00:22Hello, Peabody here. Sherman there. Say hello, Sherman.
00:26Hello, Sherman. You may dispense for the levity, Sherman. Yes, Mr. Peabody. Today we shall journey back into time to
00:33reveal the true story behind one of history's greatest archers, William Tell. Set the way back for November 18th in
00:40the year 1307. Got it. The place, Switzerland, near the community of Uri. All set. Let's go. In the twinkling
00:47of an eye, Sherman and I were whisked back in time to a small Swiss village. Keen way to travel,
00:52huh, Mr. Peabody? Now what?
00:54Well, today is the day the tyrannical Austrian governor Gessler has ordered William Tell to shoot an apple from the
01:00head of his son. Now we must find just where this event is to take place. I beg your pardon,
01:05young man, but could you tell us...
01:06Don't stop me now, mister. I've got to get out of this country before I get killed. Get killed? My
01:11word, who would want to kill a little fellow like you?
01:13My papa, he's gonna shoot me with an arrow. Arrow? Your father wouldn't happen to be William Tell, would he?
01:20Yeah, and he...
01:21You, Joey, where are you? Uh-oh. Here he comes now. So, here you are, Joey, my son. I've been
01:31looking all over for you, kid.
01:32I happen to be Mr. Peabody. This is my boy, Sherman. Hi. And that is your little boy, Joey.
01:38Well, that is the reason I've got to leave the country. Papa broke his glasses and can't see a thing.
01:44Golly, if he can't see without his glasses, he could never hit an apple on Joey's head, Mr. Peabody.
01:49Oh, don't worry. I got it all figured out. Just how I'm gonna do it. Come on, I'll show you.
01:54With that, William Tell directed us to a small orchard not far away. And...
01:58Now, you see this apple tree here? The tree is over there. Oh.
02:03Yes, we see it. Well, I put every kind of plant food known to man on that tree, and look
02:09what happened.
02:10Gosh, Mr. Peabody, the apples on that tree are as big as watermelons.
02:14That's right. With an apple as big as that on my Joey's head, I can't miss.
02:19Hmm. The theory seems correct, but I'm not too sure.
02:22Give me a hand, Sherman, and we shall see. Sherman and I lifted one of the huge apples and placed
02:27it upon the boy's head.
02:29But just as I had feared, the weighty winesap squashed the poor boy flat to the ground.
02:34As you can see, the big apple might be a popular dance, but as a solution to our problem, it's
02:38a dismal failure.
02:39Come, we shall try another approach. Taking William Tell back 100 paces from the target, I decided to see if
02:45I could direct him into a true aim.
02:47Talk him in, so to speak. A little more to your right. That's it. Now higher.
02:51Higher. Higher. A bit more. Steady. Fire.
02:57How did I did?
02:59It's best you don't know, William.
03:02Uh-oh. Here comes the tyrannical Austrian governor, Gessler.
03:06So, here you are, William Tell. Are you ready to start me to shootin'?
03:10No, you'll have to call the whole thing off, tyrannical Austrian governor, Gessler. You see...
03:14Quiet, Sherman. Uh, yes. Mr. Tell, we'll be ready in, say, 15 minutes.
03:19Good. We're gonna be waitin'. Boy, I'm so glad I ain't gonna be in your shoes, kid.
03:25But, Mr. Peabody...
03:27No, but, Sherman, history demands this event take place. But have no fear, for I, naturally, have a plan.
03:33What kind of a plan?
03:34No time to explain now, Sherman. I shall return directly.
03:38Moments later, I arrived on the scene bearing a very special apple that I had selected for the target, and
03:43I placed it upon Joey's head.
03:44Mr. Peabody, what's that?
03:47That, Sherman, is an apple.
03:49But it's so small.
03:50Perhaps, but the best I could do on such short notice.
03:53Ladies and gentlemen, you is now gonna see William Tell, who is way over there, try to shoot an apple
04:00off the head of this scared little kid who is over here.
04:04For the time being, anyway. Is you ready, Willie?
04:08Yes, sure. Then let her rip!
04:17Hooray!
04:18Wow, he did it! But you took an awful chance letting him try, Mr. Peabody.
04:23I leave nothing to chance, Sherman. You see, I took care to place this powerful little magnet inside the apple,
04:28so the metal arrowhead would be attracted directly to it he couldn't possibly have missed.
04:32Gosh, Mr. Peabody, that was brilliant!
04:35I know. So that's how William Tell became a famous Swiss hero, and because of his poor eyesight, a cause
04:41of eye trouble was named after him.
04:43A cause for eye trouble was named after William Tell? What's that, Mr. Peabody?
04:47Why?
04:48Why, television, of course.
04:59Oh, that's what was your answer, Mr. Peabody?
05:00Bye!
05:00We So is Twitter, everyone in the different parts time when, you know, your town is obviously trying to weather,
05:00but I had to come back.
05:00So the sound, your town is on the threat, you need to.
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