Arthur

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Hey!

ARTHUR (over TV): Hey, D.W.!

Hey!

Whoa!

Have you ever noticed how different people

have different senses of time?

Like D.W.

Sometimes she thinks a minute is like an hour.

Are we there yet?

D.W., that's the eighth time you've asked.

You can't ask again for at least ten minutes.

Okay.

Are the ten minutes up yet?

Then there's Buster time,

which is closely linked to his stomach.

I'll have the Harry Mills Meatball Experience.

Buster, it's only 9:00 in the morning.

It's breakfast time.

I've already had breakfast. This is lunch.

But if you have lunch now,

you'll be really hungry by dinner.

Not if I have dinner at lunch.

And tonight,

Ew! I'll get a head start on tomorrow's breakfast.

I'm just a meal ahead of you.

Mmm, pickles.

Sometimes it seems like time is going really fast.

Like when you go to an amusement park with all your friends

and the day just flies by

and everything's over before you know it.

You have ten minutes to complete this test.

Sometimes it goes really slowly,

: like when you take a test

and don't know the answers.

But there's one thing that never changes about time.

You can't stop it.

Or can you?

Is it working?

I don't know how long I...

Yeah.

Beach!

Aw, red flag.

That means we can't swim because the ocean's too rough.

I'm sure it'll change in a little bit.

Well, anything yet?

No, she's just... Wait a minute.

She's reaching for something green.

Oh, false alarm.

It was just a handkerchief.

When is the flag going to change?

You said it would be a little bit.

It's been hours.

What if it's like this forever

because of all the green mouse gases in the atmosphere?

It's "greenhouse" gases, Buster.

Oh. Is that where the green mice live?

This is a terrible vacation.

Why couldn't we go to Paris, like Emily?

You know what I used to do when I couldn't swim?

Build a sandcastle.

Once, we built one as big as a bed.

It was even

in the newspaper.

Okay, but Arthur has to dig.

I don't like sand under my nails.

Come on. Who knows?

We might find some buried treasure.

Okay, we'll put the princess' bedroom here,

and her swimming pool here.

Oh, and don't forget the stables for the unicorns.

D.W., this is not going to be a fairy princess castle.

Yeah, it's Dark Bunny's ice fortress.

But it's all sand.

It should be the Citadel on Saturn from episode 38.

But that was destroyed in episode 112.

Hey, let's do something from episode 331.

You mean, "The Cave of Crabman"?

No, no, "Dr. Origami's Paper Palace."

Remember those terrifying swans?

Fine, we can build whatever you want.

Let's just start.

It's a green flag.

You can go in now.

Uh, let's just finish this tower.

Okay. Okay.

Here, I found some more doors.

Come on, kids, time to go.

Just a sec.

I've got to feed the seahorse.

Sweet petunia!

That is one of the best sandcastles I have ever seen.

What should we call it?

Princess Misty's Mermaid Mansion.

ARTHUR/BUSTER: No!

Hey, look!

We could call it the Starfish Enterprise.

Enterprise?! I can't even say that word.

You just said it.

Well, I don't like it.

I say we call it Castle Starfish.

Okay, Castle Starfish it is.

Arthur!

Uh! Yeah?

D.W., what are you doing up?

It's the middle of the night.

I couldn't sleep.

Grandma snores.

Well, here, you can borrow my earplugs.

Now go to bed.

I've been thinking of what we should add

to Castle Starfish.

Princess Misty needs a guesthouse for the pony.

It's not a princess castle.

Anyway, it'll probably be gone by tomorrow.

Why?

Because the tide will have come in and washed it away.

What's a tide?

It's the movement of the ocean.

At certain times of the day,

the water comes farther up the beach.

Take my word for it.

That castle is just a heap of sand now.

Ha! See, Mr. Pessimister?

It's a miracle!

It's not a miracle, Buster.

We must've built it right above the high tide mark.

But I chose the spot.

And I didn't even know what a tide was.

She's got a point.

See? Some people see the glass as half full.

Other people just have glasses.

We should make the moat bigger,

just in case the tide comes in farther.

Come on. Let's get started.

There. When we get home,

we'll download it onto the computer.

Well, time to wash up for dinner.

We'll be right there.

There's something I have to do first.

What are you doing?

Giving half of my lemonade to the ocean, as an offering,

so it won't destroy the castle.

Here!

And have a cookie!

D.W., that's littering.

I know a much better way we can protect Castle Starfish.

There, now it's safe.

Citizens of Castle Starfish, as your king, I am pleased

to announce that construction of our new moat is complete.

And as your other king,

I hereby reinstate casual Fridays.

Snails may go to work without wearing their shells!

What's he saying?

Uh-huh.

Oh!

Hmm.

I haven't a clue.

Fetch the seahorse whisperer.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, then what?

You don't say?

Okay, good job, Sea Biscuit.

There's a tidal wave headed this way.