CUSACK: On a cold and gloomy day in February,
there's only one thing you can do...
(snoring)
(loud clank) Huh?
Hey, let's play a game!
Forget it.
I'm not moving until spring.
But that's the whole point.
This game will get rid of winter, guaranteed.
It's called...
"Bring Spring."
Bring Spring?
What are you talking about?
Spring isn't something you can "bring."
QUACK: Sh! Sh, sh, sh!
It won't work if everyone knows about it, okay?
We have to find a secret place to play.
Come on.
CUSACK: Quack decided to check the garden first.
Gardens are usually empty in winter.
Yeah, looking good.
Very secret.
Oops. Worm. Forget it.
CHIRP: Quack, that worm is not going to tell anyone
about your game.
I'm not taking chances.
Nope. Nosirreebob.
(shivering)
Hmm... much better.
Completely private.
No one can hear us now.
VOICE: I can hear you.
QUACK: Huh?
Huh!
It'll be summer before he finds the right place.
The fish are too sleepy to listen,
so I think we're ready to play.
I said... are you ready to play?
BOTH: Yes.
QUACK: Okay. The first thing we got to do to bring spring
is stand in a circle.
Now put your right foot in.
What?
Just do it, okay?
Right foot, in.
Good.
Now stick your right foot out.
Then you have to shake it all abou... wah!
Quack.
(gasps)
Okay, am I dreaming, or did a strange animal
just pick Quack... uuppppp?
What are you doing?
Put me down!
You can't go around picking up birds!
Don't you know that?
But I'm looking for something and you might be on it.
PEEP: Hey!
Put down the Peep.
I'm only going to say it once.
Put down the Peep.
Not on me!
Get o... you're on my hat!
I'll never find it!
Never, never, never!
Find what?
My shadow!
Everyone went looking for their shadows today,
and I wanted to find mine, only I can't
because I don't know what it is!
You don't know about shadows?
They're a copy of you that's on the ground.
Or a wall.
Or anywhere, really.
And it's just like you, only it isn't.
See, when it's sunny out you get a shadow of your exact shape,
like this.
Sometimes, but sometimes it's a totally different shape.
It depends on where the sun is.
Right.
And because there's no sun today,
you can't see any shadows at all.
You know what?
You guys are really bad at explaining stuff.
CUSACK: Peep, Quack and Chirp realized
that a shadow was hard to explain,
so they decided to show the... um...
CHIRP: What are you, anyway?
A groundhog.
Oh.
CUSACK: They decided to show the groundhog her shadow
using a flashlight from the dump.
Stand right... there.
Okay, Quack. Hit it!
I don't get it.
I just see a light.
(gasps)
That's it! That's my shadow!
Woo-hoo! Yes!
Weird.
What's so important about a groundhog's shadow, anyway?
It's kind of not your business,
but since you helped me, I'll let you come to our meeting.
But you have to promise not to tell any groundhog secrets--
or else!
Or else what?
I don't know.
Just... or else.
Okay.
GROUNDHOG: When we get to where we're going,
try and pretend you're groundhogs, okay?
Gotcha.
What do you think?
Does this look groundhoggy?
It's all in the cheeks.
(indistinct murmuring)
Those are the important groundhogs over there.
They're talking about something important.
(clears throat)
Friends, relatives, that big blue duck in the back...
(deflates cheeks)
Since time immemorial,
groundhogs have been given a sacred trust,
which is to ascertain the secrets of the seasons
and determine when the vernal equinox will make its...
QUACK: Excuse me!
Yeah you, the old guy?
Could you talk so ducks can understand?
That'd be great; thanks.
Yeah, so, on February 2, which is today,
groundhogs go outside to look for their shadows.
If they find them, it means six more weeks of winter.
If they don't, it's a sign of spring.
Since nobody found any shadows today,
I hereby proclaim that spring has arrived!
(cheering)
Excuse me! Excuse me!
I saw mine! I did! I saw it!
I saw my shadow.
Clear as day.
Right?
Really?
Odd.
Well, if that's the case, then I hereby declare
that spring isn't here.
Meeting adjourned.
(grumbling)
Yay, yay, yay, yay!
Wait.
Is that a good thing?
QUACK: Are you telling me that spring would be here right now
if we hadn't helped that groundhog find her shadow?
I don't think groundhogs have anything to do with spring.
And neither do shadows.
You're right! I forgot!
There's only one way to bring spring.
Where'd you get that goofy game from, anyway?
It's not a goofy game.
It's a real, true fact.
Says who?
Me.
And Beaver Boy... a little.
Beaver Boy!
What does Beaver Boy know about spring?
QUACK: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey, if you don't want to play
then we'll bring spring without you.
Ready, Peep?
Put your left foot in, that's right, put your left foot out.
No not that left, the other left.
And then you shake it.
Shake it all about, yeah!
And after that... spring!
(wind whistles)
(shivering)
Let's try that again; I'm not feeling it.
You put your right foot in...
and then maybe you put your left foot in, too.
Or maybe... no feet?
Let's try no feet, Peep, and see if that works.
Is everybody cool with that?
Bring spring!
Or maybe we can jump in, all of us,
and all work together and maybe...
maybe we can do some leaning
and work in a little bit of shimmy.
I love the shimmy.