Hawthorne
A Soviet tank at a village fishing competition. How long have we known about its commander?Kendrick
Quite some time, sir. I’ve brought the abbreviated history.Kendrick
An ardent Bolshevik. Private property, free enterprise, individual liberty—he considers the whole arrangement intolerable.Hawthorne
And his proposed alternative?Kendrick
Usually arrives on tracks.Kendrick
He began requisitioning factories, farms and railway junctions in the name of the workers.Hawthorne
Were the workers consulted?Kendrick
They were informed.Kendrick
At this station, however, the revolutionary committee encountered an objection.Hawthorne
Penguin?Kendrick
The committee found his objection difficult to overrule.Kendrick
Ever since, Chicken has regarded him as a particularly dangerous counterrevolutionary.Hawthorne
So this is more than a personal grievance.Kendrick
With Chicken, the two have become rather difficult to separate.Hawthorne
And that fishing competition on Saturday?Kendrick
He denounced the judging as bourgeois, the competition as exploitative, and Penguin’s catch as private accumulation.