An American Tail Page #2

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I would take you there myself,

but then I'd never

finish my statue.

Henri, you said, "Never"!

Oh, so I did!

Never

Say never

Never

Say never

Never

Say never

Again

Au revoir! Bonne chance!

Good luck!

Good-bye!

Come on, keep it

moving, keep it moving.

All right.

Hurry, hurry!

Yes, sir! Step off the

boat and into prosperity!

Welcome, greenhorns!

This is America!

Today's special, the Brooklyn

Bridge, just a dollar!

Golly, the Brooklyn Bridge!

Ticket to Chicago!

Used only once!

Gee whiz!

Only once, Ma.

Apple, apple?

Get my apple while it lasts.

Hurry, it's going fast!

I'll take one!

Eighteen, 19, 20, 21.

Would you please put

out that filthy thing?

I'm suffocating down here.

You don't like it?

Hey, you know you're not the

only cockroach in New York City.

There are millions

of roaches who'd give

their left feet to

work for Warren T. Rat.

Good. Fire me!

I'm fed up with that filthy smoke...

Hey!

And this pocket!

I've seen kitchen stoves

cleaner than this place.

Hey, come on.

Look at my suit.

All right, all right, Digit.

All right.

Hey, how much money

did we make today?

Oh.

Oh, well. Well, let's see.

Uh, seven, nine, four, six,

carry one, drop two.

Uh, take five,

five down, seven up, 98.6...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And two plus two is 22.

What did we make?

What's the boodle?

Oh, so far,

we have collected $89 and...

And 13 cents. Uh-oh.

And we'll get another 17 from Moe.

Uh, that's 50 cents

less than yesterday.

What?

Fifty cents!

I hate to lose money.

Mmm. Where can I pick up

an extra 50 cents?

Bye!

Au revoir, my little immigrant!

Huh?

Hmm. Hey, boss, a kid.

Hmm. You know, Moe can always use

an extra kid at 50 cents a day.

Yeah.

Very interesting.

Ahem! Well, well, well!

Rat's the name, Warren T. Rat.

What can I do you for, kid?

I'm looking for my family.

Hey, you come to

the right fellow, kid.

I know exactly where they are.

Come with me.

But Henri said I'd find them here!

Have it your way, kid.

But remember what Shakespeare said.

And I quote.

"Opportunity knocks but... "

Uh... But, uh...

Psst! Once!

"But... But once!

"Taken at the tide,

t'will lead to fortune.

"If denied, t'will never return. "

Do you really know

where my family is?

Trust me. Hey, trust me.

Mama, I keep having this

feeling that Fievel's alive.

Tanya, it will go away.

After a while, it will go away.

Come with me.

Hey, hey, hey.

Don't break a gut there.

"O! Pardon me,

"thou bleeding piece of earth,

"That I am meek and gentle

with these butchers. "

This is where they are.

Papa!

Not bad, huh, Moe?

A new worker.

What about my family?

You don't need a family, kid.

You got a job here!

Just send me his salary, will you?

And where do you

think you're going?

You're mine! Now get to work!

You! What are you looking at?

Back to work!

I want to get out of here.

You and me both.

I have to find my family.

Oh, shut up! Go to sleep.

Pipe down.

Oh, be quiet!

I wish we had that

mouse with the long hair.

She could drop her hair out the

window, and we can all climb down.

Sure. Out the window.

Oh, fairy tales!

Wait a minute!

This kid may have something.

Tony Toponi's the name.

Put it there. Well, uh...

Fievel.

Fievel Mousekewitz.

Fievel!

Ooh, that name's got to go!

Hey, I'll tell you what...

Fillie!

Fillie?

Yeah!

Fits you perfect!

Hey, Fillie.

You got any idea

where your family is?

Fillie!

Fillie Mousekewitz!

Hey, Fillie!

Poor wandering one

Though thou

hast surely strayed

Take heart of grace

Thy steps retrace

I pledge allegiance to the flag

of the United States of America

and to the republic

for which it stands,

one nation...

Fievel!

Fievel!

What am I going to do with you?

Come on, come little ones, eat.

Don't gobble so.

Back! Back! Mine!

Papa.

Papa.

Papa!

Grand and Hester streets!

Here, Papa. Here I am.

Papa?

Are you there?

Oh, my word! A mouse!

What's going on up there?

Hey! Shut up out there!

What's going on up there?

Hey, Fillie!

I've been looking all over for you.

Pardon the expression,

but you look like something

the cat dragged in, you know?

Hey, you all right?

Yeah, I guess so.

Listen, you go

running off like that

and you're gonna get

yourself seriously lost.

Stick with me, okay?

Hey, hey, hey. Hey!

What, we engaged or something?

Why can't we try to

find Fievel, Papa?

Oh.

Just try!

I know, Papa.

Play your violin.

Play Fievel's song.

Oy, Tanya.

Maybe he'll hear it.

You can't find what's not there.

Okay, okay.

I got it all figured out.

We'll start looking for

your family over in...

This is America.

Don't be afraid.

Are you going to let

those cats push you around?

Tony? Hey, Tony, where you going?

I ask you this.

Are we going to stand by

and let cats wreck our homes,

our businesses and our lives?

If we all got together, we could

do something about the cats!

Yeah. We should all get together.

This is America.

We have free speech.

You can say "cat" here.

Cat, cat, cat!

And double cat!

Shh! Not so loud.

Shh.

Please, not that word.

Wait a minute. Come back!

Where are you going?

Oh.

So,

if we all got together,

we could do something about the...

Cats.

Yeah.

Cat...

Ca...

Cat.

Tony?

Tony, what's wrong with you?

But there are no cats in America.

That does it.

I'm getting out of here!

Mmm-hmm, me too.

What are you all afraid of?

Cats, cats, cats, cats.

Papa told me.

Everyone knows it.

There are no cats.

Hey, you all right?

I mean, you ain't

hurt or nothing, are you?

No. No, I'm okay.

Thank you.

No, really, I'm all right.

Really, I am.

How about you?

Nah!

Who do those cats think they are?

I'll show them

a thing or two next time.

Hey, where's Fillie?

Fillie? Who's Fillie?

Oh, I gotta find him.

He's just a kid.

Fillie!

Tony!

Whoa!

Phew! Hmm. Some scrap, huh?

There are cats here.

Wait till I tell Papa!

If I find him.

You see,

he's looking for his family.

Aw, the poor darling.

Wait a minute!

Honest John, at Tammany Hall.

He'll know where your family is.

He will?

Tony, he knows every mouse in the city!

Ha! Told you to stick with me, yeah?

Come on.

Oh!

Well, Mr. There Are

No Whats in America?

Mmm?

Cats.

It's me third wake today,

and I'm not finished.

We've got to do

something about them cats.

Besides paying Warren T. Rat

for no protection.

Oh, oh, poor lad.

So young.

He never had a chance to vote.

Well, he'll vote from now on.

I'll see to that.

Honest John.

It's Gussie Mausheimer!

Oh.

Ooh-whee, the richest and most

powerful mouse in New York.

What's she doing

slumming in this part of town?

There's a dead mouse on that table.

It's an Irish custom, Gussie.

The cats got him today.

Precisely why I am here to see you.

Would you care for a wee

drop of the creature?

Today was the worst ever.

Those cats are killing everyone!

They don't even know the

difference between rich and poor.

The wretches!

Oh, shameful!

As you know,

I have dedicated my life

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