Baba Yaga Page #6

There's no end to it. Don't you see?

Soon you'll be telling me

that it's the pearly gates of hell...

and your Baba Yaga

is the custodian witch of it.

How do you know she isn't?

Because it's mad. That's all.

Because we're living in the 20th century.

We're putting men on the moon,

transplanting organs.

Witches don't exist.

Listen, you're being a bit too naive.

Hell, Val, if it's anything,

it's the world we're living in.

And if it did exist,

I'll bet you with all those souls,

you can be certain that by now,

why, it certainly would have been

turned into some kind of supermarket.

Hmm?

If only I could-

But something happened today

when the lights went out.

I don't know what,

but there's something,

some detail that I can't pin down

that would help me understand.

Even if the idea scares me to death.

Understand what, Val?

Now look, you meet

an old lesbian, huh?

And a friend ofyours

gets a headache.

All of a sudden,

it's sorcery and witches.

She's pale. Her hands are icy.

Listen, I have an old aunt in Treviso

who has two teeth like that, huh?

But that doesn't make her Dracula.

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe you could use a night out.

I have an idea that might help.

How about coming over

to the Cineclub, huh?

Really?

Uh-huh.

- What's playing?

- It's a series on German expressionism.

All right.

Anything's better than going home.

What's the matter? Are you

all right? Shh.

It's interesting, isn't it?

It's nothing. Sorry.

"The time has come!

The stars favor the casting of spells"

THE ART OF GIVING LIFE TO DEAD THINGS

"I have wrested the horrible reviving word

from the dark powers!...

Now I shall give life to the Golem!"

Come on. Let's go.

What's the matter? What is it?

Come on. Hurry.

Val?

Excuse me. Shh.

Val!

Will you please tell me

what the hell is going on?

I just thought of it. I remembered

the camera was on the table.

The shutter was closed.

And then the lights went out,

and when they came on,

it was near the doll

and the shutter was released.

So what? But don't you

see? Someone used it.

Someone took pictures with it

when all the lights were out.

But that's impossible.

They couldn't.

I know.

You see? The film's used up.

Are you certain you didn't use it all?

Positive. I loaded new film

while I was talking to Awojubi.

And then I remembered

all those coincidences-

Toni's illness, your camera jamming,

the death of that hippie kid.

And I thought this camera

had a curse on it.

So I used another

just to be on the safe side.

Well, we'd better develop it then, huh?

But if they were taken in the dark,

there won't be anything to see.

Are you sure?

Hmm?

No.

Let's try.

Hey. Is that the doll named Annette?

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