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You'll love the job, laddie - night watchman in an aquarium.

Why would any crook want to steal a fish?

Er...

The pearl! It's gone!

The biggest pearl in captivity!

The only one of its kind in the world!

It's been stolen! Call the director!

We've been robbed! There's a thief in the house!

Yes, sir, the shell is empty. The pearl's been stolen!

Oh, dear, oh, dear! What a catastrophe!

What is this, Alphonse? The old shell game?

Now you see it, now you don't?

- Or have you been hitting the bottle? - I swear it was gone!

- You think it went for a walk, perhaps? - But I tell you, it's true!

Now, hold on.

Come to think of it, the same happened at another museum two weeks ago.

I told you so! The pearl disappeared and then was put back.

Oh, we're dealing with a very slippery customer, a real shark.

Announcing the arrival of Syldair Flight No. 222,

arriving from Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt, Lodz and Schnitzbags.

Passengers with connecting flights

will please check with the airline counter in the main hall.

These are golf clubs, get it? You must have heard of golf.

You know, hole in one? It's a game.

Links, golf ball, mashie niblick.

Oh, doesn't anyone here speak English?

My handicap is two. We love golfers here.

Welcome to Syldavia.

- I'll bet they play with square golf balls. - He was only doing his job.

They check all incoming bags for dangerous weapons.

Dangerous? Since when is golf dangerous?

Golf never hurt anybody.

- Thundering typhoons! - Argh!

- Man overboard! - Argh!

Whoa!

- The Thompsons. - Those landlubbers?

You're not headed for Professor Calculus's house by chance?

- Are you on vacation too? - No, on vacation we are not.

It's a secret. We're on a confidential mission.

- Mum is the word. - Yes, dumb's the word.

- And even that is a... - Shh.

Call for passengers Tintin, Snowy and Haddock.

Your special-charter air taxi is waiting on the runway.

Please check in at Desk 22.

Come on. We'll give you a lift in our taxi.

- Mr Tintin? - Yes?

Your aircraft is ready. It's one of our high-C models.

Madame Castafiore uses it regularly.

Captain Haddock, come on. We've a long flight ahead of us.

That opera singer.

You say you have a friend living on Lake Flachijzhaf?

That is very odd.

It certainly is wild-looking country.

It gives me the willies looking at it, by blistering barnacles.

Any duck-billed people hater with a place here is up to no good.

I don't care if he is playing host to our old pal Professor Calculus.

Look, there's the artificial lake.

They say they had to move a village from the valley before they flooded it.

It's not exactly the spot to build a home.

It's no place to live, not even to visit. There's a curse on the lake.

What's wrong?

Motor failure! We'll have to jump. Bail out! Hit the silk!

How about us?

Hit the silk, he says! He's got the only parachute. Thanks!

What do we do? We forgot to pack a parachute.

Hey, come back here, you... Argh!

Fasten seat belts!

- Niko, look there. - We've got to do something.

Ah... hiccups.

Hic! We'll have to, hic, scare ourselves.

Hit the brakes.

- Ah... Thanks, Captain. - Yes, thank you.

Oh, there she goes! We're sunk now!

Jump! Hurry! Jump!

Pull, Gustav! Pull Nouchka!

Pull!

We're saved! Hurray!

By thunderation! Three...

- After you, sir. - No, after you.

- I wouldn't think of it. - Nor would I. I think that I...

Ooh!

Gustav! Gustav!

Oh!

You saved our lives. My name is Tintin.

That's Captain Haddock and that's Snowy.

My name is Niko and this is my sister Nouchka.

That's Gustav. He's a great dog.

This is Thompson.

- Yes, and that is Thomson. - Delighted.

Deluded. Delighted.

Without you, we'd never have seen our friend, Professor Calculus.

- He lives by the lake in the Villa Sprock. - The Villa Sprock?! Beware that place.

The lake has a curse on it.

Vulture calling. Come in, Neptune.

Operation Sardine Can... failed.

Party now headed for rendezvous, Objective Two.

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ And how it loves me ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ That's very plain to see ♪

♪ Don't we make a happy three? ♪

♪ My donkey, Nouchka and me ♪

♪ In this land of milk and honey ♪

♪ Where sugar candy grows on trees ♪

♪ Our goats are worth their weight in money ♪

♪ But who needs goats when we've got cheese? ♪

♪ Grapes in the press and on the vine ♪

♪ To be reborn next month as wine ♪

♪ There's no village as fair as mine ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ And how it loves me ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ That's very plain to see ♪

♪ Don't we make a happy three? ♪

♪ My donkey, Nouchka and me ♪

♪ Our leafy pines raise high their heads ♪

♪ As if to touch the sunny sky ♪

♪ Their cooling shade on earth they spread ♪

♪ As if the hot sun to defy ♪

♪ Smell the sap, it smells so good ♪

♪ The lord's perfume is new-cut wood ♪

♪ God bless the ground in which it stood ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ And how it loves me ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ That's very plain to see ♪

♪ Don't we make a happy three? ♪

♪ My donkey, Nouchka and me ♪

♪ Our life is like a joyous carousel ♪

♪ We sing and dance the live-long day ♪

♪ In festive silks, each happy beau and belle ♪

♪ Let's love and play, drive care away ♪

♪ See all the dancers in their frills ♪

♪ See all the whirling daffodils ♪

♪ And comment on their dancing skill ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ And how it loves me ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I love my donkey ♪

♪ That's very plain to see ♪

♪ Don't we make a happy three? ♪

♪ My donkey, Nouchka and me ♪

It worries me that they're late, Madam Vlek. It's very odd.

Yes, it's very odd.

Hello, Professor!

We're here.

Did I hear some whispering out there?

Welcome, good travellers. My dear friends.

It's a promise, then. We'll see you tomorrow.

- Goodbye. - Farewell.

Goodbye.

Ah...

Thundering typhoons! What's going on?

- Nothing to get excited about. - I'm not excited!

Only a simple little experiment of mine.

This bar is a mechanically induced three-dimensional illusion.

- How did you do that? - Watch closely.

It's just a slide, Captain, an optical illusion.

- The gorilla doesn't really exist. - That's right. It doesn't really exist.

Not yet anyway.

Beet soup. Home-made.

But why create optical illusions, Professor?

It's in the interests of science, Tintin, pure research.

Suffering catfish! You don't think I was fooled?

Now, take that bottle, for example. Anyone can see it's not there. Well...

My real intention is to perfect a system of photocopying in three dimensions,

but you must keep this a secret.

The machine could fall into the wrong hands.

- Into the hands of forgers. - Heaven forbid!

But this is not likely while I have the protection of these gentlemen.

Are those two what you call protection? What a laugh!

Who are these forgers you mention?

All over the world, works of art are being stolen

and the genuine work replaced by forgeries.

Yes. What they do is replace the original with a replacement.

At first, these were only crude copies,

but in the past six months, it has taken experts to tell the real from the fake.

- Or the fake from the real. - And vice versa.

- And conversely. - That is versa vice.

That's right.

It is disastrous. We are being flooded by worthless copies.

I would go so far as to say we are being flooded by fake fakes.

Anyway, Professor, let's not let it spoil the vacation. Here's to you.

Well, after all, there's no point in needless worry.

Go to sleep and forget it. Good night.

Ow! Argh!

Blistering barnacles!

Oh, my sea legs!

Boy, are you ever nervous, Snowy!

Those were bird calls.

Great Shark. Agent Ramses calling Great Shark.

Foreigners safe and sound in spite of all efforts.

I have been informed, Agent Ramses.

Initiate Operation Crab tomorrow.

Proceed according to plan.

Ah... Smell that fresh air!

Breathe it in, Snowy.

Yoo-hoo! Tintin!

We've brought you some goat cheese for your breakfast as we promised.

- You'll love it. - It sure smells good. I'll be right down.

You didn't happen to see my notes, did you, Captain?

- I'm sure I left them here last night. - Your notes? No.

It's amazing how absent-minded I am lately.

I'm forever blowing bubbles.

Now let it simmer a little.

Now, we'll just add two tiny grams of hyposulphobenzene.

I mean hypyxopotassium.

A pinch is all. That does it.

Ugh... Oh... Gah!

Oh, dear, oh, dear. My goodness, I almost forgot the sugar.

of any material object.

It's dynamite.

I don't have to tell you what this means.

Imagine what a crook would give to lay hands on such a product.

Even if the lake does have a curse on it, it sure is pretty.

Don't be deceived, Tintin. You can never be sure of anything here.

- Niko! - It's Nouchka!

Hurry! This way!

Help! Help!

Thanks, Snowy.

Clear off, filibusters! Hit the plaza!

Go, Snowy!

Where from?

Those two poor kids.

- We'll have to play it close. - We'll get them back, by thunderation.

We're up against a big gang. One thing is sure, they're watching us.

- This place must be bugged everywhere. - Well, let's find the mics.

The clock? You think so, Snowy?

- Look here, Captain. - Blistering barnacles!

That has to be the way those landlubbers got in. You take this along.

- You wait here. I'll take a look around. - Right.

Only don't take chances.

It's about time to get in contact with Agent Ramses.

I'll be doggone! A walkie-talkie.

This is the well where Madam Vlek pretends to come for water.

Madam Vlek sure goes for a lot of water. Bleurgh!

- Huh? - We're not as dumb as you thought,

are we, Madam Vlek?

They've cut all the telephone lines! Let's go, Snowy.

Why, it's Signora Castafiore!

I must be dreaming. It's Tintin.

What are you doing wandering around in the dark by yourself?

Signora Castafiore, can you do me a favour?

I have to get by.

I think I have an idea.

Irma, I'll be needing your help.

That's him. I recognise the mutt.

Ouch! Ooh! Ah! No, don't hurt me!

No, wait!

- Don't! - Curses! Foiled again.

Oh! Murder! Help! They're killing him!

Policeman!

You're putting your head in the sea lion's mouth.

No choice. I've got to get those kids back.

- All ready, Professor? - No, no, no, no.

In just a minute.

Now, be careful, Tintin. This model is very special.

They should be here soon. I wonder where they'll come from.

No police boats in sight,

and no helicopters.

He's alone.

OK, surface.

Oh!

Jailbreak! Sound the alarm!

So, our little friends have escaped, you think? Well, they won't get far.

Niko, this is terrible! We're shooting rockets at the captain!

We've got to make it stop firing.

Boy...

Blistering barnacles! They hit the rudder!

I found it!

So, now I try out this miraculous device, yes?

I reproduce first something simple.

My poor Thompson, you're putting on too much weight.

You're a little fat yourself.

Poor Thompson, I think it's your kidneys.

- Oh! - You're holding water.

Tintin's in that sunken village. We'll need some divers.

I tell you, he's down there with the kids.

Oh, the hatches.

Put on the life jackets, quick!

- Hold on! - Stop!

Quick! To the surface!

Faster!

Not a sign of it anywhere. How could it have gotten through?

Syldavia owes you a great deal, Tintin. Thank you.

We're really very grateful, and what's more, we appreciate it.

Grr! Grr!

Bravo, young stranger!

Bravo! We're going to celebrate.