26. Ext. Night. Next to Silván's cave.
Dani looks like a child climbing a tree who has been trapped by the branches. He is completely trapped in the branches and roots of Silván the tree. Silván's outline appears next to the child and a half-funny, half-disturbing conversation starts between the two of them, somewhat reminiscent of that of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. Dani expresses his fear of being eaten alive. Silván plays with this fear but ends up jokingly reassuring him that he has nothing to fear from them.
27. Ext. Night. Woods, near the stacked logs.
Luis is about to light some papers with a lighter when a pine cone hits him on the head. It's Busgosu attacking him. Luis fires up the lighter again but quick as a flash, Busgosu takes away his lighter. Oscar catches a glimpse of Busgosu, it's a comic sequence where Luis can't understand how his lighter fell and gets a few knocks, while Oscar is astonished to find ........... a wild boar looking down at him from the treetop. Finally an angry Luis lights the fire with a shot from his gun. We can see the fuel going up in flames in Busgosu's horrified eyes.
28. Ext. Night. Next to Silván's cave. Silván the tree.
Silván observes the fire which is spreading in the woods from two different points. We can hear music. Busgosu arrives carrying the boar, followed by several animals which are moving to the tune he's playing on some improvised panpipes, like the rats following the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Busgosu asks Silván to cure and protect the animals. Silván replies that he can't protect anything or anyone since his last metamorphosis. He advises Busgosu to go back underground. Busgosu pays no attention. He wants to take care of the two men responsible for the disaster. Dani tries timidly suggesting that they call the firefighters, but Silvan and Busgosu don't understand this concept at all and they go on with their conversation. Silván wants Busgosu to protect the seeds underground but Busgosu wants to save the woods. Dani insists on them phoning the firefighters, but they don't listen to him, until Dani explains that firefighters put out fires. This gives Busgosu another idea. Suddenly he runs off down the hill. Abandoned, Dani again explains to Silvan what fire fighters do. This time Silvan seems more interested and asks more about present-day humans. Dani explains that he needs a telephone to warn them and he uses an mp3 player he has hanging round his neck to help Silván understand the concept. They end up listening to music together. The music is playing over the following sequences in which Busgosu fights the fire.
29. Ext. Night. Waterfalls. River.
Busgosu struggles to move a huge rock. The rock blocks the river holding back the water at the top of the waterfall.
30. Ext. Night. Woods, the music continues.
Busgosu gets to the fire and tries in vain to put out the fire with his bare hands. He goes on to try digging a trench around the fire. However the fire is now reaching the treetops, breaking through his improvised firebreak. Busgosu tears down the trees around the burnt-out area.
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