The Bicycle Thief Page #2

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I'd have said:

.."You're not the one

who pays for the repairs!"

- Will you shut up?

- That's what I'd have said.

- Is my cap ready, Maria?

- Yes.

- What have you made?

- Omelette.

Let's have a look at you.

Mm, will you look at that!

- Do I look good?

- You look like a cop!

- Hey!

- Lay off! It hurts!

You'll wake the baby!

Here you are, Bruno. Omelette.

Let's go.

- Bye, Mum!

- Bye, Maria!

Bye.

Bye, Bruno. See you at seven

this evening. Wait for me here.

- Bye, Dad!

- Bye.

Morning!

First you spread

the glue like this.

There you go.

Then you stick up the poster.

Then you go over it lightly

with the glue again,..

..so that there are

no wrinkles. Got it?

Hi, kids.

If you leave any wrinkles in....

....the inspector fines you.

Got it?

You have to be intelligent, quick,

and have a good eye for this job.

That's it done. Let's go.

- See you around. Bye.

- Thanks. Bye.

Stop thief!

What happened?

- Climb up! Climb up!

- Come on, hurry up.

I saw him going

towards the tunnel.

Hurry up.

What's wrong?

- Well?

- I must have been mistaken.

- I was sure he went this way.

- Oh, well!

Yes, there was a crowd. But they

just went about their business....

Mailani!

What is it?

- You're going to the meeting.

- No, Cap's going.

He's changed. You go.

Sign here.

- Cavroni?

- Yes sir.

- It's our turn.

- come on, quick.

- can you do anything?

- You have the time, you look for it.

Have I got to walk round

the whole of Rome?

I don't know what it looks like.

You've got a description

and the registration number.

It'd take the whole flying squad

to look for a bike!

So what's the point

of reporting it?

Tomorrow you might find it

in some bike stall,..

..all you have to do is call

a policeman and everything's official.

- Anything new, Brigadier?

- Just a bike been stolen.

Thanks. Goodbye.

So I have to sort it out myself?

It's fine as it is. You've reported

it. It's fine as it is. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

You'd like to, wouldn't you?

Hello Bruno.

Hey, Dad! It's half past seven!

I came back by bus. come on.

What about the bike?

- Is it broken?

- Yes, it's broken.

Go inside. I'll be in in a minute.

Go on!

It's not a problem

for the Employment Exchange.

If there's no work,

people won't have jobs.

Our cell has already

told the branch that..

..and the Working Men's Association.

Dole money doesn't solve anything,

it humiliates the worker,..

..it's soon gone

and it doesn't solve the problem.

What we need is a big

public works programme,..

..as they said at the meeting : you

can't expect us to work miracles.

- Who's that? - can you keep quiet

back there? - It's him!

As soon as there's a chance

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