This Land Is Mine Page #2

Just listen to them.

THEY IMITATE AEROPLANES

Shhh!

HE IMITATES:

THE SCREAM OF A BOMB DROPPING

Boom!

It's outrageous, bombing civilians.

Why don't they stay at home?

Things are bad enough.

I wish I could see

the sky full of them.

Why don't they bomb Germany,

young woman?

Every factory and railroad in Europe is

Germany until the Germans are driven out.

SCREAM OF BOMBS DROPPING

EXPLOSIONS:

Emily, there's nothing

to be worried about.

We're perfectly safe down here.

It'll be over in a few minutes.

LAUGHTER:

Look at Mr Lory.

Young men...

Let's all sing. If we sing loud

enough, we won't hear the guns.

I know that Julian Lamont

has a good strong voice.

Girls, we don't want

the boys to sing louder than us.

Now, are you all ready? One, two.

# Ting-a-ling, ring-o-ring

# Two bells in the steeple

# Ting-a-ling, ring-o-ring

# Calling all the people

# Guide you on our way from play

# Work begins another day

# Ting-a-ling, ring-o-ring,

# Welcoming another day

# Ting-a-ling, ring-o-ring

# Two bells in the steeple

# Slowly swing, another ring

# Calling all the people

# Here the pealing clear and high

# Like those angels in the sky

# Ting-a-ling, ring-o-ring

# High in the steeple... #

BELL TOLLS:

KNOCKING AT DOOR

Come in.

You wished to see me? Yes, Mr Lory.

I know what you're going to say.

I know I'm ridiculous.

I'm stupid and weak.

I can't help it, sir.

I'm a coward. No, no. Yes, I can't

stand violence. It terrifies me.

Noises and explosions,

something happens to me.

I can't conceal it from the boys

any longer. They see it.

They saw it this morning. You saw it.

Even Miss Martin.

Sit down, Mr Lory. No, sir.

Now she knows I'm a coward.

Would you like to be transferred

to where there are no air raids?

No, no, no. Because of Miss Martin?

Yes. Does she know how you feel?

I thought you were

a confirmed bachelor like me.

Like all young men, I fell in love,

but she died.

I found great comfort in my work -

our work.

My family became this school,

my books, my teachers, my pupils -

many of them have grown up.

It's wonderful to be a schoolmaster.

It's a life work, Lory.

You sacrifice a lot

but you receive a lot.

We are the most important people

in the land.

Now is a time for sacrifice

more than ever.

Our real happiness lies

in doing our job well.

Our mayor was here this morning

talking about duty.

I prefer to use the word job.

These books must be burnt.

We can't resist physically.

But morally, within us,

we can resist.

We contain those books,

we contain truth.

They can't destroy the truth

without destroying all of us.

We can keep the truth alive

if the children believe in us.

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