Arthur

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, D.W.

Hey!

Whoa!

Arthur, hurry up!

We only have a few hours before the museum closes.

Can I come, too?

Coming!

Can I?

No!

This is for me and Dad.

You're spending the day with Mom, D.W.

But I want to go to the museum, too!

Could you take D.W. today?

Kate's sick and I've got to get this account finished

by tonight.

Unicorns! Can we?

No!

Daddy, this is scary.

Can't we see the uni...?

No!

Can't we see the...?

No!

Sir, this might not be

the exhibit for your daughter.

I said no!

Arthur, she's right.

Why don't I take D.W. to see the unicorn dolls

and meet you back here in an hour.

I used to wonder what little sisters were for,

and I've finally figured it out.

They're there just to wreck things for us guys and our dads.

Whoa!

Hey!

Then there was this pretty ballerina unicorn.

She did pillowettes.

I didn't like the Super Unicorn Man.

And then there was a Japanese unicorn in a kimono

and then-- oh, yeah!-- a Russian dancing one.

And look-- doesn't this clown unicorn look just like Arthur?

Can I be excused?

I want to do my homework.

Arthur, are you okay?

Listen, I'm sorry.

I know you were hoping

it would be just the two of us today.

Yeah.

Which is why I was thinking

next weekend we could go fly fishing

at Whale Lake.

Why? Are there unicorns there?

No, just you and me.

And it's such a great place, Arthur.

My dad used to take me there.

The fish practically leap into your lap.

Dad, it's time

for my bedtime story!

In a minute, D.W.

Really? Just you and me?

No D.W.?

That's right-- no D.W.

It's okay if you don't catch anything

on your first day.

Proper casting takes years of experience and...

D.W. ( on phone ): Daddy, it's D.W.

Can you come home right now?

Because I'm just a little girl.

Oh, poor D.W.!

Wow!

D.W. ( on phone ): Daddy, are you still listening to me?

Let me help you!

It's okay, Dad, I got it.

Arthur!

Oh, no, Arthur!

I'll save you!

D.W. ( on phone ): Daddy, you hung up on me.

Daddy, it's me, D.W.!

D.W. who?

I still don't get why I can't come.

Because it's my weekend with Arthur.

Next weekend will be your weekend.

David, you've got a call.

Okay, thanks.

Well, next weekend is going to be

so much more fun than this weekend.

Dad and I are going to, um...

Unicorn Lake, and I won't have to fish

for unicorns because they'll want to play with me.

You won't be able to come with us,

no matter how much you beg.

I won't be begging.

Because this is my weekend.

M-I-N...

Uh, kids? Bad news.

I have to work next weekend.

What?!

Oh, that's okay with me, Dad.

No, it's not okay!

What about my weekend?

I'm supposed to get next weekend.

It's not fair if Arthur gets another weekend

and I don't.

It's not fair!

D.W. ( in sing-song voice ): I'm going to go fishing.

I'm going to go fishing.

No, D.W., you're going to stay at camp

and go swimming with Mom and Kate

while Arthur and I go fishing.

Hey, can we play my...

No! No Mary Moo Cow!

That's all I ask.

Please, Dad.

Sure. What'll we listen to?

MAN ( on tape ): "Henry Skreever, Book Six:

"'Henry Skreever and the Cauliflower Queen.'

Chapter Seven..."

We have a problem.

Okay, Arthur, get ready.

The road to this camp is very hard to find,

so keep your eyes peeled for a tree with a white arrow.

Is that it?

I don't think so.

It's got a...

Wait, Dad. Is that it?

Thanks, D.W.

Huh, guess things have changed.

You just have to keep your eyes peeled.

You're right, Dad.

Nature's great.

Don't worry, Arthur.

The secret fishing spot is up that hill

away from all this.

It'll be great.

It's an hour's hike,

but wait till you see it.

Wait! Wait!

I'm coming, too!

Dad?

I told you, D.W.,

the fishing is just for Arthur and me.

I'll be back tonight

and we'll toast marshmallows, all right?

Look at that, Arthur.

What did I tell you?

Yeah, Dad, it's great.

Okay, let's go.

Now, the idea is to get the fly out there

without letting it splash.

Then pull it back so it just skims the water.

Otherwise, the fish know it's not really a fly.

And do it again, like this.

Hey, Dad, why is this called Whale Lake?

Is it shaped like a whale?

No, Iroquois legend has it

that a whale once swam up the Scraw River

and still lives in this lake.

I always used to look for it, but...

well, it's just a legend, really.

Okay, ready to go.

Like this?

That's right.

Now, don't take it too far back.

Not too far back.

Not too far back.

Not too far...

Well, that's okay.

It's tough to get the hang of it.

Just reel it in and try again.

One more time.

Sorry, Dad.