The Secret of Kells Page #4

Uh, no.

No mother?

I'm alone, too.

Oh!

If this is your forest,

you must know

everything about it.

Of course.

No. Wait!

Hello?

Shh, not so loud!

Go away!

No, wait, please!

Do you know where

I can find these?

Yes.

But you can't eat those.

I don't want to eat them.

They're for ink.

What is ink?

It's for the book.

For making pictures.

Liquid color,

you put it on pages.

Well, like leaves,

it's hard to explain,

I suppose

you'd have to see it.

I don't know

what you're talking about,

and I don't want to know.

But, Brother Aidan...

I will help you find

the things you want,

on one condition.

You and your pet

must promise to never come

into my forest again.

Uh...

All right, then.

We promise.

Come on then,

I'll ask the forest

where they are.

Ask the... What?

Hey, wait!

My name's Brendan.

What's yours?

It's a miracle,

just like Aidan said.

Aidan is my friend.

I'm helping him make

the most incredible book

in the whole world.

He says it will turn

darkness into light.

Wait until you see it!

Wait until you see

the rest of my forest.

You're fast.

Yes, I'm the fastest.

So, where are

the berries then?

You have climbed

a tree before,

haven't you?

Uh...

Yes, of course.

It's easy.

Come on so!

Oh.

Hmm?

Saved your life,

second time today.

I thought you knew

how to climb trees.

I do. Smaller ones.

Yeah, like bushes.

Don't look down. Come on!

Shh!

Look!

One beetle

recognizes another.

Whoa!

Come on.

Open your eyes

and I'll tell

you my name.

Aisling.

And this is my forest.

Hmm? Oh.

I asked them

not to sting you.

Here's what

you're looking for.

But they're

not really berries.

Ugh! They look like

boar droppings.

They're kind of stinky, too.

If you're finished,

it's time to go back down.

Back down. Hmm.

A bit left.

No, wait!

Don't lean on that...

...branch.

I'm sorry it took

so long to come down.

Oh. Except for

the last part.

We'd better go now.

I know a secret way

to get you home.

Come on!

Uh...

Look!

Brendan?

Brendan?

What are you doing?

Come away!

This is a place

of suffering.

Suffering?

What do you mean?

Just come away!

It's too dangerous.

Surely it can't be more

dangerous than climbing

an oak tree.

It is the cave

of the Dark One.

Crom Cruach?

But Crom Cruach's

only a story for children.

The Abbot of Kells says

that you shouldn't be

afraid of imaginary things.

It's not imagined.

It's waiting

in the darkness.

Waiting for someone

to awaken it.

Aisling, you're only

scaring yourself.

The Abbot says that

that's all pagan nonsense.

There's no such thing

as Crom Cruach.

Crom Cruach.

Don't speak its name!

You're really frightened?

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