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kids in the front and please try to cooperate, even it up, and we'll get

done.

Are you kids in the sixth grade? You? Then let's move out of the way, please.

Let's get this right. We can all go home for the summer.

Back row.

Back row. You want to close it up?

Uh, the little kid in the back row, the little kid in the back row, do you want

to come around the front, please, and hold the sign?

Let's see those smiles now.

Hey, shrimp, you're not smiling.

Okay, everybody, that's it. Thank you very much, and have a good vacation.

Uh -oh, Swimpy. You asked for it.

You are very precious to us, Duffy.

You've got to take better care of yourself, Duffy.

Ralph.

Ralph.

Ralph. Ralph, you are his uncle. He expects you to help him. Now, look,

I've told you once, I've told you a million times.

That kid don't listen to me. You know that. Now, what he should be doing is

working out with those weights that I bought him. You know that.

Now, he hasn't even touched them once. You know that. He is a delicate

Peter, he's your best friend. Why do you let him get into these fights? It's all

right. I'll take care of him. You should see his eyes.

Hey, Duffy.

Duffy, open the door.

It's okay. It's Peter.

Hey, Duffy, would you open the door?

What is... Hey, they really got you, huh? No, I'm okay.

Yeah, I've got to show you something.

Look, it's here.

The answer to all of my problems.

Listen, now at last you will be everything you've always longed to be.

Lewis Flamel, will show you how to unlock the hidden secrets of the

How to harness the timeless energy of the cosmos.

How to transform your body into a dynamic machine.

Yeah, but Duffy, that's not your problem.

I mean, you know, you got this thing about wanting to be taller.

But don't you see? That's not even going to matter.

I mean, with cosmic awareness, nobody will be able to hurt me anymore.

Look, it shows you how to make yourself invulnerable. And even how to grow rich.

You know who's grown rich, don't you? It's Dr.

What's -His -Name Flameloff, suckers like you.

But Peter, he's got a scientific study center right here in the city.

That ought to impress you.

You're good at science.

And I'm not good at anything.

You're not good at anything?

call train in niagara joe and look at all these plans i mean you tell me huh

what other kid do you know is a member of the american begonia society huh

exactly that's exactly the problem

finally peter you're beginning to understand

parents aren't alive.

I mean, it's not Peggy treats him like he's even smaller than he is, and all

Uncle Ralph thinks about is sports.

Well, I wouldn't worry about it.

Sounds to me like a simple case of every man's natural desire to be somebody

else.

Take me, would I rather be what I'm not, a world -famous novelist toast of two

continents, or what I am, a cookbook writer.

You can do it Duffy Moon.

You can do it Duffy Moon.

You can do it, Dr. Moon.

For a minute, I thought you were serious.

Well, Dr.

Flamel said there'd be skeptics like you.

Let's see. How to deal with unbelievers.

Are you going to the plant store with me, Peter?

I have to get some supplies.

Well, I thought we were going to play street hockey.

You can do it, Duffy Moon.

Stop it.

Hey. Hey.

Stop it.

Cut that out.

I mean, we'll flip for it.

Heads, we play street hockey. Tails, we go to the plant store.

You don't want me to carry some of those?

No. When your body's a dynamic machine, you have to use it all the time.

Yeah, whatever you say.

Let's go over this chair.

Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

Am I wrong?

Or did Rock choose to be lighter?

What were you trying to do?

You know what the poet says, young man.

Good fences make good neighbors.

And poor backs.

Oh, this is no job for one person.

Have you tried calling helpers here?

I don't know that.

They do odd jobs. Help is here.

Oh, their number's listed right in the post office.

You can do it, Duffy, Mom.

Duffy, what are you trying to do?

Duffy, you're crazy. You can't lift out. Look at the size of these rocks.

You are disturbing my concentration.

You can do it, Duffy, Mom.

When he gives up, try calling help is here.

Duffy, there's more to life than willpower, and the sooner you learn

better.

I'm leaving.

Bye, Moon.

Hope you did.

Watch it.

I did it.

I did it.

Just like a dynamic machine.

You've gone crazy. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have

believed it.

There's your two dollars, Hope. You were a big help, see?

There's your two dollars, Hope.

That would be a big help, see?

Joe,

looks like he learned a lesson.

Oh, boy, I sure did.

I learned I gotta name my price in advance.

It was definitely...

Oh, a $3 job.

I'll know better from now on.

You'll know better from now on?

What do you mean, from now on?

Oh, oh.

Show him, Joe.

Come on, Joe, come on.

That's my Joe.

Thank you, Joe.

You got a problem?

No job's too tough for Duffy Moon.

Ink?

A secret method at my disposal permits me to do anything.

Oh, come on. Keep reading, keep reading.

Don't wait. Call now.

Sugarbush 8 -532... Hey, wait a minute. That's my number.

Shh.

Hey, wait a minute.

You can be crazy if you want to, but leave me out of your Duffy Moons ink.

My aunt had never let me do it.

My Uncle Ralph...

Just laugh.

Couldn't I at least use your phone, Peter?

The first principle of cosmic awareness is to banish all negative thoughts from

your mind.

You picture what you want to happen.

Oh, so that's it.

You can do it, Dufferin.

Sure, go ahead. Make fun of it.

Dufferin, would you come on?

You can do it, Dufferin.

I am...

Picturing someone picking up a phone and dialing it.

Hello?

Yes, just a minute.

Oh, it's for you.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Mrs. Warner.

Yeah.

Oh.

No, he's just using my number.

Wait. Yeah.

He's right here.

Hello, Duffy Moon Incorporated.

Yes?

Of course.

Well, that's fine.

Right across the street?

Okay. Be right over.

Yeah. Bye.

Yeah, there's some in there someplace.

Oh, never mind. I got one.

What's going on, anyhow?

Well, when you go babysitting, you don't exactly show up with a bird sitting on

your head, B.

Babysitting?

For Mrs. Varner's kids?

Yeah. It's tough you don't know what you're getting into.

Well, come on. How bad could it be?

Pretty bad.

Besides, we'll have fun. Come on, let's go. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

We're not going anyplace.

Because I'm not going.

I thought you changed your mind.

I mean, I thought we were going to be partners.

Yeah, you thought it.

You pictured it. But the fact is, I'm going to play hockey.

Let's go.

Hey, you little runt.

Since when do you leave garbage in people's mailboxes? Well, that's not

Shut up.

Don't you know whose territory this is?

This is our territory.

Help is here.

Understand what I'm saying?

You can do it, Duffy Moon.

You trying to say something here?

I am in total control.

I am completely invulnerable.

Take your hands off. I am in total control. I mean business.

You will let go of me now.

You can do it, W. Okay.

All right.

We're under orders not to hurt anybody.

Yet. But wait till the boss gets back from vacation.

Hey.

Who's the boss?

Boots McAfee.

Start shaking.

Hey, Duffy, some guy named Boots McAfee's the boss. Do you know him?

Well, what difference does it make? I used my cosmic awareness on him, too.

Listen, if you don't stop with that... Will!

Peter, I didn't expect to see you.

Yeah, I didn't expect to be here.

And you must be, uh, Duffy.

Somehow I expected you to be a little, um, old.

Older.

Excuse me?

I said that, uh...

That deaf is my age.

Really? Oh, well, listen, you kids didn't need to bring your lunch. I mean,

got plenty to eat in the kitchen. And you'll find Andrew and Brian upstairs

somewhere.

Okay, bye.

You're a fraud.

to something without vocal cords.

Oh, you mean like snakes?

Ask and you get.

Hey, where'd the little monster... There they are.

There's an explanation.

You see, I turned him into a frog. A frog?

Where's Brian?

Where is Brian?

No, no, no, that's not Brian.

Oh, here's Brian.

Well,

at least we don't have to deal with Boots McAfee. I mean, after that job,

no threat to Elvis here. Probably never get another call.

You can do it, Duffy Moon. Come on, Duffy. You know that stuff don't work.

Long again, Peter.

Hello? Duffy Moon Incorporated.

She's got absolutely nothing to worry about, Mrs. Charles.

Peter here is great with dogs. He's even got one himself.

Well, like I said, he needs a bath.

And I sure hope you can do better than help us here.

Oh, yeah. They gave up before they started.

Well, no job's too tough for Duffy Moody.

up like that boots McAfee ain't gonna like this one bit

who's that oh nobody

Mrs. Tobey. She moved into that house on Crescent Drive.

Not the haunted house.

Yes. And she's got a job for us. And I mean for us.

What, helpers here wouldn't take it?

Nobody would take this job. Not even the police.

I've been everywhere.

I called the fire department.

I called the police department three times.

The sergeant said I was crazy.

He said the sounds were in my mind, not the attic.

But how could I imagine those things night after night after night?

And how can I let you go up there alone?

Well, we won't be alone, Mrs. Toby.

We'll have Dodger.

Oh, please. I don't think I should let you.

You can do it, Duffy.

We are going up there, Mrs. Toby. And when we come down, your fears won't be a

thing of the past.

You can do it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

You can tell it, Duffy.

It's a toy.

Now Duffy.

We have a terrific police force here.

I think we should take the word for it.

You can do it.

Dodger?

Dodger!

You can do it, Duffy.

You can do it, Duffy.

You can do it, Duffy.

You can do it, Duffy.

Mr. Toby.

It's a frog.

It must have come in through the window.

Kill it!

Kill it?

Oh, no.

Frogs are valuable.

Frogs are even lucky.

They're great for your garden and they kill thousands and thousands of insects.

Are you sure?

Well, if Duffy says so, ma 'am, that's right.

Duffy knows all about gardening. As a matter of fact, he's a member of the

American Begonia Society.

Well, perhaps I am in luck.

Do you think you could do something with my garden?

Oh, thanks. I know he could.

And I'd help him.

What's the matter with you? I told you to lay off the plant stuff in public.

How about it?

I'll pay you two to take over the whole grounds.

Fifteen dollars a week.

Unless, of course, you think it's a job for bigger boys.

It's a deal.

Because we are taking away their business.

That's why I'm worried.

I mean, babies and toads were one thing, but this is serious.

Real serious.

I wonder if Boots McAfee does come after us. My cosmic awareness will take care

of everything.

Your cosmic... Duffy, don't you know it's been you all along?

You. You held on to that monstrous dog.

You forced yourself to live those rocks. You got us all those gardening jobs.

Because that is what you are good at. Yeah?

Yeah.

big kid beat up on me that time, huh?

Because I was standing behind you with the hockey stick. That's why.

You're impossible.

Go ahead. Take credit for it.

Yeah, well, you don't want to give credit to anybody except this guy, Dr.

Flamel. And you know something?

That's fine with me. You can let Dr.

Flamel protect you from Boots McAfee because I have had it.

Thank you, Mrs. Colby.

Next time I'll try and take a look at those roses.

Too bad Peter couldn't come today.

Tell him I hope he's feeling better.

Yes, ma 'am.

Bye. Bye -bye.

All right, shrimp.

You've had it.

You can do it, Dustin.

You started it, didn't you, shrimp?

Duffy.

Oh, they got you again.

You all right? Are you okay?

Something happened, Peter.

My power. My power didn't work.

Oh, Peter, can I sleep over at your house tonight?

Peggy sees me like this, she'll never let me go into the city tomorrow.

The city?

Well, don't you understand?

I've got to go see Dr. Flamel.

All right, but not alone.

You mean you'll go with me?

Yeah. Yeah, it's a good idea.

Let you and me both go see Dr. Flamel.

What about here?

Where can I find Dr. Flamel?

He doesn't look to be down here.

Dr. Flamel?

Dr.

Flamel?

Yes?

You've, uh, churned off your beard.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, you're quite observant. Uh, look, there was no

that course, so if you come with your money back, son, forget it. Oh, no, no,

haven't.

Cosmic awareness has changed my life.

I've got strength and confidence in my own business.

And Peter and I are getting rich.

Oh, well, in that case, I see. Come in, young man. Yes, come into my suite,

dear. There you are.

As you can see, I'm getting ready, packing here for an extended tour of

Europe. A seminar before the crowned heads. I shall be gone for some time.

There we are. Oh, yes, yes, there we are.

Now, what can I do for you?

Duffy. Duffy Moon.

Oh, yes, yes, Duffy Moon. Never forget her face.

You see, it's my cosmic awareness.

Something happened to me yesterday.

I couldn't get control.

My power deserted me.

Then I wasn't invulnerable anymore.

Well, it seems to me that you have fallen under adverse influences.

And I do mean... Adverse influences, which means that the cosmic particles

lost their ability to fuse and therefore are susceptible to break up in the

auric atmosphere, which will cause you to be temporarily powerless.

Do you understand me so far?

Yeah, yeah. I thought that's what it was.

Yes. Well, I have something that will remedy that. I think I can find it

somewhere.

Don't worry. Here, here, here. I work alone.

Now, let me see. Oh, here we are. Yes, it's the famed, the sacred

Mahonga charm.

The name is carved from the tree of invulnerability.

Since I'm going to let you have this because you're here, no middleman for

even sum of $5, the Mahonga charm.

I've seen those at a circus for a quarter.

All I got is 40 cents.

That indeed is a disappointment.

Sure is.

Well, however, however, since you came all the way and took all the trouble,

going to give you the charm for this magnum's sum of 40 cents because you are

prized pupil, my boy. There you are. Now you may leave. And as we say, au revoir

and a bon voyage.

Yes, sir.

40 cents.

Hey, where do you get off giving me the silent treatment, huh?

We're back, Joan.

If Dr. Flamel was jipping me, how come he practically gave me this?

Look, I know what you

think. You think I've been fooling myself this whole time.

You think I really can't stand up to anyone because deep down inside, I'm

a shrimp.

No, that's not what I think because that's not the truth.

What are you doing?

I'm looking for some strength to hang this around my neck. For the last time,

would you give me that?

Magic is for pipsqueaks. And Dr.

Bama's a fool.

He is not. He is so.

Hey, come on. What's going on here? This is no place for a fight. I've got

things on the stove.

Here are your clothes from yesterday.

Where you two been all day? You had a call.

What am I doing, talking to a wall?

Someone named McAfee's on the way over.

Oh, no.

My charm.

Where's my charm?

Stay cool, Joe.

It's all right.

Be a good boy. Give me that shoe!

just be a minute.

Come on.

Come on.

We came as soon as your dad called. Are you all right?

Where did you get burned?

Uh, Margaret, he's okay.

Duffy's not hurt.

It's Niagara Joe.

I guess you don't feel much like talking about it, huh?

Well, uh, uh, we got some calls today. I mean, people who couldn't get you at

Peter's.

You know, uh, we didn't know you were in the garden business.

I guess I should have told you.

No, no.

I guess I was wrong.

What do you mean, Uncle Ralph?

You know, I wanted you to be a muscle man.

And you knew better than me.

I mean, you knew what you could do, and you worked at it.

And you did good at it.

That's what it's all about, right?

He's gonna be okay.

Might lose a few feathers, that's all.

Maybe he'll be installed pretty quick.

Oh, Joe.

Is it true?

Huh? You gonna be all right?

Yeah.

Listen, Joe.

Nothing like this is ever gonna happen again.

Understand?

Never again.

Ah!

Oh, my fruitcake.

Look at Joe.

Joe.

Joe. Joe.

You're going to be okay.

Joe. He's the same old Joe.

Hey, shrimp.

Where you been?

We've been looking for you.

Get out of here.

Going to take us all on, hockey player?

How's your bird, twerp? Little enough to ride for free?

Little enough to ride on your knee?

You looking for a fight?

Sure.

You want to try again?

Why should I?

I don't have to prove anything to you guys.

So what if I'm short?

I don't have to be ashamed of it or pick fights or get my

courage from some stupid book.

what I'm good at now.

And you can just tell this Boots McAfee that I'm going to keep right on doing

it. Why don't you tell that to Boots yourself?

So you're Duffy Moon.

And you're Boots McAfee? Go ahead, Boots. Give it to him. Show him who's

boss. Why don't you shut up?

Don't you know a good thing when you see it?

Don't you know what a real genius looks like?

And you told me he was just a shrimp.

These guys don't know crocuses from crabgrass.

They'll do anything we tell them.

Hey, do you know anything about begonias?

Begonias? Why, begonias are my specialty.

Well, that's great. I'll give you Mrs. Atwood's number.

If you'll help me with my lawns. You wouldn't believe the way these muscle

have been letting them dry out.

All my customers are complaining.

Maybe what you need is a rainmaker.

You see, it just so happens that I have this special method that permits me to

do anything.

Hey, Duffy, I thought you were giving that stuff up. I am in total control.

All the elements are at my command.