:37:01
A pail of black blood,
that's what she's sucked out of me.
:37:05
When she was little, she was
sick with every disease possible.
:37:09
Scarlet fever, and diphtheria,
:37:12
and measles, and whooping cough,
and mumps.
:37:17
I think it was only cholera
that she didn't come down with.
:37:21
One could go mad
from all this.
:37:24
But you don't have that right,
because you're the mother.
:37:29
Our regiment's medic
used to say
:37:33
that all sickness comes from your
belly.
:37:41
If you're a neat housewife,
the clothes will last long.
:37:46
This shirt here, first Misha
wore it, then Syoma and Lyova.
:37:54
Oh, those kids.
:37:56
They want to eat
every day.
:37:59
Hardly a week passes without them
having a rash or a boil.
:38:04
And Doctor Balaban
:38:06
charges ten pounds of flour
for each visit.
:38:10
Just for one visit!
:38:11
For God's sake,
Madame Vavilova,
:38:14
a newborn screams his lungs out
and turns blue,
:38:17
and it just breaks your heart
to think that he might die.
:38:21
Or when he gets
a diarrhea...
:38:23
You know how many
diapers you'll need?
:38:26
Or when he develops a rash,
just try and not powder him.
:38:29
Oh, and when
they're teething...
:38:40
And, finally, one day you hear
a spoon rattling in his mouth.
:38:44
Ding-dong.
:38:45
You think having babies is as
easy as fighting a war?
:38:49
No, Madame Vavilova,
It's not that easy.
:38:55
Yefim!
:38:56
Why do you stand behind the curtain
when you can come in?