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Russians
Оглавление– Sir, permission to ask a question?
– What have you got, Hans?
– What if we meet the Russians?
– The Russians?
– Well, yes, sir, what are we going to do? They’ve never explained that to us at the Academy, only said to put it off for later!
– We will pretend to be Russians too, Hans!
– Can we do that, sir?
– Well, we’ll push each other, saw the air around with our hands! Drink vodka right from a bottleneck! Play balalaikas! Lead a bear on a leash…
– Do you think that’ll be convincing enough?
– Yep!
– But, sir, we haven’t got any vodka, I’ve just checked! There are no balalaikas and no bear either.
– None left? Strange, I thought I’d ordered some… Is that all?
– But, sir, what if they talk to us? We don’t speak Russian!
– We’ll use an interpreter!
– You mean, the Russians will talk to the Russians through an interpreter?
– Yep! What’s a big deal? They do that all the time! If that doesn’t convince them, we can say that we are deaf and dumb Russians! That is, don’t drink vodka!
– How can we say that we are deaf and dumb if we are deaf and dumb? And how do we hear the answer?
– Through the interpreter, Hans, through the interpreter… As for the answer… Why do we need any answer?
– I’ll go find an interpreter, sir!
– Why all the haste?
– They’re on our course, sir!
– Put the lights out, turn off the engine, Hans! We’ll pretend we are an abandoned ship! And they won’t notice us!
– Too late, sir, they’ve already noticed!
– How do you know?
– They are all around our screens with their wide smiles, waving vodka in their hands! Oh, look they have a bear with them too!
– I wish I dropped dead!
