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JOURNEY TO OZ after Liman Frank Baum
Part Three INTRIGUES OF OLD MOMBI
- What is it? - Oh, it's Glinda!
- What did I tell you to watch? - News.
And you?
I can't trust you.
You've got a bug crawling across the book.
The new Ruler of the Emerald City Scarecrow the Wise has abolished the law...
...obliging people to wear special glasses.
Well done, Scarecrow.
The Winkies have elected the Tin Woodman their Emperor.
No news about the missing daughter of the last Ruler of the Land of Oz Princess Ozma.
Notorious Jinjur has declared herself a general.
What a stupid girl!
Old Mombi is about to visit the Crooked Wizard, Dr. Pipp.
She took up sorcery again.
She can be trouble.
Top! Top!
Where is this worthless boy?
I'll teach you not to shirk!
I'll spit on these peas once and the work will be done.
And I'll spit on them twice.
You'll be sorry if you don't sort the pile out when I come back.
You'll spit twice and I'll spit thrice.
I'll punish you. Your parents would never recognize you...
...if they were alive.
Poor orphan.
'"Dr. Pipp, inventor'"
'"Crooked Wizard'"
Practicing sorcery?
- You fri-fri-fri... - What '"fry-fry'"?
You frightened me! Remember, I'm an inventor.
Why not tell Glinda about your inventions and customers?
What d-do you w-want?
- I want some septemfoliate clover. - Here it is. And now leave.
- And... - What else?
- The magical Powder of Life. - I w-won't give you any!
And don't threaten me to tell Glinda. I can also tell her about your gi-gi...
What girl? I've got a boy to care for, to bring up.
Come on, we know who he really is. Go away.
I'm leaving. Go on with your work, crooked inventor!
Look! I think he wants to scare us away!
It's so funny! Top is making a scarecrow!
Why should I? I'll scare Auntie Mombi.
She's giving me a hard time.
- She deserves it! - Auntie Mombi won't like it at all.
Curbanda-turbanda
Good evening, sir.
Oh!
The little scoundrel is playing tricks on me again. This will be his last one.
It's a great chance to try the powder.
Wow! Know! How!
I think I'm alive! It's a miracle!
I did it! Turbanda-curbanda.
Come here! I'll break your habit of making fun of me!
I was laughing at Jack and not at you, Auntie.
- What Jack? - This one.
I called him Jack Pumpkinhead.
It was you who made him! You gave yourself away!
And what about me? What shall I do?
Go to the back yard. I'll finish with you tomorrow. But I'll get even with you today.
Turbanda-curbanda, shury-mury.
Is it our supper, Auntie?
Your last one. You won't have to eat anymore.
Why?
Because after you eat it you'll turn into an obedient doll.
You'll do everything I'll tell you.
- Are you joking? - No more jokes, my dear!
Just like Dr. Pipp prescribed. Now the Emerald City will be mine!
Where are you going?
You won't get away from me now.
- It's going to rain. - Is it you, Jack?
Yes! It's so nice to be alive.
- It depends. You'd better open the door. - I'd be pleased to.
You've made me, right? Then I should obey my father, right?
Right you are. Come on.
What do you think, daddy?
Is the Moon a pumpkin in the sky? Or is a pumpkin the Earth's Moon?
I think, you'd better double up your speed.
Yes.
What is it?
I can't double up or take away. I'm illiterate, daddy.
- It means that you should hurry up. - Where are we going?
We'll ask Scarecrow to give us refuge in the Emerald City.
- Who is this Scarecrow? - He rules the Emerald City.
- He used to be a real scarecrow. - Is he my relative then?
- Yes, he's your brother. - What a famous brother I've got!
Stop!
It's all right. You won't get away from me!
Turbanda-curbanda.
If you're my daddy, Mombi is my mom.
And I left home without her permission. It's not right. She gave me life.
What? I spent half a day making you. And she just waved her hands.
'"Wow! Know! How! '"
Let me go! You boor!
Wow!
'"The Powder of Life'".
A nice thing to salt a cucumber.
- Who is it? - It's a trestle.
- I'm a Saw-Horse! - Just the thing we couldn't do without.
Sometimes you could be very smart, Jack.
We really can't do without it.
Now I got you! I can smell them.
Freedom!
Hey, trestle, slow down.
I'm telling you again. I'm no trestle, but a Saw-Horse.
I'm afraid he got too much powder.
And I'm afraid to lose my head.
Pull up! Stop!
Where is my daddy? I think we've lost him.
He'll catch up with us later. I've lost my tale, but I'm not complaining.
I'm the Guardian of the Gates. Who are you and what do you want in the Emerald City?
- My name is Jack. But I'm not alone. - Right.
I lost my daddy and I want to meet my brother.
- And who is your brother? - He's Scarecrow, the Ruler of your Land.
Come in!
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
Friends!
Girls from the Land of Oz have come here to rebel against men.
We'll conquer the Emerald City and grab lots of gems.
Men will work and we'll be in command!
Are you really going to conquer the Emerald City?
Of course.
- Who are you? - My name is Top.
- You're not a spy, aren't you? - Are you nuts?
I'm...
I'm Commander-in-chief General Jinjur.
We'll take you prisoner.
Sally! Molly! Keep an eye on him!
Across the hills and valleys
Our glorious regiment is marching.
- Let everyone know, - Let everyone know,
That we're no weaker sex.
That we're no weaker sex!
Cheer up and march on!
The enemies will waver!
Our knitting needles are sharp!
Our skirts are up to our knees!
- Some day... - Some day...
We'll take the Scarecrow prisoner!
Cheer up and march on!
The enemies will waver!
- You are so handsome! - So are you.
I like you. Shall we play rings?
It stinks of perfume here. Did he get it? No, he couldn't.
Surrender!
Hands up!
He thinks he's a Guardian!
Girls, follow me!
Militant girls under Jinjur's command have captured the Emerald City.
It's a bad sign.
Give it to me!
It's mine!
Halt! Who are you? Why aren't you wearing your uniform?
It's him!
Get him!
Your Majesty, we're in trouble.
Militant girls have captured the Emerald City! We have to lock up the doors!
I've got an idea!
We'll seize their leader and liberate the City.
Jack, hide behind the curtains.
If our prisoner sees your stupid smile, she'll think that we're joking.
Well, my dearest, do you know me?
I'm Scarecrow the Great and Terrible!
If you don't command your girls to leave the Emerald City, I'll order...
Your Majesty, I'm not a girl. I'm a boy.
She wants to deceive me. I can tell a girl from a boy.
Wait! I'll prove it to you! I'm not a girl! Look!
My dearest daddy!
Meet my brother the Scarecrow.
Pleased to meet you.
It's a pity my brilliant plan went wrong.
I have to send them help.
This bug again. What a clever bug.
Wait. It's a great idea. Where is my magic magnifying glass?
Here it is!
- What a monster! - I'm not a monster. I'm a Tumbling Beetle.
Can you find the Emerald City?
Of course. I crawled all over your book. I know the geography of the Land of Oz...
...of America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic.
I don't need the Antarctic.
But if you can manage to get to the Emerald City and give this to the Scarecrow...
...I will keep you magnified forever.
My legs are already running!
We're surrounded. I don't know what they want. I hope it's not me they are after.
You're wrong.
Jinjur is about to make a rag or a cushion out of you.
A cushion? We have to flee away. To the Tin Woodman.
Right. But how?
I've never seen such a miracle.
It's a living trestle, isn't it?!
- You are... - Behave yourself.
It's a palace and not a stable. Even though you're a horse...
It's a great idea. Tell me, mustang, are you fast?
Too fast.
Without a picklock or a key, open!
It will open. One, two, three!
Turbanda-curbanda!
- Do I look all right? - You look dazzling.
Your Dazzling Brilliance! A strange company came here. They want to see you.
They'll have to wait.
Yes, Your Brilliant Dazzle. But they want to see you now.
Especially the one that looks like a scarecrow.
The Scarecrow!
Meet my best friend.
Emperor of the Winkies, the Tin Woodman or Nick the Woodman.
Friends call me Nick.
Hello.
- You haven't lost your sense of humor. - Neither my brains. But I lost my crown.
Girls of the Land of Oz rebelled against me. I had to flee away.
What?
Did some girls drive my best friend and the wise ruler out?
We'll start the campaign and reinstall you.
Bring me the axe!
I can smell the boy, the pumpkin, the sawdust, the straw and some oil.
Oil? Pshaw!
- Are they going in a wagon? - It seems so.
Tin Woodman is going with them. He'll smash the gates with his axe and then...
- Can't we stop them? - It's not that easy.
Turbanda-curbanda, shirly-myrly, khasima!
- You'd better watch your step. Or else... - There was no pit here.
- Stop it. The Saw-Horse broke its leg. - Leave me here or saw me up.
- We don't desert friends. - What shall we do?
- We shall think! - Look! Someone is approaching us.
Excuse me, gentlemen, can you show me the way to the Emerald City?
Glinda asked me to give the Scarecrow her present.
No need to hurry then. I'm the Scarecrow.
Why did Glinda send you?
She gave me this Magical Wishing Pill. Here you are!
But it will fulfil one wish.
Let me try. I've got a tin stomach.
Wait! We haven't got a wish yet.
It's stupid to spend a pill on a horse leg.
Let's wish us to be carried in the Emerald City at once.
- Let's make the girls surrender. - Let's turn Mombi into a scarecrow.
She doesn't deserve it.
I wish Dolly were here. She would tell us what to do.
- Where am I? - It's Dolly!
- Of course! - Nick! Scarecrow!
Meet our new friends.
- It's Jack Pumpkinhead. It's Top. - Hi.
- And here is our Saw-Horse. - I'm so glad to see you all.
Where is our Brave Lion?
He went to the forest animals.
Hi, I'm a Tumbling Beetle, SM and WE...
...meaning Significantly Magnified and Well-Educated.
Dolly has just come and I already know how to fix the leg of our horse.
We'll give him one of Jack's legs and Jack will ride him.
Thanks, brother. You're so smart. Do what you want.
Where did this girl come from? All right.
Turbanda-curbanda.
I'll revenge on her for the deaths of my sisters.
We shall see who wins.
Somewhere far away
there is a wonderful land,
Magic Land,
with rainbows, roads,
with Sun and Moon alive.
This is a world
of adventures and wonders.
There is a magic forest there.
It attracts me, draws me somewhere.
But my home place is dearer,
my native sky,
evening, my friends
and this fairy-tale of mine.
End of Part Three
NTV SERIES 2000