Kes Page #8

- Yeah. He wanted to know where tha was.

- Where the devil have you been?

- Nowhere, sir.

Nowhere?

Who are you, the lnvisible Man?

I felt sick, sir, so I went to t'toilets.

What happened? Did you drop down it?

I've had prefects looking for you!

- I went out for a breath of fresh air.

- Where are you going now?

- Employment officer.

- For your interview? Get off, then, lad!

And God help your future employer!

- Sit up, Peter.

- I'm sat up.

And don't be like a dummy

when you get in there.

Just tell him you're after a good job,

in an office or something like that.

I'm not working in no office!

- What are you after? A job on the bins?

- Can't you shut up?

- Sit up.

- I'm sat up.

- And straighten your tie.

- Tha's naggin'.

Somebody's got to nag.

ls it yer mam?

- What job are tha after?

- Owt'll do me.

- lt certainly won't.

- lt will.

- lt won't.

- Right. Thank you.

Will you send the next one in?

- Pardon?

- Will you send the next one in, please?

- lsn't it your turn to go in?

- Suppose so.

Well, go on, then.

Get out! Knock and wait.

Come in.

Well, come in, lad, if you're coming.

- Sit down, Walker.

- I'm not Walker, sir.

Who are you, then? On my list

it should be Gerald Walker next.

Oliver, Stenton, then Walker.

- I'm Casper.

- Casper.

Oh, sit down, Casper. I should

have seen you earlier, shouldn't I?

Well, then, Casper,

what kind of job had you got in mind?

Well?

I don't know, sir.

I haven't thought about it.

You should be thinking about it. You want

to start off on the right foot, don't you?

Right, then.

Would you like to work in an office?

- Or would you prefer manual work?

- What's manual work?

lt means working with your hands. Things

like farming, engineering, plumbing.

Things like that,

as opposed to penpushing jobs.

l'd be all right in an office.

I have a job to read and write.

"Manual".

Tell me, Casper, have you ever thought

about entering a trade as an apprentice?

You know, as an electrician

or a bricklayer or something like that.

Of course, the money's not too good

while you're serving your apprenticeship,

but you'll always have a trade

at your fingertips, won't you?

Well, what do you think about it?

As you've said, you feel better working

with your hands. Perhaps this is the best.

Of course, you'd have to go to technical

college and study for examinations.

Some lads do it. Some do it for years,

two or three nights a week,

right from leaving school

right up to mid-twenties,

when they take their Higher National,

or even degrees.

I say, lad. Are you listening to me?

- Yeah.

- You don't look as though you are.

I've other lads to see

before four o'clock, you know.

lf nothing I've mentioned appeals to you,

and if you can stand a hard day's work

and don't mind getting dirty,

- there are good opportunities in mining.

- I'm not goin' down t'pit.

Don't be put off by what you've heard.

Conditions have improved tremendously.

I wouldn't be seen dead down t'pit.

What about hobbies?

What hobbies have you got?

Do you like gardening, or constructing

Meccano sets, or anything like that?

- Don't you have any hobbies at all?

- Can I go now?

What's wrong with you, lad?

Sit down. Sit down, I haven't finished yet.

I've met some lads in my time,

but I've never met one like you.

Half the time you're like a cat on hot

bricks, the other half you're not listening.

Here. Take this form.

lt gives you information about

leaving school and starting work.

Things like pensions, superannuation,

national insurance, wages.

At the back, there's a detachable form.

When you want your cards, fill it in...

Come back, lad. I haven't finished yet.

When you want your cards,

fill in that form, send it in. Got that?

- Yeah.

- Don't forget. And listen, Casper.

lf you do have trouble getting fixed up,

come in and see me.

- Yeah.

- Send the next boy in.

Kes!

Kes!

Kes!

Kes!

Kes!

Jud?

Jud?! Mother?!

- Missis, have you seen our Jud?

- I haven't, love. Sorry.

- Have you seen our Jud?

- Course I've seen him.

- Doesn't look as though you've seen him.

- You've seen him, then?

Course I've seen him. Come in here

playin' hell. Goin' to pull t'counter down.

I had to fetch Eric Clough

to prove tha hadn't put t'bet on.

- They won, then, did they?

- Both of 'em. 100-6 and 4-1 .

- He'd have won a tenner, I tell thee that.

- Bloody hell.

Kes!

Come on, Kes!

Come on, lass!

Kes!

Kes!

Come on, Kes!

Kes!

Kes!

- Where is it? What's tha done wi' it?

- Where've you been? Your tea's cold.

I said, where is it?

- What's tha starin' at?

- Thee, tha little pig!

Don't call me a little pig!

Hey! Hey!

Jud, what's all t'bloody

pushin' and shovin'?

- Ask him. He knows.

- Tha'd have known if l'd got hold o' thee.

- Oh, get lost!

- Knows what?

What's goin' off? What's up wi' him?

lf he'd have put that bet on,

there wouldn't have been none of this.

- He's put it on, hasn't he?

- Has he bloody hell!

- I told him to. I asked you not to forget.

- He didn't forget. He spent t'money!

How d'you know?

What you gettin' so upset for?

Have they won?

Have they won?! l'd have 16 quid

if he'd kept his thieving hands to hisself.

- Look what you've done.

- Should have done it thissen.

- I could have a week off work for that!

- Get lost, you big pig!

Hey! Well, what's he upset for?

Because he's killed me hawk instead,

that's why.

- He never has.

- I know he has. Cos he couldn't catch me.

- Jud! You have not killed this kid's hawk!

- So I have. What yer gonna do about it?

Killing yerself, that's what you want!

lt were its own fault.

I were only gonna let it go.

Kept lashin' at me wi' t'claws.

I had to kilI it.

You're a big bastard! A big rotten bastard!

Don't call me a bastard!

Tha'll be next to get it!

You're a big bastard!

A big bleedin' bastard!

- Enough of that language!

- I could have had a lousy week off work.

- What you done wi' t'bird?

- It's int' bin!

You want puttin' int' bin!

Look what you've done to him!

- lf l'd got hold of him, he'd have been in!

- Oh, yes, you!

- That's just about your bloody...

- Shut yer face!

You shut your face! Don't talk to me

like that or I'll shut it for yer!

Ar, no, yer wouldn't dare!

Don't tempt me too much,

cos I'm sick of it now!

- Ah, shut up!

- And you! I'm fed up of bein' int' house!

- I'm fed up of seein' yer in.

- Upsettin' t'kid like that!

Bloody pig, yer are.

Look what he's done, Mam.

Look at it. He's a right 'un.

- That were a rotten trick!

- lt were a rotten trick what he did to me!

Yer could have took it out o' me!

You know what a lot he thought about it.

Take it away from t'table.

- What yer gonna do to him?

- What d'yer want me to do?

- Give him a good hidin'.

- What d'you think yer...

Yes. l'd just like to see her, an' all.

I'm fed up of the pair of yer talkin'

about the damn thing! It's only a bird!

Anyroad, it's not worth

stinkin' threepence!

Get off! Get off!

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