"ARABELA" "Topsy-turvy fairy tales spread unrest in the magical kingdom." "At Arabela's suggestion, the mighty wizard Vigo goes to the storyteller Mr Majer to have him set things right." "Arabela, who accompanies Vigo with her sister Xenia, falls in love with Majer's son, Peter, and, turned into a fly, helps him pass his exam." "Despite the promise Majer made to Vigo, yet another fairy tale goes awry." "The wizard turns Majer into a dachshund to prevent future mistakes." "He doesn't suspect that it is the evil Rumburak who is to blame, in his scheme to take over the whole kindgom and marry princess Arabela." "episode IV The Dachshund Karel Majer" "Mom, is dad going to eat with us at the table or on the floor with Payda?" "What?" "How dare you!" "Come, Payda." "Of course you'll sit with us." "How could you think otherwise?" "Pass me the sugar." " Payda, stop it!" " Watch your step." "And don't call me Payda." " How can I know which one is you?" " You don't know your own father?" "We have to tell them apart them somehow." "Best with a collar." "Don't smack like this." " Karel, come sit in my lap." " Watch out, you are handling me like a cat." "Enjoy your meal." "What are we going to tell people?" "I can't tell them our father is a dachshund." "You lost your mind?" "You want to ruin my career?" " It's hot!" " Stop complaining." " Leave me alone!" " No one must find out." "You hear, Honza?" "Not a word." "And if someone asks, tell them that dad is very sick." "Got it?" "Got it." "Look, the little one looks almost like dad." "Are you nuts?" "How can someone's dad be a dachshund?" " A normal dad can't, but mine does." " Rubbish!" "I swear, our dad really is a dachshund." "But if someone asks - he's very sick." "No one will see you now, Karel." "Go run around for a bit, it's nice out." "Run around, run around..." " I don't feel like it." " Go on, go." "You could ...with Payda..." "Do what with Payda?" "!" "Or you know what?" "Fetch that." "It's open downstairs." "Come on!" "A tennis ball!" "Super!" "But it's hairy." "What misfortune." "I haven't slept all night." "Such a tragedy." "At least, mom, the important thing is that he's alive and kicking." " What are we going to do?" " First we have to find out what happened." "How did it happen...and so on." "Yesterday you said that these three had something to do with this." "The ambassador and the girls." "But can we be sure it was them?" "Well, they flew out the window like pigeons." "But was it really them?" "You are defending them and I know why." "You are in love with that girl." " What girl?" " Don't play dumb." "Peter, be careful." "Peter Majer Excuse me?" "No." "Dad is sick." " What's wrong with him?" "Gros, from the TV." " Make something up." "Mr Gros, a breakdown." "No, not the phone." "A nervous breakdown." "Has a nervous breakdown." "Tell your dad I'll stop by to see him this afternoon." "Impossible!" "Dad doesn't recognize anyone." " He pay dad a visit." " No!" " Don't, he could bite you!" " What are they going to think?" "Very funny." "Tell your dad we found a replacement for now." "And tell him not to get angry." "This nervous breakdown is a godsend." "At least you won't have to explain to him that we received a heap of letters from parents who don't want Majer to corrupt their kids." "These just came in." "But tonight it's going to be all right." "We made sure no one cuts in on our wavelength." "Come in." " Hi." " Hi." " What's up?" "Your dad isn't feeling well?" " You could say that." "What happened?" "Listen, Irka..." "What would you do, if... your mom turned into a St. Bernard?" " Your dad is hallucinating again?" " My dad?" "No." "Then who?" "Will you tell me what's going on?" "Wait, Irka." "You're the only one I can trust." "What would you do if you were at an exam but you forgot everything?" "And then suddenly a fly flew in and started giving you the asnwers." "The correction of the phase displacement, influence of the secondary parameters, no mistake." "Funny, right?" " You read this somewhere?" " No, it happened to me." "But I know who the fly was." "A girl, a wonderful girl." "And then she came to our house with an old man who turned dad into a dachshund." "In the end they flew out the window like pigeons." " What do you think?" " I think you better stay here." "Before I thought all girls were stupid." "That I would never fall in love." "And suddenly - this wonderful feeling." " You understand, a fly." "Or actually a dove." " Dove, huh?" "We'll try Renoxin." " You're staying here." " Why, I'm fine." " They all say that, Peter." " I just wanted your advice." "Why did I even come?" " Don't go, you're hallucinating." " Arabela is not a hallucination." "I cannot say I didn't like the human World but one thing aroused my interest." "Rather - someone." "What's on your face, Xenia?" "Some kind of paint?" "If people wear it, why can't I?" " This I simply cannot allow." " And will you tell me why?" "If you saw what people wear over there, you would be ashamed of our clothes." " They wear skirts like this." " Disgusting!" "We're a hundred years behind." "If you just saw what's it like." "And what is it like?" "Why don't you enlighten us, dear Xenia." "Here, nothing happens." "And there, it's a buzz." "The streets are full of cars." "The chimneys smoke, people smoke, there're papers everywhere and everything is so modern." "Please, be quiet." "You're talking nonsense." "And what is your problem?" "If you don't want to listen, get lost." "That's what I'll do." "Come on, children, stop fighting." "I don't want to fight." "But I'd like to suggest something." "If we bring in the cars, the apartment houses and the fashion..." "Please, Xenia..." "Our whole kingdom would benefit a lot." "Prince Willibald is waiting." "On the contrary, it would be the end of our kingdom." "The end is near, anyway." "Leave, Xenia, I have an urgent meeting with prince Willibald." "With prince Willibald?" "I've trusted you since I was a little girl and thus far you've never failed me." "Tell me, at last, how I can help you." "Look at this picture." "You see who it is?" "Peter Majer." "I noticed you liked him." "Nice lad." "And what about this?" "I don't think so." "I can do a lot of things but not that." "Love is the greatest wonder." "In comparison, my magic is nothing but petty tricks." " Couldn't you at least do something small?" " Perhaps you'd like him to smile at you?" " He could smile at me and I at him." " Watch then." " What are you going to say?" " Thank you, Mr Vigo." "I'll give you this wand." "Its touch can soften even a stone." "I've always fulfilled my duties, but what you're asking of me now..." "I am an honest and noble man." "Are you arguing with me?" "You might come to regret it." "Enough." "Why this tone?" "The prince is in a difficult situation." " I'm in love with the Sleeping Beauty." " Forget love!" "Now that Majer messed up your tale, get her out of your mind." "It will just stop you from doing your job." "You'll find someone else." "Listen, prince." "It's very important that the tales unfold exactly as millions of chidren in the human world expect them to." "It's our duty." " ... exactly as they are told by that Majer." " I will obey, your Majesty." " With a sinking heart." "I shall become a villain." " Thank you, my friend." "Mr Councellor, please show our good prince the way out." "And you, my dear, you cause me grief." "Why?" "What don't you like again?" "You talk like a salesgirl." "Is that the way a queen behaves?" "Come again tomorrow." "The cooks will make a strudel." "Come in." "Flies to you to?" "Comes on my window every day." "It's used to me." "I give her crumbs." "I don't give her anything but she still comes." " What's that?" " A picture." "Let it go." "You're still too young." "And just in case, remember:" "You couldn't do anything more foolish than to fall in love with a boy from the human World." "I wnat to ask you something Arabela, because you the dearest to me." "What's wrong, daddy?" "Lately, I can't communicate with your mother, as if she weren't herself." "I'm worried about our kingdom." "What happened to the Little Red Riding Hood, and now poor Willibald." "Come to see me." "I would love to talk with you tonight." "You'll see, daddy, everything will turn out well." "You have no idea how much I'd like to be in your place." "I'm sure it's much calmer there." "Honza, hit him!" "Please, hit him!" "What's going on?" "Is this recess?" " Who started?" " Majer." "He hit me and Kozelka on the head." "Sit down." " Stand up, Majer!" "Why are you fighting?" " They said that my dad is a nutcase." "Because of Mr Majer I'm not allowed to watch TV." "Dad said that I might become even more unruly." "Easy." "Kozelka, sit down." "My dad is a professor at a mental hospital and said that Mr Majer is a nut." "Oh, no!" "We won't allow this sort of behavior, Majer." "We're going to the principal." " What if he gets expelled from the school?" " I don't think so." " Tell your father to come to the school." " I can't." " Why?" " Because he's a dog." "And he's very sick." "Couldn't you come up with something less stupid?" "What's your phone number?" "4 3 2 1 5 2." " Majerova." " Good day, this is principal Duda." "Mrs Majerova...your son says ...that he's a dog?" "But that's absurd." "He's very sick." "Unfortunately he can't." "He's had a nervous breakdown." "Yes, I'll come." "OK, bye..." "Ah, this Honzik..." " You got him from the same pet store?" " Yes." "Don't do that, he doesn't like it." "Let him go." "I know dogs." "How old is he?" "Show me your teeth." " What's his name?" " Well..." "Puntya." " Well, I have to go." "I'll give you the powder back tomorrow." " Get lost." "Take your time, Mrs Hermanova." "What an idiotic name:" "Puntya!" "I will bite both of you, right, Pyada?" "I'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything else." " And I can't call you Karel in front of her." " Then call me Puntya." "Puntya Majer." "Please don't get mad." "We shouldn't get nervous." "Nervous?" "I haven't slept all night." "The Sleeping Beauty slept and slept until she'd been asleep a 100 years..." "That's right, Hermanova, sit down." "And what happened then?" "Pay attention, Kozelka!" "We're talking about the right way to tell the tale of the Sleeping Beauty, the one that Majer's dad messed up yesterday on television." "Do you know it?" "You don't." "Sit down!" "Majer." "The Sleeping Beauty slept for a long time, until the prince came to the castle and found it overgrown with thorns..." "Sleeping princess, I'd be glad to save you with a kiss, but instead I must rob you." "Princess, I didn't expect to see you." "You're not steal very thoroughly." "You've missed these." "I will correct this immediately." "I am an honest and noble man." "Wait, Willibald." "That's not important." " I want to talk to you." " At your service." "Call me Xenia." "Or better - dear Xenia." "Tell me the truth, do you still love that dozing goose?" " I wouldn't dare, dear Xenie." " Excellent." "Daddy, I want to let you know that I'm getting married." "What are you talking about?" "Don't interrupt us!" " We're dealing with matters of the state." " And isn't this a matter of the state?" "My husband will be your heir." "And who will be this... your husband?" " Prince Willibald." " We will not allow it!" " May I know why?" " Why?" "Prince Willibald..." "Prince Willibald is a common thief." "He robs sleeping people." "And he's to be my son-in-law?" "Wait a little." "Who asked him to become a thief?" "You!" "And who obeyed you?" "Prince Willibald!" "He's a humble and honest nobleman." "He'll be a good husband to me and a good king of our kingdom." "Enough, Xenia!" "I want the wedding to take place as soon as possible." "Carry on, gentlemen." "My son-in-law - a criminal?" "Your Higness, it is time that you sit in front of the TV, so you can see that my visit to Mr Majer..." " Yes." " Did I tell you not to talk about this?" " You did." "See?" "Now the whole school knows." "And the whole mental ward is talking about you." " Blabbermouth!" " But dad, I only wanted to help." " I thought Irka would give me some advice." " And?" "Did he?" " See?" "And you're under house arest." " Anyway, the story's about to start." " Mrs Homolkova, are you ready?" " Sure." "If you please..." "Dear kids, you are about to hear a bedtime story." "Once upon a time, in a far-away land, there was a castle, in which lived a beautiful queen." "Every day she sat in front of the mirror and asked it..." "I don't know how to express my gratefullness, my dear Vigo." "Snow White woke up in her bed and to her surprise saw the faces of seven dwarves." "Astonished, she asked the smallest:" "What's your name?" "The dwarf blushed to the roots of his hair and whispered:" "Bashful." " Let's start, Blekota." " Ok." "Like this." "Bring it into focus." "...and strained together to break the padlock of the chest." "One of them opened the top..." "When they opened the chest, they pulled out dynamite sticks from it and one of them said: "We'll blow up the whole magic kingdom."" "Bashful clapped his hands joyfully..." " No." "Mr Vigo, what is the meaning of this?" " I don't know, Your Highness!" "But how is it possible?" "Mr Majer is a dachshund, right?" "...the dwarves crept into the dark basement." "Sneezy and Doc placed the dynamite at the foundation of the castle..." " What is he doing there?" "I thought he was sick." " You hear the rubbish he's saying?" " That's terrible!" " Calm down." "Nervous breakdown." "...and thus the entire land of fairy tales was razed to the ground." "What are we going to do?" "What do you mean what?" "We won't wait for Majer to mess it all up again." "We pull the show." " And me?" "What am I going to do?" " The bell rang and the tale came to an end." "Puntya." "Or rather, Karel!" " What's wrong with him?" " He passed out when he saw himself on TV." "How can he appear on TV?" "This is against the common sense." "And the fact that your dad has four legs, doesn't go against the common sense?" "And how many should he have if he's a dog?" "Your Highness, What should we do?" "Are we going to watch the dwarves blow up the whole kingdom?" "Please, say something." "I don't know what to do." "And when i don't know what to do I can't rule." "Your Higness won't leave the throne, will you?" "I offer half the kingdom and princess Arabela's hand to whomever saves our land." "Daddy!" "You're not being serious?" "!" "There is nothing else I can do." "What's the news, colleague?" "The king offers half of the kingdom and princess Arabela's hand." "Well, that's what I've been waiting for."