--A rather distinctive
form of art.
BISHOP. Ah, it is the unique art and the martial music you find
entertaining--or were you burlesquing a Communist meeting?
KEN. It was just Tippy's idea of fun.
BISHOP. [_Not quite satisfied._] But you were all singing that song
as if you know it well.
LAURA. Martin's always singing it--till we've memorized it without
the least idea what it means.
BISHOP. [_Satisfied._] Ah yes, of course. I once learned a Japanese
song.
MARTIN. I'm studying Russian.
KEN. It's quite a language, dad. It would be easy for you with your
knowledge of Greek.
BISHOP. Are you studying Russian, too?
KEN. Martin's been teaching me a little. I wish I had your
linguistic preparation for it.
BISHOP. I learned Greek so I could read the Gospels in the original
tongue.
TIPPY. That's why they're learning Russian.
BISHOP. The Gospels in Russian?
TIPPY. Saint Marx, Saint Engels, Saint Lenin and Saint Stalin.
BISHOP. But--if you mean Karl Marx, he wrote in German.
TIPPY. Hitler had him translated into Russian so the Germans
couldn't read him.
BISHOP. You're a very witty young man. Your sense of humor will
save you from any dangerous doctrine.
MARTIN. His sense of humor saves him from anything serious.
BISHOP. While I don't approve of a flippant attitude toward life,
it is far better than accepting dangerous and destructive
doctrines--such as Russian Communism.
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