(KIM bursts into the ENGINEER'S shack, carrying TAM) KIM Engineer! Thuy is dead! he was going to kill my baby and I shot ENGINEER you did what? who is that? you'll be followed! Get him out of here! Good-bye! KIM we must leave! Tam and I! we must set off for America tonight ENGINEER oh right! just like that! tell me how, and while you're at it, tell me why KIM I hear the voice of my soldier telling me to bring... his son ENGINEER you're telling me this half-breed brat is born the son of a marine? let me see his western nose this bastard is... the most beautiful sight I've ever seen! a passport in my hand my new life can begin your brat's American so they must let us in! in! the playground of mankind! the movie in my mind! I'm your dear brother from now on and all our family is gone boy, kiss your brand-new uncle Tran this kid is okay he is our entree to the U.S.A. with these two little diamonds to bait my hooks I'll book us on a cruise "boat-people" deluxe don't worry 'bout the sharks out in the Mekong bay the pirates taking us are more scary any day you just stay here and hide don't show your face outside take care of our little dear I will go "engineer" (He runs out.) (In the street) ENGINEER if you want to die in bed don't care too much for country hit the open sea instead and float there like a cork uncle ho, ho ho ho ho! I'll have to call you from New York
