00:23Hello again, Peabody here.
00:25Sherman, what does the word sphinx make you think of?
00:28Skunk? Oh, dear.
00:30Never mind. Today we are going to Egypt to witness the true story behind the building of the first great
00:35pyramid.
00:36Getting right down with the business at hand, I instructed Sherman to set the way back for the year 3000
00:41BC
00:42and the place Giza on the border of the Libyan desert.
00:45Needless to say, the way back responded beautifully, slammed into high gear,
00:49and in less than an instant we were standing inside the palace of Cheops, second king of the fourth dynasty.
00:54However, it appeared as though we had arrived at a rather bad time.
01:00By the beard of the sacred flamingo, I won't have it.
01:05I beg your pardon, your highness, but what seems to be the trouble?
01:08My mustache. That is what's the trouble.
01:11Mustache? But you don't have a mustache.
01:13I do over there.
01:14He directed our eyes to a huge painting of himself on the far side of the room that covered the
01:18entire wall.
01:19Sure enough, it had a large black mustache on it.
01:22It took 300 slaves two years to paint that magnificent picture of me.
01:26Then he comes along and puts a mustache on it.
01:29And whom, might I ask, is he?
01:31The evil Prince Ahmed Fez.
01:33Is he your arch enemy?
01:35Yes, and he is also just five years old.
01:38If he wasn't my nephew, I'd...
01:41His words were cut short by a large pimento cream pie, full in the face.
01:46This little beast, I take it, is Prince Ahmed Fez?
01:48The third.
01:49Gosh, you mean there were two more like him?
01:52Ouch!
01:52Ooh, that Ahmed. I'll feed him to the camels. I'll... I'll...
01:57Sire, sire, you must remember he's only a child. Perhaps if...
02:01Perhaps nothing.
02:02This time I will build a swimming pool shaped like King Farouk.
02:05It will be the biggest swimming pool in the world.
02:08I'd like to see him wreck that.
02:11He can't paint a mustache on it either.
02:13But poor Cheops is still on the wrong track, Mr. Peabody.
02:16Construction began immediately, and in what even I consider record time, the pool was completed.
02:21It's done.
02:21This pool will go down in history as a great wonder of the world.
02:25I'm sorry, sire, but I'm afraid it's about to go up in the air as another failure.
02:32It seemed as if dear little Prince Ahmed had obtained some gunpowder on a recent trip to China,
02:36and this gave me a brilliant idea.
02:38It's no use. I give up.
02:40No need for that, sire. I have a plan.
02:43Mr. Peabody always has a plan, Your Highness. Why, one time he...
02:46Never mind, Sherman. I'll give him an autographed copy of my memoirs before we leave.
02:50I took a pencil and some papyrus and quickly drew some very complicated plans.
02:55What is this?
02:56It is the monument you are going to build to yourself. A pyramid.
03:00Pyramid? Say, I like this idea. But what about Prince Ahmed?
03:05You leave him to me.
03:06Just make certain the pyramid is constructed exactly as I have indicated.
03:09Every slave in the kingdom was called to the task.
03:12Huge stones were quarried,
03:15shaved to the precise size,
03:22and rolled into position.
03:24Forty days and thirty nights later, the project was complete.
03:28Beautiful. Wonderful.
03:29Mr. Peabody, I never thought I'd live to see the day.
03:34What day is that, Sherman?
03:35The day you would make a mistake.
03:37Look, you designed the pyramid upside down. It's standing on its point.
03:41I'm surprised at you, Sherman.
03:43That is the most perfectly precogitated part of my plan.
03:46Remember, Ahmed the Terrible is still lurking about with his gunpowder and...
03:51Hmm, there he is now, right on schedule.
03:55Inasmuch as I had designed the monument with this in mind,
03:57the pyramid was not damaged a bit.
03:59It simply flew into the air, turned over three and a half times,
04:02and then...
04:05settled to earth in its proper position.
04:07Perfect.
04:08Oh, Mr. Peabody, can you ever forgive me for doubting your velocity?
04:11I suppose so, Sherman, but that is veracity.
04:14At this point, the problem was solved.
04:16The world now had one of its seven wonders.
04:18What about Prince Ahmed? Won't he cause more trouble?
04:20Not when you consider the pyramid is 481 feet high,
04:23and there is a fine, spanking breeze at the top.
04:30You see, Sherman, I managed to get to the seat of most any problem.
04:35Gee, it was sure nice of King Cheeops to invite us to dinner, Mr. Peabody.
04:39Mmm, yum. This is delicious. I wonder what it is.
04:42It's just something else His Highness is famous for.
04:44In fact, this particular dish was named after him.
04:47You don't mean...
04:48That's right, Sherman.
04:49Lamb Cheeops.
04:52...
04:52THE END
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