01x08 - Branching Out / the Willow Pond Wackadoo

[bunniefuu]

♪♪♪

♪ You use your head I'll use mine ♪

♪ We'll put them together and what do we find ♪

♪ We can do it when we do it together ♪

♪ We have fun whatever we do ♪

♪ Let's keep thinking 'til we think it through ♪

♪ We can do it when we do it together ♪

♪ I've got an idea

♪ And though we might mess up

♪ We'll put our heads together

♪ And we won't give up!

♪♪♪

(Splash)

♪ We're a team with lots to share ♪

♪ It's not where we're going

♪ It's how we're gonna get there ♪

♪ We can do it

♪ When we do it together

♪ We can do it

♪ Me and my friend rabbit

(Giggling)

Have you ever tried to sleep somewhere

Other than your own comfy bed?

Sometimes it's not easy.

That's what my friend rabbit found out

The night we all invited him to share our sleeping spots.

It all started on a windy evening

Just before bedtime.

(Wind gusts)

(Lips flap)

(Laughing)

Leaping lettuce!

It's really blowing,

And it's getting late.

I gotta get home to... Uh-oh!

Oh, cabbage!

Right in front of my doorway!

I can't get into my sleeping hole

With this tree here.

Hmmm... Thumpeka!

I'll just move it!

(Grunts of effort)

Hellooooo, rabbit!

Oh, my windy whiskers!

Oh!

Why's there a tree in front of your doorway?

The wind blew it over.

I tried to move it myself, but...

Well, of course you couldn't move it by yourself.

That's a gi-mongous tree!

But with the two of us...

Rabbit(laughs)

(Laughs)

One, two, three... Push!

Mouse and rabbit(grunting and huffing)

(Guttural grunts)

(Tired groan)

Phew! This tree won't budge a bit!

Gibble-goose girls(chirping)

What are you doing?

(Exhales) we need to move this tree

So I can get into my sleeping hole,

But it's too big.

Did you try asking it?

Politely, of course.

Amberhello, tree,

You're blocking rabbit's door.

Jadecould you please move?

Pearlit's not moving.

Let's try...

Gibble girlstickle-time!

Gibble girls(giggle and chatter) tickle-tickle! Tickle!

Why are you tickling a tree?

Gibble girlsto make it stand back up, of course!

(Giggles)

You can't make a tree stand up by tickling it.

Besides, you don't have to move the whole tree;

It's only the branch that's blocking the door.

So... What can we do?

Simple. Chew!

(Vigorous chewing)

(Snickers) (vigorous chewing)

(Snickering)

Jadewe don't have teeth.

We can't chew.

But we can peck!

Let's go!

(Cacophony of chewing and pecking)

Pinching pine cones! That didn't help at all!

The branch is too big

And now it's getting dark.

I can't sleep outside.

So now we have a whole new problem!

Where is rabbit going to sleep tonight?

Time for a hop think!

Allhmm... Hmmm... Hmm...

Mousewhat if you sleep on the tree?

Rabbits don't sleep on trees.

Can you sleep in a bush?

Or on a rock?
[ … ]

That wouldn't be comfy!

I need a sleeping spot that's cozy.

And warm.

Gibble girlsand dark! And dry!

I know! You can stay with me!

(Giggles)

Or me!

Or us!

Leaping lettuce!

Who to pick?! Let's see...

I pick... I pick...

Mouse!

(Giggles)

I'd love to have you as my nest guest.

Let's go!

Gibble girls and hazel(giggling)

(Crickets chirp)

Mouse(laughs)

Here we are! Cozy, warm, dark and dry.

Um... It looks a bit small.

Are you sure the both of us will fit?

Yes! There's lots of room.

See? (Yawns)

Nighty-night!

(Snores)

Hmmm...

I don't think there's enough room for all of me,

But I might be able to get some of me tucked in.

Uh, oh.

(Heavy exhale)

Mossy, mossy, mossy, mossy, mossy, mossy, mossy, mossy!

(Snores)

Hmm...

(Straining grunts)

(Gasps)

(Yawns)

(Sleepy mumbling)

Awww...

There's just not enough room in here

For both of us!

(Sighs)

I'll go sleep with the gibble-goose girls.

Their nest is cozy and warm

And dark and dry,

But most of all...

It's big!

Amberof course you can spend the night in our nest!

Rabbit should curl up here

And we'll sleep over there!

No. He'd be much more comfy

With his head over here!

(Tired groan)

No, no.

You should lie on your tummy

And we'll sleep on your back.

Rabbit(groans)

I think you should lie on your back

And we'll sleep on your tummy!

Hmm...

Gibble girlsthat's it!

Now time for sleep!

(Contented sigh)

Ambergood night, rabbit!

Good night, amber.

Coralgood night, rabbit!

Good night, coral.

Jadegood night, rabbit!

Good night, jade.

Pearlgood night, rabbit!

Good night, pearl. (Contented sigh)

(Yawns)

Jadegood night, amber.

Huh?

Ambergood night, jade.

Pearlgood night, coral.

Coralgood night, pearl.

Good night, jade.

Good night, pearl. Good night, coral.

Good night, jade. Good night, amber.

Good night, coral. Good night, pearl.

Pearlgood night, amber.

Gibble girls(sigh)

Rabbit(chuckles and sighs)

(Shuffling grunt)

Gibble girls and rabbit(waking moans)

Jadeuh, sorry!

My fault. Back to sleep!

Gibble girls(sigh)

(Sleepy breath)

Jadegood night, amber.

Ambergood night, jade.

Pearlgood night, coral.

Coralgood night, pearl. Good night, jade.

Jadegood night, pearl. Good night, coral.

Coralgood night, jade. Good night, amber.

Ambergood night, coral. Good night, pearl.

Pearlgood night, amber.

Rabbit(tired sigh)

Oh! And good night, rabbit!

Good night, pearl.
[ … ]

Amber and jadegood night, rabbit!

Good night, rabbit!

Good night, everybody.

Achooo!

Gibble girls and rabbit(startled gasps and groans)

Excuse me! Back to sleep.

Pearlgood night, jade.

Jadegood night, pearl.

I'm sorry!

Gibble girlswaaah! Oof!

It was very nice of you to let me spend the night

In your nest, but...

I just can't get any sleep

With all this good-nighting!

Yes. It does take quite a while.

Maybe what you need

Is a one good night friend

To spend the night with.

With a warm, cozy, dark, dry,

Big and quiet sleeping spot.

Alledweena!

That's it! I'll sleep at edweena's!

Allgoodbye, rabbit!

Bye-bye!

Yay! A sleep over!

Rabbitthere just wasn't enough room with mouse,

And the gibble goose girls

Say "good night" all night.

You there, me here.

Good night.

Oh... Good night.

I've finally found the perfect place to sleep.

(Yawns)

Edweena(loud snorted snores)

(Snoring even louder)

(Trumpets loudly)

Whaoaoaoa!

(Loud snore, trumpets loudly)

(Struggling grunts)

Edweena(snoring and trumpeting)

Ahhhhhhhhh!

Whoaoaoaoa!

(Grunts of effort)

Edweena(trumpets as she snores)

Whoaoaoaoa!

(Trumpets)

Rabbitow! Whoaoaoao!

(Birds chirp)

(Gentle splash of water)

(Deep refreshing breath)

(Yawns and murmurs)

(Snoring)

Oh... Morning, at last.

Ugh.

Wilting whiskers! You look very tired.

I didn't sleep at all last night.

It was very nice of everyone

To share their sleeping spots.

But yours was a bit too small;

I couldn't squeeze in no matter how hard I tried.

The gibble-goose girls wouldn't stop saying good night,

And edweena snores!

That was a busy night!

No wonder he's all tuckered out.

I wanna sleep in my own cozy, warm,

Dark, dry, safe,

Quiet sleeping hole.

But this big thing's in the way

And I can't think of how to move it.

I'm so tired, I can't think of anything!

Mouseit's a good thing you weren't inside

Your sleeping hole when the tree fell down.

How would you have gotten out?

Easy.

I would've just dug a new way out.

Hazelquakin' acorns! That's it!

What's it?

Instead of trying to move the great big tree

That's blocking the way into your sleeping hole,

Why don't you just dig a new way in?

Thumpeka! That's it!

I'll dig a new way in!

Yeah!

And we can help!

All(grunts of effort)

Gibble girlswhat are you doing?

Mousewe're digging a new way in to rabbit's sleeping hole!

Gibble girlswow! Oh! Great idea!

Yay! Digging!

Mouseand since we're all digging,

Why don't we dig two new ways in -

A front doorway and a back doorway!

Edweena(laughs)

(Grunt of effort)

Hazeland let's make rabbit's sleeping hole bigger!

Yeah! Bigger! Bigger!

Gibble girlsso he can have friends over!

We never did move the big branch

That was blocking the doorway

To rabbit's sleeping hole.
[ … ]

But, working together, we dug two new doorways

And even made his cozy, warm, dark, dry,

Safe and quiet sleeping hole bigger!

Good thing, too,

Because after all that digging...

We were all ready for a nap!

Thank you for helping me dig

And making room for all my friends.

Gibble girls and hazel(sigh peacefully)

Edweena(snoring and trumpeting quietly)

Mouse(chuckles) even the one who snores.

(Relaxed sigh)

Edweena(snoring and trumpeting)

(Sprinkler swooshes and slashes)

(Humming)

(Spits and chokes)

Oh, there you are.

Have you ever been so hot

That you wished it would rain,

Just to cool down?

That's what happened to us.

It was so hot that even I wanted it to rain.

Ewww!

But then something really amazing happened

And all because of a story.

(Water splashes)

My ears are saggy.

My whiskers are droopy.

My ears are floppy!

All(in unison) it's so hot!

I'd like it to rain!

I want it to rain!

I wish it would rain!

All(in unison) it's soooo hot!

Heh. Maybe if we stop saying "it's so hot"

It won't be so hot any more.

(Humming)

Phew! It's soooo hot!

Thunder, rabbit and mousewe know!

Well, I know something that might cool you off.

Thunder, rabbit and mouserain?!

Nope. A story.

Stories always take your mind

Off your troubles.

Now this is the story

Of the willow pond wackadoo.

What's a... Wackadoo?

A very old and very strange creature

That the story says lives right here

In willow pond!

It makes a sound like this...

(Spitting)

Mouse and thunder(laugh)

Really?!

The story says that if you can

Gently tap the wackadoo on the nose three times,

Then you'll get your wish.

Rain?! Could we you do wishing for rain?

Anything you want!

But it isn't easy,

Because the wackadoo is very shy.

It is almost impossible to tap it on the nose

Before it swims away.

Whoa! I wanna do nose-tapping!

Well, I dunno if you can

Because the wackadoo is just a story.

Well, stop my hops!

My ears aren't floppy anymore!

Neither are mine! Heh.

And my whiskers aren't droopy!

Good.

I guess listening to my story

Cooled you right down.

See you later!

Mousebye-bye, jasper. Thanks!

(Splash feet in water)

All(groan and sigh)

Allit's so hot.

Gee whiskers!

What if there were a real wackadoo

Living in the pond?!

Then we could do nose-tapping

And get wishes! (Giggles)

I don't know.

Even if the wackadoo is real -

Which it isn't -

Jasper said it was super shy

And would swim away.

If I was shy, I'd hide in the reeds.

Let's all go there and have a look.

If you really want to,

But I don't think we'll find a wackadoo!

All(laugh)

Mouse and thundera wackadoo! A wackadoo!

We're gonna find a wackadoo.

(Laugh)

A wackadoo! A wackadoo!

We're gonna find a wackadoo.

Thunder(laughs)

Are you going to wish for rain, too?
[ … ]

No.

Because I've lived near the pond for a long time

And I've never heard anything go...

(Inhales and spits)

(Spitting nearby) (rabbit gasps)

Did you hear that?

Whoa!

It came from the pond!

(Spitting nearby)

Great popping pumpkins!

The willow pond wackad-

(Muffled speech)

Shhh!

Don't scare it away! (Gasps)

Remember, jasper said it's really shy!

Rabbit(gasps)

(Water swishes) (spitting)

Rabbitcarrotastic!

I've never seen anything like that before.

A wackadoo! A real one!

But it's really shy, rabbit!

How are we going to tap its nose

And get our wish for rain?

We need to have a hop think,

But a really quiet one, okay?

Allhmm... Hmmm... Hmm...

Wackadoo(spitting)

Rabbitshhh.

Rabbitwhat if I swim out there really quickly.

But swimming makes splashes.

The wackadoo would hear and swim away.

(Gasps)

Maybe we could use a pondi-floater.

Wackadoo(spitting)

Hoptastic!

But a pondi-floater make splashes too.

(Whispers) we could fly out there and do nose-tapping!

I can't fly!

Neither can i!

Thunderthorny horns,

None of us can do flying.

Hmmm...

We can't fly, (gasps)

But what if we put mouse on top of this

And bend it down...

So mouse can tap the wackadoo's nose.

Just as long as I don't get wet.

Don't worry, we'll keep you dry.

(Spitting)

(Reed creaks)

A wackadoo! A wackadoo!

We're gonna wish on a wackadoo.

(Giggles)

(Nervous whines)

A wackadoo! A wackadoo!

(Spitting)

Look! Mouse is gonna do nose-tapping!

Shhhh!

Huh? Whoaaaaaa!

It's so hot!

Mousewhoooooooaaaaaaa!

Oof!

Hi, hazel.

Nice of you to... Drop in.

(Chuckles)

(Giggles) guess what?

We found a wackadoo.

A wacka-who?

Doo!

Do what?

No. Wackadoo!

I'm confused?

Rabbit and thundermouse! Yoo hoo!

Where are you?

Uh-oh! Have to go!

Ooh...

How do I get down?

Hold tight!

Mousewoaaa! Weeee!

Rabbitmouse?

Where are you?

(Giggling) right here!

(Laughs)

Mousethanks, hazel!

Now, what exactly is this... Wackadoo?

A creature that lives in the pond!

Jasper told us a story about it.

He said that if we tap its nose three times,

We get a wish!

For rain, 'cause it's so hot!

(Gasps) oh, and I bet a wackadoo

Will give you a ride too.

Yeah! And fly you around the forest...

Right to the moon!

Did you ever see a wackadoo, hazel?

Let me think.

I've seen the sun and the snow

And my friends and plenty of acorns,

But no, I've never seen a wackadoo,

Because I don't think there is a wackadoo!
[ … ]

Yes, there is!

Mousein the pond!

Come and see!

But it's too hot to go chasing.

That's what I thought, too!

But I don't feel so hot anymore.

Me neither!

Well, okay then!

I'll have one look!

With hazel's help,

We're sure to tap the wackadoo's nose

And get our wish for rain!

(Spitting)

Quakin' acorns! There is a wackadoo!

Mouse and rabbitshhh!

(Booming voice) yeah! You gotta be real quiet

Or it will get scared.

Mouse, rabbit and hazelshhh!

Oop!

Well, bending me down didn't work.

We need a new idea!

Hop think time! Come on!

Allhmmm... Hmm... Hmm... Hm...

Okay, how can we tap the wackadoo's nose

And get our wish for rain?

We need really long arms!

Mouserabbit, can you make an arm-stretcher?

Don't think so.

What if... We held our breath

And walked under the water?

Hmm... Too far.

Question!

Is there any way we could get the wackadoo

To come to us?

Hoptastic idea!

But how?

Give it some food!

What do wackadoos eat?

I dunno.

Me neither.

What would make you come out of the water, mouse?

(Chuckles) that's easy!

If I saw my friend rabbit sitting here,

I'd come out to play.

So if the wackadoo saw another wackadoo,

It would come out to play with it!

We can't even get one wackadoo!

Maybe we could make a pretend wackadoo!

Rabbitthumpeka!

That's it!

We'll make a pretend wackadoo!

How?

Thunder, get down like this!

Hazel, can you stand on your head

And stick your tail up.

Mouse, you hide

And get ready to tap the wackadoo

When it comes to play.

Mouseokay.

Hoptastic!

Now, thunder, get close to the pond

And walk around.

Make the noise!

(Inhales and spits)

Is it coming?

Mousenot yet! Do it more!

Rabbit(inhaling and spitting)

What're you guys doing?

Shhhhhhh! You'll scare the wackadoo!

What?

We're trying to get the wackadoo...

(Spits) to come to us by pretending to be...

(Spits) another friendly wackadoo!

The wackadoo?!

But I told you, the wackadoo is only a story!

That's what I thought, too,

But look!

(Water swishes)

(Spitting)

Well, I'll be!

Maybe there is a wackadoo!

Mouseand it's coming this way!

We're gonna do nose-tapping and wishing!

Oh boy!

All(spitting and chuckling excitedly)

(Water splashes)

All(gasp) edweena?!

(Laughing)

Edweena is the wackadoo?

Mouseno, thunder, (laughs)

Edweena is edweena.

(Laughs)

What were you doing in the pond, edweena?

Cooling off.

Of course!

Well, I'll be thumped!

We forgot all about being hot.

Mousewe were having too much fun to be hot.

(Titters)

I still wish edweena was a wackadoo
[ … ]

So we could do nose-tapping

And wish for rain.

Ho-ho! Tap!

(Laughs)

(Sucks in water)

(Water rushes) (screams of delight)

(Laughing)

Well, we didn't get our wish

And we didn't get rain or tap the wackadoo's nose

Because it was only a story.

But... (Giggles) we did have lots of fun

And forgot about how hot it was,

And that was better than anything.

(Laughs)

All(playful laughter and cheers)