1 00:00:34,444 --> 00:00:37,004 - There it is. - The oranges just to the side? 2 00:00:37,044 --> 00:00:39,035 That's lovely. 3 00:00:44,084 --> 00:00:46,075 Is very small. 4 00:00:49,844 --> 00:00:51,835 This is the front. 5 00:00:53,164 --> 00:00:55,155 Come on, come on! 6 00:01:32,884 --> 00:01:34,875 It is too smalls. 7 00:01:35,204 --> 00:01:37,115 That's the whole point, Spiro! 8 00:01:37,164 --> 00:01:40,361 Yes, but your friends, Mr Larrys. 9 00:01:40,404 --> 00:01:43,237 - I have no friends. - (Margo) I can see the sea! 10 00:01:43,284 --> 00:01:46,993 In Corfu, the sea can be seen everywheres. 11 00:01:47,044 --> 00:01:49,035 No, no, no, no! 12 00:01:49,084 --> 00:01:51,075 It is too smalls. 13 00:01:52,244 --> 00:01:53,996 Oh, It is small, Spiro. 14 00:01:54,044 --> 00:01:57,400 I knows. For all your friends, it is too smalls. 15 00:01:57,444 --> 00:02:01,073 That's the whole point, Spiro! No friends, no Great-Aunt Hermione. 16 00:02:01,124 --> 00:02:03,115 I suppose so. 17 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:06,841 Are we going to have it? I think it's wonderful. 18 00:02:06,884 --> 00:02:10,718 There's lots of geckos and mantids, and in my room there's a bat. 19 00:02:10,764 --> 00:02:12,755 (Margo screams) 20 00:02:13,684 --> 00:02:16,562 That's my room, Margo! You don't like bats! 21 00:03:07,724 --> 00:03:12,275 He's mostly English, dear, although he's called Mr Kralefsky, isn't he, Spiro? 22 00:03:12,324 --> 00:03:14,554 Yes. He is very English mans. 23 00:03:14,604 --> 00:03:18,438 - And he lives with birds. - Oh, yes, he knows all about birds, Gerry. 24 00:03:18,484 --> 00:03:21,874 I've heard that one. They don't know the difference between 25 00:03:21,924 --> 00:03:24,313 a black redstart and a normal one. 26 00:03:24,364 --> 00:03:26,594 Things like that, simple things. 27 00:03:26,644 --> 00:03:30,796 Oh, I'm sure that Mr Kralefsky knows all about, er…red blackbirds. 28 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:33,233 He's a very nice man. 29 00:03:34,004 --> 00:03:36,643 I expect he used to keep a canary or something. 30 00:03:36,684 --> 00:03:39,278 Yes, canaries, everythings. 31 00:03:39,324 --> 00:03:42,714 Mm. And the bat has gone from my room. 32 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:47,918 Oh, that's nice. Well, off you go, dear. The sooner you start, the sooner you finish. 33 00:03:47,964 --> 00:03:51,001 Yes, Master Gerrys, you must be educate. 34 00:03:52,084 --> 00:03:53,881 - You must. - (Sighs) 35 00:03:53,924 --> 00:03:56,119 No, no, no, no. Come on, come on. 36 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:07,197 (Spiro) ♪ Not thin, and yet not too much meat-a 37 00:04:07,244 --> 00:04:10,395 ♪ I'll woo her a while with my Argentine style 38 00:04:10,444 --> 00:04:13,004 ♪ And sweep her right off of her feet-a ♪ 39 00:04:14,324 --> 00:04:16,997 What's the matter? Why don't you sing? 40 00:04:17,044 --> 00:04:20,832 I don't know why this person can't come to the villa to educate me. 41 00:04:20,884 --> 00:04:23,352 Oh, no! 42 00:04:23,404 --> 00:04:28,524 Because, if he does, you will make him play with, er…bugs and horrible animals, 43 00:04:28,564 --> 00:04:31,203 and you will not be learned anythings. 44 00:04:31,244 --> 00:04:33,394 You must be learned everything. 45 00:04:33,444 --> 00:04:38,359 And they all loves your sister, which must be stopped, 46 00:04:38,404 --> 00:04:41,555 for the sake of your mother, who is a saint. 47 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:47,317 ♪ I am thinking of a señorita 48 00:04:47,364 --> 00:04:50,083 ♪ Not thin, and yet not too much meat-a ♪ 49 00:04:50,124 --> 00:04:53,594 (Frank Crumit recording) ♪ I'll woo her a while in my Argentine style 50 00:04:53,644 --> 00:04:56,716 ♪ I'll carry her off of her feet-a 51 00:05:03,844 --> 00:05:06,642 ♪ It was at a swell cabaretta 52 00:05:06,684 --> 00:05:08,640 ♪ While wining and dining I met her… ♪ 53 00:05:08,684 --> 00:05:11,039 OK. You ring the bell, and he will come. 54 00:05:11,084 --> 00:05:14,281 ♪ We drank one or two, as other folks do 55 00:05:14,324 --> 00:05:17,555 ♪ The night was wet but she got wetter 56 00:05:17,604 --> 00:05:20,960 ♪ She told me her name was Estrella 57 00:05:21,004 --> 00:05:24,360 ♪ She said, "Stick around me, young fella 58 00:05:24,404 --> 00:05:27,794 ♪ "Mosquitoes, they bite, and they're awful tonight 59 00:05:27,844 --> 00:05:31,280 ♪ "And you smell just like citronella"♪ 60 00:05:41,004 --> 00:05:46,032 Education, Gerald. One can not overestimate the importance of education. 61 00:05:46,964 --> 00:05:49,478 Well, now, yes, let me see… 62 00:05:49,524 --> 00:05:55,156 Ah, yes, counties. How many counties are there in England? 63 00:05:55,204 --> 00:05:57,195 Um, I don't know. 64 00:05:57,884 --> 00:06:02,799 You don't know? Well, say them after me. Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, 65 00:06:02,844 --> 00:06:05,483 Shropshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, 66 00:06:05,524 --> 00:06:08,084 Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire. 67 00:06:08,124 --> 00:06:10,684 Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, 68 00:06:12,964 --> 00:06:15,239 - Shropshire. - Shropshire. 69 00:06:15,284 --> 00:06:19,197 - Warwickshire. - Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, 70 00:06:19,244 --> 00:06:21,474 Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire. 71 00:06:21,524 --> 00:06:23,242 Ah. Good. 72 00:06:23,284 --> 00:06:25,275 (Bell tinkling) 73 00:06:25,964 --> 00:06:27,795 Oh, er… 74 00:06:27,844 --> 00:06:30,881 Excuse me, I must go and see to Mother. 75 00:06:40,124 --> 00:06:43,082 And he keeps wanting to go to the lavatory. 76 00:06:43,124 --> 00:06:45,479 Gerald! 77 00:06:45,524 --> 00:06:48,357 He doesn't say, "I want to go to the lavatory," 78 00:06:48,404 --> 00:06:51,237 he says he must go and see his mother. 79 00:06:51,284 --> 00:06:53,559 Well, that's very nice, dear. 80 00:06:54,644 --> 00:06:56,475 But what are you learning? 81 00:06:56,524 --> 00:06:59,914 Oh, lots. The county town of Warwickshire is Warwick. 82 00:06:59,964 --> 00:07:02,603 The county town of Oxfordshire is Oxford. 83 00:07:02,644 --> 00:07:05,761 The county town of Yorkshire is York. 84 00:07:15,324 --> 00:07:17,315 Somerset. 85 00:07:17,364 --> 00:07:20,242 - Somerset? - The county town of Somerset. 86 00:07:21,764 --> 00:07:23,755 Um… 87 00:07:24,364 --> 00:07:28,277 Oh, Gerald! Taunton is the county town of Somerset. 88 00:07:28,324 --> 00:07:32,476 Now, tell me, what is produced in Essex? 89 00:07:33,364 --> 00:07:35,355 Stainless steel? 90 00:07:37,444 --> 00:07:39,435 Stainless steel… 91 00:07:40,684 --> 00:07:42,959 Oh. 92 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:44,995 Somerset? 93 00:07:45,044 --> 00:07:47,035 Coal. 94 00:07:48,684 --> 00:07:51,323 - Oxfordshire? - Coal? 95 00:07:51,364 --> 00:07:53,195 Oh. 96 00:07:53,244 --> 00:07:55,235 Yorkshire. 97 00:07:55,284 --> 00:07:57,275 Coal. 98 00:07:58,164 --> 00:08:00,632 Yes, yes. 99 00:08:00,684 --> 00:08:02,993 Some coal. 100 00:08:03,044 --> 00:08:05,717 Now, arithmetic. 101 00:08:06,564 --> 00:08:08,555 (Car horn) 102 00:08:13,684 --> 00:08:17,199 Spiro. By Jove, by Jove, by Jove. 103 00:08:17,804 --> 00:08:21,080 12:30 already. The end of another scholastic day. 104 00:08:21,124 --> 00:08:23,001 Well, off you go. 105 00:08:23,044 --> 00:08:26,480 I have to collect some groundsel, for the birds. 106 00:08:27,924 --> 00:08:32,236 - (Gerry) What sort of birds? - All kinds of birds. He's crazy about birds. 107 00:08:32,284 --> 00:08:35,594 - Where does he keep them? - He lives with them in their houses. 108 00:08:35,644 --> 00:08:40,035 Oh, stuffed. He must be crazy, collecting groundsel for stuffed birds. 109 00:08:40,084 --> 00:08:44,839 Yes, he is crazy. Only, aren't you as crazy? You have parrots in your house. 110 00:08:44,884 --> 00:08:49,241 You have owls and horrible toadies, and he has beautiful birds. 111 00:08:49,284 --> 00:08:50,922 And he is a very clever mans, 112 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:54,240 and he will learned you everythings if only you will listens! 113 00:09:27,564 --> 00:09:29,555 (Larry) Not more animals! 114 00:09:30,644 --> 00:09:33,112 - Look! - (Larry) Revolting! 115 00:09:33,164 --> 00:09:35,962 (Margo) Oh, I think they're sweet! 116 00:09:36,444 --> 00:09:37,957 What are they? 117 00:09:38,004 --> 00:09:40,643 (Spiro) Gollys, Master Gerrys, what's thems? 118 00:09:40,684 --> 00:09:43,244 They are, as a matter of fact, magpies. 119 00:09:43,284 --> 00:09:45,161 They'll be very simple to feed. 120 00:09:45,204 --> 00:09:47,001 They're very pretty, really. 121 00:09:47,044 --> 00:09:51,162 - I hope they're old enough to eat, dear. - Oh, Mrs Durrells, you can't eats thems! 122 00:09:51,204 --> 00:09:54,037 - (Chuckles) - (Larry) They'll steal everything. 123 00:09:54,084 --> 00:09:58,123 (Leslie) I shall probably shoot them by mistake, and that'lll cause a ruction! 124 00:09:58,164 --> 00:10:00,155 (Spiro) Honest to gods! 125 00:10:00,204 --> 00:10:02,638 The things that Master Gerrys finds! 126 00:10:02,684 --> 00:10:05,357 Nothing will be safe. Everything will vanish. 127 00:10:05,404 --> 00:10:09,522 - Well, that's jackdaws, isn't it? - No, no, magpies as well. 128 00:10:10,244 --> 00:10:12,121 Look. 129 00:10:12,164 --> 00:10:16,043 - See? They want the money. - Nonsense, dear! They're hungry. 130 00:10:16,084 --> 00:10:19,156 They've got criminal tendencies. They're thieves. 131 00:10:19,204 --> 00:10:23,322 An animal that wants money, a horrible thought. You can't have them in the house. 132 00:10:23,364 --> 00:10:25,241 You'll have to put them back. 133 00:10:25,284 --> 00:10:29,641 I couldn't, they'd die. Their mother would desert them and they'd starve. 134 00:10:29,684 --> 00:10:33,279 Poor little things. I think they're very sweet. 135 00:10:33,324 --> 00:10:37,237 Don't take any notice, he's lying. He just knows how to get round you. 136 00:10:37,284 --> 00:10:40,162 It wouldn't do any harm to keep them. They'll starve. 137 00:10:40,204 --> 00:10:43,560 - (Larry) They won't starve! - Best to wring their necks now, 138 00:10:43,604 --> 00:10:45,196 before they become a nuisance. 139 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:49,362 Right. They'll steal from every room. We'll have to bury all our valuables. 140 00:10:49,404 --> 00:10:52,077 Unless we put an armed guard around them. 141 00:10:52,124 --> 00:10:53,796 It's lunacy! 142 00:10:53,844 --> 00:10:57,075 - Look at them! Look at them! - Horribles little bastards! 143 00:10:57,124 --> 00:11:01,037 They're not bastards, Spiro, they're magpies. All they want is a name. 144 00:11:01,084 --> 00:11:05,362 - What do you calls thems? - Magpies, Spiro. Little magpies. 145 00:11:05,404 --> 00:11:08,202 Maggenpies? Maggenpies, eh… 146 00:11:08,244 --> 00:11:10,838 (Margo) No, magpies, Spiro. 147 00:11:10,884 --> 00:11:13,273 That's what I says, maggenpies. Oh! 148 00:11:21,524 --> 00:11:23,515 Maggenpies! 149 00:11:25,164 --> 00:11:29,954 William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Henry II. 150 00:11:30,004 --> 00:11:35,636 William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Henry II. 151 00:11:35,684 --> 00:11:37,959 Yes? 152 00:11:38,004 --> 00:11:41,394 - Henry III? - No. Richard I. 153 00:11:41,444 --> 00:11:43,435 Surnamed Coeur de Lion. 154 00:11:44,044 --> 00:11:45,557 Why are you a fidget? 155 00:11:45,604 --> 00:11:49,995 I had a lot of loquats for breakfast, and I would like to… 156 00:11:50,044 --> 00:11:52,956 pay a visit to…your mother. 157 00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:55,802 I beg your pardon? 158 00:11:55,844 --> 00:11:57,835 I have to! 159 00:11:59,324 --> 00:12:02,441 Oh, well, er…come, then. 160 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:09,000 But, er, perhaps first I'd better see if it's convenient, erm… 161 00:12:10,084 --> 00:12:12,075 Er, tidy. 162 00:12:13,324 --> 00:12:16,122 It doesn't matter. Ours is often in a mess. 163 00:12:17,044 --> 00:12:21,560 Oh, I'm sure she'll be delighted to meet you, but, please, do let me go in first. 164 00:12:21,604 --> 00:12:23,595 - Of course. - Just a moment. 165 00:12:40,004 --> 00:12:42,472 Mother will be delighted to meet you. 166 00:12:51,044 --> 00:12:53,035 Mother. 167 00:12:53,084 --> 00:12:55,075 Here's Gerry, come to see you. 168 00:12:56,564 --> 00:13:00,079 Aren't I a bore? Aren't old people bores? 169 00:13:33,284 --> 00:13:35,434 I'm flattered you asked to see me. 170 00:13:35,484 --> 00:13:37,281 I thought… 171 00:13:39,044 --> 00:13:41,194 Do sit down and talk for a minute. 172 00:13:47,684 --> 00:13:50,835 It's so soft! Silky… 173 00:13:50,884 --> 00:13:53,478 My one remaining vanity. 174 00:13:54,324 --> 00:13:56,315 All that's left of my beauty. 175 00:13:57,724 --> 00:14:01,558 How beautiful things fall in love with themselves, don't they? 176 00:14:01,604 --> 00:14:04,198 They feed on it, on themselves. 177 00:14:04,244 --> 00:14:07,236 The more beautiful they are, the stronger they become. 178 00:14:07,284 --> 00:14:09,593 That's what's happened to my hair. 179 00:14:11,084 --> 00:14:16,681 It'll probably grow for ever, deep-packed in my coffin, rooted in my dust. 180 00:14:16,724 --> 00:14:20,876 Mother, you mustn't talk thus. I don't like to hear such morbid thoughts. 181 00:14:20,924 --> 00:14:22,915 It's not morbid, is it, Gerry? 182 00:14:22,964 --> 00:14:30,279 Not at all morbid. Besides, think what a wonderful shroud… 183 00:14:31,884 --> 00:14:33,875 (Bell tinkles) 184 00:14:34,964 --> 00:14:38,400 By Jove, by Jove, by Jove! Eggs. 185 00:14:38,444 --> 00:14:40,435 Well, run along, run along. 186 00:14:40,484 --> 00:14:43,874 Gerry and I will chat until you come back. Don't worry about us. 187 00:14:48,164 --> 00:14:50,155 That's the ticket! 188 00:14:57,324 --> 00:14:59,315 My son… 189 00:14:59,364 --> 00:15:01,878 He teaches you…well? 190 00:15:01,924 --> 00:15:04,358 - Sort of. - He knows a great deal. 191 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:07,760 - Yes. - Has he found your friendship? 192 00:15:07,804 --> 00:15:10,193 He does make me repeat everything. 193 00:15:10,924 --> 00:15:12,915 Yes… 194 00:15:12,964 --> 00:15:16,798 Do you have an interest in birds? 195 00:15:16,844 --> 00:15:19,074 Natural things? 196 00:15:19,124 --> 00:15:21,274 - Flowers? - Oh, yes! 197 00:15:21,324 --> 00:15:26,603 Right. You must ask him to let you meet some of his beautiful birds. 198 00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:33,324 - Do you think I'm old? - Oh, yes. 199 00:15:33,364 --> 00:15:35,878 - Very old. - I am. 200 00:15:37,644 --> 00:15:39,760 I am very old! 201 00:15:42,004 --> 00:15:45,155 They say that…when you grow old, 202 00:15:45,204 --> 00:15:47,274 your body slows down. 203 00:15:48,564 --> 00:15:50,555 It does not. 204 00:15:50,604 --> 00:15:53,960 Life slows down for you. 205 00:15:55,004 --> 00:15:58,599 Extraordinary things you would never suspect happen all around you. 206 00:16:00,444 --> 00:16:02,435 Flowers talk! 207 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:06,239 - Have you heard them? - No! 208 00:16:06,284 --> 00:16:09,162 When you get to my age you will. 209 00:16:10,284 --> 00:16:12,559 That is, if you retain an open mind. 210 00:16:12,604 --> 00:16:15,323 - What do they say? - Ah… 211 00:16:15,364 --> 00:16:17,355 I don't know. 212 00:16:17,404 --> 00:16:22,239 I'm too old to start learning another language. Well, It can't be learnt. 213 00:16:22,284 --> 00:16:24,844 It can only become known. 214 00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:30,595 People say that when you grow old, you believe less and are surprised at nothing, 215 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,715 so you are more receptive to ideas. 216 00:16:33,764 --> 00:16:35,755 Nonsense! 217 00:16:35,804 --> 00:16:41,436 All the old people I know have their minds locked up like grey, scaly oysters. 218 00:16:43,884 --> 00:16:45,920 You think I'm loopy, don't you? 219 00:16:45,964 --> 00:16:49,320 Babbling on about flowers talking. 220 00:16:50,244 --> 00:16:52,235 Look at that rose. 221 00:16:52,284 --> 00:16:54,320 Isn't he wonderful? 222 00:16:56,284 --> 00:17:00,163 He's been with me now for two weeks, fully open. 223 00:17:00,204 --> 00:17:03,640 He was so sick when he first arrived. 224 00:17:03,684 --> 00:17:05,675 I feared for his life. 225 00:17:06,164 --> 00:17:09,759 He was put with daisies! Fatal! 226 00:17:09,804 --> 00:17:11,795 Absolutely fatal! 227 00:17:13,164 --> 00:17:16,474 The daisy family is so cruel, so… 228 00:17:17,484 --> 00:17:19,475 working-class. 229 00:17:19,524 --> 00:17:26,441 All right in their own way, but rough and ready, down to earth, a spade's a spade. 230 00:17:28,484 --> 00:17:31,601 And to put an aristocrat among them! Oh! 231 00:17:32,324 --> 00:17:34,315 It never works. 232 00:17:34,364 --> 00:17:39,518 He drooped and faded so much I didn't even see him among them. 233 00:17:41,044 --> 00:17:44,639 He was being harried to death by Michaelmas daisies. 234 00:17:46,084 --> 00:17:48,473 And then… 235 00:17:48,524 --> 00:17:51,322 I heard the merest bleat of another voice. 236 00:17:52,284 --> 00:17:55,594 A much more cultured voice. 237 00:17:55,644 --> 00:17:59,159 And there I found him, 238 00:17:59,204 --> 00:18:05,040 crushed amongst them, fading fast. 239 00:18:06,964 --> 00:18:08,955 Look at him now. 240 00:18:10,084 --> 00:18:13,440 Taken from the daisies, half an aspirin, 241 00:18:13,484 --> 00:18:19,275 and he's thanking me by remaining beautiful for as long as he can. 242 00:18:21,404 --> 00:18:23,395 Just like people. 243 00:18:26,364 --> 00:18:28,355 (Door opens) 244 00:18:31,684 --> 00:18:34,152 They've hatched. The whole clutch. 245 00:18:34,204 --> 00:18:36,195 Good! I am so glad. 246 00:18:37,204 --> 00:18:41,482 Gerry and I have been talking about the most interesting things. 247 00:18:41,524 --> 00:18:43,754 At least, I thought they were interesting. 248 00:18:43,804 --> 00:18:46,193 So did I. Thank you. 249 00:18:46,244 --> 00:18:48,997 - You must come again. - I will If I may. 250 00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:53,159 Would you like to see my birds? 251 00:18:53,204 --> 00:18:55,195 I would be most interested. 252 00:18:57,604 --> 00:18:59,640 Well, goodbye. 253 00:18:59,684 --> 00:19:01,675 (Gerry) Goodbye. 254 00:19:06,084 --> 00:19:08,075 Goodbye. 255 00:19:13,404 --> 00:19:15,395 (Mother chuckles) 256 00:19:20,884 --> 00:19:24,672 When you asked to see Mother, I thought you and I might become friends. 257 00:19:24,724 --> 00:19:28,273 It is important, if I'm to teach you anything, isn't it? 258 00:19:28,324 --> 00:19:30,394 - Yes. - Friends. 259 00:19:30,444 --> 00:19:32,400 That's the ticket! 260 00:19:32,444 --> 00:19:35,800 First, before we go and see the birds, 261 00:19:37,004 --> 00:19:38,801 might I go to the lavatory? 262 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:41,312 Of course. 263 00:19:49,044 --> 00:19:51,035 (Birds twittering) 264 00:19:54,804 --> 00:19:57,841 Come in. Come in. 265 00:20:10,804 --> 00:20:13,113 Here I am, my little beauties. 266 00:20:13,164 --> 00:20:18,238 Here I am. I haven't forgotten you. Oh, no. Here we are. 267 00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:20,275 This is for you. 268 00:20:20,324 --> 00:20:25,557 There. No, no, no! Don't do that, not in your nice clean water. 269 00:20:25,604 --> 00:20:27,913 Now, let me see… 270 00:20:29,684 --> 00:20:35,759 There we are. Now, my little beauties, it's your turn, it's your turn. 271 00:20:36,644 --> 00:20:38,635 There we are. 272 00:20:39,764 --> 00:20:42,961 At first I thought they were all canaries. 273 00:20:43,004 --> 00:20:46,599 Oh, no, no, no, no. Bullfinches, goldfinches, 274 00:20:46,644 --> 00:20:48,919 serins, zebra finches. 275 00:20:49,644 --> 00:20:51,600 All kinds. 276 00:20:51,644 --> 00:20:55,557 Now, the water goes into there. 277 00:20:55,604 --> 00:20:58,437 Very carefully. That's excell… 278 00:20:58,484 --> 00:21:00,475 Excellent. 279 00:21:00,524 --> 00:21:02,640 Yes. Here you are, my dears. 280 00:21:02,684 --> 00:21:04,675 Here you are, my dears. 281 00:21:05,204 --> 00:21:07,274 Now, you will not be forgotten. 282 00:21:08,004 --> 00:21:09,960 You will not be… 283 00:21:10,004 --> 00:21:11,995 Oh, dear. Dear, dear. 284 00:21:13,004 --> 00:21:14,995 No, no, you must do better. 285 00:21:15,044 --> 00:21:17,035 Only two, my dear, only two. 286 00:21:17,084 --> 00:21:21,475 One can hardly call that a clutch, with the best will in the world. 287 00:21:22,484 --> 00:21:24,440 Oh, dear, dear. 288 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:26,475 Most disappointing. 289 00:21:28,604 --> 00:21:30,595 Come. There's more. 290 00:21:38,204 --> 00:21:40,399 Oh, they're in fine fettle today. 291 00:21:40,444 --> 00:21:42,435 It's the sunshine, you know. 292 00:21:42,484 --> 00:21:46,602 Once the sun gets to the side of the house, they start to sing. 293 00:21:46,644 --> 00:21:48,555 Don't you? 294 00:21:48,604 --> 00:21:50,595 Beautiful. 295 00:21:52,804 --> 00:21:54,681 I've got some magpies. 296 00:22:00,244 --> 00:22:02,235 Beautiful. 297 00:22:04,004 --> 00:22:05,881 Beautiful. 298 00:22:29,204 --> 00:22:31,672 Maggie! 299 00:22:42,964 --> 00:22:44,955 Well done. 300 00:22:45,724 --> 00:22:46,952 (Squawks) 301 00:22:47,004 --> 00:22:48,995 Good boy, Maggie! 302 00:22:54,484 --> 00:22:59,194 There, in Hyde Park, with her back to a tree, was a lady. 303 00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:03,317 Her skirts were torn, her legs were bitten and bloody. 304 00:23:03,364 --> 00:23:07,243 With a deckchair, she was fending off a ravening bull terrier. 305 00:23:07,284 --> 00:23:11,277 Her strength was ebbing. I was the only gentleman in sight. 306 00:23:11,324 --> 00:23:13,315 There was not a moment to be lost. 307 00:23:13,364 --> 00:23:17,516 I bounded forward and struck the brute with my walking stick. 308 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:24,441 The stick broke. The animal contemplated my throat. 309 00:23:26,164 --> 00:23:28,155 (Sighs) 310 00:23:28,924 --> 00:23:32,633 "Aimer", the verb "to love". 311 00:23:35,004 --> 00:23:36,995 The verb "to love"? 312 00:23:39,404 --> 00:23:42,794 J'aime, tu aimes, il aime, 313 00:23:42,844 --> 00:23:49,113 elle aime, nous aimons, vous aimez, ils aiment, elles aiment. 314 00:23:51,924 --> 00:23:54,836 And then, though he was armed with only a knife, 315 00:23:54,884 --> 00:24:00,163 he killed six of the ruffians, with his knife he concealed in his mosquito boot. 316 00:24:01,764 --> 00:24:05,040 And thus the lady was rescued, thus. 317 00:24:05,724 --> 00:24:07,715 How brave. 318 00:24:07,764 --> 00:24:10,483 Only what a gentleman would do for a lady. 319 00:24:12,364 --> 00:24:14,355 Yes, very brave. 320 00:24:14,404 --> 00:24:17,123 (Larry) Kill those bastard magpies! 321 00:24:17,164 --> 00:24:20,918 Oh, no. They only seem interested in Larry's room. 322 00:24:24,924 --> 00:24:26,915 (Magpie squawking) 323 00:24:29,164 --> 00:24:31,724 Out you go! Go on, out you go! Out you go! 324 00:24:32,484 --> 00:24:34,122 Out you go! 325 00:24:34,164 --> 00:24:36,155 That's the last straw! 326 00:24:36,204 --> 00:24:39,480 They're naturally curious. All members of the crow family are. 327 00:24:39,524 --> 00:24:42,960 - If you don't do something about it, I will… - Anything missing? 328 00:24:43,004 --> 00:24:46,041 I don't see how you can do anything in this mess. 329 00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:49,918 - I think it was the maggenpies. - They made an awful mess of your papers. 330 00:24:49,964 --> 00:24:53,195 - They didn't know they were doing wrong. - They're only birds. 331 00:24:53,244 --> 00:24:56,520 If you don't lock them up, I will tear them wing from wing! 332 00:24:56,564 --> 00:24:59,078 - That isn't fair! - Larry doesn't mean it. 333 00:24:59,124 --> 00:25:02,480 Naturally he's upset. They have made an awful mess. 334 00:25:02,524 --> 00:25:06,836 Upset? I'm furious! They descended like scab-ridden critics, 335 00:25:06,884 --> 00:25:09,921 bespattered and tore my work into pieces, 336 00:25:09,964 --> 00:25:12,956 fouled it, destroyed it before it's even finished! 337 00:25:13,004 --> 00:25:15,518 - They've only just started flying. - Yes. 338 00:25:15,564 --> 00:25:19,000 It's disgusting, the way this family carries on about animals. 339 00:25:19,044 --> 00:25:23,083 - They don't understand! - Anthropomorphic slush drooling out again. 340 00:25:23,124 --> 00:25:27,754 If something isn't done about them I'll use one of Leslie's guns and deal with them! 341 00:25:27,804 --> 00:25:30,113 I'll get them and explain It to them. 342 00:25:30,164 --> 00:25:32,314 You'll get them and lock them up! 343 00:25:54,524 --> 00:25:56,515 Say, "Spiro". 344 00:25:57,684 --> 00:25:59,675 Spiro! 345 00:26:01,764 --> 00:26:03,402 Spiro. 346 00:26:03,444 --> 00:26:07,153 I'm glad somebody's done something about the scab-ridden vultures. 347 00:26:07,204 --> 00:26:10,799 A simple cage. Gerry has made a first-class job of it. 348 00:26:11,964 --> 00:26:15,479 Tell Mother about your fight with the French wrestling champion. 349 00:26:17,684 --> 00:26:19,640 What? 350 00:26:19,684 --> 00:26:24,155 Oh, no, no, no, one does not boast about such things. 351 00:26:24,204 --> 00:26:28,641 - All right. - To do with a lady of my acquaintance. 352 00:26:28,684 --> 00:26:31,073 Oh. How very nice. 353 00:26:31,124 --> 00:26:33,399 (Gerry) As long as you show me a few tricks. 354 00:26:33,444 --> 00:26:35,719 Tricks? 355 00:26:35,764 --> 00:26:37,755 Mm. Wrestling tricks. 356 00:26:37,964 --> 00:26:42,037 Oh. Er…very well. 357 00:26:42,084 --> 00:26:44,075 Now. 358 00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:47,442 Oh. 359 00:26:47,484 --> 00:26:50,840 - Oh, very well. - How exciting! 360 00:26:52,364 --> 00:26:59,042 Yes. Well, the secret is to get one's opponent off his balance. 361 00:27:01,284 --> 00:27:05,323 It can be done…thus. 362 00:27:07,724 --> 00:27:10,716 Uh, ohhh, ah! 363 00:27:11,644 --> 00:27:13,635 Ah! Huh! 364 00:27:18,524 --> 00:27:21,322 - You see? - Yes. Wonderful! 365 00:27:21,364 --> 00:27:24,037 - Have you got the idea? - Yes. 366 00:27:24,084 --> 00:27:29,954 That's the ticket! Now, you try to throw me. 367 00:27:37,644 --> 00:27:40,397 Yaaaah! 368 00:27:40,444 --> 00:27:42,435 Aaaargh! 369 00:27:43,884 --> 00:27:45,442 - Oh! - Oh! 370 00:27:45,484 --> 00:27:47,475 Oh! God… 371 00:27:47,764 --> 00:27:49,755 (Kralefsky groaning) 372 00:27:51,524 --> 00:27:54,402 Oh, dear! I'll go and get the brandy! 373 00:27:56,204 --> 00:27:59,833 I'm so sorry. Gerry, dear, that was very careless! 374 00:28:00,564 --> 00:28:03,317 I'm afraid he doesn't know his own strength. 375 00:28:03,364 --> 00:28:06,913 Oh, no, please, please, do not blame the boy. 376 00:28:06,964 --> 00:28:08,955 It was not his fault. 377 00:28:09,004 --> 00:28:14,795 You see, I'm a little out of practice. 378 00:28:17,484 --> 00:28:19,475 (Kralefsky) Oh, dear. 379 00:28:20,444 --> 00:28:22,435 Oh, dear…