Crow Country

Sadie wakes up to Walter calling her name. He is peering over her anxiously. She sees Lachie still on the ground, bleeding. She tells Walter they must get help, and tells him to take Lachie’s bike to go as quickly as possible. Walter goes off on the bike, leaving Sadie to look after Lachie. Finally, she hears the crows crying, along with engines approaching. She is relieved that Walter and others are back.

David stands with Sadie and Walter in the lakebed, watching as Lachie’s parents drive away with Lachie and Ellie, who is accompanying them to the hospital. David tells Walter and Sadie that he is proud of them for getting help after finding Lachie lying there in the dirt. Walter corrects David’s misconceptions. He tells him that he and Sadie broke into Lachie’s house to look for the things Auntie Lily had asked them to find, but Lachie caught them. Lachie then followed them to the stone circle and got hurt when Walter threw a clod of earth at him. Sadie tries to defend Walter, but Walter blames himself.

David asks Walter what he wants to do, and Walter says he has to speak to Amanda and Craig Mortlock. David tells him that the affair might end up with the police. Again, Walter emphasizes that it wasn’t Sadie’s fault, even though she insists she was also involved.

As Walter and David are leaving, Sadie says she must stay behind, and that she knows where to find the “special things” that Auntie Lily asked for. David and Walter leave, and Sadie turns to a crow that has been watching her. “I’m ready now,” she tells it, and she follows the bird as it leads the way.