official." "One moment." "No, Tibor, that's my pen." "That's a very expensive accessory." "Well, give it back." "No." "Let's see if it works." "Tibor." "It does." "Jet, you have a little brother." "Well, it was still a nuisance." "I'm glad to be rid of it." "Well, ma'am." "You will be losing more children." "From the first of September all these children have to go to school." "And I will make sure that they end up with loving parents." "Maybe I can help." "Delphine, move to the side." "No." "Move to the side." "Go away." "Aafje, next week you'll be 11." "How old am I?" "Wim, How old am I?" "You know what, ma'am?" "I'll take them right now." "Then you can work in your factory yourself." "we're not going home yet not for a long, long time we're not going home yet because mom is not home and if my mother's not home then I cannot, I cannot and if my mother's not home then we're not going home..." "So, come on." "Can I also?" "Are you also coming?" "Nice, They can help nicely." "Hey?" "But after the summer, I want to see them every morning at school." "Agreed?" "Thank you, Jan." "I will teach you milking." "Good day." "Bye." "Just go." "But Wim is not the only new student." "." "We have many more new ones." "And a new class which includes a new teacher." "Hello, everyone." "Hello, Miss." "Hey  I think I know you." "And I, you." "Find yourself a nice seat." "There." "Yes, beautiful, by the window." "Have a seat." "You come with me?" "Then I can always look outside." "It's open." "Come and see." "Come." "One more time." "Subtitles  Translation by Theriot@Theriot(2017)"