Original subtitles

- Mm? Hey!

[dog barking] Ah!

Ah!

[whimpers]

[dog barks]

clunk!

[dog whimpers]

[dog sniffs]

[wolf howling]

[leaves rustling]

[wolf howls]

[crows caw]

[rustling]

Ah! Ooh! Ah!

[panting]

[rustling]

[low growl]

[dog growling]

Ah! Ah!

[whimpers]

[panting]

[dog growls]

[whimpering]

[dog barks]

[laughs]

Whoa! Oh! Whoa!

[dog growling]

Ah! Oh!

[dog growling]

[growling and whimpering]

Whoa!

[grunts]

Whoa!

Oh!

Hmm.

[dog growling]

[whimpering]

Ow!

[dog sniffing]

[dog grunting]

Ah!

Oh!

[grunts]

[grunts]

Ow.

Oh!

Ah!

Oh.

Huh?

Hmm.

Ah.

[birds chirping]

[indistinct conversation]

- You know your secret's safe with us.

- This better be good.

- Come on. We're almost there.

[all grunt]

Okay, you can look now.

- It's about time.

- Here we are. Our very own clubhouse.

- [gasps] Our very own? I don't believe it.

- Wow, kid, it's fabulous.

- And nobody'll know about it.

It'll be our secret hideaway.

[wheezing sound]

Huh?

- Hello, Linda.

- Oh, no.

- And who is this?

- His name's Cebolo.

His family just moved to the forest,

and I'm supposed to be nice to him.

- I lived in the city before,

but the air is too smoggy and polluted there.

[breathes deeply]

And since I have asthma,

my parents figured we'd be better off in the country.

- He's so boring.

- Hey, Cebolo. Welcome.

- What is this, a clubhouse?

- Oh.

- And it's brand spanking new.

- The kids back home had a clubhouse too,

and it was full of treasure and food and stuff.

But they—but they never let me go to their meetings.

- Well, this place will have treasure too.

Go on. Check it out.

- Oh, well, there aren't any bugs here, are there?

- Yeah.

With a bit of touching up here and there, mm-hmm.

- Boy, it sure is dark.

[flame whooshes]

Uh, you know, my dad says it's dangerous to play with fire.

- It's not so bad.

We'll make it into a meeting room

with a big table where we can plan all our big adventures.

- And we can make a hole to let the sunlight in.

- Ah! A snake!

I can't see. I can't see.

- Down, Cebolo. - Whoa.

- I can't see.

Where—where are you?

I can't see.

- Watch out!

- [grunts]

[coughing]

- Fuego! Fuego!

Everybody get out!

Quick!

We got to get out of here.

[coughing]

Come on, Linda! Let's go!

[wood crashes]

[all coughing]

- That darn snake.

- Huh? Huh? Where's Piorno?

[feet padding softly]

- [panting]

- [sighs]

- Oh, oh—

- Is this your snake, chico?

- I—oh, um...

[deep creaking]

- Huh? Huh?

Ah! Ah! Ah!

[clattering]

Oh.

[whimpers]

- Look what you've done.

- I'll fix it.

I promise.

- Forget it.

You've done enough already.

- [sighs]

- [sighs]

I had such big plans.

- Don't you worry.

We're gonna make it better than ever.

- It's hopeless.

Where are we gonna get all the tools and stuff?

Forget it.

- Think like a mouse, man.

I know just the place where we can get everything we need

and lunch too, if we're lucky.

Trust your friend Piorno.

We'll have our clubhouse.

- Really?

[flies buzzing]

[tires screeching]

- Hey! Attention.

Tell me. [chuckles]

What is the most repugnant creature in the animal kingdom?

Hmm?

[tick-tocking]

- Um. Uh...

I know. I know.

It's the fly.

- No. No!

- [grunts]

Hey.

- No, mosquito brain.

Look there.

[giggling]

This guy's even uglier than your cousin Che-Che.

- Hey, you be nice.

- Well, you know it's bad when the flies make fun of you.

I thought it would be different here.

But it's useless.

Nobody wants to be my friend.

- Well, we understand.

We're not very popular either.

- My dad says it's 'cause I'm too smart,

but it doesn't make me feel any better.

- Yeah, yeah.

That's the way with us also.

- Oh. - [sniffing]

Man, do you smell bad.

- That's because I was born in an onion patch,

and I love eating onions.

- Your breath explains why you don't have any friends.

[cackles]

- [giggles]

- Oh.

I don't even know why I try.

- Uh...

- Hey, buddy, don't be upset.

We like you.

- Yeah, you smell good.

- Hey, we're going to the farmhouse to play with the cows.

You want to come?

- They got really tasty poo.

- [groans]

- Come on. - Oh, yum, yum, yum.

[birds chirping]

- I hate this house.

Full of noises and pests.

I hate having to come here every year.

I absolutely hate it.

- Oh. Oh.

- Hmm. Hmm.

Sabela, dear?

- Mm-hmm? - Can you come here a moment?

What did I tell you about that?

- [stammering]

The master said—

- I don't give a cat's whisker what the master says.

I don't want that horrible painting hanging on my wall.

He keeps looking at me.

Oh.

Ech.

Oh.

Ooh.

[chomping sound]

[screams]

- Oh!

Oh!

- [screams]

- Ah!

[cat meows]

- Get it out of my sight.

Now!

[cat meows]

[chuckles]

[cat meows]

This fumigator will do away with every last living bug.

And these amulets are for all you stinking spirits

and ghosts in here.

[cackles]

Take heed of my power and be gone.

[whooshing sound]

I command you.

[click]

[gas hissing]

[cat coughing]

Ah.

Little kitty cat.

[cat meows]

Ah.

- Oh.

- Ugh, shame on us.

We free ourselves from living with man,

only to wind up eating his garbage.

Ooh.

- But, boss, the cat clan is hungry,

and I don't buy that stuff

about sucking on leaves giving you energy.

Well, heck, it only gives me gas, boss, you know?

[hiccups and burps]

- [growls]

Okay, Gordo, I get the point.

But we'll tell them that we raided a truck.

Putting my life under great peril, I the great...

- [gasps] - Leader of the clan of—

- Hey, you guys are cats.

- Oh, what's this?

An intellectual in our midst.

- [growls]

- Take it easy, big boy.

We're just serving the community with a little recycling.

smack!

- [growling]

- Ah, typical of domestic animals.

You asked for it.

- Huh?

- [growls]

- Oh, no, not the Shaolin panther move.

- [growls]

Ow.

- [growling]

smack!

- Ooh!

- Boss.

- [grunting]

Come on, dog breath.

Is that the best you can do?

- [gasps]

[both growling]

- Cool. A fight.

- [yelps]

- Huh?

- [laughs]

both: One, two, three,

four, five,

six, seven,

eight, nine.

- [whimpers]

- Yeah.

- [growls]

- We're gonna die.

- Nothin' doing.

This is where it gets good.

- I put 20 cowpats on the cat.

[both grunting]

[growling and barking]

[dog barking]

[phone rings]

- Mmm, hello?

- Good afternoon, ma'am.

This is road and factory incorporated.

Uh, we're calling about

a fantastic moneymaking opportunity

for you and your husband.

- Look, just tell me what you are selling.

- Well, uh, county records show that you're the owners

of some unexploited forest land

that's extremely valuable to our company

for the purposes of road-building

and, uh, industrial development.

- Hmm, just how valuable?

Ah! Ah!

[clattering]

- Are you there?

Ma'am, hello?

- Yes.

[chortles]

- Go, cat. Come on.

- Back off. My money's on the cat.

- That's not fair.

[dog barking]

- Come on, doggy.

Jump. Jump. Jump.

[branch cracking]

Uh, ooh.

Oh. Uh-oh.

- [growling]

- Uh, okay, you take the cat.

- But— - All bets closed.

20 cowpats.

- Oh.

[branch creaking]

Mmm.

[screeches]

thump!

- Ooh. - Yikes.

Ooh, that was a doozy of a fall, man.

- Ah-ha.

Don't you have any clever last words

before dying?

- [growling]

- Here, sweetie.

Come here, good boy.

- [growls]

[chomps]

You won't be so lucky next time.

- Whoa.

- Aw, man.

Just when it was getting interesting.

- [grunts]

Take note, Gordo.

Dog forfeits, cat wins.

You hear that?

Dog breath.

- [growling]

- Eh.

- [growls]

- [chuckles]

Oh.

Ooh.

Oh, is this an angel I see before me?

Am I in heaven?

- Hey.

Hey, bug off, pal.

- Huh?

Oh.

Did you see that?

The most beautiful cat in the world, where did she go?

- I think that fall shook something loose.

- I won. I won.

[laughs]

Yeah.

- No, you didn't. - Huh?

- I won.

The cat lost his marbles.

- She was there, behind the sheets.

The branch broke, and then—

aw.

- The cat, oh, sure, yeah, that was some cat.

Yeah, yeah.

Come on. Let's go before she gets back.

- [purrs]

[dog barking]

[chain clanking]

I'll be back, sweetheart.

- [growling]

[barks]

[flies buzzing]

- Let's go. Show's over.

I've got cowpats to collect.

- [grunts]

- Oh, man, I always lose.

[cat talking]

- I'll bet they've got everything we need

to make our clubhouse the sweetest ever seen.

- Yeah, but are you sure you want to go in there?

- I'm in. I'm not afraid of anything.

[screaming]

- [chuckles]

What was that you were saying, Linda?

- What are you doing here?

- Well, what about you?

- We're gonna get some stuff to fix up the clubhouse.

- What?

- Onion head is coming with us.

You got a problem with that?

- They're made for each other.

- Don't tell me you're going in there.

- Cebolo, we're gophers. We go for it.

- But they've got a guard dog.

- Oh, a guard dog. I'm so scared.

- Don't listen to her, Cebolo.

See you later, okay?

- Come on, buddy.

- We'll take everything we need to turn the hideout...

- Where you going?

You little maggot!

Can you believe it?

After all we've done for him.

- What are a bunch of trees in exchange for progress?

- But darling, I—

- Perhaps the road will bring other businesses,

houses, buildings.

Ooh, I can see it now.

[chuckles]

Right here, a beautiful city.

Not to mention the shopping opportunities.

We'll be rich beyond our wildest dreams.

- But—uh—oh—

I love the forest.

My father—oh!

- Darling, you can't stop progress, now, can you?

Besides, you'll be able to buy yourself a new forest

of bonsais.

But for now, you're going to sing those papers.

Understand?

But we have to be quick.

If we don't sign right away,

the company will build their road somewhere else.

And we can't have that.

- Something's not quite right here.

- I'll go see if the fax has arrived.

[heels clicking]

- We have to get up there somehow.

- You guys are crazy.

The guard dog might show up any minute.

- Take it easy, kid.

Put a little faith in my detective instincts.

Mi true calling was as a spy.

Not one detail escapes me.

Wait here.

I'll toss the stuff down to you.

Ah-ha.

I can smell danger from miles away.

[door clicks]

- Ah. Ah. The door.

The—the door.

[gasps]

- Hmm.

Ah.

- [sighs]

- Piorno, a name that's synonymous with stealth,

like a stalking shadow,

he penetrates into enemy territory

without raising the alarm.

[alarm whirs]

Ah-ha-ha-hai!

[bed creaks]

- Huh?

- Oh, and another thing.

The road company said they'd pay us more

if we cleared the land ourselves.

So naturally, I agreed.

- You mean you want us to cut down the trees?

- Yes.

And that's just what you'll do.

- What's going on, Piorno?

- What's with all the noise?

[cranking]

- Ay, mamita.

- [gasps]

What is this?

- Buddy,

I'm no engineer,

but these trees, they don't look so good.

- Darling, do you know where my father's painting—

- You know perfectly well I can't stand dead people

hanging on the wall,

much less a painting of that country bumpkin

who always thought he was better than me.

- Mother always said I was just like him.

- Yes.

Soft in the head.

[fax machine cranking]

- Oh, me whiskers, what a mess.

- The humans are definitely up to something.

We better take the papers with us.

Try to push them over, Piorno.

- Coming your way, buddy.

[feet padding]

Whoa.

Stop. Stop.

- Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness.

Maybe I should wait for you guys somewhere else.

[door handle rattling]

[gasps]

- Ah!

[screaming]

- [grunting]

- I'm going to get you.

- Ah!

[panting frantically]

- [grunting]

- Oh. Oh.

- Nasty, thieving little rodents.

- I have to go get help.

- Ah!

- Ah. Ah!

Ah!

- Ah.

Yeah, rica!

- No, no.

- [grunting]

- [grunts]

[both scream]

- ? Bah-bu-dum-bah-dum ?

[both screaming]

Piorno to the rescue.

Geronimo!

- Furi, let go of the paper.

- You must be joking.

- Yeah. Here I come, man.

I got you, guys.

[all grunting]

- Ah!

- Here I come for you.

I got you.

- [screams]

- All right.

[all screaming]

- [grunts]

- Ooh. Ooh.

Ah.

Mmm. Ah.

- [gasping]

- You okay, darling?

- Where were you?

A mouse and two gophers were trying

to run off with the papers.

- Oh, no.

- What kind of filthy office do you keep?

Sign the papers now.

And call Rosendo and have them take them

to the city straightaway.

- [groans]

Yes, dear.

Whatever.

- Wow.

- Ahem.

Mrs. D'Abondo told me to come pick up

some important papers.

- That's right, Rosendo.

Our strolls through the woods are over.

It seems we're gonna sell the land to developers.

- Did you hear that?

- They're going to cut down the trees in the forest.

- Take these papers to the city as soon as possible.

And while you're at it, take the ox for a walk.

- Yes, sir.

- Oh.

My father would be so ashamed of me.

- [coughing]

I think I ate a worm.

- We have to get back in there and get ahold of those papers.

[gasps]

Daddy.

- Cebolo.

- Foolish children, what were you thinking,

going into the farmhouse like that?

- You snitched on us.

- But you guys were in danger.

- Cebolo did the right thing.

- But dad—

- But nothing.

- Please, just let me explain.

We found out something very serious.

The entire forest in danger.

- Cut down?

- We'll be whittled down to toothpicks.

- Easy, now, friends.

Let's not panic.

- Oh. - Tell me, Furi.

Why do the humans want to cut down the forest?

- I don't know.

But they had some strange papers.

- I just don't get it.

Man doesn't always respect nature, but—

- But we saw something.

- Are you sure?

Be aware that what you're saying is very serious.

You might be mistaken.

- Yeah, he's right.

Maybe they're mistaken.

- Yes, I'm sure it's a misunderstanding.

- I'll never forget those long walks

that old Mr. D'Abondo used to take through the forest.

- I'll always remember that time he saved us

from being burned to death.

- Furi, I don't know what you saw,

but we mustn't frighten the forest without proof.

Do you understand?

- Yeah, but—

- Furi.

- [sighs] Okay.

- Hmm.

- They don't believe us.

- Then we'll just have to prove it to them.

- Guys, I have an idea,

but I'll be dangerous.

So what do you say? Are you with me?

- Mm-hmm.

- We'll meet in our secret clubhouse, okay?

- At midnight.

- [gasps] It'll be the club's first case.

- [gasps]

[crickets chirping]

Oh.

- Come on.

- So we gonna tell the old gopher about this?

- Oh, no, no, no.

I've already messed things up enough.

I just want them to accept me as a friend, that's all.

- Oh, onion head, what do you need more friends for anyway?

You got us.

- Yeah, yeah.

We don't care if you're a big old scaredy-cat.

Do we, Huhu? - Mm-mm.

- Hmm.

- Heh, I don't know why he's so mad.

- Hey, wait for me.

- [gasps] You again?

- Uh, I wanted to apologize for everything.

- It'd be best if you left, Cebolo.

This might be too dangerous for you.

- That's right.

Go and tell on us to the grown-ups.

- We told you.

They're not worth it.

- We're much cooler anyway. [chuckles]

- Oh, give me a chance.

I know I'm not like the other gophers,

but I want to be a part of this forest.

Nobody's ever let me be a part of anything.

- He's right. - Furi.

- Besides, you can never have too many friends.

- Oh, thanks.

I won't let you down.

[grunts]

[crashing]

- This is just crazy.

- Hey, he's forgotten all about us.

- Meh, we don't need him.

We have more interesting things to do.

- We do?

[flies buzz]

- Go away.

Go buzz somewhere else.

- Oh, that's rich.

They're the ones that can buzz off.

- Yeah, besides, I don't buzz.

I hum.

- Yeah, that's right, my man.

We are a pair of musical humdingers.

[both hum rhythmically]

??

- [gulps]

- [grunting]

Aw, gross, man.

- Eh. - Eh.

[laughing] That was fun.

Again. Again.

- Eh, get off me, mosquito brain.

Do you even know where we are?

- An amusement park.

- In the stomach of a filthy land-crawling animal.

We've been eaten, you idiot.

- You're kidding.

[buzzing and groaning]

- We've got to remain calm.

- [panting]

[both scream]

- We've been tamed.

We've lost our strength.

We cashed it in for the price of a bowl of milk and a blanket.

But our hour is at hand.

I know you're hungry, very hungry.

But that's gonna change.

We're gonna hunt an ox.

Are you with me?

- Oui, oui.

- What's an ox?

- A big animal,

a worthy target for all of us.

- With a powerful tail

and huge sharp horns.

- It's very simple.

The ox will pass by on the path precisely here.

We'll wait, hidden in the trees.

And as it's walking by...

[all gasp] We'll jump on it.

- My last tango.

- Are we or are we not wild cats?

[whimpering agreement]

Are we or are we not deadly panthers?

both: Wild panthers.

- Well, as long as I can eat, I'll be whatever you want.

- We'll show man what we're capable of.

We're ferocious.

- We're totally crazy.

- We're tough and dangerous.

We are the clan of the free cats.

What do you say?

[all mumble and stutter]

We have to train.

Get moving, my brave ones.

- Ohph.

[both panting]

- So what next?

- Well, we tried all-out hysteria.

- That usually works.

- We're left with no other option.

I know it's painful,

but we're going to have to think.

- [gasps]

Mmm, so how do you think?

- You put your legs like this and you buzz softly.

Mmm.

- All right, but I don't buzz.

I hum.

[both hum]

- ? We can't lose and we can't fail ?

- ? Cat clan panthers kick ox tail ?

- ? Cat clan panthers kick ox tail ?

- Company halt!

Fall in!

[all grunting and groaning]

Feline formation!

[all grunt]

- Do you have to yell so much?

- Company, eyes left!

- Which is left?

both: But is it his left or is it ours?

- Ugh.

Attention. Attention.

Company...

attack!

[wood creaking]

both: You first.

- No, you. - No, you.

[both snoring]

- Come on.

[both grunt]

[both gasp]

- An earthquake!

He's digesting.

- It's the end.

[both grunting]

snap!

- [groans]

Huhu, what's going on?

I can't feel my legs.

- Hang on, Hoho.

Hoho!

- I'm going to have to ask for special permission

to take a backseat.

I've already used up seven cat lives, maybe eight.

Why do I get the feeling you're not listening?

- Eh.

We're going to triumph.

We're invincible.

We are a force of...

clang!

- We are a cat-tastrophy.

- [sniffing]

Okay, chicos. Here we are.

And now...

- And now? - And now?

- For the moment, wait for the man to show up.

- The man? - Hush, kid.

Shh. Keep it down, or you'll ruin everything.

- Again.

- But, uh, do we have a plan?

- Maybe if you had paid attention

instead of sleeping all night.

- It's just that fear makes me tired.

[all sigh]

- All right, here's the plan.

We steal all the man's paper and show them to the trees

to prove the forest is in danger.

- Mm-hmm-hmm.

- Mm-hmm.

- Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

- Hoho!

Hoho!

Where are you?

- Here!

I see a light!

There's a light at the end of the tunnel.

- Stay away from it!

Don't follow it.

It's dangerous.

- And there's poo-poo,

lots and lots of poo-poo.

- It must be fly heaven.

Come back!

Don't go into the light.

- I can't resist it.

It's drawing me in.

- Hang in there, buddy.

Don't slip away.

- I don't know if I can hold on much longer.

[both grunting]

- [straining]

- [straining]

Don't give up, buddy.

- [groaning]

- Come on.

[groaning]

[loud farting noise]

- [giggles]

- Oh.

[chuckles]

- [shivering]

- Oh, someone's coming.

Piorno, it's time to take our positions.

- Yeah.

- We're gonna die.

- Will you be quiet?

By the way, when Piorno scares him,

what do we do then?

- I'm not really sure.

We'll have to improvise.

- But I don't think Piorno will be able to scare him.

That human is really tough.

- Doesn't have to scare the human, Einstein.

It's the ox.

- It's the ox?

- Well, of course.

Everybody knows that oxen are afraid of mice.

- Now we're definitely gonna die.

It's not oxen that are afraid of mice.

It's elephants.

- Huh?

[all mumbling frantically]

- What?

- [gasps]

- The man.

both: Zee ox is coming.

- [groans]

[sniffs]

[western showdown music plays]

Uh-huh.

Ah-ha.

[all gasp]

[ox grunting]

[cat squeals]

- Attack!

[all gasp]

- Huh?

Hey, what the—

hey!

[grunting]

- [gasps]

- Ah!

- Piorno, the bag.

The papers must be inside.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Good luck, Piorno.

- Varmint.

[ox moos]

[mooing and screeching]

- Oh, hey.

[meowing and mooing]

- Hey! Hey!

[ox moos]

- [grunting]

- Oh!

- Ay, mamita.

[both grunting]

thump!

¿Que pasa?

- [grunting]

- [screeches]

- Huh?

Oh!

[ox moos]

- [growls]

- [grunts]

[growling and yelling]

both: Oh.

clank!

[ox moos]

[ox roars]

[echoing moo]

boom!

- Huh?

- Mmm. - [groans]

- Oh.

- [groaning]

[warbling meow]

- Ah.

Retreat!

- [grunting]

[grunting]

- Ay, mamita!

- Piorno.

- [gasps]

- Oh.

Whose idea was that?

- We have to save him.

- Uh-huh.

- I cannot believe they just tried to attack you.

[ox moos]

- Come on, guys. That wasn't so bad.

- Oh, really?

Well, I don't see that ox anywhere around here.

- What do you mean?

Check this out.

An ox skin bag,

the very latest in men's and women's fashion.

- As a comedian,

there's no one like you, boss.

- Maybe it's full of food.

- Hey, hey.

- Yuck, not even I would eat that.

- [grunting]

Oh!

[sighs]

[cats sniffing] Hey, what's up, guys?

all: Mmm.

- [humming]

[all sniffing]

[heartbeat quickening]

- Ooh!

- [growls]

- Huh?

Piorno.

- Argh...

- Wait.

We need something to defend ourselves with.

- Oh.

We're gonna die.

- Yum-yum.

- [grunting]

[shivering]

- How do you know he lives with the humans?

- Well, only domestic mice are that fat.

- Don't believe it.

I'm skin and bones.

both: I'll have a leg.

No, I'll have a leg.

You're such a copycat!

- Don't worry. There are two legs.

both: Oh, okay.

- [shivering] Uh. Uh.

Ooh. Ah. Ah.

[rumbling]

- [grunts]

Stop!

- Get back!

We only want to take our friend with us.

If nobody moves, nobody gets hurt.

[all laugh]

- Ooh, look how I'm shaking.

- Help.

Help.

- Ha-ha.

- [gasps]

Help.

[grunting]

- We're going to have a feast today.

- Hey, you, big guy.

- [screeches]

- So that's what you want, food.

Let's make a deal.

- [growling]

- Three gophers and a mouse aren't enough for a whole clan.

But if you let us go, we'll get you a whole banquet.

- So how you gonna do that?

- We'll go to the farmhouse.

- Don't listen to them.

It's probably a trap.

- No, the farmhouse is full of food.

We'll find everything there.

- So the farmhouse, huh?

All we want, you say?

[distant meow]

Okay, the mouse stays here, just in case.

I'll come with you to make sure you're not pulling a fast one.

One wrong move,

and you can say good-bye to your little friend.

- Okay, but one more thing.

When we return,

we want the papers that were in that bag.

- [snoring]

- I swear, ma'am.

There were cats everywhere.

They took the papers

and tried to kill the ox.

But I stopped them.

- Imbecile.

- [whimpering]

- Who cares about the ox?

Oh!

- [shouting]

boing!

- How was your flight?

- Ah!

[cats meow]

- Oh. Oh.

My, what cute little kittens.

You must be hungry.

Oh, there, there.

There's more than enough for the both of you.

- Where's the food?

- There.

- Cool.

- [gasps]

Ooh.

[bones cracks] Ugh.

- [screeches] - [gasps]

- Huh?

- Attacked by a band of cats.

I've never heard anything so stupid.

You've lost my papers.

And you'll make me lose a lot of money

if they build that road someplace else.

I'm not wasting any more time here.

- [grunting]

- We shouldn't be here.

It's very dangerous.

- Cebolo, for a friend, you do whatever it takes.

- [gasps]

[meows angrily]

- Hey, easy there, tigress.

Don't you remember me?

- You're stepping in my milk bowl.

- Uh, sorry.

[straining and grunting]

- Whoa!

Oh!

- Ta-da.

Ooh.

- Oh.

- [sighs]

[metal clicking]

Ha-ha.

Wow.

[gasps]

[chuckles]

Ha-ha!

- Oh, no. - [cackling]

- Ah, you seemed nicer the other day.

- Look.

I don't know who you are or what you're after.

- Today's your lucky day, sweetheart.

I've come to invite you

to a romantic dinner.

- Oh, I don't like fish bones.

- Got that, kitchen?

No fish bones.

For you, only the best rodent mixed grill.

- [gasps]

- What time should I pick you up?

- [groans]

[screeches]

- Oh, such character.

[purrs]

- Light as a feather pillow.

Batteries included.

- Poor woman's gone crazy.

- Furi.

- Hey, pearl, great to see you.

- You know each other?

- This is your mixed grill?

- Uh...

no way.

This little guy and I are great friends.

Right, pal?

- Furi, his name is Furi.

- They've got Piorno,

and if we don't bring them the food we owe them—

ow.

[chainsaw buzzing]

- And best of all,

very noisy.

- Oh.

- Time to go.

- I'll go with you.

I don't trust that conceited cat.

- We're gonna die.

- En garde.

[cackling]

Yow!

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

[both whimpering]

[cackling]

[chainsaw revving]

- I'm getting tired of this.

- So am I.

Why don't we get out?

- For once, I fully agree with you.

- Whoa.

That's the most beautiful thing I've seen in my whole life.

[chomps]

- Thank you, friends.

Thank you.

- He was in the food, so that means he's food, isn't he?

- Let him go.

A deal is a deal.

- Wha—wha—

aw.

all: Cebolo.

- Oh.

- All right, little guys, a promise is a promise.

- I don't understand.

What is this?

- It's a road.

- But what's a road?

- It's like a path,

but very wide.

- I could see one of those things from my old house.

But—but not even we can pierce it with our teeth.

- Bad. Very bad news indeed.

- On it, nothing grows nor lives.

Around it, the trees and the plants all die,

to say nothing of the cats

that mysteriously appear flattened on it.

[all gasp]

- We have to go.

We have to warn the forest.

- Just a minute.

[bell clinking]

- Oh. - Take this with you.

My old master gave it to me.

I can hear it from miles away.

If you need help from the clan of the free cats,

all you have to do is give it a shake.

[bell clinking]

We're all in this together now.

[slurps]

[chomps]

[rumbling]

- Hey!

Oh, no, no.

Until we get out, nothing gets in.

- Now you're talking.

Uh!

- Push, Hoho, with all your strength.

- You're going to choke.

- Just think.

The more I eat,

the less appetizing you look.

- You sure are dumb.

As far as I'm concerned, you can choke.

- [choking]

- That's right.

Go ahead and play the joker.

- [groaning]

- [groaning]

- Whoa!

- Hey! - Ah!

- [burps]

[both laughing]

- Free at last!

- Free at last!

[both laughing]

- You saved my life.

- Okay, okay.

- Man always looks for the shortest route,

regardless of the damage it does to nature.

The road is not only a danger to us

but for everyone who lives under our protection.

It's time for you to leave the forest.

- No.

- We won't abandon you.

This is our home.

Don't you get it?

Today it's this forest,

and tomorrow it'll be another one

and another and another.

We'll always be running.

And in the end, there won't be any place where we can live.

- Yes.

- Just a moment.

[leaves fluttering]

The leaves are telling me something.

Hide, little ones.

Man is walking nearby.

- [gasps]

- I think she's becoming obsessive

about this road business.

- It's a shame.

The oldest trees in the forest.

- Tell that to her.

- Eh.

What can you do?

- Oh, well.

- Oh, that's it?

They've already cut us down?

Wow.

That wasn't so bad after all.

I even kind of liked it.

- No, my friend.

They just marked the order in which they'll cut.

- Huh? - You'll be the third.

- Oh.

Hmm.

[crows cawing]

- It's a nine, right?

Tell me it's a nine.

- Let's go.

[flies buzzing]

- Well, I say we attack, attack, attack!

We'll crush 'em.

- Like the ox?

- A little better.

- Do you really think a group of animals

is any match for Mrs. D'Abondo?

- But we have to try.

- You obviously don't know her.

There's only one thing she's really afraid of,

but I don't know.

- What? Tell us.

- It's silly.

But Mrs. D'Abondo is afraid of ghosts.

- [gasps] Ghosts?

- Great, sweetheart.

You know of any ghosts that might be able to help us out?

- Yeah, you.

[both laugh] - Yeah.

You make an excellent ghost.

- [screeches]

- Hmm.

Hey, that's a great idea.

- It is?

- Ghosts?

I'm really, really, really afraid of ghosts.

- But Furi, there aren't any ghosts in the forest.

- Well, there will be, if we want.

- [snoring]

[rattling]

- Uh?

[chandelier rattling]

Eh-heh.

Oh.

Huh?

[gasps]

[whimpering]

- [snoring]

- [whimpering]

- [mumbling]

Yes, dear, whatever you say.

[rattling]

- [gasping]

[rattling]

- Eee! Eee!

Eee! Eee!

- [whistles]

- Eee! Eee!

Eh!

[bone cracks]

- [whimpering]

[electricity zapping] - [whimpers]

pop! - Oh!

[breathes heavily]

[electricity zapping]

- Hmm.

- [whimpers]

[doorknob rattles]

- [humming faintly]

Aaahhh!

[feet scampering]

[gasps]

Who's there?

Sabela.

Sabela?

You know how much I can't stand this sort of thing.

[humming faintly]

[door creaking]

- [breathing heavily]

[both gasp]

- What was that?

[humming faintly]

Who is there?

[screams]

That's enough.

Tell me who's there.

Come out right now.

pop!

[screams]

[whimpering]

[humming nervously]

[music box playing]

What?

Huh?

Ah.

zap!

Ah!

zap!

Huh?

Ah! Ah!

Ah!

[groans]

[screams]

What's happening?

[cats meowing]

Ah!

[cats meowing]

[whimpering]

Ah!

[wind whooshing]

Help. Ooh, help!

Get away! Get away!

Oh! Whoa!

[sighs]

[thunder crashes]

[groaning]

- [deep voice] The forest is my home.

Let it live.

The forest is my home.

Let it live.

- [whimpering]

Oh!

Oh!

- Eh?

- [screams]

- Oh!

[both scream]

- Whoa!

Oh!

There's something horrible in the living room.

It attacked me.

- What are you saying, ma'am?

- Don't just stand there like a fool.

Go.

[whimpering]

Oh-la.

- Ma'am, there's nothing here.

- That's impossible.

I saw it.

Leaves were swirling all around,

and the voice of the forest,

the voice of the forest spoke.

- Yes, yes, yes.

- There were eyes everywhere.

- Don't worry, ma'am.

Mrs. D'Abondo, I'll take you to your room.

- But I saw it.

I heard a voice.

- Phew.

They're finally gone.

- [laughs]

Did you see the look on her face?

- Way to go, guys. Great work.

- Wow. That was fantastic.

- Heh, that was just child's play.

That kind of stuff doesn't scare me in the slightest.

- Boo-hoo-ha-ha! - [screams]

- Somebody was there.

It was as if the forest was speaking to me.

- Maybe Grandfather D'Abondo—

- What are you saying?

- Well, the old master loved the forest very much.

He could be angry about these new plans

to destroy it?

- Don't be ridiculous.

I don't believe in ghosts.

[door slams]

- Whatever you say, Mrs. D'Abondo.

- And you, stop snoring.

- [sighs]

[crickets chirping]

[rooster crows]

- There must be some kind of explanation, dear.

It's probably the heat.

Uh, gets into the wood and makes it expand and creak.

- I know what I saw and heard.

- Of course, dear. You know what you saw, but—

ow!

- I shouldn't have told you anything.

Leave me alone.

[thinking] We have to cut down that accursed forest

as soon as possible.

Cut and sell.

Cut and sell.

[snickers]

Cut and sell.

[giggles]

Oh.

The window.

Then the house fills with insects.

E-e-enough!

- Uh, don't worry, darling.

I'll go check the living room right now

if that'll make you feel better.

[humming raucously]

[tinkling sound]

- Listen to me, you monstrous vegetable.

I will cut you down,

along with any tree that gets in my way.

Eh!

Eh. Eh.

Ugh.

- ? Da-dum ?

? Da-da-dum ?

Honey?

- I hate you!

Die! Die!

Die!

- Honey?

- Die! Die! Die!

- ? Die die die ?

? Die die-die die ?

? Die die die ?

[both laughing]

That was fun.

- After our performance,

she won't cut down so much as a daisy.

- Yeah, but I don't know.

- Don't worry, Furi.

She was shaking in her shoes.

[laughs]

- Looks like, uh, it turned out better

than the attack on the ox, right?

- Mmm, you didn't do so bad after all, for an alley cat.

- Huh.

Why—why you.

Hmm.

- Hey.

What's that noise?

- Shh! Be quiet.

No way.

- What's wrong, Furi?

- Oh.

Nooo!

[sawing noises]

- [grunting]

- [grunts]

- [gasps]

- [groans] - No.

[intense percussive music]

??

[mournful bagpipe music]

??

- Nooo!

[tree cracking]

[tree crashes]

[thunder crashes]

- My, my.

It rains more all the time.

- Yes.

We'd better stop now.

Uh, we'll come back tomorrow.

[thunder crashes]

- A good tree went down today.

- What will become of us?

- What'll we do?

- This is a disaster.

It's so unfair.

- And it's only just begun.

- We'll disappear one by one,

tree after tree,

forest after forest.

- This will look like a desert.

- Maybe if we all got together to lift him up...

- It's useless.

We cannot do anything for him now.

We won't be able to save ourselves,

but we can save the others.

[thunder crashes]

It's time for you to leave.

[stirring string music]

??

- [panting]

Furi.

Come on. It's not your fault.

We did what we could.

[panting]

- [echoing] Furi.

Furi.

Furi.

Furi.

- Mr. Oak?

- Dear Furi, I'm hundreds of years older than you,

and that makes me wiser.

You must follow my advice.

- But Mr. Oak...

- Every plant and every animal

has a destiny all its own.

Mother nature is wise.

Trees were given the tremendous power

of beautifying the landscape,

of heralding the change of seasons,

and making the air that you breathe.

We can touch the sky,

but we cannot separate ourselves from the earth.

Everything has its reason for being, Furi.

Believe me.

- So what is it?

- We'll know one day.

You've shown your friendship in trying to help us.

So now, as a friend, I ask you to leave.

I'll rest easy

if I know that the animals have you as their guardian.

I will always live in your memory,

and I hope that you will also remember me.

I wouldn't want to stop being

the most popular among the trees, right?

- [whimpers]

I'll miss you, Mr. Oak.

I'll tell your story wherever I go,

and you know I'll never forget you.

- Every time the leaves of the trees stir above you,

you'll know that it's me

and that I've come to see you.

- Come on, Cebolo.

The man is about to arrive.

Don't give up, Furi.

Not now.

- We can't win.

The old oak was right.

It's time to face facts.

- Furi.

- There's still something we can do.

We've always hidden from man.

We still haven't faced him.

- What, face him?

I'm just a simple gopher.

Maybe it's our destiny to leave.

- Ah.

[thinking] We shouldn't be here.

It's very dangerous.

- Cebolo, for a friend, you do whatever it takes.

- No.

[grunting]

- Ah!

[water splashing]

- Maybe it won't do any good, but I won't leave the forest.

I'm gonna face my fears.

And I'm going to face the man.

- But Cebolo—

- Maybe I'm not very brave, Furi,

but you taught me something much more important:

That you do anything for a friend

and that we can never abandon them.

You gave me a chance.

And I promise not to let you down.

- But don't you understand, Cebolo?

The trees can't leave, and we can't take them with us.

It's Mother Nature's way.

And we must trust in her.

- But Mother Nature probably didn't count

on man destroying what she had created.

- Mm-hmm.

- Maybe our destiny is to defend her

and not take the shortest route.

- Hmm.

- You're right, Cebolo.

- Yeah.

- We can do this together.

- Uh-huh.

- All of us.

all: Yeah!

- [sniffs]

Oh, it's nothing.

It's just something in my eye.

- [chuckling]

Oh, one less tree.

Where are you now?

[chuckles]

You don't dare fight against me.

[laughs raucously]

Ah! No!

It's impossible.

Somebody help me!

Ah!

[electricity crackle]

- [whimpers]

- [groaning]

- Help. Please help me.

Help me. Help me.

Help me.

- [grunting]

- It's haunted.

Everything in this blessed house is haunted.

They're out to get me.

- Calm down, dear.

I'm sure there's an explanation.

- No, I'm telling you it's haunted.

See for yourself.

- [groans]

Huh?

- [gasps]

He was just there.

- Who was just there?

- The painting, you idiot.

Don't you understand anything?

- I'm trying to, darling. I'm really trying.

- Never mind. Don't wear yourself out.

- I want to help you, dear.

Really, I do.

- Forget it.

I don't need you or anybody.

I'll finish all of this.

I'll cut down the forest myself, if necessary.

- Uh...

[bike wheel clicking]

- Mmm.

I'll cut it into little pieces.

I'll cut that forest down

till there is nothing left.

[cackles]

[chainsaw rumbling]

Let the show begin!

[cackles]

Who's going to attack me now?

Who?

I'm not afraid of you.

I have the power!

[cackles]

Hey.

What is going on with these little pests?

Huh?

both: Blblblblblb!

- Shoo. Shoo.

Shoo!

- Hold steady.

- Huh?

- [whistles]

[cats growling]

- Huh?

[cats growling]

- Tch, ungrateful feline.

- [growls]

- You better get out of my way.

Have you all gone crazy?

Okay, here goes.

[thunder crashes]

[laughs maniacally]

[saw buzzing]

[both gasp]

Ah-ha!

Ha-ha.

crash!

[cackling]

[cackling]

Yah!

- Stop this now.

- Ah!

- We give you shade and protection.

And this is what you give in return?

- Ah. - Ah!

- Wohh!

- Wahh!

- Attack!

- Ow!

[screaming and meowing]

- [screams]

- [grunting]

Ah!

[grunts]

- You go - No, you.

[both grunt]

[chainsaw buzzing]

- [grunts]

[cackles]

Ah!

[grunts]

thump!

[cackles]

[chainsaw buzzing]

A naughty little kitty.

[cackles]

Oh. Oh.

- Yeah, take that.

- Good shot, Piorno.

chomp!

- Ow!

- Go for it!

thwunk!

- Oh!

Oh! Oh!

[grunting]

[chainsaw buzzing]

I will finish you all off.

- Cebolo!

Cebolo.

- [grunting]

- Let's get her!

Keep 'em coming.

[cats growling]

- Ah!

[panting frantically]

Oh! Oh! Oh!

- Attack. Attack.

- Mouse guard, move out!

- Ah!

[groaning]

- Hey. - [groaning]

- We'll fight her from inside.

[thunder crashes]

[flies buzzing]

- [screaming]

Ah! Ah!

[gobbles]

- It looks like it's time for...

- Heavy indigestion.

smack!

- [groans]

thunk!

[groaning]

[thunder crashes]

- Are you sure you can do this, Cebolo?

- Uh-huh, yeah.

- [spitting]

- Ai-yai-yai-yai-yai.

- [groaning]

[flies buzzing]

thump!

Blech!

- Furi. - Huh?

- I know you can do it.

- Linda.

[both scream]

- Oh!

[grunts]

Ready?

[chainsaw buzzes]

Now!

- Yah.

Eh.

splat! Ah!

- Yeah. - [laughing] Ox poop.

Ha-ha-ha.

Filthy, but effective.

- [groaning]

[both grunt]

[groaning]

[grunts]

[chainsaw buzzing]

[gasps]

[chainsaw buzzing]

Oh. Ooh.

[groans]

[coughs]

both: Leave the forest alone.

all: Leave the forest alone!

Leave the forest alone!

Leave the forest alone!

- Stop it.

all: Leave the forest alone!

- [sobs]

Where are they?

[footsteps]

Oh!

- My darling.

- They're attacking me.

The trees are attacking me.

And the animals are their accomplices.

[grunts]

Now you're going to get it.

Show your faces.

Come on.

thump!

[grunts] - Oh.

- [grunts] - Oh.

- [groans]

- Oh.

- Ooh!

[thumping]

- Oh.

- [panting]

Ah!

What?

What on earth are you doing?

I'm telling you, those trees are haunted.

Put me down.

I saw the faces of the trees.

Look at them. They're laughing at me.

Put me down.

Put me down.

- [giggling]

- Hmm?

- [distantly] Help!

- We won't be needing this anymore.

- We did it.

And it's all thanks to you guys.

[all cheering]

- Hmm.

smooch!

- Oh, pfft. - Ew.

- Ew, that's gross.

- [sighs]

- Oh!

- You're my hero.

smooch!

- Oh, compadre.

Friendship is a great thing, no?

- Mm-hmm.

[phone ringing]

- Hello, D'Abondo residence.

- What the heck is going on over there?

Do we have a contract or not?

We got a road to build,

and delays will cost the company a fortune.

I'll tell you what.

I want to the forest flattened by first thing tomorrow,

or we'll be building our roads somewhere else.

- That's fine.

Do what you like,

because this forest is no longer for sale.

And what's more,

it never will be.

Hmm.

- What the—

- Good-bye.

- What are you all looking at?

Get me out of here.

I'm not crazy.

You're the ones who have gone mad.

I'm not crazy.

I'm not crazy.

I'm not crazy, you idiot.

The spirit of the forest exists.

I am not crazy.

The spirit of the forest is alive.

The spirit of the forest is alive!

[dog barking]

[spooky music]

??

- Now that we're together,

I just wanted to thank whoever put the painting back

and scared the old girl witless.

One of my brothers is still in shock.

- The spirit. I saw the spirit.

Oh!

- So who moved the painting?

Come on.

Who was it?

- I don't know.

- What painting?

- Of the grandfather.

- [gasps] We're gonna die.

[both yelling]

- [sobbing]

[dog whimpering]

I'll be back.

You'll see.

[cackles]

- But don't you understand, Cebolo?

The trees can't leave, and we can't take them with us.

It's Mother Nature's way, and we must trust in her.

- Uh, you know, my dad says it's dangerous

to play with fire.

- We can't do anything for him now.

We can't save ourselves,

but we can help the others.

- Darling, you can't stop progress.

Plus, you'll able to buy yourself a new forest.

[ethereal orchestral music]

??

[birds chirping]

[rhythmic cha cha music]

??

??

??

[electronic rock music]

??