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THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY DISCOVERY EDUCATION

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LEADING THE WORLD OF DIGITAL AND VIDEO LEARNING

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DISCOVERY EDUCATION, CONNECT TO A WORLD OF LEARNING.

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JOE:  Hi.

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In case you don't  already know me, I'm Joe.

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And that's Fred...

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and Sam.

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( Sam screams )

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So now that  we've been introduced,

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let's start things off  with a...

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What was that?

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( screams )

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It's a trident.

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Remember when we studied

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ancient Rome?

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And remember those guys who fought all the time--

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the gladiators?

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Well, they used these...

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to kill people!

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( footsteps thud loudly )

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( screams )

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Ready to fight?

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Uh, would you mind threatening

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that guy over there?

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It's pretty much his fault that I'm here,

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instead of back home in my kitchen.

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( makes karate yell )

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( grunts )

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Fight or die.

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Jeez, that's a tough one.

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They both sound incredibly tempting.

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How about I get back to you on...

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( gulps )

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Um... help?

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Be careful what you wish for.

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BAND: ? Go! There they go ?

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? Three boys surfing on the time continuum ?

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? There they go ?

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? The green mist fills the air ?

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? The Book could take them anywhere. Go! ?

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? ? ?

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( electric guitars  playing steady beat )

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? Go! There they go ?

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? Three girls warping, time is 2105 ?

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? There they go ?

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? You can catch a ride with the Time Warp Trio. Go! ?

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? Traveling through history... ?

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( ticking )

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? ? ?

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? With the Time Warp Trio ?

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? Go! ?

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JOE:  Okay, so normally I don't  hang out with guys

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who like to kill people.

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But ever since I got  a time-warping book

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from my Uncle Joe,  weird stuff keeps happening.

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But this time, I had it hidden  in a really safe place.

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Eat my socks!

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That makes it 153 games to... one.

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Show-off.

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Oh, man, I've had it.

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( Fred muttering )

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Hey, nice to see you, too.

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I'm not kidding-I hate being the youngest.

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I have to do my stuff and their stuff, too,

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and I can't do anything about it except snitch--

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and I'm not a snitch.

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You know, you should try playing crazy eights.

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Then maybe Sam could win

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once in a while.

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What are you even doing here?

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Go away!

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We're busy!

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I know how you feel.

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Brothers can be so insensitive.

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Speaking of weird sisters,

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did I show you guys my latest move?

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It's called "Amazing Judo Guy"!

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( makes karate yell )

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( laughing )

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Yeah, well, I call this the "Atomic Butt Squash."

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( groans )

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DQ-- disqualified!

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Disgusting move!

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Three-Way Smackdown!

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Starring Fred the Freak,

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Sam the Man and Joe the Show!

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( boys shouting and laughing )

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SAM: You cannot escape the Judo Man!

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FRED: You are about to discover the terrifying strength

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of Fred the Freak's ultimate wrestling.

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JOE: Hey, watch the fridge!

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Ow!

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JOE:  So anyway, that's how we  ended up as gladiator bait.

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Like I said,  it was all Fred's fault.

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( gladiator howls, Sam yells )

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He poked me!

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Let me handle this.

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Hey! Ix-nay on the ork-fay, okay?

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What was that?

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Latin!

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Well, pig Latin.

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See, it worked.

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He won't mess with us anymore.

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( gladiator bellows )

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( boys yelling )

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MAN: Brutus...

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you can put them down now.

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That's a win.

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Hey, thanks, man.

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That glad-inator was starting

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to bug me big time.

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You must be from the provinces.

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What are you, a Pict? A Gaul?

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I'm an American.

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Ah, barbarians.

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It figures.

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The emperor demands new fighters for tomorrow's ceremony

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and I get a trio of puny, pathetic barbarians.

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It's a good thing our weapons aren't real.

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It wasn't real?

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Of course not.

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See?

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Wood.

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This is a gladiator school-a ludus gladiatorius--

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and my job is to teach, not kill.

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My name is Dorkius, by the way.

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Fred the Freak.

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I should have flattened that meathead.

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You have guts!

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You might make a good gladiator someday.

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FRED: No kidding?!

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Say... ten years for the training,

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an extra three for biceps development.

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I'd be the biggest, baddest gladiator!

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Better make that five.

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At 50 denarii a year...

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I don't have enough money to train you.

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Perhaps I could use you

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for practice.

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Practice?

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Like, with those guys?

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( growling )

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( thud )

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You wouldn't last.

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I have a better idea.

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Follow me.

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Here's what I'm thinking:

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A lot of my gladiators aren't...

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how shall I put it?

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Happy.

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Many of them cannot be trusted.

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So, if you'll agree to spy on them

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and tell me everything you learn,

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I'll guarantee you a safe place to live and plenty of...

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FRED: Food!

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DORKIUS: Do we have a deal?

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Uh...

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Well, I don't...

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Excellent.

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( gladiators conversing loudly )

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( Fred chuckling )

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So the bad news is

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that gladiators smell like horse manure,

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which is maybe why they're wearing diapers.

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But you want to hear the good news?

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This food is awesome!

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So are we going to do it?

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Spy on these guys?

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Oh, forget it!

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If Dorkius wants to know stuff, let him find out.

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So I guess we should eat up and head back to the ring.

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The gladiators need your head for practice.

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( belches )

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( laughs )

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Hey, now you're talking!

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( Fred belches )

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Cut it out, I'm trying to eat.

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Here he is, folks: Fred Freakazoid,

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the Monsterweight Belching Champ!

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( belches )

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( chuckles )

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Who dares laugh at Fred the Freak?

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You think you can beat me?

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No, no.

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I just wish that were the measure of a man,

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instead of how many he can kill in an afternoon.

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Are you a gladiator?

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Yes, though not by choice.

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A year ago, I was living in Spain,

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teaching philosophy and writing poems.

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How'd you end up here?

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Rome captured my city, and I was sold into slavery.

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That's the story with most gladiators--

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unless I can beat my next opponent.

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If I manage that unlikely feat, I'll be a free man.

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Who do you have to fight?

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That one...

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the really huge one, Horridus.

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( growls )

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Did one of you... little boys say my name?

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Good.

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Make sure my name  never leaves your lips.

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Otherwise...

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You know, there's something I don't like about that guy.

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I'm not surprised.

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He looks like your brother Mike.

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You're right.

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Hey, Horridus!

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( growls )

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You're going to get us killed!

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Horridus...

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You forgot your lunch!

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( Horridus grunts )

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( gladiators grunting  and yelling )

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We have to get out of here!

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No-- did you see that?

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That was a major pile drive!

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We've got to find the Book!

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Hey, professor, where would you find books around here?

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There are books in Dorkius's library.

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But slaves are not allowed in his private quarters,

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on pain of death.

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Excellent!

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You've got to help us!

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If we don't get out of here, we're going to...

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( bellows )

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SAM AND JOE: Run!

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Hey, where's Fred?

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Get me out of here!

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Sorry to interrupt,

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but I'm curious about Roman plumbing.

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Are those flushing toilets?

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Is there a handle, or do you have to use a...

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PROFESSOR: This way!

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( scroll clatters )

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Ah, here we are.

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But where are the books?

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Right here-scrolls,

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containing all the wit and wisdom of the world.

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This small room is worth more than all the gold

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in the Empire.

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Hmm, no kidding?

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That's stealing.

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Put it back.

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Give me a break.

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Dorkius has hundreds of these things.

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He'll never miss it.

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PROFESSOR: You're mistaken.

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This is the Aeneid,

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one of the greatest poems ever written.

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We'll have to put it back.

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Poetry? Yuk.

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You don't like poetry?

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Listen to this:

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"In sleep, in dream, Hector appeared to me,

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"gaunt with sorrow, streaming tears,

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"all torn and black with bloody dust,

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"his puffed-out feet cut by the rawhide thongs,

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his beard all filth."

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Cool-any pictures?

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Hey, guys, I can't find the Book.

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It's not...

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You boys work fast.

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I see you've caught your first slave...

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stealing from his master.

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You boys are working for Dorkius?

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The professor well knows

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that the punishment for stealing is death.

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His will come tomorrow in the ring at the hands of Horridus.

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I will ensure that outcome.

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But as a special reward,

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you boys will wield the sword

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that ends his life.

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He wants us to kill the professor?

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Come back! Come back!

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Dorkius has another think coming, that's for sure.

277
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There's no way I'm going to hurt that poor professor guy.

278
00:11:01.862 --> 00:11:03.797
Hey, are you guys as amazed as I am?

279
00:11:04.297 --> 00:11:04.898
I mean, I always heard

280
00:11:05.398 --> 00:11:07.301
that Roman roads were really advanced,

281
00:11:07.801 --> 00:11:09.636
but these drainage systems are...

282
00:11:10.136 --> 00:11:10.637
Look!

283
00:11:11.137 --> 00:11:13.707
That must be an aqueduct!

284
00:11:14.207 --> 00:11:15.876
Did you know that the entire city of Rome

285
00:11:16.376 --> 00:11:18.812
gets running water from these things? Wow!

286
00:11:19.312 --> 00:11:20.714
Great.

287
00:11:21.214 --> 00:11:22.716
So when we're done killing the professor,

288
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we can wash the blood off our hands.

289
00:11:25.218 --> 00:11:25.719
Thanks, Sam!

290
00:11:26.219 --> 00:11:27.454
I feel much better.

291
00:11:27.954 --> 00:11:29.289
Oh, right.

292
00:11:29.789 --> 00:11:30.324
Sorry.

293
00:11:30.824 --> 00:11:31.325
Look.

294
00:11:31.825 --> 00:11:33.127
Up ahead.

295
00:11:33.627 --> 00:11:35.129
I think that's the Colosseum.

296
00:11:35.629 --> 00:11:38.232
( crowd cheering )

297
00:11:44.771 --> 00:11:47.741
Okay, so after we're forced to kill this guy,

298
00:11:48.241 --> 00:11:49.743
we'll probably be thrown to the lions.

299
00:11:50.243 --> 00:11:52.546
Does anyone besides me think we should find the Book

300
00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:54.181
and get out of here?

301
00:11:54.681 --> 00:11:55.282
Don't worry, guys.

302
00:11:55.782 --> 00:11:56.817
I'll come up with a plan.

303
00:12:00.453 --> 00:12:00.954
Ow!

304
00:12:01.454 --> 00:12:02.790
Was that part of your plan?

305
00:12:04.524 --> 00:12:05.626
( lions snarling )

306
00:12:06.126 --> 00:12:07.600
( jaws snapping )

307
00:12:09.950 --> 00:12:10.631
( towel snaps, Sam yelps )

308
00:12:11.131 --> 00:12:13.767
I am really getting sick of this place.

309
00:12:14.267 --> 00:12:14.768
Hey--

310
00:12:15.268 --> 00:12:16.637
I am so sorry, man.

311
00:12:17.137 --> 00:12:18.205
First, we didn't rat on you,

312
00:12:18.705 --> 00:12:21.800
and second, there's no way we're going to kill you.

313
00:12:21.508 --> 00:12:23.110
Have you ever read the writer Juvenal?

314
00:12:23.610 --> 00:12:27.781
"The people who once made rules, armies and all else

315
00:12:28.281 --> 00:12:31.919
now want just two things: bread and circuses."

316
00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:35.589
So don't worry-- my death is nothing more than a circus act.

317
00:12:36.890 --> 00:12:37.240
Leave it to us.

318
00:12:37.524 --> 00:12:40.694
We'll get you free, or my name's not Fred the Freak.

319
00:12:41.194 --> 00:12:43.163
Enjoying your last minute of life, Professor?

320
00:12:43.663 --> 00:12:44.798
It is a beautiful day.

321
00:12:45.298 --> 00:12:47.201
DORKIUS: This is how you'll kill him.

322
00:12:47.701 --> 00:12:49.200
A quick thrust down, like this,

323
00:12:49.502 --> 00:12:50.838
and up, like that.

324
00:12:51.338 --> 00:12:52.500
And don't worry,

325
00:12:52.505 --> 00:12:55.509
the professor will be incapable of fighting back.

326
00:12:56.900 --> 00:12:58.450
( laughing cruelly )

327
00:12:58.545 --> 00:13:01.140
Okay, Fred the Freak, so what's the plan?

328
00:13:01.514 --> 00:13:03.183
Not to worry-it's all in here.

329
00:13:03.683 --> 00:13:04.184
Not to worry?

330
00:13:04.684 --> 00:13:06.720
If your brain is anything like your room,

331
00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:08.550
we're in big trouble.

332
00:13:08.555 --> 00:13:13.260
( crowd cheering )

333
00:13:13.526 --> 00:13:15.629
We who are about to die

334
00:13:16.129 --> 00:13:17.498
salute you!

335
00:13:17.998 --> 00:13:19.199
( crowd roaring )

336
00:13:26.573 --> 00:13:27.307
Poor guy.

337
00:13:27.807 --> 00:13:28.642
He doesn't stand a chance.

338
00:13:36.182 --> 00:13:36.350
( bellows )

339
00:13:36.850 --> 00:13:37.851
Hey! Hey, no fair!

340
00:13:38.351 --> 00:13:39.953
That shield was broken!

341
00:13:40.453 --> 00:13:41.188
( grunting )

342
00:13:41.688 --> 00:13:42.155
( straining )

343
00:13:45.625 --> 00:13:46.593
Ha-ha!

344
00:13:47.930 --> 00:13:47.628
Huh?!

345
00:13:48.128 --> 00:13:49.997
Give me my sword!

346
00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:54.568
DORKIUS: For the emperor's pleasure,

347
00:13:55.680 --> 00:13:57.504
I have decided to give these three boys

348
00:13:58.400 --> 00:13:59.540
their first kill.

349
00:14:00.400 --> 00:14:01.375
( crowd cheering )

350
00:14:03.777 --> 00:14:05.178
Not to rush you or anything,

351
00:14:05.678 --> 00:14:07.114
but now might be a good time

352
00:14:07.614 --> 00:14:08.682
for that plan of yours.

353
00:14:09.182 --> 00:14:09.816
Okay.

354
00:14:10.316 --> 00:14:11.218
( clearing throat )

355
00:14:11.718 --> 00:14:13.220
Um, hi, everyone!

356
00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.621
( crowd quiets )

357
00:14:15.121 --> 00:14:19.459
Okay, so, uh, instead of killing the professor,

358
00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:21.610
how about we bring you

359
00:14:21.561 --> 00:14:24.331
the Time Warp Ninja Smackdown?

360
00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.340
( all growling )

361
00:14:37.210 --> 00:14:38.780
( whispering ): Play along.

362
00:14:42.148 --> 00:14:46.286
( crowd roaring )

363
00:14:58.231 --> 00:14:58.832
Ooh!

364
00:15:01.201 --> 00:15:01.268
( screams )

365
00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.471
( crowd roaring )

366
00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.374
Ha!

367
00:15:11.177 --> 00:15:13.460
( screaming; crowd cheering )

368
00:15:14.380 --> 00:15:17.184
( boys growling )

369
00:15:21.221 --> 00:15:22.122
( crowd roaring )

370
00:15:24.224 --> 00:15:25.459
FRED: Whoo-hoo!

371
00:15:25.959 --> 00:15:26.460
I did it!

372
00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.610
I am the man!

373
00:15:28.561 --> 00:15:30.630
If we get a thumbs-up from the emperor, we live.

374
00:15:31.130 --> 00:15:32.799
Thumbs down, we die.

375
00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:34.334
We die?

376
00:15:34.834 --> 00:15:36.300
Was that part of the plan?

377
00:15:36.503 --> 00:15:37.738
JOE: Good going, Fred!

378
00:15:38.238 --> 00:15:40.374
The emperor doesn't know what to make of it. See?

379
00:15:40.874 --> 00:15:42.809
He's looking to the keepers of Vesta's shrine--

380
00:15:43.309 --> 00:15:43.977
goddess of the hearth.

381
00:15:44.477 --> 00:15:47.347
He needs a sign from them.

382
00:15:58.224 --> 00:16:02.496
( crowd roaring )

383
00:16:02.996 --> 00:16:03.497
You freed me!

384
00:16:03.997 --> 00:16:04.831
Just as you promised!

385
00:16:05.331 --> 00:16:06.330
No problem.

386
00:16:06.533 --> 00:16:08.468
Any time you need a plan, I'm your man.

387
00:16:08.968 --> 00:16:10.504
Do you see what I see?

388
00:16:11.400 --> 00:16:12.372
FRED: Yeah-- six thumbs up.

389
00:16:12.872 --> 00:16:14.674
Let's go before their hands start to cramp.

390
00:16:15.174 --> 00:16:15.676
Samantha?

391
00:16:16.176 --> 00:16:18.311
What are you doing here?

392
00:16:18.811 --> 00:16:19.312
What am I doing?

393
00:16:19.812 --> 00:16:21.148
I'm trying to save your butt!

394
00:16:21.648 --> 00:16:22.849
How dare you mock me!

395
00:16:25.718 --> 00:16:27.821
Now all four of you shall die!

396
00:16:28.321 --> 00:16:30.190
( bellowing )

397
00:16:30.690 --> 00:16:31.191
( grunts )

398
00:16:31.691 --> 00:16:33.827
I think it's time to run...!

399
00:16:34.327 --> 00:16:34.961
Wait for me!

400
00:16:35.461 --> 00:16:36.663
How do we get out of here?

401
00:16:37.163 --> 00:16:38.298
Over there-a trap door!

402
00:16:39.832 --> 00:16:41.134
( all screaming )

403
00:16:50.143 --> 00:16:52.779
( water dripping, echoing )

404
00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.980
( bat wings rustling )

405
00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.816
Whoa!

406
00:16:57.150 --> 00:16:57.751
( Sam screams )

407
00:17:00.386 --> 00:17:00.787
( hissing )

408
00:17:01.287 --> 00:17:02.489
( screaming )

409
00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.828
( screaming )

410
00:17:11.197 --> 00:17:12.732
So where's the Book?

411
00:17:13.232 --> 00:17:16.169
If I knew, do you think I'd be standing here?

412
00:17:16.669 --> 00:17:17.204
Uh-oh.

413
00:17:17.704 --> 00:17:18.205
There they are!

414
00:17:18.705 --> 00:17:19.372
( bellowing )

415
00:17:19.872 --> 00:17:20.574
( all screaming )

416
00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.420
( roaring )

417
00:17:22.542 --> 00:17:23.143
Follow me!

418
00:17:31.284 --> 00:17:32.385
Do you know where we're going?

419
00:17:32.885 --> 00:17:33.420
Of course!

420
00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.655
I've been to Rome dozens of times.

421
00:17:36.155 --> 00:17:37.924
I know a great place to hide.

422
00:17:38.424 --> 00:17:39.793
SAMANTHA: See over there?

423
00:17:40.293 --> 00:17:41.995
Pompey's Theater-where Caesar got killed.

424
00:17:42.495 --> 00:17:42.996
And up there...

425
00:17:43.496 --> 00:17:44.998
Where'd it go?

426
00:17:45.498 --> 00:17:46.533
Oh, right.

427
00:17:47.330 --> 00:17:49.236
See, I thought we could hide out in the Pantheon.

428
00:17:49.736 --> 00:17:52.500
I forgot the emperor tore it down to build a new one.

429
00:17:52.505 --> 00:17:54.241
It's interesting how they're constructing...

430
00:17:54.741 --> 00:17:55.308
Hey--

431
00:17:55.808 --> 00:17:56.476
love the tour and all,

432
00:17:56.976 --> 00:17:58.778
but we're kind of busy right now, remember?

433
00:17:59.278 --> 00:17:59.780
Oh, right!

434
00:18:00.280 --> 00:18:01.314
I know another safe place.

435
00:18:01.814 --> 00:18:02.315
This way!

436
00:18:02.815 --> 00:18:03.250
( roaring )

437
00:18:03.750 --> 00:18:04.351
( all shouting )

438
00:18:06.185 --> 00:18:07.530
You know what, Horridus?

439
00:18:07.553 --> 00:18:07.988
What?

440
00:18:08.488 --> 00:18:10.390
Pick on people your own size.

441
00:18:10.890 --> 00:18:12.759
( bellows )

442
00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:15.662
Ooh. Plus you could use a breath mint.

443
00:18:16.162 --> 00:18:16.396
( grunts )

444
00:18:16.896 --> 00:18:17.464
( yelps )

445
00:18:17.964 --> 00:18:20.100
( whimpering, weeping )

446
00:18:21.734 --> 00:18:22.602
PROFESSOR: Wait!

447
00:18:23.102 --> 00:18:24.337
You can't go in there!

448
00:18:24.837 --> 00:18:25.939
It's not allowed!

449
00:18:26.439 --> 00:18:27.808
You can't go in there!

450
00:18:28.308 --> 00:18:29.409
Too late!

451
00:18:31.210 --> 00:18:33.180
PROFESSOR: This is the Temple of Vesta.

452
00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.948
Men are not allowed inside.

453
00:18:35.448 --> 00:18:36.650
It's protected by the gods

454
00:18:37.150 --> 00:18:38.518
and all the Vestal priestesses.

455
00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.953
Her?

456
00:18:40.453 --> 00:18:42.189
A priestess?

457
00:18:42.689 --> 00:18:44.124
( boys laughing )

458
00:18:44.624 --> 00:18:45.458
This is not a joke!

459
00:18:45.958 --> 00:18:47.600
If we're found in here,

460
00:18:47.560 --> 00:18:49.129
we will be...

461
00:18:49.629 --> 00:18:50.197
GIRL: Buried...

462
00:18:50.697 --> 00:18:51.798
alive.

463
00:18:57.637 --> 00:19:00.574
Priestess, forgive us, we meant no harm.

464
00:19:06.512 --> 00:19:07.581
There are one or two of you

465
00:19:08.810 --> 00:19:09.482
who might deserve to be buried.

466
00:19:09.982 --> 00:19:13.420
But I will forgive you-this time.

467
00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:20.227
Priestess, vidistine  librum caeruleum...

468
00:19:20.727 --> 00:19:22.629
Have you seen a big blue book?

469
00:19:23.129 --> 00:19:24.264
We need it to get...( gasps )

470
00:19:24.764 --> 00:19:25.799
She's got the Book!

471
00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:29.736
You may have the Book... on one condition.

472
00:19:30.236 --> 00:19:32.806
You must kiss my foot.

473
00:19:33.306 --> 00:19:34.574
You're kidding, right?

474
00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.443
( Horridus bellowing outside )

475
00:19:36.943 --> 00:19:37.744
It's Horridus!

476
00:19:38.244 --> 00:19:39.779
Kiss her feet!

477
00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:43.583
And say, "I am not worthy."

478
00:19:44.830 --> 00:19:45.852
Aw, give me a break!

479
00:19:46.352 --> 00:19:47.387
( Horridus bellowing )

480
00:19:47.887 --> 00:19:48.955
Okay, okay!

481
00:19:52.959 --> 00:19:54.861
( grudgingly ): I am not worthy.

482
00:19:56.362 --> 00:19:56.830
Aw...

483
00:19:58.297 --> 00:19:59.432
( kids exclaim )

484
00:19:59.932 --> 00:20:02.102
Wait! What about the professor?

485
00:20:02.602 --> 00:20:03.103
Can he come, too?

486
00:20:03.603 --> 00:20:05.238
I'm sorry, it has been foretold.

487
00:20:05.738 --> 00:20:07.741
"The boys must leave without delay,

488
00:20:08.241 --> 00:20:10.910
but here in Rome the professor must stay."

489
00:20:11.410 --> 00:20:12.445
Wait! He'll get killed!

490
00:20:12.945 --> 00:20:14.140
Wait!

491
00:20:14.514 --> 00:20:16.349
( boys coughing )

492
00:20:18.818 --> 00:20:19.586
Where were we?

493
00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.870
Oh, yeah.

494
00:20:21.587 --> 00:20:23.490
Eat my socks.

495
00:20:23.990 --> 00:20:24.958
What's the matter with you?

496
00:20:25.458 --> 00:20:27.360
They're pounding the professor!

497
00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:29.290
There's not much we can do--

498
00:20:29.529 --> 00:20:30.664
unless you want to go back.

499
00:20:31.164 --> 00:20:31.932
ANNA: You know,

500
00:20:32.432 --> 00:20:34.200
I'm sure your friend is okay.

501
00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:36.670
He probably turned out to be a great poet

502
00:20:37.170 --> 00:20:38.738
or something.

503
00:20:39.238 --> 00:20:41.308
Quit patting me!

504
00:20:41.808 --> 00:20:43.143
How does she... I mean...

505
00:20:43.643 --> 00:20:45.679
Ignore her-she doesn't know anything.

506
00:20:46.179 --> 00:20:47.514
There's got to be a way to find out

507
00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.848
if the professor escaped.

508
00:20:49.348 --> 00:20:50.383
JOE:  Fred was so determined

509
00:20:50.883 --> 00:20:52.686
to find out what happened  to the professor

510
00:20:53.186 --> 00:20:55.255
that he went someplace  he'd never been before.

511
00:20:55.755 --> 00:20:56.256
Gotta go.

512
00:20:58.691 --> 00:20:59.559
( sighing )

513
00:21:00.590 --> 00:21:03.263
These Roman dudes made  way too many statues.

514
00:21:05.631 --> 00:21:06.199
I don't believe it!

515
00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:08.100
It's him!

516
00:21:08.501 --> 00:21:09.803
The professor-- I found him!

517
00:21:10.303 --> 00:21:11.271
He made it!

518
00:21:11.771 --> 00:21:13.940
( laughing, imitating trumpet )

519
00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.608
Shut your trap, okay?!

520
00:21:16.108 --> 00:21:17.143
I can't hear the TV!

521
00:21:17.643 --> 00:21:18.411
You know what?

522
00:21:18.911 --> 00:21:21.614
This is my room and I'll yell as much as I want.

523
00:21:22.114 --> 00:21:23.830
And you know what else?

524
00:21:23.583 --> 00:21:24.451
Knock next time!

525
00:21:27.186 --> 00:21:27.687
( polite knock )

526
00:21:28.187 --> 00:21:29.550
Yes?

527
00:21:29.555 --> 00:21:30.523
Who is it?

528
00:21:31.230 --> 00:21:33.593
Could you please shut your trap?

529
00:21:34.930 --> 00:21:35.195
I can't hear the TV.

530
00:21:35.695 --> 00:21:38.531
And also, if you don't, I'm going to pound you!

531
00:21:39.310 --> 00:21:39.532
Sure.

532
00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:41.301
Okay, I'll keep it down.

533
00:21:43.135 --> 00:21:43.603
( snorts )

534
00:21:44.103 --> 00:21:46.306
( straining )

535
00:21:46.806 --> 00:21:47.307
Ow.

536
00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:57.484
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