War of the Buttons Page #6

Maniacs! Maniacs, is it, huh?

Whose little bastard did I see climbing

into me tractor and leading my kid astray?

Don`t call my kid a bastard.

OK, then, a shite.

How does that suit you? Shite!

I`ll tear your tongue out, you runt!

The whole lot o` yous!

Don`t make me laugh. I could lick you

when I was a kid and I can lick you now.

For God sake, fellas, calm down.

It`s this kid Fergus`s fault.

Didn`t he start the whole bloody thing?

Right.

Let`s go and find him, then,

before he has

the whole place destroyed.

It`s your kid we`re talking about.

He`s out there running wild.

So is this horse.

He`s drowned in sweat.

I`ll be lucky to fight the chill away from it,

and it cost me a bloody fortune.

To hell with the horse.

What about your son?

It`s late, he`s on his own,

what are you gonna do about it?

That`s where you`ve got it wrong,

teacher.

He`s no son of mine.

Ask her whose he is.

It doesn`t matter whose brat he is,

he`s gotta be found and stopped,

before he kills someone stone-dead.

Don`t be so melodramatic, he`s a kid.

If you do get him, you hammer him

and shove him off somewhere,

where he`ll do no more harm

to neither man nor beast.

Sergeant...

have you seen my young fella?

Fergus, come out!

Come out now!

Fergus!

Come out now.

Fergus?

Fergus?

All mended now, pal.

What are you doing?

I saw the smoke.

I`m on the run too.

- They think I stole the tractor.

- I thought Riley gave you the keys.

- He told them I made him do it.

- And they believed him.

Typical.

Do you want some?

Sorry about the house.

Forget it.

It was a great idea, the tractor,

better than a horse.

Recognise him?

He healed a treat.

(Geronimo) That`s good.

Why did we do it?

- What?

- Why did we fight?

For the hell of it. What else is there?

Let`s go back and face them.

We can take them on together.

I can`t.

They`ll send me away for certain.

I`ll stick up for you.

What I did was worse than you.

They haven`t got a clue.

I`ll tell `em.

(Bugle)

That`s your Tim.

(Bugle)

It`s the police,

they must`ve followed you here.

They`ve come to take me away.

Thanks a bundle.

Fergus! No, Fergus!

Fergus, come back. Fergus!

(Man over megaphone) Stay where you are.

Stay exactly where you are.

(Panting)

There they are!

(Master) Mother of God!

(Gasps)

(Tim) Geronimo!

Stay where you are.

Stay exactly where you are.

Don`t endanger yourself.

Stay put.

Get that chopper outta here,

it`ll blow them off.

Michael, Michael,

get away from there.

(Gasps)

Fergus!

Fergus!

Help me!

Hold on!

- Let go.

- I can`t.

Let go, l`ve got you.

(Grunts)

It`s all right, you`re safe now.

I`ve got you, OK?

Yeah.

(Both) Aargh!

(Cheering)

(Whistling)

(Whistling)

It`s not too bad.

There`s even a space for your pictures.

Look, it won`t be too long till

I sort out this mess and get you outta here.

Just don`t do anything stupid.

I`m counting on you.

- Yes, sir.

- Don`t just say it, do it.

By the way...

Marie asked me to give you this.

Right, l`m off.

In you go. Take the bed next to him

and find yourself an empty locker.

All right, Fergus?

- What are you here for?

- Same as you, nothing.

Hey!

You think you`re a couple of hard men?

Well, if needs be, l`m a hard man.

Understand?

What have you got there?

None of your business.

So, they didn`t believe you, eh?

Believe what?

That Riley took the tractor.

Oh, I dunno, I never told `em.

- You never told `em. Why not?

- What?

And let that little rat get all the credit?

You must be joking.

Geronimo, you know what you are,

don`t you?

No, what`s that?

A tosspot, a real tosspot.

(Laughs)

Right!

(Both laugh)

(Laughter)

(Laughs)

(Screams)

(Both laugh)

(Woman) And so ended

the war of the buttons.

And what of these brave boys?

Well, one became my husband,

and the other is our oldest friend,

but I`m not gonna tell you

which is which.

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