Mother Courage sings a lullaby over Kattrin's body, while the peasants beg her to leave. They are afraid the soldiers will blame them for harboring Kattrin and her mother. Finally, Mother Courage leaves money for a burial and pulls her cart, alone, behind a retreating regiment. Not knowing he is already dead, she hopes to see her son Eilif again.
The playwright has used the cart in this play to.....
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