(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC PLAYING FROM MUSIC BOX)
(SNORING)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(SNORING)
(MUSIC PLAYING FROM MUSIC BOX)
(BELL RINGING)
You again?
She vanished into the night
along with the cursed stone of the Wrongway pirates.
NARRATOR: From the sound of it,
this mutt read too many comic books.
Hey, this ain't no hooey.
Whoever loses possession of the ruby,
me, Dutch the Tenth.
(PLAYS PIANO)
Will be cursed forever.
(SCREAMS)
Guys, you got to help me get it back.
NARRATOR: Tom scoffed at the notion of a curse.
Stuff happens, doesn't mean nothing.
Don't believe I'm cursed?
Watch this.
-(THUD) -MAN: Hey, watch it!
(RUMBLING)
So, will you take my case?
(METAL CREAKING)
Darn curse.
NARRATOR: The boys went to the scene of the crime to look around.
And to find out more of the supposed curse.
(SPLASHING)
(DUTCH SNEEZES)
The ruby belonged to my
great, great, great,
great, great, great, great,
great, great grandfather's master,
the fabled pirate,
Captain Wrongway Weston.
Wrongway left his dog guarding the ruby
while he went to pillage and plunder.
He said if anything happened to it,
the dog would be cursed, and his children,
and their children,
and their children's children.
Wrongway never returned.
And Dutch after Dutch dedicated their lives
to protecting the cursed ruby,
never letting it out of sight.
Until this Dutch.
Now, all I have to show for it is this.
Darn curse.
NARRATOR: All they had was a name,
Roxy.
They needed dirt from someone with their ear to the ground.
Dirt? Hey, what do I look like, a dirty rat?
NARRATOR: To get the info they need,
it was going to cost them some cheddar.
I might know a dog named Roxy.
Then again, I might not.
She's about yea tall
and when she looks at you,
the whole world sparkles.
A little birdie told me she stole the cursed ruby
of the missing tribe tonight.
You mean, the cursed stone of the Wrongway pirate.
Who's getting paid for dirt here, you or me?
Whatever it is, she's got it.
And I might know where she lives.
(SIGHS)
She'll show you.
It's apartment 4C.
And if I was you,
I'd watch out for falling bricks.
Falling bricks?
Darn curse.
Don't worry boys,
I got your backs.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
I'll stay here, okay?
NARRATOR: A good detective never rushes into a dangerous situation.
(STOMACH GROWLING)
(CEILING CRACKING)
(CRASH)
I got to show Tom and Jerry this.
(BOTH BURPING)
MAN: Hey!
My sandwich!
NARRATOR: At times like this, a fire escape is a detective's best friend.
Only this building didn't have one.
Looks like the cat and mouse detectives got a lucky break.
(GRUNTS)
Was hoping I'd run into you.
-Gee, that guy in 4C is not nice. -(THUNDER RUMBLING)
The jinxed dog will be going inside now.
(GASPS)
The cursed stone of the Wrongway pirate!
You mean the cursed ruby of the missing tribe.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
I mean what I mean, thief.
Thief? Ha!
You're the thief!
I'm the thief?
That ruby belonged to my
great, great, great, great,
great, great, great, great, great...
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Who stole it from my
great, great, great,
great, great, great
grandfather's master,
the pirate, Captain Bailey Bastion,
who stole it from the lost tribe.
NARRATOR: Dutch wasn't the only dog with a history.
(PARROT SQUAWKS)
Got to get this to Wrongway. (SQUAWKS)
Here you go, Captain Wrongway.
WRONGWAY: Thank you, me pet.
(WRONGWAY LAUGHS)
Darn that thieving Wrongway!
We must get it back before something terrible happens.
Like this.
Atta girl!
Bring her back or we'll all be cursed forever.
Wow, that is pretty rotten.
-But, so is my curse. -(THUNDER RUMBLING)
I'd very much like to take this conversation inside, please.
NARRATOR: From the looks of it, it was going to be a little one-sided.
I believe that's mine, thank you.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
And be cursed for all time. (LAUGHS)
I don't think so.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
NARRATOR: There they were, two dogs fighting over a rock.
What was that?
A meaningless ploy to distract you.
NARRATOR: It was clear to the cat and mouse detectives what these two needed.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
And it had nothing to do with the shiny stone.
Yeah, well, maybe we can share it.
Well, if we have to, I suppose.
But I won't like it.
Yeah, me neither.
NARRATOR: Tom and Jerry helped them find what they were really missing.
And no one ever mentioned the curse again.
Well, almost no one.