00:23Hello out there, Sherman here, and in case you're wondering why I'm making the introduction,
00:28it's because Mr. Peabody's making repairs on the wayback machine. How's it coming, Mr. Peabody?
00:34Just fine, Sherman. The points need adjusting, that's all. Continue your introduction.
00:39Today, through the wonder of Mr. Peabody's incompar... incomparable...
00:44Incomparable.
00:46Incomparable wayback machine, we will go back to March 9, 1831 for the beginning of the Foreign French Legion.
00:54French Foreign Legion.
00:55French Foreign Legion, I mean.
00:57Good boy.
00:58Back in its usual superb condition, the wayback quickly transported us to the Sahara Desert,
01:02and there, in the middle of nowhere, stood a Foreign Legion fort.
01:06Surrounding it were 20,000 hostile Arabs.
01:09It is written that I, Sheikh Abdul Fanuk, will lead you into battle against the hated foreign dogs.
01:16We shall drive them from the Sahara.
01:19After we eat dinner.
01:20Oh my gosh, Mr. Peabody, they're going to attack the fort.
01:23We hurried through the front gate, anxious to spread the alarm, and the first one we ran into was a
01:27sergeant.
01:28Quickly, little boy. Hand me those horseshoes.
01:31Sherman obeyed, and the sergeant departed with an armful.
01:33I bet they're getting horses ready so they can attack.
01:36Nothing could have been farther from the truth.
01:43One moment, gentlemen, but are you aware that the Sheikh Fanuk is on the verge of an attack?
01:47An attack of what, monsieur?
01:49A appendicitis?
01:50An attack on this fort.
01:52That is impossible.
01:53The Sheikh is in Arabi.
01:55You throw, sergeant.
01:57They'll be caught unprepared, Mr. Peabody.
01:59Yes, I'm afraid we must convince them of their perilous position.
02:02We emerged from the fort and crossed the sand dunes to Sheikh Fanuk's tent.
02:05Sheikh, my name is Peabody.
02:07What can I do for you, Effendi?
02:10Well, I thought you'd like to know that the last tour of the fort is starting right now.
02:13Tour of the fort?
02:15Yes, we conduct a guided tour during which we reveal many interesting sidelights about the construction and so forth.
02:20Ha, ha, ha.
02:21What, you take me for a fool?
02:23The, uh, the tour is free.
02:25That's different.
02:26Being a dog of my word, I did escort him on a guided tour,
02:29and we ended it by watching the sergeant and Pierre play horseshoes.
02:33Bonjour, Sheikh.
02:34I thought you were out of town.
02:37Sergeant, Pierre, I was hoping the Sheikh's presence here would convince you a battle will soon take place.
02:41Oh, it does, monsieur, it does.
02:43You play horseshoes, Sheikh?
02:45Who doesn't?
02:46Amazing as it sounds, the Sheikh joined the two legionnaires in the match.
02:49They still won't believe us, Mr. Peabody.
02:52The contest ended in a tie, and the Sheikh and his men prepared to withdraw from the fort.
02:56I will come back after dinner, and we shall continue.
02:59Come, men, back to the tents.
03:01Maybe we're wrong, Mr. Peabody.
03:03The Sheikh doesn't sound as though he's going to attack.
03:06Sherman was right, but just as the Arabs passed through the gate,
03:09his chief henchman spoke in Lower Algerian Arabic.
03:12Boop, didum, dadum, wadum, shoo.
03:15Aha.
03:16Ah, I wasted no time in relaying the message to the sergeant.
03:19You heard him say what, monsieur?
03:21The Arabs have planted a time bomb in this fort, and they're going to blow you up.
03:25That's silly.
03:26If he blows us up, the Sheikh will forfeit the horseshoe game.
03:29But just to please you, we will try to locate this so-called bomb.
03:34Come, Pierre, we make with the search.
03:36And search they did.
03:38However, after going through the entire fort...
03:40There is no bomb on these premises.
03:43Pierre is right.
03:44Then will you explain why your flag has suddenly sagged to half-mast?
03:47It is an omen.
03:49Quick, monsieur, help us locate the bomb.
03:51But they've already looked everywhere, Mr. Peabody.
03:54Not everywhere, Sherman.
03:55Sergeant, what time do you have?
03:57It's a quarter to explosion.
03:59What?
04:00Yes, the ingenious Arabs had constructed a bomb in the form of a watch...
04:04...and had given it to the sergeant as a going-away gift.
04:06You mean this is a bomb?
04:08Precisely.
04:08And I think it would be apropos in this case if we returned it to the givers.
04:12So saying, I threw the timepiece in a northerly direction.
04:15The Arabs are 200 yards away.
04:18It would be impossible to hit them from here.
04:21Not for Mr. Peabody.
04:22He's an all-American.
04:27And so the Arab quietly folded his tent and stole away.
04:30There they go again.
04:32More horseshoes.
04:33Is that all they ever do?
04:34Oh, no.
04:35Sometimes they are forced to seek cover because of sandstorms.
04:38Oh, here comes one now.
04:40It has an odd aroma, doesn't it, Sherman?
04:42I'll say.
04:43It doesn't smell like regular Legionnaire.
04:45Well, of course, Sherman.
04:47It's foreign Legionnaire.
04:49Get it?
04:50Legionnaire?
04:51Ha, ha, ha.
04:53Ha, ha, ha.
04:59Ha, ha.
05:00Ha, ha, ha.
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