00:23Hello, Peabody here.
00:25My companions are Wayback and Sherman. Wayback is a time machine. Sherman, a boy.
00:31Where do we go today, Mr. Peabody?
00:33Our destination, Sherman, is North Carolina.
00:36And the time?
00:36December 17th, 1903. A date synonymous with aeronautical history.
00:41For today, we meet the inventors of the first practical airplane, Wilbur and Orville Wright.
00:46Sherman and I were deposited on an antiquated airfield where we directed our attention to a large barn bearing the
00:52motto,
00:53If you want it done, get it done right.
00:56That must be their hangar, Mr. Peabody.
00:58You remember, better let us sons have our airplane or else we'll shoot.
01:03Wilbur's right. I'm going to count to three.
01:06And if we don't get our airplane, we're going to fire.
01:09One, uh, uh...
01:12Two, Orville?
01:13Oh, yeah. Two. That number always throws me.
01:16Two. What comes next?
01:19Uh, try nine.
01:20Five. Pardon me, gentlemen, but can we be of assistance?
01:24You sure can. What comes after two?
01:27I'll tell you. But first, what seems to be the trouble?
01:30There's a critter inside what's got our airplane.
01:33I think five comes after two, Orville.
01:36But surely this can be settled peaceably.
01:38How?
01:39Call the sheriff.
01:41No, we want to handle this ourselves.
01:43Besides, the sheriff's allergic to birds.
01:45Birds?
01:46Peering through a window, Sherman and I saw a startling sight.
01:49The Wright Brothers' airplane and a large bird.
01:52Know who she is?
01:54Yes, but I'm ashamed to say it.
01:56Kitty Hawk?
01:58Yep.
01:59It had to be.
02:01We had an airplane out there on the runway,
02:03and that there fool bird went and fell in love with it.
02:06That was Orville's fault.
02:08I told him we better make an ugly plane, not a handsome one.
02:11Now, if you fellas will just stand back, we'll blast her.
02:15But you can't shoot a poor, harmless bird.
02:18The boy's right.
02:19I'll think of something else.
02:21Wilbur's first idea was to induce Kitty Hawk to leave the hangar.
02:25This here is winter, ain't it?
02:27Uh-huh.
02:28And birds fly north in the summer, don't they?
02:30Uh-huh.
02:31Then we'll make believe like it's summer,
02:34and that fool bird will leave.
02:36Moments later, in 20-degree temperature,
02:38the brother's right cavorted about in swimsuits.
02:42Oh, say, it is a hot summer day.
02:45Isn't it a hot summer day, Wilbur?
02:49Yep, it's a very hot summer day, Orville.
02:52And I wish that you would dash some cool water on my poor hot haid.
02:58Anxious to please, Orville picked up a nearby bucket.
03:00As for Kitty Hawk, she was genuinely interested in the performance.
03:03But unfortunately, that bucket of water Orville threw at Wilbur
03:06turned to ice and...
03:10Golly, Mr. Orville, if you'd only let Mr. Peabody help.
03:13Yes, Sherman is absolutely right.
03:15Now, my plan...
03:16Nope, I ain't licked yet.
03:18If we can't get that third bird to leave that third plane,
03:22then we'll get that third plane to leave that third bird.
03:25It wasn't until Kitty Hawk fell asleep
03:27that Wilbur put his second plane into operation.
03:30Crawling inside the hangar,
03:31he attached a long rope to the airplane's wheels.
03:34That done, he and Orville pulled the plane out.
03:38I told you I'd do it.
03:40I told you I'd beat that bird.
03:42That plane's gonna fly.
03:44Without a propeller.
03:46Oh, that Kitty Hawk, that doggone bird.
03:50I'm gonna blast her so full of buckshot.
03:53Wilbur, I think your ideas is fine,
03:55but they don't work.
03:56I think it's time we listen to him.
04:00And listen, they did.
04:01My plan was to appeal to the mother instinct in Kitty Hawk.
04:05We merely took a large, egg-shaped rock,
04:07tucked some straw around it,
04:09and Kitty did the rest.
04:13I never saw a happier bird in my life, Mr. Peabody.
04:16Of course, even though they had their plane,
04:18Wilbur and Orville still had their troubles.
04:21You got it now, Wilbur.
04:23I'll say contact and you twirled that propeller
04:24on the count of three.
04:25Ray, one, two, uh...
04:28Try seventeen.
04:31Gee, did they ever get off the ground?
04:33Eventually, Sherman.
04:35In fact, they flew during the day
04:36and played poker at night.
04:38And Kitty Hawk?
04:39She sat right beside them, Sherman,
04:40begging for food while they played.
04:44Come to think of it,
04:45that's how the poker term came about.
04:47What term?
04:48Feed the kitty.
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