- Ester: Will you look at that?
- Tubarina: At what?
- Ester: Over there.
- Polvina: You mean that gorgeous little parrotfish? [it’s actually an angelfish]
- Tubarina: Oh, isn’t he cute?
- Ester: No, not him, next to him. That monster crab!
- [claws clacking]
- Polvina: That’s a spidercrab. They’re the biggest crabs in the sea.
- Tubarina: Eh, I’ve seen bigger.
- Ester: Where?
- Tubarina: There!
- [claws clacking]
- Polvina: Two spidercrabs? What are they doing here?
- Ester: I don’t know, but they don’t look happy.
- Tubarina: Maybe we should back off a little.
- Ester: How about we back off a lot?
- Polvina: And quickly!
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Tubarina: They shouldn’t be fighting.
- Polvina: It’s against the Laws of Salacia.
- Ester: What should we do?
- Tubarina: Let’s go see Sirilo. He’ll know what to do.
- Sirilo: Uh, I don’t know what to do.
- Ester: You have to do something.
- Sirilo: I could ask my mother and father.
- Polvina: All the kings and queens are at a meeting.
- Tubarina: It has to be you.
- Sirilo: Me?
- Ester: This is where you say…
- Sirilo: What do I say?
- Ester: “I can do it!”
- Sirilo: Uh… I can… do it?
- Ester: Great! Let’s go and sort them out.
- Sirilo: I can’t do it!
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Ester: Tell them that you’re the Crab Prince.
- Tubarina: Tell them that they’re not allowed to fight here.
- Polvina: Tell them that they shouldn’t fight anywhere.
- Sirilo: That’s… a lot to tell them.
- Ester: You can do it, Sirilo!
- Polvina: Just ask them nicely.
- Sirilo: Ah…
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: Uh, hello. [coughs] Hello?
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: I’m Sirilo, the Crab Prince. [breathe] You can’t fight here, it’s not allowed, you know? Please stop?
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: [returns to girls] They won’t stop.
- Ester: So much for asking nicely.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- [everyone screaming and swimming away]
- [girls gasping]
- Ester: What’s the fighting actually about, Sirilo?
- Sirilo: They’re fighting over who’s the strongest.
- Tubarina: That’s all?
- Polvina: How silly.
- Sirilo: It’s not as simple as that.
- Ester: What else is involved?
- Sirilo: It’s like uh… it is that simple.
- Polvina: Well, we can’t do anything about them now.
- Tubarina: We’ve got school.
- Ester: Come on.
- [school bell rings, students chattering]
- Ester: Do we have any plans after school?
- Sirilo: I’m going to make this really great snack. Marcello showed me how to do it.
- Polvina: Ester is talking about a plan for the spidercrabs.
- Sirilo: Oh, I don’t have a plan for that.
- Tubarina: If our plan is to have no plan, it’s working great.
- Sirilo: My mother and father will still be at that meeting. I-I can’t ask them for help.
- Ester: Maybe the spidercrabs won’t be fighting anymore.
- Tubarina: They will be.
- Polvina: How do you know? Did you see them again?
- Tubarina: I did.
- Ester: When?
- Tubarina: Right now.
- [claws clacking, everyone screaming]
- Ester: Let’s get out of here!
- [everyone screaming]
- Polvina: We can’t have them taking over our school!
- Tubarina: You must be able to do something, Sirilo.
- Sirilo: Yeah, I-I could… Uh, what could I do?
- Ester: You say…
- Sirilo: I never know what to say.
- Ester: “I’m the Crab Prince, and I will show them I’m the Crab Prince!”
- Sirilo: I’m the Crab Prince, and I’ll prince the crab, and I’ll show… what?
- Tubarina: Ah, not perfect, but close enough.
- Sirilo: [marching] Those fighting spidercrabs are giving crabs a bad name in Salacia. If we go and tell them to stop, all of us together, they might listen. Who’s with me?
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: Hey guys, wait a second. They’ve run away.
- Ester: You can’t blame them.
- Polvina: Everyone’s afraid of the spidercrabs.
- Tubarina: And we should be too. Like now!
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- [everyone screaming]
- Polvina: What are we going to do? Those bullies are taking over Salacia!
- Ester: How long will they keep fighting, Sirilo?
- Sirilo: Until one of them decides the other is stronger and gives up.
- Ester: Will that be sooner or later?
- Sirilo: Could be soon, or later, or way later.
- Polvina: We can’t go anywhere until they stop.
- Tubarina: At least we’re safe in here.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- [everyone screaming]
- Ester: What where you saying, Tubarina?
- Tubarina: Forget what I said. Nowhere is safe!
- Polvina: Can you try talking to them again, Sirilo?
- Sirilo: The only thing a spidercrab pays any attention to is another spidercrab.
- Tubarina: [gasp] I know what to do!
- Polvina: Good, a plan!
- Ester: As long as it’s not something silly like we dress up as a big spidercrab.
- Tubarina: [scoffs] Alright then. Back to you, Sirilo.
- [everyone screaming]
- Ester: Can’t we speed up this fight, Sirilo?
- Tubarina: Well, yeah, get one of them to admit the other is stronger.
- Sirilo: I can’t see how.
- Polvina: What if… someone else was stronger than them?
- Tubarina: How would that help?
- Polvina: They challenge the spidercrabs and the spidercrabs both back down.
- Ester: What’s stronger than a spidercrab?
- Tubarina: Whales?
- Ester: Deep sea eels?
- Polvina: Barracudas?
- Sirilo: The spidercrabs won’t take notice of any of them.
- Polvina: I know… Sirilo!
- Ester and Tubarina: Sirilo?
- Sirilo: I’m not stronger than those spidercrabs.
- Polvina: Not now you aren’t, but you will be.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Tubarina: There they are.
- Ester: They haven’t slowed down at all.
- Sirilo: I can’t do this!
- Polvina: You can!
- Tubarina: You won’t let us down.
- Polvina: We’re with you all the way.
- Ester: And you say…
- Sirilo: I can do this!
- Ester: You’ve got it!
- Tubarina: So go to it! [Sirilo does so]
- Ester: You really think he can do it?
- Tubarina: He has to do it, otherwise life in Salacia is going to be miserable!
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: You two? Listen here. [gulps]
- Polvina: Hang in there, Sirilo!
- Sirilo: Uh, yeah, I’m talkin’ to you. So, you both think you’re strong?
- [crabs jabbering]
- Sirilo: And you wanna prove who’s stronger?
- [crabs jabbering]
- Sirilo: I know who has the most strength.
- [crabs jabbering]
- Sirilo: Me.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Ester: Annoy them, Sirilo!
- Sirilo: You’re so weak, you couldn’t push a sick jellyfish off a rock.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: You’re typical bullies. Once you’re challenged, you can’t take it.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: I am challenging you… with this rope. [sees] Uh, rope.
- Tubarina: Rope! [throws, it lands on one of the claws on Sirilo’s crown] Sorry!
- Sirilo: This rope. I challenge you to a tug of war. The winner stays, the loser must leave. Agree?
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: It’s both of you against me. You each take an end, I take the middle.
- [crabs jabbering]
- Sirilo: When I say go, we- Whoa!
- Ester: Get him!
- Polvina: Get to the rock!
- Tubarina: A little more…
- [they get the rope over the rock]
- [crabs jabbering]
- Ester: It’s working!
- Tubarina: Brilliant!
- Polvina: They so want to beat Sirilo that they don’t realise they’re pulling against each other!
- Ester: How long can they keep this up for, Sirilo?
- Sirilo: Let’s see, they’ve been fighting since yesterday, take their size, think how strong a spidercrab is- uh, your guess is as good as mine.
- Ester: I can’t believe they’ll do it for much longer.
- Tubarina: I’ll give them… 10 more minutes.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Ester: [grumbles] How long did you say they could keep doing this for, Tubarina?
- Tubarina: I forget.
- Polvina: One of them has to get tired.
- Tubarina: I know I am.
- Ester: We’ll be okay as long as the rope doesn’t break.
- Polvina: [sees, gasps] Oh, no!
- Ester: Don’t tell me.
- Polvina: It is going to break!
- Tubarina: Grab it!
- Sirilo: [gets to the rope and grabs onto it just as it breaks, grunting]
- Ester: Great work, Sirilo!
- Sirilo: [mumbling]
- Tubarina: You said it, Sirilo!
- Polvina: Keep holding on!
- Sirilo: [mumbling]
- Ester: Look there!
- Polvina: They’re slowing down!
- Tubarina: They’ve had it!
- Ester: Just a little more, Sirilo.
- Polvina: They’re about to give up!
- Sirilo: [grunting and mumbling]
- [crabs jabbering, then they fall to the ground]
- Sirilo: [sighs, lets go of the rope and falls off the rock]
- Ester: You did it!
- Polvina: We knew you could.
- Tubarina: Great going, Sirilo!
- Ester: Now, go out there and tell them who’s boss!
- Sirilo: [dazed] Must… tell them… who’s… boss. Who’s boss?
- Tubarina: You!
- Sirilo: Me! I’m the boss. [to crabs] We made a deal. You’ve gotta keep the deal. What was the deal again?
- [crabs jabbering]
- Sirilo: Right. The strongest stays, the losers must go. That means you two.
- [crabs jabbering, claws clacking]
- Sirilo: You can come back to Salacia anytime you want. But no more fighting.
- Ester: You showed them, Sirilo.
- Polvina: You really were the strongest.
- Sirilo: That’s not true.
- Tubarina: Maybe not the strongest in muscle power…
- Polvina: …but definitely the strongest in brain power!
- Ester: So now what do you say, Sirilo?
- Sirilo: I say, everyone back to the Crab Palace for snacks.
- Ester: That’s the best idea yet!
- Tubarina: That’s real brain power!
- Girls and Sirilo: [laughing]