Yellowbird

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Mama...?

Mama?

- Mama?

- Hi.

Are you lost?

You wanna be best friends?

Fr... iend?

- Friend?

- We'll start slow. What's your name?

Wha-yer-name.

No, no, no. What's your name?

You-name!

You-name? That's your name?

You-name!

Okaaay...

I've got my work out out here.

Come on, honeybun.

YELLOWBIRD:

Look, it ain't complicated.

You play nice,

or I'll bust your teeth

until you look like pigeon puke.

I'll rip

your feathers off

till you cry to your mommy!

Not bad!

You had good volume, conviction.

But watch what you say.

I'll bust your teeth? Look at me.

Do I have teeth?

No, not one. Ahhhh! No teeth!

I'll never get it right.

Hey, this is for your protection.

I just don't feel comfortable, Bug.

Come on! You always say

you're scared of all the dangers!

The rabid raccoons,

the killer hamsters...

Yeah or gerbils with sharp teeth

or super violent

bloodthirsty groundhogs.

Hey, I've heard stories!

I get it. You're terrified,

it's adorable.

I'm trying to toughen you up!

Tough just isn't me, Bug.

You say you want to get out

and see the world.

But you'll never go out that door!

Look, I can't go right now.

Besides, there's plenty to do here.

What about a game of "Big Face"?

Biiiiiig face... little face!

Big face!

Little face!

Or maybe a little "Cardboard Roll"?

You're a bird, fella,

a bird.

A bird flies,

it glides, it goes "ka-kawvvw"!

You could see the whole world!

The oceans, the mountains,

the buffaloes!

The giant ostriches

that wiggle their behinds like this!

The baboon-oceroses,

the orangu-possum!

It's really out there, you know.

Just like in the pictures.

Sure you don't want

to see it for real?

Good morning, everyone.

Come on, children, settle down now.

Everyone on their branches!

Quickly, Anton.

Lisa, would you please hang up

the astronomy chart?

Yes, miss!

Just you wait,

I'll get called on again.

If you'd learned the lesson,

you'd have nothing to worry about, Max.

That's why you fail Night Sky Studies,

but get an "A" in Goofing Off.

Now try to remember.

Which planet lies to the East of Saturn?

Miss Delf! Miss Delf!

Um... Jupiturn?

- Why not Plu-turn? Or Mercuturn?

- Shut your beak.

- Who cares about the stars?

- If you don't memorize

where the stars are at your age,

it'll be too late, you supercute

doodooheads! Learn it, be confident.

The sky won't fall

on your head, you know!

It's only a leaf, kids! Don't panic.

What? I'm not panicking.

Who's panicking?

I know what it is. It's a leaf

from a Cyclobalanopsis Lithocarpus.

You're a Litho-Crap-us!

"Carpus!"

- How did it fall on you?

- From above.

- You didn't shake the branches?

- No.

Nobody pulled on it? Shook it?

Tickled it? Wiggled it? Hopped around?

OK, lesson's over for today, kids.

Wow, thank you, Leaf!

Dad?

Already? Nobody pulled on it?

Shook it? Tickled it?

Wiggled it? Hopped around?

That settles it.

Autumn's on its way.

Yes! We're going to Africa!

Awesome!

Let's go tell the others!

Where is Africa?

And... where are we?

Wow, hold on...

Couldn't we go someplace...

I don't know...

A little closer?

Off to Africa! Time to fly!

Come on, little bro!

You can practice during the trip.

Janet! It's autumn! We're outta here!

Oh, already?

Michka! Get a move on. We're leaving!

What? So soon?

But we're not ready yet!

Anton, I'm sick of tidying up your toys!

Finish molting and stop clowning around!

I gotta molt,

I can't wear this color for autumn!

Mom, Anton's annoying me.

Darius! So we're leaving?

Why am I the last to know?

I'm next in line, your

second-in-command, wing-man, back-up.

I should be the first to know!

Well now, Karl,

you're always saying

you've got a 6th sense!

I thought you knew already.

OK, OK! That's very funny.

"You're always saying

you've got a 6th sense"!

Daddy?

Everything OK?

- What? Oh, sure.

- Are you worried about the iron birds?

Sometimes I feel

that the seasons are all out of kilter.

But I'm sure

that's just my old bird brain!

But don't you worry,

it's going to be a wonderful trip,

just like every year.

Score!

Everybody goes crazy!

OK!

Come on!

My shot.

Oh no!

Oh, sorry, honeybun!

I didn't mean to hit it so far.

Now you'll have to get it.

It's no big deal...

- Ow, ow...

- What's the matter?

Boy, does that hurt!

I sprained a mandible

or twisted an antenna...

Legs... paralyzed!

Oh, you've gotta get that acorn!

But... you shot it really far out there.

You! Valiant friend! Don't abandon us.

You're our only hope.

We can play with something else.

Never! It came

from my great-grandmother!

Didn't you say

you found it in the forest?

It's been in the family for generations!

I'm begging you!

Oh, the pain!

OK! I'll do it.

Just stop calling me bunny, OK?

I'm only doing this

because we're best friends.

Good.

Darius...

- Will we really fly across the sea?

- Absolutely!

And the desert too?

Yes, Lisa. And the desert too.

Now go and get plenty to eat.

To stock up for the long journey.

This is the one time

I'll let you stuff yourselves.

Go on.

Sounds good to me!

Oh yes...

Once we get there, we'll find

a separate bush for the two of you.

Young lovebirds need their privacy.

- We're not...

- Dad!

What are you saying? Did you eat a bad

blueberry? Willy and I aren't together.

You kids must be as blind as bats!

Only you haven't noticed

you're made for each other.

It's as plain as the beak on my face!

Dad!

Oops...

I'll be back shortly, lovebirds.

Get everything ready for our departure.

I'm counting on you.

One foot in front of the other.

Keep walking... get the acorn...

What is that?

A radioactive mutant coyote!

No, just branches.

OK, let's not panic.

There is nothing dangerous out here,

just trees.

Just big,

twisty black trees with claws!

Right! Focus!

No acorn left behind!

Get that little soldier.

Hey, little guy!

We're gonna get you out of here.

What was I scared of?

Red alert! Abandon acorn!

Please... Somebody...

Help!

- That's just what I was gonna say.

- Help me!

Help you? Help me!

Please, somebody! Please help!

I can't, sorry!

I... I got some dust in my eye!

- I'm allergic to pollen!

- Are you still there?

No!

OK, I am, but listen... I'm uh...

. I-m gonna go get help!

- DON'T go!

I'm begging you! Hurry!

OK, but let's do this quick

and you better not be bleeding!

I cannot stand blood!

Sir?

Well, you don't look so good...

You gotta help me, little fella...

- I don't have much time left.

- OK, but we can't stay here.

My family has to leave

before winter comes.

It's a matter of life and death!

We'll get you home

and you'll be just fine!

Man, you're heavy!

If my children don't leave

for Africa right away,

they'll all die!

You want me to help? We just met

and I'm not exactly the hero type.

You've got to go find Karl, my nephew!

He's the only one

who can get them to Africa.

Africa?

Karl. If I'm still alive

in 10 minutes, I'll tell him.

- How much do you weigh?

- He must change

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