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You take the Pod,

I'll take the queen.

(GASPS)

(GRUNTS)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Nice one!

You're stealing

my moves, kid!

Your Majesty,

come with me!

Take her to safety!

I have to lead them

away from the crowd!

You're totally my hero!

(GASPS)

(WHISTLING)

Okay...

so maybe

you were right.

Remind me to gloat later.

(LAUGHS)

(GROANS)

Son! No!

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Ozzy!

(LIGHTNING CRASHES)

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

(GRUNTING)

Ah!

Oh! (PANTING)

Ah! Ah, ah!

Ahhh!

(GROANING)

Huh?

(GROANING)

(GASPS)

Are you okay?

Are you all right? (GASPS)

Oh, my gosh,

that's an arrow.

(STAMMERING)

Should I pull it out?

I don't know what to do.

Take the Pod

to Nim Galuu.

Nim what?

You need a doctor.

Somebody call--

What is this thing?

It's the life

of the forest.

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

Tara!

So serious.

(EXHALES SOFTLY)

(GASPS)

(SIGHS)

I'm so sorry.

What did she

say to you?

Something about glue?

Or a canoe.

Nim Galuu.

The scroll keeper.

We don't know

anything about the Pod

without Tara.

Maybe he does.

Take the Leafmen

to Moonhaven.

Fortify it.

Keep everyone safe.

What about you?

Mandrake will be

looking for this Pod...

but he won't be

looking for a Leafman

traveling alone.

That's not

what I meant.

I know what you meant.

I'll send word

when I reach Nim's.

Who are you people?

Is this some

sort of reenactment?

(BUZZING)

That's a big bug.

No, it's about

average, actually.

(GIGGLES)

Then what? I'm tiny?

(GASPS)

Oh, no.

No.

No, no, no.

I'm not sure

why the queen brought

you here either...

but she gave you that Pod,

so you have to come with me.

Make me big!

Excuse me?

I'm not going

anywhere until you

make me big again!

Uh... You know what?

I don't do magic.

You can talk to

Nim Galuu about that,

he might know something.

Might?

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Not so fast, soldier boy.

You do not yank

on a Pod, okay?

Especially when

it's attached to

something so lovely.

Talking snails.

Actually, he's a snail.

I'm a slug.

No shell over here, baby.

It just slows me down.

Ronin, right?

Head of the Leafmen?

Big fan.

I just love what

you do with your jaw.

Yes, that!

We are the official

Pod caretakers, sir.

It can't survive

without us.

We keep it moist.

Moist is what we do.

You're kidding.

You're not kidding. Fine.

(GRUNTING) Word of

the queen's passing

will travel fast...

we have to

travel faster.

With all this extra

weight we're going to

need another bird.

Bird. Of course.

By any chance...

you don't happen

to be part of an

advanced society...

of tiny people living

in the woods, do you?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

RONIN:
Some are more

advanced than others.

(CROWD CHEERING)

ANNOUNCER:
And that's

another lap down. These

racers are in it to win...

and they'd better be,

we've got some

heavy betting

in the crowd today.

They're clustering

together--

I'm telling you,

this is where I belong!

You belong in

the back of the pack!

I mean racing!

The best man wins.

No other rules,

nobody telling you

what to do.

You talk too much!

And you ain't

winning this race!

Sorry, can't hear you!

Going too fast!

Hey. (LAUGHS) Nice old

fleabag you got there.

It's not the bird,

it's how you ride it.

Yeah? Prove it.

Fetch!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

ANNOUNCER:

That's a dirty trick,

which, let's face it,

is exactly what we've

come to see.

Final lap!

This is bird racing,

folks, it's not a parade.

Looks like Nod's

out of the race.

(GASPS)

(GRUNTS)

Wait a minute,

is that--

Nod is down

but not out!

Don't let his

old bird fool you!

The kid's on

the comeback trail!

You know what

we'll do if you win?

I don't know, lose?

ANNOUNCER:

It's the final lap.

They're beak to beak,

wing to wing...

and it's Nod by

a tail feather!

The odds-on

favorite takes it home.

(ALL CHEERING)

I bet there's

a lot of happy faces

in the crowd right now.

(GROANING)

Is that the best

you've got?

(NOD GROANS)

GOON 2:
How was that?

NOD:
(GRUNTS) Better.

Nod, you know

I like you.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Yeah, I like you, too,

Mr. Bufo.

And yet,

you don't do

what we agreed.

We agreed that

you would lose,

but then you win.

Now, I can't help it

if I'm fast.

You want me to lose,

you gotta give me

some better competition.

It's called teamwork.

Maybe if you

understood that...

the Leafmen wouldn't

have kicked you out.

They did not

kick me out. I quit.

(LAUGHS)

I admire your

independent spirit, Nod,

I'll miss that.

Feed him to something.

A snake would be good.

No, snakes just

swallow you whole.

Now, if you put him

in a hornets' nest,

that's a show.

Ah, look, it's Ronin,

defender of the weak...

pooper of parties,

here to ruin the fun.

I didn't ruin all of it.

I let you hit him.

Twice.

Hop along now,

little froggy.

Easy, Ronin,

it's a big forest

out there.

Even Leafmen gotta sleep.

You're wasting your time.

I'm not coming back.

I'm not asking.

Oh, I see. The old

reverse psychology.

Make me feel guilty,

get me to beg you.

I didn't come for you.

The queen is dead.

What? How?

Boggan ambush.

(STAMMERING) Ronin,

I don't know what to say.

She was your...

I'm sorry.

What's going to

happen to us,

to the forest?

If we don't get

the Pod to Nim Galuu's,

the forest will die.

NOD:
Let me grab my saddle.

(LAUGHS) What?

No. I didn't ask

for your help.

Really? Because it

sounds like you could use

a rider with my--

Ability to

absorb punches?

The situation's desperate.

Let's not make it hopeless.

All right, well,

who's with you?

Who's riding point?

(ALL LAUGHING)

MUB:
Uh-oh.

Get your saddle.

I'll get my saddle.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

(LAUGHING)

This doesn't make any--

I mean, it makes sense.

(LAUGHING)

Mary Katherine,

you're not gonna believe

these readings...

they are off

the charts!

The wind,

and the rain

and lightning!

And the birds

were flying!

In a storm!

Okay, and that's

not normal.

Which would prove--

(STAMMERING)

Actually, you know what?

(MUFFLED) I'm going to

make some lunch...

and I'll tell

you all about it.

(MUFFLED BARKING)

Ozzy, what are you

doing outside?

Did you see it, too?

Tell me you saw it.

Hey, Mary Katheri--

Or, no, MK! (LAUGHS)

MK, what did you

want to talk about?

What?

What is it, Ozzy?

(YELPS)

(OZZY PANTING)

Hey, I'm Nod,

by the way.

Hi. MK. Yeah.

Could you just

face the way

the bird's driving?

No, don't worry.

She practically

flies herself.

Great, because

this whole bird-riding

thing's new to me.

Are you serious?

We gotta fix that.

Here, put your

arms around me.

I just met you.

(CHUCKLES) Okay,

but you're gonna want to

hold on to something.

(MK SCREAMING)

What is wrong with you?

Do you know how hard it is

to do that without falling?

I do now!

Nod, perch your bird.

Hey, I'm just trying

to keep things...

light.

MK:
What did that?

RONIN:
Mandrake.

Tara's power always

kept him in check.

Now nothing can heal

what he destroys.

Except that Pod.

We have to go around.

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