Der Dachboden

The attic

Your goalI can say whose things are and when they went missing.

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Your suitcase is in the attic, where Hilde put it. You take the old key from the raincoat ("Keep it," she said; now you know why) and climb the ladder from the top landing, past Jonas's door; Lotte follows. This is the X on her map, and there is a small round window, just big enough for a cat. Under the roof: buttons, a spare key, the computer mouse from the office, Thomas's pen, the candle "10", the toy thermometer, the mouthpiece. Whose is what, and when did it go? "Your flat was empty for a long time," says Lotte. "It was his flat. And his things."

Mein Koffer ist auf dem Dachboden. Der Schlüssel noch im Regenmantel.
My suitcase is in the attic. The key is still in the raincoat.
Mein Koffer ist auf dem Dachboden. Der Schlüssel noch im Regenmantel.
My suitcase is in the attic. The key is still in the raincoat.
On the top landing, Lotte pops up on the stair with a hand-drawn map and a big red X, grinning.
Lotte
Gehst du nach oben? Ich komme mit!
Are you going upstairs? I am coming too!
Lotte? Was machst du hier?
Lotte? What are you doing here?
Lotte? Was machst du hier?
Lotte? What are you doing here?
Lotte
Ich bin doch immer hier.
But I am always here.
Lotte
Hier ist es! Das rote Kreuz auf meiner Karte.
Here it is! The red cross on my map.
Und da ist ein kleines Fenster. Genau richtig für Mikesch.
And there is a little window. Just right for Mikesch.
Und da ist ein kleines Fenster. Genau richtig für Mikesch.
And there is a little window. Just right for Mikesch.
Lotte
Schau! Dein Schlüssel. Vom ersten Tag.
Look! Your key. From the first day.
Der ist am ersten Abend verschwunden!
It disappeared on the first evening!
Der ist am ersten Abend verschwunden!
It disappeared on the first evening!
Lotte
Thomas’ Stift. Und die Maus aus dem Büro.
Thomas’s pen. And the mouse from the office.
Die Zehn von deinem Geburtstagskuchen!
The ten from your birthday cake!
Die Zehn von deinem Geburtstagskuchen!
The ten from your birthday cake!
Lotte
Und mein Thermometer. Das suche ich seit deinem Arzttermin.
And my thermometer. I have been looking for that since your doctor’s appointment.
Jonas’ Mundstück. Das sucht er seit dem Fest.
Jonas’s mouthpiece. He has been looking for that since the festival.
Jonas’ Mundstück. Das sucht er seit dem Fest.
Jonas’s mouthpiece. He has been looking for that since the festival.
Warum sammelt er das alles hier?
Why does he collect all this here?
Warum sammelt er das alles hier?
Why does he collect all this here?
Lotte
Deine Wohnung war lange leer. Da hat Mikesch gewohnt. Mit seinen Sachen.
Your flat was empty for a long time. Mikesch lived there. With his things.
Und jetzt wohne ich dort.
And now I live there.
Und jetzt wohne ich dort.
And now I live there.
Lotte
Ja. Deshalb sind seine Sachen jetzt hier oben.
Yes. That is why his things are up here now.
In the attic, an open suitcase sits in the middle of the floor. Mikesch sleeps curled up inside, on a photo lying face down.
Mikesch! Das ist mein Koffer.
Mikesch! That is my suitcase.
Mikesch! Das ist mein Koffer.
Mikesch! That is my suitcase.
Lotte
Schau, was oben liegt.
Look what is on top.
Mein Foto vom Fest. Und Mikesch schläft darauf.
My photograph from the festival. And Mikesch is sleeping on it.
Mein Foto vom Fest. Und Mikesch schläft darauf.
My photograph from the festival. And Mikesch is sleeping on it.
Lotte
Das sind seine Lieblingssachen. Du bist wohl auch dabei.
These are his favourite things. You seem to be one of them too.