Pelle the Conqueror Page #6

I'll give you ten kroner when I grow up.

You'll never grow up. You're a freak.

I'll be on show at marketplaces. And fairgrounds.

- Fairgrounds?

- As a monster. I'll be filthy rich.

But, Pelle...

if I can have it,

you can hit me 100 times with nettles.

- Naked?

- One hundred times.

- You can't take it.

- As hard as you like.

One hundred lashes. Are you ready?

I don't want to do this anymore.

Then you won't get the money.

You hit me so hard.

- Do you or don't you?

- I want the money first.

Can't you tell us anything

about Adam and Eve and the serpent?

Well?

We're waiting.

Have you never heard of Adam and Eve and the serpent?

Haven't you been paying attention?

What did the serpent promise Adam and Eve

if they ate from the apple?

Don't think I'll feel sorry for you.

The serpent promised them that they, like God,

would be able to tell good from evil.

How can you continue here, if you don't

get the most elementary things?

Are his parents present?

Your parents are not even here. Very well, sit down.

- Next.

- Pelle.

Can you tell us what God told the serpent?

And God said unto the serpent, Upon thy...

Upon thy belly shalt thou go...

Upon thy belly shalt thou go...

- And does it still do that?

- Yes, because it has no limbs.

Can you tell me what a limb is?

A limb is...

a hand, for example.

That is correct.

And what sets all limbs apart

from all other parts of the body?

A limb is a...

a body part that can move on its own, yes.

Can you give me an example?

- The ears.

- Really?

- Can you move your ears?

- Yes.

I would like to see that.

Your ears saved your skin.

I told you that you should use your ears.

Rud!

Rud, you idiot! Come back here!

Or you'll never go to heaven.

If you run away, you'll never join

your grandmother in heaven.

You can have my knife, if you come back.

You can't do this to me.

What are you doing?

Don't remove the stones.

That's where the child is buried.

Yes. Anna killed your child here,

and then she was sent to prison.

I did it.

I killed it.

Lasse Pa would never kill me.

Why can't you just leave me alone?

This is my meadow, and you mustn't remove

the stones from the child.

Don't say that. Don't lie to God.

It's buried in consecrated ground.

It's buried here. I have seen

its soul burn over the stones at night.

It's because it can't go to God in heaven.

Niels!

Who is that who has gone out to meet his maker?

It's Niels. He went out with the line.

You have young eyes. Can you see Niels?

Cheerful is the earth

Cheerful is the heaven of God

Beautiful is the pilgrimage of the angels

He was a good boy.

He was my sustenance, my light, my heat.

He never spoke an unkind word,

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