Wake Wood Page #2

and say goodbye properly.

- Would that ease your pain, hm?

- That's not funny.

If she's been dead for less than a year,

I can bring her back.

It's only for three days.

For most people it's enough.

That is ridiculous. It is nonsense.

All right. All right.

But do one thing for me, Patrick.

Before you deride my offer...

...ask your wife.

She knows.

- I told you already.

- You didn't tell me anything.

- Please, just stop this.

- Stop this? Stop what?

- What is it you think I'm doing?

- Come on, babe.

Please, come on, be straight with me.

What did you see?

What did you see?

I saw something like...

What?

A birth... maybe.

And?

I believe him.

Patrick, I believe what Arthur said.

If we do this, will you stay?

Louise?

I just want her back.

OK.

But it's not so simple, is it?

If we have to lie, isn't it won'th it?

- What was your daughter's name?

- Alice.

Alice Hannah Daley.

Alice Hannah Daley.

- Did she prefer mornings or evenings?

- [Both] Mornings.

- Was her skin moist or dry?

- Moist.

Would she have liked

cats, cows or horses?

Horses, ponies, definitely.

- Was her hair thick or lank?

- It was fine. Wasrt it?

Quite fine.

- What time of the year was she born?

- October. 22nd.

How long has your daughter

been in the ground?

Patrick, how long has your daughter

been dead and buried?

It's been eleven months,

two weeks, two days.

[Mutters]

This is what we can do.

Your daughter will be brought back.

Make the most of the time.

And after she'll go back to the woods.

- She's just on loan.

- Will she be normal?

Yes, quite. Her heart will beat,

her breath will breathe

and she'll remember the time

she had with you, some of it.

It lasts for three days only,

during which you must keep Alice

within the townland of Wakewood.

The wind turbines lie beyond

our boundary. Let them be your guide.

This is a physical necessity.

Why only three days?

We tap the life force

of a fresh cadaver.

Three days' won'th is all we get.

Perhaps it mirrors the stages

of existence, birth, life, death.

I don't truly know.

Now, for this to work, we need a body,

and, as you are more than well aware,

we have recently had a tragedy

in the community.

Perhaps we should prevail on the family.

The ritual of the return

binds you to Wakewood.

You will settle here permanently

and you will tend animals without fail

whenever this town needs you.

Do we have an agreement?

We just wanna see her again.

Then you shall.

You were there. The vet's wife.

Yes.

- Sit down.

- Thank you.

Mrs O'Shea,

I'm very sorry for your loss.

In my mind, he's the young boy I met.

[Footsteps on stairs]

Our daughter was killed last year.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes