(Chirp humming)
♪ Oh, it's fall and I'm a small... ♪
♪ Bird, but not that small ♪
♪ And I'm also red. ♪
CUSACK: One day Chirp was out hopping,
minding her own beeswax.
(Chirp gasps)
CUSACK: When all of a sudden...
(robin gurgling)
(gurgling)
I don't believe it!
CUSACK: Yep, it's a bird taking a bath... in water!
And she's not yelling or anything.
(robin humming)
Peep! Quack! Come here!
Come here!
CHIRP: Be very quiet, okay?
I don't want to scare...
QUACK: Scare who?
CHIRP: Her.
QUACK: Her who? What?
CHIRP: There was a bird in that puddle.
A big bird.
(sighs)
She was taking a bath.
Oh.
Nice.
Nice...
Don't worry, Chirp, if she's in here, I'll find her.
Whoo-hoo!
Ahh...
(singing happily)
Mmm...
Nice, very nice.
Oh, yeah!
Uh, she's not here, Chirp.
CHIRP (flatly): Thanks for your help, Quack.
QUACK: Ahh...
CUSACK: Over the next few days, Chirp checked on the puddle,
hoping the robin would return.
CHIRP: Nothing.
Rats!
CUSACK: Finally Chirp's patience was rewarded.
(Chirp gasps)
(branch cracks)
CHIRP: Whoa!
Ah! Water, water, wa...!
Excuse me.
I hope I didn't get you too...
Wet! Wet!
(yelling)
You messed up my puddle.
(Chirp chirps weakly)
I mean... sorry.
(robin humming)
CHIRP: Why are you standing in water?
Aren't birds afraid of water?
ROBIN: No, you might be afraid,
but that's because you're still a baby.
CHIRP: I am not!
I'm as big as you.
Uh...
Almost.
Uh-huh, sure.
Can you make a nest?
CHIRP: No.
ROBIN: Can you lay an egg and sit on it
for 13 and a half days?
CHIRP: N...o.
ROBIN: Can you even sing?
CHIRP: Yes, I can!
Watch.
(chirps weakly)
ROBIN: That's so cute.
But I meant a real song.
Like this.
(clears her throat)
♪ I'm a big, big bird ♪
♪ The opposite of small ♪
♪ I'm twice as tall as you ♪
♪ I'm all grown up and there's so much stuff ♪
♪ That big birds like me get to do. ♪
It's true.
♪ Like wash in mud puddles and be the first to wake up ♪
♪ Eat cherries for breakfast and bugs for lunch ♪
♪ Build nests in the treetop... ♪
(chewing): You know all the rest of it.
(spitting)
♪ Oh, it's great to be big ♪
♪ Bet you can't wait to be big. ♪
See?
That's a real song.
Wow! Will you teach me?
Will you teach me to do big bird stuff?
ROBIN: Uh, okay, I guess there's still time.
And you sure need some help.
CUSACK: Chirp got so busy with her bird lessons
that for three whole days, Peep couldn't even find her.
He found signs of her, though,
like a nest that she built for practice
and a big pile of cherry pits.
But they weren't the same as finding Chirp.
(sighs)
(Chirp humming outside)
♪ It's great to be big ♪
♪ Oh, I can't wait to be big. ♪
PEEP: Chirp! I've been looking for you.
CHIRP: Hi, Peep.
PEEP: Do you want to play?
CHIRP: Can't. Sorry.
I'm late for my lesson.
The robin is teaching me bird stuff.
PEEP: What's bird stuff?
CHIRP: It's hard to explain, Peep.
When you're older and more mature, like me,
you'll understand.
When did you get older?
A couple of days ago.
See you later, Peep.
PEEP: I think Chirp is getting
too old and mature for us, Quack.
That's ridiculous, Peep.
I'm old, and I'm completely immature.
PEEP: Well, anyway, a robin is giving her bird lessons.
QUACK: Now, that's crazy!
Why didn't Chirp come to me?
I can give her bird lessons.
Huh!
See, worms like dirt.
So wherever you find a garden,
you'll find a worm.
CHIRP: Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
And why do I want to find a worm?
To eat. What else?
CHIRP: What?!
I'm not doing that.
I am not doing that!
QUACK: Chirp, did this...
bird teach you how to do the bump yet? Hmm?
CHIRP: No. What's that?
QUACK: It's a move--
a bird move a proper teacher like me
would have shown you al...
Hey! (crash)
ROBIN: Chirp is learning about robins.
You're a duck.
So...?
So you can't teach her how to be a robin.
You know nothing about it.
If you don't want to eat worms,
you could try some...
QUACK: Excuse me-- you're new around here; I understand.
I'm Quack...
Uh, Quack?
ROBIN: I heard you the first time.
QUACK: I'm Quack, and I live in the pond, and you're just...
QUACK: What is she, Peep?
PEEP: A robin.
QUACK: Exactly!
And what does a robin know about being a robin? Huh?
Hmm?
(wind whistling)
ROBIN: Is he always this ridiculous?
CHIRP: Um...
(wind whistling)
ROBIN: Whoo-hoo!
It is time!
CHIRP: Time for what?
ROBIN: Time to go south.
You're still little, but I think you're ready.
CHIRP: Did you hear that, Peep?
I'm ready-- ready for South!
What's South?
ROBIN: Follow me and find out!
CHIRP: Wait up! I'm coming!
PEEP: Chirp! Where are you going?
Peep! Come back!!
Oh, forget it.
CUSACK: Don't worry.
They'll be back.
They wouldn't dream of going south without Quack.
QUACK: Hah!
As if.
CUSACK: Or would they?