Girl of Finland Page #3

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- There are various examinations.

The public is again requested-

- not to spoil the view

by hanging clothes on the trees.

Grown-ups have wicked eyes

They spy and they frighten

Grown-ups have ugly mouths

They spit and they sneer

But children have happy eyes,

happy eyes, happy eyes

And pretty mouths with little teeth,

little teeth, little teeth

Grown-ups have hard hands

They hit and beat and whip

Grown-ups have such big feet

Feet that stamp and kick

But children have little hands,

little hands, little hands

And white slippers on their feet,

and white slippers on their feet

Liisa!

- Hi, you here already?

- I've got something to tell you.

Can you wait a minute? I'll just see

those children are all right there.

Let me turn you like that.

- The baby's not supposed to sit.

- Just a little bit.

Oh dear, dear.

There you go. Don't cry.

I've already started

looking for a new apartment.

I'll just go and get my things.

Then if Hessu's mother would

look after it every now and then.

Let's make our little nest here.

Our first task should perhaps be

to find a cool cove by the sea.

Mimmi splashed among the waves

but I began to tire

Mimmi's little brassiere

set my heart on fire

Tenu,

when are you going to tell Hessu?

- We'll see.

- Hi!

- Are the boys here yet?

- They're there somewhere.

That's enough.

- He's biassed.

- Who?

The referee.

Have you seen Petteri? He was

supposed to be coming today.

- Has he gone to the wrong beach?

- Probably to the Munkkiniemi beach.

- Hungry.

- Have you got food?

- Hessu, want some juice?

- Juice? No.

Not juice.

How about if I go and fetch

some nice seawater?

I know just the place, good clean

water from the polluted sea.

- Hi there!

- Hello.

- I missed the bus.

- We noticed.

- Anyone been swimming?

- I dived in right from the top.

It's really warm and clean water.

Look, a couple of hot numbers.

Yes, I saw them

when they were undressing.

Well, maybe one ought

to leap in once again.

- Anyone else coming?

- I've been in the water all day.

- Me neither.

- I'm going to have a go, anyway.

Here I go.

- This is Nipa and Hessu Limited.

- Incorporated.

- Friendship.

- Free intercourse.

Turn with confidence on your backs.

- I could have both of them together.

- It might be a bit tiring.

- Specially if they are demanding.

- They are nowadays.

What if one woman

had two men at the same time?

There are women

who can take seven men all at once.

And there are chaps who can

manage several women in one night.

- All at the same time.

- What a man of steel!

- Where do you find one like that?

- I can give you the address.

Don't give her mine!

If you had

seven women in one night...

- What would it be in a year?

- A lot of alimony, at least.

Lulu...

I see. This one is much quieter.

In India they sterilize

all the fathers after three kids.

They get

a transistor radio as a reward.

I know one case

you should give a TV.

Wife of a Finnish farmer

who was pregnant for the 26th time.

Her doctor said:
"I've told you

how you can avoid getting pregnant."

The poor woman replied:

"But our pastor says that is a sin."

They should sterilize

the pastor's mouth.

How can there be such ignorant

people nowadays? Or are they lazy?

Maybe

it's the work of the Holy Ghost.

Women nowadays ought to know

what they're up to.

Science has gone so far.

They've invented all sorts of

pills and coils and what have you.

Besides, you couldn't get a modern

woman pregnant even if you tried.

You bloody pig!

I'd never marry a bastard like you.

- And it's your sort become fathers!

- Don't!

This is

the landlord's old sewing machine.

I bet you can see

a long way from here on a clear day.

You see all sorts of things from here.

Once there was a big ship-

- that got burnt before it was

finished. They repaired it.

One day there was a man

dressed all in black standing there-

- as if he was waiting for something,

as if he had something bad in mind.

And girls go on the ships,

quite young ones.

Tenu must have known about it

already when there was that lecture.

The man with the yellow beard

is David Massahide.

The woman is Countess von Leueth.

It's summer.

This is winter here up in the top

corner, children and their sledges.

They love each other

so passionately-

- that butterflies flutter around them

and animals roar.

- What about that one up there?

- That one?

That's Krethen and Jacob,

exchanging hearts.

I see.

What's that one down there then?

There's a man and a woman

in the shade of a lilac bush.

- And that one in the middle?

- That's just another version.

Is that some sort of halo?

There are butterflies.

- No, those are lilacs.

- Oh, they're lilacs...

- And there up high?

- They're in the shade of the tree.

- Same couple?

- No, she's got blond hair.

Should we get going?

- Are they all Art School types?

- No, it's a school picture from 1906.

That's my grandfather,

a head taller than the rest.

Lenin.

Liisa's uncle doesn't like

it being there, but there it is.

I'm sorry but I have to go to bed now.

I think Nipa's gone already.

Don't think Petteri's gone yet.

Why should I?

- Are you still here?

- Just a few minutes.

- Now you're going home.

- All right, all right.

I'm serious.

I'm going to sleep.

I've got to get up early tomorrow.

- You can't come to bed!

- Just to sleep.

- Go away.

- Why can't I just be here?

Because you can't. I suppose

I can sleep in peace in my own bed.

Chasing round

all the time like a hyena.

- I'll be here quite quiet and small.

- You can't stay here!

- People are running through here.

- It's the middle of the night.

- Liisa's uncle could turn up any time.

- He's abroad.

- He might turn up any time.

- Petteri is still here.

- Try to understand, people always...

- It's quite quiet here.

Tenu is pregnant and everything.

What does Hessu think he's up to?

Despite all the big talk,

he seems to know nothing.

Why didn't he use them?

I've always got...

Get out! Don't try anything.

Why can't we? No-one's coming.

There you see.

- Do you believe me now?

- No. They've gone already.

Look, you can't stay here!

- Come on, why can't we?

- You're hopeless.

- No-one will come anymore now.

- Listen...

Now I'm getting out of here.

Why the hell should I feel ashamed?

They were in my pocket...

Why aren't you in your own bed?

I'm not staying here another minute.

Won't catch me riding bareback,

that's for certain.

Stop hissing!

Excuse me, miss.

Nipa, come here in the bathroom!

Alpo is quite impossible!

Nipa dear, I'll run you a bath.

That's just what I needed.

Nipa.

Bloody Nipa! Why do I always fall

in love with the wrong women?

I was much happier as a child.

Nipa dear, let me wash your back.

Nipa! Hey, Nipa.

It's time to go home.

Don't feel much like

drowning myself.

Take it in your hand.

Get up, I'll help you.

The door is this way.

What are you clowning about for?

It's not me who's clowning, it's Lulu.

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