% TINTIN sacle PICAROS mie Ah! there youare...Come || “Opera star Bianca Castafiore con. onin. J want you to read tinues hor brilliant progress through something. Look what! || || South America. AFter triumphs inn Found intaé latest farie-flash’} || Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, * she visits SanTheodoros, where she, = will bereceived by General Tapioca.” 1.1m Fact he's £0 vain he changed the mame of the capital from Los Dopicos, He called it Tapioca polis after himself. As for poor 1d. Alcazar, he’s gone underground f with aband of partisans, That's right, the Picaros, It's the name adopted by the guerrillas who've sworn to Ger rid of Tapioca and hie mob. They're said tobe backed by another great power... commercial and Financial this time: the Inter- national Banana Company, old mix-up, General Tapeeee ll Bidn'r he Fopple Gur old felch Alcazar ? Yes, with the help of the’ Kary -Tasch regime in Borduria They say Tapioca’s 0 real tyrant... e's cruel and he vain... Blistering barnacles, Tintin! What a fecture!.. All that talking wakes we thirsty... Here, have a whishy ».. No, thanks, Not For me... a You know that. AN yg cael es 2 Cheers!Billions of blue blistering barnacles!...5ome anamorphic aardvark Switched my whisky for this... this cleaning Fluid! I Cleanin Aid Well, bortled bilge- water, then... ital Fastee much the same, \ dare say... Here! ‘Try some! {sm no expert: like you, }] of course. put itdoes Seem bo me to taste just like whisky . My poor young friend, iFthats a glass Of Whisky. Sim mjelied eel! Andas You'eo riguely" pointed out t'm Wresport add know a ole about it! Of course, of course Si F dont know what || that hogwash is, but ie certainly ion wikishy. However, Just to please you, ‘nt prepared te giv || itanocher try... J Pfouaah'...Fittiny! Foult... Disgusting! .. Disgracetul |. Ant Al my BEAUTE, THESE JEWELS BRIGHT WEARS sEveryone knows the golden voice if the Famous Bianca Castafiore Ob yes! We know ital right! fj su who continues her triumphant i tour through Latin America. Today she arrived in Tapiecapolis, Capital of San Theodoros caWhere she met witha tumultuous welcome. As usual, she is attend ed byher faith ful maid. Inwa «and her accompanist, Igor Wagner. Also inker entourage, to watch ever her jewele.insured for milions mF dollars... “hare two certified detectives, diways on the alert always following discreetly in her FootstepsJolyon Wagg, yes! Hire Now ox here, [ jus’ saw old Casianette on the. fey And what do Theor? Blow me if she hasn't got her ick knacks insured _,.ard Fora pretty penny too! Sirikes mo you could haye pushed the business my way...Forold Rock Bottom Insurance? What's reuse of having friends, | say to myself, IF they let you down at the First apporzunity 7... Come on, when youwantta do someone’ a good turn, there's always a way! Yes, 1 do!...And don't vind saying so! Rind waite Tea on. What?... Butt... ff |] Well I'l be. Infact it’s the thundering limit! How... Well I'va... || That's beyond || || ... Tis taken to task by that weevil [tell youd a joke! ¥ Wagg because he wasn'tasked C0 But... Excuse me instire Castes fiore’s jewellery! Look here... PFOUAGH! Nonsense, Captain! Wo onearth Maybe... Anyway, | dowt |] would want to poison you? }know || || feel at all wel you've got a Few enemies, but vot as deadly as that. |[Billions of bilious blue || blistering barnactes|. PRFF!. th son! Something wrong wit le whisky? Havealiedown,Captain.l] || Good wight! You'l Feo! ] All the same, 1 EU gum 90 becter in the morning. ‘il ® 3Showy, you're hopeless! Youve $3))) rank all that spilt whisky! Showhat?..Wassa matter? Wassemattor With a drop oF whisky? it certainly 5 the whisky ts¥'t poisoned. Come on, off to bed, ae youold dipso! fp Steepott thetnooze! F Wixi moming .. Tlook horrible this morning Must have been that vrzéched whisky I had yester Oh well, too bad, can’t, be helped’... It's time For the news KS, Se "Statements bytieaalvorties in San Theodoros have accused the star of plotting against the government... i no communiqué was issued at the end oF the meeting... Tapiocapolis: Last night the famous prina downa Bianca (astafiore was arrested after a gala perform: ance attended by General Tapioca... RS Tintin!...Tintin!... Some thing marvellous Just happened Tapioca! 0 General He's arrested Castafiore, silly Fellow! He docsn't kniow what he's let himeelt in For! a ee) : ? a He has you know: arrested herat the end of a concert ... What a turn up, cin? ay y You could say $0, yes... Read this! In the “Daily Reporter”! Bianca Castafiore hasbeen arrested! Do they give any details? That poor child | Just fmagive! shattered! Tintack!... Terrible news! ipock Hatpin |... Dreadful! re Tn prison. iw absolutelyisten to positivel this, Tintin ly hilarious! it's Go ahead, Fmall ears, “A search oF her luggage Fe vealed documents which prove conclusively the existence of a plot aimed at tne removal of General Tapioca and the overthrow oF his regime ... South RU] The San Theodorian gavernment have leb it be known that the plot is centred in a West European country, whore the singer was staying before her departure for erica It's just like a choap thriller! hope! Costafiore in a conspiracy! A conspiracy of silence, let's Excuse me, sir, but there are two reporters downstairs... asking If you will see them Allright. J ut on a dressing-gown find Til comme ust lek me Whi fy 1a can Ido For you, gentlemeng, ‘ | | Why, it’s Christopher Willoaghby-Drupe anit Marco Rizotto of "Paris-Flash". Good-morning, Captain. Forgive us for Calling 30 carly, but we wanted to be the first Eo ask what you kink of this Castafiore business. What dof think? ZN J think it's eubbich! barnacles! Accusing Castafiore of oepiesic. pec a load of old Blistering TE (02, but whab about the accusations made againse youreelF? 4 { Accusations against ME??? |) ‘Al, 60 you don't know about thot yet? Here, look... in today's “Trumpeter”. DG= 2 Impossible! .. Those San Theodolites Oh, its you. Here, read must be off their tripe this. It concerns you, too TUaESOUS AOTTON WOR WHT Brin WITEROTERT Benen CASTAFIORE CONSPIRACY TAPIOCA GOVERNMENT MAKES NEW CHARGES ‘Tapioeapolis: Tae Castafiore conspirey was "il gay we de! The whole story is bilge! Bilge From stem to stern! Whot is all thie? They ust be crazy | Perfectly, my dear sire! And proud of it Seriously... Here comes Professor Calculus. Look at him, then tell we whether youthin Jt he's capable of taking part ina conspiracy! Gentlemen, these accusations are as grotesque gs they are alge! ls? Conspic ators «Blue blistering bell bottomed baiderdasn!PerPectly!...And | weigh my words. | Ieee shame, J tell you! A scandal! ...Imprisoning a poor, weak woman like that! Wemust take her case at once tothe International Court of Justice! [You deny theallegations, Cap- tain. All he same, General Alcazar ig ove of your friend, isn't he? \P] Ore of my friends?... | Fe met hin two or three | Fimes, that's all PIF you say co. But I take it you wont | deny thav Signorn Castatiore has j been a guest here, your mvitacion?. Tavication? You wean invasion | But from } that to conspiracy. . accusations are incove offer you some whiehy Still, let's not diseuss it any more. J tell you, the ‘Now, gentlemen, let we Let's drink to the Telease of the Milan- ee Nightingale, and Fstop! Don't touchit'....There must be Some mistake, This whisky is quite un- irnkablo! Undrinkable? On the con- trary, it's excellent! Youmustn’t drink it, | tell you! ft tastes like on! the only one wio finds the whishy revolting Why? There's something | Fisty acing on that kills slowly! it a OF course, of course: a poison known Fact! Hla! hat ha! And that's no problem: as it happens, wearcn' Tha huey! Ha! nal hal Unless... That's an idea... Maybe it's a new brand Nestor bought. [Fi came understand te masters | Find tie "Lock Lomond” Superb. ns olways isWell, Nestor? 1. er...to tell the truth, gir, I was making sure it really is "Loch Lomond!” Itis “Loos Lomond”, =i And your conclusion # my Friel? "sin, Indubitably! h about havin ‘owe more try? No! Eoughie enough! Don't let me hear any more about whisky! {Are you depressed? Does the day stem long? We have Eh answer Impossible! They're doing iton purpose! Its a plot! { Onthe subject oF || \ ional reactions. and particularly plote... Listen! .. and Eo start our round-up, we bring You the latest on whacis known as the astafiore couspiracy....with iternat- in San Theodores. There, natural, the esponse is particularly viclent...ag (, shulking in their viewors worldwide were shown inthis pamerne, thulkiog we tusir dusty television. interview with the San Theo: paerelaty ce Wy dorian president ... Ly aco fa We g Y ray Si Laat Coe Lee aS General Tapioca in Tapiocapotic. The general commented on what he called the “pantomime plotters” those Let tiem tremble, Isay!... puppet-masters iw this vile conspiracy!... Tremble, crooked Captain Haddock!... Tremble, treacherous Tintin and crafty Cuclbert Calculus! Crafty yourself yeu pachyrhizust. And Foone's more tromcherows than you, cu'guano-gatneree! [1] give him a piece of my mind all right, Fancy-dress fascist |...Hello, International ? Tapiocapolis... General Tapiocs yes, ay in tapioca... exactly ! Tim sorry, sic, but we dont stock tapioca. This is a butcher's chop, ein Cutts the bucche Not at all, sir! Arid a four minettes hater. Ti repeat tnat : General Tapioca, Taplocapolis, San Theodores. Message reads: Profounaly tele sir shocked by false accusations ‘made against us Stop We Tegister formal and absolute Genial Stop No regards Signed: Haddock, Tintin and Caleulus. Give ime South America... what?... Tapioca, very much. Agrectings gran, typhoons! Cutts again! Why do Falways get him ? Why not send @ telegram, anyway ? A telegram... You're right! That'sa very good idea @ telegram! Wait, Ml give you the number ... “WOCASTEE Daily Ke ter DENY! CAPTAIN FURIOUSLY DENIES PARTICIPATION IN ANY PLOT ‘WHATSOEVER. TAPIOCA: | ACCUSE! GENERAL CLAIMS IRREFUTABLE PROOF OF COLLUSION BETWEEN MARLINSPIKE CONSPIRATORS AND INTERNATIONAL BANANA COMPANY General Tapioca, Tapiocapols. Oh! Youknow that... Good Message reads...er... Downright Ties Stop Wil make you swallow false allegations...Yes, w theplural one alt Stop You willend up Feneging from vardarin. Yes, 46m Yashniak... Sto? Tun days kar Reporter TAPIOCA OFFERS HADDOCK ROUND TABLE TALKS IN TAPIOCAPOLIS Ata press conference today, General Tapioca) announced that he's inviting Commodore Haddock and his companions to Tapioca- i polis For a full, frez, frank avd Fair ex- Change of views. Each visitor would re- | ceive a Zafe-conduct through the good, } Offices of the embassy. "My only airy, asserced the gencral, is to seek ove | } rhe Eruth,” Pres know, ue iene aad ol sic rently Fve-a good mind to accept his invitation, Taal way. ned shew everyone cur goed ai Or else we'll Find ourselves in prison, like Bianca Castafiore. Tavs very much! a decoy! Oh, you! Always suspicious!... Anyway, we'vea safe-conduct. Frm nob in the least impressed) Captain. The safe-conduct Could be nothing more than | \ a ctge. Captain Have you seen? Wevve been invited there. Wemust 'g just a decoy! [ Yes, ana Find ourselves in | ism lke your precious jancal... That's plainas a pikestatt’ my peor fiend! As for the safe-conduct, Bravo! Well spoken! Tl pack my things and we'll go! DRAMA Wixt morning. (The following day... Aud Bre day aplir nM CW patty "Daily r Daily Reporter Reporter cl Reporter Fj) aapock TALKS SENSATION HADDOCK BACKS J] Eruci! Allright, you dictatorial duck J billed diplodocust I'l show you what J sort of stuf Pim made of! WILL HADDOCK CO. RESPOND . DOWN TOTAPIOCA I WONT GO TO SAYS TAPIOCA: INVITATION? | TAPIOCAPOLIS, HE FEARS TRUTH = ra I ism backing down!.., rmafond of the Calm down! Calm down!... tin as He'd challenge me... that Goolas a cucumber! ostrogoth! All right, we. shall see what we shallsee! Hello Telegram NO. 968, waco, For General Tapioca Message reads. Send saFe-conducts (in the Plural, eate-conducts) Scop Arriving by recirn OF post. ..Signed Haddock... 600d. No! Ordinary rave tt! out what sort of Fish he's hooked, that puffed-up Punchinello!...Tintin... we're going! YOU may be goi rain...J 4M stayi hereWhat? What did you say? said Tr aot going, Captain. You're quite Free toFall ate the. traptierrepy trying to seb for UB, But a far ing but seal Scoundrels! I as Tw con- corned it’s Go om, tet me! Its always possible, but. Oh! You and your suspicions! || They're an obsession! According | you. the worle's composed or | woe llywags and iy shoulcn't || General Tapioca be an honest Zort of chap, ch?...Why?... J] sua1 stilt think they‘re trying to entice us over there... don't know the reason. bout it positively recks of brickery. Ah! So that’s it! Allright, stay here, Mister Mule! Stay tucked up, all safe and warm in your bedroom - slippers! Cuthbert and [ are going out there fo defend our honour, and yours eo, against that thundering nerd of Zapotecs! Finish! Tadies and gentlemen, ina few womente weshall pe fancing at Tapiocapelis. Please fosten sour felely pelts and extinguioh Your BECEREEE, in toland, Professor. Thailand?...Really? What a surprise.D'you sce? Were arriving in “Taking part will be Tapiecapolis just in time For any performers From the famous c cl overseas, including...” Why, lock! Theres a troupe from back home: TheJolly Follizs! | Eis w/ i exe! rh Such medesty! Here, aman of Professor Calculus, I presume? your gallantry would be av To you also, welcome fo our Allow we Co present Country! myself: Colonel Alvarez « aicle camp toHis Exif f) Gonérat Tapioca Mh Delighted! T'm sorry, officer, but !camnot shake aband See pecerieee ‘the imptesegine ripe of ne 1. er... his little joke, of couree) .. Unfortunately, the Professor is still suffering From 'Flu,..asa result, the infectiow....er... you... you follow me?Weller. [...Heeouldnt come... ]] NFlu... him boo... Asian, of course... $0, for Fear oF infection, you understand ... es like, man, we're the Dripping Top... Like wore hnere For the carnival. ¢ OQ -—= Went you get in, gentlemen ? That's no answer, soldier! Lack you, where is Signora Castariore...Her spirit muse be totally crushed, im sure, poor little thing Unfortunately, the general is unable to grant you an audience for twoor three daye. Hehas had togo on a tour of inspection in the north and he bogs you to excuse ir. That's exactly the questien 1 was going toask you, officer. What question, sthior Professor ? Ou the contrary, dear Frofessor. 1 No,mo.trofessor ]] If ..and next time, don't assure you, the morale of that Stell you she. overcook my pasta! chariving lady is extremely hight! is delighted s with Wer stay BY] Yo Shanghai?...ghe's gone |] in San to Shanghai’. You dare Theodoros. to make Fun of me?No, sefior Commodore. We thought: ‘you would prefer the peace of the countryside to the hubbub of Besides, the carnival will be starting shortly... Then there'll be incessant noise round vere, all day and all night You wouldn't get a wink of sleep Did you know, a party oF your compatriots are joining the festivities this year? Vgaw... The 8 Just 0 simple precaution «Ah, yes, the wirnming ool i$ over the other side. And Tintin was suspicious! These are your apartments, sevior Commodore: “1 hope they will please you Of course, a Servant will be at your Aispoaal Eneougheut your stay withus..- oe Kind, Cotenel Ah, here he is now! y suGood of you, Man [ Heis devoted to you already; isnt that so, | |{ Now. I'll leave yeu. Tomorrow | f 1Adios, Manolo! And re- Pee eee eeith You alrendy: Isnt thetiss morning at ten I'll come to nimber your orders ! A I fetch sou ond take vou on a tour of the city and te surround ing countryside, jBuenas noches! eae ye mee KS oy What a welcome, eh, Cuthbert my eld shipmabe' Come on {Weer-up! Everytaing’s goin } fe ¥e sorted cut, Your beloved Bianca may be free tomorrew, and well ahave a good laugh! {A bath?... That's a goed idea epaeg 353th aly 7 fase pes q ftir fil ds the same. Teas people are really iNares so fend, such isle, 30 distinguished! ... Ministey of the Interior | Good evening, Colenel Ya the colonel in? Mission completed, Colone! Everything isin order, and Env circuits are live... However One moment, Colovel : let's check everything's werk ing properly. Yes, yes, ina minute, Colonel, ina minuteOho! “Loch Lomond Thes> Tapiocans certainly do things in style! ie PSS please hina Us that was Whisky - Unbelievable! It's still happening! +. What's gone’ wrong? Why can't 1 takeiwhichy ony mere? t like that either? Just his boo lwok!... Now For Channel No. 2 ‘At, there we is! A pity he didn't ‘agree to work for us....But who knows, he may change hie ‘mind some day = Timust tell you... Number Three has not arrived, Colonel, Not arr Why no he then? He never left: Europe, Colonel Number One told vac he had influenza and baat .. ‘And you tell me that now! the whiskers of ides! Tasch! Influenza... So, we was cuspicious! «. Bu it’s absolutely necessary for bins to comel... And if | know Hi, he'll be coming anyway 'Good, 11 think about it. Mean arti tiele What a beautiful while, you'l have to stall the evening. Te must others. Tell them everybody's 2 lovely outside got influenza...that the Cacta Fiore’s lost her voice. .tell thew| anything you like... t9 gain b p Hello, what's this? be Rusted up? ] ‘ i. 2 | A Billions of bilious blue blistering fhornacies! Why #03 overything happen to me?! 2 Que pasa’... Quepasa is that I tried to open that confounded window! And kindly pur away the blunderbuss: those things have a habit of going off! No good to open, sefiar air-conditioning ... That may well be so, but 1 don't happen to like canned air. Kindly open the window, por favor! Windows, they do not open, sear, Buenas _ soches, Seon,¢s out of thie widow, ee PRERAS HES Have youquite finish: d chucking your guns i er... emall accident Yeriie wine! Exabares | Tease hovand eae You do that, old chap Piiscsire sera] Nok in my jacket either Thundering Eyphoons! it... | must have lef Eon the plane Confound it! | Ak, come to chink of } Never mind, Ill buy some morc... ny U ‘im out of tobacco: I'm going to buy some. You buy sowe b worrow. Tod ih \ ja Stop, «enor? Return |) J W Tolate’... B barely cig o'tloci!Ten thougand thundering typhvons! You dare forbid me to go out ?...Me, theguest oF Gemeral Tapioca! Not go out, = senor, Sefior not go out towigits! No, sevior, but...er... Sometimes Tomorrow... Too late tonight Ficntos wake wétack around here els muy dangerous, selior So you see, is best For your | own protection ... And why net, if you please?... Arew? f id enowgir to be out at night? FFomorrow, Excellency...) tomorrow. we bring tobacco | for Your Excellency Certainly not! | want to buy my own tobacco! As you wish, Excellency... Buenas noches, Excellency That young whippersnapper Tin- +. but wo're well and fin was eight, by thunder..1he truly behind bars! cage may be a gilded one. Ny 5 |[Ab, there you are, Cap... ‘a Wien are you going to stop these childish pranks?1iMMM.... yea... Cia in Buenos dias, Excellency... My tobacco’. Your tobacco, Excellency... | Tobacco?... p What tobacco? = a id J Tobacco you order J told you I'd goand buy it myself, ten thousand Excellency Bans lase HiGhE thundering typhoons!... Myself, d’you hear? } If very geod, Excellency 1 go and get escort ready, Excellency ... What escort ? An escort fo 90 and buy tobacco? Yes, Excellency, must have escort. Js necessary, becauce of terrorists, you understand : los Picaros ...Bn Aonr toler Ah, you're back. Would you believe that Tintin. to stay in Mariinspike! Tintin? He was jolly sensible Jean see our hosts have a Ere senso of He was absolutely fight: we're entirely agrees with mo prisoners, || hospitality. Thats Jock, stock |] what | just said Eo him. and barrel! y And About WHAT??? Exactly, and what's wore, el tell you 60 himself! ame have yousprung from? | [a where in neaver's ) Well, Ive come straight From Marlinspike... You dow't look very pleasea tosee me! Why didn't you stay there, you silly Fellow? Let's say } was missing you, Captain ... sand the Professor You'd hardly left when | began to ido," oF course. blame myscif for rot having gone with you. I thought of all our Friends in On anorse? We Prison and the need te try to save them. came by car. Soltook a plane...’ quite simple And it's crazy! Because you wore right! Would you believe . At Youve got arecord here I simply adore! vu May 1 publ on, Captain?‘And there's another! The place is buaged, Captain | ‘A microphone! The pirates! ‘And Jw pretty sure thoy'l have cameras hidden in every corner...lA beb may fife omit. Behind a two-way misror, for in- stance, like tris one perhape S prepared for them... A trap, Colonel ? M foresaw, that didw't stop hive following the others into tne trap .. busybodies subjected me toa bitter humiliation | You, Colonel, huimiliated 7 «..and Ive never forgotten it. But Fate sometimes plays into one's hands ien Jheard that Bianca Castafiore was planning a four in Souch America 1 immediately... “asfealiged how | could take odrantage of the situation. [only had te arrest her, after Forging compromising documents nid Having them r sii into her luggage f Teanga cocced anti Fickitious ... conspiracy against General Tapioca...,t only remained for we Fo give an international Slant to the affair... And thore it was, ..4 brilliant conception, en?But WHEN are we going to 8 bhat, confounded Fellow Tapioca? Afterall, that's tie principal reason we came here! Inatend of which, For three days they ve shuttled us from the Musou of [Ethnography to the Birthplace of iva the Greaé Liberator, General then to the 209, then to Che fathedral of the Santisima Virgen dela Inmaculada Concepcion... And what marvel have they in for us tomorrow? A confetti-maker for the ¢arnivel 7...0¢ perhaps a som: brero Factory”. Heaven knows wh at! Billions of blue blistering barnacies! What's happened to mo? Why can't I take a single rep of alcohel any more ? iene a \{ The evening papers, seiores... Great snakes... What a surprise!,..inever...Good evening, sefiores, My name is Pablo. lve been sent to replace Manolo, who suffered aslight accident this morning, Nothing. luckily: just a sprain . He'll be back ina day or two. serious, Waste vo tine, amigos! Your lives are in danger t ing, quite by acc eu rl bee the oh three of m Yes. The day after tomorrow a commando of Picaros, byt not real Picaros, will pretend to attack this villa. bn che cowrseof dental ——— I{ The official version J the Picaros tried to Kidnap you! But anyway, why all the palaver?... Aud who wants to Kill us? Do you know who cuns the Securit Police inthis country ? No?... Wal, Colonel Esponja, or, togive bin his real names Sponsz San Theodoros.. Whe was Chief of, Police in Szohdd? heard of Signo iree oF you That's the one! He's been “lent” to Goneral Tapioca to ne- organise the Security Police in and when he Castatiore’s arrival, ne dreamed upa plan to get rid of the Luckily for you, the Ficaros and their leader General Alcazar have tyes and care everyenre, 100 9D) oe iat we're sing todo. Tomorrow, folonel Alvarex’ will fake you Hon. trip to Hotuntabgt! to $00 an ancient pyramid... You'll climb to the top. with me. The soldiers will simply encircle the base. Then 4 commando oF Picaros, real Picaros this time, will open Fire on the northern face OF the pyramid... Under cover of the diversion you'll climb down the south face, having disarmed me and care: fully ied we up. Two hundred metres awa you, one oF will be waiting rightin front oF icazars Erucks Thanke, Pablo! Saving my life is becoming a habit with you. This ig the second time!Veet marnin, Your young friend seems very pecoceupied || He's upset tohave had Not far now: we're coming to the reer Forest of an nto word From General inour Soong as that's TForgot te relly General Tapidca will see you tomer. row morning, and... At there's the pyramid! a ie Superb... Marvellous! Can we g9.up ? OF course. But you'll excuse me iP I don't Accompany you. b you've often \ it before? Very often. Bue Pablowill act as your guide. ANG A a Be careful. te a steep slope and many people ack giddy up there. You are. west thaughe ul Colonel No thank you, Captain, 1a gay BY rather stay here. As yo now, I utPer from vertiga» No, no, you must: core! There'il be a spectacular view from the top! Cuthbert, come along, Fbeg of tout...want to, Feel you. [t's thew! The Ficaros! Goodbye, Pablo. Tiinever | Quick, tieme up! forget what you've done fl Ferue! g a } rs omer ad E =\ AL pa So, the trap ig sprung! Good work, PatiotI Be like missing om ] elephant at three I wsetree in an alley, Colonel... And Ive never done thar Jaguar calling Puma! Jaguar calling Fur ceiving youstrengt “The truck's on it way.,.bhey'l bewith you in seven or Bight vain utes Mind you dont miss! Puma calling Jaguar ! Puma calling Jaguar. Are you recelving me? Come in now... Over vv. You can count on we! } miinute | received your message J decided to move... Our message ?...You say | you received « message From us? Sure, the one Fablo brought me... what's the matter? You seenn Surpriged about someting. = aoe si Wei ce fz Pablo lied to us, a8 Tome it stinks oF I certainly am!... Becawse we nevor treachery, General! Gent you any wossage...v the Gouteary, it was Pablo who told us, From you, thab our lives were in daviger but thab you'd pull us ut OF trouble. he did to you... Arid Wich what object? Treachery?...|nmpossibie!... Fablo is dead loyal ! It bothers me, Genera. Jaguar calling Puma get a Feeling someone's can see the truck now Setting a trap for us.. Me wayrawiael Woven Jong trip ahead... and ‘here's nothing to fear,Careful, thi bolted back again! General! Are you crazy ?... Why? A mmaniey...He's stopped stil something Frightened hiv .. Jaguar fo Puma: ion accomplished ! as ifA direct Wit?...weitdone, || |} Colonel Esponja a Yes, liwreceiving you...What's that? Gapeain .. Are they will be pleased “Tae truck's empty’... What?!... ail dend ? : with you, Pablo. : ause oF ae monkey. . What wonkey 777... Explain yourself, imbecile!!! No, they don't dare follow. They know we'll son be My other guerrillas who covered our in Arambaya country... And Ehae scares the living Gsoape while they pretended to attack daylights out oF ther! wil gatchius up by another route-Re For Pablo, that creep...Just-wait till l act my hands on Pablo ! The dirty rat! Ii have him charming wolk, Charming: you've caten alive by red ants! RW w'Eit, Capeain® ff TO think we could be howe at ike, downing J must admit 1 never suspected hi fora moment... Bur Captain, | ask you: why did you make | | |'m nor really cross with you me climb to the top of that pyramid because the view certainly and then rush we straight down cle wae spectacular. (07... YOU must admit it'sHere, ina tropical i only acing to |) j THe next thing is. epi [Ease ssns to ting hendache They all say that...and PC A headache? swig the lot! “Loch Lomond ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD / Ri 5 0 parachute... You've seen the result; even Ero monkeys have basen tothe wore!Archibald, isn't it? If who's captain here, you or me? How ridiculouel...What’s imy first mame, then 7 To crown itall, I've lost Ohne 7... That’s what you ‘ome on, vamos! We must reach the wy ship, -Perkaps it's think,..Mine does! It’ an fl || Arambaya village before dark. Flown away ip, 50 there! We'll stop and spend the night there. Have a cigas, amigo? «As | said before, you will note that jam not reproaching you, for the view really was very Fine from the summit of the pyramid, Dut... ‘Ag Napoleon said, “Think oF it, soldiers, forty centuries Jook down upon yon," No, no, we're geod pals with the Arumbayas, To begin with they gave us a load of trou But now there isn’t any Anger...Ridgewell!...You never get any Detter dé you, you 31d Joker! .. Conte on out of there! Don't talk avout it!...But on the other hand theyive made gee Hides inrunktn ness, I'm afraid . courteay oF General Tapioca! That's enough dahda vit! Nice to be back, Doctor Ridgewell!... How are the Arumbayas ? Learnt t0 play goit yet? Tintin, help!... Save me!...9top thief l...Fi Police!... Help, Jam undone ! You see?...Tapicca has } | Dipsomaniacs!... That's what. “civilisation” @ lot to answer For. has dove For those "savages". Come, we must go. The Village is still Some distance away. Excuse me, Cap’ tain. see they are preparin, Some sort ofIf Avakuhi,chict of the Arumbayas, has invited us to share their meal... aud to spend the might in his own hut. Please tinank him from us and Eel hiv we: ‘accept with pleasure. } Dorrt we, Captain You may not Fancy this very uch, Bue pretend to like it: (ts important nor to offend them. Don't werry