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"Anna: They'll probably feel different about this after a best night's sleep."
"Tom: I wouldn't count on it."
"[The next day, Anna and Tom are standing in front of the Elma schoolhouse, waiting for the children to show up for practice. They are half an hour late, and there is yet no sign of them]"
"Tom: You can hardly blame them. It could take years to get over a defeat like that."
"[Anna frustratingly kicks a soccer ball against the door of Tom's patrol car]"
"Anna: I don't get this town! You're all a bunch of quitters!"
"Tom: Would a quitter be standing here on a Saturday? Any matter, soccer is my life."
"Anna: Please..."
"Tom: I didn't have any life before then it was an easy transition."
"[But Anna isn't ready to give up on these children]"
"Anna: You know, I had a coach who used to warn us that you'd never get to the top of the mountain by standing in a field."
"Tom: I think the guy wasn't a rocket scientist."
"Anna: He was amazing. And the metaphor works. We were all in a field, and he made us find the mountain. That's what I want to do here with these children."
"[Tom looks at Anna for a brief moment. It has been a long time since anyone in Elma has cared much about anything. Perhaps, he thinks, she is beginning to rub away on him. The fact is, Tom is beginning to care, as well]"
"Tom: Hey, I'm with you, I swear! Give me the afternoon, and I'll see if I can sign anyone else up for the hike."
"[A few moments later, Tom finds Sophia and Polly standing in the middle of a road planting crushable objects in the path of oncoming cars. Tom turns on his emergency lights and pulls over to the side of the road]"
"Tom: How many times have I warned you to keep this junk out of the road?"
"Sophie: However many, it wasn't enough."
"Tom: This time we're going to your parents. Unless, of course, you are willing to climb a mountain!"
"[Sophia and Polly throw each other a quizzical look]"
"Both: [in unison] What the––"
"Tak: There's no mountain around here. [Tom has found Tak bird-watching high up in the branches of a tree]"
"Tom: It's a saying, Tak! C'mon. You're smart enough to figure it out."
"[Tak looks over and sees Sophia and Polly in the backseat of Tom's patrol car. No luck, he thinks, shaking his head]"
"Tak: We got creamed. What's the use?"
"[All of a sudden, Tak grabs hold of a branch as the tree begins to rumble. Tom is trying to shake him down]"
"Tom: Alright, forget the mountain. The point is, I haven't had a date in months and you're not going to mess it up for me!"
"[Tak loses his footing and plummets to the ground]"
"Tom: I'm sorry, Tak. You alright? How's the old kicking foot?"
"[Tak looks Tom straight in the face]"
"Tak: Is this your idea of being a coach?"
"[Sue and Lou are in their barn sitting on matching ponies and wearing matching overalls until Tom finds them and asks them to come climb the mountain]"
"Twins: WE WANT UNIFORMS!!"
"Tom: Alright. We'll get uniforms."
"Lou: They'll have to match."
"Tom: If you wear uniforms, everyone will match. You're on a team, remember?"
"[Lou points to her sister]"
"Lou: We are a team. Remember?"
"Tom: Of course."
"Sue: And we'll want the same number."
"[Tom furrows his brow in exasperation]"
"Tom: You can't wear the same uniform and the same number! People won't be able to warn you apart!"
"Both: [in unison] Exactly!"
"[Then they follow Tom outside to his car and pile in alongside Tak, Polly and Sophia]"
"[Tom finds Kate sitting staring between the planks of the boarded-up window of the old dress shop. A mannequin is yet in the storefront wearing the same pretty pink evening gown it has been dressed in two years earlier until the store has gone out of business]"
"[Kate is alarmed as Tom walks up behind her. His car is parked in the street, and inside it, she can see the other children he has rounded up. She knows instantly what he wants and turns him down flat]"
"[Then Tom pulls a pair of handcuffs from his belt and steps toward Kate]"
"Tom: Deal?"
"[Kate looks at the handcuffs for a moment. She has always wanted them for her own]"
"Kate: I didn't say I'd play. But I'll stand on the field and watch."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.