"Let them shoot me!" "What difference does it make if the bullet comes from a comrade or from the enemy?" "Did they ask me if I wanted to get into this war?" "No, they made me fight against my whises." "I tell you this war, any war at all, is a foul and rotten thing." "And patriotism is a loathsome lie!" "I'm through, let them stand me up before a firing squad if they like." "I tell you..." "Gentleman, there's nothing finer than patriotism." "Nothing nobler than war in defense of the country we love." "The best service you can render to your country is to take up arms when the nation is threatened." "Our only salvation lies in our military strength." "You're hemmed in by enemies on all sides and only through war..." "What's wrong?" "What is it?" "Gentlemen, gentlemen!" "Boka." "Gereb." "Kolnay." "Csonakos." "Csele." "Nemecsek." "You, gentlemen, will not leave just yet." "The rest of you may go." "Line up here." "Boka, give me that note." " What note, sir?" " The one you boys passed to each other while I was trying to teach you a little about history." "Come on, let me have it." ""At 3 o'clock, there will be a meeting for the election of president." " Pass on the word"." "President of what?" " Paul Street Boys." "What's that?" "Another club?" "You know how implicitly I forbid the forming of any kind of a club." "But this is different." "We have to, to protect our playground." "What playground?" "The vacant lot in the lumber yard in Paul Street." "You see, sir, it's the only vacant lot in the whole neighbourhood." "It's the only place we have to play in." "We love it and we swear to be free forever and protect it with our lives." " From what?" " Feri Ats of The Red Shirts." " They're bandits." " He's twice as big as we are." "Silence!" "I've heard complaints about this Feri Ats before." "I'll take it up with the principal of his school." "I'll see to it that his gang is disbanded, and yours too." " They threatened war against us." " Nonsense." "But you've just told us that there's nothing nobler than war in defense of the country you love." " That's different." "Now listen to me." "I hereby declare this club disbanded." "I'll put a stop to this silly business." "Don't let me hear of anyone having a hand in such a thing again." " Go home now." " Good day, sir." "Good day." "Well, Boka, what will we do now?" "The Paul Street lot, men." "Hey, rubbish!" "Private Nemecsek, step up." "Attention!" "Get those slips of paper ready." "Captain Boka, ever since we started this club everybody's been an officer but me." "An army has to have some private soldiers." "You're the smallest, aren't you?" "Pardon me, but if Csele didn't wear high heel shoes," "I'd be as tall as he is, or almost in our bare feet." "Silence!" "Csele has a bugle, hasn't he?" "We can't get along without a bugler." " How we'd look if our bugler was a private." " I can blow calls without a bugle." "No, that won't do!" "It might if we didn't have a real bugler, but we have." "Then would it be allright if I got a military cap just like the rest of you and worked a drill?" "I should say not, only officers are entitled to wear the cap, you know that." "Doesn't seem fair." "I'm the only private in the army, except for Hector." "He's only a dog." "Everybody orders me around, I must do everything." " Look at him crying." " Lieutenant Gereb, enter private Nemecsek's name in the black book, for crying, in small letters." "Just look in the black book." "See if there isn't always my name that's in it." "And now in small letters." "If you don't stop crying, you can't play with us anymore." "We won't have anything to do with babies." "Yes, sir." "Private Nemecsek, sharpen this pencil." "Yes, sir." "19." "20." "21." "22." "22 votes for Boka!" "And only 2 votes for Gereb." "Should have been unanimous, Captain." "No, I knew it couldn't be that, because I voted for Gereb." " Who else voted for Gereb?" " Gereb, I bet." "I didn't want any office anyway." "Attention, men!" "We've got to do something about those Red Shirts." "Those Red Shirts are gonna try to come in here and drive us away from this lot." "We're not gonna let them get away with it." "Even if that means war!" "War..." "Look out, here come The Red Shirts!" "And Feri Ats is with them!" "Don't run away, Nemecsek." "They'll think you're afraid of 'em." "Well, I am." "Well, so am I, but don't let them know it." "Come on." "Go on, shoot." "They're gonna pull the stand and deliver." "It's in the air." "Go on, shoot." "My pot!" "Stand and deliver." "Excuse me, but you have no right to do this." "Didn't you hear me yell stand and deliver?" " Yes." " Then what are you talking about?" "Look." " They'll hog the sidewalk like they always do." " We mustn't let them." " We shouldn't have let them, Gereb." " Well, why did we?" " I don't know." " It's easy enough to figure out." "The Red Shirts just pulled stand and deliver on us." "They took all our marbles." "It wouldn't have happened, Boka, if you'd been here." "I'll tell you one thing, it won't happen again." "We can't put up with this any longer." "Stop it, I got to think." "I said all along we had to do something, but Boka keeps putting it off." "Next thing you know they'll be taking our lot away from us." "Of course I don't blame Boka for being afraid of Feri Ats." "Boka isn't afraid of anything!" "Are you, Boka?" "This is no time to discuss such matters." "I'm convinced now it's an impossible situation." "Is it all right here?" "No, keep on going private Nemecsek." "Keep on going!" "Keep on going." "Private Nemecsek!" "Allright, put it down." "Attention!" "Stick out your chest." "Pull back your stomach." "We can finish the fort later." "You can have your lunch now." " Yes, sir." " As you were." "Don't be afraid, Hector." "Don't be afraid." "Don't be afraid, Nemecsek!" "Don't be afraid, Nemecsek." " Did you get it, chief?" " Sure." "I crawled up on top of their biggest fort and took it." " Wasn't anybody there?" " About a dozen of them." "Who left this gate open?" " Who left that gate open?" " Nemecsek was the last one in." "Enter private Nemecsek's name in the black book, for leaving the gate open." "I didn't leave the gate open, I didn't." "It was Feri Ats." " What?" " Feri Ats was here and he took our flag away." " What happened to the flag?" " Feri Ats took it." "Blow assembly." "Anybody can see this is a crisis." "If we let Feri Ats keep our flag, we might just as well give him our lot and be done with it." " Do you wanna do that?" " No!" "Now we've got to get our flag back, tonight." "Are you with me?" "Yes!" "We've got to go to the botanical garden." "The Red Shirts meet every night." "Leave this note." "The Paul Street boys were here and got their flag back." "There'll be a dangerous mission." "Who will risk their life with me?" "Who will volunteer?" "Thank you." "I can't take all of you, I can only take two." "Please take me, Captain Boka." "I wanna do something big and important." "I wanna risk my life." "Maybe if I do, I'll get my promotion." "Please take me." "If you don't, I'll go myself." "I've read a lot about spying and I'm very good at it." "Please take me." "Very well." "We'll meet here after supper." "And men, we may not come back alive, but dead or alive we'll bring back that flag!" "Fool!" "What are you trying to do?" "Let them know we're here?" " But how we'll get in?" " We'll climb over." "And remember, we're here to get our flag back." "We can't go home until we get it." "The bridge is guarded, we can't cross it." "But we've got to cross the lagoon and get to the island." " Do it even if we have to swim." " I can swim under water." "I should have left you home." "Come on!" "Men, we've to find a new place to meet." "The watchman said we had to get out of here because we're making too much noise." "He's afraid of losing his job." "You don't need glasses." "I can see the island as plain as day." "It's better to look through glasses." "Shall I put my ear to the ground?" "No, the thing to do is put it to the water." "Don't wait, Boka." "I'm alright." "I'm not worrying about you." "I'm afraid they may have heard the splash." "I guess not." "Let's get in the boat." " Come on, get in." " Yes, sir." "If you've got to take a bath, why don't you wait till you get home?" "I'm sorry, sir." "You stay here with the boat, we may need it to get away in." "If anybody sees you, whistle." "Hadn't I better stay here and guard the boat?" "I can whistle better than Csonakos." "No, you're liable to fall out." "Come on." "Down, men." "Do you see what I do?" "Come here." "Well..." "There are two ways of getting to the lot." "One of our own men, a traitor." "Yo go through by Mariah Street." "While you can get to the fort by sneaking through the wood piles." "Yes, I know, I was there yesterday." "There weren't any guards there yesterday." "Except Nemecsek." "He don't amount to anything anyway." "But I don't want to take the place when there's nobody around." "It's gonna be regular war." "If they can defend the lot, well and good." "If not, we'll capture it and put up our flag." "We've got to have a ball-pen." "That's all there is to it." " You're to see that those gates aren't bolted." " Alright." "On your feet, men." "We got to start home." "Haul down the flag and get your weapon." "Don't forget the Paul Street flag." "Alright, into the bushes and stack on." "Forward!" "We may not get our flag, but we'll let them know we were here." "You wait here, don't budge." "Look, a note!" "Someone must have been here." "The Paul Street Boys were here." "They must still be around." "Come on, after them!" "Guards!" " Anybody crossed the bridge?" " No, sir." "A few fellows go over the lagoon." "The rest of you, fellows, go around that end." "You, men, take the back." "Come on, this way!" "There they are!" "Look, there's a light!" "You idiot!" "You've forgotten you're in a glass house?" "I bet they saw the light." "They did." " You see, now we've got to hide." " Where?" "There's a tool chest!" " How about me?" " You're wet anyway, get in that pond." "There's another door." "They must have slipped through that way." "Come on!" "Come on now, Nemecsek." " Are they gone?" " Sure." "You're a little wet." "Yes, a little, but I guess we showed them alright, didn't we?" "We better go home." "Look, it's raining." "I don't care." "A little more water won't hurt me." "I've been saving up for this all night." "Watch me!" "Papa, let me deliver the suit, will you?" "No, you can't go out today." "You've got a cold." " It doesn't bother me at all." " It sounds worse." "The doctor said to be very careful." "We can't afford colds in this house." " Please, let me." " Stop annoying me!" "How do you get so ambitious all of a sudden?" "Why are you so anxious to deliver the suit?" "I may get a tip and then I could buy a military cap." "You told me you weren't allowed to wear a cap." "Not in the lot, that's against the regulations." " But I could wear one at home." " Nonsense." "I'd like to get used to wearing it, I might be promoted to an officer anyday." "I distinguished myself the other night on a dangerous mission." "Please, papa, I'm sure it'll help my cold." "Well..." "No, your mother doesn't want you to leave the house today." "My cold is better, mother." "Much better." " What's he been bothering you about now?" " He wants to deliver the suit for me." "No, he doesn't." "It's just an excuse to get outside." "He wants to go over to that lot." "I won't have him stirring from the house today." "There you see." "Maybe I'll get a tip." "If I do, I'll come back with a military cap." "Mother..." "I think you could stay home once in a while." "You spend all of your time over there." "But I told you mother, there's liable to be a war." " Let them fight the war without you." " But I'm the only private, they need me." "No, the doctor said you had to stay home until your cold was better." "Please, mother." "I'm going over Mrs. Weissen's to get you a nice hot bowl of kimmel soup." "That'll make you feel better." "Salute!" "At ease." "Is there anything to report?" "Well." " Sir, I beg to report the flag you stole..." " Captured!" "...captured from the Paul Street Boys is gone from the arsenal." " Are the weapons gone?" " No." "Everything is there but the flag." "Somebody captured it." " Stole it!" " Stole it." " Any footprints?" " Yes, sir, there were small ones." "It must have been one of the Paul Street Boys." "We've got to get busy." "Gereb!" "Let's hear what you've done." "It's my opinion that we may be able to get the place peacefully." "I thought it over." "After all I used to be one of them." "I wouldn't want to see any of them get hurt." "What I mean is, why should I be the cause of..." "Come on, out with it!" "I bribed the watchman." "He's agreed to drive the Paul Street Boys off the lot." "What do you think we are?" "We don't offer bribes and we don't bargain." "We take!" "If they won't give up the lot peacefully, we'll take it from them." "And no watchman and no bribery!" "What kind of underhanded business do you think this is?" "And if you're a coward go on home!" "I'm not a coward." "If I was, would I be coming here, like this, in secret?" "Don't you think the Paul Street Boys know you're with us?" "No, sir." "Will it be safe for you to go on marching tomorrow?" "Sure, even if they're suspicious, there isn't one of the bunch who'd say anything." " Why not?" " They're all afraid of me." "Who did that?" "Nemecsek." "Yes, Nemecsek." "That's who I am." "And you needn't bother to look for the person that stole the flag." "Because I did it and here it is." "Well, I'm glad you dropped in." "I didn't drop in." "I came down from that tree on purpose." "I've heard every word you've said." "Now you can do what you feel like." "I'm alone against all of you." "Well, come on!" "You're alright, Nemecsek." "What's your full name?" "Erno Nemecsek." "Shake." "How'd you like to join the Red Shirts?" "No, not for me." "I belong to the Paul Street Boys." "Suit yourself." "But they usually beg to get into the Red Shirts." " But if you don't want to..." " What will we do with him?" "He's too small to beat him up." "We might give him a ducking." "Come on." "Hey, frog, how do you like the water?" "That's enough." "That's enough!" "Well, how do you feel now?" "I bet I feel better than you do." "I'd rather stay in the water until New Year's than do what you did." "If you gave me another duck, or threw me on the water a hundred times or a thousand times," "I still come back for that flag." " Shut up!" " Let him alone!" "I'm not afraid of anyone of you." "If you're coming to Paul Street to take our lot away we'll be right there waiting for you." "And don't forget it either." "I'd rather be drowned or have my brains knocked out, than be a traitor like..." "Go on home, kid." "Salute!" "I've got it!" "Attention, men!" "There's no use fooling ourselves." "The enemy is bigger and stronger than we are and there are more of them." "We cannot outfight them." "We've got to out-think them." "I figure they'll attack us from both sides." "So we'll have to divide our army into two sections." "Half of us will defend the Mariah Street gate and half of us the Paul Street gate." "This will be a battle for our lives." "And we don't want to force anybody into it." "All those who don't want to get into this war, step forward." " Is there anybody?" " No!" "Mr. President, what about Gereb?" "Never mind about him now." "We have more important things to think about." "Private Nemecsek will hand me our war map." "Pay strict attention." "Keep all eyes on the map." "Let's be systematic." "These black spots, E1, E2 and E3, are the main forts." "These will be reinforced by sand bombs." "Forts 1, 2 and 3 will guard the lot on the Mariah Street side." "Forts 4, 5 and 6, with sand bombs, will help divisions A and B defend the gate on Paul Street." "When they attack on the Mariah Street gate, I'll give you the signal for the retreat." "Then you'll run behind the wood piles towards the shack." "And then..." " And then what?" " I don't know yet." "I have to read a couple of more chapters." "Before I forget, I need an adjutant." "On account of Nemecsek's bravery going into the enemy camp all by himself at night," "I decided to reward his heroism and appoint him my adjutant." "Don't you think that an adjutant should be made an officer?" " You mean you don't wanna be adjutant?" " No, sir." "But if I could get my promotion now, I could be an adjutant and an officer." "We'll take that up after the war." "What about my name in the black book in small letters?" "Couldn't that be taken out now?" "We can't stop at such detail, private Nemecsek." " Kolnay." " Yes, sir." "See each man is assigned a place." "Have some of the men start making sand bombs and watch." "Look." "I come to have... a word with you." "The best thing you can do is get out of here." "Look, Boka." "I know you're onto what I've been doing." "But I'm not here as a spy, I'm here as a friend." "After selling us out to the Red Shirts?" "I don't know whatever made me do a thing like that." "Here's the flag that Feri Ats carried off." "Nemecsek tried to get back." "Let him keep it!" "You go back to Feri Ats and tell him the only way we'll get that flag is to take it away from him when he comes here tomorrow." "But suppose you can't." "Suppose you lose." "Well then, we won't need a flag." "We'll be leaving here anyway." "Boka." "I know I did a rotten thing, but I wanna do the right thing now." "Won't you forgive me?" "I've done that already." "I've forgotten about it." " Won't you take me back?" " No." "Under no conditions?" "No." "Say." "You should have stayed home." "I'm alright." "I'm feeling fine." "You don't look it." "Come on, you'd better sit down." " Richter." " Yes, sir." "Close this gate." "Open it." " Are you the Paul Street Boys?" " Yes, sir." "I'm Gereb's father." "Tell me why you expelled my son." "Because he betrayed us to the Red Shirts." "You've said my son betrayed you?" "How?" "I only heard." "Which of you knows anything definitely?" "Who saw him do it?" "Who knows the facts?" "Here they come now." "You see the little blond fellow?" "His name is Nemecsek." "He knows all about it." " Come on, you've got to get home." " No, Boka, please let me stay." "I'm alright." "I don't wanna miss anything." " Nemecsek?" " Yes, sir." "I'm Gereb's father." "My boy came home crying a little while ago." "He told me he was accused of treachery." "Yes, sir." "If what you say is true there's gonna be trouble for him, and plenty of it." "These boys tell me that you know about it." "You needn't be afraid of me." "What I want is the truth." "Well, is my boy a traitor?" "Is he?" "No, sir." "He's not." "I knew my son couldn't do anything like that." "Yet you condemn him on the word of a person like this." "I'm going home and tell my boy to come right over here." "I think you all owe him an apology." "You're alright." "Come on, you're going home right now, this minute." "Good afternoon, professor." "I don't see the professor." "They entered my name in the black book, in small letters." "I want to announce that I've appointed Csele as adjutant, instead of Nemecsek who is sick at home." "I also hereby give up the office of president." "Because that's only for peace time." "We're now in a state of war." "Therefore I'm taking the rank of general." "General!" "General Boka!" "Beg to report that Gereb is coming." " Csonakos." " Yes, sir." " Open the gate." " Yes, sir." "Well?" "I know you don't wanna have anything to do with me, but I couldn't stay away." "Especially when I found out that you had lied to my father to protect me." "That was Nemecsek." "He didn't want you to get punished." "I saw Feri Ats and his gang." "I told them I was through with them." "I told them I was a Paul Street boy and I'd stay a Paul Street boy until I died." " What happened then?" " Then I ran." "The whole of them were chasing after me, but I got away." "How do I know you're not lying?" "Please, believe me, I want to get back with you." "I promise to be loyal from now on." "You can even take my commission away." "I'd gladly be a private even." "I want to take part in the battle." "I promise to make good." "Please, Boka, take me back." "You heard what Gereb had to say." " Nemecsek's forgiven him." "Shall we?" " Yes." " Shall we take him back?" " Yes." "Alright, Gereb." "You're assigned to lieutenant Kolnay as private." "I'll see how you behave during the battle and you may get back your rank." "And remember, what Gereb did is dead and buried." "We're going to forget about it." " And you too, the subject is close." " Yes, sir." "General, the enemy!" "There's only three of the Red Shirts and they've got a white flag." "Why don't you make sure what you're saying before you yell out, scary fool you?" "Csele, Kolnay, Csonakos." "The rest of you get back to the wood piles." "Open up." "Disarm." " We're on a mission." "I'm the spokesman." " Well, state your mission." "We come on behalf of our commander in chief, Feri Ats, to declare war on you." "We decided not to surprise enemy." "We'll be here at 3 o'clock sharp." " That's all." "What's your answer?" " We accept the challenge." "Now about the rules of combat." "There'll be sand bombs, wrestling, fencing with spears." " You're familiar with the regulations?" " Yes." " We understand that Nemecsek's sick." " Yes, very sick." "We have orders from Feri Ats to pay him a visit." " Could you tell us where he lives?" " Number 3, Rock Street." "Thanks." "March." "Blow assembly." "Feri Ats sends you his greetings and hopes you'll be well soon." " Who?" " Feri Ats." " But he's my enemy." " Sure, but he likes you." "So do we." "You're alright." "Here's the marbles we took from you." "Feri Ats says to give them back." "We'd have give them back anyway." " When will the war be?" " This afternoon. 3 o'clock." "I'd like to be there." "I guess maybe is our fault, that you caught cold." "But we'd feel pretty good if you'd forgive us." "I forgive you." "Goodbye." "Take care of yourself." "Halt, who goes there?" "The Paul Street Boys." " You here on a mission?" " Yes." " What do you want?" " Here's our flag." "Boka says to give it back." "He says bring it with you to the battlefield and we'll take it away from you." "That means we win the war." "If we don't, we lose." "Agreed?" "Tell your general we'll carry the flag to war this afternoon." "Attention!" "About face!" "Forward march!" "What time is it?" "1 o'clock." "Only 2 hours more..." "What did you say, darling?" "Boka." " May I see Erno?" " Yes, he's been asking for you all morning." "God bless you, my boy." "Erno, look." "There's somebody to see you." " Boka!" " How do you feel?" "Good afternoon, doctor." "Doctor, is he worse?" "No." "Mr. Nemecsek, I want to be frank with you." "I didn't want to say anything in front of your wife, but that little fellow of yours is very sick." " It's only a cold, doctor, after all..." " It started as a cold." "The child is very low." "You mean, you think he..." "What do you think we ought to do?" "We're very poor people, doctor." "We haven't much money." "I can make you a suit or an overcoat, anything." "Only you've got to help him, doctor." "You've got to..." "If there's a change in his condition, you let me know and I'll come right over." " What did the doctor say?" " The doctor said..." "He's going to be alright." "There's nothing to worry about." "Doctor." " How is he?" " Very sick." "I've got some news for you, Nemecsek." "We've taken Gereb back, but only as a private, mind you?" "And listen to this, we've made you a captain." " You're fooling!" " No, it's the truth." "You're captain now." "Please enter that in the minutes." "But how could I be a captain if my name is in the black book in small letters?" "But it isn't, it's been taken out." "And your name entirely has been entered in capitals." "It isn't true, you're only telling me that to make me feel good." "I'm not lying." "Look, I've brought your Paul Street cap along." "The boys all chipped in and got it for you." "And I brought the black book along too." "Minutes and everything." "Listen, "In a general meeting of the Paul Street Boys today, the following resolutions were adopted, ordered and recorded in the official book"." "On page 17 of the book there's an entry which reads," ""Erno Nemecsek, in small letters, this was based on an error and recording secretary will hereby enter the name of Captain Erno Nemecsek in capital letters"." "Did you hear that, Erno?" "Look, here's your name in capitals." "He's asleep." "I'll be back later." " A little wider there." " Yes, sir." "General." " I have a request to make." " What is it?" "Sir, you ordered me take charge of the battery in number 3, because that's at the corner in the most dangerous part." "I'd like to report somewhere where it's even more dangerous." "I'd like to fight in the open, right from the frontline trench." " Is it alright?" " Yes." " You're alright too." " Thanks." " Adjutant!" " At your command." " What about the reserve bombs?" " Stored in forts 4, 5 and 6, as you ordered." " Halt!" "Who goes there?" " Don't you even know your own general?" "That's the kind you want to stick up before the firing squad." "If the fake retreat works, we can get the Red Shirts to chase us through to the shack, we've got them." " Csonakos." " Yes, sir." "Let's see it!" "Very good!" "Generals usually want fighting from hill tops." "We'll climb to the top before." " Where is Boka?" " He's gone." "He's coming back." "He went to the lot." "To war." "I want to go to the lot." " Give me my cap!" "No!" "You can't stand!" " Erno!" "Doctor." "Run..." " Erno, my boy, try to rest." " B1, B2, B3, those are main forts." "We'll beat them!" "We'll beat them!" "We have to!" " Forts 1, 2..." "Give me my cap!" " Yes, you have your cap." "I want my cap." "B1, Forts, 2 and 3." "We'll take them." "If you rest and get well, I'll get you a bugle." "Yes, and a uniform." "A full uniform!" "Your mother's gone for the doctor." "He'll be right here." "My little baby, please, try to rest!" "I'll get you a belt." "Yes, a shiny one!" "Shoulder straps and a gun." "Lie quiet, baby." "I think it's the doctor." "You wait." "How about my double breasted brown coat?" "Yes, sir." " Nemecsek." " What do you want, Boka?" "Coward." "Traitor." "We're in trouble." "And where are you?" "At home in bed." "That's a fine thing." "You were glad enough to come to the lot." "When we played games and had lots of fun." "But now we're fighting and losing the battle, you stay home like a coward." "No, no, wait for me!" "I'll come, Boka, wait for me!" "Wait, wait, Boka!" "I'm coming!" "What's that?" "A thousand pardons sir, but my..." "My little son is very sick in there." "But why does he whistle?" "I'm sorry, sir." "He's been that way all day." "It's too bad." " It's tight in here." " Yes, sir." "I'll see to that." "Boka, wait for me." "I'm a captain now." "They can't fight without me." "The sleeve seems to be slightly short." "I'm sorry, sir." "Yes, sir." " Put a little padding into the shoulder." " Yes, sir." "Now, when will it be ready?" "I'm afraid you'll have to wait til the end of the week." "If only the child wasn't sick." "It's too bad and I'm sorry for you, but as I said before," "I've got to have it in a hurry, I'm leaving town." "Blow assembly." "Now, men, this war depends entirely on you." "Remember, now, you're fighting for your lot." "If we loose, the enemy will own this place." "We'll have nowhere to go." "If the troops on the Paul Street side can only keep the enemy in check..." "They're coming!" "The enemy!" "Open up the gates!" "Blow the bugle." "After them!" "Forward!" "Look out!" "You'll lose another arm!" "Switch fighting." "And all over an empty lot." "It ain't an empty lot." "It's Belgium," "Alsace Lorraine, Manchuria." "It's any war." "Every war." "Yesterday, today and tomorrow." "It's always the same." "The war isn't over until I get this flag back!" "Come on!" "Nemecsek." "Erno!" "Erno." "Erno!" "Erno!" "Erno, speak to me!" "It's your mother!" "Erno!" "Erno." "He's cold." "After all that war..." "They're putting up an apartment house after all."