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what's going on...

Not me. I can't be seen.

Only you can do this, Roy.

You have to tell them.

OK.

Good luck, Tex.

I thought the ceremony was tomorrow.

It is. It was.

This is classic Chuck Muckle.

He pulls this last minute,

flip-flop, flapjack stuff on me all the time.

He gives me absolutely no respect.

Oh, don't worry.

He don't respect me neither.

Mmm-mmm.

Sir, calm down.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Excuse me?

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Mmm!

Oh, yeah. Sorry.

Aah!

What are you trying to say?

Untie my hands, you idiot.

Wh... what happened?

I was abducted!

Assaulted! Hog-tied!

What is going on here?

What happened?

You get in some kind of

a fishin' accident?

The vandals did this.

They kidnapped me.

What's this?

Now, see, I told you they

was pesky little fellas.

Will you help me get out of this net?

We have to get out there!

Hold on.

Everybody freeze.

Something's not right

with this environmental report.

It says there's evidence

of burrowing owls on your property.

Uh-oh.

Those burrows were

abandoned years ago.

There are no owls.

I'm pretty sure this means

your lot needs to be red-tagged...

and all construction shut down.

I've got a perfectly good

explanation for this.

But right now,

I've got to get out there.

It's a great day

for Coconut Cove...

This ought to be good.

Mother Paula's is going to be...

a shining example of my six-point

economic development plan...

bringing to Coconut Cove

over twelve new jobs.

What's going on?

Follow my lead.

Excuse me.

Who are you?

Where is Muckle?

He's networking...

and he asked me

to make an announcement.

Um, please, Mr. Mayor, take a seat.

It's OK.

- All right.

- It's OK.

Go ahead, Roy.

Who likes pancakes?

- We do!

- Love 'em!

Yeah, me, too.

I love pancakes.

And a pancake house will be

great in Coconut Cove.

But not here.

Not in this spot...

because somebody was here first

and they still are.

They're little baby owls.

- Owls?

- Owls?

No, not up in the trees,

but in the burrows you see all around.

And if you build a Mother Paula's here...

you're gonna kill some

really beautiful animals.

Now, just think about that

as you're chowing down...

on your key lime pie pancakes.

Oh, no.

Hey, Coconut Cove!

Welcome to Pancake House

number one hundred!

Get out of the way, kid!

You want to bury those owls,

you got to bury me, too!

Me, too.

That makes three of us.

We will not let you kill these owls.

Ladies and gentlemen,

these kids are a little misguided.

They have no proof of any owls.

You folks see any owls?

'Cause I don't.

- No.

- No.

There sure is owls.

Why would they come out of their holes

while everybody's here?

All we do is make noise.

Cars.

Trucks.

Bulldozers.

All we do is scare them.

Yeah.

No wonder we don't see them.

Maybe if we all just be quiet,

they'll come out.

Go ahead, Roy.

Why don't we try it?

Let's all be quiet for one minute.

Just sixty seconds, OK?

This is absurd.

OK?

- Yeah.

- Sure.

Everybody ready?

Go.

Shh! Shh!

Quiet. Quiet.

Roy.

Look.

Ha ha!

Check it out.

Hey, look.

There's one. There's four.

- Ha ha.

- Ha ha.

There's another one.

Don't scare him.

I can't believe it.

Hey, look.

There's one over there.

Oh, there's another one.

Oh, my God.

They're so cute.

Hey, look!

Shh! Shh!

Oh, look at that one right there.

You were right.

Put your hands behind

your back, please, sir.

You're under arrest

for violating state permits...

operating a bulldozer without a license...

and, uh...

a lot of other stuff.

Yay!

Good job. Good job.

Ladies and gentlemen

of Coconut Cove.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Excuse me, Mr. Mayor.

Ahem.

I would just like to say

that I, Mother Paula...

am simply shocked

by what has gone on here today.

And you, young man, are no longer

an employee of Mother Paula's.

You're fired.

Yay!

You can't do that.

She's crazy.

I do the firing.

She's only an actress.

Boo!

And, Mr. Mayor...

I would like to donate

this land to your town...

as an owl sanctuary.

Yay!

Can she really do that?

She just did.

And on live TV.

Mother Paula, that's a grand idea.

Folks, doesn't that

sound like a grand idea?

Yay!

And let me assure you...

my office is going to launch

a full investigation...

into how the presence

of these fine little creatures...

was overlooked.

Yay!

Here we go.

Guess I owe you an apology, Roy.

No problem, Officer.

I knew you were all right.

Thanks.

And thanks for the... you know.

It'll come in handy at the trial.

No problem.

I couldn't have done any of this

without Beatrice and Mullet Fingers.

Where'd he go?

Way to go, son.

Mom and Dad realized they liked Florida

just as much as I did...

and they decided to stay here

and make this our home.

For good.

After all the bad publicity,

the pancake company...

couldn't back off the promises

made that day by Mother Paula.

They ended up donating the land

as a wildlife preserve.

The owls are still there...

and you could see them

if you're real quiet.

Beatrice and I became best of friends

and I never missed a soccer game.

Attendance was mandatory.

Left! Right!

Then there's Dana Matherson,

who finally met someone...

who was bigger and meaner than he was.

What is your major malfunction,

Chucklebutt?

You've got the posture of a jellyfish!

Officer Delinko was promoted

to his dream job as a detective...

and got his first

unmarked patrol car.

Ahh!

Two days later, he accidentally

backed it off a fishing pier.

While serving his ninety days

of community service...

Chuck Muckle was hit in the head

by a falling coconut.

The judge gave him another thirty days

for lying down on the job.

Curly Brannit quit his job

at Mother Paula's.

Today, he brags that his life

has gone to the dogs.

Last, but not least,

is Mullet Fingers.

Well, whenever he wants

to get together...

he has his own secret way

of letting me know.

# Good guys win

every once in a while #

# Full grown men

get to learn from a child #

# Now and then

just when you think... #

And Florida had its own way

of keeping us real busy.

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# Now and then #

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# So you're lookin' for a hero #

# That you can see

with your own eyes #

# When they don't wear

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# Even though

these are cynical times #

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every once in a while #

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get to learn from a child #

# Now and then #

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it won't happen again #

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# State of confusion,

we're so disillusioned #

# You turn on the news and the #

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# Just when you think

it won't happen again #

# Good guys win

every once in a while #

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get to learn from a child #

# Now and then #

# Just when you think

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