One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Page #4

and spy out the land.

- Suppose you meet a Dutchman.

- l'll use gestures.

- Suppose it's a girl.

- Can you speak Dutch?

- No.

- Well, l can.

- Well?

- Well enough. Diplomat's Dutch.

l think you're going to be

the swimming Dutchman, my lad.

Shh. Somebody coming, l think.

Vicky! Vicky!

(Pig squeals)

Vicky! Vicky!

(Speak Dutch)

Vicky! Vicky!

That dog spots us, we're jiggered.

(Girl) Willem! Willem!

(Speaks Dutch)

(All) Vicky!

- (Barks)

- Lie down. Get!

Shut up. Shut up.

- (Continues barking)

- Vicky! Vicky!

Willem! Willem!

Maartie! Vicky!

Vicky! Vicky!

- (All) Vicky!

- (Barking)

(Speaks Dutch)

(Speaks haltingly)

Niet...afraid...zijn. Niet rennen weg.

lk vrienden. Engels.

RAF. R-A-F.

R-A-F. R-A-F.

Royal Air Force!

Ja. Royal Air Force. Ben jij een vriend?

Allebjij vrienden.

- He says they're friends.

- Let's go and talk to them.

l hope they don't scram.

(Speaks Dutch)

He asked if we've come to invade Holland.

(Laughs) What with?

Hello.

Hello, young fella.

We jumped out of our aeroplane.

Bailed out.

One, two, three, four...

five, six allez.

Six disparu.

- That's French.

- Well?

Johnny, over to you, over.

(Speaks haltingly) Er... Verloren...lost,

een cameraad, hier ergens.

Heb je hem niet gezien?

Hoe... Your names?

Willem, Maartie.

- Jannie.

- Hendrik.

Jan.

Tom.

Geoff.

Frank. George.

(Speaks Dutch)

- Ja. lk begrijp.

- What's this safety pin gag?

lt's a sign against Germans and quislings.

A safety pin means keep together.

Keep your mouth shut.

(Speaks Dutch)

There's someone at the farm

who speaks English. Her name is Els...

Els...Els Meertens. Els Meertens.

Els Meertens.

- Zij is schooljuffrouw.

- She's a schoolmarm.

Sounds a useful old bird.

ls dit invasie van Holland?

No, young fellow, we have not

come to invade Holland...yet.

l know that much Dutch already.

(Excited chattering)

Kind of a debate going on in there, l think.

(Speaks excitedly in Dutch)

Miss Meertens.

l'll never put a ferret down

a rabbit hole again, l know that.

lt's quite stuffy in here,

as if it might be a trap.

l'm not so sure it isn't.

Must be 20 of them, talking for half an hour.

What about? That's what l'd like to know.

Fetching Germans.

l wouldn't put it past 'em.

- l would.

- You would? Why?

l've been watching the road

ever since we got here.

No one's left the house.

Shh.

(Chattering stops)

Sorry, gentlemen, to have kept you waiting.

l am Els Meertens,

schoolteacher from Emmen.

How do you do, Miss Meertens?

My name is John Glyn Haggard and these...

The identities of all five of you are

of the greatest importance to us

but if you don't mind,

we prefer to check them for ourselves.

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