:03:03
As time went by,
she developed a sense of style.
:03:08
Every morning,
Matilda's brotherwent to school.
:03:12
Her fatherwent to work.
Selling used cars for unfair prices.
:03:16
- Her mother took off to play Bingo.
- Soup's on the stove...
:03:21
Matilda was left alone.
:03:25
That was how she liked it.
:04:00
At four. She had read
every magazine in the house.
:04:05
One night. She asked her father for
something she desperately wanted.
:04:11
- A book? Why do you want a book?
- To read.
:04:15
Why would you want to read,
when the television is right there?
:04:21
- You get more out of watching TV.
- Get out of the way.
:04:28
Matilda already knew
she was different from her family.
:04:32
She saw that whatever she needed.
She'd have to get herself.
:04:39
There's fish fingers
in the microwave.
:04:42
There's fish fingers
in the microwave.
:04:44
The next morning,
Matilda set off in search of a book.