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The commander tells Mother Courage of how great her son is and Eilif becomes aware that she's been listening in the kitchen and says he's lucky to be getting food from the commander while his mother is here. Mother Courage hits Eilif and he is confused because he took the oxen, but she then explains that it was because he didn't back down when he saw that he was outnumbered.

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Eilif hears the voice and goes in the kitchen where he sees his mother there singing and embraces her while asking about the others. He asks how she's been and tells the commander this is his mother.

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The commander goes on talking to Eilif suggesting that his dad must have been a solider. Eilif follows saying that he has heard that he was a great solider; his mother told him and he knows a song about it called "The Song of the Wise Woman and the Solider." He begins singing it and doing a war dance with his saber. And Mother Courage begins singing along from the kitchen.

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Mother Courage is in the kitchen and begins getting upset as she is listening to his story. She also calls the commander a bad one because of his need for 'brave" soldiers.

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Eilif is telling the commander and chaplain about how he got the oxen for the soldiers. Eilif is happily telling his story about how he stole the oxen from the peasants although he was outnumbered by them. The commander then begins complimenting Eilif's bravery and says he has the "makings of Julius Caesar."

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Mother Courage hears the commander talking to someone and shuts up the cook so she can listen. Then realizes that it is her eldest son, Eilif.

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Mother Courage got what she wanted and was able to make a profit off the capon for much more than she initially said.

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The commander comes in the kitchen yelling at the cook to make dinner or he'll "have his head." Now in fear, the cook feels blackmailed and tells Mother Courage to give him the capon, but now Mother Courage ask for a guilder for it because now he has no choice but to buy it.

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Mother Courage is trying to convince the cook buy it by telling him the commander will "cut his head off" if he doesn't make dinner for the shoulders. Instead of buying the capon the cook says he'll make an old piece of beef. Mother Courage no longer trying to persuade him because she knows he'll buy it tells him okay go ahead but he better hope the commander does not smell the smell of it.

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Mother Courage is trying to sell this capon to the cook for 60 Hellers. The cook is not trying pay that much for the capon. They are going back and forth about how much it is truly worth. The cook thinks it's worth 30 but Mother Courage is claiming this is a special capon. This is the cook's face unamused knowing Mother Courage is trying to get one over on him.

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In this scene Mother Courage is arguing with the cook over how much she's selling the capon for. She is trying to persuade the cook that he needs to buy it because the soldiers need to eat or he'll get in trouble. Mother Courage also finds her son Eilif who is now a solider in this scene.