A Town Like Alice Page #5

[BABY CRIES]

Oh, why don't you eat your

supper, Freddie?

[HE SOBS]

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

[BABY CRIES]

Very sorry, no good.

Well, you can have these too.

- You have money?

- No.

- Cigarette?

- No.

- Anything else?

- Nothing.

Look, I must have some

milk for the baby.

Tinned milk or powdered

milk, anything.

Milk is for orphanage.

Well, haven't you any tins

of soup or vegetables?

Very sorry, all finished.

[BABY CRIES]

[SHE SPEAKS IN MALAY]

[TALKING HEATEDLY]

[PROTESTING]

Oh..!

Thank you.

Thank you.

This the last one until

end of the road.

Thank you very much.

[SPEAKS IN MALAY]

[BABY CONTINUES TO CRY]

[CHILDREN CHATTER]

- Isn't it nice?

- Yes, it's lovely.

It's smart.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Thank you very much.

Come on, children.

Isn't it smart?

They gave it to me.

My dear, there's such a thing as

keeping up appearances.

[COMEDIC MUSIC]

[CHILDREN LAUGH]

[SHE SCOLDS THEM]

[MAN WHISTLING A TUNE]

[SINGS] "Oh, all of you

Dukes and you Duchesses...

- Give us the adjustable, will you, Ben?

- Yep.

..."Be careful of things

that you touches-es.

"Because all of you light-fingered

gentlemen... [TAP TAP TAP]

..."We'll meet you in Botany---"

- Hey, Ben?

Get those ruddy Nips to get those ruddy

women out the way...

...I can't ruddy well see

what I'm doing.

- Are we in the way?

- Who said that?

- I did.

I am English.

- [BANG] Ooh!

- Ooh!

- Hey?

[NERVOUS LAUGH]

I'm sorry, I thought you were

a boong.

G'day!

[ALL GREET HIM]

- Oh, hey, what--?

- But you're English!

No fear, we're Australians - we're

driving this thing for the Japs...

...we're taking it up to

Port Swettenham.

G'day!

[EXCITED CHATTER]

- How are you.

- We're walking to Port Swettenham.

You're walking?

Where from?

- From Kuala Lumpur.

- Hey, d'you hear that, Ben?

Yeah, it's a pretty rough deal. How d'you

get on for tuck if you've no camp?

We get a pint offish stew a day.

And we beg from the Malays.

And they give us food if

they've got some themselves.

What happens when you're sick?

Well, we get well or we die.

We've run out of medicine.

If you had such a thing as a cigarette,

I'd throw my arms about you.

I'll settle for that.

Here we are.

- Here you are.

- Thank you.

- Would you like one?

- Oh, please.

Here you are.

Light it for ya.

- Hello, Colonal.

- Hum.

- Thanks, Ben.

- Ah, you're pretty quick on the uptake.

- She's quick on anything.

- [ALL LAUGH]

- I'm sorry I haven't got a cigarette, I---

- That's all right.

- I'll get one tonight.

- Oh, are you staying here tonight?

Well, if you're staying, Mrs Boong,

we are too. [LAUGHTER]

[SHOUTING]

HEY. GET BACK TO WORK.

- Ah, drop dead.

- Oh.

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