Rubovia - The Unreliable Wand
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00:00Dans le jardin du château de Roubovia, le soleil brillait et les oiseaux chantaient.
00:14Juste le sort of day, thought the king, for sitting on a garden seat and quietly reading one's newspaper, in the company of one's favorite pet dragon.
00:30Hello, Pongo! Nice day! Beautiful!
00:48But the king wasn't going to have any peace. He had been seen by the queen.
00:54Rufus, I must have a word with you. A serious situation has developed since breakfast and I'm very worried.
01:04Really?
01:06You remember that your cousin, King Boris of Borsovia, is coming to stay with us on Thursday night?
01:12Oh, yes.
01:14Well, Mr. Gelati of the Gelati String Quartet has hurt his finger in a mousetrap.
01:18We really must amuse Boris, so find something else!
01:24Oh, but oh, my dear, I…
01:28I want no excuses! Do something, Rufus!
01:33The king thought and thought, and thought and thought and thought, but no ideas came. The Lord Chamberlain arrived.
01:45Ah, you're just the man I want!
01:48Your Majesty!
01:50The orchestra can't come and we must think of something else.
01:54The Chamberlain racked his brains.
01:57Ah, how about a firework display?
02:01The king shook his head.
02:04No, no. The queen wouldn't allow it. Remember the garden fete?
02:11The Chamberlain certainly did remember.
02:15No, no fireworks.
02:24With a spoon at the garden, I said.
02:28With a spoon at the garden, I said.
02:31With a spoon at the garden, I said.
02:34With a spoon at the garden, I said.
02:37With a spoon at the garden, I said.
02:40With a spoon at the garden, I said.
02:44The Chamberlain is caught magician too.
02:48Are you sure?
02:51He could give a display of magic, sire. Just right.
02:56What a good idea! Better give him a royal command.
03:15Mr. Wetherspoon had many jobs to do in Roubovia Castle.
03:21But the most important one was head gardener.
03:25He was hoeing cabbages.
03:28And his cat, Rubina, was watching snails.
03:36Wetherspoon?
03:37Oui.
03:38His Majesty has asked me to deliver this royal command to you.
03:46It is the command of His Gracious Majesty, King Rufus of Roubovia,
03:52that Albert Obadiah Wetherspoon, caught magician,
03:58does attend at the castle on Thursday to entertain the King of Borsovia
04:03with a display of magic.
04:05Long live the King!
04:09Long live the King!
04:12The old man was delighted.
04:14He had quite forgotten that one of his many official appointments was caught magician.
04:21Come on, Puss, let's find my magic outfit.
04:25Mr. Wetherspoon went straight up to his office and looked around.
04:30Then he started searching.
04:37Now, where's my magic wand and hat?
04:42I can't find them.
04:45But Rubina knew where they were.
04:50There was the hat
04:54and the magic wand in its own special box.
05:04And the hat was hidden in the box.
05:14Ah, this is an old friend.
05:16Haven't used it for years.
05:21He decided to try it out immediately.
05:25He would make something rise in the air.
05:28That was always a good trick.
05:34Ah, the tailor's dummy, the very thing.
05:39Witches, brew and camels, hair, abracadabra, rise in the air!
05:48Something went wrong.
05:50It didn't rise in the air.
05:53It turned into a pot plant on a table.
05:56Oh, my goodness, it's an aspidistra!
06:03There was no doubt about it.
06:05The wand was worn out.
06:09He suddenly had an idea.
06:17A very useful book.
06:19Five hundred recipes for professional magicians.
06:23Chapter four.
06:25How to revive worn-out wands.
06:28Just what he wanted.
06:31Caroline, my dear, that was absolutely delicious,
06:35said King Boris after the dinner on Thursday.
06:40Here, here.
06:44Mr. Wetherspoon had followed the recipe in his book
06:47and his wand had been left to soak for as long as possible
06:51in a strange-smelling liquid.
06:53But there was one snag.
06:55After this treatment, the revived wand will do only two good spells,
07:00after which it will be quite unreliable.
07:04He must remember that.
07:10Wetherspoon, start your show, please.
07:14The audience was ready and the performance began.
07:20With only one slight hitch.
07:22Your Majesties, I am now going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:29I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:33I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:38I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:42I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:45I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:48I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:51I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:54I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
07:57I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
08:00I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
08:03I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
08:06I am going to perform to Mr. Wetherspoon.
08:09In the end it all went very well.
08:12In the end it all went very well.
08:15For my next trick, I will require the services of a member of the audience.
08:20For my next trick, I will require the services of a member of the audience.
08:25There you are, Boris.
08:32Thank you, sir.
08:34And now, for my last trick.
08:39With the aid of my magic wand, I will raise King Boris up into the air,
08:47float him around, and lower him gently to the floor.
09:00Witches, brew and camels, hare, abracadabra, rise in the air!
09:31The trick was working beautifully.
09:34But King Boris was beginning to feel a little sick and wanted it to stop.
09:40Put King Boris down now, please.
09:43But the court magician had gone quite pale.
09:47He had just realized that he had used up the two good spells,
09:52his wand and his magic wand.
09:55He had just realized that he had used up the two good spells,
09:59his wand was no longer reliable.
10:03Put him down, Witherspoon, please.
10:07But ma'am, I can't.
10:09At once, Witherspoon!
10:16Now!
10:19Eye of toad and panther's paw, abracadabra, go down to the floor!
10:29His Majesty, King Boris of Borsovia had been turned into a pot plant.
10:36What can we do, Rufus?
10:40I really can't imagine.
10:44Oh, just a minute.
10:46Well?
10:48I've seen this plant somewhere before.
10:51Where, Witherspoon?
10:53Over at my office, sir.
10:56Then perhaps King Boris is in the office in its place.
11:00Oh, to the office!
11:08The tailor's dummy had come back,
11:11but there was no sign of King Boris.
11:14No, that isn't any help.
11:19What can we do, Rufus?
11:28This is a crisis, Rufus.
11:31Your Majesty!
11:33Well, Witherspoon, as the wand is unreliable,
11:37how about asking it to do something we don't want?
11:42Then it might do the right thing by mistake.
11:47Yes, it's worth trying.
11:49Things couldn't be worse.
11:54Snakes and ladders, ludo, rummy,
11:58abracadabra, a tailor's dummy.
12:02Ah, there you are.
12:05Have a good flight.
12:07Most exciting.
12:09Did you enjoy it, Boris?
12:14Fortunately, King Boris couldn't quite remember
12:17what had happened at the end of the trick,
12:20so he wasn't cross about being an aspidistra.
12:23You know, I rather enjoyed that.
12:28Yes, yes, great fun.
12:30You played your part beautifully, didn't you, Rufus?
12:35Yes, indeed, my dear.
12:41Marvellous trick.
12:44Well done, Witherspoon.
12:46Very good trick.
12:48Very good trick indeed.
12:51But the court magician didn't know
12:54Indeed!
12:56But the court magician looked sadly at his wand.
13:00He had a feeling it wouldn't be needed for some time.