The Silent Mountain Page #3

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were like one big adventure.

We knew our mountain

so much better

than the attacking Italians.

We made the wolch believe

we were big battalions

instead of tiny platoons...

and the Italians retreated.

What's the matter, huh, Gruber?

He misses his old Gruber lady.

That's not funny

at all, you morons.

This war has only just begun.

Come on, give it up.

Let Kofler play that box.

Yeah!

Today, we really showed them.

How long do you think

this war will last?

Don't worry.

You will get

to shoot some wolch.

Someone's coming!

Nobody shoot!

Those aren't alpini!

First lieutenant Sven Kornatz,

Bavarian Jger Battalion One

of the German Mountain Infantry.

Captain Karl Gruber,

Imperial and Royal

Infantry Battalion Sexton.

We were waiting for you.

Hey!

Come on, you lazy bastards!

Everybody pull!

Pull!

Put your backs into it!

Come on, move it!

Brand-new equipment.

We just got it.

Modern times.

They'll see these

all the way to Bruneck.

10,000 watt.

But how?

Generators.

Gruber, is the line still dead?

I want to have a line today.

A telephone?

In the mountains?

We have everything

to win the war.

Ander!

Time to change guards.

Hurry.

Huh?

Ah.

I'm supposed to relieve you.

Good.

So what happens

when you go to war?

Where were we?

Uh, the mass grave.

Mass grave, that's right.

Well, you either end up

on top of the pile

or somewhere underneath.

If you're on top,

well, then good for you.

But if you find

you're underneath,

you'll be left with two choices.

Either you remain

just as you are,

or you become a tree.

If you do stay as you are,

well, good for you.

But if you become a tree,

you've got two choices again

because you either turn

into a leaf tree

or a cone tree of some kind.

If you turn into a leaf tree,

well, then good for you.

But if it's a cone tree

you become,

you'll find yourself

facing two options again.

You either grow and become

a lovely piece of wood,

or you're stunted and you get...

If you grow and turn into

a piece of wood, good for you.

But of course,

if you're cut down,

you'll find there's

still two choices.

You'll find you either

end up in a sawmill

or possibly in a paper mill.

If you find you're in

a saw mill, then good for you.

But if you end up

in a paper mill,

you'll find

you have two choices again.

You'll eventually turn into

either writing paper

or possibly toilet paper.

If you become writing paper,

good for you.

But if you turn

into toilet paper,

you'll end up having

your head in someone's ass.

That's our village.

What are we waiting for?

We have to help them!

They are shelling the hotel.

And what are you guys

gonna do about it?

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