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Three brothers live in a tiny hamlet near a railway line. The brothers and their friends often go to the railway station to visit an old man named Klein, who organises the few trains that use this line. Klein tells them about a marvellous lake behind the mountains where he has sometimes transported the officers from the nearby military base. The place is exquisitely beautiful, he continues, and the women who live by the lake are enchanting – but expensive. It costs no less than 100 US dollars to spend a night with any of them. Klein’s descriptions sound highly tempting to the three brothers and their friends decide that they simply must go and see the fabulous lake, no matter what costs. Naturally, they will need to find the money first. Their initial attempt to earn some cash by selling stolen water melons fails miserably, so instead they attack the father of one of the boys in their gang who works as a cashier. They return to Klein, having stolen all the money entrusted to the boy’s father. Klein, however, refuses to take the boys to the lake, telling them it’s ‘top secret’ and unattainable for them. When the boys refuse to take no for an answer, he suggests a test of courage. However, every single one of the boys – with the exception of little six-year-old Chibut – manages to pass the test. Shortly afterwards, Klein is called away to the military base and the boys make use of his absence to board one of his locomotives and set off for the lake on their own, leaving only Chibut behind. Afraid of what might happen, Chibut runs off to find Klein and tells him what the other boys have done. Klein is horrified, because the trains he shunts up and down the line are used as targets by the army. And, as for the lake – he simply invented it! Klein and Chibut set off on a desperate mercy dash to stop the boys. But it could well be too late . . .
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