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'TIM': So, any ideas on how we could get through that window?

AGENT 45: We could all stand on each other's shoulders!

(AND THEY DO. AGENT 34 STANDS ON AGENT 45'S SHOULDERS, 'TIM' STANDS ON AGENT 34'S SHOULDERS AND AGENT 45 STANDS ON 'TIM'S SHOULDERS. IT IS A STRANGE, PARADOXICAL MESS.)

AGENT 45: Let's just jump at it!

(AND THEY DO. AFTER AN HOUR, THEY GIVE UP.)

AGENT 34: Sigh, looks like we've failed. And I was due to retire tomorrow, perhaps.

'TIM': Hey, look everybody! This door's unlocked!

ALL: Aw, it was open all along! Wouldn't you just know it?

(THEY ALL TURN AND GLANCE KNOWINGLY INTO THE CAMERA. 'TIM' WINKS, IMPERCEPTIBLY. THEN THEY CREEP INTO THE BUILDING.)

AGENT 34: Look! The safe where all the pictures are held, I imagine!

(SHE POINTS AT A SAFE WHERE ALL THE PICTURES ARE HELD.)

'TIM': So, any ideas on how we could get into that safe?

AGENT 45: Let's kick it!

(HE KICKS IT ONCE THEN FALLS OVER BACKWARDS AND STARTS CRYING AS AGENT 34 AND 'TIM' LOOK ON. AFTER TEN MINUTES HE STOPS.)

AGENT 45: Ahh, so much for the sympathy vote.

(CAMERA FOCUSSES ON CAMERA. NOT SOME EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE, YOU UNDERSTAND, RATHER OUR CAMERA FOCUSSES ON A SECURITY CAMERA, SO IT ALL MAKES SENSE, YOU SEE, WHAT ARE YOU SOME KIND OF NIT-PICKING NE'ER-DO-WELL?)

SECURITY: Hey, you chaps down in stores. What are you doing?

AGENT 45: We're trying to break into your safe.

AGENT 34: You idiot!

(AGENT 34 STARTS POURING SAND INTO AGENT 45'S HAIR.)

AGENT 45: Arrgh! What are you doing? It's rough!

SECURITY: Aww, you mean well. Here, the combination to the safe is 6, 10, 23. I hate to see people struggling. Catch ya later, you crazy kids! Signing off.

(SECURITY SIGNS OFF. THE AGENTS PAUSE AND BLINK, REASONABLY LOUDLY. THEN THEY DASH TO THE SAFE WHICH HAS SLID AWAY FROM THEM WHILE THEY WERE TALKING FOR SOME REASON. AGENT 34 REACHES THE SAFE FIRST.)

AGENT 34: 6... 10... 23...

AGENT 45: Right! Are you going to dial the combination at any point?

AGENT 34: Shurrush!

(AGENT 34 DIALS THE COMBINATION. THE SAFE UNSURPRISINGLY SPRINGS OPEN. A BRILLIANT LIGHT IS PRODUCED FROM INSIDE, WHEN CLEARLY NOTHING THAT BRIGHT COULD FIT INSIDE A SAFE OF THAT SIZE. BEAUTIFUL PICTURES SPILL OUT, ALMOST LIKE WATER. THE AGENTS LOOK UPON THE RICHES.)