Treasure Hounds Page #2

[sniffs] What is that smell?

Well, let's get to it.

[engine fires up]

[beeping]

[owl hooting]

[hooting]

[hoots]

[man] Gunther.

Ronnie!

[man] Gunther.

Keep walking forwards,

you're so close!

Gunther!

- Yes!

- Sorry.

You look like a Ronnie.

I get that a lot.

- Yes.

- So have you acquired transportation?

- [car alarm goes off]

- Oh, oh, oh.

Ah, car alarms.

So obnoxious.

- Shh.

- Oh dear. Oh, no.

I got it, I got it.

- You got...

- That's the panic button!

- No, it's...

- I got it!

[alarm shuts off]

Ah, that's better.

Thank you.

[snoring]

I hope you have acquired

accommodations then.

Oh, accommodations.

Top notch!

They're never gonna

know we're there.

Perfect. OK.

And you're sure no one is home?

Positive.

I checked it out.

The old guy croaked,

no family, no friends,

so the place is all ours.

It's gonna be like taking

candy from a kitten.

[laughs]

Wait, I thought you

take candy from a baby.

A baby? No. Kitten.

You take candy from a kitten.

But why would a kitten be

walking around with a candy?

Why would you give a baby candy?

It's unhealthy!

- It's delicious.

- Just take this!

Ah, yes. Baklava.

Let's do it!

You know,

you're shorter than I thought.

I'm short in photos.

Hang on, hang on, hang on.

You go through the window, come

around and open the door for me.

But you're shorter than I am.

Yeah, but you're

taller than I am!

- I didn't really think about it that way.

- Right?

That makes sense a

lot with the physics...

Let's just do this!

Okay.

Pardon me.

One more time.

Yeah, that's right.

Ready?

Go!

[grunts]

What're you doing?

[sighs]

Idiot.

How do we know what

we're looking for?

A box with a key.

The old guy hid the treasure

somewhere in this house.

But how are we gonna find it?

Oh, sweet Ronnie,

that's what this is for.

Oh, boy!

- What is that?

- A scanner.

This is so exciting.

When we find the box

the scanner will change color.

[beeping]

The box is behind

the wall right here.

- Too much club.

- Just a little bit.

One...

Two...

- [barking]

- [yelling]

Abort! Abort!

Go! Go!

Get out of here!

[Gunther] Ow, my toe!

[barking]

Mom! Mom!

[Skipper]

Jack! Jacky boy!

Is that you?

What's going on down here?

Can you smell that?

I smell schnitzel.

- Is that schnitzel?

- Jack?

- I think it's schnitzel.

- Jack, what's wrong? Are you OK?

I just saw two

guys go out of there!

- What?

- [Skipper] Ok, I'm smelling schnitzel somewhere.

There was two guys

in masks that just left.

[Skipper] Jack,

do you smell that?

- Anybody? Kim, come on.

- There's nobody here, Jack.

[Skipper] Have you

ever had fresh schnitzel?

[Jack]

There was just two guys.

[Skipper] Probably

my favorite meal.

Are you sure

it wasn't raccoons?

- [Skipper] Raccoons?

- Mom, it would have been really tall raccoons.

[Skipper] Spaghetti and

meatballs and schnitzel.

I do like spaghetti

and meatballs.

You don't believe me.

Oh, Jack. Come here.

Of course I believe you!

But why would two men in masks

wanna break into this dusty old,

well, actually,

not so dusty anymore,

thanks for dusting, basement?

I don't know, to steal

the old toaster oven?

Great, thank you

so much, officer.

I really, really appreciate it.

OK, goodnight.

What did they say?

They said we should change

the lock on the cellar door.

Not that there's any point.

What's going on?

I didn't want to tell you

until tomorrow but um...

I got some troubling news today.

Mom, come on.

It's gonna be OK.

We'll make the best of it.

Whatever it is,

we'll get through it.

Come on.

We're in this together.

I know.

You're right.

Now, what's the problem?

We're gonna lose our house!

Your mom didn't know about

this when you moved in?

No one told us.

Dude, this town is

like 1,000 years old.

The underground water

pipes are all rusted out.

They need to be

ripped out and replaced.

So why don't they just do it?

Well, it costs

millions of dollars

and the town just

doesn't have the money.

If the pipes don't get replaced

the government is gonna

come in and declare

this town is blighted and they're

gonna make everyone move.

Blighted?

What does that mean?

It's basically when they

declare the town is dead,

and they make everyone

pack up and ship out.

- That's terrible.

- Yeah. Welcome to my world.

So why do you think those

guys broke into your basement?

Maybe they lost some balls

over Mr. Cragmore's fence,

and wanted them

back like we did.

Fred, stop trying to help.

[gasps] Oh.

[laughs maniacally]

- What do you see?

- Nothing.

- I want to see!

- [choking]

Wow, who would have

thought that someone

would have moved in so soon

after the old guy croaked?

You, that's who.

You were supposed to know.

Oh, you're right,

you're right.

You got me there.

That was my bad.

Ugh, so dizzy.

[speaking German]

You know, it was

supposed to be easy.

Sneak into the basement

like the silent shadow,

break down that wall

like conquering army,

triumphantly steal that box

like high seas buccaneer.

- Yes!

- Voila!

Right!

Except all we have

is ein broken toe

because you cannot maintain

your grip on the hammer.

A broken toe?

You're not even limping!

Well, I am mentally disciplined

to ignore extreme pain.

- Ah.

- It's also how I contend with your filthy presence.

[sighs]

Question.

- Hmm?

- What is a schweinhund?

Well, it's German for pig dog.

Oh.

I thought it was a compliment.

Oh, you will get no

compliments from me.

Only degradation and mockery

until we find that box.

- That's fair.

- We will go back tonight.

[laughs maniacally]

Oh, baby, daddy missed you!

[whizzing]

Whoa, yeah!

[horn honks]

[sobbing]

Hey, it's OK.

It's OK, we... we can get

you another one.

[Skipper] Wow, this kid's

taking this pretty hard.

Do you mean for real?

- Yeah, yeah, of course.

- We'll get another one.

What's that smell? [sniffs]

[Jack] Skipper,

where you going, boy?

Hey, guys, check this out.

Oh, right, sorry.

[clears throat]

[barking]

[sniffing]

- Was this here last night?

- Definitely not.

I cleaned this place last night.

[scratching]

What is it, Skipper?

Whatcha doing there, boy?

What do you think? I'm trying

to tell you something.

I think he's trying

to tell us something.

[Skipper] Jack, there's

something behind this wall.

There's definitely

something behind that wall.

[Skipper] You're a genius, kid.

My work here is done.

- Should we do it?

- Do it.

[pounding]

There's something back there.

It's a box.

It's got your name on it.

Well, you should

do the honors.

That's it?

I was expecting, like,

a treasure or something.

A key and...

what is this?

A box?

How do you open it?

It's a videotape, Jack.

Don't look at it! What if it's

cursed and seven days later

a long-haired girl

crawls out of your TV?

I watch a lot of horror movies.

You know what?

I think I can make

this thing work.

And that should do it.

Where did you

learn how to do that?

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