"THE POLICE OFFICER'S WIFE" "BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 1" "END OF CHAPTER 1" "CHAPTER 2" "END OF CHAPTER 2" "CHAPTER 3" "END OF CHAPTER 3" "CHAPTER 4" "Have you seen the Easter Bunny?" "Look!" "Where is he?" " I saw him here before." " You saw him?" "Where?" "He hopped along that way." "He hopped right along there?" "There." "Then he must have got there." "I think I saw something!" " I think I saw something too!" " Where?" "I'm faster!" "I think rabbits like to crawl through tree stumps." "Help!" "END OF CHAPTER 4" "CHAPTER 5" " I really didn't see him!" " I'll be right back." "It's still alive." " Any casualties?" " No, don't think so." "Hi, Kalle, this is car 23." "We've a traffic accident with a deer." "No casualties." "Can you contact the person with the hunting rights?" " Is the car drivable?" " I'll look now." "We'll organise the tow truck." "Car 23." "Nobody's answering." "Can you call the forester?" "No reply" "OK, I'll handle it." "Move to one side, please." "Please move aside." "END OF CHAPTER 5" "CHAPTER 6" "I've won!" "Sorry!" "Now come here." "Every trick in the book!" "Yes, OK." "END OF CHAPTER 6" "CHAPTER 7" "Ducks and birds, they live forever." "They always live." " How do they always live?" " The birds and the ducks." " Oh, you mean the..." " And the frogs." "Yes, the frogs, too." "Have you ever seen one?" "Have you seen the birdhouses?" " Mama?" " Where?" "Up there?" "Did you look to see if there are birds in them?" " Aren't there any?" " Only mama and papa bird." "And the baby birds, the baby birds." "Baby birds, too." "The little chicks." "The little birds come out of their mothers' bellies." " Then they're mini-mini-birds." " They're just as small as you." " They are so small." " Yes." "Can you see any?" "If you keep quiet, you'll see lots of animals." " I can see a worm." " Where?" "There." " He's dancing!" " He's dancing?" " A worm can't dance." " Why not?" "Here's the border, you can't go down here." "Here's the border." "And if you take it away, he can go in here." "Let's make a home for the earthworm." "Look to the left." "The fish are in the water." "Call to the fish." "They won't come, they're in the south." "END OF CHAPTER 7" "CHAPTER 8" " Tastes delicious." " Yes?" "Do you like it, too?" "Sure looks like it!" "What did you do this morning?" "I gave Hob some apple." " Who?" " Hob." " Hob." " Hob?" "Who's Hob?" "He lives in our garden." " In our wall." " He lives in our wall?" "And what does Hob look like?" " He's very grey." " Grey." "And does he have any hair?" "Or is he bald?" "He's bald." " Is he really that old?" " I thought he had really long hair." "A bit longer." " A bit longer?" " Down to here." "And does he live alone in his hole?" "But with friends, too." "In the hole." "And who are his friends?" "A spider... and an ant." "Do you want to know..." "what he likes to eat best of all?" "Spaghetti." " Nuts." " Nuts?" "Hazelnuts." " Walnuts." " Walnuts." "Walnuts." "And is Hob fast or slow?" "Slow." "He's always dawdling." "He's always dawdling!" "END OF CHAPTER 8" "CHAPTER 9" "You can't just..." "You can't just get up and leave me there like a little boy." "I've been looking for you everywhere, right through the house." "Why can't you get up and say good night?" "Is it too much to ask that I should know where you are?" "Is that too much to ask?" "END OF CHAPTER 9" "CHAPTER 10" "Time to get up, Clara." "My dear." "Get up." "I want to sleep." "No, you have to get up." "Wake up!" "Come on." "Somebody's tired, hmm?" "Come on!" "Take off your pyjamas." "Come on." "So, come on." "END OF CHAPTER 10" "CHAPTER 11" "Through wind and snow, St Martin rode" "Upon his steed that swiftly trod" "St Martin rode in cheerful mood" "Wrapped warm and snug inside... his cloak" "Down below, in the snow" "There crouched a poor old man" "Dressed in rags, no clothing on" ""Oh, help me in my need," he cried" ""Or the bitter frost will be my death"" "St Martin, St Martin" "St Martin tore his cloak in two" "St Martin, St Martin" "St Martin handed half to the man below" "'Thank you, good sir!" the beggar spoke" "As St Martin rode away with half his cloak" "END OF CHAPTER 11" "CHAPTER 12" "END OF CHAPTER 12" "CHAPTER 13" "END OF CHAPTER 13" "CHAPTER 14" "So..." "Earthworms." "They're all coming out." "Look!" "Let's make another hole." " Look!" " Wow!" "Look how many there are." "So many!" "They look so pretty." "Make them wet." "The stone needs washing." "It was really dirty." "Yes, then you must wash it." "I washed the stone, washed the stone." " All the stones." " That looks really pretty now." " We can put them back down again." " The stones?" "But then the plants won't come through." "Then we must leave it all open." " That's right." "So the flowers grow." " Always open." "Yes." "It's a garden." "Shall we watch how the things grow?" " That takes a long time." " A long time?" "Three or four or five hours." "Not so hard!" "END OF CHAPTER 14" "CHAPTER 15" "END OF CHAPTER 15" "CHAPTER 16" "...from the Netherlands is fighting for every metre." "He's much stronger than in the first heat." "69 metres!" "That's less than Ghostbuster 1." "A full pull!" "102.99 metres, enough for the..." "He went through the door, cameras at the ready, he's next up!" "Landy, Durk Feenska!" "On his turbine!" "33,500 revs!" "1,500 horsepower!" "Custom gearbox, kerosene fired!" "Madness!" "Full pull!" "He, too, will be in the finals." "Lindy!" "END OF CHAPTER 16" "CHAPTER 17" "Wait, I'll help you." "It's such a lovely day..." "How does it go again?" "It's such a lovely day" "Such a lovely day" "And I'm strong, strong" "Strong as a tiger" "And tall, tall as a giraffe" "And I can jump, jump" "Jump, lump, lump, Jump" "And I can swim, swim, swim" "And Hob!" "And I take you by the hand because I like you so." "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la, la" "Such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la, la" "Such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la, la" " Where is Papa?" " Papa is at work." "Shall we go to sleep now?" " Yes." " OK, let's turn the light off." "How do we do that?" "Wait." "Look what I dreamt." "Look!" " We both dreamt that." " Yes." "We both dreamt that." "We both dreamt that." "END OF CHAPTER 17" "CHAPTER 18" " He's eaten it all." " He's eaten it all?" "He must have been hungry." "All gone." "Hob's eaten it all." "He gets really hungry when there's a storm." "Especially when there's a storm?" "Are you scared?" "You don't need to be." "The storm's a long way away." "It's a long way away." "It's not where we are." "I want to go in." "Do you think Hob is scared, too?" "END OF CHAPTER 18" "CHAPTER 19" "END OF CHAPTER 19" "CHAPTER 20" "Go on, wake Papa up." "Go on!" "Go on!" "Clara!" "Shall we both wake him up?" " Say, "Papa!"" " But I don't want to wake Papa up." "Go on..." "Papa!" "Kalle got me drunk." "Hello!" " Hello..." " Did it sting?" "Papa stings, huh?" "Right now!" "Look, Papa!" "Look!" "Blow the candle out!" "Papa's just not properly awake yet." "Really." "He hasn't looked at the boat yet." "He'll look at it properly in a minute." "And then he'll be really pleased." "He's just not properly awake yet." "Really." "You did that really well." " Papa needs a little more sleep." " Papa, look!" "You haven't looked propefly at the boat yet." "You haven't looked at the boat." "UWe!" "What time is it?" "Eight." "You've still got time." "So why did you wake me up?" "Clara woke you up." "She wanted to say happy birthday." "OK, OK." "I'll be in the kitchen." "How about happy birthday?" "Many happy returns of the day." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." " Clara's right outside." " It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my birthday." "It's my..." "My birthday." "END OF CHAPTER 20" "CHAPTER 21" "END OF CHAPTER 21" "CHAPTER 22" "Swish, swash, swish, swash, dabby, dooby" "Swish, swash, swish, swash, dabby, dooby" "Two small fish swimming in the sea, blub, blub, blub, blub" "One says to the other, "I've had enough," blub, blub, blub, blub" ""I want to go back to my little blue pond" ""For there are sharks in the sea, and maybe they'll eat me"" "Swish, swash, swish, swash, dabby, dooby" "Swish, swash, swish, swash, dabby, dooby" "One small fish swimming in the sea, blub, blub, blub, blub" "He says to himself, "I've had enough," blub, blub, blub, blub" ""I want to go back to my little blue pond" ""There are sharks in the sea, and maybe they'll eat me"" "Swish, swash, swish, swash, dabby, dooby" "Swish, swash, swish, swash, dabby, dooby" "END OF CHAPTER 22" "CHAPTER 23" "END OF CHAPTER 23" "CHAPTER 24" "Come on!" "Wait, wait." " Stop it." " Come on." " It has to spin!" " Finished." "Can you turn it off now?" "You still have to rinse your mouth." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Truce!" "Come on!" "Truce!" "OK, I'll stop." "Promise." "I think Clara's crying." "Nonsense!" "Yes, yes!" "Stop." "Stop!" "She really did shout." "You can clean up here." "END OF CHAPTER 24" "CHAPTER 25" "I don't want to wear my pyjama trousers." "Why not?" "Because the bear is hitting the other animals." "Because the bear is so strong and mean." "Because he's so strong?" "And mean." "Just because he's strong, that doesn't mean he's mean, Clara." "Look." ""Hello, Bear, I'm the Fox." ""Are you mean because you're so strong?"" ""I'm only strong because my fur is so heavy and so thick." "'That's why I have to be so strong."" ""Oh, that sounds really logical!"" ""But it's true." ""They're all scared of me." ""Clara is scared of me because I'm supposed to be mean" ""and hit all the other animals, but that's not true."" ""Not true at all, but we only think that because you're so strong."" ""What are you doing here, Mr Horse?"" ""Are you scared of me, too"?" " "Mr Horse, are you scared of me?"" " He's bitten the bear." ""Ouch!" "Why did you bite me?" ""You must be nice to me."" ""Does Clara like me, too?"" "Say good night to the bear." " Good night." " And to the fox." " Good night." " And to the deer." "Good night." "END OF CHAPTER 25" "CHAPTER 26" "END OF CHAPTER 26" "CHAPTER 27" "END OF CHAPTER 27" "CHAPTER 28" "Then get out!" "Without you, I'm nothing." "You're my basis." "You're the basis of my logistics." "You're destroying me." "I'm nothing 'without you." "You're destroying me." "Without you, I'm nothing." "You're my basis." "You're destroying me." "Go back to sleep now, Clara." "Close your eyes." "END OF CHAPTER 28" "CHAPTER 29" "END OF CHAPTER 29" "CHAPTER 30" "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama, there are ants in my bed!" "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama!" " What's the matter?" " There are ants!" "Where?" "Here." "Does it itch there?" "Here, too." "Here and here." "Want to come to Mama?" "Do you know why it tingles like that under your skin?" "Give me your hand." "Look, there are lots of tiny veins." "Can you see them?" "All those tiny blue lines." "They run right through your whole body under the skin." "Right through." "You've got a little one there." "And do you know what's inside?" "There's blood inside." "And the blood carries the air that you breathe, and it carries all the food that you've made small in your stomach." "And that's why it throbs under your whole skin." "It tingles because blood is flowing there." "That's why it tingles under your skin." "Wait, I'll show you something else." "When you put two fingers here and keep still, you can hear..." "you can feel it beating." "Is it beating?" "Can you feel it beating?" "That's what tingles under your skin." "That's why it tingles." "That wasn't ants." "That was your blood." "END OF CHAPTER 30" "CHAPTER 31" "That way." "Car four." "Klaus, does anyone know where Christine is?" "Uwe here." "I need to find her." "She's forgotten her key." "Uwe, I can't search for private individuals." "Ya, I know, I just need to find out where she is." "She's forgotten her key, and I need to find out where she is." "Everything OK?" "Car 35." "Becker." "Fine." "END OF CHAPTER 31" "CHAPTER 32" "END OF CHAPTER 32" "CHAPTER 33" "Yes, now!" "Again!" "END OF CHAPTER 33" "CHAPTER 34" "They've grown already." "Pretty tall, too." "And there are lots of little ones..." " And there's another one, even smaller." " Exactly." "Yes, there are a couple of weeds there as well." "Rake the earth." "You'll loosen it up." "And the water gets through more easily." "Oh, look!" "This one's been uprooted." "Quick, let's replant it." "Can I water them now?" "When can we water them at last?" "Go and fetch the watering can." "Careful, or you'll hurt him." "END OF CHAPTER 34" "CHAPTER 35" "Go to sleep." " Go to sleep, Clara." " I want to make friends with Papa." "I want to make friends with Papa." "Come on, then." "Let's go and find him." "I want to be friends." "I won't make friends with you today." "I want to be friends." "Go back to bed." "Papa will come in a minute." "Clara!" " I'm bad." " You're not bad, Clara." " I'm bad." " You're not bad, Clara." " Yes, I am." " No, you're not." " Yes, I am." " You're not bad." "Yes, I am." "Yes, I am." " You're not bad, Clara." " I am." " No!" " Yes!" " I'm bad." " You're not bad." "Yes, I am." "Come on, go to sleep, Clara." "Come on, go to sleep, Clara." "Now go to sleep." "I'll go and get Papa." "OK?" "Clara can't sleep." "Now go and comfort her." " I can't sleep either, and nobody cares." " I promised her you'd come." " You can't do that!" " I can." " I'll tell you something, Christine..." " Go." "She's your daughter." "She loves you." "Don't touch me!" "Don't ever touch me like that again!" "Can we be friends?" "Yeah... sure." "Can you read me a story?" "...and asked him to come along for a ride..." "Can you shut the door?" "END OF CHAPTER 35" "CHAPTER 36" "Can we put the siren on?" "Can we put the siren on?" "It's too loud." "Too loud?" "Can we put the siren on again?" "Can we put the siren on again?" "Now it's too loud." " Where's your ice cream?" " It's gone." "Fallen down." " Where's your ice cream?" " It's gone." "Fallen down." "But don't tell anyone about the siren, OK?" "END OF CHAPTER 36" "CHAPTER 37" "And I fly, fly, fly like an aeroplane!" "And I fly, fly, fly like an aeroplane!" "And I'm strong, strong, strong like a tiger!" "And big, big, big as a giraffe!" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "Cos I like you." "END OF CHAPTER 37" "CHAPTER 38" "END OF CHAPTER 38" "CHAPTER 39" "END OF CHAPTER 39" "CHAPTER 40" "Clara?" "END OF CHAPTER 40" "CHAPTER 41" "END OF CHAPTER 41" "CHAPTER 42" "END OF CHAPTER 42" "CHAPTER 43" "END OF CHAPTER 43" "CHAPTER 44" "END OF CHAPTER 44" "CHAPTER 45" "That's mean!" "They have to go round there." "This way, over here." "Press number two." "Mama, you smell." "Like I say!" "It's like I say!" "Oh, now, oh!" "Pedal to the metal!" "OK, come on." "Full speed!" " Crashed." " Crashed." "But we went straight ahead." "We always end up in the water." "We always fall in the water." "Full speed!" "To the left!" " I wanted to reverse." " We're going to need a floating tyre." "She's going away again." " I've won!" " Mummy's going away again." "Going back to bed or something." "She went that way." "She really does smell." "Christine, nobody smokes in this house." "Nobody smokes in this house." "Nobody smokes in this house." "Come here." "Come here and let me tell you something." "Come here." "Come here." "I want to tell you a story." "Come here." "Pinch me." "Go on, pinch me." "Ya." "Harder, harder." "Harder." " Does it hurt?" " No, it doesn't hurt." "Mama has a kind of illness." "When you pinch her or when she bumps herself, she gets a big blue mark." "Or a yellow one." "Or a green one." "Pinch me again." "That's right." "But you don't get a blue mark, and Papa doesn't, either." "But when you pinch Mama, she gets a big blue mark straight away." "Or a green one." "Or a yellow one." "That's because Mama has this illness." "And that's why Mama smells?" "That's right." "That's why Mama smells, because of her illness." "And that's why Mama has those marks, because of her illness." "END OF CHAPTER 45" "CHAPTER 46" "END OF CHAPTER 46" "CHAPTER 47" "Sleeping Beauty was a pretty child, pretty child, pretty child" "Sleeping Beauty was a pretty child, a pretty child" "There came along the bad fairy, bad fairy, bad fairy" "There came along the bad fairy, the bad fairy" "There came along the..." ""Sleeping Beauty, you must... \ "Die!" _ "Die!" ""Sleeping Beauty, you must die, must die"" "There came along the good fairy, good fairy, good fairy" "There came along the good fairy..." " And said to her..." " Her..." ""Sleeping Beauty, you must sleep, sleep, sleep" ""Sleeping Beauty, you must sleep, for a hundred years"" "There grew a giant hedge, a giant hedge, a giant hedge" "There grew a giant hedge, a giant hedge" "There came along a young prince, young prince, young prince" "There came along a young prince on a horse" "And then they got married, got married, got married" "And then they got married, got married" "And all the people came along, came along, came along" "And all the people came along, came along" "And they all lived happily ever after, ever after, ever after" "And they all lived happily ever after, happily ever after" "END OF CHAPTER 47" "CHAPTER 48" "You." " You watch." " OK." "Did you recognise it?" "I did another turn just now." "Show me." "I missed it." " Great!" " Again?" "That was one and a half turns." "Again')" "Two turns." "Two turns!" " Again?" " Yes." "Two." " Again?" " Yes." " Now... now?" " Two." " And now?" " Two and a half." "Three!" "Three!" "Super!" " We can sing underwater again." " I should, OK." "END OF CHAPTER 48" "CHAPTER 49" "END OF CHAPTER 49" "CHAPTER 50" "Come on, let's go through." "What now?" "From here?" "You can go closer, if you want." "The fox!" "Let her sleep." "Clara, I've just seen the fox." "Wake up!" "I've seen the fox." "Clara, honey." "Can you see him?" " No." " No?" "The fox!" "The fox!" " Can you see him?" " Yes." "Now back to bed, OK?" " Good night." " Good night." "Good night." "END OF CHAPTER 50" "CHAPTER 51" "END OF CHAPTER 51" "CHAPTER 52" "END OF CHAPTER 52" "CHAPTER 53" "Wake up." "Wake up, honey." "Wake up." "Clara!" "Good morning!" "Wake up!" "Little Clara, hey." "Time to get up!" "Good morning." "Time to get up!" "Time to get up." "Come on!" "Somebody's tired, hmm?" "Good morning!" "Come along." "END OF CHAPTER 53" "CHAPTER 54" "Hey!" "I've made fruit salad." "No thanks." "Then I'll eat it myself." "I'm going to bed." "Can't you chew more quietly?" "Oh no, that's really too much!" " What now?" " You chewing quietly!" "The way you chew too quietly." "You go ahead." "I'm going to stay a little." "I can stay here sitting on my own sofa." "Can't I?" "I'm there for you." "I've been there for you for years now." "So I can stay here sitting on my own sofa." "I don't want you to be there for me." "I'm always there for you." "I'm there for you." "I'm there for you." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Now, stop crying, or I'll go." "Stop it." "Stop it, now, or I'll go." " Then go, why don't you?" "Go on, go!" " Stop it." " Go!" "Just go!" " Stop it." " Stop it, now." " Go, at long last." "No!" "I didn't mean it like that." "Please, I didn't mean it like that." "I didn't mean it like that." "Please." "Please stay." "Please." "Please, please." "It's OK." " Please." " It's OK." "Stop, it's OK." "Stop, it's OK." "Christine, it's OK." "I'll get the duvet." "Christine?" "Christine, that's enough..." "Cut it out, now." "It's fine!" "Everything's OK." "Get lost." "I love you." "You're OK." "You're OK, too." "Me, me, me, me, me, me, me!" "Me, me, me, me, me, me..." "Mama, I can't sleep." "END OF CHAPTER 54" "CHAPTER 55" "END OF CHAPTER 55" "CHAPTER 56" "And I fly, fly, fly like an aeroplane!" "And I spring, spring, spring like a tiger!" "It's such a lovely day!" "Such a lovely day!" "And I'm strong, strong, strong as a tiger!" "And big, big, big as a giraffe!" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "Such a lovely day!" "And I swim... swim, swim..." "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "And I fly, fly, fly like an aeroplane!" "And I can jump..." "Strong as a tiger!" "And big, big, big as a giraffe!" "Such a lovely day." "Such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "Such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "Such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "And I'm big, big, big..." "Like a tiger, I'm strong, strong..." "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "It's such a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "And I'm strong, strong, strong... as a tiger!" "And big..." "And I'm..." "Over to you a lovely day, la, la, la, la, la" "END OF CHAPTER 56" "CHAPTER 57" "END OF CHAPTER 57" "CHAPTER 58" "END OF CHAPTER 58" "CHAPTER 59"