According to Douglas, the opera is "not conducted for profit" but is an "artistic institution." But Deeds then assumes that they must be off-track and not operating as a business: "We must give the wrong kind of shows." Although Ernie has seen enough harrassment and is tired of Joe""s ineffectual pleas for him to stay ("I listened to you oo much already"), Starrett convinces him to remain a bit longer and band together with other farmers:Ernie: I""m wore down and out.It is suggested that Fred find a ride on the ATC (Air Transport Command) of the Army Air Forces.In the ramshackle interior of the Army terminal""s lounge, many other uniformed veterans have been waiting for the few available flights to their destinations.At his old homestead near a marsh, the group found zombies allowed to be alive but chained up.They endlessly and mindlessly performed their previous occupations using their sense-memories - a mailman was delivering mail, a farmworker was pushing a wheelbarrow, and a wood-chopper was using an axe.