Anchors Aweigh Page #2

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- I'm in a hurry.

Take it easy. Where do you live?

- Why?

- Well, I wanna take you home.

But I'm not going home.

I've just come from there.

What's your name?

Look, it's my job

to find little boys that are lost.

Lost is when you don't know

where you're going.

And I do know,

I'm going to join the Navy.

- All right.

- Good night.

If that's the way you want it, okay.

You're coming to the station.

I don't wanna join the police.

I wanna join the Navy.

Stop there.

Are you following me?

What's with you?

Come on, spill it.

Well, you see, it's like this, Joe.

I've been in the Navy

a year and a half.

Every time we hit port and get liberty

all I do is go to the library.

All right, so you like books,

what's the beef?

Well, I thought it'd be fun

to try something different

like going out with girls.

- Okay, good luck.

- But I don't know how to begin.

Oh, no, wait a minute.

Don't give me that "but."

After all, you're no yokel.

You're from Brooklyn.

Even in Brooklyn, things can go wrong.

What do you mean?

Well, right from boys' high school

I went to the

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine

assistant choirmaster.

And out of there, I went into the Navy.

I wouldn't tell that

to anyone but you, Joe.

Sure, sure, I'll keep it quiet.

What do you want,

a couple of phone numbers?

Oh, no, I'd be too scared to use them.

- When you mentioned Lola, I thought...

- Lola?

- Yeah.

- Hey, are you kidding?

Oh, not what you think, Joe.

I thought I'd like

to string along and learn.

After all, you're the best wolf

in the whole Navy.

Well, you are.

And besides, you gotta help me, Joe.

You saved my life

and you owe me something.

I saved your life

so now I owe you something?

Have you gone crazy?

Look, I didn't ask you to save my life,

but you did.

- Now I figure you're responsible for me.

- Well, I don't.

What's the sense of having your life

saved if you can't have any fun with it?

Look, I got a lot to do

in the next four days.

I don't want anybody tailing me.

You say I owe you something.

Well, I don't see it,

but if I find a dame for you

and get you started,

will you call it quits?

Okay, let me see.

Well, we'll have to do

with what you've got.

First place, fix your hat.

Let me see a sample of your technique.

You're you, see?

And I'm a dame coming down the street.

Pick me up.

I'm a dame, see? I'm coming down

the street, now come on.

I beg your pardon, miss.

Lady, could I possibly...?

Oh, no. No.

You gotta give it more:

Listen, Brooklyn, when you're going

hunting it's how you feel that counts.

If you feel like a mouse,

you'll be looking for cheese

that's what you'll get.

But if you feel like a wolf

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