Prunella and the Disappointing Ending Arthur

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day

# If you can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You gotta listen to your heart

# Listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm

# The rhythm of the street

# Open up your eyes!

# Open up your ears!

# Get together and make things better By working together

# It's a simple message

# And it comes from the heart

# Believe in yourself

# For that's the place to start

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day

# If you can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

-# What a wonderful kind of day

-Hey!

-# What a wonderful kind of day

-Hey! #

Hey, DW.

-Hey!

-Whoa!

Maybe you've heard the buzz, but this episode is gonna be amazing.

Off the hook!

The best part is the ending.

Prunella, wait! Don't tell them how it ends.

-People want to find out for themselves.

-But it's really good.

What if I told you how Cinderella ends?

She knows how it ends.

There's a glass slipper, I marry the prince, yada, yada, yada.

What if I told you how Snow White ends?

I marry the prince, too. Everyone knows that.

OK, Marina.

-Now, this episode ends when I discover...

-No!

Greg, start the show.

And I predict that you will shortly see...

Can you believe it, the last volume is finally here.

Henry Screever And The Knights Of The Bouillabaisse.

I feel I've been waiting my whole life for this moment.

I bet that Henry's father is really Dark Lord Mouldywart

and Henry turns him to good.

I bet Pigblisters is attacked by extra terrestrial reptilians

and they team up to repel the invasion.

Excuse me, coming through.

Muffy! The end of the line is back there.

Around the corner down by Pete's paint shop.

Oh, Bailey.

There you are.

Thank you for saving my place.

Ha!

CHEERING

How come in book five,

Henry was told he could pass through the golden arches

only if he had the sucking stone of Ballycoodle,

but in book six, he passed through them even though the stone

had been consumed by the dragon Calibarious?

I have a Braille copy on special order, Marina Dotillo.

We should read this one together.

So whenever we finish a new chapter, we can talk about it.

Yeah, we'll make a schedule

so we can both finish at the exact same time.

It's a deal.

-TOGETHER:

-By the sacred covenant of Magret de Canard.

So for tomorrow, just the first three chapters.

Chapter four. Oh, just one little peek.

DOORBELL RINGS

JR Ticklepenny has taken her writing

to a whole new plane of beauty and mystery.

Sounds impressive. Prunie, Marina's here.

Can you come down, please?

Coming.

Sorry, I was just...

er, finishing chapter three.

-Isn't it amazing?

-Yeah...I can't wait to see what happens next.

Hey, why is Master Albecore acting so strange?

Maybe he's secretly working for Mouldywart.

No way, not in a million ages of the un-dead.

Well then why would he put the spell on Henry's ladle?

-What spell?

-You know, after the game of Soupdditch, he put the...

You read ahead!

Prunella Deegan,

you have broken the sacred covenant.

I'm really sorry!

I didn't mean to.

I'll let you catch up, I promise.

All right, but for tomorrow we're only going up to chapter six.

Just chapter six, I promise.

By the sacred covenant of Magret de Canard.

So Henry and Rufus Rillergig have to join the Order

Of The Knights to to retrieve the looking-glass of Lord Tappernack.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

Hi, Marina.

Oh, I know! And what about that new teacher, Amuse Bouche?

It's that weird raven that creeps ME out.

What raven?

The er... Wasn't there a raven in chapter six?

You read ahead!

Well so did you, before.

By accident. And then I held back

because I wanted you to be able to keep up.

Wait a second, are you saying you're a faster reader then I am?

Of course I am.

Prunella, this pact is over.

I'm finishing this book and I'm not waiting for you.

You couldn't finish this book before me, even if you...

put a slow-reading hex on me.

Prunella Deegan, you're gonna wish

you never messed with fast-hands Marina.

Prunie!

Oh!

I'd also like to announce the upcoming Harvest Day celebration.

Now, if anyone is allergic to pumpkins, please let the staff...

Prunella.

Prunella!

Reading during a school assembly?

Really, Prunella, you ought to know better.

I am afraid I will have to confiscate the ancient codex.

Oh, heavy.

Time was running out for Persephone.

She needed that ancient codex,

but she had never before entered Albecore's chamber unbidden.

Hey! Thou shalt not pass.

Floors are wet. They need 15 minutes to dry.

She was cornered. The beast was closing in.

Hey, footprints!

Albecore's chambers were guarded by the ghoul, Griselda.

-But just as Persephone grabbed the priceless volume...

-Prunella!

I applaud your enthusiasm for fiction,

but your reading will have to wait until after school.

SHE GASPS

I heard she's already at page 600.

That's even ahead of Brain.

Hey, look. Marina's only got three chapters left.

Bet you an orange smoothie that Prunella catches her.

You're on.

Come on, Prunella, faster.

Marina, read, she's catching up to you.

Go, Prunella, go.

Go, Prunella, go.

-I can't concentrate here.

-Me neither.

Hey, Marina, guess what?

I've finished.

Sshh.

I finished first.

Actually, I finished five minutes ago,

but I wanted to re-read the last page.

Well, I suppose if you want to believe you finished first,

I can't stop you.

Of course you can't, it's the truth.

I'm glad you think that. I'll talk to you later.

Prunella, where's your book?

-Did you finish?

-Who won?

Oh, it's not a competition, but I finished first.

And it was the best ending of all time.

OK, so you gotta tell me, what's the deal

with the looking-glass of Lord Tappernack?

Um...well, Henry has to find it.

But it's broken, right?

Um...yeah, I think so. It's just a silly detail.

What about Lord Mouldywart, is he Henry's long-lost uncle or not?

I don't know if she really explained that.

I think it's open to interpretation.

Hey, Prunella, is it true that Persephone

is really a spirit from the noble order?

Persephone? A spirit?

Er...I mean, right, yes, of course she is.

Told you.

So she's not just saying that to fool Professor Pad Thai?

You mean Professor Amuse Bouche?

No, I mean Professor Pad Thai.

I thought you finished the book?

I did! I just got confused for a sec.

How do you feel now that you're all done with Henry Screever?

Good. I mean, I wish there were more books, but you know.

Well, I'm very proud of you.

Reading of volume seven is quite a feat, and so fast.

Stop right there, Persephone!

If you are to cross the Bridge Of Brulee,

you must prove your knowledge of the ancient law.

Give me your hardest question.

How does a sorceress reverse a Likenthrope spell?

Er...um... That's a good one. Well, it's open to interpretation.

Wrong!

How about this one?

Is it OK to team up with the bad guys

to ward off an alien invasion?

Er...I don't know, was that even in the book?

Of course it was! Persephone Deegan, we find you guilty of...

page skimming!

No-o-o-o-o-o!

EVIL LAUGH

Lord Mouldywart!

SHE GASPS

SHE PANTS

Hey, Marina.

Hi, you wanna come in?

Actually I need to ask you, um...

is Lord Mouldywart Henry's uncle, or not?

Um... Gosh, I'm not sure. I think that's open to interpretation.

Oh, OK. That's what I thought.

And Persephone, is she really a spirit from the noble order?

What, but if she is that means she doesn't die at the end.

I know.

Hey Prunella, I think maybe I read the book a little too fast.

Yeah, me too.

Maybe we should read it again.

We could read it out loud to each other.

"A notably musty air redolent of closed windows and long kept secrets

"emanated from the small, forgotten-looking shop

"on Castle Penny lane.

"Henry Screever with his faithful falcon, Stilton,

"perched on his shoulder, rang the bell and waited

"for what seemed like an eternity."

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

-# What a wonderful kind of day

-Hey! #