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Donald Duck - 10...9...8...7...

Story code: D 2022-041

Origin: Denmark

Title: 10 ... 9 ... 8 ...

Pages: 12

Layout: 4 rows per page

Writing: Aleksander Kirkwood Brown

Art: Massimo Fecchi

Year of publication: 2022

Like last year (that is, the year before last), I again decided to translate comics into English. Although my scanlation didn't work out very well, I made sure to take a photo of this comic so you can see what it's about as I translate the dialogues. This comic is only published in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Serbia and I will translate this comic from Serbian to English. If there are any doubts, feel free to ask me. It is certainly about the New Year's celebration in Duckburg. And if someone has to correct me about the English language, feel free to correct me.

Now let’s get started.

Residents of Duckburg welcome the New Year.

Daisy Duck: "It's so generous of you to invite us to a New Year's party at this fancy hotel, Uncle Scrooge!"

Scrooge McDuck: "I must admit that it is much more than generosity! I am buying this hotel, and the owner first wanted to have dinner with me and my family."

Scrooge to Donald: "So watch your behavior, Donald! Everything has to be in perfect order!"

Donald Duck: "I'm always up to the task, Uncle Scrooge!"

Grand Hotel Owner: "Welcome, Scrooge! I hope that at the end of the dinner, we will conclude our contract!" Scrooge: "Me too!"

Daisy to Donald: "Where are the boys? And why did you bring your math workbook to the party?"

Donald: "Long story! I'm afraid the boys won't be joining us tonight!"

Daisy: "Get ready for the countdown!"

Grand Hotel Owner: "Let's sign the contract when the clock strikes midnight!"

Scrooge: "Great idea!"

Gladstone Gander: "Why are you smiling like that, Donald?"

Donald: "I'll tell you in ten seconds!"

But a lot can happen in ten seconds…

Let's first go back to the beginning of that same day.

Donald: "Zeev! Last day of the year! 364 days of defeat and misfortune! But who knows, maybe I'll get lucky today!"

Donald slipped on the skateboard. "Oops!"

Donald: "And maybe not! Again the same song as the whole year!"

Donald collapsed in the mess.

Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck: "What happens? Isn't it an earthquake?"

Huey Duck: "No, but something tells me that in a second there will be a real volcanic eruption!"

Donald to HDL: "I've had enough of your trash!"

Huey: "Sorry, Unca Donald! With a lot of homework, we don't have time to clean the house!"

Donald: "Ah, phooey! It's easy for you! You wouldn't even last a day working as a traveling salesman like me!"

Huey: "I bet by the end of the day, we'd sell out of everything you sell, whatever it is!"

Donald: "Prove it! Sell my goods before midnight or you will be cleaning the house every day!"

Louie Duck: "And you have to do all the homework in our math workbook or you will be doing our homework for the next month."

Donald: "Agreed!"

And so!

Huey: "I can't believe Unca Donald works as a traveling salesman!"

Dewey: "Of all the meaningless jobs he's done, this one is the worst!"

Louie: "But a bet is a bet!"

Huey to the customer: "Good day! Do you want to buy doors?"

Customer: "What?! Can't you see I already have them!"

Grandma (old woman): "Can I see how they work?"

Huey: "Oh… of course!"

"As you can see, the door opens easily and does not creak!"

Grandma (old woman): "Nicely! Do you want to go through them?"

Huey: "Here is! What do you think?"

Grandma (old woman): "I'm not interested!"

Louie: "Don't lose hope! Sooner or later, we're going to run into someone who needs a door!"

At the same time…

Donald: "Um…Pythagoras? Was that the elf from The Lord of the Rings? Ugh, I can't remember anything!"

"It might be cheating if I ask Gyro for help, but the most important thing is to teach the boys some smarts!"

Donald when he sees that Gyro is not there: "No luck again! I'll look around the garden! Maybe I'll find something useful there!"

"He's even messier than my nephews! I can't find anything without his help!"

Oh no!

"Is that someone asking for help? Radisha, the robo-assistant at your service!"

Donald to robot: "Do you know math? What is 912 times 72?"

Robot to Donald: "Bzzzztt! 87341!"

Donald: "Great! I'm sure Gyro won't mind me borrowing you for a few hours!"

Robot: "Radisha, the robo-assistant, at your service!"

Donald has no idea what kind of mechanism he has set in motion…

Soon after…

Robot Radisha: "Eeeh!"

Donald to robot: "What is it? Don't tell me these tasks are too hard for you?"

Robot Radisha: "The robo-assistant just works! But Radisha has a dream to visit an amusement park!"

Donald: "Then we'll go to the amusement park, and then we'll do math!"

Robot Radisha: "Radisha is happy! Fun, fun!" "Fun, fun!"

Angry woman to Donald and the robot: "Take whatever reward you want, just promise not to come back here!"

Robot: "Fun, fun! Party, party!"

Donald to robot: "I hope you've had enough! Can we get to the tasks?"

Robot Radisha to Donald: "The robo-assistant just works! But Radisha has a dream to visit the zoo!"

Donald to robot: "Okay! Let's go to the zoo for a bit, and then get a book in hand!"

At the same time…

Huey: "What is going on?!"

Policeman: "Open it! It's the police! We know you're there, thief!"

Huey: "They're chasing some fugitive thief!"

Policeman: "We have a police warrant!"

Right after…

Policeman: "So you're not a robber? And this isn't 47 Dark Street?"

Tenant of the house: "No, I'm not Robber, and this is not that address! I was taking a shower and I didn't hear you knocking!"

Policeman: "Sorry about the door!"

Tenant of the house: "What to do? It happens!"

Dewey: "Here's our chance, brothers!"

Huey: "Sorry, we saw what just happened to your door…"

Louie: "...and we sell doors!"

Tenant of the house: "There is no point in putting new ones! Whenever the Thief escapes from prison, the same thing happens! Only if you sell sliding doors?"

Dewey: "Uh, unfortunately, no!"

Huey: "If we can't sell doors to someone who just ran out of them, we better not even try!"

Later…

Robot Radisha: "Fun, fun! Party, party!" Donald to himself: "A robo-assistant could use some help!"

Soon after…

Robot Radisha: "The robo-assistant just works! But Radisha has a dream to…"

Donald: "Enough with dreams! We've been to an amusement park, a zoo, a circus, a game, bowling, and flamenco classes! It's time for you to help me with the tasks!"

Robot Radisha: "Bzzzt! Calculation done!"

Donald: "Ouch! You finished the entire workbook in half a minute!"

"Shall I drop you off at Gyro now?"

Robot Radisha: "By no means! You showed Radisha how to have fun! From now on I will no longer be a robo-assistant, but a robo-entertainer!"

Donald: "What a day! Now I can go to Uncle Scrooge's New Year's party as the winner!"

And while Donald and the gang are having fun, Huey, Dewey and Louie are still suffering the same pains…

Rude customer: "NO!"

Louie: "It's ten to midnight and we still haven't sold a single door!"

Huey: "We can only hope for a miracle!"

Robot Radisha: "Fun, fun! Party, party!"

At the same time…

Gyro Gearloose: "Ouch! I'm late to Scrooge's New Year's party!"

"Maybe I could…huh?"

"Oh no! It looks just like my confetti balloon inflator!"

"Looks like someone turned it on! If no one turns it off, my superelastic balloon will continue to grow and grow, until..."

"Poor me! If it bursts, the whole square will be covered in confetti!"

"According to my calculations, the balloon will burst in exactly ten seconds! The balloon has already inflated to the maximum!"

Gyro: "Huh! In the last hour!"

Gyro to bird: "GO! Get out of there! Don't you dare!"

The bird punctures the balloon and boom!

Dewey: "What's up?"

Huey: "There must have been an explosion in the confetti factory!"

Louie: "Mnnng! We just missed that!"

Dewey: "Watch out! One door is sliding!"

Robot Radisha happens to be at the door and is having fun.

Little girl: "That looks fun!"

Robot Radisha: "Fun, fun! Party, party!"

One customer: "I want to buy a door!" Second customer: "Give me two!"

Huey to his brothers: "We sold all the doors!"

Dewey: "But there's no way we'll get to the party before midnight!"

Louie: "Are you sure? Look!"

Louie to Gyro: "Gyro! What luck! Can we go to the party with you?"

Gyro: "Sure, guys! I'm just…this one…passing by! I have no idea where all this confetti came from?"

It's time for the big countdown…

Daisy Duck, Grandma Duck, Gus Goose, Donald Duck, Gladstone Gander, Scrooge McDuck: "10!"

Scrooge thought to himself, "Whoah! In just a few seconds the hotel will be mine!"

Donald thought to himself, "The boys don't stand a chance anymore! I've won!"

Everyone: "9!"

Then Gyro and Donald's nephews enter.

Huey to Donald: "We sold all the doors!"

Donald: "Quack!"

Everyone: "8!...7!...6!..."

Donald to Gyro: "And I did all the tasks! So it's a draw!"

Everyone: "5!...4!..."

Gyro to Donald: "But neither solution is correct! As if my incompetent robo-assistant Radisha made them!"

HDL: "Victory is ours!"

Donald: "Stop! There's not enough money here!"

Dewey: "Oh no! We forgot about the sliding door!"

Everyone: "3!...2!...1!..."

Everyone: "Happy New Year!"

Grand Hotel Owner: "Let's sign!"

Scrooge: "Gladly!"

Daisy to Scrooge: "Uncle Scrooge, stop! The wall crumbled like a New Year's cake!"

Scrooge when he sees ants in the wall: "A colony of starving ants is eating the hotel from the inside!"

Scrooge breaks the contract and says to Daisy, "Thank you, Daisy! You stopped me from making a terrible mistake!"

Donald to his nephews: "I promise to be more understanding for you! Your homework is not easy at all!"

Huey, Dewey and Louie to his uncle: "And the job of a traveling salesman isn't exactly cat's cough either!"

Everyone: "Happy New Year!"

Grandma Duck (Elvira Coot) to Gyro: "You never stand still, Gyro! What are you up to now?"

Gyro: "A vacuum cleaner that can vacuum up a huge amount of confetti! The matter is quite urgent!"

The end.

I wish everyone a happy New Year and happy holidays!

I hope you enjoyed this comic.

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