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00:00Bop, bop, bop
00:22As usual, Moominvalley presents a picture of absolute peace
00:30A perfect day for a picnic, as Mimble and the Inspector have decided, with Little My agreeing.
00:45Hey Inspector, don't you ever have to arrest any criminals?
00:48Huh? What do you mean?
00:50Seems to me you spend all your time running around after my sister.
00:53On the contrary, yesterday I spent the entire day in the garden, tending my favorite roses.
00:59That was Monday. You've spent three whole days picnicking.
01:02Time flies with your sister.
01:04Well, I don't think gardening and picnicking is real police work at all.
01:08Perhaps you'd care to tell me what you think real police work is.
01:11Collecting fingerprints, arresting crooks, and interrogating them, of course.
01:16Well, maybe, but we don't have crooks in Moominvalley.
01:19Now you mention it, we haven't any.
01:21So who would commit the crimes?
01:24How boring.
01:26If you look at it that way, but it explains why I have nothing to do.
01:30Picnic?
01:31Nothing wrong with picnicking. In fact, I think we should do it again tomorrow.
01:34Oh, not another picnic.
01:36Wonderful idea. We could explore somewhere new.
01:39Exploring? Can I come?
01:41Tomorrow we might not feel like inviting you.
01:49Smells lovely.
01:51Fair maiden, allow me to give you this bouquet.
01:54A small tribute to your far greater beauty.
01:57Such fair speech, my true knight.
01:59But what are these rare blooms?
02:01White lilies. Don't you know anything?
02:04You can find them anywhere.
02:06Oh, you again.
02:07Are you rehearsing for a bad play or something?
02:10No, we are not.
02:11This is how young lovers are supposed to speak to each other,
02:14and it takes lots of practice and concentration.
02:22Hey, Snufkin, I've got a great idea.
02:24Yes?
02:26You and I should start dating.
02:28What?
02:31Oh?
02:35I'm going to start dating you, I've decided.
02:39No doubt about it.
02:41I'm going to start dating you, Snufkin.
02:43I'm going to start dating you.
02:45I'm going to start dating you.
02:47I'm going to start dating you.
02:50No doubt about it.
02:51There must be spring in the air in Moominvalley.
02:59Moominvalley Station.
03:01Oh, Chief Constable.
03:03Sorry, I was out on patrol.
03:05No, no, everything's peaceful around here.
03:08Yes, I'm happy to report that the district seems free from crime.
03:11We never get any trouble in Moominvalley.
03:15Yes, yes.
03:17What?
03:20But...
03:22But this is all so very sudden, Inspector.
03:26We must have time.
03:29Oh, no.
03:32It's already been decided, but then what will become of me?
03:50Hello, Inspector. Beautiful day, isn't it?
04:01What do you think you're doing, children?
04:10Hello, Moominmama.
04:11Hello, Inspector.
04:12Is Moominpapa home?
04:14Yes, but you look glum sometimes.
04:17Yes, but you look glum some, you crying.
04:20No, nothing, unfortunately.
04:22Oh.
04:28Oh, dear, that's terrible.
04:31Yes, I've been flung into deep despair.
04:34Moominvalley just won't be the same without you, Inspector.
04:37When are they planning to close the station?
04:39Very soon, according to what the Chief Constable said.
04:42Surely not, with your good record.
04:45Oh, that's just the trouble. It's too good.
04:47There are no crooks to be found anywhere in Moominvalley.
04:50If it wasn't for that, the station wouldn't have to be closed.
04:55Well, there's always Stinky.
04:58He's not nearly bad enough.
04:59Do you realize how serious this is?
05:01They're going to fire me, Moominpapa.
05:04My goodness gracious.
05:06I don't suppose you might have any crime to confess to,
05:09so that I could arrest you, perhaps?
05:12No, I didn't think so.
05:15Oh, dear, our poor Inspector.
05:18We must find a way to help him, Moomin.
05:20Yes, I really feel sorry for him.
05:22We could all sign a petition in Moominvalley, only they never seem to work.
05:25Especially not if the Chief Constable has already decided.
05:28Well, we don't actually need a police station in Moominvalley.
05:35I suppose he could always try looking around for another job.
05:38Well, he could, but I think he likes this one, really.
05:41It's Little My.
05:44I'll get back into my tent.
05:46Snufkin!
05:50Snufkin, please, you must tell my sister.
05:52Why? What's happened to her, Little My?
05:54Nothing, but she's hopelessly in love with uniforms, you know,
05:56and the Inspector might lose his job.
05:58Yes, but what would that mean?
06:00Well, if he gets fired, one shudders to think what might happen.
06:03A terrible fate for both him and my sister.
06:05How strange some people are.
06:07I'm sure they're not the only ones.
06:09How strange some people are.
06:11I'm sure they could be persuaded to let the Inspector keep his uniform
06:14if somebody explained the situation to them.
06:17Yes, but it wouldn't be the same. It'd be like a masquerade or something.
06:20I don't know how I could have got such an idiot for a sister, but we must help her.
06:24Okay, do you have any good ideas, Snufkin?
06:28Well, if we only had more crime here,
06:30they wouldn't be able to close down the station.
06:32Yes, but there's never any crime in Moominvalley.
06:35Unless we commit some, I guess.
06:37What?
06:38Let's go and film Moominvalley with crime. Come on!
06:45This is very strange. Now, where on earth could I have put it?
06:50Mama! Mama!
06:52Yes, dear? What is it?
06:54Have you seen my hat anywhere?
06:56Well, I'm sure I remember seeing it on your head yesterday evening.
06:59No, today. I put it on this morning, as usual.
07:02Goodness gracious! Well, when did you miss it?
07:05Just now, straight after I woke up from a little snooze.
07:08You must have taken it off and put it down somewhere else without thinking.
07:12But I never do that. Look outside.
07:15Wait! You wouldn't have seen my handbag, would you?
07:18Handbag? Well, I'm pretty sure I saw you carrying it yesterday.
07:22But I know I've had it since then.
07:25I remember carrying it downstairs with me less than an hour ago.
07:28And where do you think you saw it last?
07:31In the kitchen, I suppose. Perhaps it was in the dining room.
07:34Oh, dear me! Where can it be?
07:39Mama! Mama!
07:41Yes, dear?
07:42Have you seen my knife?
07:44No, I haven't.
07:45I thought I saw it last on my desk, but I can't find it anywhere now.
07:49I don't suppose you've seen my handbag up there, have you, Moomin?
07:56So, what's up, Moominpappa?
07:58Looking for my hat. It must be around here somewhere, Snufkin.
08:03Don't tell me your hat's gone missing now as well.
08:06Yes, and I'm sure I was wearing it only this morning.
08:10That's it?
08:11What do you mean, Snufkin?
08:13My fishing rod is missing, too.
08:15I was using it this morning, and then all of a sudden it just disappeared.
08:19It's most peculiar. A hat, a handbag...
08:23Someone stole them.
08:25You think so?
08:26There must be a thief on the loose somewhere in Moominvalley.
08:29Did you say you lost more than one thing, Moominpappa?
08:32Yes, we have.
08:39Mama! Mama! Have you found your handbag?
08:43No. And your hat?
08:45Nothing.
08:46I can't find my knife anywhere, Papa.
08:48Yes, Snufkin is right. There's a thief.
08:51Why, what's happened to you, Snufkin?
08:53My fishing rod's been stolen.
08:55But to make off with my top hat.
08:57Yes, and my handbag as well.
08:59How fiendish.
09:01And my knife, too.
09:03I'm afraid so, Moomin.
09:05Who could have done such a terrible thing?
09:07I love my handbag, but it isn't exactly valuable.
09:10This is the end!
09:12What's the matter, Sniff?
09:14My real gold coin's been stolen.
09:17You as well?
09:18What? Someone else had his gold coin stolen, too?
09:21Not coins, Sniff, but a hat and a handbag.
09:24And my knife and Snufkin's fishing rod.
09:27All our treasures have been taken.
09:29Who could have done such a wicked thing?
09:31We must catch the thief.
09:33That's a job for the inspector. It's not for us.
09:36Right, then we must hurry to the police station.
09:39Yes.
09:46Yes, Chief Constable, any number of valuables have been stolen.
09:50Yes, we will do our utmost to find the perpetrator.
09:53I expect a quick arrest.
09:56You can count on me, Chief Constable.
10:01Oh my goodness, you're not going to believe this, Inspector.
10:04Whatever's the matter?
10:06What's happened now?
10:08It seems our houses have been broken into.
10:10That's right.
10:11There's no doubt in my mind.
10:13We have a full-blown hardened criminal in our very midst.
10:16My gold coin's gone.
10:18Wait your turn. What's been stolen?
10:20My chocolates have gone missing, and my sister can't find her pearls anywhere.
10:24Pearl necklace?
10:25But that was a present from me, and a very expensive present at that.
10:29They were chocolate eclairs.
10:30All right, all right.
10:31Let me warn you, though, in cases like this,
10:33the chocolate is almost invariably gone before the culprit is caught.
10:37How about you?
10:38They stole my treasure chest.
10:40Not with all the contents.
10:42Yes, all my best seashells were in it.
10:45A thief with very strange taste, but don't you worry.
10:49I'll get the crook by hook or by some other way.
10:52Are you quite certain?
10:53Yes, of course.
10:54Give your sister a message.
10:56Tell her that I'll be paying a visit later today to lend her my sympathy.
11:02And so the inspector started investigating his biggest case ever.
11:07Uh-huh.
11:08So, you think your handbag was last seen somewhere near this table, Moominmama?
11:13Yes, inspector.
11:15And are you absolutely certain this is the desk where you kept your knife?
11:19Yes.
11:20I see, and you had no clue as to the perpetrator of the crime.
11:24Uh, what do you mean?
11:25Well, did you happen to see the thief running away by any chance?
11:29Uh...
11:30You saw him?
11:31No, no, I didn't see anybody, really.
11:36So, do you suspect anyone in particular, Snufkin?
11:39No one.
11:40You could have caught a quick glimpse of him, perhaps?
11:42Well, not quite.
11:45You saw him?
11:46No, no, not really.
11:48I couldn't say I did.
11:51And this is where you kept your coin?
11:53Alas.
11:54You didn't see anyone digging here, did you?
11:56Nobody.
11:58Are you sure you didn't see anybody?
12:00Well, seeing and seeing.
12:01You saw him?
12:02No, no, you couldn't really say that.
12:04Out with it.
12:05It's my job to establish whether you saw the thief or you didn't see him.
12:09Well, to be quite honest, inspector, I didn't see anyone at all.
12:15I'll get your pearl necklace back if it's the last thing I do, my love.
12:18What a hero.
12:19Goodbye.
12:21Hey, inspector!
12:22What now?
12:23I saw the thief, sort of.
12:25You saw him?
12:26Splendid!
12:28Little My tells me she's seen the thief.
12:31Or perhaps I should say that she hasn't seen him since I am now aware
12:35that we are dealing with a master criminal who is in fact invisible.
12:39Invisible?
12:40An invisible thief?
12:41Quiet, please, all of you!
12:42Shut up!
12:44When I asked if you'd seen him, you all sort of had and then you hadn't.
12:48Now you must speak up.
12:50Everybody knows that there's no sense in trying to withhold information from the police.
12:54Well, Moomin?
12:56Well, Little My took the words right out of my mouth, inspector.
13:00All I can tell you is that the thief seemed to be completely invisible to me, too.
13:04Ah, and you, Snufkin?
13:06The same happened to me.
13:08Ah, and you, Snufkin?
13:10The same happened to me.
13:11My fishing rod seemed to fly away through the air by itself with no thief in sight.
13:16Ah, yes.
13:17I presume I would be correct in thinking that you two agree this thief is invisible.
13:22Oh, yes, inspector.
13:26Invisible, invisible.
13:28Can it be?
13:29Can it be seen?
13:34I have it!
13:35The invisible thief must have been the witch.
13:38Not the witch.
13:39Obviously the witch.
13:41Ha! Eliminate all else and then whatever's left over has to be the solution.
13:46I suppose that means you're going to arrest her?
13:48Yes, indeed. Put in new iron bars, too.
13:51The strongest ones I can find.
13:53I really don't think she's the thief, inspector.
13:56You don't have my analytical mind.
13:58The witch is the only person who can make herself invisible.
14:05Invisible, invisible.
14:10Invisible, invisible.
14:14This is the police!
14:16You are my number one suspect and you'd better come out feasibly or I'll come in and get you.
14:21Open up!
14:23In the name of the law!
14:28Come right in, inspector.
14:30Yeah, very well.
14:33Just as well my granddaughter isn't here right now.
14:37She would have been very upset by all this nonsense, I'll have you know.
14:41She'll be even more upset when I have you locked behind bars for grand larceny and grievous theft.
14:46I haven't stolen anything.
14:48You can turn invisible, though, can't you?
14:50Certainly.
14:52Then logically you have to be the thief.
14:54I'm not!
14:56If I'm a thief, you'd better find the loot.
14:58Feel free to search the whole house, inspector.
15:01I certainly will.
15:03If you can't find any evidence here, however,
15:05I am going to cast a spell on you by way of punishment for your impertinence.
15:09Don't worry, it's quite obvious that the loot is here.
15:19Oh dear, I never thought he'd pick the witch as his prime suspect, did you?
15:23No, I didn't, Snufkin.
15:25I wonder what's taking them so long in there.
15:28How's it going, inspector?
15:30Have you found what you're looking for yet?
15:32My search of these premises is proceeding according to plan.
15:35I'll find your hidden loot soon enough, don't you worry.
15:38Good, I don't think you've looked down here yet, have you?
15:42Duh, no, I haven't.
15:45Aha, this must be a secret hideaway.
15:48Upstairs is Alicia's bedroom.
15:50Very suspicious character, that girl.
15:52I'll search it all.
15:54I reckon this chimney's rather suspicious.
15:57Yes, you're right there.
15:59I think it should be your duty to dig around the house, too.
16:02Dig around the house?
16:04You're dealing with a wily witch, you remember.
16:07Take care.
16:08My view exactly, plenty of searching to do.
16:12Come in.
16:16You as well, what do you want?
16:18Well, we've got something to say to the inspector.
16:22Okay, I'll help with it.
16:24We've found all the stolen items, every single one.
16:28Are you quite sure?
16:30They've been stashed away in the cave down by our beach.
16:33The cave?
16:34And that's not the only thing.
16:36We discovered the invisible thief hiding in the cave, too.
16:39And I was just about to search there.
16:42Oh, well done, inspector.
16:44Thanks.
16:45Thank you all for being of assistance to the police.
16:48I shall mention you in my report to the chief constable.
16:51Come on, everyone, the cave.
16:54Not so fast, young man.
16:56Yes, what is it you want now?
16:58Would I be right in understanding that I've been found innocent of the crime?
17:02Well, yes, that's right, at least it seems so on this occasion.
17:06What else?
17:08I will be sending you Form 3B,
17:10thanking you for kindly assisting the police with their investigations.
17:15Now I really must be getting on with my work.
17:21My helmet's gone already.
17:25What have you done to my best helmet, you witch?
17:36If your helmet's a heavy break, take it right off.
17:39I certainly will not.
17:41I've worn this helmet for 20 years, and I didn't go away.
17:46Tell me the way, please.
17:48Just keep on going, inspector.
17:54Whoa!
18:20Right then, is the thief still in there, Sniff?
18:23Oh, yes, he's right there, see?
18:28Okay, I'm going in to arrest him.
18:30Stand well back, everybody.
18:32A cornered criminal might try anything.
18:34No, sir, we'd rather stand by you.
18:36Yes, we would.
18:38Count me in.
18:39Me too.
18:40And me.
18:41Oh, I'm touched. Let's go.
18:44Look, over there.
18:47He is here, isn't he?
18:49Nowhere else.
18:50I swear he never left the cave.
18:52Over there.
18:53Huh? Where is he?
18:55He's over there, inspector.
18:56We'd better go and catch him for you right now.
18:59Why can't I see him, and you can't?
19:01Quick, let's go.
19:02Whoa!
19:03Stop him!
19:04Don't let him get away!
19:05Stop him!
19:06Stop him!
19:07Stop him!
19:08Stop him!
19:09Stop him!
19:10Stop him!
19:12You, stop!
19:13Stop where you are, right now!
19:16I've got him!
19:18We've got him for you, inspector!
19:26Where is he?
19:27It takes time for your eyes to get used to him.
19:33Right here?
19:34Oh, yes.
19:37Very well, then.
19:38I'm arresting you for theft,
19:39and I must warn you, resistance is useless.
19:51A very quiet crook, isn't he?
19:53Yes, very.
19:55In you go, you thief, you!
20:01Yes, Chief Constable,
20:03the perpetrator is now under lock and key
20:05after a massive manhunt.
20:10Yes, sir, he might have accomplices,
20:12so I agree closing down the police station might be unwise.
20:17And so, thanks to that master criminal, Snufkin,
20:20the inspector's job was saved.
20:22Once again, spring was back in the air,
20:25and not a crook in sight.
20:39Hey!