Ernest et Célestine Page #3

Year:
2012
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I did you the biggest favour in the world.

But Ernest...

Voil.

Now, we're even.

Even-Steven. But the situation's

changed, Ernest.

No mice in the house.

Ernest, will you listen?

Not at all!

No mice in the house!

Never!

You let one in, and thousands follow.

That's how you people are,

every bear knows this.

Alley-oop!

But Ernest.

I said, No mice in the house!

Never!

But Ernest,

you must understand, things have changed.

No mice in the house!

But!

No buts!

Ernest!

No way!

Come on, really !

No... mice... in my house!

Thanks.

Clestine, I...

Impossible to get rid of a mouse.

Every bear knows this too.

Unless you kill her, of course.

Your chocolate's burning.

Do you want to kill me?

With a broom, it's impossible. I'm too fast.

There's the old mousetrap trick.

Not so easy either.

We've been acquainted

with the mousetrap for

quite some time, you know.

There's also poison, of course

Or the glue mouse trap.

Very cruel.

The poor mouse walks on it,

and her paws get stuck.

No way out. She gets so scared,

her heart races so fast it explodes!

You want that, Ernest?

To explode my heart?

Oh no, Clestine.

But a bear and a mouse, don't jive, it's not...

Not what? Not proper?

Just not done?

Bears up above,

mice down below. Is that it?

Well yeah!

It's always been like that.Voil!

OK, Ernest. You got a cellar?

Yes, I...

OK.

So, me in the cellar, you here!

But...

No buts. Bye, Ernest.

You better stay up here!

You better stay down below, Clestine!

I don't want to see or hear you!

My chocolate!

There she is!

The one who didn't believe

in the Big Bad Bear!

Everybody told her:

"Watch out for the Big Bad Bear".

It's a nightmare.

Don't be afraid, Clestine.

Clestine, I'm not the nightmare.

I'm Ernest.

Ernest, I'm cursed.

Cursed. What's this nonsense?

Yes, I'm cursed.

I'm alome in the world.

Nobody loves me and I have no home.

Oh l l. What about me?

Does anybody love me?

Did you do this, Clestine?

It's wonderful! Looks exactly like me.

A Clestine who can do that, isn't alone in the world.

You're a great artist.

Not exactly.

That's why I'm alone.

They don't want me to draw.

They want me to be a dentist.

Oh yeah.

I know that well.

I wanted to do theater and music,

and tell stories.

But no, can you imagine.

The wanted me to be a judge,

like my father, my grand-father,

my uncle and my great-uncle.

Go make music somwhere else, Ernest.

Ernest you're busting

my eardrums with your stories.

Stop singing, Ernest.

You'd better learn law.

Look.

No, Clestine, You'd better stay below.

I don't want to see or hear you.

Isn't this a nice portrait?

Come with me, Clestine.

Get your paints, and come!

We'll build you a studio, Clestine.

A painter's studio. A real one!

That'll be my first real painting.

What'll you paint?

The Big Bad Bear, let's say.

There!

Nice and fierce...Like that.

Ah! Voil.

- Aarrh!

Raise your foot.

- Aarrh?

Perfect!

Don't move, Ernest.

Stay fierce.

Can I see?

I told you not to move!

Ernest.

You sick?

Just a little cold.

Off to bed, tout de suite!

You must drink, Ernest.

When you have a fever, you must drink a lot.

Leave me alone!

Help!

Ernest, calm down.

I'm not the nightmare.

I'm Clestine.

Any marshmallows left?

Of course.

Don't eat it all, huh?

'Course not, fatso.

You promise?

Sworn promise.

Good night, Ernest.

Good night.

Hey Clestine, you know what?

I'm well!

Look at this!

I bet you can't juggle four.

Ah, you think so?

Again, Ernest!

Come on!

Summoned by the presiding judge,

the police chief declared the robbers...

Think they're talking about us?

And their arrest would not be far off,

it's only a question of...

Oh no, they forgot about us.

We will not rest until

we find Ernest and his

accomplice Clestine.

We will flush them out of their hideout...

..the time it takes, months if need be,

but we'll find them sooner or later.

Their crimes cannot go unpunished.

Once we capture them,

we'll make sure to deliver them to justice!

Ernest will be properly judged!

Clestine will get the

punishment she deserves.

The members of the tribunal

are aware of this affair.

I'm sure...

that the judgement

will fit Clestine's abominable crime!

Ernest will be judged very severely.

The sentence will be irrevocable

for Ernest and Clestine!

Did you call me, Ernest?

No, it's nothing, Clestine.

Everything's alright.

Everything's alright.

What progress you've made, Clestine!

Yup, I'm fed up drawing the Big Bad Bear.

Oh yeah?

You know of a more interesting subject?

I'd like to paint a winter landscape.

You'll need to wait for spring.

Bears do that very well,

wait for spring.

The snow will have melted.

Clestine wants to paint snow

Clestine wants to paint snow

OK artist, get to work!

Thanks Ernest.

Ernest let me show you "Winter"

In music it should sound something like this

One and two, one and...

Clestine

Ernest the van!

What about the van?

It's like a big red stain.

If they see it they'll find us.

Only one thing left to do, Clestine

Ernest did you see the animals

Yeah I saw them.

Don't you want to see then up close?

No I see them fine from here.

Clestine, come let's go now, come.

...active search. We won't rest until

we find Ernest, the thief

and his accomplice Clestine

That's that. Yes.

a long time. We appeal to all witnesses...

Don't worry Clestine. They'll never find us.

police are still actively searching

for the two malefactors,

He won't rest until he finds them.

What's happening?

- The mouse from the fable?

Georges! Go see what it is.

Oh my van.! Aah, my shop!

What's this? Paint?

Ernest!... Lucienne call the police!

I know where Ernest is!

Clestine!

What sunshine this morning!

What a grumpy Big Bad Bear!

The Big Bad Bear's not awake yet.

He could eat me, this Big Bad Bear.

Good idea then I could go back to sleep.

OK, let's feed the Big Bad Bear

his breakfast.

This way I can stay alive one more day.

That's good!

Sleep!...

Sleep, with such lovely sunshine!

Ernest come see!

The cellar. You have to hide in the cellar.

What about you? You have to hide too.

Don't worry I have a plan.

A plan?

Clestine, do you know what you're doing?

Don't worry, Ernest!

Clestine.

Here he is!

Where is Ernest?

Uncle Ernest?

He went to get some honey in town,

and said he'd come back tomorrow, voil.

For the last time, Clestine.

Where is Ernest?

Very well. You know what to expect.

For the last time, Ernest.

Where is Clestine?

Alright. You know what to expect.

Release!

Read all about Big Scary Ernest!

Buy MOUSE WEEKLY!

All about the bear's scandal

and his accomplice Clestine!

There ! It's him !

- Where?

- There ! Look!

The trial begins.

Bring in the accused.

Clestine.

Look at that!

Accused, rise and state your name.

Clestine.

Clestine.

Can you tell us whereabouts

of one named Ernest?

What? you won't tell us

where is Clestine?

Very well, you'll be tried twice!

Once for what you did,

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