The Bottle Drops

[Anchorperson, spoken]

We interrupt this program

Tragedy in paris, killed in a car crash, princess diana of wales

[Young amélie]

Her fingers slip

The bottle drops

And falling in slow motion

The bottle hits

The stopper rolls across the bathroom floor

And hits a wall

And with a click

It's like a tiny trapdoor opens

[Amélie]

A tiny hole, a metal box

A rusty hinge, a broken lock

[Amélie & company]

Slowly crack the treasure open

[Amélie]

Cat's eye marble, diecast car

A pocket knife, a chocolate bar

A watch that's waiting to be wound

A treasure waiting to be found

I am howard carter stepping into tutankhamun's tomb

[Hipolito, spoken]

Each object in the box was a breadcrumb leading to a dazzling idea

[Amélie]

Give back the box

[Georgette, spoken]

Wherever the owner was, she would find him and return his childhood

[Amélie]

I have to try

[Gina, spoken]

If he was touched, amélie would become an anonymous do-gooder

[Joseph, spoken]

That would be her mission; anonymous good-deed-doer

[Amélie]

If I did, I could be like lady di!