The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Page #3

Lap, lap, lap I like this milk,

Lap, lap, lap as smooth as silk.

Agnes, that rhyme is too long for him.

All he knows are separate words.

I just taught him separate words...

...and he can't

understand your rhyme yet.

It's no use, he doesn't even

respond to a feigned thrust.

Doesn't respond to feigned thrust.

I don't think

he's a hard boiled swindler.

He's got absolutely

no conception of danger!

No conception of danger.

It didn't even scare him.

How about trial by fire?

- Is that for the record?

- Yes.

He's not afraid of the flame.

Charmed to meet you!

Charmed, I'm sure!

Look at him gapin'!

He's never seen that before.

Look, look...look here!

Pick up the baby,

Kaspar, go ahead.

Mother, I am so far away

from everything.

I eat with my handses...

With your hands!

With my handses.

With your hands!

Have you heard anything?

A number of people

have testified that the foundling...

...ran away from a group

of English circus equestrians.

- They were in the Oberpfalz area.

- What was that?

Other citizens say he is a

member of the Baden dynasty...

...who was to be

eliminated as most likely heir.

The Baden dynasty, however...

...is beyond all reproach.

Besides, there are better ways

of getting rid of unwanted heirs...

I don't believe the story

in any case. Just look at him...

...with his coarse, rustic features!

There's nothing refined

about him at all.

She can't walk on two feet!

After all, he's beginning to be a

burden on the community coffers.

He's costing us a pretty penny.

Perhaps he should begin contributing

to his own upkeep somehow.

One could turn the public

interest in him to good use.

Come right on up,

ladies and gentlemen!

Parents keep an eye on their children!

Now before we present

the Four Riddles of the Spheres...

...we have for you

an entertaining intermezzo.

This wild bear, Kublai Khan,

from farthest central Asia...

...came to us somewhere

in Mongolia, where the Huns live.

With one sweep of his

mighty paw he can kill a bull!

But here in the

temperate zones, dear children...

...he is as tame and

cuddly as a little cat.

Here our Indian

fire-eater, our fakir...

...a living flame,

a veritable mountain of fire!

He has succeeded, ladies and

gentlemen, by will power alone...

...in rejecting every

trace of a burn or scorch!

Show us your skin,

soft as a baby's, not a blemish.

What's this, you scoundrel?

And now...

...ladies and gentlemen...

...for the very first time

in the history of the world.

Brought together for you

and only for the first time:

The Four Riddles of the Spheres!

Minors please keep their distance.

The gravity of my presentation

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