In our last episode, our heroes watched as the young prodigy Florence Liverwurst was taken away by Boris and Natasha, who were posing as teachers from an exclusive private school.

Boris is driving down the street in the desert town of Muy Quiente, California, wearing a formal suit. Natasha is in the passenger's seat, clad in a long overcoat, her chapeau sitting in her lap. Florence, in the back seat, is speaking to them in an emotionless voice. "What are the areas of study at Smartenov Academy?"

Boris answers, "We believe in the three D's--deceit, double-crossing, and..."

"Boris, darlink, you are thinkink of that other school," Natasha corrects him. "At Smartenov we teach the three R's--reading, writing, and arithmetic."

"'Writing' and 'arithmetic' do not start with the letter R," Florence points out.

"You're a very clever little girl," says Natasha.

"Many great scientists were once pupils at Smartenov Academy," Boris continues. "Some of them are now workink on a project called Wunderkind. Have you heard of it?"

"Yes."

"What do you know of it?"

"I should not discuss it."

Meanwhile, our heroes are in hot pursuit of the fleeing spies!

Not far behind the car driven by Boris is a yellow cab, driven by a young man wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Rocky and Bullwinkle are seated in the back, and as usual, Bullwinkle is hunched over to make room for his antlers. "Thanks a lot for giving us a ride, Mr., uh..." Rocky begins to say.

"Gidney," replies the young man.

"Hey, we know somebody named Gidney," says Rocky.

The taxi driver suddenly begins to morph, and is replaced by Gidney and Cloyd. Gidney is sitting on top of Cloyd's head, manipulating the steering wheel while Cloyd controls the brakes and accelerator. They are wearing their holsters and scrooch guns. "I believe you also know somebody named Cloyd," says Cloyd.

"Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle!" says Rocky. "It's our old friends, the moon men!"

"What are they doing here?" wonders Bullwinkle.

"The same thing that you're doing," Gidney explains. "Trying to keep Wunderkind out of enemy hands."

"Then that girl does know about Wunderkind," observes Rocky.

"Stupid Earth squirrel," says Cloyd. "She IS Wunderkind!"

"What?" exclaim the stupefied moose and squirrel.

"We scanned her," says Gidney. "She's some sort of highly advanced artificial life form."

"You mean a robot?" says Bullwinkle.

"She's way beyond a robot," says Cloyd. "We've never seen anything like her, even on the moon."

"Boris and Natasha don't know what she is," says Gidney. "Since 'wunderkind' means 'gifted child', they're questioning all the gifted children they can find."

"But you're from the moon," Rocky notes. "Why are you mixed up in this?"

"Hey, we're American citizens, remember?" Cloyd reminds him.

For miles and miles, our heroes and the moon men follow the spies and the captive little girl.

The cab containing Rocky, Bullwinkle, and the moom men follows Boris' car into a small town. A sign by the side of the road says, WELCOME TO CORPUS CRUSTY, CALIFORNIA. POPULATION: LOYAL AMERICANS, 5,000. ENEMY SPIES, 0.

Bullwinkle sticks his head out the window of the cab to air out his antlers. He sees sinister-looking townsfolk walking along the street, wearing overcoats and sunglasses. Even the children playing in the park are dressed like spies. "This town gives me the creeps, Rocky," he says anxiously.

Soon Boris' car stops in front of a dilapidated warehouse. Boris and Natasha climb out of the car, and lead Florence through the entrance into the building. The moon men park the cab at the side of the street, half a block away. "Thanks for the lift, Gidney and Cloyd," says Rocky.

"That'll be eighty dollars," says Gidney, checking the meter.

Inside the warehouse, Boris, Natasha, and Florence come out of an elevator and are greeted by a short woman who wears a uniform similar to that of Fearless Leader. "Florence, I would like you to meet our headmistress, Katerina Smartenov," Boris introduces her. "No relation."

"I am pleased to meet you," says Florence politely. "When do we commence lessons?"

"You have come to train as a spy?" asks the short woman.

"Spi...nal injury specialist," Natasha interrupts her.

"I know nothink of such things," says the short woman.

"Of course not," says Boris. "Your specialty is quantum mechanics. The faculty members at Smartenov Academy have very diverse interests."

"I would like to help bring about world peace," states Florence.

"Oh, such language!" says the short woman in disgust.

"It warms the heart and stirs the soul!" says Natasha insincerely.

"Is there a member of your faculty who can assist me?" Florence inquires.

"Unfortunately, Professor Pyotr Peacenik is on sabbatical," replies Boris, "but he will return next year."

Several more spies approach the group, including a tall man with a beard. "An update on the spellink champion from Fresno, Katerina," he tells the short woman. "He has been successfully abducted."

Boris chuckles "You meant to say 'inducted'."

"Have you questioned the girl, Boris?" the tall man inquires.

"Er...not yet," says Boris, "but I think she will have no trouble passink the entrance exam."

Meanwhile, our heroes are preparing for an all-out assault on the spy hideout!

In front of the warehouse entrance, Gidney and Cloyd are adjusting the settings on their scrooch guns, while Rocky and Bullwinkle stand behind them. " My scrooch gun is set for 100 years, Gidney," says Cloyd. "By the time they thaw out, they'll be spies for a country that no longer exists."

"Bullwinkle, we need a diversion!" Rocky instructs his pal.

Bullwinkle pulls a top hat from behind his back. "Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"Not that kind of diversion!"

"Okay, whatever." Bullwinkle shrugs and tosses the hat aside. When it lands on the ground, a rabbit emerges and scurries away.

Inside the spy compound, Katerina the spy is handing a pencil and sheet of paper to Florence, who is seated at a desk. There are no other desks in the room. "In order to enroll in Smartenov Academy," she tells the girl, "you must answer all of the questions on this test."

Florence quickly reads over the test questions. They are as follows: 1. Who was the eleventh president of the evil capitalist empire United States? 2. How many evil capitalists does it take to change a lightbulb? 3. Write down everythink you know about the scientific project Wunderkind.

"Well?" says Katerina impatiently.

"Ma'am, in order to answer the third question, I must see your security clearance."

Katerina pulls a machine gun out of her overcoat. "I have all the clearance I need right here."

The other spies take positions behind Katerina and pull out their machine guns, except for Boris and Natasha. "Where are your guns?" the short woman asks them.

"The airport police took them," explains Natasha.

"I am givink you one last chance," Katerina warns Florence. "Where is Wunderkind?"

Florence, still sitting at her desk, shows no sign of fear. Suddenly the door bursts open and Bullwinkle charges through, antlers first. Rocky follows closely behind, with Gidney and Cloyd taking up the rear, scrooch guns drawn. "Hold it right there, you rotten spies!" shouts Rocky.

"Moose and squirrel!" exclaims Boris. "They followed us!"

The spies who have weapons aim them at Rocky, Bullwinkle, and the moon men. Gidney and Cloyd disappear, then suddenly reappear in front of Rocky and Bullwinkle, waving their scrooch guns menacingly. "Drop your weapons or prepare to be scrooched!" Gidney demands.

"Oh, what darlink little children!" gushes Katerina. "I must give them some candy!"

"We're not children," Cloyd tells her. "We're moon men."

"Well, in that case, kill them!"

The armed spies take aim with their machine guns and fire at the moon men, who return fire with their scrooch guns.

And so, the battle begins. Who will emerge triumphant? Find out in our next exciting episode, "You Scrooch My Back, I'll Scrooch Yours," or, "I May Have to Up the Rating for Violence".