03x03 - Buster's Egyptian Adventure

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(music beg)

♪ Hey, Buster, where you off to? ♪

♪ What you up to? ♪

♪ Buster, where you off to now? ♪

♪ Where you gonna be? Who you gonna see there? ♪

♪ Let's find out whose hands we'll shake ♪

♪ See the things you've done, we could have some fun there ♪

♪ Let's find out what friends we'll make ♪

♪ Buster, where you off to? ♪

♪ What you up to? ♪

♪ Buster, where you off to now? ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Ring around the globe from North Pole to South Pole ♪

♪ Ridin' on horses, ferries, trains and planes ♪

♪ Hikin', bikin', swimmin' at the seashore ♪

♪ He's got his camera and he's gonna explore ♪

♪ All the new things he's never done before ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey, Buster, where you off to? ♪

♪ Yeah, oh ♪

♪ What you up to? ♪

♪ Buster, where you off to now, now, now, now? ♪

♪ Hey, Buster, where you off to? ♪

Yeah!

(mummy growls)

ARTHUR: Buster, quick, use one of the golden scarabs!

They don't call me the Moomy Master for nothing!

SPOOKY VOICE (on computer): Are you ready for level five?

(laughs evilly)

BUSTER: Ooh, Muffy told me about this place.

There's a magic ankh in here and you have to place it

on the Altar of !sis.

ARTHUR: It's a dead end.

Wait!

Remember how we got the scarabs in the pyramid?

We held the papyrus up to those hieroglyphics.

The magic ankh!

BUSTER: Got it!

Now all we have to do is find the altar of !sis and...

ARTHUR: Buster, watch out!

(both scream)

SPOOKY VOICE (on computer): You lose, intruder.

(laughs evilly)

Aw, we were so close to winning the whole game!

That's not all that happens

when you put the ankh on the altar.

You also get...

The Secret Treasure of the Crocodile King.

Maybe I'll find it when I get to Egypt.

You're so lucky.

That's one place I've always wanted to go.

What are you going to be doing there?

Carlos and Mora want to record some Egyptian musicians

for the latest Los Viajeros album.

Oh, and don't worry,

if I find the magic ankh,

I'll make sure to get it on video for you.

Buster, you do know that there's no magic ankh, right?

It's just a game.

"Just a game." Right!

And I suppose you think

aliens didn't build the pyramids, either.

♪ Will I read some hieroglyphics? ♪

♪ Take a camel ride? ♪

♪ See a pharaoh's tomb? ♪

♪ Find a mummy deep inside? ♪

♪ Now I'm really here in a land of sand and sun ♪

♪ I hope I find some treasure, sure I'll have some fun ♪

♪ Oh, Egypt ♪

♪ I'm looking for the key ♪

♪ Will I find a magic charm to unlock your mystery? ♪

♪ "Shokran, shokran" means "thank you" ♪

♪ "Shokran, shokran" means "thank you" ♪

Ah, Khan-al-Kahlili,

the great market of Cairo.

I haven't seen it since I was studying

at the American university here.

You went to school in Egypt?

Can you speak Egyptian?

You mean Arabic, Buster.

That's what the people here speak.

Mumkin ana akoon mourshidak?

That means, "Can I be your guide?"

Sure! Thanks.

Um, how do I say, "Thank you"?

Shokran. Right, Mora?

Very good.

You remembered what I taught you.

All right, follow me.

♪ Shokran, shokran ♪

BUSTER: We have to climb up to the top of that?

CARLOS: Buster, it's not that far.

And it's a great way to see all of old Cairo.

MORA: We're actually in the old gate of the city, Bab Zwayla.

It's been here for over a thousand years.

BUSTER (panting): I bet the gatekeepers had to be

in really good shape just to get to work.

CARLOS: Whew! It's farther up to the top than it looks.

BUSTER: You can see so much from up here.

MORA: Down there is the market, where there are hundreds,

maybe thousands, of stores.

BUSTER: Let's check it out.

Hey, this must be the chair market.

CARLOS: No time to sit now.

BUSTER: And this is the scooter market.

You know, if we got three of those

we could cover a lot more ground.

CARLOS: I think we're doing just fine on foot.

BUSTER: How 'bout hitching a ride with that donkey?

This place has some interesting stuff.

It looks kind of like ancient treasure.

Just a minute, I want to see if they have something.

Look at all those beautiful boxes and gold statues.

Do you sell any magic ankhs?

I don't have an ankh.

What about some papyrus?

BUSTER: Papyrus?

This is real papyrus.

BUSTER: Hmm, it might not be an ankh,

but it has some ankhs on it.

There's one, and another, and a third...

Maybe it'll help me find the magic one.

You like it, this one?

BUSTER: Yes, please. Okay.

CARLOS: Buster, Mora found the music store.

BUSTER: I'll be right there.

Thanks-- wait, how do I say "thank you" in Arabic?

I just learned it. Sh...

Shokran.

BUSTER: Shokran.

Shokran.

BUSTER: Shokran. Okay, bye!

Masalama.

MORA: I remember visiting this oud store years ago.

BUSTER: Carlos, didn't you get an oud when we were in Brooklyn?

CARLOS: Yep, and now we can see how one is actually made.

MORA: You two look around while I talk to the owner.

CARLOS: Unlike a guitar, an oud has strings...

and its back is shaped like a bowl.

BUSTER: It looks like a face.

CARLOS: Those are the three holes where the music comes out.

Sometimes they're decorated with bone.

BUSTER: They're beautiful.

The owner said he knows

a great young oud player named Mohammed,

but he's out of town.

We'll have to record him later when he gets back.

Great!

I mean, that's too bad.

So, can we visit the pyramids now?

The pyramids aren't right around the corner, Buster.

They're in Giza, which is ten miles from here.

And it's almost time to meet Fahrid.

Who's Fahrid?

The son of a very good friend of mine.

He's just about your age and he's already an inventor.

MORA: Hey, Fahrid.

Hey, Mora! How are you?

MORA: Look at you, you've gotten so big.

Thank you.

MORA: This is Buster.

Hi, Buster. How are you?

BUSTER: Great! Hey is that a telescope?

Yeah. I'm trying it out.

It's a new invention.

BUSTER: You actually made that yourself?

Wow! What are you looking at?

I'm looking at Old Cairo from over here.

BUSTER: Could I look through it?

Okay.

BUSTER: Cairo sure has a lot of minarets.

We hiked up one earlier today.

FAHRID: They used to call Cairo the city of the thousand minarets

because it has more than , mosques.

BUSTER: I wonder how many you can count from here.

One, two, three, four...

FAHRID: ..., , , ,.

There, I counted them all.

(distant hum)

BUSTER: What's that sound?

FAHRID: That's the call of the mosques for prayers.

You hear now?

The thousand minarets are calling.

Very beautiful sound.

BUSTER: It really is.

It's like you can hear Cairo talking.

It's getting cold.

Let's go to dinner.

BUSTER (gasps): You just said my favorite word.

Hello!

Hello, Buster! Hello, Mora!

MORA: It's so good to see you again.

Come in, please.

FAHRID: Hey Buster, this is my dad.

Hello, Buster.

BUSTER: Hi. Nice to meet you.

You fry with me the pigeon, okay?

BUSTER: Um, pigeon?

You mean chicken, right?

No, it's pigeon.

BUSTER: Pigeon? Like the ones in Venice?

MORA: These are a different kind of pigeon.

Here pigeons stuffed with rice are a traditional dish.

It's delicious!

BUSTER: Shokran.

Pigeon.

FAHRID'S MOTHER: Pigeon.

This is my room.

BUSTER: What's this?

This is my prayer rug.

BUSTER: Is it a flying carpet?

No, silly! It's the rug that I pray on.

BUSTER: Oh, sorry.

Cool designs.

Is that an arrow?

FAHRID: The arrow is pointing to Kaaba in Saudi Arabia.

Every prayer rug has to be pointing at it.

BUSTER: Wow.

You sound like you know as much as my friend Brain.

Hey, could you read something for me?

I'll try.

BUSTER: I bought it in the bazaar.

It think it might help me find something I'm looking for.

Buster, I can't read this.

BUSTER: Why not?

We don't use hieroglyphics anymore.

BUSTER: You don't use hieroglyphics?

FAHRID: See? The hieroglyphics are made of little pictures.

Little pictures of birds, pictures of cats,

snakes and other things, like stars.

The ancient Egyptians, which are the pharaohs, used it.

Now we write in Arabic.

I'll write your name in Arabic.

Bus...ter.

BUSTER: Why did you write it backwards?

FAHRID: In Arabic, we write from the right side to the left side.

But I know in English you write from the left to the right.

BUSTER: I think Arabic looks really cool.

I wish I we could write my name in hieroglyphics, too.

FAHRID: Hey Buster, you know, if you're really interested

in ancient Egyptians and pharaohs,

we could go to the pyramids tomorrow.

BUSTER: That would be great!

We can also take my friend, Haya.

She knows a bit about pyramids and hieroglyphics.

BUSTER: I can hardly wait!

ALL: Good-bye!

I'll see you tomorrow at the pyramids.

And tomorrow, I'm going to the pyramids with Fahrid

and his friend Haya.

I can't wait to see if the papyrus opens any secret doors

to the magic ankh.

Buster, for the hundredth time,

there is no magic ankh.

It was just a silly computer game.

I know... but it could be based on fact.

MORA: Time for bed, Buster.

We have to pick up Haya early tomorrow.

I gotta go.

But if I do find the Crocodile King's treasure,

I'll let you have some, even though you're not a believer.

Bye!

BUSTER: Here we are at Haya's.

MORA: Sabah El Jer. My name is Mora.

Sabah El Noor. My name is Haya.

BUSTER: Hi, I'm Buster.

Oh, hi.

MORA: I'm sorry, we thought you'd be ready.

Are we too early?

No, no. Five minutes I'll be ready.

I will only pray.

MORA: Would you like to film her praying, Buster?

Haya said it would be all right.

BUSTER: Sure!

Why are you putting that on your head?

HAYA: I have to put it to pray.

MORA: It's called a hijab.

Remember your friend Farah in Chicago wore one?

HAYA: When I pray, I say, "Please, God, help me."

And after I finish, I feel good.

BUSTER: Thanks for letting me film.

HAYA: This is my breakfast.

BUSTER: What's that?

It doesn't look like cereal.

A spoon of honey...

BUSTER: I've never had just milk and honey for breakfast.

But I have to say, it looks really good.

Ha! You've got a milk mustache!

Yeah.

Would you like to drink some?

BUSTER: Okay. I might as well have an Egyptian breakfast, too.

BUSTER: This is world-famous explorer

and Moomy Master Buster Baxter here,

crossing the Nile to get to the pyramids.

I'm with Haya and we'll soon be joined by Egyptologist Fahrid.

We're looking for...

Hey, maybe we should have ridden horses, too.

HAYA: Yeah.

BUSTER: Whoa.

There they are, the Great Pyramids!

Wow, they look so much bigger in real life.

Look at the size of those stone blocks.

There must be thousands of them.

HAYA: Oh, the pyramids are amazing.

BUSTER: I'll say!

You are so lucky that you live so close to them.

Hi, Buster! High five!

BUSTER: Hey, Fahrid!

How are you doing?

BUSTER: Great!

What are you drawing?

I'm drawing a new...

I want to plan how to jump over the pyramids.

BUSTER: Jump over them?

Aren't they too big?

They're meters.

BUSTER: What are they made of?

They're made of big, enormous, big bricks.

BUSTER: It must have taken them forever to build.

It took about years to build.

You know, Buster, what's amazing in all of this?

That there were no horses, no camels, no...

even cartwheels then.

BUSTER: They didn't even have wheels?

And they've been around for how long?

They're almost , years.

BUSTER: No way!

Five thousand years?

So, who were they built for?

MORA: The Great Pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs.

The smaller ones were for their wives.

BUSTER: What if both you and Fahrid had pyramids?

Whose would be bigger?

Of course mine would be bigger.

Hey, Buster, do you know

that there are a lot of mazes inside that pyramid?

BUSTER: Mazes?

So, have you actually ever been inside this pyramid?

No, never.

BUSTER: How do you feel about going inside?

Very exciting.

And a bit, who am I kidding, I'm feeling very terrified.

But someone has to be terrified and the other has to be brave.

BUSTER: Then I guess that means that Haya gets to be the brave one.

Come on, Buster, let's go.

BUSTER: It's so dark in here.

I can barely see anything.

Oh, there's some light.

Boy, these stairs are steep.

FAHRID: Buster, follow me.

This is the way to the pharaoh chamber.

BUSTER: The pharaoh's chamber... cool.

I should see if there are any hieroglyphics

that match the ones on my papyrus.

It could open up a secret vault, like in the game.

That's weird, there are no hieroglyphics at all

We made it-- the pharaoh's chamber!

This is so amazing.

But the chamber is empty and so is the pharaoh's coffin.

And there are no hieroglyphics at all.

Looks like I'm not going to find any clues

to the treasure in here.

FAHRID: Come on, Buster, let's go.

Hey, guys, wait for me.

HAYA: Wasn't that great?

BUSTER: That was amazing!

But I thought we'd see some hieroglyphics.

Why did you think that?

BUSTER: Well, in my video game there are hieroglyphics just like this.

See, you're supposed to put a papyrus up to the wall

and then it opens.

That's just a game.

And then hieroglyphics was all long ago.

BUSTER: Oh.

You know what we could do?

We could ride camels.

It's really fun.

(camel roars)

BUSTER: Hi, nice, little-- I mean big-- camel.

Ew, someone could do with a breath mint.

Okay, Buster Baxter is on the camel, and now...

Whoa! It's moving!

Oh boy, this is much higher than a horse.

Hey, I'm kind of getting the hang of this.

This is a great way to travel.

HAYA: Yeah.

BUSTER: Is that the Sphinx?

MORA: Yep. It was built as a guardian to the middle pyramid.

And you know whose face it has?

The Pharaoh Cheops, who's buried there.

BUSTER: Oh. I was going to say Binky.

Elevator down!

Whoa! Getting down is harder than going up.

MORA: Buster, come on, we have to go now.

Why? Why are you going?

BUSTER: We have to go to Aswan.

Mora needs to record some more music down there.

Well, I guess this is good-bye.

How do I say that in Arabic?

Masalama.

BUSTER: Masalama.

FAHRID & HAYA: Masalama.

BUSTER: Masalama.

(guitar playing)

And the very last pharaoh was Queen Cleopatra,

who died in BCE.

In all my research on ancient Egyptian history,

I found no mention of any magic ankhs.

There.

Now will you give it a rest, Buster?

Well, it's true I didn't find any clues in the pyramids

about the magic ankh.

There weren't even any hieroglyphics.

And guess what,

The Altar of !sis isn't anywhere close to the pyramids.

It's in Aswan.

Aswan? That's amazing!

We're on our way there right now.

This can't just be a coincidence.

I know I'll find the magic ankh down there.

BUSTER: Wow, the Nile. It's beautiful.

MORA: In Arabic it's called Nahr en-Nil.

It's the longest river in the world.

And look, over here...

You see that island?

We're going to a wedding party there tonight.

There should be some great music for our album.

BUSTER: How are we going to get there?

MORA: By felucca.

BUSTER: What's a felucca?

MORA: You'll see.

There's our felucca down there.

BUSTER: And here's our crew.

Explorer Buster Baxter is about to board

the felucca Semiramis.

Hoist the mainsail!

And we're ready to cast off.

And here's our captain.

He's kind of young to be a captain,

but he seems to know how to steer pretty well.

MORA: Feluccas have been around for centuries,

and Nubians still use them to get around.

BUSTER: Who are Nubians?

MORA: They're the natives of Southern Egypt.

MORA: Ahmed would like to show you where he lives on the island.

We have some time before the wedding.

You want to go?

BUSTER: Sure.

CARLOS: One of the sailors was just telling me

that his friend has a pet crocodile.

BUSTER: A crocodile?

It... it must be the guardian to the magic ankh!

Just like in the computer game.

CARLOS: Buster, are you coming?

BUSTER: These streets are so windy.

It kind of feels like I'm in a maze.

MORA: Here's Ahmed's house.

BUSTER: Hey, there's no roof over this room.

It must be great for stargazing.

Nice room.

The crocodile isn't under the bed, is it?

MORA: Abu Alalla says the crocodile is in the bathroom.

BUSTER: Oh, this is it.

I'm not sure if I'm ready.

(speaking Arabic)

BUSTER: That tiny little thing?

That's it?

Hmm.

He does have pointy teeth, but he doesn't look like

he'd be very good at guarding treasure.

Actually, he's kind of cute.

MORA: Lots of families here keep them as pets.

CARLOS: The wedding party's going to start soon.

We should get going.

MORA: Buster, Ahmed and his friends have a gift for you.

BUSTER: Really?

That's so nice.

BUSTER: Shokran. Shokran.

It's... it's an ankh!

I knew I'd find one!

But wait, how do I know it's the magic ankh?

I guess I'll find out when I put it on !sis's altar.

They really do go everywhere by boat.

MORA: But this time it's a motor boat.

BUSTER: Guess we must be in a hurry.

MORA: That woman all in gold is the bride.

BUSTER: And that must be the groom.

They sure look happy.

(crowd singing in response to soloist)

Hey, it's confetti in a can!

What's a party without confetti?

BUSTER: What are people scooping out of that tray? Is it cake?

MORA: No, it's henna.

You don't eat it;

you put it on your hands and it dyes your skin.

It's supposed to bring good luck.

It's part of this henna night celebration.

BUSTER: Cool!

Even Ahmed is putting it on his hands.

MORA: We should get going now

if we want to make it to !sis's temple tomorrow.

BUSTER: Okay. Masalama, Ahmed.

BUSTER: Well, I'm finally here at !sis's temple.

MORA: They call it the Temple of Philae.

BUSTER: You didn't think I'd find the ankh, Arthur,

but it's right here in my hand.

Now all I have to do is find the Altar of !sis.

I wonder if those hieroglyphics are about mummies

and treasure.

Maybe it's just about the people who built this place,

with no horses or camels or carts, like Fahrid said.

The altar is right up there.

I'm really getting close.

I hope nothing happens to the ankh when I put it on the altar.

I'd hate to lose it.

I wish Haya and Fahrid were here to wish me luck.

Oh well, I'll do it myself: "Good luck, Buster."

I can't do it.

This ankh isn't part of some video game.

My new friends gave it to me and I really like it.

So, Buster, were you impressed by the temple?

I know how excited you were to see it.

Yeah, it was amazing.

But I kind of wish we were back in Cairo.

Why?

I miss Fahrid and Haya.

Well, by the power of !sis, I hereby grant your wish.

I just got a call from the owner of the oud store.

Mohammed has returned and he's going to give us a concert.

Maybe you'd like to invite a few friends.

BUSTER: Hey, guys! I'm back!

Buster! How are you?

BUSTER: Great! How are you?

We missed you.

BUSTER: I missed you, too.

BUSTER: Okay, I think it's this way.

Mora said he'd be playing on the roof.

There he is.

MORA: This guy is really good.

He'll be great for our CD.

BUSTER: And we listened to Mohammed until it was almost dark.

And in the background, you could hear the voices

from the minarets calling people to prayer.

It was amazing.

Much cooler than a video game.

Here's your postcard.

I figured I'd just give it to you in person.

Oh, hey, I almost forgot.

I got you a present.

The magic ankh?

I mean, the ankh you thought was magic?

Are you sure you want to part with it?

Oh it's not one from Aswan;

it's from the gift shop at the airport.

But I did notice some strange writing on the back.

You never know, it could be a clue.

"Made in Egypt."

He'll never change.

CARLOS: ♪ Everything's for sale in Cairo's old bazaar ♪

♪ From papyrus to an oud, which is like a small guitar ♪

♪ If you lose your way, you climb a minaret ♪

♪ And listen to the call to prayer chanted at sunset ♪

♪ Pyramids are bigger than the biggest thing I've seen ♪

♪ Camels are as bouncy as a moving trampoline ♪

♪ People take feluccas up and down the Nile ♪

♪ Everyone aboard! Watch out for the crocodile! ♪

CARLOS & MORA: ♪ Oh, Egypt, I think I've found the key ♪

♪ You've shown me so much more than I ever hoped to see ♪

♪ Oh, Egypt, you are in my memory ♪

♪ All that I imagined is better in reality ♪

♪ Shokran, shokran ♪

♪ Oh, Egypt ♪

♪ Shokran, shokran. ♪