The Ballad of Jack and Rose Page #2

- Is she here?

- She's downstairs.

You got thinner.

Hi, by the way.

I was thinking maybe

you'd come live with me.

- What?

- You heard.

You've never even

invited me out there.

- You like me that much, huh?

- Yep.

What about my kids?

Well, that goes without saying.

What about Rose?

- Have you thought this through?

- Through?

I've thought about it,

but I'm not clairvoyant.

- You know what I mean, Jack.

- Come live with me.

Quit your job.

Quit your jobs.

I can make life easier for you.

Just to prove that...

I'm in earnest...

Call that an early-retirement

package.

Er...

It's not coming out right, is it?

No.

I'm sorry.

Look, come live with me.

Give it a try.

I'll take care of you or you

take care of me. Whatever.

My kid needs a woman

around the place and... so do I.

I need you.

How's that?

What are you thinking?

I'm wondering if you're

crazy or not.

That's a waste of time, honey.

My poor tree house.

We can rebuild it. That's not a problem.

Do you really use it any more?

It's my house.

- Rose...

- Yes?

There's some people coming

that I've invited. Guests.

- Guests?

- People...

just come to stay for a while.

It's an experiment.

OK?

New chapter.

Hey!

Welcome, strangers.

- I see you er...

- Yeah. A couple of things.

So glad to finally meet you, Rose.

- I'm Jack.

- Yeah, I'm Thaddius.

Thaddius. Right.

You must be Rodney. Welcome.

These are my boys.

That's Thaddius...

Rodney...

This is Rose.

Oh, I'm Kathleen.

Wow!

Does anybody else live out here?

Er... used to be a commune.

There was 60 people living here,

give or take, at one time.

Engineers, farmers, carpenters,

a couple of scientists...

We were trying to...

Well, it wasn't what you see in the movies.

We weren't painting ourselves

orange and shaking tambourines

and whatever else

they got up to then.

We were trying to...

rebuild society on a small scale.

We were trying to figure out a way people

could live without destroying the planet,

with virtually no waste

or private property and...

I'll take that.

It was an experiment.

It looks like it didn't go too well.

- No, we learnt some stuff.

- Watch it.

- This is it.

- Oh, Jack...

Just put all your stuff down there for now.

Bring the rest in later on.

Where do you really live?

In my aunt's basement.

How long are you

going to stay here?

Not very long, personally,

but I have a feeling that my mother will

be embedded here for quite some time.

You get a lot of postcards.

My mother used to send them.

- Uh-huh.

- She left when I was five.

She might be coming back.

- Oh, dear.

- Rose?

Would you like to help me set the table? I'm

just going to make some cheese sandwiches.

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