Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal Page #3

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It's not easy to wash you, I deem.

That's the way only silly cats

Get themselves embroiled in cream.

All right, little pheasants, now you

are going to be the King's pages.

- You remember everything?

- Yes, everything!

You won't get mixed up?

Keep your eyes open.

Look, the key!

- You ought to be ashamed of yourself!

- It's black, anyway.

- Beat it from here!

- Midgets!

We're not midgets!

Change of the Guard of Pages!

Change of the Guard of Pages?

Change of the Guard of Pages!

The key!

Pages!

Pages!

There come the tattletales.

- We're done for!

- No way!

Naughty boys,

is everything ready for the appearance

of His Most Royal Majesty?

We don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

Pages are supposed to know everything!

And we don't know everything yet.

Yet...

You're probably new here?

Yes, we're new!

Silence!

His cleverest, wisest,

handsomest, chicest Majesty,

King Torrap the Seventy-Seventh!

- Which one?

- Seventy-seventh!

Where's the Dowager Queen?

Resting after the grand promenade.

- And the Marriageable Princesses?

- They too.

What is it?

The promenade.

I always said... what?

Fresh air

is bad for your health.

- He's so stupid!

- Just like our parrot.

I invited you, ladies and gentlemen,

in order to...

To solve a most intricate

mathematical problem.

One hundred squares have

one hundred mirrors each.

How many mirrors in all?

- How many mirrors?

- The menu.

The King's menu.

I asked you, how many mirrors?

I feel shy.

How charming!

Turn away!

Arithmetic came hard to me

when I was a child.

I guessed so.

I learned to count only up to...

Up to three?

- How much is two plus two?

- Three.

And five minus one?

Three!

You're thrice the dolt!

You're absolutely right,

Your Majesty!

How many?

- How many mirrors?

- Two hundred.

Dunderhead!

- And what do you think?

- Four hundred!

You too!

Unbelievably stupid.

And what do you think,

Masters of Ceremonies?

We believe, Your Majesty,

it's four hundred and a half.

Why?

We think

that if four hundred isn't correct,

than four hundred and a half

would be correct.

You're fools with a half,

my dears.

This 77th one is as dumb...

as an ox.

You believe so?

I'm sure.

But that's a top state secret.

I'm as mute as a fish.

I got to go.

I'm not keeping you.

Anyway! One hundred squares

have one hundred mirrors each.

How many mirrors in all?

How many mirrors?

You. How many?

Come on, speak up!

How many mirrors?

As many as you wish.

- Ten thousand!

- Who said this?

I did.

You?

It's correct!

I swear by the beauty of my reflection,

it's a very complicated problem!

It's not complicated.

You didn't have enough time

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