86] John W. Warner IV The two men sat quietly, tending to minor repairs of their kit. Something inside Bea rumbled like far-off thunder in the summertime, it rolled around her head, bouncing up and down the soft green English hills of her imagination. Oh-h-h, no-o- o… She tried to hide from it in the cave of practicality and good sense, but it oozed inside and flowed around her like brisk river water. Then, like a long-awaited orgasm after an hour of scalding sex, it pounced. Fine. Dandy. Just great. Swell. What a fabulous idea n all. Oh, what the hell, were running out of water, we cant walk out of here without a luxurious caravan with parasols, and stealing a turtle-slow Kubel without being cut to ribbons by either side is a lot to ask. None of us wants to be captured or… strife, Ill consider it as a somewhat viable option. Whats an entire company going to do against three mice? But you listen to me, my dear enthusiastic schoolboys, a German Panzer is one complicated son of a bitch, especially these brand-new ones with copious bells and knobs. It must look like a steam train in there with all the levers and valves and gauges, boiler too. Wed need solid intelligence beforehand on how it works, detailed information, and thats almost.. .an… imposs… She snapped her fingers. Wait a tick, I saw them reading something quite intensively, what was that? Wasnt that a comic book? What? Why is that relevant? asked Gwafa. Takuta sat up. I saw them reading something too, but I couldnt make it out. Could it be…no, it cant be that stupidly simple, cant be. Of course! The Germans are quite clever now and again. Ill bet sixpence to doughnuts it was their owners manual, a detailed book with drawings on how to operate the damn thing in the field. Its brand new. Farm boys are the ones driving and maintaining those lumps, it makes perfect sense. Yes-yes-yes, the Yanks do the same for planes, I heardDisney films, cartoons, and the like. Mickey Mouse. Whatre you doin mate? Gwafa stood in the dim light, fingering his stone-sharpened knife blade. If that is so, then I will use my private armee to steal one. Around midnight, Gwafa returned. Bea awoke. Shite, we thought youd been He opened the book as Takuta lit the two candles. Moon is parfait. I bribed three of the young boys with half our bag of dates and nuts and the last of our boiled