00:23Hello again, Peabody here, and you're just
00:27in time to accompany Sherman and me on another journey into history.
00:30How far back do we go today, Mr. Peabody?
00:32Back to the year 1797, Sherman, where we join England's most celebrated naval hero, Lord
00:38Horatio Nelson, for the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
00:41As is customary with all my inventions, the Wayback Machine performed perfectly, transporting
00:47Sherman and me to the main deck of Nelson's flagship.
00:50So Britannia rules the sea, does she?
00:52Well, I'm afraid that motto is due to go into extinction.
00:55Pardon us, your lordship, but what seems to be the problem?
00:59You mean you haven't heard?
01:01We just got here.
01:02Well, this blundering crew of mine left port minus one very important commodity.
01:07You forgot to bring cannons?
01:08No.
01:09Ammunition?
01:10No.
01:10What then?
01:11We forgot to cast off.
01:14Sure enough, an unbelievably long hawser held the flagship in check.
01:18Does that rope stretch all the way back to England?
01:20All the way.
01:22And unless we get loose, we can't go into battle.
01:25I suppose you've considered cutting it in two?
01:28We've considered it, yes.
01:29But you see, Admiralty Law frowns on such action.
01:33One must cast off, and one must cast off while leaving the dock.
01:37I'm afraid it's hopeless.
01:39Meanwhile, just off the coast, the Spanish fleet lay at anchor.
01:42Hey, look at that silly Nelson.
01:45He is like the sitting duck, yes, my captain?
01:48Yes, like the sitting duck who is at the end of his rope.
01:54Tell you what we do.
01:56We sent him a message.
02:00Hi, George.
02:02It's a communication from the enemy.
02:04Dear Lord Nelson, you are cordially invited to attend an informal battle
02:09staged in your honor at 6 p.m., as ever, the Spanish Navy.
02:13Isn't there something we can do, Mr. Peabody?
02:16There is one thing.
02:17Lord Nelson, I suggest you send a dinghy back to England to cast off the hawser.
02:23Impossible.
02:24A dinghy would have to make it there by 6 so that we could go into battle.
02:27There isn't a man alive who could row that fast.
02:30Mr. Peabody could.
02:31He won the international regatta three years in a row.
02:34Four years, Sherman.
02:36Four years.
02:37And so, wasting no time, we headed back to England.
02:40Unfortunately, upon arrival, we found the dock heavily guarded.
02:44Nelson should know better than to leave port without casting off.
02:47It just isn't done.
02:48I'll have him broken for this news.
02:50Now, remember, no one is to touch that hawser.
02:53No one understand.
02:55Uh-oh.
02:55Now what, Mr. Peabody?
02:57This calls for subterfuge, Sherman.
02:59Pure, unadulterated subterfuge.
03:02Alt.
03:03Who goes there?
03:04Stand aside.
03:05It is I, the head of the RRI.
03:08How?
03:08Well, now, half a mo.
03:11I never had to know RRI.
03:13What's it stand for?
03:14Royal Rope Inspectors.
03:16It's our job to inspect rope.
03:19Like this one here.
03:20Oh, now take your hands off that there hawser.
03:23It's almost six, Mr. Peabody.
03:25We've got to hurry.
03:26I should take your hands off that hawser.
03:28That's navy property, that is.
03:31Hmm.
03:31Look at this intestinal calcification of the fiber.
03:35What's that?
03:37Hands or ripple?
03:38Never fear.
03:39England will care for your survivors.
03:41My what?
03:43Survivors.
03:44You see, unless we get rid of this rope, you are going to become infected and...
03:47Well, get rid of the ratty thing.
03:50And get rid of it we did.
03:51Just as Big Ben told Six.
03:55Of course, the rest is history.
03:57Nelson succeeded in sinking the Spanish fleet.
03:59Oh, so Nelson was like the sitting dock, eh?
04:04I think we made a boo-boo, yes, my captain?
04:07Yes, we made a boo-boo by joining the navy instead of the army.
04:12Come on, push me into shore.
04:14Later that evening, we returned Nelson's dinghy.
04:17England owes you much, my friends.
04:20Goodbye and good luck.
04:22Well, Sherman, shall we go?
04:24I guess so, Mr. Peabody, but I sure am disappointed.
04:27Why is that?
04:27Well, I never did find out why Lord Nelson wears an eyepatch.
04:31However, it wasn't a total loss.
04:33Sherman did discover something about wrestling.
04:36For there, on the poop deck, someone was giving an exhibition.
04:39It was Lord Nelson's half-brother.
04:41That, of course, is how the term half-Nelson came to be.
04:45Good morning, Sherman.
04:49It was Lord Nelson.
04:49Before the waves were gone, selene.
04:50Well, you're all prepared, too.
04:51Yes, sir.
04:52I do not want, Å›.
04:52All right.
Comments