Treasure Buddies

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This will add nicely to Babi's treasure.

Ah!

- As-salaam alaikum, Uncle Babi.

- Nephew Babu.

My new apprentice, you have arrived.

Welcome to Uncle Babi's humble palace.

Babu is most excited

to learn art of adventure.

Good to hear. Babi is most excited

to teach art of adventure.

Babi always wanted a sidekick.

Wow! Uncle Babi,

look at all your treasures.

Babi like shiny objects.

I want to be great adventurer

and treasure hunterjust like you.

No more organ grinder

school for Babu.

I will teach you everything I know.

What is the greatest treasure

you ever found, Uncle Babi?

Ohh!

That is a very special story

that Babi has not told anyone.

Tell Babu! Tell Babu, please!

OK. It all happened

when Babi met the Buddies.

You know the Buddies?!

Uncle Babi not only friends

with the Buddies,

but Babi once saved their lives.

Is this another one

of your tall tales, Uncle Babi?

My mom says you

exaggerate sometimes.

No, cheeky monkey.

This is truest of true story.

It all started 40 years ago,

when a brave adventurer

named Thomas Howard

came to Egypt with his best

friend and partner, Digger,

looking for the Bronze of Bastet.

We've done it, Digger.

Good boy.

What is a Bronze of Bastet,

Uncle Babi?

It is the first clue

leading to a great treasure:

the lost collar of Cleocatra.

The other half is missing.

The chest was booby-trapped.

Run, boy! Run, boy, run!

Leave it, Digger.

It's too dangerous. Let's go!

Ah!

Good boy.

Phew!

That was close call.

Babu happy Digger escaped from tomb.

So did they ever find the other half?

And where are the Buddies?

Be patient, Babu.

Great adventurer has much patience.

Now hurry up and listen,

so Uncle Babi can continue story.

Many years went by

and Thomas retired.

He moved to a small town

called Fernfield,

where he opened a museum,

had a family and

a grandson named Pete.

And so Digger and I made it out

just as the tomb collapsed.

And Digger had grandpuppies, too,

who were heroic, just like him.

Buddha, Budderball, Mudbud,

B-Dawg and their little sis, Rosebud.

But don't let

the pink bow fool you,

she is feistier

than all the boys combined.

And we brought this half of the

Bronze of Bastet back to Fernfield.

This way, please.

OK, let's move to the next room.

Whoa, Digger was the coolest dude ever.

Perhaps Digger's spirit lives in you.

You both love dirt.

Yo, Digger was old-school cool.

- I'm the new fly dog.

- I met your great grandpappy

when I was knee-high to a grasshopper.

I heard grasshoppers and bugs

are a delicacy in some countries.

Can you imagine ever being so

hungry you have to eat bugs?

Yeah, right, Budderball.

You'd eat anything...

other than vegetables.

As the legend goes,

Cleopatra was given a necklace,

which contained the powerful

jewel of the Cat's Eye.

But, somehow, it became lost.

But you almost found it,

didn't you, Grandpa?

I certainly tried, Peter.

Well... that wraps up my last tour.

Thank you.

Thank you all for being here.

Have a wonderful day.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

Wow, Grandpa, that was great.

Ah, if you like it, Peter,

that's enough for me.

Why does the museum have to close?

Such a bummer.

Yes, Pete, it is a... bummer.

And we haven't had the funding

to acquire a new exhibit

in quite some time.

It's really too bad you and Digger

never found the other half,

and the lost necklace of Cleocatra.

I just hope a young archeologist

like you finds it,

and not some greedy grave robber.

How did dogs become man's

best friends if cats were first?

The Cat's Eye necklace was

believed to have magical powers.

Legend has it Cleocatra

had plotted to steal it.

They say she wanted

to change the order,

making cats rulers over all

Earth's creatures, including man.

But, somehow, she was foiled

by the legendary pup, Buddasi.

Cleocatra's necklace

was never seen again.

All we know is the order was changed

and dogs became man's best friend,

and cats were banished.

I guess that's why it's in

our DNA to chase cats, dudes.

When I see one,

I just can't help it.

Did you see that?

The cat's eyes moved.

Huh. Must be one of those

optical delusions.

Oh, don't worry, B-Dawg.

Those cats are just statues.

Come on, cat, I'm gettin'

all up in your grill.

What are you gonna do about it?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

You ain't nothing but

a skinny, bald, scaredy-cat.

Ahh!

Now, just wait a minute, Peter.

Here's some stuff you might like.

Tools of the trade.

- Anything you want is yours.

- Even your compass?

Better a young explorer

like you have it.

Oh. And here's

something for Mudbud.

- It's Digger's favorite bandanna.

- Cool!

Yes.

He's the spitting image

of his great grandpappy.

Wait. Why was Grandpa Thomas

giving away all his things?

Was he giving up being adventurer?

Yes, but Grandpa Thomas

about to learn important lesson.

Great adventurer never gives up.

What are we going to do with this now?

Well, I'm not sure what

we should do with it, Peter.

Oh, my, I apologize.

I didn't see you there,

Mister...?

Wellington.

Dr. Philip Wellington.

Of course.

Dr. Wellington, what an honor.

May I... as you say in America,

cut right to the chase, professor?

I have something that

I think might... interest you.

- It can't be. May I?

- Hmm.

Unbelievable.

How did you find this?

Well, let's just say

it took a very long time

and... considerable effort.

Why didn't I hear of this discovery?

Well, the Egyptian government and I

thought it best to keep it on the Q

- until we discover...

- Cleocatra's tomb!

Precisely. I have a plane

waiting on standby.

Well, I can'tjust

pick up and go to Egypt.

Thomas, the only missing piece

of the puzzle is you.

But I promised my grandson

a camping trip for spring break.

Well, bring the lad along.

Surely, a trip to Egypt

is more exciting.

Yeah!

Mudbud can come too, right?

That?

No, no, no. No dogs.

Yes...

I'm afraid my dear, sweet cat,

Ubasti, is allergic to them,

so your Mud dog

will have to stay here.

So what do you say, Thomas?

Do we have an arrangement?

- I don't know.

- Oh, my dear man.

You don't want to be an old relic,

like the things in this quaint,

little museum,

when you could show the world

what a great archeologist

Thomas Howard really is.

Finding Cleocatra's necklace

is one of the greatest

archeological finds in history.

You've worked for this your whole life.

And you know well

that opportunities like this

only come round once in a lifetime.

You're right.

Let's find that tomb!

The town of Bastati,

that is where we must go.

- You ready to go, Peter?

- Oh, I'm ready.

This is gonna be epic!

Take care of my baby, Dad.

Remember he's only ten.

And call me when you land.

And then every day, twice.

- Don't you worry, sweetheart.

- Well, we mustn't dawdle.

Wheels up in precisely 26 minutes.

Chop-chop. Let's go.

Hey, Mudbud. Bye...

Ohh. Yes.

- Bye, Mom.

- Bye, sweetie.

- Bye, Dad.

- Be good.

- Have a good time.

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