1. "One day, when he was naughty,Copy !req
2. Mr Bunnsy looked over the hedge
into Farmer Fred's fieldCopy !req
3. and it was full of green lettuces."Copy !req
4. "Mr Bunnsy, however,
was not full of lettuces."Copy !req
5. "This did not seem fair."Copy !req
6. Not fair at all!Copy !req
7. So there you go.
Those are the opening wordsCopy !req
8. to Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure.Copy !req
9. But that is not the story
you will see.Copy !req
10. This, what you're watching right
now, is called a framing device,Copy !req
11. a story that wraps around
the main storyCopy !req
12. like a warm blanket around a baby.Copy !req
13. Steady there. Right!Copy !req
14. Now, we have to get
your story started.Copy !req
15. And it's not about cute rabbits
wearing clothes. Not at all!Copy !req
16. In fact,Copy !req
17. your storyCopy !req
18. is all about...Copy !req
19. Rats!Copy !req
20. You've got...Copy !req
21. ..r-r-rats!Copy !req
22. Rats!Copy !req
23. Agh!Copy !req
24. Cluck! Cluck!Copy !req
25. Hey, that cat can talk!Copy !req
26. Rats!Copy !req
27. You've... got... rats!Copy !req
28. Rats! Whaaat?Copy !req
29. Er... Erm...Copy !req
30. .. adaptability?Copy !req
31. There really aren't all that many.Copy !req
32. You don't need many for a plague,
not if they know their business.Copy !req
33. One rat taking a bath in fresh cream
and widdling in the flour?Copy !req
34. Could be a plague all by himself!Copy !req
35. A plague?
We're doomed!Copy !req
36. I suppose you want us to pay you
to get rid of them! Me?Copy !req
37. Just one lone cat? Against all that?Copy !req
38. Well, I am good, it's true,
but no, no, no, no,Copy !req
39. one cat will never do.Copy !req
40. Oh, what, then? What?Copy !req
41. You need...Copy !req
42. .. the Piper.Copy !req
43. That's not the Pied Piper!Copy !req
44. Hm! Not the real one, anyway.Copy !req
45. Your saviour has arrived.
Come on, pony up!Copy !req
46. Oh, it's working!Copy !req
47. Yes!Copy !req
48. They're leaving! They're leaving!Copy !req
49. Whoaaa!Copy !req
50. Ahhh...Copy !req
51. Yay! No more rats!Copy !req
52. No more rats! Whoo!Copy !req
53. Hey! Where did the talking cat go?Copy !req
54. Whose brilliant idea was the cliff?Copy !req
55. The swimming
and the water - pfft! - up my nose?Copy !req
56. Sorry! Sorry!Copy !req
57. That was me! Whoa!Copy !req
58. The idea just kind of hit me
and I ran with it!Copy !req
59. Ah, that was fun!Copy !req
60. Let's do it again!
Ooh! It did provide dramatic flair!Copy !req
61. A climactic end to the affair!Copy !req
62. Yo! Who thinks Keith hereCopy !req
63. needs to go for a little swim
himself?Copy !req
64. All in favour? Aye!Copy !req
65. Well, that went well!Copy !req
66. Says the cat who's perfectly dry.Copy !req
67. But look! Cash! Money!Copy !req
68. Ahem-hem!Copy !req
69. That sound always spells trouble.Copy !req
70. Ahem! Morris...Copy !req
71. Peaches, Peaches... How many times?
It's "Maurice"!Copy !req
72. "Mauriiice."Copy !req
73. All right, fine, out with it.Copy !req
74. Well, Morris, Dangerous Beans thinks
we shouldn't live by trickery.Copy !req
75. Oh?
Is that what Dangerous Beans thinks?Copy !req
76. You know, some thinkCopy !req
77. there's a good deal too much thinking
going on, and I think I agree.Copy !req
78. Peaches is right.Copy !req
79. With our newfound intelligence
comes a conscience.Copy !req
80. We must ask,
"Is it right to trick people?"Copy !req
81. But trickery is what humans
are all about!Copy !req
82. They're so keen on tricking
each other,Copy !req
83. they elect governments
to do it for them!Copy !req
84. But does it feel right?
Ahem! What Dangerous Beans means is,Copy !req
85. "Do we really need
to keep doing THIS?"Copy !req
86. "Doing this"? Well, of course, no!Copy !req
87. In fact, I don't have to be here
at all! I'm a cat, right?Copy !req
88. There's no end of things I could
be doing, because people like cats.Copy !req
89. Instead, I choose to help
a bunch of ungrateful rodentsCopy !req
90. who are not exactly number one
favourites with humans. Right?Copy !req
91. But if I may remind you,Copy !req
92. you were the ones who wanted to find
the island paradise.Copy !req
93. Paradise...Copy !req
94. Bring forth the sacred book.Copy !req
95. Hey, hey, Keith!
Hm?Copy !req
96. The sacred book!
Oh, yes, yes! Er... Ahem!Copy !req
97. There you go.Copy !req
98. Ah, this is where we're headed!Copy !req
99. An ideal land,Copy !req
100. where animals talkCopy !req
101. and live side-by-side with people
in peace!Copy !req
102. Oh, look! Animals wearing clothes.Copy !req
103. A rabbit who walks on his hind legs
and wears a blue suit.Copy !req
104. And there's a rat called RupertCopy !req
105. and a stoat
who goes by the name of Howard.Copy !req
106. And Olly the Snake
is a bit of a rascal,Copy !req
107. but don't worry, nothing truly bad
ever happens there!Copy !req
108. It is paradise!Copy !req
109. In the land of Mr Bunnsy,Copy !req
110. there are no poisons,
there are no traps!Copy !req
111. None of the animals
eats any of the others.Copy !req
112. It IS paradise.Copy !req
113. We must find this place.
Exactly!Copy !req
114. You've been there, right, Morris?Copy !req
115. Me? The Amazing Maurice?Copy !req
116. Er, no, not personally, no. But I've
spoken to many cats who have.Copy !req
117. As we all know, it's an island.
A beautiful faraway island.Copy !req
118. And to get to the island,
we need what? Boats. Right?Copy !req
119. And to get boats, we need what?
Money. Right?Copy !req
120. We have to keep making money.
Understand?Copy !req
121. Fine. That's settled, then.Copy !req
122. Keith, let's go. Oh! Our next target
is this way. OK, coming!Copy !req
123. Oof!Copy !req
124. Perhaps... one more town.Copy !req
125. Yay!Copy !req
126. Now, in fact, Morris was lying.Copy !req
127. That's the beauty
of the framing device, see?Copy !req
128. I get to tell you stuff about this
story you wouldn't otherwise know.Copy !req
129. Like, I can tell you that Morris
never spoke to other catsCopy !req
130. because no other cat
could speak back.Copy !req
131. Morris was as unique as the rats!Copy !req
132. He knew money was important, so he
lied to the rats to make more of it.Copy !req
133. In truth,
he was building himself a nest eggCopy !req
134. so he could make good
on his deluxe retirement plan.Copy !req
135. And now you know Mr Bunnsy
is important to the storyCopy !req
136. because the rats believe he is real.Copy !req
137. They think they can find a land
where all the animals talkCopy !req
138. and live happily ever after.Copy !req
139. "Farmer Fred opened his doorCopy !req
140. and saw all the animals
of Furry Bottom waiting for him."Copy !req
141. "We can't find Mr Bunnsy!"
.. they cried.Copy !req
142. If that sounds ominousCopy !req
143. it's because it's called
foreshadowing.Copy !req
144. Which is kind of a promise to you,Copy !req
145. letting you know
that if you keep with the story,Copy !req
146. it's going to get...Copy !req
147. .. ugly. Really ugly!Copy !req
148. You, my dear fellows,
are the best rat catchers aroundCopy !req
149. and you've done a great job,
of course you have.Copy !req
150. There are no rats
anywhere in the town!Copy !req
151. Thank you, Mr Mayor!Copy !req
152. That we can see.Copy !req
153. Er, what's that?
It's just that,Copy !req
154. well, the food in the town
continues to...Copy !req
155. .. disappear!Copy !req
156. It's just...Copy !req
157. ..gone. Huh?
Poof! Uh?Copy !req
158. We are in the midst of a famine!Copy !req
159. What are you trying to say?
Or, in fact, saying?Copy !req
160. What I am trying to say,
or at least imply, strongly,Copy !req
161. is that there must be a connection!Copy !req
162. Connection?Copy !req
163. The rats? The food?Copy !req
164. It's rather strange, isn't it?Copy !req
165. Talking of strange, that, er,
new fellow in town, your employer,Copy !req
166. what's his name, It's, er...?
Boss Man.Copy !req
167. Yes, yes, yes.
Well, with all those clothesCopy !req
168. and that scarf and the hat,
I-I can't really see him,Copy !req
169. you know, your boss, I mean.Copy !req
170. Strange, you say?Copy !req
171. Er, not that strange!Copy !req
172. Have you consideredCopy !req
173. that what you have here,Copy !req
174. with the missing food,Copy !req
175. is a mystery?
Mystery! Oh, yes! That's correct!Copy !req
176. And with the rats gone,
none to be found,Copy !req
177. that factor is simply...Copy !req
178. .. unrelated.Copy !req
179. Unrelated!Copy !req
180. Mm-hm.Copy !req
181. Always nice to do business with you,Copy !req
182. Mr Mayor!Copy !req
183. Mum?
What is it, love?Copy !req
184. I'm hungry!Copy !req
185. How about we pick leaves from the
ground and make leaf sandwiches?Copy !req
186. With no bread. Just leaves.
And imaginary jam.Copy !req
187. Stay low. Quiet as mice.Copy !req
188. Remember, this is a new town.Copy !req
189. There's bound to be new traps
and poisons.Copy !req
190. Allow me.Copy !req
191. Why do we wear clothes?
It makes no... sense!Copy !req
192. Unless we're on stage!Copy !req
193. Dangerous Beans says it's civilised.Copy !req
194. And the concept of the belt
is worthy.Copy !req
195. You never know
what you're going to need next.Copy !req
196. Move on!Copy !req
197. All right, let's stop here!Copy !req
198. Number Three Platoon - In-Brine,
Sell-By, Sardines and Delicious,Copy !req
199. you're on widdling duty.Copy !req
200. Go to it!
If I don't hear ladies screamingCopy !req
201. and running out of their kitchens
within ten minutes,Copy !req
202. then you're not the rats
I think you are.Copy !req
203. Number Two Platoon -
Big Savings, Best Before,Copy !req
204. Special Offer and Do Not Enter,Copy !req
205. you're on trap disposal.Copy !req
206. Use caution. Never rush, never run.Copy !req
207. We don't want to be like
the first mouse, eh? No!Copy !req
208. Right! What mouse do we want to
be like? The second mouse!Copy !req
209. Because? Because
the second mouse gets the cheese!Copy !req
210. You have a question?Copy !req
211. Er, what does the first mouse get?Copy !req
212. The trap. See?Copy !req
213. And then the Bone Rat comes for ya!Copy !req
214. The Bone... .. Rat?Copy !req
215. Mm-mm.Copy !req
216. All right! Go! Go! Go!Copy !req
217. Keith and Maurice
will be in position soon.Copy !req
218. You know what
worries me, Dangerous Beans?Copy !req
219. What is it that worries you,
Darktan?Copy !req
220. There aren't any local rats here.
Normal rats, you know?Copy !req
221. Rat tunnels? Yeah.
Rat droppings? In abundance!Copy !req
222. But we've seen no actual rats.Copy !req
223. A town like this
should be full of 'em.Copy !req
224. Hm. It smells, doesn't it?Copy !req
225. Yeah. It smells.Copy !req
226. It smells like a...Copy !req
227. A mystery.Copy !req
228. Hm. It's still all quiet.Copy !req
229. Sounds like the lads
didn't start their plague show yet.Copy !req
230. 50 cents for every dead rat?Copy !req
231. They seem serious.Copy !req
232. 50 cents! Huh! Must be a rich town.Copy !req
233. That's good. That's very good.
It means more money for me. Oh!Copy !req
234. For us! For us, of course!Copy !req
235. Yeah, looks like a town
with opportunities.Copy !req
236. But have you noticed...Copy !req
237. .. there's no food?Copy !req
238. That is odd! For a market town.
Yeah. Especially when you're hungry.Copy !req
239. Which is my way of saying,
"I'm really hungry!"Copy !req
240. Oh, look, this one's open! Ahem!Copy !req
241. Good day to you, sir!Copy !req
242. We're looking for... food?Copy !req
243. Yes, well, there you go.
Right under your nose.Copy !req
244. Oh. Well, I guess, erm,
how much for the...Copy !req
245. Too late. Huh?
It's gone.Copy !req
246. No, but we're very...
And now we're closed. Sorry!Copy !req
247. Have a nice day!Copy !req
248. Maurice, what... What do you think?
Maurice?Copy !req
249. Maurice!Copy !req
250. Maurice?Copy !req
251. Maurice?Copy !req
252. Agh! Oof!Copy !req
253. It has everything you would
traditionally want in a kitchen,Copy !req
254. except for something to eat.Copy !req
255. Maurice, please, let's go,
before someone...Copy !req
256. Quick, scratch me on the head!
There's a girl looking at us.Copy !req
257. What?Copy !req
258. Who's to say a narrator can't also
appear in the story she's telling?Copy !req
259. Did that cat just say something?Copy !req
260. Huh? Cats can't talk!
Everybody knows that.Copy !req
261. Ah, I get it.
You brought the cat hereCopy !req
262. because you know there's a famine
and you're going to sell it.Copy !req
263. There's at least two good meals
on those bones.Copy !req
264. What? You eat cats here?Copy !req
265. Ha! Got you!Copy !req
266. Yep, she got ya.
Mm.Copy !req
267. Well, there's some milk
that's not gone hard yet,Copy !req
268. and a couple of fish heads.
That will have to do.Copy !req
269. Do? That will be ideal!Copy !req
270. But maybe we shouldn't eat your food
if there is so little?Copy !req
271. No, no, no. My father, who happens
to be the mayor, by the way,Copy !req
272. says we need to be hospitable.Copy !req
273. So tell me your name.Copy !req
274. Er, Keith.Copy !req
275. Oh, that won't do!
No hint of mystery.Copy !req
276. It just hints of... Keith!Copy !req
277. Are you sure that's your real name?
I don't know. I'm an orphan.Copy !req
278. Ah, yeah! Mm! That's more like it.
A mysterious past.Copy !req
279. You were stolen at birth, I expect.Copy !req
280. You're probably the rightful king
of some distant countryCopy !req
281. and they found someone
who looked like you and did a swap!Copy !req
282. In that case,
you'll have a magic sword,Copy !req
283. only it won't look magic, you see,
until it's time for youCopy !req
284. to manifest your destiny!Copy !req
285. You were probably found on a
doorstep. Er, actually a hay cart.Copy !req
286. Just as good! Hey, it's customary
when somebody asks your nameCopy !req
287. to reciprocate and ask them theirs.Copy !req
288. I'm Malicia Grim, by the way.Copy !req
289. Er... Hello,Copy !req
290. erm, Malicia.Copy !req
291. Nice, erm, to...
No! Sardines! Back!Copy !req
292. Rat!Copy !req
293. Sardines, no!
Easy on the tap dancing!Copy !req
294. Sorry! I've just got these...Copy !req
295. ..d-dancing feet!Copy !req
296. Whoa!
Ugh!Copy !req
297. All right.
I think it goes like this...Copy !req
298. This rat is clearly a magical rat.
I bet he's not the only one.Copy !req
299. Born that way, or something happened
to him, or them,Copy !req
300. and now they're quite intelligent,
despite the tap dancing.Copy !req
301. And the cat is friends with you...
Why would rats and a cat be friends?Copy !req
302. There must be some kind of
an arrangement. No, don't tell me!Copy !req
303. I shouldn't think anyone
ever has to tell you anything.Copy !req
304. Something to do with
plagues of rats, right?Copy !req
305. All those towns we've heard about?
You got together with Keith hereCopy !req
306. and you go from town to town
pretending to BE a plague of rats,Copy !req
307. Keith pretends to be a pied piper
and they all follow him outCopy !req
308. and you make loads of cash, right?Copy !req
309. It's all a big swindle.Copy !req
310. She's got us bang to rights, boss.Copy !req
311. You won't tell on us, will you?
Ha!Copy !req
312. A talking cat
and a talking, tap-dancing rat?Copy !req
313. They'll think I'm making up stories
againCopy !req
314. and I'll be locked out of my room
as punishment. Locked out?Copy !req
315. So I can't get to my books. It might
not be obvious, but I read a lot.Copy !req
316. My father says "Too much!"Copy !req
317. Ah!Copy !req
318. So, here's the question -
how did you learn to talk?Copy !req
319. In a real story,
this is where we'd get a flashback.Copy !req
320. Flashback? What's that?
It's where you get the backstory.Copy !req
321. Go ahead, tell me what happened.Copy !req
322. There doesn't seem to be a way
to tell her no.Copy !req
323. What happened? Er...Copy !req
324. No-one knows for sure, you know,
but, erm...Copy !req
325. Rats eat rubbish. That's what we do!Copy !req
326. That was back when we were just
normal, everyday rats,Copy !req
327. squeaking and squabbling.Copy !req
328. We ate whatever we could find.
The stubs of candles, for example!Copy !req
329. We love candle stubs!Copy !req
330. And a weather-beaten broomstick.Copy !req
331. That can be good to get your teeth
into. And powders and potions.Copy !req
332. We drank green bubbly stuff
from the bottoms of cauldronsCopy !req
333. and gnawed our way
through worn-out spell books.Copy !req
334. Ha! Doesn't sound like an ordinary
rubbish heap!Copy !req
335. We eventually figured that out.Copy !req
336. The dump belonged to
Unseen University of Ankh-Morpork...Copy !req
337. .. the establishment of learning,
where magic is studied.Copy !req
338. All the mixed-up magic leftovers
from the men in pointy hats!Copy !req
339. I like it.Copy !req
340. Once we got smart,
we learned to readCopy !req
341. and gave ourselves names from
the things we found in the dump.Copy !req
342. "Sardines."Copy !req
343. "Peaches."Copy !req
344. "In-Brine!"Copy !req
345. What of the cat?
Cats don't eat any old rubbish.Copy !req
346. Decidedly not!
He never ate anything off the dump,Copy !req
347. but he did get intelligent
around the same time.Copy !req
348. As an intelligent cat, I do vow,
and it is a point of pride,Copy !req
349. to not eat anything that can speak.Copy !req
350. I know just what we must do next
to solve the mystery of our town!Copy !req
351. Huh? What mystery?
The missing food! The rats are gone!Copy !req
352. Why else would you be in this story,
if not to solve the mystery?Copy !req
353. We need to sneak into
the Rat-Catcher's GuildCopy !req
354. and find out what they're up to.Copy !req
355. Ah. I am oddly compelled to follow.Copy !req
356. It's a gift.
I'm off to get my adventure bag.Copy !req
357. Yah! Ready?Copy !req
358. Let's go!Copy !req
359. I think I love her.Copy !req
360. Er, sir?Copy !req
361. You, er, you wanted to see us,Copy !req
362. sir.Copy !req
363. There are new rats in town.Copy !req
364. Are you sure, sir?Copy !req
365. The traps are empty. We...
I can feel it!Copy !req
366. Catch them and bring them to me.Copy !req
367. Yes, sir! Right off, sir!Copy !req
368. You know I have a thing...Copy !req
369. .. for rats.Copy !req
370. Important safety tip.Copy !req
371. Don't eat a dead rat
that just ate something,Copy !req
372. that just ate something,
that made it dead.Copy !req
373. Dangerous Beans says
we shouldn't eat rats at all.Copy !req
374. True. Very true.
Unless you're hungry.Copy !req
375. But rats are always hungry.
My point exactly.Copy !req
376. Strange.Copy !req
377. Reminds me of, erm,Copy !req
378. a Prattle and Johnson
Little Snapper,Copy !req
379. but those are not round
like this one.Copy !req
380. Mm...Copy !req
381. Ah...
And there's no extra safety catch.Copy !req
382. I think we need... Mr Clicky.Copy !req
383. Mr Clicky!
Come on, Mr Clicky.Copy !req
384. Mr Clicky!Copy !req
385. Oy, good luck, buddy!Copy !req
386. It's showtime, Mr Clicky!Copy !req
387. Go, Mr Clicky, you can do it!Copy !req
388. On the double, soldier.Copy !req
389. What are you waiting for?Copy !req
390. Time to do your duty.Copy !req
391. Mr Clicky?
Hey!Copy !req
392. Where do you think you're going?
Come on, lad!Copy !req
393. You're made of metal. This...Copy !req
394. can't... hurt.Copy !req
395. Ugh!Copy !req
396. Darktan?Copy !req
397. Wh... What?Copy !req
398. What is this?Copy !req
399. Ingenious. Never seen this before.Copy !req
400. It's a cage.
A cage.Copy !req
401. A cage!Copy !req
402. What's a cage?Copy !req
403. It's used to capture a rat.Copy !req
404. Who would want to keep a rat?Copy !req
405. "And because of Olly the Snake's
trick with the road sign,Copy !req
406. Mr Bunnsy did not know
that he had lost his way."Copy !req
407. "He wasn't going
to Howard the Stoat's tea party."Copy !req
408. "He was heading into the Dark Wood."Copy !req
409. She seems to think that it's no good
looking inconspicuousCopy !req
410. unless people can tell
that you are being inconspicuous.Copy !req
411. The trouble is, your lady friend
thinks life works like a fairy tale.Copy !req
412. Mm. That's harmless, though,
isn't it?Copy !req
413. Maybe. But in fairy tales,Copy !req
414. when someone gets hurt...Copy !req
415. ..it's just a word.Copy !req
416. Hm?Copy !req
417. Luckily,
I'm prepared for every eventuality.Copy !req
418. The grapnel and the rope ladder
take up a lot of room.Copy !req
419. And then there's the medicine kit
and the kettle, the back-up kettle,Copy !req
420. the sewing kit...
.. and the mirror for sending signalsCopy !req
421. and these!Copy !req
422. Hair pins? You just push it
into the keyhole and twiddle.Copy !req
423. Malicia, those things work
in stories, not... That's right!Copy !req
424. Oh, dear me. So,
we're back in your story, are we?Copy !req
425. And what am I in your story?Copy !req
426. Mm, not sure. You're not handsome
enough for a love interestCopy !req
427. and you're not funny enough
for comic relief.Copy !req
428. Maybe you're just
the sympathetic friendCopy !req
429. who serves as a sounding board to
help me resolve my ethical dilemmas.Copy !req
430. H-How is it you know
how to pick locks?Copy !req
431. I told you, they lock me
out of my room to punish me.Copy !req
432. I've seen thieves at work,
"cat burglars" they call themCopy !req
433. because they are nearly as clever
as cats.Copy !req
434. They have complicated little toolsCopy !req
435. which are used with great care
and precision.Copy !req
436. They don't ever just...Copy !req
437. There we are!Copy !req
438. That was luck.Copy !req
439. Oh, no! I didn't expect this!Copy !req
440. Well, it's a dirty room full of junk,
what did you expect?Copy !req
441. I was expecting something horrible,
yet interesting.Copy !req
442. Some ghastly clue
that would advance the plot.Copy !req
443. The world doesn't have a plot. Things
just happen, one after another.Copy !req
444. Pfft! There's always a plot.
You just have to know where to look.Copy !req
445. Ha! That's it!
A secret passage, of course!Copy !req
446. Everyone, look for the entrance
to the secret passage!Copy !req
447. What does a secret passage
look like?Copy !req
448. Well, it won't look like one,
of course!Copy !req
449. Oh, well, in that case,
I can see dozens of secret passages.Copy !req
450. Er, I don't know
how to look for somethingCopy !req
451. that doesn't look like
the thing I'm looking for.Copy !req
452. Agh!
I know it's a rather daring idea,Copy !req
453. but suppose there might not be
a secret passage?Copy !req
454. There has to be!
But they're hard to find.Copy !req
455. And then you give up,Copy !req
456. and it's when you give up and lean
against... that wall,Copy !req
457. that you inadvertently operate
the secret switch!Copy !req
458. Huh...Copy !req
459. I'll just rest my arm innocently
on this coat hook.Copy !req
460. And look! A sudden door in the wall
miraculously...Copy !req
461. .. fails to appear!Copy !req
462. Clearly, certain villains
totally fail to knowCopy !req
463. how to design
a proper secret passage.Copy !req
464. Keith, look!Copy !req
465. Hey! Why is there a rat hole
in a rat-catchers' building?Copy !req
466. I wouldn't come near this place
if I were a rat.Copy !req
467. Yes! That often happens in stories!Copy !req
468. The stupid person comes up
with the good idea by accident!Copy !req
469. There's a sort of little lever
in there.Copy !req
470. I'll give it a... push.Copy !req
471. Agh!Copy !req
472. A trap door! Quite well-hidden.
No wonder we didn't see it!Copy !req
473. Keith! Are you all right?
Not hurt!Copy !req
474. Much.Copy !req
475. It's a sort of a cellar.Copy !req
476. I'm all right
because I landed on my head.Copy !req
477. Here's a ladder.
Why didn't you use it?Copy !req
478. I was unable to take advantage of it
on account of...Copy !req
479. .. falling past it.Copy !req
480. Where's my hat?Copy !req
481. Ahh!Copy !req
482. Oh, my goodness!
Huh?Copy !req
483. Food!Copy !req
484. Smoked ham!Copy !req
485. Mmm! So good!Copy !req
486. Wow!
Over here!Copy !req
487. I found the bakery section!Copy !req
488. So they are stealing food...Copy !req
489. .. mostly at night,Copy !req
490. for some undetermined purpose.Copy !req
491. Those are the best mysteries!Copy !req
492. The more they are solved,
the more mysterious they get.Copy !req
493. All right, speak up.
Agh!Copy !req
494. Just say a few words.
Or a poem maybe? What about a lim...Copy !req
495. Agh! Peaches!Copy !req
496. It's you! Put me down! Do you mind?
Oh! Of course!Copy !req
497. Keith! Sardines! We're in...Copy !req
498. Ah, don't worry, I know everything!Copy !req
499. We're in trouble!
You won't believe what we've found!Copy !req
500. I did ask you if you could talk,
didn't I? Yes, you did, but...Copy !req
501. I'm quite vigilant about asking,
you know.Copy !req
502. Yes, yes! You've made your point!
I believe you!Copy !req
503. But we're still in trouble!
Why? What's wrong?Copy !req
504. Mr Clicky?Copy !req
505. What are you doing here? When I get
my hands on that wind-up toy...Copy !req
506. Darktan! Are you hurt?Copy !req
507. Ugh!Copy !req
508. Pfffff! Just my pride.Copy !req
509. Here,Copy !req
510. let me handle this.Copy !req
511. Where is he? I will crush
that useless piece of tin!Copy !req
512. Stop!Copy !req
513. I just want to talk to ya.
It won't hurt!Copy !req
514. Well, it will just a little!
Back off, Mr Too Many Belts!Copy !req
515. It's not cool to pick on
the little guys.Copy !req
516. He had one job to do!Copy !req
517. You're safe with me now.Copy !req
518. Huh. So this is what they do.
Yeah.Copy !req
519. This is new. Insidious.
These traps, very cleverly designed.Copy !req
520. It would have to be to capture you!Copy !req
521. They are designed
to take us prisoner.Copy !req
522. Prisoner? What for?Copy !req
523. That's pretty much our business,Copy !req
524. don't you think?Copy !req
525. I knew you were a part of this!
Ha!Copy !req
526. Tell us a story, story-telling girl!Copy !req
527. You're stealing food, somehow,
for some reason.Copy !req
528. To feed the rats you've captured,
maybe, and must be hiding somewhere.Copy !req
529. You don't need to be clever to see
that this is a bad situationCopy !req
530. and might need running away from
quite soon.Copy !req
531. ..so that's why the food
went missing. Get them!Copy !req
532. Come here!
Such as now.Copy !req
533. Oh, you think Malicia is the only
person who can comment on the story?Copy !req
534. Well, she thinks the story
is about her, but it's not.Copy !req
535. Check out the title
if you harbour any doubts.Copy !req
536. Oh, I hate cats!Copy !req
537. Rats served on a silver platter!Copy !req
538. Get that thing off my foot!
Boss Man will be very happy!Copy !req
539. And now the kids!Copy !req
540. Let go of me!
Go and tie 'em up somewhere. Let go!Copy !req
541. Hey, look! The rat.
Why is it wearing a hat? Hm?Copy !req
542. Huh!Copy !req
543. Billy, look at that! A show-rat!Copy !req
544. Oh, don't look at me like that,
like I'm abandoning my friends.Copy !req
545. I'm a cat,
and cats choose their battles wisely!Copy !req
546. Hey, Billy!
He'd be good for the pit.Copy !req
547. We'll call him The Rat With the Hat!Copy !req
548. What are they keeping us for?
Normally, a rat is trappedCopy !req
549. and then...Copy !req
550. What's so funny, Dangerous Beans?Copy !req
551. Maurice! I knew you wouldn't
let us down, old friend!Copy !req
552. I've always said,
"We can depend on Maurice."Copy !req
553. Never a doubt.
Mm. Right.Copy !req
554. I saw you rush off to start looking
for us, even before we were caught!Copy !req
555. Ooh! Hey!Copy !req
556. So, what's your plan?
First, we get out of here. Excellent.Copy !req
557. Then get as far away from this town
as possible.Copy !req
558. Yeah. After we rescue Sardines.Copy !req
559. You left out that part.
Yes.Copy !req
560. An oversight.
Let me go over it again.Copy !req
561. First, we get out of here,Copy !req
562. then...
Ahem! Plus the boy and the girl.Copy !req
563. They're tied up in another cellar.
We have to rescue them, too.Copy !req
564. Oh! Humans, you know!Copy !req
565. They'll eventually work it all out,
deals will be struck!Copy !req
566. We have to find out
where they took Sardines.Copy !req
567. Perhaps you heard them mention...
the pit?Copy !req
568. I was in a place once,
a storage building.Copy !req
569. Some men came in and put a big
round wall in the middle of the floorCopy !req
570. and called it... the pit.'Copy !req
571. They had a box of rats
and tipped them into the ringCopy !req
572. and then then they put in the dogs.
Terriers. "Copy !req
573. The rats fought the dogs?Copy !req
574. Fought? No.Copy !req
575. Mostly they ran around and around.
It's called rat coursing.Copy !req
576. How is it we've never heard of this?Copy !req
577. Because there wouldn't be any rats
left to tell you.Copy !req
578. Right, then.Copy !req
579. Peaches, Dangerous Beans, Maurice,
you go free up Keith and Malicia.Copy !req
580. Nourishing, Special Offer,
Delicious In-Brine,Copy !req
581. we rescue Sardines.
His trail will be easy to follow.Copy !req
582. He was widdling the entire way.Copy !req
583. So, let's go over it again,
shall we?Copy !req
584. You don't have a knife
of any kind?Copy !req
585. None. Or some handy matches
that could burn through the rope?Copy !req
586. No. Sorry.Copy !req
587. Did you even look?
I looked!Copy !req
588. You know, in many ways,Copy !req
589. I don't think the plot
of this adventureCopy !req
590. has been properly structured.Copy !req
591. Rrrrgh!Copy !req
592. Keep the pace!Copy !req
593. All right,
I'm running out of patience.Copy !req
594. I'm gonna start to reach here.Copy !req
595. This would be the ideal time for you
to discover your secret powers!Copy !req
596. Oh! Great idea! Ah, yeah!Copy !req
597. Oh...! Yes?
I feel...Copy !req
598. Huh? Huh?Copy !req
599. No. Nothing.Copy !req
600. Ugh! Are you sure?Copy !req
601. When I first saw you I thought,
"He must have some amazing powerCopy !req
602. that will manifest itself
when we're in trouble."Copy !req
603. "No-one could be that useless,
unless it was a disguise!"Copy !req
604. No! Look, I'm the kind of person
heroes aren't.Copy !req
605. I'm a cheat, part of a rat scam.Copy !req
606. What I do is play musicCopy !req
607. and I do that pretty well,
thank you.Copy !req
608. But I am not a hero in disguise.Copy !req
609. Sorry to disappoint you.Copy !req
610. Oh.Copy !req
611. So, you're the commonerCopy !req
612. who has to rise to the occasion?Copy !req
613. You should've found someone else.Copy !req
614. Ow! There's something behind me!Copy !req
615. We're gnawing through the ropes!
What? Ow!Copy !req
616. Hold still!
Dangerous Beans! Peaches!Copy !req
617. It's about time!
Talking animals to the rescue!Copy !req
618. Unbelievable!
This is almost too easy!Copy !req
619. Almost like - pfft! - Mr Bunnsy.Copy !req
620. Mr Bunnsy? What about Mr Bunnsy?Copy !req
621. Oh, those are just books
for little kids!Copy !req
622. There's a rat and a rabbit
and a snakeCopy !req
623. and they go around
having adventures.Copy !req
624. They wear clothes and talk to humans
and everyone's so nice and cosy.Copy !req
625. It is so silly!Copy !req
626. My father read them to me
when I was a kid. Erm...Copy !req
627. I think you'd better stop.Copy !req
628. Morris? Of course,
now I see how simplistic they are!Copy !req
629. No subtext, no social commentary.Copy !req
630. Doris the Duck loses a shoe?Copy !req
631. You call that narrative tension?
Malicia, please stop! What?Copy !req
632. You knew! YOU KNEW!Copy !req
633. There's no island paradise.
There never was.Copy !req
634. You lied to us!
No, I...Copy !req
635. Look... No, Peaches, don't!Copy !req
636. I never had the heart to tell you.Copy !req
637. Peaches, it's all right. No!
Peaches!Copy !req
638. Peaches? No!Copy !req
639. Peaches! Come back!Copy !req
640. Dangerous Beans, don't...
Peaches!Copy !req
641. All their hopes... dashed.Copy !req
642. Bad cat! BAD CAT!Copy !req
643. Oh, I hate this feeling.
That you've done something wrong?Copy !req
644. No! That I now need to do
something good to make up for it.Copy !req
645. Like, figure out how to get you two
past the rat-catchers.Copy !req
646. Peaches?Copy !req
647. Peaches?Copy !req
648. She came this way.Copy !req
649. Peaches, please!
We can work things out.Copy !req
650. The book is a lie! You lied to me!Copy !req
651. The book is not what matters!
It's what we make of it!Copy !req
652. Go away!Copy !req
653. I don't think we are alone
down here.Copy !req
654. If you would just stay in one place
till I get to you!Copy !req
655. Leave me alone!Copy !req
656. Beans?Copy !req
657. Beans? I think there's
something else down here!Copy !req
658. Peaches!Copy !req
659. Bon appetit.Copy !req
660. Hey! It's that cat!Copy !req
661. Enjoying your last supper?Copy !req
662. What?
Hey...Copy !req
663. What's this? Killalot.Copy !req
664. Oh. That sounds bad.
What?Copy !req
665. How did you...
Hey, you stole our poison!Copy !req
666. Steal? No, no, no, no,
We don't steal.Copy !req
667. We just put it somewhere else.Copy !req
668. Set that down. That's dangerous
stuff! And tell me where you put it.Copy !req
669. Well, now that you mention it,
I think the cat thereCopy !req
670. put most of it in the sugar.Copy !req
671. Oh, I knew that tea tasted funny.Copy !req
672. You...
Don't even think of hurting us.Copy !req
673. We might forget
where we left the antidote.Copy !req
674. There is no antidote to Killalot!Copy !req
675. Oh, but there is. I know a few
experts on the topic of rat poison.Copy !req
676. Answers. Now.Copy !req
677. You caught rats alive
and crammed them into cages. Why?Copy !req
678. I can feel things happening!Copy !req
679. Don't you know anything
about poison?Copy !req
680. Your stomach won't start to melt
for about, oh, 20 minutes?Copy !req
681. This is great stuff.Copy !req
682. Oh, this is inhuman!Copy !req
683. No, it's extremely human. Your
poisons do it to rats every day.Copy !req
684. Now, tell me about the rats
in the cages.Copy !req
685. At first, we caught a few!
For the pit!Copy !req
686. Then?
We accidentally made a Rat King.Copy !req
687. A Rat King?Copy !req
688. Is it still alive?
I've never seen him afraid before.Copy !req
689. IS IT STILL ALIVE?Copy !req
690. Er, w-what is a Rat King?Copy !req
691. Rat kings are deadly evil.Copy !req
692. A collection of rats, their tails
knotted together, and then...Copy !req
693. We didn't mean to.
We put a handful of rats in a bucketCopy !req
694. and later, when we opened the lid...Copy !req
695. .. there it was!Copy !req
696. The rats, together, their minds merge
to form one creature.Copy !req
697. It gains consciousness, power,
mind power.Copy !req
698. It can dominate and control others.Copy !req
699. This is a game-changer.Copy !req
700. A Rat King? No. This is too much.Copy !req
701. Oh, wait! Where are you going?Copy !req
702. I, erm,Copy !req
703. I have to go and warn the others!Copy !req
704. Antidote! Antidote, please!Copy !req
705. My stomach feels like
there's rats running around in it!Copy !req
706. You don't deserve it, but we left it
in that little cellar downstairs.Copy !req
707. I should hurry if I were you.Copy !req
708. Me, too!Copy !req
709. How much poison
did Maurice give them?Copy !req
710. You mean the laxative? Lots.
Where is it?Copy !req
711. But they should be all right if they
don't take too much of the antidote.Copy !req
712. And what did you leave down there
for the antidote?Copy !req
713. More laxative.Copy !req
714. I've got to find a toilet!Copy !req
715. Too late.Copy !req
716. The laxative was brilliant.Copy !req
717. But giving it to them as an
antidote, as well, that is...Copy !req
718. Clever? Narratively satisfying?Copy !req
719. Genius!Copy !req
720. The genius part is,Copy !req
721. I know where to go next.Copy !req
722. To the forest!Copy !req
723. The Dark Wood?Copy !req
724. Well, there are trees
and it is dark.Copy !req
725. Why?
Don't you know? Don't you read?Copy !req
726. There is only one thing
that can control a Rat King.Copy !req
727. One! In the entire landscape
of literature!Copy !req
728. We have to get it
or all of us are in real trouble.Copy !req
729. What?Copy !req
730. The pipe of the Pied Piper.Copy !req
731. The real Pied Piper!Copy !req
732. You hear the words "Rat King"
and you get out of there.Copy !req
733. Permanently. That's the rule.Copy !req
734. Yep! Lucky me!
And what an end to the story!Copy !req
735. The Amazing Maurice barely escapes
with six of his nine lives.Copy !req
736. And these little beauties, of course!Copy !req
737. Yep, huge advantage being a cat.Copy !req
738. Actually, it's too bad for them
they're not cats.Copy !req
739. Hey,
why am I even thinking about them?Copy !req
740. I'm not feeling guilty
about this. I'm a cat!Copy !req
741. Free to follow my own fate.
My next big adventure.Copy !req
742. I think I'll go to sea.Copy !req
743. Always fancied being a ship's cat.Copy !req
744. Might get a little bit sick,
I suppose, but I'll get used to it.Copy !req
745. What a twist!
And it's just getting better!Copy !req
746. Malicia?
You've been up here three days!Copy !req
747. Do you want some dinner?Copy !req
748. I'm coming down soon, Dad!
I promise!Copy !req
749. This is not the behaviour
of a normal girl.Copy !req
750. Where were we? Oh, yes. Mr Bunnsy.Copy !req
751. "Ratty Rupert was the bravest rat
there ever was."Copy !req
752. "Everyone in Furry Bottom said so."Copy !req
753. "So he was sent to find Mr Bunnsy."Copy !req
754. "Little did he know
what was waiting for him."Copy !req
755. This must be it.
Ten rats in 32 seconds!Copy !req
756. Come on, give me a hand.Copy !req
757. That's a smidgen over three seconds
per rat!Copy !req
758. Let's hear it for
The Blitz From Bad Blintz!Copy !req
759. Billy!Copy !req
760. Sardines is not far.Copy !req
761. - Ready for the next round?
- Yes!Copy !req
762. Give it up for...Copy !req
763. .. Jacko!Copy !req
764. Are you readyCopy !req
765. to rattle?Copy !req
766. How long will they last?Copy !req
767. Oh, no! This is even worse
than Maurice told!Copy !req
768. Sardines is dog food.
Idiots! Work together!Copy !req
769. You could strip that fleabag
to the bone!Copy !req
770. That was a quick one!Copy !req
771. Six rats in 28 seconds!
Good boy!Copy !req
772. All right, folks!Copy !req
773. For tonight's main event,
we've got a real treat for you!Copy !req
774. You won't have seen a rat like this
before.Copy !req
775. We call him The Rat With the Hat!Copy !req
776. Sardines!Copy !req
777. Your fans are waiting!Copy !req
778. Showtime!Copy !req
779. And here is the legendary champion,Copy !req
780. Brute the Cute!Copy !req
781. Aww!Copy !req
782. He doesn't stand a chance!
All right, all right, calm down!Copy !req
783. We do the Rubber-String-Thing!
You know what to do!Copy !req
784. Everyone get into position!
Um, rubber-string... what?Copy !req
785. You, come here! Attach the string!
Me?Copy !req
786. I don't know if I can...
Quick! Do it!Copy !req
787. OK! All right!Copy !req
788. Ten dollars he won't last a second!Copy !req
789. Fight!Copy !req
790. Oof!Copy !req
791. Huh?Copy !req
792. Get it done!
Double the pressure, half the speed!Copy !req
793. What is the rat doing?
The Charleston, I think.Copy !req
794. Hurry up!
Wait!Copy !req
795. Now or never! Nearly done!
Come on! Got it!Copy !req
796. Sardines, here I come...!Copy !req
797. I-I... Oh, YOU!Copy !req
798. I thought that I would...Copy !req
799. Aaaggghhh!Copy !req
800. Sardines, we'll get you out of this!Copy !req
801. Did the rat just talk?Copy !req
802. Don't worry. Stay behind me.Copy !req
803. Don't move, I've got you! Huh?Copy !req
804. Go on, Brute, get stuck in!Copy !req
805. What are you waiting for?Copy !req
806. He's not in the right position!Copy !req
807. I know, I know...Copy !req
808. You've spent your showbusiness
career biting rats that ran away.Copy !req
809. But rats that fight back...
Huh! Huh!Copy !req
810. .. they're something new.Copy !req
811. Huh?Copy !req
812. $15 on the talking rat!Copy !req
813. Come on, you mutt,
or are you gonna chicken out?Copy !req
814. Attack!Copy !req
815. Ha-ha! Smell ya later.Copy !req
816. Watch it!Copy !req
817. Oh, yes! A brawl!Copy !req
818. $20 on...Copy !req
819. Puh! Humans!Copy !req
820. Hey, little fella!Copy !req
821. Come on, then.Copy !req
822. All in one piece? Good.Copy !req
823. Thanks, Darktan!
Thanks to all of you!Copy !req
824. Mm...Copy !req
825. Ha! Welcome to the rescue squad!
Mission completed!Copy !req
826. Let's go! But stay frosty!Copy !req
827. What is that, that tune?Copy !req
828. Huh? Oh, sorry, was feeling nervous.
It helps me...Copy !req
829. Agh! if I play. Oof! Ow!Copy !req
830. Mm, it was nice.Copy !req
831. Say, do you have a princess, or
someone else you are in love with,Copy !req
832. who might be impressed
by your heroics?Copy !req
833. No, I do not.Copy !req
834. Oh, that's too bad,Copy !req
835. otherwise you and I
might have been an item.Copy !req
836. How could my having someone else
mean I'm right for you?Copy !req
837. Plot complications!
Every story needs them.Copy !req
838. If you were doing this
for someone else,Copy !req
839. I would be the girl
right in front of youCopy !req
840. who's obviously much better for you
but you don't see itCopy !req
841. and you would realise in the end.Copy !req
842. But since there isn't anyone else,
I'm not that girl.Copy !req
843. Malicia,Copy !req
844. this isn't some story.Copy !req
845. That's what everyone's been
trying to tell you.Copy !req
846. Listen, orphan boy,
who was probably a changeling fairyCopy !req
847. and that's why you can play
amazing music,Copy !req
848. I'll tell you something!Copy !req
849. I know about real life.Copy !req
850. I know people think I'm silly,Copy !req
851. but you know what?Copy !req
852. Aaaggghhh!Copy !req
853. If you don't turn your life
into a story,Copy !req
854. you become part
of someone else's story!Copy !req
855. And what if your story
doesn't go anywhere?Copy !req
856. But it will. It always does.Copy !req
857. It has to go somewhere.Copy !req
858. There!Copy !req
859. There he is!Copy !req
860. That's dedication!Copy !req
861. He wears his Pied Piper outfit
even in his down time.Copy !req
862. He looks...Copy !req
863. .. somewhat intense!Copy !req
864. He did once get upset
about an unpaid billCopy !req
865. and magicked an entire town's worth
of children into the woods,Copy !req
866. never to be found!Copy !req
867. And why did you not tell me thatCopy !req
868. before now?Copy !req
869. The original fairy tales
are the best.Copy !req
870. Really quite brutal.Copy !req
871. There it is!Copy !req
872. That's the pipe!Copy !req
873. Ooh, nice!Copy !req
874. Yep. That's it, all right.Copy !req
875. I bet he has the whole forest
under his spell.Copy !req
876. Peaches?Copy !req
877. Peaches?Copy !req
878. Peaches?Copy !req
879. 'Hello, Dangerous Beans.'Copy !req
880. What?Copy !req
881. Where are you? Show me!
Let me smell you!Copy !req
882. 'I'm in your head.'
What? How?Copy !req
883. 'See that small tunnel
to your right?'Copy !req
884. 'Enter it.'Copy !req
885. 'I'm up here, Dangerous Beans.'Copy !req
886. 'Come to me.'Copy !req
887. Why?'Someone I think you know
is waiting for you.'Copy !req
888. "And as night fell,Copy !req
889. Mr Bunnsy remembered,Copy !req
890. "There's something terribleCopy !req
891. in the Dark Wood!"Copy !req
892. Ominous!Copy !req
893. Hello, Dangerous Beans.Copy !req
894. How do you know my name?Copy !req
895. I know you better
than you might think.Copy !req
896. And, oh, the ability
to read your thoughts does help.Copy !req
897. Where is Peaches?Copy !req
898. Safe.Copy !req
899. Where is she?Copy !req
900. Safe, I said!
I'm keeping her quite close.Copy !req
901. Oh, don't be afraid!
Rather the opposite.Copy !req
902. I would like that you would join me.Copy !req
903. Join you?Copy !req
904. You are a marvel, Dangerous Beans.Copy !req
905. You have a mind to rival my own,Copy !req
906. a mind that is thoughtful and wise.Copy !req
907. A mind that thinks for many rats,
not just one.Copy !req
908. Oh, I send them out each night
to steal food.Copy !req
909. The rats grow stronger,
the humans grow weaker.Copy !req
910. That is the answer to your mystery!Copy !req
911. Mm... One mind is only as strong
as one mindCopy !req
912. and two minds are as strong as two,Copy !req
913. but put three minds together...Copy !req
914. .. three minds are four mindsCopy !req
915. and four minds are eight minds...Copy !req
916. .. AND EIGHT MINDS ARE...Copy !req
917. ..one.Copy !req
918. Where is Peaches?Copy !req
919. No! Help me! Help!Copy !req
920. Peaches! Peaches, I'm here!
Help me! It's all right!Copy !req
921. It's all right, Peaches, I'm here.
Yes. Yes.Copy !req
922. You are here.Copy !req
923. Well, we want the same things,
you and I.Copy !req
924. We have plans.Copy !req
925. We want the triumph of rats
over humans!Copy !req
926. I harbour a somewhat
different dream.Copy !req
927. Individual rats and humans,Copy !req
928. living together in peace,
respect and harmony.Copy !req
929. Like in a story book?Copy !req
930. Yes. Exactly like in a story book.Copy !req
931. Complete with a happy ending.
Meow!Copy !req
932. Ugh!Copy !req
933. Oh, you want to buy your way out?Copy !req
934. Hm, something like...Copy !req
935. .. that!Copy !req
936. Agh!
Morris! It's Maurice.Copy !req
937. Ah, you silly cat!Copy !req
938. Let's go!
Beans! Come on!Copy !req
939. Silly rat... Silly rat...
Silly Rat... Silly Rat...Copy !req
940. I can force you to join me.Copy !req
941. Join me... Join... Join... Join...Copy !req
942. You'll never fit through!
I'm a cat! If my head fits,Copy !req
943. the rest will follow!Copy !req
944. It's futile to run
when I'm in your heads!Copy !req
945. Don't worry!
A cat always lands on its feet!Copy !req
946. Agh!
Aaaggghhh!Copy !req
947. Agh!Copy !req
948. Oof!Copy !req
949. Ah! Maurice!Copy !req
950. Amazing Maurice.Copy !req
951. We have to get out of here!
Get out of town! Fast!Copy !req
952. Whoa! Oof!Copy !req
953. What about Keith and Malicia?
We're dealing with a Rat King!Copy !req
954. A Rat King? Oh, no!Copy !req
955. OK, they can catch up.Copy !req
956. I'll distract him.
You grab the pipe.Copy !req
957. What? He's already asleep.Copy !req
958. Well, then, I've done my part.Copy !req
959. I didn't do it mama, I sw...
Mmmmm!Copy !req
960. I did...Copy !req
961. Wow!Copy !req
962. Look out!Copy !req
963. Huh?Copy !req
964. I'm sorry, Mr Piper,
but I'm afraid I must insistCopy !req
965. that you hand over that pipe.Copy !req
966. Oh, now, is that so?Copy !req
967. Yes, that is so!Copy !req
968. Or else I've got this
and I'm not afraid to use it!Copy !req
969. That's a fork.Copy !req
970. A knife would be too sharp
to carry around in my bag,Copy !req
971. so it makes sense for me
to use a fork.Copy !req
972. Sir?Copy !req
973. Did you really
steal a town full of children?Copy !req
974. Half the things they say about me
are not true!Copy !req
975. Well, that's a relief!
No!Copy !req
976. He didn't say which half.
Clever girl!Copy !req
977. And you look tasty, too! Uh-oh!
I think he just told us which half.Copy !req
978. Out to the oven, both of you!Copy !req
979. Ugh!Copy !req
980. I think he got us!Copy !req
981. Whaaa? The oven?Copy !req
982. This is so Hansel and Gretel.Copy !req
983. Now's about the timeCopy !req
984. a character we almost forgot
will appear unexpectedlyCopy !req
985. to pay his debt and save the day!Copy !req
986. Looks like your story
doesn't have a happy end.Copy !req
987. In that case, Keith,Copy !req
988. this would be the perfect moment
for you to confessCopy !req
989. how you truly feel about me.Copy !req
990. How I truly feel about you?Copy !req
991. Mm-hm!Copy !req
992. Most of the time,Copy !req
993. fairly annoyed.Copy !req
994. Agh!Copy !req
995. Aaaggghhh...Copy !req
996. I knew I could count on you,
Mr Clicky!Copy !req
997. We got it! Let's go!Copy !req
998. Now they have the rare
and precious weaponCopy !req
999. to defeat the evil Rat King!Copy !req
1000. Everybody, hurry!
What's all the fuss about?Copy !req
1001. A Rat King?
Well, that doesn't sound so bad.Copy !req
1002. It is, believe me.
We need to beat it pronto.Copy !req
1003. A dead end! How do we get out?Copy !req
1004. Everybody, calm down! Please!Copy !req
1005. Quiet! I'm trying to think!Copy !req
1006. Agh!Copy !req
1007. Hey! Watch it!
You watch it!Copy !req
1008. One rat can think, right?Copy !req
1009. But a bunch of rats
is just a big animalCopy !req
1010. with lots of legs and no brain.Copy !req
1011. As soon as there's trouble,
we're just... rats.Copy !req
1012. If it's any help, I'm just a cat.Copy !req
1013. Oh, you are not "just a cat",
Maurice.Copy !req
1014. Well, we've always wondered
how I got changed,Copy !req
1015. even though I never ate any magical
rubbish from the wizard's dump.Copy !req
1016. Yesss?Copy !req
1017. A mystery.
Well, er, now might be the time.Copy !req
1018. Did you ever know a rat, quite big,
one ear missing,Copy !req
1019. had a bit of a speech difficulty?Copy !req
1020. Oh, that sounds like Additives.
Right?Copy !req
1021. Oh, no!Copy !req
1022. All right! All right! I ate him!Copy !req
1023. I hadn't learned to think yet!
I was hungry!Copy !req
1024. I ate him and then I got changed,
too!Copy !req
1025. I admit it! It wasn't my fault.
I was just a cat.Copy !req
1026. Are you sorry?
Sorry?Copy !req
1027. Cats are never sorry.
They never regret anything!Copy !req
1028. Except... Except, I do!Copy !req
1029. Then, it is all right. Probably.Copy !req
1030. Yo, Maurice! Give me a hand!Copy !req
1031. Quick! Right, let's get out of here
once and for all!Copy !req
1032. What's wrong?
There...Copy !req
1033. Hello there!Copy !req
1034. Oh! Retreat!Copy !req
1035. Back away, everyone! Oh, please,
don't run off! You've just arrived.Copy !req
1036. Enough with the masquerade!
Show yourself!Copy !req
1037. Oh, you want to see me?Copy !req
1038. Well,Copy !req
1039. here I am!Copy !req
1040. Agh!Copy !req
1041. Do you see me, white rat,
in your misty eyesight?Copy !req
1042. Yes, you do see me.Copy !req
1043. And now, come to me,Copy !req
1044. my little bunnies!Copy !req
1045. What is happening?
I don't know!Copy !req
1046. Busy day?Copy !req
1047. No, come on, everyone.
You have to fight it!Copy !req
1048. He's too strong!Copy !req
1049. Maurice, you could get away.Copy !req
1050. No! No! I-I would rather stay
and stand with my friends.Copy !req
1051. Er, no, actually,
you could probably get away. What?Copy !req
1052. And go get help. But we still give
you credit for your noble stance.Copy !req
1053. But I...Copy !req
1054. Ah, that fluffy tail is probably
the last we'll ever see of him.Copy !req
1055. Yep.Bye-bye. Good riddance!
Ahem! Pardon me!Copy !req
1056. Can we continue? Fine.Copy !req
1057. Come to me!Copy !req
1058. Maurice!
Keith!Copy !req
1059. We've got the Pied Piper's pipe
and we're headed back to town.Copy !req
1060. Good! I'm off to find
Keith and MaliciaCopy !req
1061. and lead them back
to battle the Rat King!Copy !req
1062. Yes! Go! Go! Right! Go! Go!
OK, bye!Copy !req
1063. Yeah, let's call that
a heat-of-the-moment fail.Copy !req
1064. Yes, that never happened. Let's never
mention that, ever, to anyone.Copy !req
1065. Deal! So one more time.Copy !req
1066. Maurice! We have the pipe!Copy !req
1067. The Rat King is on the attack!
Follow me!Copy !req
1068. Come!Copy !req
1069. COME!Copy !req
1070. Hey, watch out!
Oh, no!Copy !req
1071. Together, we will be strong!Copy !req
1072. Oh, no!Copy !req
1073. I got you!Copy !req
1074. Your offer is interesting,Copy !req
1075. but what of those who aren't strong?Copy !req
1076. Agh!Copy !req
1077. Delicious!
This tickles!Copy !req
1078. Delicious indeed! The weak are food.
That is how it has always been.Copy !req
1079. A-ha-ha!
Things are becoming clearer.Copy !req
1080. No! Ugh! Fight him! For our lives!Copy !req
1081. For our future!Copy !req
1082. Yes, join us! I have great plans!Copy !req
1083. You only have plans!
Well, I have dreams!Copy !req
1084. You defy me?Copy !req
1085. Excuse me?
What was that?Copy !req
1086. Over here!Copy !req
1087. You? Mayor's daughter,
ya foolish child!Copy !req
1088. Will you please be quiet?Copy !req
1089. What? Your voice, it's so loud!
Just shut up!Copy !req
1090. I'm trying to hear the music.Copy !req
1091. Music?Copy !req
1092. That's right. Music.Copy !req
1093. A collection of tonal vibrations
of varying durations,Copy !req
1094. arranged in a pleasant,Copy !req
1095. some might even say compelling,
order.Copy !req
1096. No! No! Agh!Copy !req
1097. Malicia,
are you sure this is going to work?Copy !req
1098. But of course. You just wait.Copy !req
1099. Humans...
Humans are the vermin of this world.Copy !req
1100. Aaaggghhh!Copy !req
1101. Keith!Copy !req
1102. Humans have tortured and poisoned
and killed,Copy !req
1103. and all of that is now given form
in me.Copy !req
1104. We must live alongside the humans!Copy !req
1105. They trap and course us
for pleasure.Copy !req
1106. We will teach them to respect
who we are. Arrrgh!Copy !req
1107. Oh, yes, we will.Copy !req
1108. With fear!Copy !req
1109. Keith! Keith! Keith!Copy !req
1110. Oy! Keith!Copy !req
1111. Oh, why didn't it work?Copy !req
1112. Keith, this is your story arc.Copy !req
1113. Remember what you've learned
and use it!Copy !req
1114. But I haven't learned anything!Copy !req
1115. Go get him!
Ugh! OK!Copy !req
1116. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Nourishing!Copy !req
1117. This suuuucks!Copy !req
1118. Ugh!Copy !req
1119. Whaaaa!Copy !req
1120. Oof!
Ugh!Copy !req
1121. Sardines! Stop!Copy !req
1122. I'm taking my final bow!Copy !req
1123. Ugh!Copy !req
1124. And we would rule
that rat world together,Copy !req
1125. would we?Copy !req
1126. We would... co-operate.Copy !req
1127. Yeah, right!
You co-operate, he rules!Copy !req
1128. Smart cat.Copy !req
1129. The stupid kid is making me
seriously angry!Copy !req
1130. One moment.Copy !req
1131. Oh, you really shouldn't have!Copy !req
1132. You obviously do not knowCopy !req
1133. how a proper showdown ends
for the bad guy!Copy !req
1134. You'll be...Copy !req
1135. .. destroyed!
Malicia!Copy !req
1136. You talk too much!Copy !req
1137. Now, where were we?
Oh, yes.Copy !req
1138. Join me!Copy !req
1139. Malicia?Copy !req
1140. Mm?Copy !req
1141. Keith!Copy !req
1142. I'm sorry, the pipe,
it's not working.Copy !req
1143. It's not the pipe, stupid.Copy !req
1144. Huh?Copy !req
1145. Just play.Copy !req
1146. OK.Copy !req
1147. You will obey me!Copy !req
1148. Never!Copy !req
1149. Then, feel my pain!Copy !req
1150. Er... Mm...Copy !req
1151. W-What's that?Copy !req
1152. Oh, it's, er...Copy !req
1153. You!Copy !req
1154. Huh?Copy !req
1155. What are you doing?
Where are you going?Copy !req
1156. Uh! Uh! No, no! Enough! Enough!Copy !req
1157. Enough!Copy !req
1158. Ahh, it's beautiful!Copy !req
1159. Sweet music!Copy !req
1160. Sweet, sweet music.Copy !req
1161. Over here! Hurry!Copy !req
1162. Everybody, this way, fast!Copy !req
1163. Looks like someone discovered
his secret power.Copy !req
1164. That is beyond ugly!Copy !req
1165. Well played, Piper.Copy !req
1166. Well played!
But your music cannot break...Copy !req
1167. ..me!Copy !req
1168. Come now, Dangerous Beans.
It is time.Copy !req
1169. No! You are nothing but darkness!Copy !req
1170. And you are nothing but a rat!Copy !req
1171. I am more than a rat!Copy !req
1172. If I am not more than a rat,Copy !req
1173. I am nothing at all!Copy !req
1174. Then, be...Copy !req
1175. .. nothing.Copy !req
1176. Agh!Copy !req
1177. Maurice, my friend,Copy !req
1178. maybe now it's a good time to be...Copy !req
1179. .. just a cat.Copy !req
1180. You see,Copy !req
1181. the Amazing Maurice, that's me,Copy !req
1182. had longed to be a proper cat
for months.Copy !req
1183. I have so much bottled-up
ancestral fight and viciousnessCopy !req
1184. flowing through my veins,
it sparks off my claws!Copy !req
1185. The Rat King sends all of his power,Copy !req
1186. enough to bring down a tiger!Copy !req
1187. But now, just for a few seconds,Copy !req
1188. this particular cat
could bring down a tigerCopy !req
1189. all on...Copy !req
1190. .. his own!Copy !req
1191. Eurgh!Copy !req
1192. Rrrggghhh!Copy !req
1193. Beans! No!Copy !req
1194. Did you save him?Copy !req
1195. I tried to save him.Copy !req
1196. Beans?Copy !req
1197. Beans?
Dangerous Beans?Copy !req
1198. Please, no!Copy !req
1199. Bone Rat.
Also known as The Grim Squeaker.Copy !req
1200. You've come for Dangerous Beans,
I suppose?Copy !req
1201. No. After all we've been through?
Not gonna happen!Copy !req
1202. Argh!Copy !req
1203. All right, mister,Copy !req
1204. let's hear you talk.Copy !req
1205. I'll give you one chance.
Unnn!Copy !req
1206. Desist from attacking my associate,
Morris.Copy !req
1207. That's Mauriiiiice!Copy !req
1208. Yes, sir! Mr Death!Copy !req
1209. Yes, at once, sir.Copy !req
1210. Oof!Copy !req
1211. Good to see you again, Morris.Copy !req
1212. Hello, sir. Good to see you again,
too.Copy !req
1213. How many lives do you have left now?
Erm...Copy !req
1214. Lemme think. Er, six, sir! Six.
Very definitely six lives, sir.Copy !req
1215. But you were run over by a cart
only last month, weren't you?Copy !req
1216. Oh, that, sir? No.
Buh-Barely grazed me.Copy !req
1217. Got away with hardly a scratch, sir.
Exactly.Copy !req
1218. O-Oh. Oh, I... Yeah. I see.Copy !req
1219. That makes five lives, Morris.Copy !req
1220. Sir, please,Copy !req
1221. take two of my lives.Copy !req
1222. I would give an extra one
in exchange for the lifeCopy !req
1223. of this brave little rat.Copy !req
1224. That is very un-cat-like of you,
Morris. I'm amazed.Copy !req
1225. Well, I'm pretty shocked too, sir.Copy !req
1226. It's just that this one is special.Copy !req
1227. Wise and inspiring.Copy !req
1228. Your request will be granted.Copy !req
1229. We came for two lives
and two we will take.Copy !req
1230. The balance is preserved.Copy !req
1231. Thank you, sir!Copy !req
1232. Oh, sir? I'm not gonna remember
all this, am I, sir?Copy !req
1233. Because that would just be
too embarrassing.Copy !req
1234. Of course not, Morris.Copy !req
1235. Beans!Copy !req
1236. Beans!Copy !req
1237. Please say something!Copy !req
1238. Beans?Copy !req
1239. Don't leave me!Copy !req
1240. Beans...Copy !req
1241. Dangerous Beans!Copy !req
1242. I thought you were dead!Copy !req
1243. I thought so, too!Copy !req
1244. What?Copy !req
1245. Hey!
Ah!Copy !req
1246. See, the couple of a story
has to kissCopy !req
1247. whenever there are people
celebrating around them.Copy !req
1248. But this is real life?Copy !req
1249. And a story.Copy !req
1250. Our story.Copy !req
1251. Well, in that case...Copy !req
1252. Whoa!Copy !req
1253. Mmmm!Copy !req
1254. Mwah!Copy !req
1255. Mm...Copy !req
1256. Maurice, is that a purr?Copy !req
1257. "Ratty Rupert saved the day,
and Mr Bunnsy's hide!"Copy !req
1258. "Well done, Ratty Rupert!"Copy !req
1259. .. cried the animals of Furry Bottom.Copy !req
1260. And that is how the story
of Mr Bunnsy ends.Copy !req
1261. "But how does our story end?"
you might ask yourself.Copy !req
1262. Well, in the end,Copy !req
1263. our story is all about...Copy !req
1264. Bad Blintz has become
a tourist attraction!Copy !req
1265. Ta-da!Copy !req
1266. People travel from miles around
to visit.Copy !req
1267. And buy the souvenir mugs
and stuffed toysCopy !req
1268. and other things which have no use
whatsoever,Copy !req
1269. other than to be bought
and taken home.Copy !req
1270. There you go, dear!
The famine is overCopy !req
1271. and there's plenty of food
for everyone!Copy !req
1272. And once a day,
the town's Pied Piper,Copy !req
1273. whose name is Keith and, actually,
who kisses rather well,Copy !req
1274. plays his pipes,Copy !req
1275. and the rats dance to the music
in a conga line.Copy !req
1276. Ah, Mr Clicky, my lad.Copy !req
1277. How's the family today?Copy !req
1278. The rats have a town of their ownCopy !req
1279. and get free use of the library.Copy !req
1280. And even send their little rats
to school.Copy !req
1281. In other words,
rodents live happily,Copy !req
1282. side by side, with people.Copy !req
1283. Just how Peaches
once dreamed it would be.Copy !req
1284. Due to the efforts of Maurice,
the Amazing Maurice,Copy !req
1285. and his educated rodents!Copy !req
1286. But mostly...Copy !req
1287. ..me!Copy !req
1288. Meow!Copy !req