02x02 - The Old Oak Tree/Lights, Camera, Action

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(happy music)

(mouselings giggling)

(audience applauds)

(audience cheers and applauds)

(tense music)

(wind blowing)

(thunder crashes)

(mouselings giggling)

- Told you!

I knew this old

tree would be okay!

- Um, it would've been

awful if it was blown down.

- Yes.

It's the best tree in

all of Chipping Cheddar!

- Oh, oo, especially for

swinging and climbing.

- Oh, and hiding!

- And playing at

guess the initials!

(laughing) Oops!

(mouselings laughing)

- [Angelina] Oh, Alice!

- Oh, hey, Angelina!

Look at this one.

I've never noticed it before!

- M.M. and M.F.

- M.M. and M.F.

- Maurice Mouseling

and Mathilda Fielding!

My mom and dad!

Ow!

That hurt!

(mouselings giggling)

- Somebody should look where

they're standing! (giggles)

- Get away from our tree!

- It's not your tree!

It's for everyone!

- Huh!

Bet you can't b*at

me to the top!

- Bet I can!

- [Young Mouse]

Ha! Prove it, then!

- [Mouse] Show her

who's the best climber!

- Go on, Angelina!

[ Friends] Angelina,

Angelina, Angelina!

- Come on, Priscilla!

(suspenseful music)

Help!

- [Group] Oh, no!

- [Angelina] Priscilla!

Are you okay?

- No, I'm not!

I've hurt my arm!

- Oh, which one?

- The left one!

- Oh, crumbs!

We'd better take you home.

- Ow!

- I thought you said it was

your left arm that hurt?

- [Priscilla] Oh, um...

- Now, settle down.

Rehearsal's tomorrow.

- The star of the

show needs her sleep!

- Mom? Oh, Dad?

Um, you know that old oak tree?

- [Dad] Yes?

- Well, I found some

very interesting initials

on it today.

M.M. and M.F.

- Aha.

- I wonder who those could be?

- Uh, yes, well,

actually they're ours.

- We've got a lot to

thank that old tree for,

haven't we, dear?

- [Mom] Yes.

- I proposed to your

mother under it!

- Oh! How romantic!

(Mom chuckles)

Well, just think...

If it wasn't for that tree,

I probably wouldn't be here!

- You never know.

Maybe one day someone

will carve your initials

on the old oak tree!

- Oh, Dad!

(parents chuckling)

Turn and pleat, and turn and-

- Are we ready to

start, my darlings?

(door opens)

(all gasp)

Priscilla, darling!

What happened?

- Ugh...

I fell out of that horrid

old oak tree yesterday

and almost broke my arm!

- Oh, dear!

Are you sure you

should dance today?

- Oh, yes, Miss Lilly,

I'll try to bear the pain!

- Oh, honestly!

What a fuss about nothing!

It was a tiny fall!

- No, it wasn't!

(sobs)

- And it's not a horrid tree!

It's you that's horrid, trying

to blame that poor old tree,

just 'cause, just 'cause

you're a rotten climber!

- Huh! Well, my mommy says

that tree's not safe!

And she's called a

meeting about it!

So there!

- Oh!

- And I say it should

be cut down immediately!

After all, my darling

daughter nearly broke her arm!

We don't want anyone

else to get hurt, do we?

- But that tree is

over years old!

- Yes, it's a symbol

of village life!

- Well really.

- Why, generations

of village mouselings

have played in it!

And, uh, carved

their initials on it!

Well, I'm surprised

at you, Maurice!

As proprietor of the

Mouseland Gazette,

you should be more responsible

about public safety!

- Oh, well, uh-

- Darlings, may I

make a suggestion?

Why don't we put a fence round

that beautiful old oak tree?

Then the tree is kept safe,

and the little mouselings

are kept out of harm's way!

- Lilly, you know perfectly well

that they'd just climb over it.

Dr. Tuttle, surely

you see my point?

- Well erm, sure.

Maybe we should

take a vote on it?

Those in favor of

cutting down the tree?

Uh...

Those against?

Oh, well, uh... I'm afraid

that's settled then.

I'll call the

tree-fellers right away.

- In that case, I'm going.

(growls) And I won't

be coming back!

- What are we going to do?

- We're going to save

our tree, that's what!

(Polly babbling)

- How long are you going

to keep this up, Angelina?

- She's not speaking!

She's doing a silent,

a silent pot roast!

- Protest.

We rather gathered that, Henry.

- Oh, oops!

Sorry, Angelina.

- Look, dear, I know how much

that tree means to you,

but it has to come down.

It's dangerous!

- It's not, Uncle Maurice!

Priscilla wasn't really

hurt, she just made it up!

And, and, and Angelina says

that tree wouldn't be here

if it wasn't for her!

- No, Henry!

You've got it all wrong!

I wouldn't be here if, oh.

Oh! Oh!

(growls) Well, so much for

the silent protest, Henry.

- Oh, oh, sorry, Angelina.

Oh, I'm glad I'm not that tree.

I'd hate to be chopped down!

- Yes, Henry! You're right!

(thoughtful music)

- [Mouselings] Save our tree!

Save our tree!

Save our tree!

Save our tree!

Save our tree!

- Well, I never!

Is that you under

there, Angelina?

- Yes, Mrs. Thimble.

Please, will you

sign our petition

to save the oldest tree

in Chipping Cheddar?

- I'm sorry, dear,

but I think Mrs.

Pinkpaws is right.

We don't want any more

of you getting hurt.

- Thank you, Mrs. Thimble.

- [Henry] Oh! I can't see!

- [Alice] Oh, watch out, Henry!

(both exclaiming)

- Watch where you're

going, young mouseling!

(mouselings laughing)

- And plie and jump

and turn and point

and point and.

(clapping) What is

the meaning of this?

Why won't you dance?

- You refused to save our tree,

we refuse to dance!

Oh, darling, I know that

tree's important to you,

but I have a show to rehearse!

Now do you want the part

of the gypsy princess or not?

Because I can always

give it to someone else!

- [Mouse] Oh, dear!

(sad music)

- I hate Priscilla!

And I'm so disappointed

in Miss Lilly!

- [Alice] Oh, Angelina!

Angelina!

The tree-fellers are here!

(Angelina gasps)

- [Angelina] Oh, no!

- [Alice] what are

we going to do?

- All the grownups

are against us!

- Um, oh, uh.

- (gasps) Not all of them!

- I'm not sure about

this, Angelina.

- She's so grumpy!

(mouselings gasp)

- [Henry] It sounds

like a ghost!

- Don't be silly, Henry!

- Yes?

Uh, Mrs. Hodgepodge, um,

We've come about the tree...

- And about time, too!

- (gasps) See!

- Just another one for Mommy.

There's a good girl.

- [Dad] Ah, hello, dear.

- [Mom] And another one...

- Huh, where's Angelina?

- I don't know.

She should have

been home ages ago!

- Oh, no.

If she's where I think she is...

(tense music)

- [Protesters] We

stay, the tree stays!

We stay, the tree stays.

We stay, the tree stays.

- Oh, my goodness!

- [Protestors] We

stay, the tree stays.

We stay, the tree stays.

We stay, the tree stays.

- [Worker] Please listen to us!

- [Protestors] We

stay, the tree stays.

We stay, the tree stays

- Angelina! Get down from there!

- You'll cut this tree

down over my dead body!

- Mrs. Hodgepodge, that

really won't be necessary!

- Oh, come away now!

All of you!

- Dad, there is absolutely

nothing wrong with this-

(loud cracking)

Oh!

(all exclaiming)

- Angelina! Help me!

Angelina!

- Where's the key-

- Hurry!

- Mrs. Hodgepodge?

- In my pocket!

- Run clear, Angelina!

I'll deal with this!

- No, Dad! I've got it!

(all screaming)

(loud cracking)

(thudding)

- Oh, Angelina!

You've saved my life!

- I feel so silly, Dad!

Priscilla won't ever

let me forget this!

- And Mrs. Hodgepodge

won't forget

what you did for her, either.

I'm very proud of you.

- Are you, Dad?

- Yes, you're a brave girl.

But all things have

to come to an end.

(Angelina sighs)

- (gasps) Not all things, Dad.

(mystical music)

Oh, thank you, Dad.

Can we go and play on it now?

- (laughs) Off you go, then.

(mouselings cheer)

- [Alice] The best place

in all of Chipping Cheddar!

- [William] Especially

for swinging and climbing.

- And hiding!

- Race you to the top!

- (giggling) Oh, yes!

Oh, ooh, it hurts!

- It was your left

arm, Priscilla.

(all laughing)

(bright music)

(dramatic music)

(mouselings swoon)

(mouselings murmuring)

- Come on, Henry.

- Oh, oh, is it time to go?

Okay.

- [Man] Excuse me! Sorry!

- Oh, wouldn't it be

wonderful to be in a movie!

Angelina Mouseling, famous

star and prima ballerina.

Oh, I can see my name in lights!

- Look at this, Angelina!

- Calling all

young movie makers!

- Let me see.

- Enter our competition

and your movie could be shown

at this year's film festival!

- Oh, I'd love to be in a movie.

- You will be, Alice!

We'll enter the competition!

I'll play this beautiful

young ballerina

who breaks her tail and is told

she'll never dance again.

But she overcomes her

injury and becomes...

- [All] the greatest

dancer ever!

- Yes!

- But Angelina-

I, oh, I mean, we could

make the best movie

that Mouseland's ever seen.

We're bound to win!

- There's just one problem.

We haven't got a camera.

- Dr. Tuttle's got one.

- (gasps) You're

right, Henry, he has!

Come on, we're going

to make a movie.

- Oh, if only they'd

had movie competitions

when I was a young mouseling,

(Dr. Tuttle laughs)

I would've made a film

about my

great-great-grandmother,

Thomasina Tuttle.

She was a beautiful

young mouseling

who fell down a big hole

by the old cedar tree

and was rescued by her friends.

- Oh!

As a matter of fact, Dr. Tuttle,

that's the very movie

we want to make!

- Is it?

- Ah, then,

- Shh!

- you must borrow my book,

the true tale of

Thomasina Tuttle!

There you are!

- Thank you.

- There are parts for everyone:

Thomasina, the

clever best friend,

the brave boyfriend,

oh, and a rather

brilliant doctor

who saves Thomasina's life.

- That sounds like the perfect

part for you, Dr. Tuttle!

- Me?

Yes, well, I don't know, I

mean, if you really think-

Oh, I do!

Don't you, Alice?

- Oh, yes!

- Um, there's just one

problem, Dr. Tuttle...

- This story is going

to make a super movie!

Thomasina falls down

a great big hole

and is rescued using a rope,

a tree stump and a broomstick.

- Wow!

- I'll be the star,

and the director.

Um, William, you can

be the camera mouse.

- [Angelina] But I don't

know anything about cameras!

Just read this instruction book

and you'll be fine.

- Um-

- Alice,

you're in charge of props.

Find everything you need

and meet me at the bus

stop in half an hour!

- But, I don't-

- What's my job, Angelina?

- You can be my assistant!

- Oh! (chuckles)

- What does an assistant do?

- Whatever I say, Henry.

(bright music)

- Oh, um. (grunting)

Oh, bother!

- Oh, never over wind

the camera handle

or your film will go slower.

We must remember

that one, Henry.

(Henry exclaims)

(Angelina grunts)

- Henry! Where's Henry?

- Angelina, Thomasina Tuttle

was a poor farmer's daughter,

and I'm sure she didn't

do the dirty farm work

wearing a tutu!

- Oh, don't worry, Alice,

I've no intention

of getting dirty.

How are you doing

with the props?

- Well, I've got the

rope and the broom,

now all we need is a tree stump.

- There's one!

Look, there's one!

Oh, oh, ooh!

- And something to

be the big hole.

- What big hole?

- Oh, the one

Thomasina fell down!

She lay there for

ages until she was-

- Alice, I'm not

spending the whole movie

stuck in a dirty old hole!

- But that's what

happens in the true-

- We'll do my story about

the beautiful young ballerina

who breaks her tail.

Sad stories are always the best.

Oh, trust me, Alice.

Do it my way and we'll

have the audience in tears!

- [Alice] You bet.

(playful music)

(Henry exclaims)

- I've lost the round thing

that goes on the front!

- Lights, lights.

You mean the lens cap.

Oh, crumbs!

- [Henry] I hope it hasn't

fallen down this hole.

- [Angelina] William! Henry!

- I've found it!

Coming!

Lights, camera, action!

Lights, camera, action!

- Hurry up, William!

- So what does the

clever best friend

do in your story, Angelina?

- There isn't a clever

best friend, I'm afraid.

- Oh, well, what's

my part, then?

- You're in charge

of props, remember?

- But, why can't I

be in the movie, too?

- Alice, you do want to win

this competition, don't you?

- Not really.

All I wanted was

to be in a movie!

- Can we start, please?

(Alice grumbles)

- Yes, um, ah...

Lights, camera...

- Action, William, action!

- Oh, yes, action!

(dramatic music)

Oh, my dear, Thomasina.

Oh, my dear, Thomasina,

your poor arm,

you must be in such pain.

- Off to visit a

patient, Dr. Tuttle?

- Oh, eh, oh, ha!

No, no, Mrs. Thimble.

As a matter of fact, I'm

about to star in a movie!

- Oh, Doctor, you and

your little jokes!

(Mrs. Thimble giggles)

(doctor clears throat)

(dramatic music)

- Stop!

I-I mean, cut!

- What's wrong, William?

- I can't see anything;

it's all black.

- That's because you've

still got the lens cap on.

- Oh, crumbs. Sorry, Angelina!

(Angelina sighs)

- Shall we try again?

(rapid clicking)

- Uh, uh, ouch!

- William, whatever's

the matter now?

Didn't you read the

instruction book?

- Yes, but it's all

rather complicated.

- And didn't it tell

you how to make a movie?

- Yes, Angelina.

But it didn't say anything

about shouting at people!

(Angelina gasps)

- I'm only shouting because

nothing's going right!

You're being hopeless, William!

- Oh, oh.

Oh!

- No, he's not!

You're being horrid!

- It's not easy, you know,

being the movie star

and the director!

- Well, now you can

be the props mouse

and the camera mouse,

too, can't she, William?

- Yes, yes!

(both grunting)

- You'll be sorry when

I win the competition!

Where's my assistant?

- Huh?

- You've got the

camera upside down!

- Huh?

Oh!

Uh, eh, oh...

Oh, be careful,

Angelina, there's a big-

- Make sure you can see my

paws as well as my face.

- Uh, yes, but

you're very near the-

- And keep the camera still!

- Angelina, you're going

to fall down the big-

(Angelina screams)

- [Angelina] Ow! Oh!

- Hole.

(Angelina whimpering)

Angelina!

Are you all right?

- No, Henry, I'm not.

I'm all dirty!

We'll never win now!

- That doesn't matter, Angelina.

Can you climb out?

- Ow!

No, I've hurt my paw!

- Don't try to move.

William's coming

down to rescue you.

- Am I? Oh, crumbs.

- Oh, um, oh!

(Alice pants)

We need something

firm to tie this onto.

Uh...Oh!

(Alice grunts)

(Williams whimpers)

- I'm really sorry I

shouted at you, William.

- That's all right, Angelina.

Now, climb onto my back.

(both straining and grunting)

- Alice! The rope!

Oh!

- Oh, no!

- Oh, William!

(William yells)

- [William] Ow!

Eh, ah, oo, eh!

- Oh, dear!

Oh, throw it to me!

(William grunts)

Oh, oh!

- This is just like the

Thomasina Tuttle story.

(Henry giggles)

- Henry, you're a genius!

- Am I?

(Alice grunts)

- William! Throw

the rope up again!

Try and get it over

the broomstick!

(William grunts)

Got it!

(suspenseful music)

It's safe.

You can climb up now!

- Alice, you really are

the cleverest best friend

in the whole world!

(both straining and grunting)

(both sighing of relief)

I had no idea you were

so brave, William.

- Nor did i!

- Is this my scene?

- Oh, over here, doctor, quick!

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Oh, my dear, Thomasina!

Your poor arm!

You must be in such pain!

- It's Angelina, Dr. Tuttle,

and it's my leg!

- Oh.

- Ouch!

(audience cheers and applauds)

Thank you!

I just want to say that I

would never have won this prize

without the help of my best

friends, Alice and William.

And, of course, my assistant.

- Oh!

- Henry, this trophy

belongs to you.

- Thank you, Angelina!

(audience applauds)

- I just had to

award you the prize.

The "True Tale of

Thomasina Tuttle"

is the funniest

movie I've ever seen!

- Uh, what do you

mean, the funniest?

(bouncy piano music)

(audience laughs)

See, Alice?

I told you I'd have

the audience in tears!

(all laughing)

(bright music)

(bright music)

One day I'll be a star,

just like Scarlett.

She's doing a dance on point.

That means she's dancing

right on the tips of her toes.

Scarlett's doing her

point work so well.

She really looks like she's

making the points of a star.

She's wearing special shoes

to help her keep her balance.

I can't wait until

I'm Scarlett's age

and I can start doing

the solos she does.

But for now Miss Lilly

says I have to be patient

and enjoy dancing in

the corps de ballet

like Paloma, Antonio

and Charlotte.

When you're in the

corps de ballet,

you have to dance as a team.

Oh everyone's dressed up

like real stars today,

the ones in the sky I mean.

There are so many stars at night

and they all have

different names.

Have you ever seen

the Big Dipper?

That's my favorite.

It's made up of seven stars

that are very far apart

so it makes a huge

picture in the sky.

Not like our little stars,

they're all over the place.

(bright music)

What are Scarlett, Iman

and Anastasia doing?

Oh I see, they're

making a shape.

Oh I wonder what it is.

(twinkling)

(Angelina giggles)

That's really clever.

It's the Big Dipper.

Oh dear, I think Toby and Callum

are pretending to

be sh**ting stars,

they're flying everywhere.

(bright music)

Oh good, they've decided

to make a big star

by working together.

And some of the girls are

dancing in a star group

around Anastasia in the middle.

Hmm, I wonder what

they're all doing now.

(Angelina gasps)

I see!

Our little stars are working

together to make a pattern.

And Scarlett's linking

all the little stars up

to make the pattern into...

Into...

Oh, it's an even

bigger Big Dipper!

Miss Lilly's right,

it's really fun

being in the corps de ballet,

'cause you can do

things together you

can't do on your own.

Perhaps Miss Lilly would

let me and Alice and William

be dancing stars

at our next class.

(bright music)