Billy Page #3

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I... I'm sorry. There's, um...

been a bit of a problem.

What sort of problem?

Uh, the flat's no longer available.

- But you said...

- I thought it was,

but it isn't.

It's my mistake.

But I've paid a deposit.

Yes, so you did, but I...

I haven't banked it yet.

There you go.

- Hey, Lynn, let's go.

- No, hold on a minute.

- Lynn, just...

- You can't do this.

But I have done it.

I've let the flat to someone else.

I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.

Lynn, can we just...?

I don't get it.

She was so nice the other day.

I'm really sure she was charming

till she saw the colour of my skin.

It's terrible.

We should do something about it.

Nah, don't make a fuss.

We can't do anything, anyway.

Oh, Billy, I'm sorry.

Hey, don't worry.

We'll find somewhere really good.

We don't want that bossy old cow

as a landlady, anyway.

Shh.

# Get up with the sun

# and go running to the sea.

# Cast away your mourning clothes

and fly away with me.

# Taste the salt upon you.

# Feel the warming sand.

# Find a singing shell and hold

the ocean in your hand.

# Feel the breath of the air

# and the peace and

the call of the sea.

# It's the one place I know you

can go any time to be free. #

Here.

Maybe we should get into bed.

That's an idea.

Oh, the light.

Oh.

Billy, I'm no expert.

It's my first time.

Christ.

You too, eh?

Oh.

You know what I've been thinking?

Give me a five-minute smoko break,

then you can tell me.

Maybe your mum's right.

We shouldn't wait to have kids.

You sure?

Can you imagine us as parents?

A mum and a dad.

Yeah.

Yeah, I like it.

Do you ever think about

your birth family?

Yeah.

Yeah, I used to.

Used to, uh, think about

why I was the one they gave away.

They wanted the best for you.

All these years and not one visit.

How could anyone

just abandon their kid like that?

Use this to blow your nose...

and ask the teacher

if you need to go to the toilet.

If you don't understand something

that the teacher tells you,

just pretend you do.

No point in arguing,

because that Pakeha...

he always wins.

Be a good boy.

But I want to go home with you.

You have to be strong, Billy.

Off you go now.

This is William Taitoko,

and he's new today.

Tell us something

about yourself, William.

How many brothers and sisters

do you have?

Only the Deaf

use Sign Language, William.

We use our words.

Got one sister.

Name's Ngaire.

Just one?

Really?

We get a little smack

if we don't tell the truth.

How many brothers and sisters

do you have, William?

Ten.

Good.

Now, take a seat next to Peter.

This morning we are reading

about a little fox...

who tries to cross

a bubbling brook.

What's a bubbling brook?

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