[Velp] Bread for the nasty piggies,
What’s wrong with the fat one?
Did we scare him to death?
[Velp] Wakey, wakey,
I’ve half a mind--
Don’t flatter yerself!
Ye’ve got nowhere near that,
Behave yourself, old man,
I could make this painful for both of you,
Just having a bit o’ fun,
Go sleep it off,
You had me fooled, woman,
I thought you were just a pitiful soul
hoping to keep her brats out of the Black Carriage,
That’s exactly what I am,
If we need to adjust the maggot loaf arrangement--
Maggot loaf won’t save you,
Not when we know about the jewels of Anniera,
What?
You really think my mother’s old trinkets
are the jewels of Anniera?
You know more than you’re telling,
If we found these, we’ll soon find the rest,
That was all the jewelry I had,
Ah, perhaps those wee brats of yours
will have something more to squeal about
when we catch them?
Those kids know nothing about any jewels!
Then cut a deal while you can!
The Black Carriage comes for you tonight,
Nothing will stop that,
Tell me about the jewels,
Or keep your little secret, and the Black Carriage
will be taking your piglets away as well,
Lay a hand on those children and I\'ll skin you like a snake,
At least they haven’t found them,
Thank the Maker for that,
They’ll’ve made it to Oskar’s by now,
Don’t worry, lass, he knows the plan,
[Oskar] That’s not the plan!
Fangs will be hunting for you,
I’m to keep you hid \'til I can smuggle you out!
Ferinia said the Black Carriage is coming tonight!
After that,,,
,,,We’ll never see mama and grandpa again,
It’s true, Oskar,
If we have a move, we make it tonight,
But one can’t just stroll into a Fang jail
and spring the prisoners!
We could lure the Fangs out!
The cell is locked!
We could steal the keys!
There aren’t enough of us!
We could ask our friends,
Right, Nugget?
In the words of Fripsky von Chiggatron,
“Impossible things are seldom possible,
Especially this!”
Wait!
What if we did something
like in "The Mildly Unpleasant Adventures of Nearly Eleanor!"
What?!
She lost three toes!
Four, if you count her thumb,
Not that!
The part where the gunkee wore Eleanor’s cloak
and tossed berrybuns from the tower,
It was plumyums,
but yes, the grobblins scurried from their hole--
And swarmed the tower
while Eleanor snuck into their hole and stole back the plotus!
Hmm,
I see your point,
but I can’t let you kids set foot in that jail,
As Colonel Inklepoy said, “No!”
What I mean is,
no, I can’t let you,
I’ll do it,
If someone’s sneaking in to the jail,
it should be me,
Ferinia, we’ll need your cunning,
The Fangs have orders to arrest the Igiby kids on sight,
So we’ll give them a sight,
Bomnubbles!
You scared me, Zouzab!
Fangs came calling on Mister Oskar today,
They what?
Well, that would explain the stench of rot and mildew,
What did they want?
Little Igibys,
But Zouzab said he had not seen Tink or Tink’s berries
for three days,
so he thinks perhaps the children were eaten by dragons,
Hmm, Very good,
Well, I need to prepare the wagon for another,
er, shipment,
More books from Dugtown?
Odds and ends, Zouzab,
Odds and ends,
Oy! You three toady-wogs!
Halt!
CRUTCH! CRUTCH!
My name’s Critch,
I see a CRUTCH and a girl with it!
It’s them Igibys!
Get out here!
Come on!
Here kitty, kitty!
Be good pets and we won’t break all your bones,
Maybe just a few,
Oy!
Good boy,
Where’s Oskar?
He was supposed to hide the wagon and be back here by now,
He must have seen something,
Maybe a Fang patrol,
Or a signal from Ferinia,
He’ll be along soon,
Orble] Oy!
We got you now!
Sorry, who were you looking for?
Oh, these ain’t even Igibys!
Orble!
You run down the wrong uglies,
The boss won’t be happy,
Argh!!!
The guards are coming back?!?
We can’t go in without Mister Reteep!
It’ll be too late!
He’ll be too late,
We have to do it!
We can’t go in alone!
TINK!
Let’s go!
We shouldn’t be in here!
Well, neither should mom and grandpa!
Can you help?
Have ye lost yer--
Get out of here! Go!
I love you, but GO!
We will,
Once you’re out,
Got it,
Where in the world is Oskar?!?
Did he send you in here on yer own!?!
No!
He was supposed to--
Can we talk about it after we’ve escaped?
Fangs are on their way,
Right, Here we go,
Hush, puppy,
Alright, stay close,
Many thanks, Igiby-pigibies,
You’ve saved me so much trouble,
Now you’re all here together,
ready to take a midnight Carriage ride,
You miserable--
AHH!
How did you know?
O, I have eyes and ears all around this town,
Surprising what you can get for a bit o’ nasty fruit,
Zouzab?
[Podo] You beady-eyed scoundrel!
I will twist you into a carnival-cart-twirly-cake!
Lock them up,
What were you thinking?!
What?
We had to do something!
Boys!
Why didn’t you three stay hid like you were told??
Ferinia and Oskar helped us make a plan,
And it almost worked,
Except for the part where Tink ran right into Gnorm’s trap
and I had to follow him,
Well, how is that my fault?
Tink, how are you untied?!
Oh,
So you picked up a trinket while you were at Anklejelly, did you?
We went to get help for Sara,
We thought the Florid Sword was there,
We’ll talk about this later,
And can we also talk about why I had to read a dusty sword
to find out my father’s name was Esben Wingfeather?
Mind your tone, son,
Tink, cut us loose,
Why are we called Igiby?
Because our name is Igiby,
But--
Your grandpa’s family were Igibys,
They’ve lived around Glipwood for generations,
After your father died in the war,
I took up the name,
Why?!?
I didn’t want to draw any attention,
But why would,,,
[Orble] Oy! Quiet down in there!
You’ll ‘ave plenty o’ time for a chat in the Black Carriage!
Once they have us in the carriage,
it’ll be too late,
Enough spilling of family secrets,
Right now, we need a plan,
For what?
Well to escape, of course!
We’re still going to escape?
If we don’t, it won’t be fer lack o’ tryin’,
Pass me that blade, boy,
The Fangs have swords and spears though,
Sometimes all it takes is a wee pebble,
to start an avalanche,
Yer grandpa’s been in tighter scrapes than this,
Remember, ships and sharks,
There’s always a way out,
When the time comes, crouch down,
scoot back and stay out of grandpa’s way,
Try to look upset,
I am upset,
A pity we have to break up such a cozy little rat’s nest,
It’s your last chance to bargain,
Tell me where all those pretty jewelsss are--
I say it’s a fine day
for a ride through the country, eh, lads?
Run!
After them!
He’s getting away! Don’t let him through!
NO!
STOP!!
If you strike him,
I swear I will take my secrets to the grave,
Nia, no,,, tell them nothing,
Mister Peet!
I need to help papa,
Protect each other,
Hide if you can!
Thank ye, dear,
Why, my thanks again,
Get out of here!
Where do you think you’re going?
Behind you!
Grandpa! No!
A boy?!
Stop him!
Well flung, lad!
You alright then?
Is anyone else hurt?
Where’s Nugget?
NUGGET!
Oh, no,
Oh Nugget, please be alright,
Where’s Mister Reteep?
Mister Reteep?
Are you here?
Oh,
Tink, run to the inn and fetch the Shoosters,
Quickly now!
Oskar, can you hear us?
Zouzab,,,Zouzab tried to stop me from going to the wagon,
We had a scuffle and the creature stabbed me,
He betrayed us to Gnorm,
Alright old man, don’t worry now,
We’ll take care of you,
No time!
The ridgerunner whistled a message to Fort Lamendron,
A whole garrison of Fangs is coming,
You have to go,
Hide!
Run!
Addie, can you look after Oskar?
Of course,
Thank ye’ old friend,
Heal fast,
Addie and Joe’ll tend ye,
Don’t worry, young sir,
To paraphrase Vilmette Oppenholm,
“My middle-section is likely to mend,”
Goodbye Mr, Reteep,
What’s going on in there?
Oskar was stabbed by a traitor,
That ridgerunner, Zouzab,
Will he survive?
I expect,
He’s tougher’n dried hen,
Why did you attack the Fangs?
Exactly!
What were you thinking?
The Igiby’s will bring the whole Fang army down on Glipwood!
If you’d gone in the Carriage,
they’d have left the rest of us alone!
We can\'t fight the Fang army by ourselves,
Enough!
We didn’t mean for any of this to happen,
But if you want to blame someone,
blame Gnag the Nameless,
Blame the Fangs!
There’s nothing for it now but to run, and fast!
We plan to be long gone before any of these critters arrive,
Ah, I’m stayin’ put,
No lizard’s gonna run me from my home,
And bibes are free for all who stay!
I reckon you cain’t stay here,
You might never come back then,
Aye,
Got to keep my young’uns safe,
Podo, I never told you proper,
I’m sorry I stole Merna Bidgeholler from ye,
Oh, it’s water over the falls, friend,
I’d like to give ye this,
To make amends,
Thanks, Willie,
Now go get you and yours to safety,
afore this storm breaks hard,
Same to you,
Maker keep watch,
Got you a ride outta town, old man,
I knew you’d bring them right to me,
Everyone laughed,
Told me I was crazy,
Who’ssss laughing now?
Don’t hurt the boy!
We’ll give you anything you want,
I want what’s in that box,
And if I wanna hurt the little toad,
I’ll do that too,
None of your tricks, old man,
Set it down,
Slowly,
Papa!! Stop,
We have to go,
NOW,
Hi-yah, Giddyup, Danny!
Stout heart, lad,
Stout heart,