Translation of intransitiv

I counted the bills and saw that ten thousand Lire were still missing. The old man return to the children, grabbed the oldest one for a second time and hit him again. A minute later he came back with the missing.
In my opinion, this is another thing, it is rooted in history. People of different countries will always point to their neighbor's mistakes, a vicious cirlce arises which is very hard to avoid.
There were heaps of people in this area and we really had to struggle to get through the crowds. We drank a few beers and a couple glasses of wine and being totally tipsy Lili decided she needed to return.