A Bug's Life Page #5

of a top secret meeting right now,

and they really should not

be disturbed... now.

Right, guys?

[ Gasps ] Could you ex-- pl--

Could you excuse me, please?

- Wait, wait, wait! Please, don't go!

- I'm not going anywhere.

What is going on? Flik?

Flik! [ Groans ]

Ooh, I knew it!

[ Flik In Distance ] Wait! Wait,

wait, wait, wait! Please! Don't go!

- No!

- Quick, he's losin' it!

- You can't go! I'm desperate!

- Really? I couldn't tell.

Hmm. Come on, wings.

[ Screams ]

Help!

Mother,

Flik is up to something.

Okay, Flik, time to put ya down.

Get him off me!

He's cutting off the circulation.

- No, no, no, no!

- Let go!

- Please, please, don't go!

- [ Rosie ] Put the stick down.

Flik, I mean it, now.

- Drop the stick.

- [ Screams ] Run!

Boy, he runs fast

for a little guy.

- [ Squawks ]

- Tweet-tweet! Tweet-tweet!

[ All Gasp, Scream ]

This way.

- There they are.

- [ Bird Chirping ]

- [ Gasps ] A bird!

- [ Screams ] Flik!

- Look!

- Dot!

- [ Whimpers ]

Flik!

- [ Screaming ]

- Dot!

- My baby!

[ Gasps ]

I gotcha! I gotcha!

I gotcha, I gotcha!

- [ Grunts ]

- Oww!

Oooh.

- I can't see!

- Somebody do something!

- Are they all right?

- Did anyone see?

- What is happening?

- Dot?

- Good heavens, they're in trouble!

- Francis, Francis, Francis,

Francis, Francis, Francis--

- Oh, you guys, I've got an idea!

Here! I've got it!

Please, ma'am, wake up!

Wake up!

[ Screaming ]

- Help! Help!

- Yoo-hoo!

Mr. Early Bird! How about

a nice, tasty worm on a stick?

I'm going to snap.

I'm going to snap.

Nice and juicy, succulent--

[ Flik ]

Let's go!

- There they are!

- Flik! Help!

Okay.

- Flik!

- It's going to be okay, Dot.

Ooh-hoo-hoo!

Bye-bye, birdie!

Help! I'm stuck!

Pull me down!

Schnell, schnell, schnell!

- The caterpillar's using

himself as live bait!

- How brave!

[ Screaming ]

- [ Screeching ]

- Suck it in, man!

Ow. My leg!

[ All Screaming ]

[ Flik Screaming ]

[ Chirping ]

[ Gasps ] The bird!

Look out for the bird!

- Flik!

- [ Gasps ]

- Up-a, up-a!

- [ Screams ]

[ All Pant ]

-[ Distant Applause ]

- What is that?

That, my friends,

is the sound of applause!

[ Cheering ]

Applause-- I'm in heaven!

[ Sighs ]

Our Blueberry troop salutes you bugs

for rescuing our smallest member,

Princess Dot.

And as a tribute to Miss Francis,

we've changed out bandannas!

We voted you

our honorary den mother!

- [ Ants Cheering ]

- What? Great.

- [ Chattering ]

- All right, girls. Let's move

your keisters outta here now.

The patient needs her rest,

you know. Come on.

Excuse, me, Flik.

Can I talk to you for a second?

- Huh? Oh, sure.

- Oww!

Again, thank you all,

very, very much.

- Oh, stop it.

- You're too kind.

- Thank you.

You don't think I've offended

the warriors, do you?

You? No.

Oh, good. Because, you see,

when you first brought them here,

I thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns.

Ya did?

[ Laughs Nervously ]

Don't tell 'em I said that.

Boy, that's all I'd need,

another royal blunder like that.

- Princess, you're doin' a great job.

- Thanks, you're sweet.

You're wrong, but sweet.

- I know what everyone really thinks.

- I don't follow you.

Everyone-- the whole colony. Nobody

really believes I can do this job.

It's like they're all watching me,

-just, just--

- Waiting for you to screw up.

- Flik, I owe you an apology.

- For what?

Well, I haven't been that nice

to you, and... I'm sorry.

If there's any way I can

make it up to you--

Hey! I know!

How would you like to be the queen's

official aide to the warrior bugs?

- Me?

- Oh, sure. You've got

a great rapport with them,

especially after that rescue--

it was very brave.

- Really? Naw, naw--

- Well, not every bug would face a bird.

- I mean, even Hopper's afraid of 'em.

- Yeah, well, I guess maybe I--

- Say that again?

- I said, even Hopper's afraid of birds.

Thank you.

- Hopper's afraid of birds!

- And I don't blame 'im!

Oh, oh, oh,

this is perfect.

We can get rid of Hopper,

and no one has to know that I messed up.

You just keep pretending

you're warriors.

Whoa, Flik, honey. We are not

about to fight grasshoppers, okay?

You'll be gone before the grasshoppers

ever arrive. Here's what we do.

Not another word.

I don't know what you're concocting

in that little ant brain of yours,

but we'll have no part of it.

Excuse me? Could we get

the warriors' autographs?

Autographs? Ja!

- Wow! Great!

- So, you fellas catch the action today?

Oh! The bird went-- [ Whooshes ]

and it just missed you!

- Aren't you sweet?

- And the way you pretended

to be stuck in that crack!

[ Chuckling ]

Oh, that's just all part of the plan.

And then you dive-bombed

into the bush!

- There you go, my boy.

- Wow! Thanks!

" M-M-Maa-jor--"

That's Major Manny, young cadet.

-I outrank everyone here. Remember that.

-Yes, sir!

- Dismissed!

- Wow!

- When I grow up,

I'm gonna be a praying mantis!

- I'm gonna be a stick bug!

Oh, they're all so cool,

I can't pick!

[ Chuckling ] Delightful lads.

You were saying, Flik?

All right.

We are going to build a bird--

a bird that we can operate

from the inside, which would then be--

...hoisted above the anthill

and hidden high in the tree.

Then, right when Hopper

and his gang are below,

we'll launch the bird

and scare off the grasshoppers.

Now it's going to take

everyone's involvement--

...to make this plan

a reality.

I know it's not our tradition

to do things differently,

but if our ancestors were able

to build this anthill,

we can certainly rally together

to build this bird!

[ All Cheering ]

[ Laughing ]

- Perfect!

- Okay, hit your marks!

- Whoa!

- Whee-hee!

- [ Giggles ] Hi, Flik.

- Oh.

[ Snickering ]

[ Chuckles Nervously ]

[ Chattering ]

- I love what you did with your antenna.

- Oh, thank you.

Oh, look.

She's a natural mother.

[ Growling ] All right, that's it!

Out! Everybody out!

[ Whimpering ]

Now you're gonna cry, right?

See if I care. Go ahead, cry.

-[ Sobbing ]

- Please, don't cry. Please.

- [ Continue Sobbing ]

- Huh?

- Ta-da!

- [ Cheering ]

- Okay, lower, lower--

- [ Dim Chuckles ]

- You got it. And that's it!

- Whoa!

[ All ]

Up, up, up, up!

Rabbit through the hole, chicken in the

barn, two by two by, there's the yarn.

- Done!

- Ruben Kincaid!

- Hey!

- Good job, guys! Nice work!

Up, down.

Up, down. Up, down.

- Hmm.

- Hmm.

- [ Chuckles ]

- Ah-ah-ah. Read 'em and weep.

- Huh?

- [ Girls Giggle ]

Whoo-whee! Yahoo!

- Flik, watch out!

- Whoa!

- Look! I'm a beautiful butterfly!

- [ Laughs ]

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