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Help me, I'm late!

It's so easy! Just pick one.

Come here!

Look at here! Pretty please!

Ma Megg, you just need to pick one.

I never asked you a favor before. You're so good with style!

Which outfit should I wear? Which one is the coolest?

This one? I don't think so.

What's that, girl? Pick one.

Hey! Look at me!

Don't turn your back on me. Ma Megg, stop being rude.

I was so good to you. Look at me!

Just pick one!

Fine! I'll wear this.

Chickens have no style.

Would it hurt to pick one?

Rude chicken.

Bessie!

Come here, girl!

Fido!

Thanks.

Rooster crowed, sun shone bright, you woke up in Brazil's greatest site!

Zucchini Village!

- Tony, where's the rapadura? - What rapadura?

- It was here yesterday. - Are you sure?

Look at that!

Look how fancy my son looks!

The fanciest!

Come here. You look so handsome!

Thanks! I got my mom's beauty and my dad's charm.

Chuck Billy...

- Have you seen a rapadura? - Yes.

- Where? - It was there.

- And now? - Not there.

Where could it be?

I'll give you a rapadura.

Two. What do you say?

You're bad at business.

How about four?

Hurry up, I'm late.

What? Ten rapaduras?

I can buy a truck with that.

You know what? I'll walk.

I spoiled this donkey too much.

Four legs and doesn't use any. I'll cut off his treats.

I'll give it all to Porkchop, and he won't share. He'll see.

Howdy! How's it going? Is everything good with you?

Sorry about that, I didn't see you there.

You're probably wondering where's Chuck off to, all quick and neat.

To explain it, I'll tell a story.

I'll tell it even if you don't care since I already started it.

The story's called...

CHUCK BILLY AND THE MARVELOUS GUAVA TREE

Chuck Billy and the Marvelous Guava Tree!

As usual, it begins at the beginning.

Oops, hold on.

I started way too far back.

It all started when I was a little sprout in my mom's belly,

and her tummy growled.

That hunger came through the "bilical" cord.

Want a banana?

- No. - Not a banana?

How about a candy apple for my candy? I know you like it!

- We don't want it. - No candy apple?

Watermelon, Charlotte?

We want guava.

I don't want our child to look like a guava either, Charlotte,

but I've looked everywhere and it's not guava season.

- The baby is on the way! - He is!

He's coming! Calm down!

After failing as a guava delivery man...

Contractions!

My dad went into medicine.

The contraction's good.

Charlotte, now let's use the breathing technique.

Breathe through your nose, and exhale through your mouth.

I felt it! Breathe through your nose.

Breathe out!

Charlotte!

- Baby. - It's happening!

- Baby. - What?

- Call your mom. - My mom!

And like any pro, my dad stayed calm and took the reins.

Holding them, my dad rode non-stop

to do what any man who doesn't know what to do does:

He called his mom.

That's how the cutest baby in Zucchini Village was born.

Me.

Francis Billy.

I'm glad you arrived.

And he doesn't look like a guava.

It's the first time I'm delivering my own grandchild.

Thank you for everything, Mae. Or better, Granny Mae.

I can't handle it.

I'm so happy!

- Hey, Son. - Hi, Mom.

- Now you're a father. - Don't even say it. I'm already...

In our family, when a child is born, we plant a tree. Here it is.

For you to plant, water, and care for.

It was a family tradition.

But nature had...

other plans.

Oops!

If you're listening to this thinking, "Chuck's exaggerating,"

just know I'm not one to make things up or gossip.

I've heard this story my whole life from the best storyteller.

The seed flew away, carried by the wind.

It looked like a little whirlwind.

The seed danced beautifully.

And just like you, it needed to sprout before being born.

It grew in the belly of the Earth, the mother of all things.

When it landed, a guava tree began to sprout.

The little guava tree kept growing, and growing, and growing.

And guess what?

It gave us these delicious, unmatched guavas.

You and the guava tree were made for each other.

One day, I woke up ready to do what I'd always wanted,

but never had the courage.

For that, I needed the help of a strong, smart man.

Since I didn't find one, Zeke would do.

My destiny was right there, full of guavas.

- Stop, Zeke! - But why?

Look!

I can't see it!

It's right there!

Look again.

It doesn't work.

I was about to pick a guava straight from the tree.

- Don't make a noise. - But I didn't.

- You're the one making noise shushing me. - But I'm asking for silence!

- I didn't say anything. - You're yelling.

- It wasn't me! - It was!

- Who yelled first? - You!

- It was you! - It was you!

Then the orchard guard showed up. The scariest creature I'd ever seen.

The two-headed mutt.

Look, Zeke, the important thing right now

is to stay calm and not run.

We went to grab some guavas but got caught instead.

He had two heads, but Zeke, who has two legs, was faster.

Chuck, you can go now. I handled the dogs.

I thought about giving up then.

But something inside told me:

Courage, boy, go ahead! Grab that fruit!

Who am I to argue with my heart?

It didn't know me,

but to me, we were like siblings,

separated by the wind.

I was finally where I was meant to be.

The source of all sweetness.

After that bite, my life would never be the same.

As the old saying goes, out of the guava tree owner's sight,

out of his mind.

But he saw me.

Get off my land, you rascal!

I had one last act of courage.

Get out of there!

- To run. - I'll catch you!

Get off my land!

I'll catch you, you little brat!

Get off my land, you rascal!

Get out of here! Out!

- You better not set foot here. - I was on the tree.

You brats!

Our friendship had started.

Over the years, we often went back to see Jed.

At first, he tried honoring us with his art.

Jed's a top artist in Zucchini Village.

Such good taste! Such talent!

- You draw so well, Jed! - Thanks!

Come back!

But Jed was a perfectionist and was never satisfied with his painting.

He loved joking around, often starting hide-and-seek games.

You're awful at this game!

Sometimes he'd mix up hide-and-seek with tag.

- I caught Jed! - What? I'll catch you, kid!

- I caught you. - Off my guava tree!

- I caught both of you! - What are you talking about?

- I got Jed. - I got you both.

- I got him first. - I got you!

- I got him first. - I got you!

Get away from my guava tree!

Jed, calm down!

- Learn to lose, man. - Get out!

Such a sore loser.

No sportsmanship.

If I catch you by my tree again, I'll get mad!

He knew how to have fun.

He was so worried about our safety,

that he built a super safe orchard.

That's it.

Get off my guava tree, Chuck Billy!

Get back here, you brat! Come back!

Come back!

It worked well. The tree really got safer.

- What took you so long? - It didn't.

After all these years of friendship, I can finally say Jed has a big heart.

Zucchini Village's best host.

So, today we're making a neat map and let's finish the outline.

Finish the outline, then you can paint.

Jed is only one of my friends here.

I have tons more.

Taka and Cousin Benny, for example. They're always together, like glue.

Benny, my dog ate all my markers.

Your dog also ate all my crayons.

There's Tabata, the new student.

Need some pencils?

- Yes! - I do.

She's already fitting in.

- Here. - Thanks!

No problem!

Tabata, can I use the strawberry-scented pencil?

- Of course, Zeke! - Thanks.

That's not food.

It's not my fault! The maker's to blame.

- Stop it. It's not good. - It is! Try it.

- Here. - You can keep it, Zeke.

There's Rosie Lee, who...

Who...

Who...

Time's almost up.

Finish up, I'll collect your maps soon.

I want to see beautiful maps, huh?

Hurry! Do something! We're gonna get caught!

- I'm done. - Good job, Taka!

- Thanks, Miss Margaret! - Yours too, Benny.

Great! I'll show everyone later.

No!

Rosie Lee's looks so nice!

- Tabata's too. They're both beautiful. - Thank you!

Zeke's looks so interesting!

- Look! So many details! - Let me see.

Thanks, I'm very "detailed".

Almost done?

- What map is this, Chuck? - Huh? Weren't we drawing Zeke?

Are you distracted? Eating guavas in class again?

- Right now, I'm not. - That's not what I asked.

Open your ears.

Chuck! Show me the drawing.

Looks just like Zeke.

There's Rosie Lee, who...

Who...

is really cool.

I'm the monster of the river!

Get away, Rosie Lee! That's so disgusting!

Stop that, Rosie Lee.

Anyway, life is very...

Very, very charming.

Too charming, really. And more, it's clever.

Clever.

And playful, right?

Very playful.

Great for fishing tilapia.

- Maybe. - If it splits in half, it grows back.

What?

Here, there are people I really like.

Some I kind of like.

Some I don't like.

Hi, Rosie Lee!

And Gerard.

Near every rose, there's a thorn.

Nice, huh? A speedboat? Do you own the river now?

Well, not yet.

Why don't you use the road?

Boats don't go on roads.

- You get it. - You get it.

Apologies, Little Rosie.

The roads are too bumpy and dusty for my German suit.

Do you know Germany, Chuck?

Never heard of that lady.

Since we're talking about Europe, how about a French Lemonade?

- No, I prefer Brazilian. - Are you sure?

- I'm really busy right now. - Yeah, we're really busy.

But it's French.

- Take it easy. - You take it easy.

Go.

- He was rude to you, wasn't he? - He was. Just a little bit.

Sometimes things are complicated.

I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I brought you a guava.

Look, it's good, but try believing more.

- In what? - Whatever you want.

Alright.

I brought you a guava.

Yes, wonderful!

But I did the same thing. Look, even my finger is identical.

To me, it's all different. Do it again.

I brought you a guava.

It was so good but now there's something missing.

- It was the same. - It wasn't.

You know nothing about guavas.

I do. Just grab it and eat it.

When I mess up, it's better to quit than embarrass myself.

Life is tricky.

Look!

It chooses who we meet.

- Sorry! - Sorry, Rosie Lee.

- I'm a bit clumsy today. - Me too.

Can you help me?

Of course.

I want to say something to someone, but I don't know how.

- Can you help me? - What a coincidence!

I also have something to say.

When I want to say something to someone...

I give them a guava.

I brought you a guava.

Wow, Chuck, thank you! That's a great idea.

- You're a genius, you know? - Am I?

Yes!

Hi, Gerard!

I wanted to give you this guava.

Thank you!

Do you like it?

- It's the first time I'll try it. - Nice!

Look what I found.

Did you see? She gave my guava to Gerard!

Yeah, she did.

Do you know what that means?

That she doesn't like guava?

Are you thinking about something?

- Like a project? - Yeah, sure, a project.

Hey, Gerard! Can you give her guava back?

Well, I could. But it's so close to my bag. Better keep it here.

- Guava thief. - Leaky boot.

Better than looking like a donkey at a fair!

Sorry, mon Petit Rosé.

This place is so poorly attended, I better go.

- What? - Have you gone mad?

We were figuring Gerard out.

The finest guava from Jed's orchard.

- Stop, Chuck. - Now Gerard has it!

You told me to do that.

- I loved that guava. - Let's go.

What a waste of guava...

How did you mess that up? It was so simple!

- All wrong! - Right!

- I did everything right. - Yeah, you did.

- He did everything wrong. - He did.

- Can't we give someone a guava? - Two is better.

One for her, another to Gerard.

What if she gave both to him?

- Three, then. - We'd know for sure she doesn't like it.

- Who doesn't like guava? - Dunno!

Hey, Chuck, calm down! You need to keep your head straight.

Do you know what to do?

Yes! I go and get my guava back.

I won't waste time talking to you.

- Who's with me? - Not me.

- Me neither. - I am!

Zeke!

I never turn down guava.

Gerard! Let's go, Son.

Like the saying goes: misfortunes never come singly.

We're late. Let's go!

With Gerard, comes Dr. Agripino.

Let's go, Son.

Time to seal the deal.

- What's this? - A guava.

Rosie Lee gave it to me. She's cool.

Good to see you're fitting in here.

It's great for business.

Just remember we don't have friends here.

We only have clients.

Don't worry, I'm socializing professionally.

Get down!

Now, help me!

- What are you doing? - Helping you.

Go on, don't stay still.

Welcome to Zucchini Village...

That's why I say, no friends.

- We have... - Clients.

There are more potholes!

Where others see a hole, I see opportunity.

Anybody home?

Today's the day we close the deal, Jed!

I don't know. We've gotten used to this dirt road

that goes behind the property.

These outdated little roads? We're gonna modernize the village, man!

What's the benefit?

What's the benefit?

I'm giving you the chance to connect all the land of Zucchini Village

in one fully paved road network.

- Agripino Road. - Road!

We get it.

But this asphalt will cost us a lot of money.

The price for the future.

- Two goats? - Stop being so cheap.

- How many "no's" will it take? - Three.

It's the third time you're here.

Sorry, but I don't see the point of having a road here.

Poor guava tree.

Vincent was right, he's slow.

- He is. - He's slow to understand.

Did he say that?

He doesn't want his friend left behind.

What else did he say?

Nonsense. Let's talk about good things,

like agricultural development, aerospace programs, and 3D printers.

You keep talking about guavas!

- Are you against progress? - Of course not.

Progress is knocking on your door. Knock, knock.

After a smooth road, picking fruit from your orchard,

and taking them to the world's top markets.

And why cut down the guava tree?

Why not use the back road here?

I'll miss the chance to build a modern road

with smooth curves, a dual lane, so you can overtake even in curves.

Knock this guava tree down.

Curves are the soul of the road.

Sir.

Sorry, but I don't plan to knock down my guava tree.

Will you...

excuse me?

Then you'll be left behind.

Clinging to a guava tree...

over connecting to the world.

But if you prefer the tree, I'll make sure you never set foot

on my road or anywhere in Zucchini Village.

Get ready to eat guavas for every meal, every day.

Nobody offers us that.

In that case, I prefer the world.

Great choice indeed!

Gerard, let's cut this guava tree down

and build Zucchini Village's first path to the future right here.

Cut it down!

No!

No!

- Is he your son? - No.

- It's a pest in the orchard. - No!

Stop this nonsense!

Folks, are you crazy? Just build the road elsewhere.

Look. There's some space over there. Further ahead, too.

Over there as well. Way up ahead.

But, no! Does it have to go right over the guava tree?

The guava tree's in the way.

No road's going to pass through here.

You're not listening to yourself. You can't be against this dream.

All united by an asphalt road.

It starts at Jed's land, circles your house,

cuts through Benny's and Rosie Lee's,

curves at the river, goes by Taka's, crosses Tabata's, turns at Zeke's,

passes the school, grocery store, radio station,

and ends at my father's farms.

But it's not passing by my guava tree!

Just a reminder: your guava tree is actually mine.

Kind of.

Thanks for the advice, pest. You're messing up the deal here.

- This is adult talk. - Adult talk!

Chuck...

- I think you should go. - Yeah, get out!

Jed, our friendship ends here.

This is wrong!

My world shattered like a guava.

Stop the world, I want to get off!

What kind of world trades guavas for asphalt?

But nobody will cut down my guava tree,

or my name isn't Francis Billy.

What if we followed him?

How? He's always on a speedboat.

Swimming!

What if we just asked Gerard why his boots were dirty?

Tabata...

We already tried that, but Chuck messed it up.

You're right.

It's all wrong! Stop the world, I want to get off!

I can still hear him. How rude!

Rosie Lee! You were...

right.

Chuck, what are you doing?

We...

were there.

- The guava... - Relax.

Jed...

The guava...

Cousin, I know you were hungry, but eating dirt?

Dr. Agripino and Gerard will build a road and chop down Jed's tree.

- I knew it! - I knew it!

No, I didn't.

- Where else? - Doesn't matter. Not through Jed's.

First, they cut trees, but no one cares 'cause we're not trees.

Then they take the animals, but we're not animals.

- We are mammals. - See? Mammals.

Yeah, but boats don't need roads.

Where else will the road go? Why build it?

- What if we make a map? - Yeah!

- Good idea. - Hold on, Rosie Lee.

- A map won't stop a tractor. - It was just an idea.

I have another one.

We tell everyone they're cutting down the guava tree for the road.

Everyone will side with us.

- How many lanes will it have? - Around five or four.

- And the shoulder. That's great! - Not for the guava tree!

There will be guava shipments every day. This road will bring progress!

- It's Jed's guava tree. - It's just a tree!

What? Just a tree?

You're focused on the road. What about the animals?

The pigs, the lizards, the birds.

Because we're not mammals, we're pigs.

Calm down.

- Charlotte! - Hi, baby.

The children are saying Dr. Agripino will build a road

that will be good for transporting pigs.

Wonderful! Just imagine, Agripino Road passing right here.

- That's not what we said. - What a good man he is!

He even thinks about pigs!

We had an idea, but no one agreed with us.

Now we're worried about the guava tree.

- Wait, I'm tired. - Do they need to cut Jed's guava tree?

- Why? Is it better? - Not for the guava tree.

That's weird...

Jed has so much space there. They could just move it a bit.

The tree's not in such an important spot.

What? The tree is not important?

- No, Chuck... - What do you mean?

It has the best guavas in Brazil!

- In the world, Latin America! - That's not...

- Listen... - And nobody does anything!

Is he angry?

How can they destroy you to build a road?

And eat what? Asphalt?

- We'll turn this or my name isn't... - Chuck!

- What? - Here, Chuck.

Hi, Rosie Lee.

Look.

Sorry to interrupt your talk, but I was worried about you.

No need to worry.

- I'm great. - Really?

You're all flustered. Looks like you saw a ghost.

- I'm not afraid of ghosts. - You are. Everybody is.

- Not me. - Everybody is.

Everybody?

What?

- Where does it go? - A head'd help.

I'm a Headless Mule, I can't have a head.

- It's upside down. - And the arms?

There are no arms. A mule's arms are its legs.

This costume only has legs.

- Terrifying... - The hole in the head goes in the foot.

Chuck, don't complain. You made the costumes.

Let's help.

This part is fine.

- Chuck, can I be a werewolf? - No.

Chuck...

- I howl better than you. - I don't have any feet issues.

Curupira's feet are backwards, mine spread.

- I howl better. - I howl better.

- I howl better! - I howl better!

- Howl! - I won't.

- Enough! - Enough!

Sorry.

Calm down, folks. Let's go already. I'm in a hurry.

- I was waiting for you. - Yeah, right.

Lights on, Taka.

Come on, I'll give you a hand.

Let's go. I'll help you.

First, the head.

- Let's go! - I can't see!

- Hurry! - Oh, my...

- Go. - Careful with your foot!

He sleeps like an angel.

- Indeed. - Indeed.

- Now. - Now.

Zeke, the Curupira!

Okay.

Let go, let go. Let go of my guavas, Chuck Billy!

We're the enchanted ones, and we're here to haunt you!

If you cut down the guava tree, we'll get you!

Leave me alone! I'm scared!

Is the Curupira howling?

I'll get you all!

Run!

Don't ever come back here!

Troublemakers!

Why did you howl? You ruined it!

- The wolf's my spirit animal. - No.

- I'm a wolf. - No.

- I am. - You just think you are.

- I am! - You're not!

Who's there?

It's just us!

Wow! Did you have fun at the costume party?

- Kind of... - Kind of...

You scared me! I thought it was a ghost.

I've never seen a Curupira scared of ghosts.

- I am a werewolf, Grandma. - You looked like a scared puppy running.

Let's enjoy and eat guava candy while we can, right?

What a shame... Tearing down that guava tree.

I won't let anyone touch it, Grandma.

You're just like me, when I was your age.

- A fake werewolf? - No.

I'd do anything to defend the forests, the rivers, the animals.

Did it work?

No at all.

All I've ever heard is men wanting to cut down trees.

Nature speaks, but man needs to learn to listen.

- But I'll find a way, Grandma. - Really?

Your plans always fail.

Chuck, you can't solve a problem that affects everyone if no one listens.

When I was your age, people said nature was a setback,

cutting trees meant progress.

I thought that had changed.

Well, people still promise the future with the same old lies.

So, we better give up and go home to sleep.

No. We must persist.

Water dripping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

Do you know when you think you got it all,

but then you realize you didn't understand at all?

I was so desperate at the time

that I decided to enter enemy territory.

I heard my grandma and understood it. We should be like water.

But the human body is already 70% water.

- So, not much to go, right? - No!

- What does water do? - It wets.

- Yeah. - Sure.

No! It wets until it wears.

Wasn't it "drips"?

- Yes! What should we do? - Let's get his machines wet.

- No! - Let's hit Dr. Agripino's machines.

- No! - Let's deflate his machines' tires.

No. We have to persist!

- Got it! - Got it!

And deflate his tires.

Come on! A map won't stop a tractor, but a flat tire will.

Sorry, Grandma. I'm not doing that.

- Just fill it up again. - Sorry, Grandma. I'm not doing that.

Folks, what if we just went in and investigated it?

- Maybe just water it? - No!

Chuck, enough. We're not going, right?

- Yeah. - Let's go.

Folks, let's go there. We can't miss this opportunity.

Come on! Let's stop Dr. Agripino's tractor.

Come on! I know where to hide.

Hurry! Let's go!

Chuck.

Oh, Chuck. Come on.

We didn't realize that while we were busy trying to save the guava tree,

our parents fell for Agripino's scam.

Well, without further ado, right to the point,

thank you all for being here in our house,

and I'm excited to say our dream is coming true.

- Agripino Road! - Road!

A dream you all share, a dream made of asphalt.

We're going to inaugurate a three-lane road in Zucchini Village,

with beautiful curves leading to their house.

- I told you! - No!

Not now.

Then it goes through their house.

Our last name is Oliveira.

- It's okay, now he knows. - It's not.

Then it goes to the Rodrigues'.

- Your diabetes, baby. - Thanks.

Then the road will stretch to pass by the river,

and loop around Suzuki's land.

- Sorry, sir, but I have to say something. - Baby, please.

Am I invisible, or is the tray guy ignoring me?

Jed said you're a bit impatient.

- Did he? - For your own good.

He didn't want his friend to be left out.

- Vincent doesn't miss an opportunity. - She's right.

Everyone knows I'm the smartest person in Zucchini Village.

- I can see that. - But I can't think without eating.

I haven't thought for ten minutes.

I need a candy so I can think again.

- I haven't eaten anything. - Relax!

There's more.

- Wow! - Wow!

- Wow! - Wow!

- It's not going to work. - You're too negative, Benny.

- It's not going to work! - Better!

Folks...

What are we going to do?

It's like a bicycle.

- Dr. Agripino will hear it. - Come on, man!

Can you folks help me? I can't do it all alone.

Calm down...

I didn't know a tire held so much air.

- He'll hear it! - Why not just roll the tire?

- Let's just run. - Or wet it.

Forget about it, Zeke!

Sorry.

I found something important. You need to see it.

You're interrupting the fight!

Aren't you listening? Did he pave your ears too?

I found something!

- He didn't pave my ears! - He did!

The road goes to the Almeida's,

and finally, it reaches Leleutério's land.

There you go!

Baby, I want one.

Do you know what's really good? This road will bring us all closer, right?

- It will be great. - Wait a minute.

- The distance will stay the same. - So smart!

- So, why pave it? - That doesn't make sense!

Less mud... less dust...

If you want to listen, I'm there.

Stop fighting! Problem solved.

- What have you done? - What's that?

- I saved the day once again. - What?

- Turn that off right now. - No one appreciates what I do.

Look what you've done!

- Calm down, Zeke! - Wait!

My hair!

- Chuck Billy! - Dad? Mom?

What are you and the children doing here?

- What are you doing here? - Deflating...

- What are you doing here? - It's obvious.

We, adults, are doing business, and the kids are causing trouble.

You're right, Son.

We try to bring progress and culture, and this is what we get in return.

First you messed with my guava tree, now with my family?

What? Calm down, Chuck Billy.

We came of our own free will and Agripino's summons.

- You owe him an apology. - Sorry, Dr. Agripino.

- And me too. - Sorry, Agripino's son.

An apology? No way you're falling for this.

Rosie Lee, you must understand, progress follows the road.

- Yeah! - Yeah!

Jed's giving his land, Tony too, even Vincent, sweetie!

- Yeah! - Yeah!

If it skips us, we'll be left behind.

- Yeah! - Yeah!

And we won't be left behind.

- Yeah! - Yeah!

One more thing! Someone who serves food like this can't be bad.

Yeah...

You can't be against this dream. All united by an asphalt road.

It starts at Jed's land, circles your house,

cuts through Benny's and Rosie Lee's, curves at the river, goes by Taka's,

crosses Tabata's, turns at Zeke's,

passes the school, grocery store, radio station,

and ends at my father's farms.

Gerard, you can build the road anywhere, but leave my guava tree alone.

We are nothing without it.

All this chaos because of the guava tree. I love kids, I really do.

What's so funny?

- Your faces. - Thanks, Dad!

- I didn't find that funny either. - Not now, honey. Go home.

- But... - Listen to your mom.

- You too, Chuck. - Please, mom!

We didn't do anything!

We didn't! Mom, I didn't do anything!

What a disappointment, Chuck Billy...

You disappointed us too.

We're starting tomorrow!

Do you know that feeling of stepping in the mud?

The more you pull your foot out, the deeper you sink.

We tried to do right, but it all went wrong.

- Folks, what if we... - Enough, Chuck!

It's all gone wrong. Stop giving ideas.

- But, Rosie Lee... - Enough! You never listen to anyone.

- She's right. - Yeah.

I needed to hear that.

Maybe I was acting stubborn,

with my ears shut.

It left me with a broken heart.

Right then, all I needed was to talk to someone who understood me.

You know you're my best friend, right?

And when I needed you the most, you gave me a guava.

And now that you need me, I can't help you out.

Chuck.

Is anyone there?

That's not funny.

- Chuck! - Hey!

- Right here! - Stop it!

- Is anyone there? - Me!

- Who? - Me!

- Here, Chuck! - Where?

Behind you.

- Hi, Chuck! - Do you know me?

Look!

Have I stained the clothes on your clothesline?

If so, I'm sorry. It wasn't really my fault.

It's the sheet's fault, it was too white and easy to stain.

No, Chuck.

I produce the guavas you eat.

- You look great, Jed! - No, Chuck!

Chuck.

Look at me.

Look carefully.

Check it out.

Look.

I'm sorry I failed you, Mrs. Guava Tree.

You didn't fail.

You tried!

That's what we need. You did your best.

But my best was worse for everyone.

First, you'll be cut. Sorry.

Second, my friends are all grounded.

Third, Gerard will be the asphalt king.

Anyway...

Being human is too hard. I wish I were nature, like you.

But you are, Chuck. You are nature just like me!

No, you don't get it.

I mean, like an ant.

A tree...

or a bird!

Okay.

- Oh, my guava pests! - Didn't you want this?

- What? - Be an ant.

Since it's easier than being human...

Chuck!

Sorry, but it's so sweet!

Look, Chuck. This is the daily life of an ant.

Easy peasy.

Let's go get this guava, ant crew!

No! Where are you going?

- Chuck. - Come back! I can't do this alone!

- Chuck. - Come back! It's hard!

- Come here. - An ant alone can't do anything.

I know, but they don't listen. Look! Come!

- I think you're not listening. - What?

- You're not listening. - I am.

- You're not. - I am.

- You're not, Chuck. - What do you know about it?

Trees don't even have ears. Have you ever seen one?

No! Because there isn't any. And you're right.

You don't need to listen or talk to anyone.

You just stand there in the middle of nowhere, chilling.

Alright.

I figured you out, you know?

Whatever I say, you turn me into it.

Wasn't that what you wanted? To stay here, still?

Chilling?

- Yeah. - So...

that's it.

No. Go away!

Beat it, Rocket! Not on me, go to her!

It happens.

Mrs. Guava Tree, I'm feeling a little hungry.

Could you please give me a guava?

Of course!

Thank you.

What now?

Now you just have to wait a couple of months

until it decomposes and absorbs.

Then, with your roots...

What? By then, I'll have starved.

See? And you thought we were just standing still.

Actually, here, everything is changing.

All the time. One puts the root in the water.

Then the fruit falls, and the other eats it.

We cooperate with each other. That way, everyone wins.

Some just mess things up, taking from others to grow.

They are the ones you call a pest.

I don't know about you trees, but I call it Gerard.

That's how nature works. One depends on the other.

Got it. Like I depend on Cousin Benny on test days.

No, Chuck, that's not what I meant.

Everyone is constantly exchanging things with each other.

Whether it's an ant,

a tree connecting the earth to the sky, or a bird that's always flying.

- You sure have a lot of tricks, huh? - See, Chuck?

We need to see things from different angles.

That way, we understand them better.

That's why it's good to listen and look from below,

from the sides, from above.

Mrs. Guava Tree, wait for me!

- Wait! - What are you afraid of?

Of flying! I don't know how.

Let go, Chuck!

Sing! Fly!

- You're a bird now! - I know how to fly!

Who's the cutest little bird? It's me!

- Chuck... - Who is the cutest little bird?

It's me!

Chuck!

- I think it's best if you just fly... - Sorry.

Mrs. Guava Tree, look! It's my house.

Chuck! Be careful, you're flying too fast!

It's Rosie Lee's house.

Jed's orchard. It's you, Mrs. Guava Tree!

The grocery store. The school.

Taka's house. Cousin Benny's house.

What?

Chuck!

Ouch!

Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you, Mrs. Guava Tree!

Now, I was sure of one thing.

If I told anyone that, they'd think I went crazy.

It was right there, but I couldn't see it.

In order to see, I needed to listen.

And I didn't.

Rosie Lee!

Rosie Lee!

What are you doing? I'm grounded because of you.

- Let's save the tree. - Enough!

Go away. Goodbye!

Rosie Lee, I'm sorry.

I thought you were wrong, but you're right.

I wasn't listening.

Shall we use the map?

Let's go!

Run, Zeke!

I can't understand you! Speak one at a time!

Silence. Explain it one at a time.

Hold on.

That's it.

Got it.

One for you, one for you, and one for...

Nope.

- We won't have time. - Wait. Stop that tractor, I'll take over.

Deal? Trust me.

Let's go, Zeke!

Run, run!

- Let's go! - Wait!

Rooster crowed, sun shone bright, you woke up in Brazil's greatest site!

Zucchini Village!

- How do I speak? - Use a deep voice.

- What do you mean? Like this? - No, too fake.

Hello?

Here you'll find news, weather forecast,

complaints, and the best of viola music.

Hello.

Those awake are up, those still sleeping are about to get up.

Speak, Zucchini!

The phone rang, so it's time for our telecommunication moment.

- Speak, Zucchini! - Speak, Zucchini!

- Who is it? - It's Ro... sanne.

- Where are you calling from? - From the payphone.

A big shout-out to everyone in Payphone!

- What's your message? - First, I'm a big fan!

Thank you, I'm flattered.

Second, I'd like to let everyone know Jed is giving away free guavas.

- Jed's giving something free? - Just go and grab it.

I repeat, Jed is giving away free guavas. Just go and grab it.

- Free guava? - Free guava?

- Free guava. I repeat, free guava. - Free guava...

The map!

Thank you.

Here!

Thank you!

Let's go, let's go!

Free guava!

- Listen, Cousin! Free guavas! - What happened, boys?

Jed is giving away free guavas. Let's go there!

Free guava? Jed? He lost his mind!

- Let's eat some guavas! - Crazy!

Free guava at Jed's farm!

Hello?

Jed is giving away free guavas.

Go to his farm!

It's now or never. It's not apples, bananas, or pineapples, it's free guavas!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, kids!

Hey, guava pests. Move. We're tearing all this down.

Sorry, not now.

- It's nap time, right, Zeke? - Beauty sleep.

Hey, kids!

Do you think you can stop a fleet of tractors?

Do we?

- I think so. - Just two ugly kids like you?

Not alone.

Not alone.

Here, Benny!

- Hi, Chuck! Hi, Zeke! - Hi, Chuck! Hi, Zeke!

What kind of party is this in my backyard?

They're trying to stop progress.

Hey, hey! Sorry to interrupt your argument,

but where are the free guavas?

Free guava?

Why would I give free guavas to you?

I'm not as slow as you've been saying around.

- You're the one saying I'm impatient. - Me?

- Yeah. - Vincent, we're not here to fight.

- We're here to eat. - To eat guava!

- Yeah! - Yeah!

- You like guavas, huh? - But cutting the tree's fine?

- We've talked about this. - That's how things are.

One tree dies, a road is born.

It's nature's wonders.

- The cycles. - The cycles.

The potholes are just terrible.

The egg becomes an omelet by the time we get to the store.

It has to be paved, there's no way around it.

Let's eat and go back home.

Do they need to pave right over the guava tree?

Yeah, folks.

Looks like you've got your ears paved.

There's no need for a road here.

Chuck Billy.

Are you an engineer?

- I'm not an engineer, sir. - So, trust in what we're doing.

- Yeah. - We studied to do this project.

We study too.

- Sure... - Sure...

A little, but we do.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Children...

You have to accept progress, and the asphalt in your hearts, right?

- Yeah! - Yeah!

- No one here is against progress. - How could we be against a road that...

- What's that? - For the thousandth time...

You can't be against this dream. All united by an asphalt road.

It starts at Jed's land, circles your house,

cuts through Benny's and Rosie Lee's,

curves at the river, goes by Taka's, crosses Tabata's, turns at Zeke's,

passes the school, grocery store, radio station,

and ends at my father's farms.

Great road, Engineer Agripino. Look. It goes through the whole village.

Wait, the road is going over the river too?

Of course not!

I'll make a roundabout around the spring,

so it spirals up in three levels.

That way, if the water wants to rise, we'll have a fully channeled waterfall.

That sounds weird, doesn't it?

- Through the Environmental Reserve? - Really?

No! Of course not!

I've planned a viaduct so that if the macaws want,

they can cross the forest safely.

This map is too crooked.

Gerard, do we really need all this back and forth?

Of course. The more, the better. We get paid by the meter, right, Dad?

Gerard...

You were going to cut down my guava tree to sell more asphalt.

- My pigsty too? - And my garden?

- Our garden! - Our garden!

- You killed my orchid garden. - Not yet.

Poor little orchids. That was an "orchidicide"!

Calm down.

The more curves, the prettier the road. That's what he meant, right?

- Sure! - Prettier and more expensive, right?

I won't pay for these curves.

You were going to cut down my guava tree to sell more asphalt!

Calm down!

Yes. I had a lot of asphalt in stock. Actually, I can offer a discount and...

Start the machine!

Run, son!

Go home, we'll meet there!

Asphalt is funny as long as it's somebody else's guava.

It looks like the kids were right.

- They weren't totally wrong. - They had a point.

- It's complicated. - I think I had my suspicions, right?

- No, you didn't. - I didn't.

You folks didn't know anything.

He saved the guava tree.

Chuck Billy!

Sorry we didn't listen to you.

But actually, it all worked out.

Because I saw who was on my side, and who wasn't.

And, most importantly, Rosie Lee!

- Yeah! - Yeah!

So, long live Chuck Billy, Rosie Lee,

and all the children of Zucchini Village!

Mom loves you, Son!

I didn't want to give reason to the kids, but I...

- He never fully convinced me. - Yes.

As usual, those who could've acted didn't,

and said nothing could have been done.

Anyway, now comes my favorite part of this story.

Adults...

Yeah.

Chuck.

You finally listened to me, but I didn't listen to you.

What was that guava about?

Rosie Lee, now I'm embarrassed.

Well, how about tomorrow?

Tomorrow's good. Here?

Here's good.

At sunset?

Sunset's good.

- Good, then. - Good.

That's how the story ends,

and now you finally understand why I am all neat.

Wait a bit.

- Hi, Chuck! - Hi, Rosie Lee.

You look so...

So...

So clumsy.

Thank you.

So, what did you want to tell me?

I wanted to tell you...

that...

I wanted to tell you that...

- That... - That...

Chuck.

A guava for you.

Did you see that?

She gave me a guava! Rosie Lee gave me a guava! A guava!

It's made of dreams and dust

The destiny of one alone

Like me, lost in thoughts Riding my horse

It's about lasso and knot

In the pocket, the bitter gourd

Through this life lived under the sun

I'm a country boy

Our Lady of Aparecida

Light up the dark mine And shape the train of my life

I'm a country boy

Our Lady of Aparecida

Light up the dark mine And shape the train of my life

BASED ON THOUSANDS OF COMIC STORIES BY MAURICIO DE SOUSA

Get off my property, Chuck Billy!