A couple months later. Emily, Elisabeth, Abigail, Laurence, and Fritz are tilling a place for fruit trees.
Franz: (Running in) Mother! Mother!
Elisabeth: (Straightening from her digging) What is it, dear?
Franz: (Out of breath) Mother! I want to go fishing! Can you take me fishing, Mother?
Elisabeth: Franz, you know we are busy with the orchard.
Franz: But Father said I could go fishing when we ran out of meat.
Elisabeth: (With a look at Laurence) Darling, we need to get this finished and start planting.
Emily: I'll take him.
Franz: (Pleased) Really?
Elisabeth: (Grudgingly) Well, be careful.
Laurence: Have a good time. Bring back some fish for supper!
Elisabeth: And don't stay out too long.
Emily: All right! Let's go, Franz!
Franz: I'll get my fishing pole. (He grabs it and the two of them set off for the stream.) Emily, tell me about the pirates!
Emily: (Dramatically) Well, at first it was just me and my grandfather and the men on the ship. We sailed along, and the sun shone brightly. Then, suddenly, a dot appeared on the horizon. It came closer and closer. Then, through the spyglass, I saw the black flag. It had a skull on it, and crossbones underneath.
Franz: (Wide-eyed) Oh!
Emily: The ship came nearer and nearer. A cannon went off!
Flashback scene.
Emily: Grandfather! What shall we do?
Grandfather: (Holding out a bundle) Put these on! Get below!
Emily: (Scared) But, Grandfather - I want to help!
Pirate Captain: (Off set) Come on, ye scallywags! Board their ship and conquer!
Grandfather: GO!
There is another cannon blast!
Pirate: (Off) Throw me that rope!
Pirate 2: (Off) 'Ere, matey!
Captain: (Now on the ship) Hand over yer gold! (Begins to advance on Sorensen)
Grandfather: Sir, I don't think-
Captain: Yes, clearly ye don't. Hand over the gold!
Pirate: (Off) Cap'n!
Captain: (Menacingly) Yeees?
Pirate: (Off) We've found the gold! It's righ' 'ere in the cabin!
Captain: Ah.
Emily: (Emerging in the boy's outfit pulled out by a pirate) Grandfather!
Grandfather: Em! (Wrenches her away from Pirate 1)
Pirate: (Angry at Grandfather) Ay! (Then distracted) Cap'n!
Captain: What is it?
Pirate: We've landed!
Captain: (Coming on) No! Cursed island!
Grandfather: (Whispering) Run! I'll come as soon as I can!
Emily: No, Grandfather!
Grandfather: Please, go!
Emily: I-
Grandfather: Now!
Emily runs offstage, presumably off the boat.
Captain: Get us out of 'ere!
Pirate: Aye aye, Cap'n!
End of Flashback scene. Emily sits on a rock beside the stream. Franz looks mesmerized.
Emily: Then I ran, and ran, and ran. Finally I stopped in the middle of the woods.
Franz: What about your grandfather?
Emily: I don't know, Franz. I don't know.
Franz: We'll find him. I'm sure we will.
Emily: (Smiling sadly) Thank you, Franz. (Brightening) Aren't you going to catch a fish?
Franz: Oh, yes! (He pulls out his rod, baits it, and puts it into the stream.)
Emily: (More to herself than Franz) I bet you'll catch the biggest fish on the island!
Neither of them talk for a while. Emily watches, while Franz fishes.
Emily: Have you got one yet?
Franz: (Patiently) These things take a long time, Emily.
Emily: (Laughing) Yes, I suppose they do.
Franz: (Feeling a tug) I've got something! (He pulls carefully, and a big fish flops out.)
Emily: Oh, wonderful! Your father will love that one.
Franz: Now we must catch one for Mother.
Emily: All right.
Fritz: (Coming into view. He's in a great mood.) Mother just wanted me to check on you.
Emily: Franz is a darling. He wouldn't do anything dangerous.
Franz pulls out another couple fish while they are talking.
Fritz: (Seriously teasing) No, but you might. (He can't keep a straight face)
Emily: Oh! (Mockingly hurt) Why, how could you suggest such a thing?
Fritz: Some girls just... have minds of their own.
Emily: Very funny. I thought boys had minds too.
Fritz: Some of them. Mostly the girls do though.
Emily: And I suppose you like the girls who have no mind?
Fritz: No, actually, the smart ones are much easier to get along with.
Franz: (Pulling out another fish) I've got him!
Emily: The one for Mother?
Franz: I think this one had better be for Fritz.
Fritz: (Pretending to eat the raw fish) Yes, it does look rather delicious.
Franz: Fritz! Don't!
Emily: Perhaps Fritz wants his fish raw.
Fritz: I suppose I can wait until supper. I'd better get back to the orchard.
Emily: We'll be back soon.
Fritz: Goodbye!
Franz: (Thoughtfully) Fritz didn't used to be so funny.
Emily: Really?
Franz: Before we came here, he used to tease Jacqui and Abi, too. They didn't want him to know, but sometimes he hurt their feelings.
Emily: Sometimes big brothers do that. My brother Steffan was always teasing me at home.
Franz: Fritz doesn't do it as much anymore, though. He hasn't since you got back from the adventure.
Emily: Maybe the island is magic.
Franz: I think you're magic.
Emily: (Laughs quietly.) Maybe.
Franz: Oh! There! (Another fish flops onto the bank)
Emily: And whose fish is that one?
Franz: This one's yours.
Emily: Oh, it's beautiful!
Franz: Now there's only my fish left.
Emily: You're such a gentleman. Catching everyone else's fish first.
Franz: (Smiling mischievously) Mine must be the biggest of all!
Emily: (Just laughs.)