Arthur's Lost Library Book/Transcript

'Arthur': The library's great.   It's got all kinds of music to listen to…story time for kids. 

D.W., Bear, Rabbit: Aggh!

Nigel Ratburn: Whoa! I'm not eating that. It's spoiled! 

Arthur: And books for everybody.

Brain: Did you know that chalk is derived from fossilised seashells? 

Francine: I'm reading about sports rules so I know officially how much better I am than everybody else. Unless you would like to challenge me? 

Arthur: Sorry Francine, Buster just called me.

Buster: No, I didn't. 

Arthur: What are you reading? 

Buster: A joke book.  Hey, what do you call two banana peels? 

Arthur: I don't know. 

Buster: A pair of slippers! 

Arthur: I love it here, but last week I never thought they'd let me in again.

Paige Turner: Shhh!

D.W.: Chapter 1.  Arthur Goes To The Library.

Arthur: I'll get this one and.…Wow! I'll have to read that!  This too. 

Francine: Why don’t you just take one?

Arthur: One? I wanna read them all.  And this one too. 

Paige Turner: You're one under the limit. 

Arthur: You mean I can take one more? 

Paige Turner: The new Scare Your Pants Off is in.

Arthur: Wow! The Mysterious Hand.  It’s brand new!  No-one has ever opened it! 

Francine: You have enough books already.

Buster: You can't read them all in two weeks. 

Sue Ellen: No, give it to me! 

Arthur: I wanna read it first, then you can. 

Buster: Don't be a pig! 

Francine: That's too many!

Brain: You already have enough books. 

Arthur: This isn't too many.  You're mad 'cause you were too slow. 

All: Oh, man!

D.W.: Chapter 2.  One Week Later.

Jane Read: Arthur!

Arthur: What? What, Mom? 

Jane Read: I found this in the laundry.  You have to be careful with library books.

Arthur: I AM careful.

Jane Read: Aren't they due soon?

Arthur: Next week. I still have a couple left to read.

Arthur: I'll give you two of these for one of those, and two more for that one.

Buster: Is that one of your library books? 

Arthur: Oh, yeah. How did it get out here? 

Buster: Was The Mysterious Hand good? 

Arthur: Oh, wow! I forgot I had that one.

Buster: No-one else did. There's a list to take it out after you return it.

Arthur: I'll start it tonight.

Arthur: Hmm! 

D.W.: What are you hiding from? 

Arthur: I'm not. I'm looking for The Mysterious Hand. 

D.W.: There it is. 

Arthur: Ow!  Where is it? 

D.W.: Over here! 

Arthur: D.W.! 

D.W.: Mom, Arthur's chasing me! 

Arthur: Where did I put it?

David Read: I looked at those books when you brought them home.  You didn't have that one.

Arthur: I didn't?  Someone could have taken it when I was leaving the library.  This calls for detective work. I have to call Buster.  Wait! I can't call Buster. He's a suspect.  Everybody's a suspect.  No, not everybody.  There's one person who would never want to read that book, or any book.

Binky: You want me to help you find out who took some dopey book?

Arthur: You're the only one who can help me, Binky. You don't even read comic strips. 

Binky: If they were good, they'd be on TV.  What do you want me to do? 

Arthur: We have to cleverly narrow down the suspects.

Binky: Do I get a badge? 

Arthur: No.

D.W.: Chapter 3.  The Investigation.

All: Aggh!

Arthur: Hi, Brain.

Arthur: I've narrowed it down to three suspects - Buster Baxter, Francine Franski and Sue Ellen Armstrong.  How did you do? 

Binky: Everyone I talked to was afraid. Very suspicious.

Arthur: Why don't I focus on my suspects and you focus on yours? 

Binky: Right.

Arthur: Do you like my drawing? 

Sue Ellen: This looks like The Mysterious Hand.  I just finished reading it.

Arthur: I should've known it was you!  Just give me the book back and I won't tell anyone.

Sue Ellen: It's MY book. I had to buy it because you had the library's only copy.  Hey!

Francine: Arthur, I didn't take that book.

Arthur: What do you mean? 

Francine: Muffy says you think I stole it. But I think you lost it.   I told you you had too many books.

Binky: Where is it?

George: What?

Binky: Come on, hand it over.

Arthur: Hey, Binky.  You have to tell them WHAT you want.

Binky: If they took it, they'll know. There's another suspect.  Hey, you!

Buster: Arthur, Francine says you think I stole The Mysterious Hand. 

Arthur: It's gone. You wanted it. 

Buster: You probably lost it.

Arthur: I've looked absolutely everywhere.

Buster: Maybe giant mutant mole people took it! 

Arthur: Oh, right(!)

Giant Mutant Mole Woman: I don't have it. You got it?

Giant Mutant Mole Man: No.

Buster: All I can say is, you'd better find it because we all want to read it.

D.W.: Chapter 4.  It's Lost.  OK? Face it. You lost it.

Echoey Voices: 'We know you're in there.  We know you're in there.

Police in helicopter: Throw out the book gently, son, and no-one will get hurt.  You can't escape the long arm of the law.

[ARTHUR SCREAMS]

Arthur: Oh, no! 

Paige Turner: We have special rules for little boys who lose library books.

David and Jane Read: Huh?! 

Jane Read: Arthur, what's this? 

Arthur: It's how I have to check out library books now.  [HE SCREAMS]

Paige Turner: Next time, don't make me use the crank. 

Arthur: (screams)

D.W.: You're not going to find the book in your cereal.

David Read: You'll have to pay for the book.

Arthur: Fifteen dollars?! That's three action figures!  Oh-h!

Paige Turner: Did you enjoy all the books?

Arthur: All except the one I lost - The Mysterious Hand.  I'll have to pay for it.

Paige Turner: It's not lost.  That boy just returned it.

Arthur: Huh?  Binky, you found it! You found it!  Who had it? 

Binky: A boy from school. 

Arthur: Which boy?

Binky: Me.  

Arthur: Very funny! No, who really had it? 

Binky: Me!  I found it on the sidewalk.  I started reading it. It's really good.  I never thought it was the one you lost because you'd never throw a library book on the ground.  But when no one else had it, I figured it might be the same one. 

Arthur: Why didn't you tell me?

Binky: I thought you'd laugh at me. 

Arthur: I wouldn't laugh at you.

Binky: You just did. 

Arthur: Oh, yeah. Sorry. 

Binky: Don't blab it around that I'm reading books...or else! 

Arthur: Since I didn't read that book, can I check it out again? 

Paige Turner: Sorry, you can't renew it because there's a waiting list. 

Arthur: Oh-h!

D.W.: The End!  Scared you, didn't I?  Wooaah!