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In the main living room of Marlinspike Hall, Tintin, captain Haddock and Snowy are watching television. The program shows a terrible performance of four yelling guitar players. Haddock is getting nervous: ``Blue blistering barnacles! Annoying Visigoths! You make me climb up the walls!'' Snowy barks. Suddenly, we hear a familiar sounding tune introducing the famous television program ``Readings for everyone''. Pierre Desgraupes appears and announces the title of the first book of which he will interview the author: ``The Hungry World''. The camera then turns to the author, sitting on a high chair, with a small beard, completely dressed in green... the author is Professor Tryphon Calculus! Our three heroes watch their famous friend with emotion. With one hand he holds his hearing cone, while the other hand holds on to his pendulum. The professor asks Pierre Desgraupes whether the program has already begun. The host makes clear that they have already been in the air for several minutes... Calculus starts his story with enthusiasm: ``Six billion people will live on this planet in the year 2000, and today, with only three billion of us, already one out of two people are hungry. We can only be ready for the future if we fertilize the Sahara to grow oranges and plant potatoes at the North Pole...'' Professor Calculus asks all the scientists in the world to unite in the quest for the solution to this problem which concerns the whole of humanity. At Marlinspike, everybody is very enthusiastic, but Haddock stays calm and mumbles: ``It's a fine idea to rid the world from hunger, but neither must we forget the problem of thirst!'' He then shouts:''Nestor! Nestor! My whisky!''
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Three days later, at Marlinspike, there is a lot of commotion. Hundreds of letters have arrived for the Professor. Snowy suddenly discovers a small parcel. In the parcel they find, much to their surprise, an orange... a blue orange! The captain remarks that ``Oranges, for me, are supposed to be orange. And Tintin, you must agree, a blue orange can no longer be called an orange...'' The professor, having read the name of the sender, says: ``It's from Professor Antenor Zalamea... one of the greatest names in science! Since many years, he has been working on the adaptation of crops to desert soils. A blue orange certainly is strange, but it is not unexpected... the adaptation of the species to dry conditions has probably resulted in a mutation of the colors.'' But, although they look very hard, they cannot find a letter from Antenor Zalamea accompanying the precious parcel.
That same day, at dinner, while Calculus is having a nap, Haddock plans a joke. He orders Nestor to get him the blue orange from the fridge. Nestor comes back with an expression of astonishment on his face. In his trembling hand, a napkin with the precious fruit. He mumbles: ``The orange lightens up... in the hallway... milord knows that it is dark there... the orange lightened up, like an electric light bulb'' The professor has now woken up, and is very upset to see that they have touched the orange. Tintin, fascinated, dims the light and everyone can see the evidence: not only is the orange blue, but billion blistering barnacles! It is also phophorescent!
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The night has fallen; after such an exciting day, everyone at Marlinspike is fast asleep... Suddenly Snowy lifts one ear... there is someone in the hall. Time to wake up Tintin... and go down the stairs in the dark. They see two men... Tintin attacks the burglars and Snowy, the courageous little dog, helps his master as much as he can. Haddock has woken up from the noise and descends the stairs too, dressed in his pyjamas, with a sword in his hand. He yells: ``Attack!'', stumbles, and falls off the stairs... ``Freshwater swabs! Bashi-bazouks! Pockmarks! Cannibals!...'' Taking advantage of the confusion, the two men have escaped... they hear the sound of a heavy motor cycle accelerating. As soon as Nestor has fixed the fuses, a quick investigation shows that the blue orange has disappeared from the refrigerator. The next morning, at beakfast, they have to announce the disaster to Professor Calculus... when the latter understand that this is not a new joke ...
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...of the captain, he howls: ``A disaster! Such a disaster! A sample of the highest scientific importance... I am dishonoured... dishonoured...'' When the captain remarks that this is a lot of fuzz about an orange that is not even orange, Tintin reminds him:
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``Captain, let's think logically, if the orange were a fruit like any other, do you think that people would go through all the trouble of stealing it?'' and, as if speaking to himself, Tintin continues his reflections: ``And if professor Zalamea felt danger and wanted to bring his invention into safety by sending it to our friend Calculus?... This is scientific burglary...'' With Tintin, reflection is soon followed by action: ``Let's send professor Zalamea a telegram to announce our arrival, and let's take the next airplane to Valencia. We have to unravel this mystery...'' The next morning, our three friends -our four friends, we must not forget Snowy!- have arrived at the hacienda Bello Horizonte and are welcomed by an extremely friendly man. It soon becomes clear that he is not professor Zalamea, but his cousin, the honorable don Lope de Zalamea de Rodriguez Arrabalo Zarrabia y Puerredon. He brings them to the professor's laboratory, assuring them that the professor will surely be back by dinner and insisting that our friends should stay at the hacienda.
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Dinner passes without the appearance of professor Zalamea, and don Lope seems to be very worried. ``My cousin often makes long walks, and he is a very distracted man. But, night is falling, and he should have been back since a long time...'' Tintin, Haddock and don Lope are having coffee in the garden when, suddenly, they hear a sound. Tintin hurries back to the laboratory, where Calculus had gone immediately after dinner, fascinated as he was by his colleague's work... There, he finds Snowy, immobile, on his side, with a cloth soaked with chloroform on his nose. Haddock grabs Calculus' little hat from the floor and cries in fury: ``If those gangsters dare to touch even one of the hairs that were under this hat... I will kill them! I will hang them from the highest tree!'' Don Lope's face is distorted by fear. He lets his servant seqor Estensorro organize an investigation. Estensorro watches our friend with a suspicious eye... Tintin, reanimating Snowy, suggests: ``Maybe they have also kidnapped professor Zalamea?''
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Don Lope seems to be immediately convinced. ``Ah, the bandits! You are certainly right. The late arrival of poor Antenor would otherwise be inexplicable'' ...And he calls the police.
The next morning, police and journalists arrive. The inspector asks Tintin and Haddock not to leave the hacienda until after the investigation. A young photographer annoys Haddock, constantly taking pictures with flashlight. ``Caterpillar! Coward! Baboon! Parasite! Blistering blundering birdbrain! Beast! Baby-snatcher! Brigand! Belemnite! ''
A little later, Tintin is thinking about the strange events that have happened, when he sees a funny looking car arrive at the market place. A friendly grocer and his son appear. The child cries out: ``Tintin and Snowy!''
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Next, he presents himself: ``Me llamo Pablito, soy un gran amigo del professor Zalamea...'' ``You are Pablito, and you are a friend of professor Zalamea...'' Although Tintin speaks only little Spanish, he understands from Pablito that he thinks he knows who kidnapped professor Zalamea... And when also captain Haddock appears, Pablito makes a sign that they have to be silent, and lets them into the grocery car. ``Listen, captain, I think that we are on the right track, but we have to get out of this hacienda...'' Our friends get seated between the groceries in the car. Pablito closes the curtain... The grocer returns, climbs in his seat,...
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...and leaves in a cloud of dust, greeting the policemen that guard the exit of the hacienda.At the same time, Thomson and Thompson have been notified of the situation by Interpol and arrive at the Bello Horizonte. There they meet a young bull with a somewhat difficult character, which one might even call a little agressive..., next, they meet the owner of the hacienda, don Lope, who is friendlier to them. Don Lope informs the Thom(p)sons that Tintin, Snowy, and the captain have disappeared. The twin-detectives comfort don Lope, saying: ``Sir, don't you be worried... with us on the case, things won't remain unclear for long.'' And, seeing a quiet cow lazily crossing the courtyard, they hurry away, running for their lives...
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We find professor Calculus back in an old deserted monastery where a big American car arrives. The professor is carried by a big guy and argues furiously. He is put down in front of a microphone, through which a rough and loud voice says: ``Professor Calculus, you were getting a little too curious, but we will do you no harm under the condition that you help professor Zalamea with his research. But take care, if you disobey, we will have no mercy... no mercy...'' After this short speach, the big guy brings Calculus to a closed room, where he finds his famous colleague: Antenor Zalamea.
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This encounter is deeply emotional for both scientists. Antenor has set up an impressive laboratory with lots of glasswork and colourful boiling fluids. Under a glass cover lie six blue oranges... ``I have sent to you the first and they have stolen it... The remaining five have grown after my kidnapping, since this species needs five days to grow. An annoying detail... I also have to say that in the present state, the fruit is not edible. It has an awefully salty taste.'' And Zalamea confesses to Calculus with a low voice...that he is just pretending to be working,... but in fact, he is building a machine with absolutely no purpose... that only produces nice sounds and beautiful colours... The two scientist feel like accomplices and giggle like schoolgirls.
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In a small town, Tintin and Haddock have found shelter in a small shack not far from Pablito's father's grocery store. Francesito, one of Pablito's friends, has a French mother, and translates Pablito's story. Last week, professor Zalamea asked Pablito to bring a package and a letter to the post office. He just had to bring it there and tell it to absolutely nobody. But when Pablito was in a deserted street, he was attacked by a man. Pablito resisted, kicked the man's leg, and cried so that the whole neighborhood was alarmed. The attacker escaped... The parcel had fallen into the gutter, but Pablito was able to recover it. The letter however, had disappeared. Tintin quickly draws some conclusions. ``From that letter, the enemies of Zalamea got to know our address, and thus they have come to Marlinspike to steal that precious blue orange. Pablito... we absolutely must know who attacked you.'' Pablito's description is pretty vague: the man was of medium height, had brown hair and a moustache... there are millions of men like that in Spain... Suddely, Pablito's face clears up... and Francesito again serves as translator. ``Pablito says that his attacker had a tattoo under his watch of a dragon biting its own tail.'' Immediately, Tintin sets up a plan of action: ``Tomorrow is Sunday. We will divide in groups of two and you will ask everyone that looks like the attacker how late it is. You will then have the opportunity to see whether the man has the tattoo. One of you will follow the man, while the other calls the grocery store as soon as possible. Pablito, from his side, will notify the captain and me here...''
The next morning, the children spread out to all sides...They ask all people with moustaches how late it is... As time goes by, they start to despair a little.
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Then, Francesito notices a man who, while his shoes are being shined, uncovers his wrist: it's him... the tattoo indeed has the shape of a blue dragon that bites its tail. Francesito hurries to a pub, calls Pablito, who then runs to Tintin and the captain. They hurry through the narrow streets of the town, but join Francesito and his compagnon just in time only to see the attacker stepping on a bus and riding away. Fortunately, Tintin has an idea. He passes a key to Francesito: ``Tell the shoe shiner that the man with the blue dragon has lost his key and ask hime if he knows where to find him.'' The boy comes back after a while with the information that the man's name is Fernando and that he lives in a hotel called The Red Donkey
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That same evening, Tintin, Snowy, and the captain go to The Red Donkey. In the great hall, two guitarists and a dancer perform the flamenco in a nervous rhythm. Tintin asks the deskworker if senor Fernando is in his room. The man touches key no7 and answers that he has left. Tintin sneaks upstairs and enters room no7. He finds a booklet on the table...
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But then he has to hide since he hears a key in the lock. Fernando
enters the room, opens
a small suitcase and starts to send a message with a miniature radio
transmitter.
``Fernando to Jefe... Fernando to Jefe...'' Some Spanish sentences
follow, which Tintin
does not understand. His message sent, Fernando leaves again, closing
the door. Tintin
leaves the room through the window.
Tintin interrupts the captain in his admiration of the flamenco performance. They secretly follow Fernando, but somewhere in the streets, two shadows emerge, and they are hit hard on the head. They fall on the ground, ``groggy''.
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We go back to the hacienda Bello Horizonte to find back the notorious Thompson and Thomson. It's Estensorro, the servant of don Lope, who guides the detectives to their rooms. The fabulous Thompson brothers manage once again to get stuck in the doorway, and fall off the stairs, dragging with them an impressive and heavy armour. Once arrived in his room, Thompson hears Thomson knocking on his door, and giving him a sign to be quiet and follow him. Five minutes later, it is Thomson's turn to be pulled down the stairs by Thompson...
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Thus, we see two times two Thom(p)sons descending the stairs of the Bello Horizonte, with just a few minutes interval. We don't have to wait very long for the explanation of this mystery... In a neighbouring barn, we find Thomson and Thompson, side by side, tied up, and gagged. Two other men are standing in the corner, removing their fake noses and moustaches: false Thompsons!
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A grain silo serves as prison for Tintin and Haddock. ``Blue blistering barnacles! Ten thousand thundering typhoons!... Me, who has such a fragile head, The gyroscopes! Traitors! Bloodsuckers!'' Tintin, from his part, is busy thinking about a way of getting out of there. He looks at the small opening high up in the ceiling of the silo... impossible to escape through there... But there he sees a familiar face... it is Snowy, the faithful dog. Faithful, but also clever, as he lowers a rope that he found at some distance from the silo. As soon as they are back in the open air, our three heroes hurry to Pablito's place.
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But the captain wants to take a carriage to get there. The horse is stubborn and wild, and knocks over a merchant's oranges, which leads to a huge discussion... The captain interferes with the controversy, which only adds to the confusion. In the end, the police has to come in between the quarreling people. Our heroes can barely escape. Congratulations captain Haddock, you did a good job at staying incognito!...
After our friends catch their breath, they discover that they have entered the municipal theatre, where Bianca Castafiore is giving a recital... ``Clearly,...'' the captain says, ``it is a day of catastrophies...''
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Unfortunately, there is no choice... the police is chasing them... they enter Bianca Castafiore's room... who gives them a warm welcome: ``How nice of you to have come all the way to Spain to hear my singing, my dear captain Craddock''... Haddock turns red from anger... but then they hear the whistles of the police. Tintin and Snowy have just enough time to hide and Haddock to disguise as Mephisto... La Castafiore starts singing her famous Jewel Aria accompanied by the Captain humming <<pom... pom...>>. But the policemen are no melomanes and as soon as they open the door, they close it again... scared by the terrible noise produced by ``Margaret''... New alarm, knocks on the door, but this time it are two Arabs that were sent by Emir Sadek el Benzine... They offer a gigantic bouquet of roses and an invitation. Their Master asks if Bianca wants to give him the honor to invite her on his yacht after the concert... She informs Tintin: I've known Emir Sadek el Benzine in San Remo... he is an extremely rich man who rules the deserts... where he has a lot of petroleum...
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The two kidnappers of Thompson and Thomson have received the order to bring them to the old monastery where the two professors are already being imprisoned... but a few kilometers from their destination, the massive car is forced to stop... a rock is blocking the road. And suddenly, several men appear, dressed in bournous. They attack the two kidnappers, while Thompson-Tomson, still tied together, try to escape by short, clumsy jumps...Everything is quiet at the old monastery... In the laboratory of Calculus and Zalamea now stands a massive metal cylinder, in which the professors are busy working. Taking advantage of the ignorance of their guards, they have assembled all the necessary pieces
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for the construction of a radio transmitter... which they have secretly hidden in the interior of the cylinder. The giant man that guards them only has eyes for the strange machine. He admires with astonishment this remarkable construction of wires and green tubes filled with colourful, boiling fluids...
In the meanwhile, inside the cylinder, the professors do the last tests before sending their message which they hope will get them back to the free world.
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At last, after releasing themselves from la Castafiore, Tintin and the captain can finally return to their shelter... they are welcomed by the enthousiastic cheers from their young friends, who were starting to get desperate that they would never return. Now Tintin meticulously investigates the small booklet that he found in the room at the Red Donkey. Not without surprise does he encounter the name Estensorro mentioned several times. ``How does the man with the dragon tattoo know don Lope's servant? That is something that needs to be investigated!'' Seeing that the captain gets ready for a well deserved nap, Tintin says: ``Captain, no time to sleep now, we have to leave at once...'' ``Billion Blistering Barnacles! What do you mean, we have to leave again?''
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``Listen to my plan... We absolutely have to get back to the hacienda Bello Horizonte, secretly, of course. Francesito, tell you comrades to look for all possible kinds of kitchen utensils... I'll explain to you later... See you here in twenty minutes...''
And two hours later, the children followed by Tintin and Haddock, and carrying bizarre equipment (pans, bowls, lids, cuttlery,... ) sneak to the farm. Soon enough, a terrible noise is heard. Snowy pulls a casserole behind him, and runs around in the hacienda causing a general panic... the animals of the farm -sheep, cows, horses- have been released and are running around in the fields pulling behind them all kinds of kitchen utensils, producing a lot of noise.
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Tintin's plan worked out perfectly: the hacienda is now completely deserted. He and the captain sneak inside, and enter Estensorro's room... A quick search not only uncovers a radio transmitter/receiver that resembles Fernando's, but also, under a pile of clothes... professor Zalamea's letter, adressed to Calculus. The letter stolen from Pablito. Curious, Tintin quickly reads its content: <<under the sign of the great French scientist Charles Tellier, I have put precious information...>> Tintin sees the key to solve the mystery: ``Charles Tellier... Charles Tellier... I believe that that is the one who discovered the preservating properties of cold temperatures... Quick, captain, let's descend to the laboratory.'' As a treasure of war, Haddock has found half a bottle of whisky. In the lab, he fills a glass with this liquid gold, and opens the refrigerator. ``A fish in ice, that's maybe Charles Tellier, but ice in whiskey, that is captain Haddock...'' ``Congratulation, captain, you have found... '' ``Found what? Ice? Yes...'' ``under the sign of Charles Tellier, but... it's clear, the documents are hidden in the fridge.'' But at that same time, good lord! A voice speaks from the glass to the captain... the cube of ice that he put in his whisky starts to boil, and incredible as it may seem, it is him who speaks.
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<<Orange Inc., offered me fabulous amounts of money. I didn't respond: a threatening letter was sent to me... A powerful person, the Emir from Sakali, also knows about my work. He wants to be the only one to know the secret of the blue oranges, and he seems to be quite determined to have control over my research and over myself... If something ever happens to me, the probable culprits are Orange Inc., or the Emir...>> Once the ice is molten, the voice fades away. And while Haddock is still dumb struck by astonishment, Tintin concludes: ``Two suspects, that doesn't make our task easier!'' ``Ten thousand thundering typhoons! That voice coming out of my glass, made me lose my thirst...''
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They now have to leave the hacienda... But to avoid Estensorro who just returns with a group of people and captured animals, Tintin and Haddock have to hide in the garage. The driver gets back to the large Mercedes that he was just cleaning when the alarm signal was given... The car radio is on... the music is suddenly interrupted by a voice... Estensorro comes nearer to the car... and listens... He seems to be a little surprised and angry... Our friends, hidden behind the garage door, observe him... But then, another voice is heard,
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a familiar voice, the voice of Tryphon Calculus... ``Hello... hello... Professor Calculus speaking. Professor Zalamea and myself are being imprisoned in an abandoned monastery on the road to Valencia... located about a hundred meters from the river... If anyone hears this message, please inform the police immediately, as well as my friend, the reporter Tintin.''
Estensorro has already jumped on his motor cycle and speeds away. Tintin and Haddock conquer the Mercedes and with Tintin steering, they accelerate, leaving a big cloud of dust behind. They pursue Estensorro to the ruins of the monastery...
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The pursuit continues on foot... The captain has trouble keeping his equilibrium on an arch of a small ruined bridge... ``Blue blistering barnacles! I'm a seaman, not an acrobat!'' But Tintin, leaping from stone to stone catches Estensorro in the abbey... They start fighting without mercy... A fight of brute force against the swift and acrobatic judo skills of Tintin... The fight doesn't take longer that just a few moments, but these are intense moments... In a magnificent curve, Tintin's two feet hit Estensorro's chest hard. The man collapses in the dust.
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At the same time, the police arrives in the abbey, also they received the radio-message sent by the two professors. Tintin meets the police officer who was in charge of the inquiry at the hacienda: ``Congratulations, Mister Tintin, I thought you were kidnapped as well, but I see that you only kept your freedom for personal investigations'' ``Inspector, here is an important piece of evidence: the letter from professor Zalamea that Estensorro stole... In his room, you will find the radio transmitter/receiver with which he stayed in contact with his accomplices...''
But, they have to face the facts, the two professors have disappeared, kidnapped by a rival gang. In the cave, six well known persons are found, sitting side by side: the two guards of the professors, Thompson-Thomson, and their two kidnappers, the false Thompson-Thomson. The captain bursts into an enormous laughter, which echoes tenfold in the cave: ``Ten thousand thundering typhoons! What are they doing here, those siamese twins! Anyway, the new gang is more serious than the first, they didn't bother to take those two artichokes with them...'' The police officer interrupts Haddocks moment of fun... ``Thank you again, Mr. Tintin, for your collaboration. See you tomorrow in my office''
The inspector has just left, when Snowy enters the room, with in his mouth, a black piece of rope, delicately interwoven with gold thread... Tintin, whose memory is always sharp, suddenly comes to a conclusion. ``But that is the rope that kept together the headscarf of one of the Arabs whom we met in the room of Biance Castafiore... I'm sure... but then it's evident... The Emir of Sakali who professor Zalamea was talking about... and Emir Sadek el Benzine are one and the same person.''
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And a few hours later... a small boat silently glides along the side of a large white yacht... The night is soft and warm... Haddock rows gently and Tintin takes a look through the open windows... ``There they are!'' The two professors are sitting side by side on a bench. Zalamea plays the flute, and Calculus sings, while tapping the rhythm. ``Professor! Professor!'' Tintin calls with a tempered voice... At last Calculus sees him... ``But... but it's Tintin!... What a pleasant surprise! And the captain... and Snowy...'' Tintin gives him a sign, in vain, to keep quiet... Too late... A bright light shines on them from the yacht... The commander and three sailors appear, machine gun in their hands. ``Hands up! Come here...'' They throw them a rope ladder. But before climbing, Tintin whispers: ``Quick, Snowy... jump... go and warn Francesito and our friends...'' The brave dog jumps and swims amidst the bullets that splash up the water.
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Tintin and the captain have been brought to the Emir's tent. Sitting in a dress, smoking a water pipe, the Emir Sadek el Benzine looks at them with small, black, cruel eyes... ``What gives me the pleasure of your visit?'' ``You Basji Bouzouk, ectoplasm on wheels, release Calculus and Zalamea at once, or...'' a sailor twists Haddocks arm, whose face distorts from pain. ``Aah... ooh... aah...'' Finally the captain surrenders and shuts up... ``I am terribly sorry, but it has become impossible for me to give you back your freedom... Those are the consequences of curiosity...'' The emir adds with a wicked smile: ``Know that I don't like tough heads... however, the toughest heads are the nicest to chop off... In the meanwhile, let's enjoy the pleasure of music...'' A long and slow melody sounds in the air... Haddock slowly raises his head, and as being carried away on the tones of the music, he starts dancing, shaking his arms in the rhythm. And then... boum... as lighting... he bangs the two guards' heads together... The two men collapse... It's the sign for a battle... What a battle!... Tintin and Haddock fight as devils... and suddenly... notice the fishing boats that approach the yacht... Pablito... Francesito and dozens of their little comrades climb on board... This wave of attackers floods the sailors... each of them is surrounded by a bunch of children... suffocating... and finally thrown over board... amidst cries of joy...
An uneven fight now takes place between Tintin and the emir... The emir has a sword in his fist... Tintin is forced to defend himself with his bare hands and can barely escape the terrible blows of his opponent's weapon. But then, he slips... the emir lifts his sword for a final strike. In a final reflex, Tintin throws a pillow. A cloud of feathers floats in the air... The emir, blinded, conserves his momentum and tears apart his tent, which collapses on him... With wailing sirens, a police boat comes along the yacht... The inspector leaps on board. ``Congratulatons, Mister Tintin... Captain, allow me to say that your achievements would be worthy of El Cid'' ``Yes, but we should be especially grateful to the children, without whom we would never have won the battle. A triple <Hurrah!> for the chicos!'' ``Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!''
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A few weeks later, we are back in Marlinspike. There is a band, a television truck, official cars guarded by motor cycles, and all the inhabitants of the village. Tintin, the captain, and Snowy receive the many official guests, and savants with long beards. Professor Zalamea gives a presentation of his recent and future research to the F.A.O., and the president of this organisation, which fights against the hunger in the world, thanks him, deeply touched. Under tremendous applause, Zalamea finishes: ``I thank you with all my heart. Your sympathy and support will encourage me for the long and patient research which I am going to carry out with my eminent and very close friend professor Tryphon Calculus...'' The latter now speaks: ``I think that it is not too ambitious for us to claim that about a decade from now, we will not only be able to grow blue oranges in the sand... but all the great crops that are indispensable for the survival of mankind... wheat... patatoes...''
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``A Billion Blistering Barnacles! What are those two idiots doing there?'' A 2CV enters the main entrance to the courtyard, zig-zags dangerously, and violently hits the large basin, ejecting the two passengers, who -after a short but spectacular flight- join the fish... And as soon as the Thom(p)sons emerge and start quarreling furiously, an enormous laughter rises up from the spectating crowd.
The End