00:23Who was it that said, watch the birdie, Sherman?
00:26Arnold Palmer?
00:27Well, he might have said it, too, but the one I was thinking of was John James Audubon, the world's
00:31most renowned ornithologist.
00:33What's an ornithologist?
00:34A studier of birds.
00:35That's Arnold Palmer.
00:38Rather than continue the conversation any further, I set the Wayback Machine for the year 1824.
00:42As for our destination, it was rather close at hand, New York City itself.
00:46We found Audubon inside an attic he was using as a studio.
00:50Look, Mr. Peabody, he's painting a picture.
00:52Yes, from the looks of it, he's completing his celebrated book, For the Birds.
00:55We moved closer to observe his work, but instead of a picture of a rare bird, the words, I quit,
01:00were scrawled across the canvas.
01:02How come you're going to quit, Mr. Audubon?
01:04My final portrait is supposed to be of a Zebrides chicken, but you can't paint a Zebrides chicken without a
01:09Zebrides chicken.
01:10You mean you can't get one?
01:11I mean I can't keep one.
01:13I've had four the past two weeks.
01:15In fact, I'm expecting one by Chicken Express any moment.
01:19The attic door swung open and there stood a messenger with a fifth Zebrides chicken.
01:24After signing for it, Audubon set the bird on a pedestal and took his brush in hand.
01:28Now watch what happened.
01:29No sooner had he uttered those words than the lights went out.
01:32Ah!
01:32When I found the light switch...
01:34Mr. Peabody, it's gone!
01:36All that remained were a few bent feathers and a subway locker ticket.
01:40Now you see, this is what happened to all the rest.
01:42Yeah, but we got a clue, Mr. Audubon.
01:44All we have to do is look for somebody who lost some bent feathers.
01:47Those obviously came from the chicken, Sherman.
01:50What about the locker ticket?
01:51That must have belonged to the chicken, too.
01:53Hartley, Sherman.
01:54Whoever dropped this ticket is our chicken napper.
01:56And by going to the subway and waiting by this particular locker, we should nab the culprit.
02:02You leave it to me.
02:03I'll solve this mystery.
02:04And so, with Sherman in the lead, we dashed to the subway and took up an observation post where we
02:09could keep an eye on the locker in question.
02:11There, unless I miss my guest, and it would be the first time, comes our mystery man.
02:15Sure enough, out of the shadows came a sinister figure who went directly to the locker, opened it, and took
02:20out a brown package about the size of one Zebrides chicken.
02:24That's him! Let's jump him!
02:25Sherman, this is all a waste of time and effort.
02:27You see, but before I could finish, Sherman made a beeline for his quarry, who made an L turn into
02:32the A train.
02:33Don't let him get away!
02:34The three of us jumped aboard just as it pulled out of the station.
02:37Look at him, Mr. Peabody. He's acting mighty peculiar.
02:40Yes, I think you could call hanging from the straps by your feet peculiar. What next, Sherlock?
02:45We'd better not make him suspicious.
02:47And so, under Sherman's instructions, we too adopted this somewhat unorthodox method of riding the subway.
02:52But not for long. We passed through a tunnel and reached the end of the line, and the end of
02:56the chase, so it appeared for our suspect was no longer with us.
02:59It's no use. We've lost him. Now I shall never finish my book.
03:04Our course of action is obvious, Mr. Peabody.
03:06To you, perhaps, but not to me. This entire affair can be straightened out back at Audubon's attic.
03:12But my suggestion went unheeded, for suddenly Sherman's private eye caught sight of our sinister figure darting into a very
03:18unhandsome cab.
03:19We were off again, and this time didn't stop till we reached the waterfront.
03:23A dense fog had got lost on its way to San Francisco and enshrouded the entire area.
03:28Never fear, Mr. Audubon. We'll get him yet.
03:30Time and my patience were running out. Sherman, you are after the wrong man.
03:35The only way to find out is to catch him and see. But how can we do that in this
03:38fog?
03:39Elementary, my dear Sherman, what is this fog as thick as?
03:42Pea soup.
03:43And that's where we found him, in a shabby restaurant behind a bowl of pea soup.
03:47Now we got you, you old Zebrides chicken napper, you.
03:50Sherman, cease and desist.
03:53But Mr. Peabody...
03:54I have been telling you all along, you've got the wrong man.
03:57You mean the Zebrides chicken isn't in that package?
04:00Far from it. I pointed to a sign on the wall advertising the sale of tough steaks.
04:05What's that got to do with what's inside the package?
04:07Everything. And upon opening the package, Sherman found it contained an extra supply of very sharp false teeth.
04:13Friend of mine loans these to me when I have dinner here.
04:16Wasting no more time, we apologized to the man and headed to Audubon's attic.
04:19Along the way, we picked up another Zebrides chicken, and Audubon was able to complete his book on schedule.
04:24Then who took the chickens, Mr. Peabody?
04:26Alistair, the cook.
04:28With that, I ushered Sherman into the kitchen.
04:30Tonight we got chicken soup.
04:32Zebrides chicken soup.
04:34Alistair assumed the chickens were for cooking purposes.
04:37Is that a picture of a Zebrides chicken, Mr. Peabody?
04:39Oh, no, no. That is a picture of a revolutionary spy-catching chicken.
04:43The type that specialized in nabbing Tory spies.
04:46I never heard of that kind of chicken before, Mr. Peabody.
04:49You never heard of chicken-catch-a-Tory?
04:54It is a stick!
04:58It's a cement-catch-a-Tory.
04:59It is actually a dick!
05:00G capac League-catch-a-Tory.
05:02It's delicious!
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