( munching )

Mmm,
simply delicious.

Fabulous.

Best I've ever tasted.

NARRATOR:
Chirp knew that one day
she'd be able to fly

and do everything else
that grown-up birds do.

( Chirp sighing )

NARRATOR:
But today...

BIRD:
Delectable!

NARRATOR:
Especially today, she just
didn't feel like waiting.

( gasps )

( yelling )

( grunts )

Hmm...

PEEP:
Hi, Chirp.

What are you doing?

CHIRP:
I'm trying to figure out

how I can reach that sunflower.

I want to eat the seeds.

QUACK:
Chirp, I hate to tell you this,

but some dreams
are simply out of reach.

Sad, but true.

Actually, I have an idea.

CHIRP:
Okay.

Let's see if this works.

CHIRP:
Whoa!

Whoa!

( grunts )

QUACK:
Just as I suspected.

There's something very wrong

with that stake.

Let it be a lesson to us all.

Maybe it'd be more steady
if you two sat on it.

PEEP:
But it's facing the wrong way.

CHIRP:
I can fix that.

Watch.

( stake creaks )

PEEP:
Hmm.

Come on, Quack!

( Quack sighs )

QUACK:
This better not take too long.

I'm a duck on the go,
you know.

Ready?

Here I go.

PEEP:
It's working!

Ta-dah!

I made it!

( munching )

( gulps )

These seeds really are good.

PEEP:
I want to try one.

I'm coming up.

( munching ):
Wait until I get down!

PEEP:
What did you say?

CHIRP:
Hmm?

QUACK:
Help!

Help!

Put me down!

( Quack yelling )

CHIRP:
Peep, go back!

( stake creaking )

QUACK:
Thank you.

CHIRP:
Now you can go, Peep.

Okay.

( munching )

These are good.

( swallows )

Quack, you have to try some.

QUACK:
Oh, no.

No, no, no,
no, no, no...

no, no.

Just one, Quack?

They're really good.

QUACK:
No, no, I couldn't possibly.

PEEP:
Why not?

QUACK:
Well, uh...

you might not know this,

but, see, sunflower seeds
are bad for ducks.

It's a shock, I know,
but absolutely true.

My uncle's brother--
or maybe was it my
brother's uncle?

No,it must have been
my cousin's brother.

Well, one of my relatives got
a shell stuck in his throat.

Never did get it out.

( coughs )

Like that.

QUACK:
Probably still there
today, I suppose.

CHIRP:
Oh, right.

I forgot you're
afraid of heights.

QUACK:
Afraid?!

Ducks are never
afraid.

You stay right there.

I'll show you how
unafraid of heights

I really am.

Quack.

( gulps, then whimpers )

( gulps )

Uh, okay, yes, here I...

Okay, uh, here I... here I go.

BOTH:
Whoa!

SQUEAK:
What is going on?

QUACK:
Ah!

PEEP:
Quack is showing us

how unafraid of heights
he really is.

SQUEAK:
Oh, I was worried.

I thought maybe it
was an earthquake.

QUACK:
Quack.

Quack, quack.

( muttering nervously )

( Chirp yells )

( Quack yelling )

PEEP:
Whoa!

( Quack yelling )

( Peep yelling )

( groans )

QUACK:
Don't worry, everyone.

I'm all right.

PEEP:
It didn't work.

CHIRP:
I guess Quack is heavier
than we are.

Our end needs more weight.

ALL:
Hmm.

PEEP:
All set, Quack.

( gulps )

( trembling ):
Uh, wonderful, fabulous.

Couldn't be h-h-happier.

PEEP:
Go on, Quack.

You're almost there.

See, what did I tell you?

Ducks aren't afraid of... Whoa!

CHIRP:
Quack, turn around!

PEEP:
Not again!

SQUEAK:
Turn around!

QUACK:
What?

SQUEAK:
Turn around!

QUACK:
Aah!

CHIRP:
This way!

PEEP:
Quack, stop!

QUACK:
Whoa!

CHIRP:
This way!

PEEP:
Quack, stop!

( Quack yelling )

( all groan )

QUACK:
Oh!

( all groan )

PEEP:
You almost made it, Quack.

( clears throat )

QUACK:
Yeah, almost.

Whoo-hoo.

PEEP:
I wonder how you could get
all the way up.

CHIRP:
We need to make ourselves
even heavier.

CHIRP:
Okay, we're ready!

QUACK:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm going.

( muttering nervously )

( gasps )

Hmm!

Uh, hello!

I just want to point out
that I'm at the top.

( all cheering )

( chomping )

Mmm... mmm.

Oh, this is, uh...

( yelling )

( groans )

ALL:
Are you okay?

QUACK:
Fine, just fine.

Never better.

Well, that's over.

( all spit )

PEEP:
But, Quack,
you only got one seed.

Don't you want to go up again?

QUACK:
Oh, no, I'm stuffed, see?

One seed is plenty.

QUACK:
You know, it's important
to know your limits.

I always say, don't put
too much on your plate

and don't bite off
more than you can chew.

And don't put too many irons
in the fire, either.

These are important
things to know--

a kind of, oh,
how shall I say--

wisdom, if you will.

Hard-earned duck wisdom,

which, of course,

is really the only kind.

You know...

NARRATOR:
Chirp couldn't help thinking

that one day she
wouldn't need stakes or pebbles

or anyone to help her reach

and eat all the seeds
her belly could hold.

( giggles )

QUACK:
And I stand back sometimes
in amazement of myself,

and I wonder, "Ooh,
how big will his brain get?"