"The time of year I enjoy the most is carnival because when we dress up, it's as if we were hiding and no one can catch us." "My cousin Teo is older, so he doesn't like to dress up." "He says the best thing you can do not to get caught is never reveal your real name." "I love dressing up, and my favorite costume is the "Invisible Man"." "To tell you the truth, Teo also likes that costume but, what he enjoys the most is to receive postcards from Leningrad which his Mom sends him." "POSTCARDS FROM LENINGRAD" "That's me." "Teo said no one should know who I was which is the first mistake I made in my life." "I was the first baby to be born on Mother's Day that year." "A bit later, everyone wanted to see me." "That's my Mom." "She's holding me for the first time." "I think she wants to tell me we have a problem." "But there was no time." "The nuns and town photographer have already arrived." "There was also fear for the first time." "Get closer and look into my eyes." "It's a look of terror." "I thought it was the nuns who frightened me." "But no." "Look at my Mother's hand she's also afraid." "She knows why we're both frightened." "But let's back up a bit, nine months into the past when all of this began for me." "It was during the meeting between the north- eastern front and Simon Bolivar front." "Jacinto, come here!" "Those two in the back are my parents." "I don't exist yet, but sometime later my gestation will occur." "At least that's what Teo calls it." "They' were always moving forward and hiding yet behind them was the army who sought them out." "They looked for them in the mountains and towns and now, with the photograph, they'd also look for me." "Surely someone from the army was seeing us in the newspaper." "That's why we ran away from the hospital." "I already had my first fake name." "Later on, we had many more names and costumes so that we could hide." "Of all the costumes, my favorite were these." "Here, they called me "The Maicao Baby"." "Here, I was "The Package"." "And this one was the best." "On that bus we became." ""The Invisible Man"." "And now, I'll tell you how we managed to disappear." "Before I was born, the first one who spoke of the "Invisible Man" was my cousin Teo and, he did so the day Pedro was killed." "Come Pedro, Pedrito." "Pedrito come." "This is the communist barbarity." "Pedro, does it hurt?" "Dearest Mom, it's me, Teo." "Today is December 31st and, we killed Pedro." "It was very fun." "I'd love to know when you're coming." "I'm wishing it's soon." "I hope you will keep sending postcards from Leningrad." "I love you, your son Teo." " Who did I promise a pork leg to?" " To me!" "And this other one's for Juan." "Give me that." "I'll cook that one." "Juan, my love, give me the pork leg." "What a leg!" "Dad, what's the matter with you?" "Kids, take your pork leg carefully." "Look at the birdie!" "Stop already." "We're all going to eat it anyway." "But it's not the same if I roast it rather than one of the little tikes." "Teo be careful." "The Municipal Mayor wishes a Happy New Year to all of El Boquete who's been selected to keep this beautiful gift until next year." "HAPPY 1966" "Grandma." "Grandma." "Grandma." "Grandma, look at my pork leg!" "She's also my Grandma." "Everyone said she was crazy because she never stopped walking." "Stop there boy, that animal's already dead." " But you said..." " I said a few little holes." "Watch how it's done:" "You take a few olives a few capers." "You take four raisins you put one two and the other two you eat." "Continue on your own, and I'll prepare the sauce." "Taste it." "You must season it each hour, so that it's tasty." "Seasoning is the most important thing when cooking a pork leg." "If not, it tastes as if you're eating fish." "Open the oven, Teo." " What's wrong Teo?" " You're talking to yourself." "I've told you that's called praying." "Leave the table cloth alone." "Where's this fabric from?" " I've told you already." " Tell me again." "This is a piece of fabric from your Mom's dress." "Didn't she take it when she went on her trip?" "Come!" "If you fix my hair for tonight, you'll earn two cents." "Grandma..." "Yes?" "Is it true that you're crazy?" "What?" "I said:" "Is it true that you're crazy?" "A little bit." "What do crazy people do?" "The same thing I do." "Cry?" "When they're sad." "Tell them the snowman's going to melt." "I'm not crazy!" "Teodardo!" "Grandma, don't call me that." "Teodardo is horrible." "Crazy, crazy." "Each day Teo came up with three ways to prove he wasn't afraid." "Don't open your eyes." "Don't open them." "One two three." "Don't be afraid." "Don't be afraid." "Don't be afraid." "Teo also repeated that on the days when postcards from Leningrad arrived." "Those days, he would imagine that he was fighting in the mountains just as if he were one of them." "But, the truth is, that Teo doesn't know who they are." "Teo imagines that they go to the mountain to get to Leningrad and, from there they send their postcards." "But, I do know who they are." "The man with the radio is Gonzalo but that's not his real name." "My Dad's behind them, and then there's my Mom." "The last one is Jacinto." "The man up front is Jesus." "That's Rosa and that's Cecilia." "Those names aren't real either." "The guy in the back, the last man that's Raul." "How does it look, gringo?" "They're all part of a movie that a gringo's shooting." ""National Liberation Armed Forces"." "My Dad!" "You are not my Dad." " What's your name?" " Teo, what about you?" "Teo." "Really?" "I'm your uncle." "Do I resemble your Dad?" "Yes." "Let's go to your Grandma's quickly." "Grandma's crazy." "No, Grandma's not crazy." "She's sad." "Also." "Tell Grandpa that the bird's fallen out of the sky." "Grandpa!" "Teo, what are you doing here?" "I already gave you your pork leg." " Shouldn't you be at Grandma's?" " Grandma's crazy." "What's wrong?" "Is she gone again?" "No, she's talking to herself and says that birds no longer fly." "Besides, another Teo like me arrived." "Grandma?" "We were surrounded and they killed many of us." "What have you heard from your brother?" "The last time I saw him, he told me he was coming to see the kid." "Isn't your pork leg alive and kicking?" "Go shower, I will take care of it." " Who's there?" " You know." "Go shower and make sure you scrub." "Teo knew his Mom was in Leningrad already." "Since he couldn't remember her, he'd always imagine her differently." "He received three postcards." "This one is his favorite." "He also likes this one but not this one, because he's afraid of the dark." "Teo always imagines that he goes through many adventures to see his Dad before he leaves for Leningrad." "He can't remember his Dad either." " And Grandpa?" " He's gone home already." " And the other Teo?" " He also left." "How?" " He was dressed up." " Dressed up how?" "It's such a great costume, you can't even see it." ""The Invisible Man"?" "Really, really, turning into the "Invisible Man" we only managed to do after a long time." "The first roast arrives!" "Very good, but you didn't cook it." "Yes, of course I did!" "You have to put your name on it, so that everyone knows." "Come over here, there's something I need to tell you." "Miguelito." "Teo's here." "From that day on, Theo stopped using his real name and, discovered there were many ways to hide before actually becoming invisible." "The second roast arrives!" "What are you kids doing?" "Teo, stay away from foolishness." "Kids, come and see your present." "Daughter, each day you're prettier." "Dad, don't say things like that in front of your grandkids." "Look at your present." "Mom has such a nice kitchen imported, white and pretty." "Just as she always wanted." "But it's out in the patio, gathering dirt." "At least she made the pork roast today." "Thanks God!" "One, two..." "Up!" "Chests out!" "No, don't do that." "Military men don't think." "But Mom, look at you!" "And look at the time." "Sit down!" " I did her hair." " What's this?" "Are you a hair dresser now?" "Everyone come close." "We're going to pick the best roast." "The biggest ear is best!" "The winners are the four- ears!" "Now, the best roast." "Who votes for this one?" "And that one?" "There's a tie and Delia must break it." "I vote for Teo's." "Go get your suitcases." "It's almost midnight!" "My Grandpa's not here!" "Happy New Year!" "Stop, Dad!" "Juan and my Grandpa have been fighting for twelve years until Juan's wife left both of them." "Dad, you cannot keep messing with another's wife." "Teo, someone has stolen your roast!" "Teo knew that if the "Invisible Man" touched something he'd also make it invisible." "Don't lock him up tonight, it's New Year's eve." "Dearest Mom, we walked so much last night I thought we might go through the mountain and arrive in Leningrad." "Even if it was dark, I wasn't afraid because I knew I'd see you." "Your son, Teo." "Is someone there?" "To make sure you're invisible, someone else must try to see you." "Where are you?" "Can you see me?" "Teo, it's me, Raul." " What's happening Raul?" " They're killing me." "They torture me everyday." "Each time it's worse." "I can't take it anymore." "Did you rat on me Raul?" "Answer me!" "I'm going to kill you, Raul." "That's what they told me that they'd place us together so that you'd kill me." "How do I get out of here?" " They won't stop beating you up." " Fuck!" "How do I get out of here?" "If you survive you'll end up in a hospital and it's easier to get out of there." "Don't tell them that I spoke." "He never told me he was scared but he did teach me how to control breathing when you become a Frog Man." "Who did you hand the weapons to?" "The Frog Man is searching for something he cannot find." "He's not the "Invisible Man" yet but everyone can see that he's a Frog Man." "Well fear is always there." "Fear is part of who you are nevertheless, I'm not frightened of torture." "When policemen torture somebody they know that if someone betrays another they can humiliate him because he loses his morals, his ethics." "And that's the only thing we have left..." "Of course I'm afraid of being tortured and all that crap but the truth is what I fear the most is running out of our sardine supply..." "Shut up!" "It's true." "What are we supposed to do if we run out of food?" "Comrade, the only one who eats sardines while hiding in the mountain is you." "Comrade you ratted on me." "Let's do it again." "I'm Cadenas." "Have you betrayed anyone?" "No, not I." "Are you sure?" "Someone came to see you." "The Party has sent me." "Give me the information." "It doesn't matter if he sees us." " Tell me." " I want some oranges." "Oranges are always a good idea to start a plan." "Why didn't you tell her about the weapons?" "I had no idea who she even was." "From now on, you do exactly what I say." "We're also waging a war in here, with dead and missing people." "Anyone can be weak and betray us." " Who ratted on you?" " I was followed." "Get up!" "Our priority is to flee, to run away they're running away in other prisons therefore, our duty is to run away also." "All you civilians are frightened by everything." "Now, you have to come up with a plan to escape on your own." "Is he one of our military men?" "Teo told me, that for a Frog Man to have a good plan he needs, aside from having oranges." "Weapons, a shirt, a car and Pedro but fish are definitely the most important." "Me afraid, no." "And you?" "I'm even a Frog Man." "Gringo, what type of music are you going to add on to it?" "A march?" "Something strong?" "I should leave to go get the weapons." "I'd prefer doing that rather than follow the Gringo around with his camera." "Teo, that is also important, we can't remain isolated." "Some military men will join us and we'll become a civic- military army." "Military men?" "Are we going to take orders from them?" "Gringo, you left us there." "We're doing badly, but with military men one never really knows." "Besides, we won't be able to mention Lenin or Marx." "We're going to have to speak more of Bolivar." "And what are the Russian comrades going to say?" "If any Russian ever comes all the way up here we just tell him what happened." "You're alive because we caught you inside a house because if we had done so in the mountain you'd be sliced open like a goat." "The Frog Man has already found what he needs to start up his plan." "I need to see your superior!" "You're alive because we caught you inside a house because if we had done so in the mountain you'd be sliced open like a goat." "Like a goat!" "Like a goat!" "I've done nothing." "I simply went out to play a baseball game and on my way over there, those military men seized me." "I'm a Lieutenant." "We've created a civic- military Army in order to confront the situation." "We're also waging a war in here, with dead and missing people." "If we're not on the look out, anyone can be weak and betray us." "That's why we decided in the assembly that you are going to rat on me." "Jot this down:" "My family raised a pig named Pedro." "Now it's a good plan." "What?" "Because Pedro's in it." "Say something else!" "That I'm here for the Kennedy case." "Who would've thought that two years after John F. Kennedy's death we'd continue to miss him so dearly?" "Till tomorrow, when we meet again." "Miss Mayo gives you tips for your table!" "Good afternoon friends, my friends." "Welcome to your Miss Mayo Program." "Today, believe it or not, we can't eat our first recipe." "Have you noticed my hair's beautiful shine?" "I also achieve that with mayonnaise." "For your hair's beauty, lather it with mayonnaise length and width wise, using a spatula." "Place a cap on for twenty minutes and I guarantee you'll have a fabulous mane." "Let's take a brief brake, but we'll be back." "The Armed Forces transmission service presents." ""Hunter"." "This is one of the training camps for soldiers who are destined to the Hunter battalions." "They will fight the guerrilla in every place with signs of insurrectionaI life." "Soldiers are taught to defend themselves in hand- to- hand combat and to employ the adequate weapons." "In order to preserve peace every army in the World has tainted their hands with blood." "Good cooking requires three good things seasoning appetite and most of all, flour." "Your cousin's looking for you." "Come with me." "Help me." "This is serious." "I can't, I must wrap up my program." "You are not at risk, but someone's ratted on us." "They're looking for each one of us." "If this fails to arrive, many will die." "You must get up to here leave the car on the corner and, the key in the glare flap." "Why are you dressed like that?" "Weapons!" "Close up quickly!" "Thank you." "Teo told me that this is the part where the Gringo explains all about the guerrilla outpost." "They walk, and drink water." "They pass the water, drink the water they pass it again..." "But, what I care about the most is that it finally looks like they are going to be my parents." "It's been proven once again that the innumerable acts of terrorism are absolute responsibility of the insurrectional groups." "Starting today, the Venezuelan Armed Forces have announced a military campaign." "Can't that Gringo ever stop?" "Oh come on while teaching soldiers all possible cuts in order to skin all types of mammals, amongst them rabbits wild boars, deer." "They're taught to overcome the emotional problems which are commonly brought on by fear." "After analyzing the brigands' plan the soldiers know the exact location of the enemy." "Then the signal is given and off go the soldiers after the brigands." "It's safe to surround this area, but it'll take two more days." "The army is ascending this way and is coming closer." "It's best to cancel our rendez- vous with the other brigades." "This is a propaganda maneuver what really matters is that the Gringo captures it on film." "Go and inform the other brigades and you two head for the hamlet." "If we're really being followed by the army this is our last chance." "This is the moment I've been trying to get to." "This is when my gestation occurs." "The explorer gives the signal." "The brigands rest peacefully without the slightest suspicion that the Hunters will attack them." "The mission has been accomplished." "Fingerprints have been taken from the dead bodies so that they can be identified later." "The prisoners have been led to the unit's point of command for interrogation while the hunters continue on their search." "The plan!" "Remember the plan!" "I didn't know you were so fond of oranges." "Seemingly, I'm going to inherit Mom's illness." "I don't want it." "Your roast was very pretty." "You stole it!" "No, it wasn't me." "Whoever took it wanted to save it because they were going to eat it after midnight." " Really?" " Yes." "Are you going to stay here forever?" "Stop it kid..." "No." "There's a plan and it's like a game." "This shirt always gets dirty!" "It's always filthy!" "Wash it, and take the tag of." "It's bothering me." "Wash it, and take the tag of." "It's bothering me." "Dearest Mom." "Yesterday I went to the prison, to visit my uncle." "We already have a plan to escape." "He seemed crazy, but it's not true." "Grandpa says I can't tell anyone, but I can tell you." "I love you lots, your son, Teo." "I'm going to defend you, because you have your rights." "I've studied your case, and I can get you out of here." "Stay as strong as you've always been." "Don't let them drive you insane." "Are you getting me out of here?" "Tell me where the weapons are." "Tell him something, we only need the fish!" "I want that glass the glass..." "What are you doing?" "Where did you get this glass?" "I made a deal." "What deal?" "I allowed them to beat me up." "When I leave this place, they can continue beating me up." "They say you're pretending to be crazy that you're going to betray us." "They'll try you before a disciplinary tribunal." "After a lot of effort we finally arrived at the most important part of our plan." "He didn't tell me anything, but Teo and I believe the plan finished like this." "Teo, my son, as your Mother, I cannot grasp why you've stolen Pedro, knowing how much we loved him." "That's what my Grandma would say." "But you killed him, then cooked him and were about to eat him." "True, I cooked him." "But only so that it looked nice." "But you stole him!" "Even if you are my loving brother I cannot understand your revolution which leaves my children without food on New Year's Eve." "We want you to sign a statement, where you confess to stealing Pedro." "I raised Pedro, so I'm warning you:" "You must submit to Popular Demand." "You must hand in the fish." "You cannot be in charge of any animal's security." "This is the moment when the fish are the most important." "Sometimes, small wounds are necessary to fulfill the plan." "Go, get the weapons." "Don't trust nobody, only your family." "Gringo, are you OK?" "Stop the camera." "If I'm caught alive tell my family I'm playing mad." "We were not invisible yet that's why we had to dress up so that nobody could find us." "Are you going to Caracas?" "My Mom was already taking me along with her but I didn't need a fake name yet." "Many of our fake names simply came to us." " I have just escaped." " Yes, I know." "Whenever I take someone to Colombia it's because they bolted from jail." "That's a lie!" "My Mom didn't know." "We found out later on, hat he had made a tunnel under the street and came out through a garage." "Is that a real baby?" "That's so dangerous." "That way we seem less suspicious." "Fuck!" "Good Evening." "Papers." " How old is the kid?" " Six months." "And it's acquainted with all of Maicao." "He keeps saying everything wrong." "At home we call him "The Maicao Baby"." "That he's my Dad, that I'm a boy." "That's why she's frightened." "Move along." "That's how one of my most important names came to me." "It's a girl." ""The Maicao Baby"." "What happened?" "You were supposed to be here earlier." "I wasn't able to." "Here, put this on." "Do you feel anything?" "You are already about three months pregnant, aren't you?" "Hey here you'll be Clara Lopez." "Don't be afraid!" "She was frightened of me." "Much more than what I was of her." "We started our relationship surrounded by fake names." "Neither one of us was sure the other person was who she said she was." "We made a deal." "We would let time go by, to see who was who." "Clara Lopez?" "Are you ready?" "Yes Doctor." "I'll be out in a bit." "Of all the names I had, maybe "The Package" was the strangest." "I liked being "The Package" because it was in those moments when my Mom was most afraid and she would hum what I thought were children's songs." "Richard Nixon's wife." "Richard Nixon's wife." "Doesn't cook with coal." "She makes everything with the oil." "She makes everything with the oil." "The asshole took from Venezuelan soil." " What did the Doctor say?" " Everything's fine." "You must take good care of yourself." "Have you heard from Teo?" "He finally showed up." "He was in jail but he was able to get out." "How can I find out about him?" "Marta is the contact with our comrades in jail she's the leader of the university's Lady's Committee." "Good morning!" "She's the one who came from the mountain and will be taking the money." "But she's just a child." "It's too risky." "She's been in the mountain for a pretty long time." "What is your name?" "Clara Lopez." "What do you prefer?" "Short or long weapons?" "We have a Marxist study group." "Where do you keep your weapon when you sleep?" "Our comrades, who returned from Moscow have cleared up a few issues." "Do you think a long weapon is too heavy for me?" "The truth is that they didn't have short or long weapons." "They hadn't arrived." "My name is Miss Mayo." "Miss Mayo gives you tips for your table." "Antonio Jose sees the bleeding wound in Andrea's chest." "Someone has shot her." "Identify yourself hands up." "...the old Nana comes in." "My darling Andrea, wake up." "Don't tell me that you're dead." " What's the matter with you?" " Has Andrea really died?" "Dead." "She's dead!" "Who's dead?" "They've murdered the little girl!" "She's dead!" "Miss, those things on the radio are never true." "The car stays here." "Park it!" "The military man didn't believe a word she said and kept all the weapons." "Soldiers, search that car." "Here, do your own make up before one of these lunatics comes to torture you." "Is it true you are pregnant?" "Do you know how dangerous that is?" "Are you afraid?" "She was also frightened." "The weapons hadn't arrived and she had to make something up." "This was left by a comrade." "She also came from the mountain." "Did anything happen to her?" "I don't know." "I don't think so." "What's wrong with you Teo?" " I saw my Mom." " That couldn't be true." "It's true!" "She was going that way." "Stop making things up." "I'm not making anything up." "Her dress was the same as this." "Come with me." "Who are you?" "Where did you get that dress?" "Dearest Mom." "It's me, Teo." "I know that you didn't take your dress to Leningrad so I hope you come back very soon." "Once, I spent the entire evening surrounded by the army." "But, my biggest fear is that they would harm someone I love." "I also wanted to know if my Dad is in Leningrad with you." "I love you very much, your son Teo." "What happened?" "They've lost a little box with things that blow up." "The grenades!" "Fuck!" "What happened exactly?" "I buried them three steps away from the bushes." "I had no idea and, I cut them down." "Morons, you can't even manage one thing together." "The weapons never arrived so she became." "Wonder Woman!" " What do you have there?" " My curlers." "A bit nervous?" "I'll take care of you." "I won't allow anything to happen to you." "Marta, I need to ask you something." "Five of you go to this hallway." "The other four; here." "I'm going in through the elevator." "You must wait for me to arrive here which is very close to the registers." "That was my first bottle." "I'll exit the elevator." "When I arrive here which is the area where the registers are placed you will wait for me to give the signal." "Do you remember the signal?" "Kari and Fer open their purses and we put the money away." "I know you know something about Teo." "What happened to him?" "Teo was released from jail, and now he's in the sanatorium." "Take care of the money and the baby." "My Mom went back to the mountain." "My Dad was living where all the crazy people live." "She kept trying." "I only saw him once." "He scares me." "They never saw each other ever again." "Time went by, and even if I was older I kept asking my Mom the same question." "What's your name?" "And she would answer me..." "You know." "...with a new name that I had never heard before." "The medical counsel will evaluate you." "If you don't have any psychiatric disorders they'll throw you back in jail." "Therefore, it's better if I examine you first." "Keeping quiet is the best thing you can do." "I want to eat an ice chest." "Filled with guerrilla flesh." "Guerrilla man..." "I will kill you." "And your blood I will swallow." "And, eating your ear will follow." ""How will we know who to kill?"" "The men at the foot of the mountain will ask." "And they will be answered." ""You will kill everyone who isn't one of us"." "Documents and propaganda belonging to the terrorist group called." "National Liberation Armed Forces have been found." "The Venezuelan military proves once again their support for constitutionality by crushing all insurrection." "When things like these happen you know postcards from Leningrad will arrive." "Guerrilla man, I will kill you." "And your blood, I will swallow." "Mom and if they kill you, what should I do?" "That won't happen." "But, if it happens, what do I do?" "The truth is that I never asked her but I kept waiting for her to tell me." "Was it my Dad?" "Was it my uncle?" "No, it was someone I didn't know." "So, why did you cry?" "Because if they think it's your Dad they won't look for him anymore." "Are we coming tomorrow again?" "Every day we come here, and every day you ask me the same question." "Every day of that month, and every day of the next and maybe of the next they called my Grandma to go and identify another one of her sons." "She identified 66 unknowns as her sons." "They did it all, so that she'd be frightened the sixty six instants before actually seeing the bodies." "You can't go back to jail." "Many people simply disappear." "And the trials last ten minutes." "I'll be waiting for you." "When you fall, bend your knees." "They've killed your brother." "You've told me already." "What are you going to tell him?" "Once again he will receive postcards from Leningrad." "Give them to me." "I'll write them." "Dearest son." "I'm sending you this postcard in which you can see children playing in the snow." "Have they already taught you the four seasons at school?" "I love you very much, your Dad." "Crazy, crazy." "When a postcard and a winter coat arrived from Leningrad Teo understood that there are four seasons and that Leningrad is a place from which no Dad can ever return." "Teo, you've been absolved from the political charges." "Nevertheless, I must remain here." "Teo, say good bye to your uncle and your Grandma." "We're leaving." " Can't we stay here?" " Children shouldn't be here." "You're going to become a Dad." "You've told me already." "What name are we going to give it?" "Can his name be Teo?" "Then he can be whatever he wants." "My cousin Teo taught me that I could make up any name I wanted but never, could I say my real name." "Don't look at me!" "Don't look at me!" "Mom, I'm going to take care of you." "I'm going to make you invisible before he gets here." "They didn't see us!" "And that is how we finally became for the very first time "The Invisible Man"!" " The crazy one's not coming." " Don't call your uncle that way." "Can't you sleep?" "I need to run away now, but I'll come back for you." "Don't worry about me." "I'll wait here, just in case you come back." "I must go to a place, which I won't be able to leave for a while." "That's how my Mom explained to me that she was going to jail." "If I go with you, do I have to say my real name?" "I decided not to reveal my name." "So, I stayed with the Frog Man while I waited for her to return." "Dad, why don't we just don't have any names at all?" "That way, no one can ask about us." "All right." "From now on we don't have any name at all." "Now they'll think we're not around but we know that we are." "That's how we turned into "The Invisible Man"." " Dad..." " What?" "...are Invisible Men afraid?" "Sometimes." "Is this road taking us to the sea?" "They were beautiful kids." "They looked like angels from Heaven." "But my neighbor said they just came from Caracas." "Whenever I had food, I'd give them some." "If I didn't, I wouldn't." "Food was very expensive back then." "They said things would change that the World would be a better place." "They left in the middle of the night." "We never saw them again." "I believed in them." "The last time I saw them walk by was in '66 or '69." "They came and took over 3 hamlets aside from this one." "And, I really don't know why they never came back." "Because they weren't bad off." "They were winning." "Ask around, they'll tell you."