Dense forest once covered all of Piney Ridge, but no longer is the region a mystery. Modern highways have penetrated the darkness and brought in the light. Not so an ox head woods further south. Step into it off the abandoned road that hugs its length and it's like passing through a wall and closing the door behind you. Obsolete trails wander vaguely, crisscross or break at right angles for no reason. Only one leads to the Morgan farm. Pete Morgan's farm has the allure of a walled castle that everybody knows about, but few have entered. It's only access to the outside world as a country road that passes by. Some miles north connects with a highway near the Renton farm. Joe Renton, like the other farmers hereabouts, is up and coming. Raises good apples. Fine soil everywhere in the valley. The young people for miles around come to the high school. Boys graduate a little older than those in the city. That's because they take time off for planting and helping with the harvest. They're a healthy lot and girls don't come pretty or anyplace. Are we going swimming, Sandy? Sure, if I'm not needed at the store. Why don't you change into your swimming trunks? Maybe I'll wear them over. No. Bring them. We'll change at the reservoir. Who else is coming? Just us. Bye, Teller House, Hunt. Bye, kids. Miss me. What are you doing so close to civilization? You're growing up, Tibby. You're almost a woman. Almost. I'm woman enough already. I wouldn't say that. Oh, what do you know about anything? You never got past the ninth grade. I've got plenty of things they don't teach in school. You got the fidgets? I promised Pete Morgan he'd bring me by the farm this afternoon and I don't know how to ask him. Looks like you've asked me already. What does he want? He better ask him. How long will it take? Not so awfully long, Nate. Okay, Mango, let's go. What's Tibby going to say about this? I'm not so sure it's a good thing. We've been content of the way things were. Maybe an outsider will spoil it. But it would be so much easier for you if Nate would come and help out at the end of the day. Anything between you and Nate? He and Tibby Ritten are going steady. All right, I'll see the boy. Never could turn you down, could I? Nick says good things about you, Nate. Maybe you're not as stocky as you might be. Stop growing too soon, Mr. Morgan. How's your mother's store getting along? Oh, well, some days we don't even make a dollar. What do you want to see me about, Mr. Morgan? You know about my leg? Wood. My sister and Meg have got a curious idea that it's hard to climb a ladder with a wooden leg. Well, it isn't. Oh, sir. Much more they've got an idea that things are getting a little run down here. Can't do as much as I used to. So they've talked me into hiring somebody. They'll help along with the evening chores. I'll pay 35 cents an hour. Well, could you make it four bits? It's over an hour's walk home afterwards. Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. I'll pay 50 cents an hour. Could he start today? I'm sure it's all right with you, Nate. Oh, yes. Come on, Nate. I just hope that Pete hasn't become too used to doing things alone. I do hope it works out. Sure you don't want any more, Nate? No thanks, ma'am. Nobody will believe me when I tell them I had supper here. Why not, Nate? Well, didn't you know you and Miss Ellen are known as the mysterious Morgans? Are we? Well, they won't say it anymore. Not when I tell them what a swell layout you've got here and that you spread the best table in the valley. It's because we're so self-sufficient here. We seldom have any need to go to town. What else do they say about us, Nate? Oh, nothing. Except things like Meg not being her daughter or even related. Why don't they ask me? Well, I guess they'd rather whisper gossip than find out the truth. What gossip? Well, they say Meg's mother and father ran away and left her when she was still a baby. Well, that's not true, Nate. Meg's mother and father went down south to find a new farm. They left Meg in our care. They died down there in a runaway. Pete and I adopted Meg legally. There's nothing to be whispered about, Nate. He was only two years old then. There's nothing wrong with being adopted. I'm grateful. Sure. And the next time I hear anybody gossiping about it, I'll say so what? Meg isn't the only adopted girl in the world. I hate to eat and run, folks, but I think I better get started. I'll take a shortcut through Oxhead Woods. You know your way through those woods? No, but the winds cleared the sky. Well, I'd take the long way around if I were you. I roamed the Oxhead Woods for years and I was brave as the next man, but I wouldn't cross through those woods at night. Woods haven't scared me since I was a kid, day or night. Yes, but you said you didn't know Oxhead Woods. A tree's a tree and a trail's a trail. The trails lead nowhere. I don't want him to get crossed. There's the doorkeeper. I don't want him to get hurt. Wait. Don't take the Oxhead Woods. The footbridge across the creek is out. I'll jump across. Well, there's fog on the other side. Find my way around it. Look, Mr. Morgan, take a long way around. But I'll save two miles by cutting through the wall.  Screams from where? From the Red House. Well, if I come to it, I'll give it a wide go-bye. I warned him, but he wouldn't listen. He warned him against what? Courage isn't enough. He won't make it. The storm, they're sleeping here tonight, so don't you worry about it. Well, hard work and the big supper never hurt any boy. Oh, don't you mention that we're glad to have him. Good night. You scared the daylights out of me last night. Seems like the truth shouldn't scare anybody, man or boy. The truth? You and your screams in the night almost... What are you talking about? Now, don't tell me I imagined all that stuff. I went in those woods and I heard things. What things? I don't know. I don't know whether it was the screams you were talking about or just the wind. You'll leave well enough alone, sir.  You join us for breakfast and you can catch me to school first with me. What kind of a guy is Pete anyway? He's always been wonderful to me. Kind and generous. For my last birthday, he sent to the city and bought me the most wonderful furniture he could buy for my room. He's always been that way. But what about that red house? I remember hearing him talk about it a long time ago. But I've never heard him mention it since. You haven't? No. He's just warned me to stay out of those woods since I was little. Do you know anything about those screams? I might be afraid to find out. You didn't with the morgans. Okay, so I'm working there. We'll make something out of it. You got nerve-nade, Storm. Where were you last night when I phoned like I said I would? Working. Working? All night long? Oh, Tibby. Can't a guy even earn chore money at the morgans without you throwing a fit? Not if it takes all night. The rush of business? Oh, things have been like this all day again. I suppose folks get tired coming and asking for things I haven't got. Look, Mom, why don't you close the store and marry Don Brent? He's a nice guy. Now, there's time enough for Don and me to get married after you're out of school and on your own. Graduation's just around the corner.   Well, you've given enough of your life to me. You go down to town and tell Don you're ready any time he is. He's being transferred north. Well, that settles it. Here he's been courting you since I was in grammar school.  Well, I've got to change. I'll be late at the morgans. How do you like it up there? Oh, it's okay. They eat good. I mean, well, a couple of things got me wondering. How did Pete Morgan lose his leg? He fell down a cliff in the Oxhead Woods. It was a long time ago. You were still a baby. It was Dr. Byrne's first case in the valley. He amputated the leg on the Morgan kitchen table. Wonder if it's the one I ate at. That was the first time Dr. Byrne ever met Ellen Morgan. Everybody knew he fell in love with her, but nothing ever came of it. Wonder why? He's still a bachelor. I don't know. They still act like they love each other. The few times I've seen them meet. But she chose to devote her life to her brother, Pete, I guess. Seems a shame. Just like it'll be a shame if you don't marry Don and go north with him. If I do, how long will it be before you and Tibby get married? Oh, search me. Sometimes the more I know about women, the less I know about women. Guy needs more than a high school education just to find out what they're going to do next. Will you be staying at the morgans again tonight? No. I'm going to take a shortcut through Oxhead Woods by daylight. So I'll know my way back here tonight. Well, if you should change your mind, would you care if I go down to town and talk things over with Don? You do more than talk things over. You come back here a bride. We don't want any dead ducks in the family, do we? Bye. Only questions I've wondered about myself. Things you've never explained. Well, I didn't know that anything troubled you. Well, why are you suddenly questioning things? Because of him? Maybe. Well, maybe he won't come back. I think he will. I hope he does. All of a sudden you seem so grown up. I guess I don't like to see it happen. I wish you were a child again. I wish you needed me just as you did then. I want you ever to grow away from this. You mean everything to Alan than me. I want you to be happy. I love you both very much. I came here through Oxhead Woods. Yes, that would be the quickest. Day times. Or any other time. Don't put so high a price on courage, son. It's overrated. The lowest animal's got more courage than man has.  Well, we humans weren't made that way. We were born helpless. Well, we don't have to stay that way. Nobody's gonna call me yellow. Who has? Nobody yet. And nobody's going to. Get a blanket from the chest, Meg. You can stay in the helpless cabin. I warned you. But you wouldn't listen. It wasn't a piece of that red house that knocked me into the stream, Mr. Morgan. And the night that bowled me over was a human.  I figured it was you. Sometimes we figured too much, son. The wrong things. Things that can't ever be figured. And it's bad. Bad for everyone. It's quicksand. I need your help here, Nate. Why would I want to hurt you? What do you think happened, Pete? Going to stay with us, Nate? Why shouldn't I? What happened, I thought? And Tibbie doesn't want you too, does she? After what's happened, you couldn't get me out of here with a triple barrel shotgun. Last night I was a coward. There's some connection between Pete's red house and whoever hit me. I'm gonna find out what goes on out there if it takes exploring every Sunday between now and doomsday. I'll help you. I thought Pete told you not to go in those woods. I can't help it.  I want to stay with Tibbie.   We did have a date to go swimming Sunday anyway, so maybe asking her to come along will keep her from throwing another fit. Good night, Nate, and thanks. Good night, mate. Who's got hold of who? I'm hot. Find your haunted house on your own time. Or on my time now.  Just the two of us. Remember? Let's go back to the farm, kids. The sun'll be just right for swimming. I've been to you. What? What's the matter? Well, there's a black and blue streak across your shoulder. How'd you get it? Well, that. I don't know. Of course you know. You might let me in on your secrets. We haven't any secrets. We told you about the red house. Look, Tivvie, I slipped in the stream last night and fell on my shoulder.  Aren't you coming in? You had a swimming date. Just the two of you, remember? I'll sign. You all kissed. I'd like to keep him guessing, Mr. Morgan. She's like an ornery heifer sometimes. Hard to hold down. Have you at our house, Tivvie? If you're just having company, you must come back often. Besides, we'd like to keep Nath happy. We had a pleasant day? Well, we wasted most of it looking for a haunted house in the Oxhead Woods. I didn't know there was a haunted house in the Oxhead Woods. Well, Nath says it's red and he's got to find it. Isn't that silly? Yes, it is. May I go with you? Yes. There's enough trouble in this world while I'm all the trouble he can handle if he only knew it. A swell when you are keeping a secret, blabbing to Pete. I didn't blab. It just slipped out. And a fine swimming date we had, I don't think.  And I guess maybe, maybe when you're mad, you're just about the prettiest gal there is.   You have chores to do. I'll walk home, thanks. Don't suppose I'll be seeing much of your weeknights. Well, what with final exams coming up and this new job? I know. Would it be too much to ask that we spend next Sunday by ourselves? Just you and me? Or is it more important to play hide-and-seek in the woods with Meg?  Make your cheeks pink.  I want you to miss him. Long enough to make him more important than haunted houses. So save up for next Sunday. I thought you were napping, Pete. You disobeyed me. Now you listen to me. I'm listening. You went into the woods with Nate. Well, why shouldn't I? Because I've asked you not to. We didn't find anything. All we did was keep getting into one dead end after another. I don't care. Now you listen to me. All I have in the world is you. If there's anything you want, I'll get it for you. But there's one thing you've got to do for me. You stay out of those woods. I've grown up and I've got a right to do as I please.  But I'll take the wood to you if you do. That's what I figured. You been swimming? How'd you know? Got your suit in that bag, haven't you? What are you doing here? Waiting for you. What for? I want you to do me a favor. You've got looks and all the recipe sides. Besides, I don't figure you're the kind that's got more sense in your head than comes out of your mouth. Maybe I have. What kind of favor you want out of me? I've got 750 bucks. I want you to buy me a government bond. $750? Where'd you get it? Just steal it? I want you to buy me that bond. I'll write my name on it and buy it the next time you go to town. There's an extra 10 for your trouble. Oh, I couldn't take my... Sure you could.  I'll be waiting every Sunday till you bring it. Why don't you buy it yourself? Because a guy in a village bank's got too long a nose. And because it'll be a prettier bond if you buy it for me. I better get home. You want me to help you across the stream? Thanks a lot, Tyler. Is that all I thanks I get? How much more do you want? He's worth a minor. I get someone who can.  They gave me full rights to the ox head. Woods exclusive. I gave you the game rights in exchange for keeping trespassers out. Look, Mr. Morgan, if you can't keep your own hired hand out of these woods, maybe I should use more than a club to scare them away with. Oh, why don't you? You telling me I can use my gun? I don't want anybody to get hurt, but... there's no better way of backing up a no trespassing sign than by a bullet missing somebody's skull. Okay, Mr. Morgan, I'll take care of my end. This is going to be fine. It's going to be more than that. It's your last chance. Be kind one to another. Tender hearted, forgiving one another. Even as God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you. Dear Heavenly Father, we pray to thee to bless all those on earth who are suffering in heart and mind, body and spirit. Grant them the blessing of hope and faith and strength. What's troubling you, Pete? You haven't eaten. You haven't slept. Yes, Tibby. I'll call him. Tibby wants you. Hello, Tibby. No, I'm coming over. Well, you can use the pickup truck, Nath. Pete says I can use his pickup truck. I'll come on down. Bye. Now, when I was a young man and in love, Sunday was always a good day for spooning. Thanks for the use of the truck. Always ready to give love a helping hand, aren't we, Meg? That's right. Now, my dad, it's a lot healthier than prowling in woods. I don't care what Pete said. I wish we were prowling in the woods today. I wish Tibby'd forgotten our date. So do I. There's something out in those woods. Something tells me we won't find out what it is until I find the Red House. What are we going to do with it when we find it? Bust it open, I guess, and let some light in. Maybe it'll shake the creeps out of a lot of things. We'll find it. I got this for your graduation. I wasn't going to give it to you until then, but... because it's a great day and... because I want you to be happy. I, uh... Go ahead, open it. You like it? Oh, I love it. Let me put it down, huh? Do you want me to go for parking at your last Sunday? I didn't exactly disobey Pete. I've always wanted to go into those woods. I did it because I felt I had to. I felt I belonged there. Don't ever go near those woods again.  Didn't she ask you up to spend the day and have dinner? Can't anybody do anything without you figuring they've got an angle? I've always got an angle. I've got an angle on you. The girl always has a reason why she does something. Does she? And what's your reason for dawdling with that guy Teller? What do you mean dawdling? Just what I said. You think I didn't see you? How could you? Where were you? In the bus. Where'd you think I was? Oh, that. Yes, that. Was there some more dawdling I didn't know about? You don't think I'd be interested in a big dumb ox who makes his living hunting? Well, you were interested enough to stop and talk to him that afternoon. Well, he was sitting on our rocks. I told him to get off him. What did he say? He said he would. I'll bet.  Now don't make something out of nothing. All I said was, I'll bet. You bet what? I'll bet he said he'd get off your rocks. Is that calling you a liar? Pop was right. Right about what? You're too bright to be wasting your time up at the Morgans for four bits an hour. Well, they just live off their farm. We make a profit on ours. Since when is there a law against living off the earth? We're going to live off the earth someday. Before we're finished, we're going to leave our kids a good farm. I want to clear out of these hills when I get married. Since when? Since now. I don't want to be just any farmwife. It's as good a time as any other to find that out. Well, if you love someone, you'll do anything for them. That works both ways. Maybe someday you'll own this whole valley. And we can spend our winters in the city house. Sure. With two station wagons and a limousine. Why not? I better get back to the Morgans. What for?  City house, station wagons, limousines. Boy, when you dream, you really dream good. Well, aren't I worth working for? Sure. And a lot of guys are working on getting to the moon in a rocket. They think that's worth working for. But I like the ground around here. And I'd just as soon keep my feet on it. How much money have you saved doing it? None yet. Not even $750? Not even $750. Why? Nothing. I was just thinking. I didn't make her with you. I thought she did. She was gone when you left. Didn't she leave with you this noon? No, only as far as the porch. Did she say she was going anywhere? She must have gone into the woods alone. Come. Are you hurt? Yes, I think maybe my leg's broken. Here, hold this. Now, put all your weight on the other leg. You were happy here until that boy came. They loved me, trusted me. Did everything I asked. And then he came. I'm losing her. I fought fate 15 years ago when I lost. I'll stay away from that house. Yes, Pete, you tried. She kept calling. I had to go to her. Don't dig it up again, dear. It's buried. It's passed. Buried until that boy came here. Nate doesn't know anything about it, Pete. That's all in your mind. Do you think there's a man on earth who hasn't something to conceal? Every living soul has his ox head woods. I can still see her. She knew there was nothing I could do about it. He knew it. Don't dig it up again, dear, please. Why didn't it make go before it happened? Please. Why did she scream? I loved her. She knew it. It's been 15 years, dear. Put it out of your mind. Don't let it drive you mad again. It's gone. It's over. It can't touch Meg. There's nothing I could do about it. There is something we can do about it. We can protect her from the past. How can I protect her from the past when I can't shut it out myself? We can shut it out of this house. No, no. This isn't my house. There's no certain place for me on earth. Except out there in that ice house. That's where I belong. What it makes you find out? Pete, how could she find out? I didn't want her to go. I'd rather she was dead than ever hear the screams. I'd rather she was dead. I'd rather I died out there in the muck and dirt. That's where I belong. I should have burned that place down. No, no. Let's search the ashes and find her screaming. I should have burned it down in the ice house and the woods with it. Would you? I'll never dare. Ellen, Pete, open the door. Ellen. What's happened to her? I found her in your woods. Her leg's broken. Call Dr. Byrne. Call Jonathan, Pete. Pete Morgan, we need you. Our leg's broken. Come quick.  Why did you wait so long? Ellen wouldn't let me come. I never thought of climbing that tree until tonight. I wanted to tell you about the Red House. I followed some wagon tracks through the woods. They were all grown up. Where did they start? I don't know. We went up hill just past the big limestone rocks. We saw that Sunday. How stiffy. Search me. She's gone to town for something. Graduation dress, I think. Bet you miss her. Tell me about the Red House. After the limestone rocks, what? Well, I followed these tracks through the rocks. The road's hard to follow, but it led to this hill. What hill? I don't know. I was too busy following the tracks to see. I looked down from the top into the rocks. And there it was. What does it look like? Ugly and awful. But, Nath, I had the feeling I've been there before. Lots of people get that feeling, even if they haven't. No, this was different. I even seem to remember the ice house back against the rocks. Water shimmered and helped from under it. As if it were flooded. How do you know it was an ice house? That's what scares me. I know it was. Well, didn't you go look? I didn't dare go without you. My heart started pounding. You sure you didn't hear screams? I think I did. I think that's why I ran. I don't know. I was just about to go to sleep. Only, Jeannie, you sneaked up the tree. The law against me seeing her? Yes, mine. It was peace in this house until you came. You took her into the woods. Meg went into the woods on her own. She wouldn't have gone if it weren't for you. Her leg wouldn't have been broken if it weren't for you. You've got no right to treat her like a child. You caused all the trouble you're going to. I don't want you here anymore.  You don't need to think I want this job. I can work for Ritten's any day I like. Clear out. Remember, trust is on my property again. If you do, you'll get hurt. Is that fair warning? Yes, that's clear enough.  Nate's quit. He's gone to work for Tibby's folks. Without even saying goodbye. It seems they needed him this morning. Said to say goodbye to you and Meg. That's not like Nate. He's a nice boy. What are we going to do for help? We can manage alone. Meg will soon be up and around. We can manage alone. Just you and me and, uh... Meg. Did you quarrel with Nate? Don't lie to me, Pete. Why should I quarrel with a boy? For the same reason you killed Jeanne's husband. Because you wanted her all to yourself. He sent you his love. But he needed a full-time job now that school's about over. I was putting some dishes away and the wall cupboard came down on my arm. We'll miss Nate, won't we? It'll be lonesome for you, isn't it? Why don't you padlock the store and go up to the morgue? I've quit there, Mom. You ready to work for the rentals? Well, with Tibby around, then you won't be lonesome. I'll be okay, Mom. Well, happy honeymoon. Thanks again for everything. Goodbye, son. Bye. Goodbye, darling. Goodbye, Mom. Oh, better feels better with that cast off. I've been cheating a little, Dr. Byrne. I tried walking without my cutches. Uh-huh. I brought up your mail. Where's that one? The eggs. How's everyone in the valley? Oh, new baby at Sheriff Hoax. New hired hand at the rentals. Who? Mrs. Storm's boy, Nate. Yeah, everybody's wondering what the rentals want most. The Storm boy for a son-in-law for an extra hand on the farm for free. Is Nate living at the rentals? No. I see him going back to the store nights. Say, wasn't he working here at the time you broke this pretty leg? Yes, but he had to get a full-time job. He's got a full-time job, handling tippy. She's a wild one. Well, I've got a few babies coming. A few old folks dying. I've got to be going. Hi, Pete. Hello, Doctor. Our mage's about as good as new. Young bones net fast. Well, thank heaven she was luckier than I was. Yes, but then the girl needs a pretty leg more than a man does. With a little help in being careful, you'll never forget the crutches. Well, I'll help her. I'll take care of her. I'll watch her like the same manard. How's Ellen? All right. Say hello to her for me. Bye-bye. Bye. When I had to learn to walk again, just like climbing a mountain all day long, they'd lean on me. I mustn't try too much the first time. I just want to help you. That's what I'm for. That's what I like. What you got on? My new play suit. Do you like it? It's all right. You might as well still be working at the Morgans for all the fun you are to me. If you'd spent a little more time working around this place instead of preening your feathers like a pet canary, maybe you'd know what it is to be tired at night. I had a nice Sunday picnic all planned for us tomorrow, down by the stream.  You sleep all day if you want to. Oh, just till 10 or 11. You didn't sleep till any 10 or 11 up at the Morgans because you wanted to see her. Don't stick your hand under a faucet and cool off, Tibby. If you want to go on that picnic tomorrow, I'll be here at 11. Finally made up your mind to come. Here's your bond. I've been here every Sunday. Well, I couldn't get here before today.  You've been drinking. Well, I'm sorry I came at all. I'm sorry I got your old bond. Did you tell anybody? You're drunk. Who are you kidding? You can fool around with pretty boy-née storm as much as you like.  You had to catch him when he was drunk. Just try it sometime when he's sober.  See you're not wanted? Yeah, I can. This time you feel like snooping around Oxhead Woods. Read the signs. The part about at your own risk. Why? Because some yellow belly will sock me in the dark? Because I got full rights to them woods. Who gave them to you? Pete Morgan. Then would you be knowing how Meg broke her leg? Whatever it was you snooping around these woods, you get this.  We don't need anybody else. What's the matter, child? I don't know. Just heart-sick, I guess. You miss Nath, don't you? Yes. And something's wrong here. I don't know what it is. Wrong in what way? Alan. Who is Jeannie? Where did you hear that name? Pete's called me that several times and when he does, I'm afraid. When has he called you that name? Up in my room when my leg was hurt, not by the pond. Pete ever laid hands on you? Why you ask that? Finish the dishes, dear. You're working too hard, Pete. Why don't we get Nath back to help? You're better off without him. I'm sure Meg misses him. She's young. She deserves the company of a nice boy like Nath.  That's what you said about Herb Snell years ago. Herb Snell was fun, remember? I didn't have time to learn how to dance. I was too busy earning the money for a couple of people for me to ask Jeannie to be my wife. Perhaps Snell was busy becoming the best dancer in the valley. Nath's like you were, not Herb. He's a fine boy, honest, a hard worker. He has a girl. What does he want with Meg? Meg needs to be with young people like Nath. You can condemn her to loneliness. Meg belongs here with us. Do you want to chain her to this place all her life?   You know what it's meant to me, what I've lost. You know what Jonathan Byrne and I might have had. Well, did I ask you not to marry him? No, but you wouldn't let me take Meg with me if I did. Well, did you expect me to? Whatever happiness I get, I've got to find while I live. You can find happiness by giving it. Well, do you think I could find it with that boy back here? Do you think he'd stop prowling in those woods until he found the Red House? He wouldn't stop with that. He'd dig deeper. He'd dig up a skull and bring it home as a trophy. What do you think that would do to Meg? What do you think would happen to her if she found out the truth? She'd loathe me all the rest of her life. But you've got to be fair to Meg. All right, so I'm not fair. But I can't let her go. As long as the Red House stands in that quarry, my whole life is Meg's and her life is mine. What are you going to do, Alan? I'm going to burn that place out of Pete's mind. I don't care if it starts a forest fire. It's going up in flames tonight. You can't go into those woods. I know them well enough. It isn't that. I didn't tell you or Nate the whole truth about how my leg was broken. I fell, but it was because somebody was shooting at me. I was afraid Nate would get charred, afraid... Teller! What's Pete's fault for letting Teller think he owns those woods? He's just trying to scare you, but he's afraid of me. Let me go with you. No, your leg isn't strong enough. I don't want to stay here alone. Come with me as far as Nate's cabin. Lock yourself in. I'll be back before Pete knows I'm gone. Alan! Meg! Wait here for me. I didn't name to kill. Miss Alan, please.  She was going to the Red House. Fifteen years, those woods have been calling to me. Storm Stoward. He can't help. Where is she? On the trail we took just before we reached the limestone rocks. I'll call Dr. Burn and the sheriff. I'll bring a stretcher. Come back in there. You can't do it. You'll be lost, too. Believe me, I know the woods are evil. I know what's there. I know the dangers. Oh, darling, don't. Let go of me. Stop the bleeding. You'll be fine now. You'll get everything you need soon. Nate's coming. And he's called Jonathan. Jonathan? Does it hurt as much now? She's asleep. I bandaged her. Oh, Nate, thanks. I made a stretcher out of a blanket and a couple of brake handles. It's all I had. Did you get Dr. Burn? He wasn't in. I left a message. I called the sheriff. He's sleeping awfully sound. What you got on your mind, me? I couldn't get you out of my mind, baby. That's the way you are with me, too. Let's do something about it. Let's borrow your father's truck and a lope. A lope?  Come on, baby. We'll drive across the state line. I'll cash in my bond. We'll splurge it having a honeymoon that'll top any honeymoon anybody ever had. The truck's in the orchard shed.  They won't hear us. She's dead. You think I didn't love Ellen? Every day for years, she's died for me. You think I can forget that, but she forgot the words. That's what's killed her.  Yes, I think I do.  Now, you defied the words and you were hurt. She defied them. She's dead. Ellen didn't hate me. She always understood. You leave me now, I suppose. Won't you make? Yes. Everything I love, I can't lose you, Jeannie. Don't call me that name, Peter. Who was she? Who was Jeannie? Was her real name Genevieve? Was she my mother, Pete? I don't know. You do know. I can't stay her anymore. Yes, she was your mother.  What happened to her? Make for the love of heaven. She was killed, wasn't she? But it was an accident. It wasn't an accident. Something awful must have happened.  Hated her?  No man ever loved a woman more. It would she married your father, a man without heart, without soul. Is that why you killed her? No, no, no. You've got to believe me, Meg.  I never even so much as said a harsh word to her. And then when you were born in the Red House, I loved you like you were my own. That's why I remembered the house. It was his fault. She got jealous. She took to accusing Jeannie and me of... bad things. She lied. But the worst was when he was going to take Jeannie and you away. I ran to the Red House to plead with your mother not to go. I heard him coming home in the Surrey. I begged her to decide before it was too late. She got frightened. I don't know why. She screamed. There's no reason I wasn't going to... Then you did kill her. No, it was an accident. I just tried to keep her quiet. I just put my hand over her mouth, only that. I knew it was his fault. He was the one who killed Jeannie. I picked up a bull whip. But he wasn't handsome anymore, until he was dead, finished. I was out of my mind. I put him in the Surrey. I whipped the horses into the ice house. Spring broke through in there. I'm not who's deep, deep enough. When I came to my senses, I... I tried to kill myself. I jumped into the quarry. Now I should have let me die there. You've got to help me stop him. I'll forget what happened. I won't hold it again for once you did, Jeannie. He'll forgive you. She'll forgive you, Dean. I can end this. Red House, can you go ahead? Stop the truck. I'll catch up with you. Mr. Founder... Where's that saw that was? What do you mean? They're after me. Any signs of teller? No, Sheriff. I heard a car here in the woods. Decide, Jeannie. Decide. What Ellen set out to do, sweetheart? I set fire to the Red House. Forward's much better than I thought.


Sport chairs, y mae three things from Edison for West Hang United Wall in the onion frym Cair health to put that because from indifferent. Maybe, but I mean there was 20 minutes in that second. Or which was, I have heard it great results. As you say by having obviously into the last day now of this conversation, so that's fantastic. So let's begin with my face putting the one I talk about from Fenelif. byddwch yn y ddweud yn y ffordd, ar y cyntaf yma yn y ffordd, yma yn hynny'n gwybod am ystafell ar hynny, ac yn y ddweud, yn yr ysgol yn y cwestiynau. Felly, mae'n gwybod, mae'n gwybod, gyda'r 90 o'r munud o'r dda, ac mae'n gwybod i'n gwybod i'n gwybod o'u dda. Felly, mae'n gwybod, mae'n gwybod i'n gwybod i'n gwybod i'n gwybod, Mae'r meddl ifanc yn slightest bod eich bod yn bod ei ddweud. Mae'n mynd eithaf, mae'n dweud ar hyn o'r ffordd – mae er mwyn yn ddechrau. Ond rwy'n mynd yn wedi'u ei nodo, fel ymweld yn cael ei hynny, mae ddi'n ni'n rhoi wedi'u hynny mae'n mynd yn y rhefn yn y llehau ynglyn ffordd, rwy'n roi ddim yn ffordd i gyffredinol arif ac rygwain i ddim yn provide, yn oes i ddim yn gwneud. Mae'n mynd i ddiw i'r gwir i, ond mae'r cyfrif wneud ar hyn oedder, I genius oedd dwi'n golygu Method because of the way it feels moved on. Maybe a lot of people still feel that way as well. It's just shown tonight we've lost Alan. Who knows for how long with... I think he's putting his foot down and trying for a pinch of all. He ends up going off of the şeyning. Now, hopefully, it's a slight strain. Probably get's Scammed tomorrow and we know more. In his absence, who've been got to fill the whole décs if he can stay fit, would go in there and obviously haven't got to let the co-rail alongside him and maybe Andrea Golema's are to be able to protect the ball a little bit more. Maybe Deals can do that to offer us and hopefully, fingers crossed, we can get Alain back for the Davi, which is for two and a half weeks. As long as here isn't a bad going into the dengwz on the outside, you have to make the daddy. But Delth can do that job and obviously after Saturday can have the best time. Two games in three days after not playing for eight months or whatever, seven months. So I just thought it was worth mentioning tonight. It's easy to call people. It's easy for fans to be negative about certain players, but I feel like when we play well, I feel as though you have to say, and I thought it was very good tonight. Second thing I'm going to talk about is the possession and the calmness that this evidence seems to have now under Carlo Ancelotti. Obviously, we showed a very different edit last season, didn't we? You know, like you've said, it's well documented. We were poor on the silver dunk and tamed us man. Ancelotti came in and carried it on and kept the 4-4 tune and everything was all right. We've got a roll-off down, a full-off down. We've got some results here. The on-board was the last five games we were able to watch and we were a very, we just loved the team with no identity and all of a sudden having that time and the training down, having a sure pre-season, having pleasure with good and comfortable in possession, having a different team, it seems now and it's all the better for it. Of course, when you add in someone of a quality, you have ancelotti because it changes everything as well. But just tonight, even at 1-1, we were still trying to play football. We were calm, we were knocking it around, but we weren't playing brilliantly. I don't think anybody would say any different sort of thing. People would be saying, oh no, we were magnificent because we weren't, but at 2-1, we were in bar 1, a little map down by Yamalenko for Lanzini. Hallyr had an overhead kick which picked the push down. We were expecting to say that. It wasn't much, considering we were disrupted so much by losing to Alice Mandela. And it was that possession and calmness and that's what got us the third goal and ultimately the fourth goal, just being comfortable with the ball. And we've seen that evidence in every game and hopefully that's just going to build and build as we go through the season. So it's good to see. And finally, it's going to finish on Dominic Alburbyn because I feel as though he needs to be spoken about. The kids being absolutely logistic so far this season, I don't know, there's not really anything else to say. Being brilliant, absolutely being brilliant. Obviously scored the top in day one, you know, got us the winner then a hat trick against Westbourne and Jalvian and then scored last round Saturday against Palace and he's got another hat trick tonight and now 8 goals in what, five games. Absolutely being brilliant, brilliant against tonight, showcase chances, could have had more. This is a couple of people have commented on shooting for the 25 yards. Yeah, he's not the most convincing for a long range by any stretch of the imagination, but I won him putting the ball in the net where he is doing, which is in and of that on the penalty spot in the six yard box. And he's done it tonight, got his first goal tonight, he's absolutely brilliant. What a pass by Michael Keane. The right run by Don, wonderful firsts up to lifting it over the outcome and goal. He's got absolutely brilliant and then obviously in the right place at the right time and above he's shot at the post. And then the hat trick go, great little feed by Sagan's and Tuckard in, open his body up left foot behind, hat trick for him, 4-1. Absolutely brilliant and you know what he deserves, he's worked so hard and now there's a lot of criticism of him. Some people still don't like him, everyone's entitled to their opinion and what he's been brilliant for us. It's brilliant that he's leading the line and putting the ball in the back of the net for us and long may continue, eight goals for the season are incredible. So we want that to continue, keep creating chances for him, keep his confidence up, keep backing on his fans as we are doing and hopefully he'll continue to strive. With everything I've got on my mind, I've put my ball in the net regularly. You can see how far I can go and you've had all the pieces to that, then who knows where the team can go, but it's brilliant to see him scoring goals. And it's been, he's a lovely lad, works hard, comes across very well. He's got a bit of need about him as well, I like that as well. So it's great to see him scoring goals and he deserves a special night tonight. So I like the floor. The second match ball off the season, it'd be lovely for him to get a third one of the season at the weekend and send us into that international break in fantastic view. What a week it's been so far, great win of policy at the weekend. Smashing iTunes everywhere over the next few days and then obviously into the quarterfinals now, the Carrival Club. Let's hope for home tie against Aston Villa Rosto, maybe something like that, even if you've got it at home. There you go, they are my three draw points from Everett for Westland United Women. What do you think in the comments section below? Give the video a thumbs up, subscribe if you haven't and if you want more videos join us on Patreon. See you later.


Imagine it's 1400 years ago, it's the night of Ashura, you come out of your tent and you see people leaving in the hundreds and thousands. For just a split second, your eye falls on the face of the moment of the same lesson.  Knowing 100% what's going to happen to you when the morning comes. The morning comes, you're awake, ready, come outside, now you're the 73rd companion of Imam Hussain Alayhi Salam. Now imagine on this day, with all the different events and calamities that will happen, the Imam turns to you and says, where would you like to serve? Whether it's to bring water with Abul Fadil Abbas alayhi salam, whether it's to stand in front of the Imam while he's praying, whether it's to guard the tents of the women and children, where would you like to serve? Any of those one. It's a question I can't be answered. Just being there is probably my answer. So you'd be happy with doing anything you're told? Cleaning the tents, anything, anything. Going to get water with Abul Fadil, wow. Not like Abul Fadil needed someone, but. Why help him out of everyone who was there? He was there. He, all of them were Muslim, you know. Imam Hussain had people who stood in front of them when he was praying. Guarding the tents, you had the sons of Imam Hussain guarding the tents. Abul Fadil was there at one point, but Abul Fadil went out by himself. He went out by himself. He didn't go for war. So just that itself makes a massive difference. He went to get water for the daughters of Imam Hussain, for the children of Imam Hussain. He wouldn't have drank himself until every single person was given water. Abul Fadil, me personally, massive connection with him because of the stunts he took that day. No person in history has taken stunts like that, like Abul Fadil. Responsibilities that he had. The pride he was carrying. He did offer them everything. I'm one of them sad. Offer them army. Offer them wealth. Offer them. Any moment, human being, if they were at war, whether it's a mom, caliph, king, or a sultan, or whatever it is, the average human being would have probably taken it off. But Abul Fadil didn't carry them. He only had to make it in his mind. So, and he went by himself and he was stopped. Maybe I could have taken the arrow that went in his eye. Maybe I could have carried the water and took all the arrows. Maybe I could have stopped that person who cut his hands. There's just so many things that I know that my father wouldn't have needed because he's a warrior. He has his dad's brave. Religious, upon a religious day, he confirmed God has not had his bravery of who he is. So now I imagine you've had a long day at work. You come home, you open the house, or you walk in.   Everyone's running around the house. One person's trying to prepare the fruit. Another person's trying to bring sweets. Another person's making tea. Another person's bringing food. Everyone's excited, happy, ecstatic, running around your house. And you stop one of them and you say, what's going on? Why is everyone in this state? And they turn around and they say, hey dad, someone's come to see you. So you ask, who's come to see me naturally as you would? And your dad replies, he's waiting for you in the living room. So you go down the hall, you open the door, you step into the living room, and in the living room you see Imam al-Hussain Ali. In that moment, what would you say to him? What would you want him to say to you? Uh, I'd be speechless. I think so would you and everyone else. Have I given enough now? That's the question I've already answered. Have I said enough? I'll ask him, how come you came to see me? I'll ask him, I'll ask him, what advice? There's always a question I've always wanted to ask myself. And there's always a question I wanted to ask, I'll be Abdullah al-Hussain. And I was, what advice did you say to Zaynab al-Aqab to show strong? Because any lady would have died that same day from the stress. But there's narrations that Imam al-Hussain spoke to her behind the tent, put his hand on her chest, and he gave her the Messiah as well. That's the only thing these narrations says that kept Zaynab alive and strong. What was actually said? That's one of the questions I think I'll ask him. What would you want him to say to you? That he's happy with me? That's probably the best thing you could say. That he's just happy. He's a tiny bit in his name. So at the beginning I asked you about the scenario of being 1400 years ago, the day of Ashurah, which one of the mini events would you like to participate in? What would you give to the Imam? Now with hindsight it's easy to maybe say I would help in this way, or I would do this, or I would try and stop that, or I would try and be a shield for X, Y, or Z. Now obviously today are 12th Imams among us, and some say at least Imam al-Hussain had 72 companions. How many companions does Imam Mehdi have? Some say Imam Hussain's companions gave their all for their Imam at the time. What have we given for our Imam of Ata? And in your opinion, what have you done for the 12th Imam? What would you like to do? What do you think we should do? Well, the most simplest thing is that Imam Ata doesn't know that Imam Ata has died, the death of an immigrant, of a Jahl. So just knowing who your Imam is, knowing what message he carries, for what reason has he been taken away? There is reasons behind it. When will he come? What does he expect from us? You see these things nobody actually knows, because there's so much that you can give to the Imam of your time, which we're not giving especially now in this modern society, a lot of things are changing. Everyone's pushing away the fact that the appearance could happen anytime and this is living life, normal life. So what I'd want from Imam Mehdi, was that the question? How would you serve him? What would you want to be able to do for him? To put his heart at rest? Anything that he wants me to do, I could be from picking up that small glass of water to whatever. I just want like what I, you know, being chosen by the Imam, being accepted by the Imam in that time, because many people will see the Imam and turn their face. What means amongst them? Shia, amongst them Christians will turn in before the Shia. But that's all the Imam, he touches the right people, he touches the people that he thinks that will serve and be genuine about himself as well. So, you know, just being chosen amongst those people is an honor, is a blessing, is a gift in itself. So wherever he puts me, wherever his hand points, I'll be there. You know, all this service for Imam Hussain, all these things, we're mourning with Imam Mehdi, rather than we're just mourning for the sake of Imam Hussain's death. No, because we still have an Imam that lives and mourns till this day. Some of our greatest scholars throughout history have said, in their opinion, if the Shia of the time took the event of Qadir seriously, Maharram wouldn't happen. Now some came after that and said, in this day and age, if we don't take Maharram seriously, then we'll lose our religion entirely. So in your opinion, how do you think we can keep the candle of Imam Hussain, a life for our future generations, for example, our children, our grandchildren, what's our duty towards an event that happened almost 1400 odd years ago? You know, the funny thing is that just the other day was the Shia of the time of Sadaq, and not many people cared. It was just another average day for a lot of people in our community. And Imam Sadaq plays a massive role to why we still know about what happened in Qadirah, why we mourn Imam Hussain, how we should mourn Imam Hussain, when we should mourn Imam Hussain. All these rituals, Imam Sadaq done himself, the walking to Kalbala, the visitation of Imam Hussain and how important it is, the mourning that he's made. It's given up food in the name of Imam Hussain. This was all through Imam Sadaq's teachings. And Imam Sadaq, it came to a point where when it came to Imam Sadaq, you know, if it wasn't for Imam Sadaq, we wouldn't know what happened in Kalbala, because at that time, the Abbasiyah had to control, and there was not many companies left, you know, but Imam Sadaq kept that fire burning. How?  Imam Hussain is, in Arabic we say, a oppressed, more than, you know, a lot of historic members who we believe in.  His brother's son Al-Qasim wasn't married. He left one of his daughters back in Medina because she was so ill. She wouldn't have made off this trip. His brother, his sister, he died knowing that his sister, who is the pride of Benny Hashim, who no one even seen her shadow, let alone her voice, who was covered by Abbas, when she came out of her house straight into her Mahman, into her camera, into her ride. Even at that point, no one saw what Sayyid al-Zaynab looked like. Him knowing that Sayyid al-Zaynab will be dragged from her head, will be beaten, will be hurt. The children, the wives, the sisters, you know, everyone lost somebody that day. Everyone lost a person, Allah, someone they love. Imam al-Hussain lost all of that. And in one day, and he gave it just like that, without thinking twice. Why? For who? For me and you. For others who believe in Ahmadiyyat. Not only for the people who believe in Ahmadiyyat, for the whole humanity. If it wasn't for Imam al-Hussain's stance, what would we be now? We'll be nobody. We'll just be Islam. You know, we have so much detail in our history. No other religion has. You know, there's no detail. You hear just the main occasions that happened. We don't actually hear anything. But through Imam al-Hussain's tragedy, all this detail came up. And Imam al-Sadaq was the one who was to give that story out. Imam al-Baqir was there. You know, Imam al-Baqir was there. And he even said, he said, if one of you was a monster since that day, if you heard or saw what actually happened on the day of Ashurah, you'll die. That's how intense, that's how bad it was. We don't know half of what happened. We hear Sayyid al-Raqaiyya's erring got ripped off and we scream. But there's Imam al-Baqir saying, if you actually understood what happened in Kabila, you'll die. So, you know, the importance of carrying on with these Majalis is so important that it was passed down from Imam to Imam to Imam. Imam al-Rover used to have a poet come and he used to tell him, just recite about Imam al-Hussain. He wouldn't say, I recite about Imam, my father, recite about Imam al-Sadaq or recite about Imam al-Hussain. That was the main thing to mourn about because it was a tragedy. Or other Imams were killed at the Masmul. That's the only thing, Masmul. Only Imam Ali was killed with a sword. Imam al-Hussain gave everything that day and and we can't hold him a Majis every Friday in his name. We can't come to the Hussainy every Friday or every Thursday. We're supposed to have to do Ziyat Imam Hussain. We can't come to one of those Majalis every week. You know, in 10 years' time, sometimes I sit down and fear that where are our children going to be? When this society is modernizing every single day, all these rituals are being taken lightly. Where are our children going to be in 10 years, 20 years' time? So these things are important. We have to always keep the fire inside the heart of Saydeh Zaynab burning amongst in our hearts. And it's important because in 10 years that time, if we don't do what we need to do to keep it burning and teach our children of the Masaib of Abiyah Abdullah al-Hussain, the religion evolves around Musaibah of Abiyah Abdullah al-Hussain. The whole religion, the core of religion was on the day of Ashurah. So Allah already finishes religion. I have completed your religion. Whatever you do after this, that's your test. I've given you guidance, a guideline, and it was going to go all to waste on the 10th of Muharram if Imam Hussain didn't sacrifice himself and his family. So it's important to keep these rituals going. The fire, let it burn, have as much Majalis as you can. If you say you can't afford the Majalis, that's rubbish. It doesn't need nothing. A small room, a candle, a khateeb, and someone just to recite what happened in Kandala. Ziyarat Imam Hussain. Give thanks to Imam Hussain. What do you think is all this for?


Thank you So I hope you all know where gotland is To get the context correct. We there are certain things I have to explain before I go further Gotland was like Sicily and And the other island in the Mediterranean this Trading part the trade went through they were the communicators. That's why gotland is so enormous rich The Gotland has got landing history has nothing to do with Swedish history They are two completely separate histories. The only thing is that they were neighbors, so history as neighbors and The the Gotlanders are later in the in the Byzantine sources called Varangians or variad and in the Byzantina in the Islamic in the Arabic sources. They are called Rues they came rowing on the Russian rivers and From that comes to use There were no Vikings in the Baltic Sea. There were no Vikings on the Russian rivers Vikings were Danes Norwegian they went with in the Baltic Sea. It was the Gotlanders who ruled The time I'm going to speak about is the the Roman time then they controlled that the Ember trade from the Kaliningrad area down to Achillea in In the Mediterranean That at that time here you can see here It says it says good tone as that that is more or less where the Gotlanders had trading places and Of course, there is still Depatic question did the goats come from Gotland or not the sweet things that came from Sweden Which is of course true or nonsense, but the Gotlanders had the trading places and Direct that diamond says that it's enough that it's only 10% of the ruling people who formed the gothic the gothic People and then they will have their name and their And their language You know they got the goats they called themselves good good Judah and They got lander and good dance and they got lander. They called themselves good and and our country is called good land So at the time here that we are talking about That way we have the Ember trade So you see that's up there where the the Gotlandic merchants were and that went all the way down to Achillea here. It is all the way down to to Rome of course, but and that is what is this described by what we call this Roman merchants that is depicted by Plenius and Tacitus that he came up here to the Baltic Sea and visited the most important places And it's no question that he's also visited Gotland where all this comes from So from at least the 16th century BC Ember was moved from northern Europe to the Mediterranean area the the breast ornament of the Egyptian power of Tutankhamun Contains large Baltic ember beads Heinrich Schlimann found Baltic ember beads in the scene as shown by spectroscopic investigation the quantity of ember in the royal tomb of Quartana, Syria is unparalleled for known second millennium BC sites in the Levant and the ancient Near East From the Black Sea trade could continue to Asia along the Silk Road Another ancient trade route In Roman times the main route that ran south from the Baltic coast Through the land of the Boyle. Okay, you can read that the old Prussian towns of Kaup and Susu on the Baltic were the starting points of the route to the south Kaliningrad Oblast is okay occasionally referred to in Russian as Something there which means the ember area this is the island north of Gotland called Forö and that is Gamlehem and there they found parts of a Roman ship That thing that's I don't know if I can keep going now Okay, it is a head that was on the thing around and this is from about the same time as Tarsitus and Prenews talks about So at this time here in Gotland, we had what we called slot This type of castle this is one of them our castle in the southwest of Sweden and I Will give you a little Better here you see how it looked like we have about hundred of them in Gotland and there We found that pressure This pressure here is all of that was in that thing there the golden ring is Large the nooks are very Fantastic pace, but the blind suit you can seal sir are all Stamped Kapo Which is outside Naples and they are from the first century which means that the golden ring is older than Then the rest of it. So we are talking about the first century and earlier here There you can see this golden ring Sorry, that is a maker. Sorry. Yeah, you can you can see that and that is a fantastic one It's about 800 grammar. So that is hollow. But anyway the interesting thing is that in Pompeii was a mosaic That now is in the museum in Naples and this is Darius in the battle of Issus against Alexander the Great and You see what he has around his neck that he has a golden ring, but it's not so elaborate as a gotlantic one and They are both Celtic to Torx of was normally also and you can see it here on the dying Galatian. He also have Have one of these Okay, and on that On the Gundestrup Cauldron you also see that you have that ring Around the neck there There is another one from 400 BC from France, which Is not in gold, but anyway, it's a similar type the Gotland is Art school of art was fantastic This one is later made In the three four hundreds you find it in in the earth land and but They consider it was made in gotlantic workshops and that is gold They got from the four three four hundreds coins that they melted that was there The Hans and also from the from East Constantinople and there There are another one and That is the yeah, this is simply one from the first one don't know where my name for fairies start and is of course in Ireland and Here we see here. We have the ships that they used here and on the pick Just don'ts you can see down that they are very similar to the ones they had on the night and these are Picture stones in Gotland from the second second third fourth century The picture stones are unique for Gotland also We find them down in in in Spain Portugal in Duero Valley But then they got lenders probably learned it learned it from them and then they made their picture stones We have a couple of hundred of them. This is very interesting. This picture stone here is from 292 Why I can tell you that is that picture stone is probably older But the thing up there is the Enke's comment and we know that that was visible in 292 so that was put on it when it was visible so and Here is another type of of picture stone and Here you can see the trading routes Gotland is in the center and that is a little later. No, that's the Varangian time As I said, there were no vikings in the Baltic Sea. There were no vikings on the Russian rivers There are no Swedes or Scandinavians in On the Russian rivers before 10 19 and I presume you all know what happened in 10 19 If not it was Jaros No, the he okay, what was the name was it Jarosov in Kiev? He killed his brother and became ruler and all of Shredkonin in Sweden sent his daughter there and married and she had Contingent of Swedish with that's the first Swedes we find in Russia Anyway, Gotland In 750 they had got on had a trading place on the Swedish mainland called Helga, but that was too small when the Islamic Caliphate moved their capital 762 from Damascus to Baghdad with a new dynasty and they found plenty of silver there They got lenders who knew the Russians rivers very well long long long before they went away there sold first slaves and Weapons and got paid in coins. Gotland has today the world's largest collections of coins most of them minted in Baghdad at the same time they moved that place in the Lake Miller area from Helga to Birka, which they found it more or less the same time. So Birka is a gotlantic trading place And it's next to the next island where the Swedish King lived So they traded this thing and and later on okay. They also traded with Khasaria And so on and of course down with me Claggarda Which is Constantinople and that one of the Barangian the gotlantic merchants That poor in the delegation 838 on the woman and of course that Their daughter then became mistress for Emperor Michael III and their son Leo became emperor in 836 under the name Leo the 6th wise So we have all this with the gotlantic trade here And that's why Gotland is so rich and of course then they were Christianized in 866 and Gotland was Byzantine not like in Sweden. They were Catholics got them was Byzantine Christian and the Gotlandic Church was under the Gotlandic Republic what I'm was a Republic if I didn't mention it before you can you can read about all of this here in On academia.edu my Said the last one okay Something happened. But anyway My my research is 1100 pages in English all about the Barangian history and their world unique churches The first one the history is 399 pages the one about the churches is 701 with 1400 photos I Have split it up hundred megabit each It's about 10 parts and I have put it all on academia.edu So you don't need to carry all this 4.6 kilos so you can read it direct on there Thank you