"Why hello there, little lady." "Go-good-mo-morning, Jalle." "Under the tongue twice a week, that stutter will be gone in no time." "For your father." " But he doesn't stutter." " Not any more." "How is the old stag?" "He shed his antlers last week... said he feels like a young buck again." "Are you sure he's not worried  his precious Dawn is so far from home so early in the morning?" "Is there any place safer in the forest than at the gnome oak?" "Absolutely not." "Junior!" " Oh my." "Are you hurt?" "Dizzy?" " Yes... no." "No from that." "But from this." "You're hurting me now." "Mom..." "Ma!" "Please stop." "I was up all night." "I thought I finally figured this invention out." " Are you alright?" " We're both fine." " Down!" "Stay down!" " Honey, what are you doing?" " They could still be out there!" " They?" "Face, Fassa... or both." "They threw the boulder that..." "Junior..." "I thought I was clear." "No more silly inventions." "Look at what you've done!" "They're not silly, they're my inventions." "The future of our forest." "You'll not invent for one month." "You'll repair this wall tomorrow  and you'll follow me into the forest today." "I need your help." "There's a storm brewing, Junior." "That is why tonight, a full week earlier than last year  half our animals will commence their winter hibernation." "We're meeting them this morning to distribute their food rations." "You might want to pick that up, before you put a hole in it." "The other half depart tomorrow morning  so our afternoon will be spent foraging for the rest of their food." "Mama mia, che fiore bello." "Bello..." "Cull your own blooms, you barbaric buffoon." "What you call me?" "Buffoon." "It means... mighty warrior." "I like that." "Say again." "You are a buffoon." "Louder." "Louder!" "I shall have you know that you are the choice buffoon in all the forest!" "I would suspect there isn't a more considerable buffoon in any forest!" "When Fassa ask who stole these?" "Face, the prodigious buffoon." "I the buffoon!" "Me the buffoon!" "We need main course." "Bird?" "Yes!" "Fassa's favorite." "Crow!" "Go on." "Swallow your drop of the invisibility potion." "It's safe to enter now." " No, only one drop!" " But it tastes so good." "Exactly." "That's a defense mechanism should it fall into the wrong hands." "Digestion of any amount more than a small drop, and one turns to stone." " Blueberries?" " 110." " Cranberries?" " 88." " Seeds?" " None?" "None?" "Impossible." "I personally picked two dozen this morning." "What did you do with my sack?" "It was too heavy to carry, so I left it next to a tree  and when I returned, it was... taken." "Trolls don't take." "They steal." "I'm sorry, Sir." "10 years ago I was pulling double the food I am today." " You were too hard on Junior." " Today's gnome has to deal with so many factors my father never could have imagined." "Like deforestation and urban sprawl." "Less food, plus less forest  plus more animals spells trouble, Svea." "Big trouble." " Are you hearing what I'm saying?" " Was my father too hard on me?" " Don't move." " Not now." " You started it." "I'm finishing it." "I took an oath, Svea." "I swore to the Gnome Council to defend the animals." "Don't make this about you, Jalle." "It's not." "It's about Junior." "Svea, next summer he turns 75  the age when he's to be introduced to the Gnome Council as my successor." "He's not up to their standards." "They said not to present his candidacy." "Alright, enough with the theatrics." "Be still." "I think I have acorn lung." "You just made that up." "Now lower your voice, you'll wake Alley." "Strangers don't get to talk to me like that." "Where you been, Junes?" "You got married." "I was giving you space to, you know, dome sticate." " I missed you, buddy." " Not as much as I missed you." "We have to hang again." "I'm out of my feathers with chicks on the way." " Is that mud?" "Gross." " Alley woke up craving s wamp worms." "For not having a backbone, those critters sure put up a heck of a..." "Where are you going?" " This is blank parchment." " No, hold them up to the light." "Sneaky!" "Who or what is Ofelia?" "She's my ride out of the forest, and I need you to give me a boost." "I don't fly at night." "I need to be around innovators." "Not at the oak with negative energy." "Every night, I look into my star viewer and wonder what's out there." "Our world is so big, but Jalle's never even let me leave the forest!" "How high do I have to get you?" "After we level off, you slingshot me into the prevailing wind current." "This isn't so bad." "Approaching the canopy." "Where did that come from?" "Me find bigger rock." "Fassa!" "Sneaks, we missed the exit." "Sneaky?" "Maybe I pushed it a bit by hitting that branch, but..." " She's ripped." "She can't fly." " I was in the moment, went with it." " Why did you do that?" " You deserved one last ribbing." "I'm stuck in the forest for another winter!" "next time build a plane that doesn't need a kick start." "What did you say?" "What, now you've got nothing to say?" "Leave it." "My wing!" "Put me down." "I want at him." "Not my face!" "Not my beautiful face!" " Are you alright?" " Am I the buffoon?" "Help me pick him up." "Forget that." "He'll be sore, but fine." "And nest ridden for at least two weeks." "What would we do without you?" "I want Jalle's head!" "This is what you bring me?" "Seeds?" "Where's the food, you imbecile?" "Blueberries are out of seas on, so I shall hope you have saved us some." "Where were you?" "We agreed on a plan, but once again you went too early, without me." "You lie!" "Enough." "Enough!" "By the time I arrived, only the boy's flyer remained." "It's for my collection, and it doesn't even work." "No." "It's something the boy will want back." "Something valuable of theirs." "Which gives me an idea." " Lunchtime, Juju." " I'm not hungry." "It's apple sauce and goat's milk." " And you haven't eaten all day." " I should finish before Dad gets..." "You can't work on an empty stomach, Juju." "I asked you to stop calling me that." "Juju's for babies." " I told him because I love you." " Don't hide behind that excuse." "If you're fessing up, at least be honest." "I was cleaning in here and I saw the blueprints." "I don't know much, but it didn't look like it could fly." " Do you like your bacon, Sneaky?" " What?" "I mean, how do you like your eggs?" "Scrambled?" "Fried?" "How about born?" " How's that?" " We'll trade you the location of Jalle's secret food chamber for the lives of your unborn twins." "We done stealing bits and pieces of food." "We want mother lode!" "The secret food chamber is a myth." " I the buffoon of the forest!" " I know." "We all know." "We can be at your nest anytime, so you think hard about tiny bird poop." "Little birdie is gonna tell me." " Have you chosen names yet?" " Indeed, we have." "Axel for the boy and Lexa for the girl." " I've gotten you walnuts and honey..." " Sneaky, hush." " Jalle, I'm so sorry." " You'd better be." " I had no choice..." " I told you to stay put in bed." "Jalle's offered us extra food from his secret chamber, Sneaks." "No, no." "No, no..." "I insist." "With your injury, how can you scavenge for four mouths?" "Yes, of course, Jalle." "Thank you." "But first we make a stop." "I need you for something else entirely." " Junes, you in here?" " Yeah." "I'm almost done." "There, finally!" " Good as new." " Let's hope my Dad agrees." "Listen, Sneaks..." "I didn't mean for you to hurt your wing." "And so, well." "I'm sorry for that." "What are you doing here anyway?" "Jalle's offered Alley and I extra food for the chicks." " That thing actually works?" " of course it does." "You hear me talk about it all the time." " I figured you were fibbing." " I tell the truth." "Always." " You get punished?" " He hasn't said a word to me all day." "If he hasn't yet, he might not." "It's never good when he thinks about it for this long." "There's something I need to tell you." "Please, come with me." "I asked you to fix it with wood, nails and hard work." "Not goo." "I want you to take a good long look at Sneaky." "He's married." "He'll be a father with re sponsibility." "You could learn from him." "He wouldn't pull that flying stunt of yours." "In risking the lives of Sneaky, Alle y  and the unborn chicks, you crossed a line." "So, after helping me gather Sneaky's food  you will hand over your lab keys and be forbidden to invent in here again." "Then you're free to flyor walk or run any where you please." " Fine." "All I need are my notebooks." " I've taken them as well." "Jalle, this is wayout of..." "You don't like it, you can leave too." "Il mio fratello e il buffoon piu grande nella foresta" "Every piece matters." "Help me lift the shelf." "Dad!" "We're getting back that food, Sneaks." "Tonight!" "Find me some rope, my Dad's forest map, and a bunch of leaves." "You have been paying attention." "I'll send Mom here first thing." "Forget me." "The 'll devour that food tonight." "Go silently." "Go swiftly." "Go now!" "And take this." " I should earn my own." " Junior..." " I'm sorry." "For everything." " Not as much as me." "Be brave, my son." "Be brave." "You look good." "You look great." "You the good great buffoon." "Almonds wrapped in smoked ham with celery root and thyme dressing." " Where mine?" " You have two legs." "Use them." " You no eat?" " I've given up stolen sustenance." " We steal." "It's who we are." " It's who you are." "You are troll!" "Stolen food good!" "Stop wasting my food." "Can't a king eat in peace?" "Front and center, you two." "If there were only a way to combine your brain with his brawn..." "Go on." "Get out of my sight." "You can't fight nature, Slim." "It alway swins." "Always." " Let her go." " We eat her." "I have a better idea." "Now we have no choice." "No animal can gather food in this weather." "Why did I listen to Alley and get that haircut?" "She says I look like one of those big city street crows with long hair." "Now I'm freezing!" "Sneaky?" " Sneaky?" " Help me!" "Help me!" "You got 4 reasons to go back to your nest." "I won't think any less of you." "Why do you really want me gone?" " I'm going to slow you down." " You're right." "Only your wing isn't the problem." "It's your beak." "You squawk more than a parrot." "of course I need you, Sneaks." "This is delicious, Svea." "With you here I can blackmail Jalle to gather us food for years." " You do it for balance, don't you?" " I beg your pardon?" "The tricycle and the other refurbished trinkets I see." "They destroy." "You restore." "You slipped the sleep herb into the dish to make them doze off." " You're more clever than Jalle said." " What else does he say about me?" "You're the only troll he thought would earn the gnome mark  given to animals who do good deeds for other animals." "Go. before I change my mind." " What you doing?" " Run, Svea." "Run." "You really put a hole in our plan." "We'll never find troll cave now." "Yowsers!" "Get them off, Get them off!" "Name's Prickles, these ticks tickle!" "Please, please..." "Bite them off." "Please!" " What do you want him to bite off?" " The ticks." "I thought we could be symbiotic, like the rhino and the oxpecker." "He'll gladly exterminate you." "I mean your critters, if you'll kindly point the way to troll cave." "I'm not biting ticks off his butt." "We just met." "I'm not that kind of crow." "He'll do it." "Forget this." "We'll find troll cave on our own." "Go hibernate, pal!" "Hedgehogs don't hibernate in winter." "Hedgehogs dominate winter." "Look, fella, do us all a favor and pour yourself a pesticide cock tail." "Ignore my friend." "His beak will be up your butt in just one minute." "Nobody puts their beak up my butt." "Run!" "How do we get the other guy back?" "I learned to gnaw wood in this log." " Are you okay?" " Yeah." "Oh, oh." "Please, please!" " Now?" " We're still lost." " He nearly quilled us to death." " Fine." "I'll do it." "Thank you." "Yippee!" "No, up, up, up." "Over, left, left." "Stop, no right, right, right." "Yes, yes, yes!" " The directions to troll cave?" " Down that path, there's a creek." "Walk up stream." "Ask for Hilda." "That's it?" "Go down there and ask for whatchamawho?" "Now I don't feel so bad for splitting your home." "Enough." "If you don't return with Svea or the boy  to use as collateral against Jalle, don't return at all." "This is the last time I stop face from doing what he wanted to do." "Today you decide who you are." "Go." "I don't trust your brother." "Find Svea." "Go." "Now." "Slim no buffoon." "I the buffoon." "I think we lost him." "If Prickles is right, all we do is walk up stream and find this Hilda." "He really got me good." "He's back!" "Poor fella." "When we're done, I'm coming back with Jalle to help." "Right, Sneaks?" "Sneaks?" "Put that down, you silly boy, before you go and hurt yourself." "Where's your manners, dangit?" "You're supposed to help your elders." "The sun's almost up and he feeds at first light." "Twig?" "I've got maple and oak." "If you dig around, you might find bamboo." "I'm in good with an Asian Warbler." "Gets me whole sale prices." "I shouldn't." "I have a delicate esophagus." "It's hereditary." "Where I'm from it ain't polite not to break twig  with the beaver that just done up and saved your life, boy." "I don't know what you talking about with esophagus and stuff." "Sneaks, take one for the team." "Muddy, with a hint of xylem." "Let me have a look at that arm." "Y'all have to be more careful now." "At ease, ladies." "Well looky here, if it ain't Butt Boy and Pink Feather." "What are you two cherry s doing so far from home at such an hour?" "Fassa stole the food my Dad had stored away for the animals." " You Jalle's youngun?" " You know my father?" "A few years back our gnome, Nils up and died." "Old age, you see." " Jalle took over his territory." " He's the gnome for two forests?" " He never said anything." " We had a little disagreement." "What?" "Why?" "Wasn't about to let him spoil  the next generation of animals in our forest like he did yours." "Jalle means well." "He's done more to help animals than any living creature I remember." "But he's too good a gnome." "The animals in your forest have been over relying on him." " We animals, we fend for ours elves." " It's assistance." " It's dependence." " All that gear just for Prickles?" "Neither Prickles nor Spike could harm the ticks up a brown bear's behind." "This here gear is for..." " What are you..." "Stop that!" " He's an animal." "He can sense danger." "Talon!" "Quick, down here, fellas." "What's that?" "My back door, and your only wayout." "Excuse me, Ma'am." "Do you recommend I go beak or tail first?" " Are you okay?" "Your wing?" " It's fine..." "We're here!" "Why did they have to destroy it?" " Jalle?" "What are you doing..." " Svea, is that you?" "Your leg." "What happened?" " We must get you home." " Where were you?" "No." "It happened so fast." "He must have scooped up seeds instead of food." " I'm so sorry." " Junior is getting our food back." " But he's not..." " Yes, he is ready." "You should have seen him take command." "Your wing..." "Have you been faking your injury?" "I'm not proud of what I do for sympathy." "You've been lying all this time?" "You could have flown us." "Why?" "It was me." "I told face where the food chamber was." " Why?" " He said he would kill my chicks." "Go." "I don't want your help." "You shall pillage, you shall ravage." "It is your blood." "Who art thou to fight nature?" "You are troll." "You are troll!" "What are you doing, Sneaks?" "He needs your help." "Go get your best friend!" "Oh, it's just you." "For a second there, I thought you were face." "Just me." "Just me!" "June s is headed to your cave to retrieve the food your brother stole." "But he can't handle Fassa alone." "Help us, please?" " I troll." "You food." " What are you?" "You're the good vegetarian troll, who's never harmed an ant or a bee." "I the buffoon!" " Get behind me, honey." " No." "You get behind me." "Step away from my gnome." "You picked the wrong day for this." "I hungry." "Two gnomes!" "I didn't get my usual beauty sleep last night." "And I tore the bottom of my favorite dress." "I had to walk home in the snow and my toes are frozen stiff." "Svea..." "You I eat first." "Let Jalle watch." "Save him for later." "Please, please..." "Don't." "Please, please..." "Spare me." "I said not to mess with me tonight." "Game time!" " You can't stop me now." " Are you sure about that?" "I'm still not leaving without the food." "Where is it, Fassa?" "Brave, like his father." "Slim!" "Give yourself up, Junior, and we'll spare the crow." " Let him go!" " We won't harm you, Junior." "Put him down!" "We only want you to get to your father." " I'm serious, Fassa." " As am I." "Go ahead, my son." " Junes, please, Junes!" " Last chance, boy." "Step away from the crow, Slim." "I'll be back with Jalle, I promise." " You lied." " Slim!" "Who's hungry for crow?" "Would you like a drink, Father?" "Yes, my son." "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Let's get out of here!" "Well played, my boy." "Only now I'm going to do something I don't like doing at my age." "Fight." "I shall think you'll be sparring with another partner, Fassa." "Get home, boys." "I gotcha from here." " Here, Fassa." "So our fight's even." " You look good, Hilda." "We're not walking, Junes, there's not enough time." "The animals are already lining up for their food." "I repaired her." " Are you okay?" " Look out!" " Fassa?" " Help me, my son." "Help me." " That took longer than you said." " All's well that ends well, right?" "We need a boost." "Any ideas, boys?" "Fassa's slingshot." "Pull back as hard as you can, Slim." "It was a pleasure working with you, gentlemen." " About that Talon thing..." " What?" " I was angry." "I lied." " Forget about it." " He doesn't soar." " We soar." "I said, "Slim, you're not like them", and showed him my gnome mark." "He said, "I think you are c orrec t"." "I said "Yeah", and then he said:" ""I shall projec t we need further assistance"" "I said, "I know this crazy hedgehog!"" "Mom!" "Dad!" "We could only retrieve two thirds of the food." "No." "You?" " Surprised?" " Nothing you do surprises me, Mom." "When we return to the oak, remind me I have somebody's notebook s." "Great!" "Not only will I earn my crest next summer from the Gnome Council  but I'll present them 5 inventions to modernize how gnomes help animals." " Only five?" " They threatened our eggs." "I told the trolls where..." "I'm so sorry." "Parents never need apologize for protecting their children. never." "When we were kids, did Junior only hang out with me for my body?" "Your body?" "That body?" "No way!" "That's what I thought." "Thank s!" "Hey, wait a minute!" "To create bene ficial change, we need courage to examine our behavior  and then decide what to change." "Change doesn't have to be scary." "Changec an be a friend." "So we'll be there with you, every step  as you, like your ancestors, relearn to forage for your food  and learn new methods of self defense against your predators." "And we hope that you're there for us  as we try to us etechnology to adapt to our ever changing forest." "What?" "No, don't look at me like that." "It's so hard to get out of bed when you've never slept in one before." " Have you tried the triaxilator?" " of course, that's not the problem." " The vortex rotor rod?" " That's working fine." "Try again." "Then to find out, we need to recalibrate." "To do that, we need max power from the backup generator." " Max power, or supermax power?" " Supermax!" "Step it up!" "Let's go!" "Move it!" "This buffoon push no more." "Shove off, you itty bitty hedgehog." " What'd you say, fool?" " Nothing, Sir..." "Mr. Spike." "Come on now!" "Move it like you mean it!" "Come on!" "I'm gonna cry to your momma for you, boy." "Atta boy, Spike." "Thanks!"