Arthur

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

Hey!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Do you ever feel that you're always in a rush?

Arthur, hurry up!

You're going to be late for school!

Like you're constantly running out of time?

Two minutes left.

Finish up.

Everyone's always racing around.

No one ever slows down.

The game's over?

Even when you're just relaxing, you still feel...

Arthur!

You only have 15 seconds!

Why?

I'm almost at the next level.

No, not for the game.

The show has to start.

See?

15, 14...

But... but I'm not done yet.

I still have lots more to say.

11, ten...

11, ten... Wait!

Wait!

You can't just start a countdown

while I'm trying so say something important

about the crazy pace of life.

That's not fai...

That's not fai... One!

One!

Yeah!

PRINCIPAL HANEY (over intercom): Hello?

Testing... is it on?

Oh. Good afternoon, students.

Tomorrow we shall have a special assembly

during first period.

Our very own George Lungdrain...

Oh, yes, thank you, Miss Tingley, that's right.

Lundgren.

George Lundgren will be appearing on a radio quiz show

called "15 Minutes of Fame."

He will be playing for a grand prize of $500.

Which, if he wins, will be donated to our school.

That will be all.

I always find those announcements so exhausting.

Why can't we just send an emai...

Oh! Whoops!

Congratulations, George.

How'd you get on the show?

I just sent my name in on a postcard

and they picked me out of a hat.

Remember, class:

your art history reports are due tomorrow.

Do we still get merit points

if everyone turns their report in on time?

Yes, if every single project is handed in on time,

the class gets 15 merit points.

And then we'll break the 500 mark.

And that means...

No homework day!

Goede morgen. Hoe gaat het?

What does that mean?

It's "Good morning. How are you?" in Dutch.

I learned it while I was doing my report

on the Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel.

Did you know that his nickname was...

Did you know that his nickname was...

What's wrong?

My report on Michelangelo.

I left it at home.

Well, go back and get it.

But I'll be late for school.

If you don't hand it in, we won't get No Homework Day.

Knowing Ratburn, he'll probably turn it into Extra Homework Day.

Muffy, learn French by tomorrow.

Binky, write a novel.

And don't try to hand in a novella.

Aw.

If Arthur had only handed his report in on time,

things would have been very different.

I... I was in a hurry.

I said I was sorry.

You have time. Go!

Uh-oh.

Jane!

Arthur left his report here.

He said if he didn't get this report in today,

there would be big trouble.

Kate! Quick! I need your help!

I'll drop off Arthur's report at school

on the way to my meeting.

Could you take out the recycling on your way?

So stay tuned,

'cause "15 Minutes of Fame" is coming up

with yours truly, Flip Wattles,

and a lucky kid from Lakewood Elementary School.

Kate!

There's some kind of thing called a report

that Arthur desperately needs.

What's a "report"?

I have no idea, but Mr. Read said it twice.

And then the words "big trouble,"

which, uh, I understood.

Oh, dear!

And whatever it is, I think it was on this table.

Mr. Read kept looking down at it.

Well, is the report there?

I'm not sure.

I see lots of papers; they can't be important.

I think this green stuff is called money-- also useless.

Look! Crumbs...

Pal, focus!

Right.

Hello!

What's this?

Hmm, I think that's a key.

Is it edible?

No. But keys open things.

I have a big plastic one that opens a big plastic box.

Not the most amusing toy.

Maybe Mr. Read put the report in something

and the key opens it.

The plot thickens.

What scientist discovered radium in 1898?

Um... I forget.

Just tell me.

How would I know if you don't know?

I'm a dummy, remember?

Arthur!

Arthur!

I'm going to the quiz show soon

and I can't remember who discovered radium.

What if they ask me that?

I think it was Marie Curie.

Of course! I knew that.

Could you just help me with a few more questions?

I'm really, really nervous.

Um, okay, but just for one minute.

Ugh, cow lips.

Oh, Pal.

I think it's hopeless.

We'll never find out where this key fits.

We mustn't give up, Kate.

I say!

I think there's food in that desk.

And look, there's a key hole, too.

Now, how to get up there?

Okay, last one.

Then I really have to go.

If I don't get my report on Michelangelo in, I'm toast.

You look more like a bagel to me.

Wally!

Let him ask the question.

Who was the British king during the American Revolution?

Even I know this one.

Here's a hint: It's your name.

King George III.

Good luck!

You'll do great!

Almost there, almost there.

Ah!

Ow!

Whew!

Oh, no.

That's the last one.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Steady on, girl.