Pa, Editor isn't going to be a soldier, is he? Arnold says he is, but he isn't, is he!...

Selma Jacobson: [inquisitively worried while sitting in the barn] Pa, Editor isn't going to be a soldier, is he? Arnold says he is, but he isn't, is he!
Martinius Jacobson: Yes.
Selma Jacobson: But won't he get hurt if he's a soldier?... Will he?
Martinius Jacobson: Well, ya can't tell jenta mi, it's just whatever happens.
Selma Jacobson: But why is he going?
Martinius Jacobson: Because he thinks he ought to.
Selma Jacobson: But why? I don't think it's true about 'peace on earth, goodwill toward men' if, if Editor's gonna get hurt maybe.
Martinius Jacobson: Well, uh, look jenta mi, uh
[sets down the two pales of fresh milk that he's holding]
Martinius Jacobson: you know these things they're, they're awful hard to explain.
[kneels down with the children]
Martinius Jacobson: Now, uh, now you take milk - now, milk's a good thing, isn't it?
[she nods]
Martinius Jacobson: Well, it's good for calves, for children, for grownups, for... for everybody. Isn't that so?
Selma Jacobson: Yes.
Martinius Jacobson: Well, just because it's good is no reason we get it free. We have to work for it. Now does that make any sense?
Selma Jacobson: Yes.
Martinius Jacobson: Well, uh, the way I look at it, it's the, the same thing with 'peace on earth, goodwill toward men.' It's good for everybody and it don't come free either; you have to work for it. And, uh, somebody comes along, tries to take it away from us - well, we've got to fight for it; it's that good jenta mi. Now I guess, uh, that's why Editor's going. Does that help you to understand?
Selma Jacobson: Does understand mean I've got to be glad about it?
Martinius Jacobson: No.
Selma Jacobson: Well then I guess I understand.
Martinius Jacobson: Good