"Dummie the Mummy and the Sphinx of Shakaba" "Guard the flag!" "Find the pirates!" "Got them!" "Come with us." "Very good... the bus leaves in a few minutes, so could you..." "But Mr. Crabble, there's three more to go!" "Come on!" "Find those pirates!" "Gus, it's me" "We're the only pirates who haven't been caught yet." "This school-trip is sooo cool." " Come on, let's grab the flag." "Here's another one!" "Gotcha." " Blasting Cackdingle!" "Shame guys." "The flag's still here!" "That means we win!" "Doesn't it, sir?" "Er.. yes." "Although I don't like the terms winners and losers." "Does anyone know where Dummie is?" " No idea?" "Ahoy pirates!" "I'm Dummie, pirate captain!" "I'm gonna get all of you!" "Sorry!" "Gotcha!" "The pirates have the flag." " Get him!" "Get that pirate!" "The pirates have won!" "Uh oh... water!" "Pirates are best, very very best!" "Long live pirates!" "Pirates are best!" "Pirates!" "What are you doing?" "Is funny joke." " Joke?" "Everyone could have noticed you!" "No Gus..." "Everyone is busy." "You look." "Who is that?" "Everyone take picture?" "That's a celeb." " Celeb?" "What means celeb?" "Well, it's short for celebrity... which is a famous person." "Or is it a VIP, a very important person?" "Well, anyway, a celeb." "Everyone knows who she is..." " Not me..." "Obviously." "She's famous." "Me on top of mast and everyone caught and then..." "Out of the way!" "Watch out!" " Here is Dummie the Pirate." "Hot vitamins!" "With super spectacular awesome twist, I save everyone!" "I'm gonna be a pirate when I grow up." " I hope not, I'll could have pizza again." "And anyway, pirates don't exist anymore, so that's impossible." "Me son of Pharaoh." "Can be whatever I want." "As long as you're here you're Dummie." "What you do when you're all grown up... is up to you." "What's up with you?" "Hey Gus..." "Talk to me..." "I was just thinking..." "Dummie can't eat." "Never do." "You forgot?" "Of course not... but if you don't eat... you'll never grow up, will you?" "You say I always be small?" "I be small... always." "Luckily you will grow older and wiser!" "We'll find a way." "Dummie..." "No... you cannot eat!" "Well that's sorted that one out:" "you really can't eat." "Don't do that." "I have to!" "Not want to be small." "I want to grow." "Dad..." "I understand you want to grow up, but it will not happen." "You're going to have to accept it." "Don't want to accept it..." "Have you crazy hole in crazy head?" "Me Darwishi Ur-Atum Msamaki Minkabh Ishaq Eboni." "Me son of Pharaoh." "But over here you're Dummie... a small burned Egyptian boy who needs to keep his head down." "When me would be living, me a famous king of my country." "We know the story and know who you are, but you have to accept..." "Darwishi is dead." "You are mean wusses!" "Me best king of all!" "It is different now." " Me still smart and strong." "Can't be just normal." " And you are not!" "You are Dummie." "If not be king and if grow up ls no problem." " Sure?" "If not possible, not possible." "Well, that's... very good." "But me know other thing." "Even better." "Me not be king like dad, not big like dad... but are going to be famous like my dad." "Me famousest of all." "Me celeb!" "Maashi!" "Gus." "What?" " Gus." "You have to help me." "We figure out how me celeb today." "Ok, we will." "Good." " Fine" "You know yet?" "What?" " How me celeb?" "No." "No problem." "Take time." "You know?" " No." "You know now?" "No." "Maybe now?" " No." "POLDER DAM SCHOOL" "You know yet?" "Maybe you can be a dancer?" "Not good idea." " Well, maybe you can be a... famous architect!" "Look, you can build houses." "Building too much sand." "Me something else." "A musician?" "What are you already good at?" " Me good at everything!" "Not musician maybe, but rest is good." "Rest is perfect!" "Yes, but what..." " Wait!" "Me know!" "What called, you be other person on TV." "Actor?" "Yes actor." "I play other person very good." "Me walk in high heals and fall... nearly fall, and be mad." "We won't do that in Holland." "We behave!" "In Holland we behave normal." "Miss Frick..." " Yes." "Perfect." "Dummie..." "What's going on here?" "In Holland..." "We like a bit of fun over here, don't we boys..." "Yes, miss Frick." "And right two three four, right two three four... kick those legs up high!" "You know yet?" " No." "You know now?" " No." "And now?" " Dummie." "Guys, come on, pay attention!" "Me question sir." " Yes" "When is how-to-be-famous-class?" "Well... no.." "This is gym class..." " Then after that famous class?" "There's no such thing..." "But I want to be famous." "Don't be an idiot." "Only cute people can be famous." "Then you never be!" "You can always become a comedian Dummie." "As if." "It wasn't even funny!" " No, yes.." "Enough, Dummie." "Not enough, me be famous!" "Dummie!" "Come on." "Enough." "You and Gus come and see me after class." "And left two three four, left right left right and..." "Now we're in trouble." "Funny yes?" "I know you are behind my book and I know you want me to tell you how." "And do you know yet?" "What are you waiting here?" "We're going to the museum." "Museum?" "Great!" "The museum?" "Why?" "It's a surprise, but it's to do with... being famous." "But do you think we can get in?" "I mean, after last time?" "When we went to steal Dummie's scarab!" " Ah yes... that." "Well, they've probably forgotten all about that by now." "And Dummie..." "Won't they think he's strange?" "A burned boy." "What's strange about that?" "Nice, museum." "We'll keep our eyes open, Gus." "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" " No, what?" "Coffee break!" " Good idea.." "So you were!" "You want to be famous, right?" " Just like my dad" "Yes.. that's going to be quite hard... but.." "look around please." "You're famous already." "You're in the museum!" "Thousands of people pass... your sarcophagus every day!" "Sir... you make joke?" " No, Dummie.." "You might not be in the papers or be on TV every day, but this... this is so much more!" "This is mythical!" "Me not want old history." "I want history of now." "History of next week!" " Yes, but..." "Me want to be big!" "If I can not be big, then famous!" " Yes, but Dummie..." "Look how beautifully this sarcophagus is restored." "This sarcophagus stupid old wuss!" "Very old, very stupid!" "Stupid wuss thing." "Me not be stupid wuss." "This is me..." "I draw this." "Everything OK over here?" " Here?" "Yes, yes, sure everything fine." "Don't I know you from someplace?" " Me?" "You look kind of familiar..." "He does, doesn't he..." "I have an extremely average face?" "Is it from the bowling club?" " The bowling club?" "I don't belong to the bowling club." " No." "Well maybe it's the carnival club." " I do belong to that one." "Well I don't... so..." "Shall we go?" " But we just got here." "See you!" "Come on, boys." "Hold it a minute!" "The voluntary firefighters?" "The beer brewing club?" "The homing pigeon club?" " I remember now." "It's from the sauna!" "Where I'm usually completely naked." "As are you, I believe." "Well, see you soon, gentlemen." "What are you looking at?" "I love being naked!" "Your parents gave you this drawing when you were buried." "This is sphinx of Shakaba." "Uncle Ghepsetsoot made it with my face on head." "The sphinx of Shakaba?" "I've seen one of these." "Exactly the same." "It's a beautiful drawing." " Me was beautiful." "Very long ago." " Very nicely done." "And here, under head, is oil." "For when sick, you get better." "Very good oil." "Makes everything better!" "I remember scarab." "Dung beetle." " I know." "Walk in sand." "Me, Darwishi, step on scarab." "Scarab kinda flat." "Not moving, is dead." "Uncle Ghepsetoot take sphinx and open." "Put drop on scarab." "And scarab... is alive." " You hear that dad?" "He came back to life." " Yes back to life... very interesting." "Say Dummie, that eye over here?" "Did you do that in ocher?" "Dad!" "The scarab came back to life!" " Very nice indeed." "Uncle Hepsetsoot bring back life with oil from sphinx." "But Dummie. if we can find that oil, we can..." " I know." "I'm sure!" "I've seen that statue before." " What?" "A sphinx with a gold head, right?" "This big." "Yes, head is gold" " I've seen it before." "It was excavated" " Where?" "Hold on..." "I'll remember in a minute." "In Egypt, Sphinx very important." "Sphinx look after pyramid, or town." "This is Sphinx of Shakaba, Shakaba is my town." "But my town was never built because..." "I dead." "Well... now me here." "If that statue still exists..." "and we can find it... that will change everything!" "I know what you're thinking..." "I get back pretty face." "Yes... you'll truly be alive again." "Yes..." "Guys!" "I've got it!" "I know how Dummie can be famous!" "Your drawing was very good." "Me am very good." " Look at this!" "A painting competition!" "The winner will be famous!" "What does this have to do with the sphinx?" "Course it does." "Look how beautiful this drawing is." "He's really talented!" "He's going to win!" "Easy peasy you guys!" "Easy peasy?" "What peas?" "Green ones?" "No, means easy, not hard." "His paintings could be all over Holland!" "How cool would that be!" "Me famous with competition." "Be easy!" "Easy peasy." "I've tried all my whole life to become a famous painter." "It's not that easy, you know." "We'll get some stuff first." "Some good paint and an easel." " Really!" "Maashi!" "Weasel for me to play with!" "A painter's easel, Dummie." "A painter's easel." "Yes will be fun too." "Weasel for painting!" "But for play too!" "Me look for straw for nest." "Dad!" "We've got to find that statue." "Not to paint." "We will get some paint, but we've got a problem." "Dummie still thinks he gets a weasel to play with." "This very nice big building." "All for paint?" "Well no, the paint store is round the corner." "This is a department store, where you can buy anything." "Anything?" "Anything me want'" " Anything!" "Me buy a... football pitch." " No, not that." "Oh well, me buy a Drome Dary?" "Yes." "No, no dromedary either." "Or pyramid?" " No, no pyramids." "Not even a small one?" " No Dummie, no small ones either." "Dummie?" "Hey Dummie where are you going?" " Me go see what I can buy!" "Dummie?" "This is fun!" "Me come in a minute!" "This is fun!" "In a minute!" "Minute, minute!" "Soon!" "Nice and enthusiastic, yes." "Boys will be boys." "Yes, they have everything here." "Yes, everything!" "Yes Dummie, but no easels for painting." "So let's go." "Wait." "Me look at everything." "Dummie..." "Wait!" "Come on please." "Super fun, animals..." " Leave that bear." "The paint store is..." "All right." "Fine, fine." "I'll go and buy the easel from the store across the road and you can have a look round." "We can?" " Sure you can." "Looking won't hurt." "And touching?" " Touching is OK too," "As long as you're just as careful as you are at home." "I'll see you later." "Hold on." "Maashi..." "Come on." "Let's go on the escalators." " Escapades!" "No, escalators." "What do we think we're doing here?" "Escapades on escalators!" "You want to play?" "No!" "Of course not!" " Well, you boring wuss then." "What did you just say young man?" "!" "Me not young man, me Darwishi Ur-Atum..." "Ma'am..." "We won't do it again..." "What would happen if everyone did this?" "Fun party?" " No!" "Chaos." "He is burned." "All over." "And he hasn't lived in Holland that long... and doesn't know how things work over here." " I don't care!" "You cannot play on the escalators!" "Where are your parents and what is their phone number?" "My parents?" "My sweet parents are in Egypt!" "If I had their number I call every day... but they have no phone" "and so..." "I escalate on." "Wait!" "Stop!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Come on." "Let's go!" "LS OK!" "Gus..." "Gus help!" "Gus!" "Gus!" "Everyone could have seen!" "They could have discovered him!" "But they didn't." " But they could have..." "And what's supposed to happen when Dummie's famous?" "He can't go out if things like this are going to happen." "That won't happen again." "Dummie isn't stupid." " No not stupid." "Exactly!" "He learned from his mistake." " Me learn lots!" "Me learn surfing on escalator!" " Dummie!" "Joke..." "Just kidding." " Come on." "Dummie's not famous yet." "He's got to win first." " Me expert with paint." "The competition rules:" "Every entrant is to turn in two paintings... and the three best painters will go on to the finals." "In the finals you have thirty minutes to paint a picture live on stage." "Whoever wins the paint-off... will be the winner of the competition." "Rules don't matter." "Me win with this super easel." "Look!" "You haven't even heard the most important rule." "The paintings have to be... portraits." "What is portraits?" " People's faces." "Ha, first is done." "Face of Akila." "My old history weasel." "I make another right away." "To paint a good portrait is not easy." "It is difficult." "Easy peasy!" "Me almost winner!" "For a good portrait is a secret." "Secret..." " Yes..." "A really good portrait has something extra." "You show what the person's like on the inside." "Me not paint open head with brain surely?" " Dummie!" "You not many brains, so be ready soon." " Here, come and look at this." "I did this when Gus' mom was young." "You see she's young and beautiful from her flowing hair... her blue eyes, and delicate nose... but that's only the outside." "She was happy on the inside, you can tell by the sparkle in her eyes." "She had a sense of humor, that's why these laughter lines... and she was full of energy... that's why I painted her looking up, as if... she could jump out and be alive any moment." "That was exactly what she was like." " I understand secret." "Maybe not so easy peasy." "No..." "And now it's time to choose." "Who will you paint?" "Someone who has something on the inside as well as the outside... you want to show." "I know very special face, I see every day." "That face I want to paint." "Really?" "Wow!" "If you're sure..." "Yes, me sure." "OK..." " Me really want to do" "Frick's face." "What?" " Miss Frick." "Frick?" "Bad idea." "She is terrible." "She's always grumpy and she hates you." "She ugly wuss and me show everyone inside with painting." "Dad!" "He can't, can he!" "Frick?" "!" "If Dummie has a feeling about Frick it's not such a bad idea." "Yes, idea very good." " And your second portrait?" "Me know too." "But not say. ls a surprise." "And now you have to go!" "Frick." "Dad, I'm worried." "Don't worry!" "Everyone loves to be painted." "Dummie's will paint and you can help me with the gutter." "Aren't we going to find out where the statue is?" "Statue?" "What statue?" " The sphinx, you know." "You mean the thing with the oil?" "You still thinking about that?" "Stop!" "There must be thousands of those statues!" "And if you were to find it... probably all the oil will be gone!" "It's a waste of time." "If you don't want to help, go read or play." "But quit worrying about the impossible." "Gus!" "Sir?" " Hey, Gus." "I've been up all night looking." " For the sphinx?" "I can't stop thinking about it." "I just want to know where I've seen it before." "For the oil..." " I can't stand it!" "I've looked everywhere." "I started with researching everything with the name Shakaba." "But that was no good. then..." "I tried tracing all of Dummie's family." "But... that didn't help." "Then I researched all the sphinxes in Europe." "But.." "Still nothing." "And then..." "I looked up all the archives of museums from all over the world..." "I've ever been to:" "Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen," "Australia, England, Saudi Arabia, all those places." "And then.." "You found it!" " No, then you came in..." "Maybe I'm mistaken." "Maybe I have never seen the statue before after all." "But you recognized it immediately." "That means something?" "I don't know." "I don't know, Gus." " Dummie has no luck." "He's a mummy." "He's dead." "His parents are gone." "And his city, Shakaba... was never built because he died." "Tomorrow I start to paint Frick, and she must hold very still!" "You have to ask her first, if she wants to sit for you." "Of course she will" " She might say no." "Won't say no." "Of course not." "Me say Miss Frick... you ugly wuss, I want to win competition." "I paint your wussy face." "Dummie!" "You can't just call her a wuss." "But she is!" "If you want something, you sometimes have to tell a small lie." "You always say: must not lie!" "Well, twist the truth a bit then." "Say she looks interesting... that she inspires you.." "People like hearing these things." "But that is a lie." "I want to paint her because she is a ugly wuss." "That's true, but you'll still have to ask nicely..." "Just try." " Nicely?" "Just nicely?" " Nice!" "Gus." "You play Frick." "Me?" " Yes." "Dummie, ask Miss Frick.." "Dear Miss Frick, me want paint your face." "Why?" "Because you ugly wuss." "Please?" "That isn't very nice." " No." "Me say, please." "Please is nice!" "No, no." " No." "You really can't tell her she's an ugly wuss." " Exactly!" "Let's do this again, Gus." "Now Dummie, be nice!" "OK." "OK." "Please Miss Frick, me paint your face... because you not ugly wuss." " Dummie!" "What?" "Me say right!" " Whumpy Dumpman!" "No!" "Do not say anything more!" "I'll ask Frick tomorrow!" "Guys!" "' Dad!" "Now pay attention." "And keep your mouths shut." "I will teach you something about sucking up." "Miss Frick!" "Excuse me!" "Could I talk to you for a minute?" "I know you're busy running this school so perfectly." "I have a question." "It's a request, really." "And you are the perfect person to help me." "Me?" " Yes..." "You are." "You have a very interesting profile." "Especially in this light." "My profile is special?" " Yes, I do see why he wants to ask you." "Who?" "What?" "I..." " It's Dummie." "Dummie?" " Yes..." "I know." "He's a nuisance and a bad boy... always in trouble, and I know he's been causing you problems." "No!" "Keep out of this!" "But he is also a marvelous painter... and he would love to paint you for a competition." "Dummie?" "Paint me?" "Oh no!" "No, not going to happen." "No way." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "If it was me entering the competition..." "I would paint you myself... with your beautiful jaw line... those full lips... and that look... in your eyes." "So... powerful." "Unfortunately this competition is only for young talents... and the brat has talent." " Me not brat!" "Be quiet, Boogerplork!" "SQ?" "What do you say?" "You could make him very happy." "Well I really don't think that..." "We could ask aunt Thea." "Aunt Thea?" " You know, aunt Thea from Tessel." "Aunt Thea from Tessel?" "Ah yes!" "Aunt Thea from... from Tessel." "Miss Frick, you have a think about this, meanwhile we ask Aunt Tessel from Thea." "She will love to go all over Holland with her portrait." "All the main cities, all the museums." "All the museums?" "My portrait, everywhere?" "If Dummie wins, the portrait will be shown all over Holland." "But we'll just ask Aunt Thea." "No, wait!" "I'll do it." "I'd love to." " Really?" "You've made me so happy!" "It's going to be very special." "Bye." "Dummie, come on." "You kept calling me bad names!" "Those were little white lies." "And she's doing it, isn't she?" "Now let's go before she changes her mind." " Wait!" "Wait!" "We were looking the wrong places all the time." "I have seen that sphinx before." "But it's not the Sphinx of Shakaba, but of Amoenheb!" "Amoenheb?" " Yes." "You helped me think of it, Gus." "You reminded me that the city of Shakaba for Dummie was never built." "So the statue got a different name:" "the Sphinx of Amoenheb." "Dummie died, and another city was built." "A city for Pharaoh Amoenheb." "So the sphinx got a new name." "But it's the same sphinx." "Years later it was discovered." "And now?" "Where is it now?" "Yes, well that's a tough one." "It was all over the news when I was young..." "Your age." "Well, your age, actually, Gus." "There was an exhibition from London, that's the capital of England." "I know." " And it came over here." "So the statue's in Holland!" " No, this is why I remembered." "Look..." "The ship that was transporting it, sunk on the way to Holland." "They saved everything from the wreck, except the statue." "So it nearly made it over here..." "Yes, and it's probably at the bottom of the ocean now!" "If we can find that statue, you'll be able to grow." "You'll be big." "But statue at bottom ocean." "If it's still there, we'll find it." "No Gus." "Bottom of ocean is deep." "Very deep." "Very dangerous." "Me be famous." "Very good too." "You behave, be polite and speak nicely." "Understood?" "And whatever happens, never, ever, say she's an ugly wussy." "Ugly wussy, ugly wuss." "Well, when are you going to begin?" "Me begin long time ago." "Me have to... look very well first." "You've been staring at me for ten minutes." "No, wait..." "Me start." "Really!" "Look!" "Me find right angle." "Can you turn to left please?" "To the left?" " Yes, little bit." "More little bit." "More little bit." "Small little bit more." "And now one more little bit to left." "This is perfect." "If you invited me to mess me around..." "Stop!" "This is best of all." "Very perfect." "This is beautifullest perfect face of all." "This?" " No move!" "Please!" "Don't be ridiculous!" "I want to see!" "But is a surprise. ls secret." "Secret!" "I sat there for three hours!" "I demand!" "I want!" "I..." "But is fun." "Surprise." "Well..." "How did it turn out?" "Apparently it's a surprise." "Great?" "!" "Hey Gus." "Come on!" "Mr. Crabble here too." "Mr. Crabble?" "Why?" "Come on." "Get dressed." "You' will never give up on that statue..." " I will..." "No way." "Is this the place?" "Did the ship sink here?" "Mr. Crabble called someone." "He's going to take us out." "Really?" "Great huh?" "Veery great." "Come on guys, let's find my friend." "Ahoy!" "Ahoy!" "Someone be comm'." "Ahoy!" "Ahoy!" "Someone be comm'." "I'll be right back." "Keelhaul." "Keelhaul them all." "Dummie?" "Dummie, are you here?" "Don't be such a wuss." "Come out from behind that suit." "Maashi!" "How did you get into that suit?" " Just did..." "A lot of people ask about the wreck... but no one really goes down there anymore." "Because everything's gone?" " Yes." "Been gone for years." "Old Frank, the one with the eye patch." "He knows all about it, but..." "The only one he talks to nowadays is his parrot." "Ah!" "Water!" "Would you like to steer?" "Well..." "Well done!" "Look, just aim for that dot." "OK?" "Yes?" "Yes... you're there, kid." "Hold it still now." "That lever." "This is the exact spot where 40 years ago sunk the ship... that carried the Sphinx of Shakaba, and now called the Sphinx of Amoenheb... 99 feet straight down from here." "99 feet down..." "We could take a look!" "See Gus... we will never find that statue." "We did not look everywhere." "Maybe it's underneath something." "That little dive boat has grabbers." "What if we use them to look?" "We would have found it if it was down there." " Maybe we didn't look properly." "We could try!" "Under those crates, under the sand, behind those doors." "The point of showing you this was to show you, it would be impossible to find the sphinx." "But dad..." " Nothing's impossible!" "Maybe so... but this is." "Maybe there's something else... we overlooked." "Freshwater sailor on starboard!" "Can I ask you something?" "Is it true you dived down for the load from Egypt?" "Get out of here you bum!" "Rattlesnake!" "Wet noodle!" "I didn't mean to interrupt." "I remember going down there well..." "The sea was wild." "But we still went down." "It was filled with boxes and crates." "And then I saw it." "It was sparkling in the sand." "The gold sphinx?" " Shiny gold." "Shiny gold in the waves." " I grabbed it, and wrapped it in a net." "When I came up, it was gone." "It was Simone!" "Simone has it!" "Simone gave me a net with a hole in it." "The sphinx fell out." "So she went down to look for it herself." "But she couldn't find it anywhere." "The Sphinx was gone." "Where did this Simone live?" "Northern Dune Road, not far from here." "In an old house by the ocean." "The last time I saw her she was a hundred-and-three." "Old witch!" "Thank you!" "Dummie!" "Dummie, I've got an idea!" "I..." " Stop!" "Hold still." "Mustn't see." "I think I know where the statue is." "Maybe it was secretly taken from the ship." "Dummie!" " Maybe?" "We have to go there." "We have to check it out." "First competition." "Then we check it out." "Didn't you hear me?" "There is a chance we could find the Sphinx." "All you can think about is painting." " But all you think about is statue." "Painting nice too." "You going to like this one." "Especially this one." "Is surprise." "Is surprise for you." "Me make the finals." "And me be famous." "Everyone is entering!" "Everyone!" "Easy peasy, I am best" "You ready for beautiful painting?" " Hold on!" "Ah, Miss Frick." "You're here." "Of course, this is all about me." "Right?" "Yes." "Yes!" "This is a very special day." "Has anyone seen it yet?" " You are first." "Perfect, that is how it should be." "Well." "You may proceed." "Show us please!" "You may remove cloth." "This..." "This..." " Don't you love it?" "Your youth, your determination." "Your professionalism." "It's... it's... striking..." "It's... wonderful." "Powerful..." "Surprising..." "Terrible." "It's terrible!" "No!" "She not likes it." "And now next painting!" "Is my surprise to make finals." "You like right?" " Is that you?" "From before. ls my beautiful face." "Get out of my way all of you!" "See, it's crooked!" "A bit to the left and up a bit more... and now to the right and up." "Like this?" "It's still crooked, you know what?" "I'll do it myself." "Oh, are you entering too?" "How sweet." "Not sweet." "Me win." "That's what you think, stinky." "I will win and Lissy's will be second." "My father is the head of the jury." "Whumpy Dumpman, Dummie." "Her father's on the jury." "You're never going to win." "Course I will." "Best wins." "Me best." "Me win. ls easy." "Is easy." "What I said about the statue..." "I know where it is." "Might know where it is." " Yes all right." "I might know where it is." "But if it is, if we can find it, then..." "Then I get pretty face back!" "Let's" "Hello?" "Hello, is anyone home?" "Yes, me." "Gus, no one here anyway, come on." "Dummie!" "Gus!" "Here!" "Ahoy captain!" "Dummie!" "What are you doing now?" "Joke." "Look." "Me found." "Funny suit." "That must be her old diving suit." "Simone's." "All this must have been found in the ocean." "An old diary!" "Look!" "There was a big storm on the North Sea." "We have to go down." "The sea is wild, much too wild." "Maybe I'll be able to extend my collection today." "If no one's watching..." "Hello?" "Anyone here?" "Are YOU guys lost?" "We..." "Lost"" " What an unexpected pleasure..." "Unexpected and very... cheeky"." "We're looking for Simone van Rijn." "She dove down to a shipwreck a long time ago." "We want to ask her something about..." "About my statue." "The one with gold head." "Where is the Sphinx?" "There is no gold-headed statue here..." "And Simone van Rijn... was my aunt." "She died years ago." " Dead?" "But with the statue, she could have..." " You should go now." "We're sorry." "We... we're leaving." "I thought if she was alive, That Simone would have used the oil herself..." "Guys!" "Where were you?" "Dummie made it!" "He made it to the finals." "Maashi!" "If you win the paint-off, you'll be famous!" "Forget about statue, Gus." "Me win competition." "Is OK." "Gus... me dream of woman in house." "Woman without finger." "And of sphinx..." "Very strange dream..." "Gus?" "Gus?" "Gu-hus?" "Gus, where are you?" "Is Gus not here?" "I thought he was inside." "Not inside." "Not outside." "Not here." "Maybe he look..." "Not that statue again." "He's going to drive himself crazy." " Gus not crazy." "He does not know when to quit." "You look in the house, I'll check the yard... and the dike." " Yes." "Nothing's impossible... nothing." "Gus!" "?" "Good day." "I'm here to see Darwishi." "Darwishi?" "Darwishi Ur-Athum Msamaki Minkabh Ishaq Eboni." "Is that Gus?" "Darwishi..." "There you are." "How you know..." " I lied yesterday." "I think this... is yours." "That woman..." "She is..." "She is Simone!" "She has the statue!" "When we found it in the sea, I hid it." "I knew it was a special statue." "And it was." "I haven't aged in all these years." "But everyone around me has." "And now, when you came looking for it..." "I know who you are." "I know who your father was." "I know everything." "It is yours." "Nick Gust." "They saw your son in the harbor... and my ship's gone." "Do you know anything about that?" "It's Gus." "He went out to sea." "Use it wisely." "Yes." "Gus!" "Gus!" "Where are you?" "Gus!" "Dad!" "?" "Gus!" "Gus!" "' Dad!" "Dad..." "Your arm." "I think it is broken." "I'm so sorry." "I should never have taken the boat out." "It's all my fault." " Oh, Gus..." "And the statue wasn't even there." "The woman must have it." "That Simone, from the house." "She must have been using it all this time to stay young." "She has the Sphinx, I'm sure of it." " Gus, she hasn't any more." "Here is the best magical oil in the history of the world." "But Dummie, you have it!" "This oil makes everyone better." "Dummie, what are you doing?" "But Dummie, that was..." "Not enough oil for me, but enough for he arm." "Nick is my dad too." "I feel sorry for him." "But..." " Is better now, right?" "This was your only chance to have your face back..." "Gus, me not regular boy." "Me Dummie." "Only one old history and one new history." "I am the best!" "And what about being famous?" "Too late now." "The finals have started." "I'm not giving up this easily!" "You always say yourself nothing is impossible." "Well..." "Come on!" "Two more minutes?" "That enough, Dummie?" "Easy peasy." "Ladies and gentlemen, in a very surprising turn of events..." "Dummie Gust has come up on stage for the final minutes of this competition." "This will make the jury's task even more difficult." "If Dummie finishes on time, that is." "I bet you're doing a self-portrait." "That silly stripy head of yours can be done in a second." "Is cute, but you forgot poison fangs for the ugly snake." "See, nothing is impossible." "Even a famous Dummie." "See:" "Everyone sees him, but all they're looking at is at his work." "People see what they want to see, Gus." "I've got it!" "I've got it!" " Mr. Crabble!" "The woman at the house has the..." " I know." "She already gave it to us." "I'll explain later, OK?" "Boys and girls, it's almost time, just one more minute!" "Our final contestant is doing the final strokes of his.." "Portrait." "Of course it had to be a portrait..." "I'm going to see what the other jurors think." "But it's close!" "Very close!" "I'd stop if I were you." "There's not much point." "The final seconds now, here we go." "Ten, nine, eight... seven, six, five... four, three, two, one..." "Everyone put your brushes down please." "Finished!" "All finished!" "Finished?" "Of course." "I'll see what my fellow jurors think." "There is only one winner possible... and that is of course..." "That's you, Gus!" "Maashi!" "Maashi!" "Ladies and gentlemen, this changes everything." "Of course the winner has to be..." "Dummie Guts!" "Congratulations, Dummie!" "It's beautiful." "That's you, Gus, inside and out." "You won." "You're the best!" "I told you." "Easy peasy." "You're famous!" "Maashi!"