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[00:05.55]Chapter 3 The Ponies
[00:11.23]On October 27th,
[00:13.77]the Terra Nova arrived in Wellington,New Zealand．
[00:19.35]When Scott came off the ship,
[00:22.06]a newspaper man walked up to him．
[00:26.02]'Captain Scott!Captain Scott!
[00:29.23]Can I talk to you,please!'he said．
[00:33.70]Scott stopped and smiled．
[00:36.14]'Yes,of course,'he said．
[00:40.00]'What do you want to know?'
[00:43.07]'Are you going to win?'the man asked．
[00:46.77]'Win?'Scott asked．'Win what?'
[00:52.84]'Win the race to the South Pole,
[00:55.37]of course,'the newspaper man said．
[00:59.33]'It's a race between you and Amundsen,now．
[01:04.12]Look at this!'He gave a newspaper to Scott
[01:09.77]Scott looked at it．
[01:12.59]It said：Fram races Scott to South pole.
[01:18.93]"We are going to win." Says Amundsen.
[01:24.06]Scott's face went white．
[01:27.45]'Give me that!'he said．
[01:31.41]He took the newspaper and read it carefully．
[01:36.21]The newspaper man watched him,and waited．
[01:40.91]'Well,Captain Scott,'he said at last．
[01:45.61]'Who's going to win this race?
[01:48.48]Tell me that!'
[01:51.34]Scott looked at him angrily．
[01:54.02]'This is stupid!'he said．
[01:57.66]'It's not a race!
[02:00.26]I came here to learn about the Antarctic-
[02:05.02]I'm not interested in Amundsen,or in races!
[02:11.03]'Then he walked back on-to his ship,
[02:14.27]with the newspaper in his hand．
[02:18.13]Later that day,he talked to his men．
[02:24.38]He gave them the newspaper,and laughed．
[02:29.31]'It doesn't matter,'he said．
[02:32.68]'We're in front of Amundsen,
[02:35.44]and we have more men,
[02:37.71]and more money．
[02:40.30]He has only eight men,and a lot of dogs．
[02:45.07]I know about dogs-
[02:48.28]they don't work in the Antarctic．
[02:51.92]We have sixteen men and the new motor sledges-
[02:57.12]they are much better．
[02:59.50]And tomorrow the ponies are coming．
[03:02.75]We need ponies,motor sledges,
[03:06.04]and good strong British men-that's all．
[03:11.26]Forget about Amundsen!
[03:13.79]He's not important!'
[03:17.40]Scott asked Oates to look after the ponies,
[03:22.15]but he did not let Oates buy them．
[03:26.36]When Oates first saw the ponies,
[03:29.16]in New Zealand,he was very unhappy．
[03:33.92]Most of the ponies were old,
[03:36.95]and some of them were ill．
[03:40.61]'They're beautiful ponies,Titus,'Scott said．
[03:45.62]'They come from China-they're wonderful ponies!'
[03:51.65]Oates looked at them angrily,and said nothing．
[03:58.14]Then he asked：'Where is their food,Captain?'
[04:04.03]'Here!'Scott opened a door．
[04:07.95]Oates looked inside．
[04:10.96]He thought for a minute．
[04:13.69]'We need more food than this,Captain Scott!
[04:18.69]These ponies are going to work in the coldest place on earth-
[04:24.99]they need a lot of food-more than this!'
[04:30.98]Scott smiled quietly．
[04:34.80]'We can't take more food on this ship,Titus.
[04:39.67]Where can we put it?
[04:41.33]But it doesn't matter,old boy．
[04:45.13]They're very strong ponies,you know．
[04:48.67]The best ponies on earth．'
[04:54.78]Later that night,Oates wrote a letter to his mother．
[05:00.10]There are nineteen ponies on the Terra Nova now,he wrote．
[05:07.29]All the penies are in a small room at the front of the ship．
[05:13.32]We eat our food in the room under the ponies,
[05:18.68]so our table is often wet and dirty．
[05:23.96]Scott makes a lot of mistakes,I think,
[05:28.96]and Antarctica is a very dangerous place．