The Magnificent Seven Page #4

One, two...

three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Squeeze.

Miguel, didn't I tell

you to squeeze? Hm?

Just like when you're

milking a goat, Miguel.

It's that I get excited.

Well, don't get excited!

Now, this time, squeeze.

Slowly, but squeeze.

All right... squeeze.

Squeeze!

I'll tell you what.

Don't shoot the gun.

You take the gun like this and you

use it like a club. All right?

Right.

Flaco!

Muchas gracias.

Good afternoon.

Howdy.

We've come to move you

into the village.

Move into the village?! Me?!

Everybody who lives outside.

Oh, no.

We can't protect you out here.

Rojas is makin' room

for you in his home.

Rojas?! His conversation

would bore me to death!

Yeah, well...

maybe somebody else?

They are all farmers.

Farmers talk of nothing

but fertilizer and women.

I've never shared their

enthusiasm for fertilizer.

As for women... I became

indifferent when I was 83.

I am staying here.

Yeah, well... what are you

gonna do when Calvera comes?

At my age, a little

excitement is welcome.

Don't worry.

Why would he kill me?

Bullets cost money.

All right. Have it your way.

You worry about yourself.

Are you ready for him?

What if he comes now, eh?

It's like that fella who fell

off a ten-storey building.

What about him?

As he was falling, people on each floor

heard him say "So far, so good."

So far, so good!

First of all,

they'll see that ditch.

More water for the corn.

Awful lot of new walls.

Civic improvements.

Hey, Chris...

what about that net, eh?

Well, if he's not

looking for it...

If he rides in unsuspecting.

If, brother!

If!

Yeah.

Yeah!

I should have guessed. When my men

didn't come back, I should have guessed.

How many of you did they hire?

Enough.

New wall!

There are lots of new walls.

All around.

They won't keep me out.

They were built to keep you in.

Did you hear that?

We're trapped!

All forty of us!

By these three.

Or is it four? They couldn't

afford to hire more than that.

We come cheaper by the bunch.

Five!

Even five won't give

us too much trouble.

There won't be any trouble

If you ride on.

Ride on?

I'm going into

the hills for the winter.

Where am I going

to get food for my men?

Buy it or grow it.

Or maybe even work for it!

Seven!

Somehow, I don't think

you've solved my problem.

Solving your problems

isn't our line.

We deal in lead, friend.

So do I. We're in the

same business.

Only as competitors.

Why not as partners?

Suppose I offer

you equal shares?

In what?

Everything. To the last grain.

And the people in the village?

What about them?

I leave it to you.

Can men of our profession

worry about things like that?

May even be sacrilegious.

If God didn't want them sheared,

he would not have made them sheep.

What do you say?

Ride on.

You hear that, Sotero?

You hear what he said?

Ride on.

To me!

You tell him to ride on

before I become angry.

Him, and the others!

Because, if I leave

with empty hands...

everybody in this village will

answer to me...when I come back!

You won't come back.

Why not?

You won't have any guns.

Take them off right

now and drop them.

Generosity.

That was my first mistake!

I leave these people a little bit extra

and they hire these men to make trouble.

It shows you... sooner or later, you

must answer for every good deed.

You were safe.

I was face to face with them as they rode toward me.

Ten of them, screaming.

The last time you

told it, it was five!

They multiply like rabbits!

Ten. Ten!

They got a good

kick in the behind.

If they try it again,

they'll get another!

We'll tear them to pieces.

We'll bury them all.

Calvera too!

Any sign of 'em?

No.

That is bad luck.

Can you imagine? I knew

him when he was a mouse!

I was never so frightened in my life.

My knees were like jelly.

I would never have guessed it.

Well, he'll leave us

alone from now on.

- You think so?

- Of course.

He'll go away.

There are other villages...

other villages that don't

sting the way we do.

Seor!

Neighbors...

I drink to our friends.

They armed us, fought at our sides,

and will forever live in our hearts.

They haven't gone, then.

See the gun flashin'?

No.

I make it two of them.

Three.

Fool kid's gonna get

his head blown off.

Chico! Stay put.

Three?

Three.

O'Reilly? Do you see them?

No... They're too

far back in the trees.

- Chris.

- Yeah?

Try and make it up to those rocks.

I'll cover you.

Chico... cover the back door.

Get back!

Get back! Go on!

What's the matter?

Don't you hear so good?

Get down. Now stay down!

Crazy kids! You might

have been hurt.

So might you.

It's not the same thing.

This is my work.

It's our work, too.

Everyone tells us "Hide! Get back!

Stay out of sight!"

But we're not afraid.

He's very brave.

It's the truth.

So is he. We all are -

every boy in the village.

We had a meeting and we

drew straws and we got you.

You got me? What d'you

mean, you got me?

If you get killed,

we avenge you.

And we see to it that there's

always fresh flowers on your grave.

That's a mighty big comfort

I told you he would

appreciate that.

Don't you kids be too disappointed

if your plans don't work out.

We won't. If you stay alive,

we'll be just as happy.

Maybe even happier.

Maybe.

Can you see them?

No.

Do your...

hands sweat before a fight?

Every time.

Mine are sweatin' now.

Funny...

Hands sweat...

mouth is dry.

You'd think it would be

the other way around.

Does my... talking annoy you?

It's because I'm...

I'm frightened, you know?

Yeah. I guess you kinda wish you'd

given your crops to Calvera?

Yes...

and no.

Both at the same time.

Yes, when I think of...

of what he might do.

No, when I remember the feeling

in my chest this morning...

as I saw him run away.

From us.

Man...

that's a feeling

worth dying for!

Have you ever...

felt something like that?

Not for a long, long time.

I...

envy you.

What are you doing here?

You shouldn't do

things like you did.

Go back.

You mustn't take

foolish chances.

All right, I won't.

But go back.

Does it hurt?

What?

No.

I'm sorry I did it,

but I thought...

You know what I thought.

Yes, yes. I know.

I wasn't afraid of you.

It's my father.

He says "Stay away

from those men."

"They are brutes.

They are cruel."

He's right. Do you

know that? He's right.

Well... go back home now.

He is wrong.

Well... go home anyway...

before he finds

out you're here.

He already knows.

He said he'd punish me

for being so shameless.

But I don't care.

They got them.

They got them all!

Result.

Do you think

they'll try that again?

I doubt it.

For all they know, we're still

out there ready to jump them.

He didn't go.

Calvera didn't go?

Did you think it

would be that easy?

What do we do now?

Well, what do you say?

Me?

We work for you, you know.

What else is there

to do but... wait?

It's Calvera's move.

Right.

Now you'd better replace the guards.

They must be tired.

- If you were Calvera...

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