<P> Meanwhile, after Emile's party, Nellie and he reflect on how happy they are to be in love (Reprises of "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy", "Twin Soliloquies", "Cockeyed Optimist" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"). Emile introduces Nellie to Jerome and Ngana . Though she finds them charming, she is shocked when Emile reveals that they are his children by his first wife, a dark - skinned Polynesian woman, now deceased . Nellie is unable to overcome her deep - seated racial prejudices and tearfully leaves Emile, after which he reflects sadly on what might have been ("Some Enchanted Evening" (reprise)). </P> <P> It is Thanksgiving Day . The GIs and nurses dance in a holiday revue titled "Thanksgiving Follies". In the past week, an epidemic of malaria has hit the island of Bali Ha'i . Having visited Bali Ha'i often to be with Liat, Cable is also ill, but escapes from the hospital to be with Liat . As Liat and Cable spend more time together, Bloody Mary is delighted . She encourages them to continue their carefree life on the island ("Happy Talk") and urges them to marry . Cable, aware of his family's prejudices, says he cannot marry a Tonkinese girl . Bloody Mary furiously drags her distraught daughter away, telling Cable that Liat must now marry a much older French plantation owner instead . Cable laments his loss . ("Younger Than Springtime" (reprise)). </P> <P> For the final number of the Thanksgiving Follies, Nellie performs a comedy burlesque dressed as a sailor singing the praises of "his" sweetheart ("Honey Bun"). Billis plays Honey Bun, dressed in a blond wig, grass skirt and coconut - shell bra . After the show, Emile asks Nellie to reconsider . She insists that she cannot feel the same way about him since she knows about his children's Polynesian mother . Frustrated and uncomprehending, Emile asks Cable why he and Nellie have such prejudices . Cable, filled with self - loathing, replies that "it's not something you're born with", yet it is an ingrained part of their upbringing ("You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"). He also vows that if he gets out of the war alive, he won't go home to the United States; everything he wants is on these islands . Emile imagines what might have been ("This Nearly Was Mine"). Dejected and feeling that he has nothing to lose, he agrees to join Cable on his dangerous mission . </P> <P> The mission begins with plenty of air support . Offstage, Billis stows away on the plane, falls out when the plane is hit by anti-aircraft fire, and ends up in the ocean waiting to be rescued; the massive rescue operation inadvertently becomes a diversion that allows Emile and Cable to land on the other side of the island undetected . The two send back reports on Japanese ships' movements in the "Slot", a strategic strait; American aircraft intercept and destroy the Japanese ships . When the Japanese Zeros strafe the Americans' position, Emile narrowly escapes, but Cable is killed . </P>

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