do you propose to take the money away? That's not the point. I personally have 400 comparatively honest means of expropriation. The point is that nowadays rich people are difficult to find. And yet they exist! As long as any type of coinage wanders over the country... ...then there must be people who have a lot of it. There are very wealthy people. But do you know them? Can you give me the name and address of one undercover millionaire? Even the Commissariat of Finance with its all-powerful taxing apparatus... ...cannot find a Soviet millionaire. And yet the millionaire may be sitting at the adjoining table, drinking cheap beer. That is what hurts! I know such a millionaire. Word of honor, Monsieur Bender... Go on, go on. I apply only on Saturdays. Don't waste my time. Listen, Shura, if you have definitely decided to use the French language, then... ...don't call me monsieur but citoyen, which means 'citizen'. By the way, what is your millionaire's address? He lives in Chernomorsk. Why, of course, just as I thought. Chernomorsk! There even in pre-revolution days they... ...called a man with 10 thousand a millionaire. While now... I can Imagine! No, that's nonsense! But no, let me tell you. This is a genuine millionaire. Not long ago... I had the occasion to spend some time in the house of correction over there... What did you say was the name of your underground millionaire? - Koreiko. - A splendid name. Have I any gray hair? - No, sir! - There will be! Great battles are ahead of us. You, too, will become gray, Balaganov! Why? How did you put it --... ...he'll bring it himself on a little saucer with a blue border? For me on a little saucer. For you on a little plate. But how about Rio de Janeiro? I want to have white pants too. Rio de Janeiro is the delicate dream of my childhood. Don't you touch it with your dirty paws. Now, back to bosoms, as Guy de Maupassant used to say! The troops must arrive in Chernomorsk. Service uniforms. Bugle 'advance'! I will command the parade! "We're born to build reality from fair tale, to vanquish sky and conquer space beyond..." You're listening to 'Comintern Radio' broadcasting from Moscow. Here is the latest news An airplane 'Wings of the Soviets' completed round-trip flight... ...Moscow-Berlin-Paris-Rome- -London-Berlin-Warsaw-Moscow... ...'College of Northern Peoples' is reorganized to become 'University of Peoples of the North' ... ...the first in the world... Twins of domestic leather haberdashery! ...the first all-union convention of young pioneers opened in Moscow... ...French Prime-minister Poincare has resigned... An original construction. The dawn of motoring. Hi, how are you! Do you see, what can be made out of a simple Singer Sewing Machine? A slight adaptation -- and you would have an excellent bailing machine for a collective farm. Go away! What do you mean 'Go away'? Why then did you brand your threshing machine with the invitation , 'Hey, let's ride!'? My friend and I desire to make a business journey. Precisely to 'Hey, let's ride!' - Citizen-gentleman, please! - No. - You'll be sorry! You cannot go far in this carriage of the past. If you please. Where may I take you? This time, nowhere. There is no money. Can't do anything about it. Sheer poverty. Never mind, get in! I'll take you for nothing. Why such sacrifices? Promise only not to drink vodka, not to dance naked by the moonlight. What makes you think that we are capable of dancing in the nude? - Get in! Hey, let's ride! - Let's accept this hospitality. - Where? - To Chernomorsk. Where?! Merely 1000 km southward. There we have a small intimate business. In Chernomorsk antiques are appreciated and people are pleased to ride in them. While in Arbatov you have nothing to lose but your spare chains. You'll not go hungry on ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст ...за имя Мое на английском - текст Кодекс молчания на английском - текст Рэмбо 3 на английском - текст Гадкие лебеди на английском - текст Северная сторона на английском |