Equinox Page #4

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Doubt if we'll ever know.

Well, I took care of the beverage.

Fresh mountain stream water.

And I just hope

you can cook chicken.

I'll have you know my chicken

is of world renown.

- Voil!

- Saved by the colonel.

Look at this.

Yeah, must be that pioneer stock

in your background.

Ohh.

- Lunch time.

- No, I wanna get this open first.

You're sure fighting that thing.

The old man neglected to give us the key.

Would you like to go back and ask him for it?

Mmm. Here.

Try this.

Well, well.

We brought a Boy Scout with us.

Yes, we did.

Wait -- Now, wait -- Now, be c --

You're gonna break the point off that thing!

Let me do it. Okay?

Here, catch.

Aah!

Yeah? Yeah? All right.

- [ Clicks ]

- Think I got it.

Pretty clever. No springs.

Just two interlocking links.

Okay, okay.

Open it,Jim.

- [ Gasps ]

- Whew!

- Wow.

- Whew!

What a stink.

Where'd he keep this thing, in a sewer?

- Smells more like rotten eggs -- sulfuric.

- Yeah.

Hey, what's this?

- Well, what is it?

- Somebody's notes.

Well, what's it say?

Hmm.

''Unknown preservative.''

Talks about the excellent condition

of the book.

A couple of chemicals

that might be involved.

Very knowledgeable.

Very scientific.

So?

So, if this is more of the old man's put-on,

at least it's getting more interesting.

Hey, I didn't make all this stuff

for the ants!

She didn't make all that for the ants.

Okay. Be right there.

If the smell of this book

doesn't make me lose my appetite.

Huh.

Look at this character.

- How about that?

- Yeah.

Wow. This is some

piece of literature.

Only it's gonna be a little difficult

to follow the story without a translation.

Come on, you guys.

Let's have our picnic and go see that castle.

A lot more interesting

than some smelly old book.

Dear heart,

why don't you dummy up.

She's right,Jim. We should try

to find out where Dr. Watermann is.

We can examine the book later.

Okay.

All right. Who made the potato salad?

Joe's Delicatessen?

- [ Vicki ] I made it myself.

- Then I'll stick with the chicken.

Say, here's something I can read.

Pretty well anyway--

it's in Latin.

''Nema.

''Forever glory the and'' --

Must mean ''and the.''

''Power the and kingdom...

the is thou thine.''

Yeah?

''The is thine''?

''Kingdom the is thine.''

Hey, wait a minute.

Don't read any more.

I know what that is.

That's the Lord's Prayer backwards.

[ Vicki ] You know, I still keep

thinking about that skeleton.

[Jim ] Oh, boy. Well, it's nice you have

something to occupy your mind.

[ Vicki Chuckles Sarcastically ]

Come on, Dave.

- Hey!

- What happened?

- Dr. Watermann!

- You sure?

Yeah. I got a glimpse of him.

He has the book!

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