Under the Bridges Page #3

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if she's right for a barge.

And she can find out

if she likes me or you better.

What about that thing on the bridge?

Shell have to explain it to us.

We don"t want to buy a pig in a poke.

And how are you going to tell her?

Why me? You!

Youre better at feelings and stuff.

If I do it with feeling,

then theres a commitment.

But we have to be able

to change our minds. No, not me.

If thats how it is, we could"ve kept

Vera until Martinsmas.

Here we are then,

Great, lm starved.

Youre hungry, too. Miss? Yes...

Like butter.

A leg for me, too.

Shake hands, Vera!

Just potatoes and gravy, please.

Why teach a goose tricks

if you can"t taste the difference?

That was silly of me.

Geese are for eating.

Youre really chewing on her.

Is she tough?

Like I said, as tender as butter.

How can a guy eat when

everyone"s staring at him?

Hendrik has something to tell you.

- Not in the mood.

- Then I will,

Were taking a load to Rotterdam,

and we"ll be away for 2 or 3 months.

Sit still!

Rotterdam. Right, Hendrik?

2 or 3 months is a long time.

You can figure out

if you... like one of us.

You can stay aboard. For free.

L"ll sort it out with Hendrik.

But we need to know

where we stand with you.

You hear all kinds of things...

Did you really earn that 10 marks?

I know you didnt steal them.

Excuse me, he said it all wrong.

L"m sorry if it was wrong.

I should"ve been more subtle.

He"s better at that.

Its not your fault.

You wouldn"t have killed the goose.

Farewell.

Your stupid goose is to blame.

That's all.

Hey, your purse!

Thanks.

I didn"t steal that money.

I earned it, ., as a model.

Look how small she is. Our cabin"s

small, too. She"d fit right in.

Did you ask where she lives?

We're on the tug in three days.

Thats another thing about a motor...

No more rocks!

Then we"ll only carry the best.

And well hire stevedores!

Well stand on deck and say,

"Come on! This is express freight!"

When we cruise down the Havel

and leave the others behind,

we"ll know we have it made.

Where are you going?

To Sell & Reeser. About the motor.

Hendrik...

Are you really going to Sell & Reeser?

Where do you think lm going?

- Shes a model.

- What"s that?

She takes off her clothes for money.

Are you crazy?

Then they paint her,

and hang it in a museum.

Were too good-natured.

Take care.

She gets upset

if someone sees her sleeping.

Even if shes covered by blankets.

Then my mistake wasn"t so bad.

But you didn"t even get her address.

Yes, l"m coming.

Evening.

I was just passing by and...

I thought to myself,

'Go on upstairs

"and ask her how she is."

How did you know where I live?

I looked in your bag,

Your address was there.

Why didn't you just ask?

Would you have told me?

No. You see?

Were leaving the day after tomorrow.

I wanted to apologise for Willi.

You knew what he wanted to say.

You wanted to say it yourself.

Yes, but he forgot something.

He should have said it, too:

That we never have time

to really get to know someone.

And that sometimes,

we feel very lonely on our barge.

Yeah. And since you seemed

a bit lonely to us, too,

we thought youd understand us.

Are we just going to stand here?

Nice place you have here.

It"s usually more tidy,

but not right now.

I have the evenings off this week.

You do it evenings, too?

Yes. It can be quite tiring,

standing around all the time.

L"m sure you havent eaten.

No, but..., It"s almost ready.

Cornflowers.

Since you"re from the country.

You have noises here, too.

Yes...

Wait!

Chops, butter, rolls,

herring salad. Enough for two.

You think you can always get your way.

No.

The barge always gets its way.

Shes back on the tug in two days.

I cant always be eating your things.

I want to make something, too.

Do you like potato pancakes?

Potato pancakes? Great!

Again.

Please do it again.

I can"t keep turning it!

I got it. Which hand, left or right?

Doesnt matter.

- Damn it!

- Not on here.

I couldn"t do it at first either.

But when you do it 8 hours a day,

you get the hang of it.

What? You make potato pancakes

8 hours every day?

Yes, at Jaenicke"s,

the potato pancake bar.

Do you know it?

On Jannowitz Bridge.

So you"re not a... model?

Making potato pancakes!

Thats a good job!

Bargees not much better.

Gee, that's funny!

We bring tons of potatoes

into Berlin all the time...

To think you made potato pancakes

out of some of them...

I didn"t lie.

I earned the ten marks as a model.

Oh?

Maybe it was just a small picture,

with lots of nature and things.

I mean, with trees.

I only went once.

Then it can never be finished?

Never go in a museum?

In a museum?

No, why? In a museum?

Alright, now I gotta...

Now I gotta play for you.

What"s on your hand?

Not much. Just tar.

It wont wash off,

Sure it will,

Just a little more.

- It wasn"t much more to begin with. - Oh, yes it was!

Dont stiffen your fingers.

There.

You have to sit still now.

Now you"re

stiffening your fingers again.

You can"t just blow at me!

Orry, but...

I had to blow. The curl.

I won"t do it again.

I didn"t blow.

Your nails are clean.

Don't scrape them with your knife.

- Do I have to leave now?

- No.

Only when we turn the lights on.

The sun said, ' "Moosh moosh"

As we lay in the sand.

The waves said, "Moosh moosh"

And kissed your hand.

The waves said, "Moosh moosh".

And kissed your hand.

The South Wind said, "Moosh moosh"

And tousled your hair.

A steamer growled, "Moosh moosh"

And sailed to Zanzibar.

A steamer growled, "Moosh moosh".

And sailed to Zanzibar.

The big steamers: 'Moosh moosh"

And everything else did too.

Growled and muttered, "Moosh moosh"

So in love with you.

Growled and muttered, "Moosh moosh"

So in love with you.

And so in love with you.

I cant see anything.

- If you turn the lights on, it won"t be the same.

No.

Good evening.

Good evening. Come in.

Its a bit late.

You have to go to Sell & Reeser.

Hendrik thinks lm disturbing.

He didnt tell me your address.

And where did you find it?

In my purse, right?

No, I wouldn"t do that.

I got it from Hendrik"s jacket.

Ask him. Your address,

and a painter"s, on a piece of paper.

Max Braun.

Isnt that right, Hendrik?

Good job.

How dare you

go through my purse?

Why are you so upset?

You should mind your own business.

A man who drives a girl so far is my business.

- It's nobody's fault!

I don"t want to be reminded.

What business is it of yours?

Willi reminded you.

You could have opened your yap.

- Mouth!

- Now leave! Both of you!

Were leaving. May I write you?

No.

You dont have to answer.

Nonsense!

Theres no point in writing

if there"s no answer,

l"m alright without an answer.

It's none of your business.

As long as you go through my pockets,

l "ll say when you" re being a fool!

Cant you see that youre imposing?

Tell him l"m not imposing!

I should never have come on the barge.

Dont get upset.

We wanted you to like it on the barge.

You paid for everything.

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