You're not eating again surely? You had lunch didn't you? And you are still hugry?
Hello, you gave me a fright. I did not know that you were coming. I will eat it a little, I am going for a walk and thought I might feel peckish on the way..
I see, Pavel used to be a doctor in another life Bruno.
Can I ask you something? It's about Pavel. Remember when I fell off the swing, he helped me and told me he was not really a waiter at all and he used to be a doctor.
If I tell you what Pavel told me about his life, you must not tell anyone do you understand? We would get in trouble.
I will not tell anyone
Bruno was filing his pockets with some bread and cheese from the fridge to take with him, Maria came in and stopped when she saw what he was doing.
Maria is our maid. She is very nice even though Father says that she is overpaid.
I' am sorry that I am late. I was talking to Maria. She was telling me about this Man Pavel who chops our vegetables for us and waits on table. I think he lives on your side of the fence. Do you know him?
Who is Maria? And no, I do not know him. There are thousands of us on my side of the fence. Most of us here are from Polland.
Bruno wanted to know more about Pavel so he asked Maria about him.
He was a doctor in his home town before he came here but he is not allowed to be a doctor anymore. He helped me when I fell of the swing at my house before. And if Father finds out there would be trouble
The soldiers don't normally like people getting better. It usually works the other way around.
Maria sighed and looked out of the window to make sure that know one was coming, then nodded towards the chairs and both she and Bruno sat down.
What would you like to be one you grow up? I would like to be a solder like Father. One of the good soldiers. He has impressive uniform and everyone calls him commandant and does whatever he says.
I want to work in a zoo. I like animals and I would not like to be a soldier. There are not any good soldiers.
Bruno was late arriving at the place in the fence where he met Shmuel every day , but as usual his new friend was sitting cross-legged on the ground waiting for him.
Bruno nodded even though even though he did not quite know what Shmuel meant., and gazed up to the sky.
After a few moments Bruno looked up the wire and asked another question that he had been praying on his mind. Bruno wanted to be a soldier and Shmuel hated them. This tells us that the soldiers had tortured him Bruno dd not know that. This tells us that we should not judge a book by it's cover.