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Nice tree.

Beautiful tree.

No other place for miles around.

Look.

Birds like us.

Oh, there you are, you naughty little bitty buzz.

I'm here. No, I'm here. Behind you. I follow.

Oh, don't... Wait for me. Wait for me, please.

I'm coming. I'm coming.

No, don't... Oh!

Come along!

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

- Time to go, go, go. - Yes, yes, yes.

Wait for me!

It's coming!

Good job. Two more to go.

Move on.

Time to go, to go, to go, to go, to go!

I had one yesterday. Only two more to go.

I used to have four a pop.

- Now two is a bit much. - Come on, I've got eggs to lay.

I've got eggs to lay. Just... out of the way.

So pushy and my back is so sore.

I... got... you!

The Eggualibrium will take place at the scheduled time.

All birds to their positions.

Any unattendance will be punished by nest arrest

until the egg delivery is complete.

Move it on. Move it on.

Orderly fashion.

Whoa! Come along, now. Come along.

Hens in the front. Cocks in the rear.

You there, stay in line.

Wakey, wakey!

Wakey, wakey, wakey, wakey, wakey, wakey!

It's your due day!

Oh, no.

Not today.

Hassan, wake up. They're coming!

They'll take my egg away!

Oh, it's okay. It's okay. I'm fine.

I just don't want to lose my egg.

She is afraid.

They're all afraid.

That's it, hatching today!

I'll be fine. You go.

Come along, egg catchers!

Shh! Shh!

Help your mommy and stay quiet for today. We have a plan.

Open up, Huppu.

We know you're in there.

You know the penalty for free-ranging.

No, I don't think it's coming today. I don't even feel it.

- No eggs, no food. - I'm not hungry.

Three eggs to the Eggualibrium. You keep the fourth.

Oh, my throat.

I think I might be getting the flu!

Your egg is due!

- It's still highly contagious. - Come on.

I heard about a pigeon who caught it and he sneezed his beak off.

Quit squawking, Madam. Move along. Today's the day.

All right. I'm coming.

Here we go, here we go.

One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.

Come on, you. Stop dawdling.

Where's Mi?

Mi!

Mi, let me guess.

- It's in the air now? - It was on my beak when I woke up.

Right there.

And I tried to, you know, boo!

And then it...

Underground, up in the air, you've got this buzz on the brain.

Time for work! Positions!

Right, good. Good. Good.

♪ Buzz on the brain should be your name ♪

♪ Buzz on the brain should be your name ♪

I Buzz on the brain should be your name J

Oh, you'll see.

What's her name?

- Scratch me. Ask her. - All right, I'll ask her.

Go on, then. Ask her.

We haven't seen you around here before.

I'm Jula. This is Gavra.

- What's your name? Hmm? - I'm Huppu.

How many are you expecting, chickabiddy?

Just one. I only hatch one egg a year.

One a year! I never heard anything like it!

- What kind of bird are you? - A very rare bird.

But how do you manage with no eggs to trade?

My husband owns our fruit. He's an engineer.

She's the one that nests with a meat eater.

A deaf and dumb carnivore?

- It's so... - Unnatural.

Quiet!

Will you help me? You have so many chicks.

I said...

I just want to keep my egg.

...quiet!

Your Egg-cellency...

the eggs-change awaits you.

Begin.

I said, begin!

Ooh!

Kondor protects us from the horror!

Kondor protects us from the horror!

I love you, Kondor!

Birds of Birdabad...

Under the tree, we live in safety,

but beyond its bounds,

there is nothing but the horror.

Nothing but the horror!

Protect us from the horror!

In times past,

we fled from darkness and terror.

Now we live in ease and comfort...

and it is Birdabad that protects us from the horror.

Kondor protects us from the horror.

We live in ease and comfort!

I, Kondor,

accept your plea in all humility,

and I give you safety and security.

- Thanks to you... - Thanks to you, brave Kondor!

Thanks to you, brave Kondor!

Thanks to you, brave Kondor!

- Safety and security! - Safety and security.

Safety and security.

Commence the Eggualibrium!

And a left, and a right, and a left, and a right.

That's it, keep the formation. Thank you!

Oh... Oh, here it comes!

Please, please help me.

Hey, you! Get back in your position!

- Let me go! - Stop right there.

No!

Fly away, mother bird. Go on. Fly.

- Why doesn't she try? - They've forgotten how to fly.

They've forgotten how to fly?

Conclude the dance. The Eggualibrium is achieved.

Your Excellency, your Excellency, let me assist you.

He stood on my back, not yours.

And now, time for the feast!

Thanks to the tree and to the masses of Birdabad

who delivered us from the horror,

a fair exchange of eggs and fruit...

Oh, no.

Wake, eat, wake, eat, back to sleep.

Is that all you want?

On your way home now, before the horror comes.

Mi!

Oh, oh, oh, oh! Did you see that?

Time to get home, you nitwit!

Home? Oh, but-but I need to catch the buzz!

- Come on, let's go. - Come along!

You must be along, fruit freak!

Too bad your fruit lady don't know her place.

Fancy giving it all up for this.

You stupid bird.

Strange little creatures.

They know nothing of the world beyond this tree.

- Just eating and sleeping. - Sleeping and eating.

Eating and sleeping.

Oh, darling, you're so clever.

Where would I be without you?

What you don't say is worth more than all their jabbering.

Why do we live like this?

Why do we let them tell us who we are and what to do?

We shouldn't have to hide our egg.

We shouldn't live in fear.

This mother bird is waking up.

She's starting to see.

Let's show her the world beyond this tree.

Let's show her what she can be.

Let's show her the tree within the seed.

Help her become what she can be.

Help her become what she can be.

Hassan, what's that?

Hmm?

It's so beautiful.

It came from a seed, Hassan,

like a chick comes from an egg.

Look!

Look at that! Wow!

Unauthorized sunbeam? Investigate immediately!

Alarm! Alarm!

Alarm! Alarm! Alarm!

Did you see?

When the light hit...

Oh, Hassan. Isn't it perfect?

Look... it's so good.

Our very own fruit.

If just a little light makes fruit on our little tree,

imagine what it must be like out there,

beyond Birdabad, in the sunshine.

There must be hundreds of trees, all with fruit

and no meat-eaters to steal our eggs.

There's some kind of problem with the Eggualibrium.

You do realize, my dear Craven...

- Yes, your Egg-cellency? - The Eggualibrium is

the zenith of the wisdom of the Masters of Birdabad.

- Of course. - My father

dedicated his life to perfecting it.

- I only meant... - We have the system

and the system always works.

What's this?

We have a fruit tree.

We can grow more. All you need is sunlight. Think of it.

Your own fruit, whenever you want.

- No Eggs-change. - What?

- No exchange? - Your brains are addled.

- How would we pay for the fruit? - Poppycock!

She's just jealous.

How do we know there even is a horror?

It's all a lie.

- A lie? - A lie?

- There are more trees out there. - Enough talk.

If we don't get our eggs...

we will be forced to eat... meat.

Stop them! Stop them!

You're not getting away from me this time.

I'll get you!

Where are you going?

Stop them! You cowards, go on!

Now, for the meat.

Just stay there.

You just let me closer.

Oh! Oh!

I've got you!

Look! Lights!

Little suns.

This is a strange place.

And here we are... in a land full of trees!

- The horror! - Oh, no!

Still think it's a lie?

Nowhere is safe from it.

Nowhere except Birdabad.

Now you see what you've done, you little fruit-gulper?

Hassan!

- Hassan! - Mommy!

Pull yourself together. You call yourself a king?

Get out of my way!

Idiots! Hooligans!

Look what you've done!

We only wanted to keep our egg.

You've wrecked everything!

My Eggualibrium, my whole beautiful system.

You stupid featherhead.

I'm going to rip you apart sinew by sinew.

I'm going to pluck you alive and stuff your feathers down your gullet!

- You big meat-eater... - I think someone lives here.

I can hear the buzz.

No, seriously. Can't you hear it?

It's the buzz!

I found it!

You take that!

That's better. Nice to see you.

- That's one down, two to go. - No!

Your square-headed loverbird is going to stand by

and see his chick torn to shreds in front of him.

Prepare to be devoured.

Whoa!

Amazing, eh?

There was this berry that glowed...

and boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

Ooh, it's the buzz! I told you!

- I told you it was the buzz. - What?

Yeah! The buzz!

I touched it, and then all these other buzz came out.

You stupid chick!

Well, I just saw it, I mean, I saw it, and then...

- Stay away from me! - Stay away from Mi?

I can't stay away from Mi. I am Mi.

I'll go, I'll go. Please, please! I'll go!

No! Stay here!

Hold this.

Don't move. Don't even breathe.

I'm not breathing.

Hassan!

I'm coming!

Hassan? Baby?

Hassan?

I wish you could speak to me just once.

Hmm...

Hassan? Are you there?

Ya einy...

Einy, einy, einy...

Ahlan wa sahlan.

Who's there?

- Me. - Mi? Is that you?

Didn't I tell you...

Mi! Pull me up!

Where are you?

- Where am I? - The pit.

You, my friend, are in a deep...

deep pit.

A pit?

A deep...

deep pit.

Do not be afraid.

I am a...

- a bat. - A bat?

- Who are you? - I'm Huppu.

- Huppu? - Please, will you help me?

We have to get home.

I'm having an egg any day now. See?

But then my darling Hassan fell into this deep, deep pit.

We just want to have our egg in peace,

but we can't go home.

They wanted to kill us, but the horror snatched us away.

I'm lost and alone...

- and I can't go home! - Oh. Ya einy, einy.

Don't be afraid.

You are a bird.

Leave.

Leave.

Live.

Above all fears...

and beyond all horrors.

Do you need my help?

Yes, please.

Would you please save Hassan?

Einy, einy.

If I save your darling, will you do as I ask?

Whatever you want, I promise.

He's this tall, very handsome,

white feathers, yellow eyes.

Handsome...

White...

Yellow...

- Give my eye, please. - This?

Uppsala...

- Give, please. - You're blind?

If we had a thousand eyes...

could we see through darkness?

This is not an eye. You can't help us at all.

I can go very far...

but in the day, I fall asleep.

If I carry you by night

and you carry me by day...

could we not go twice as fast?

But we wouldn't know where we were going.

You have seen the sun, Daughter of Light?

Yes.

So you, in your wisdom,

could help me reach the place

where the sun goes at night.

Isn't it very far?

Far above all fears...

beyond all horror.

But you can't...

If you help me, Daughter of Light...

will I not help you?

Shall we go?

You can climb on my back.

Okay. It's a deal.

Above and beyond.

Hassan?

Yes!

My darling.

You're safe.

Oh, Hassan.

Oh, this is our friend, Bat.

He saved us last night.

- He's cozy. - You're here.

And he's upside down!

Ooh, what's all this?

What is this place? It's so...

so bright!

Where's Birdabad gone?

We are on the top of the world!

It's so high!

Oh! Oh, oh.

Eggcellency?

What the quack is that?

That is a bat monster.

He wanted to take all of your feathers and roast you for Sunday lunch.

He only let you live because I begged for mercy.

I saved your lives.

- I had to make a deal. - What kind of deal?

We carry the bat by day, and he carries us by night.

We take him to where the sun goes at night,

and then he'll take us...

home.

And you have to help us.

Oh, yeah! I'll help! I'll help!

What do you want me to do?

You dare tell me what to do?

I am your king.

- Where are you going? - I didn't make any deals.

I'm going home.

- But you can't! - Just you watch me.

I'm on the top, on the top, on the top of the world! Oh!

So long, featherheads!

Whoa, oh! Oh, oh! Blithering beaks!

Hey, everyone! I got another buzz!

Oh, oh, oh!

The horror. There's no escape.

I must find shelter.

Whoa, get off.

- What's he doing? - We birds of Birdabad

give thanks on the one tree for our safety and security.

You can't stay here. We have to keep moving.

- Go, go, go. - The eggs-change of eggs and fruit...

The bat promised to help us.

Why should we trust him?

Um... He's blue?

We have to get out of here. We must!

Oh, pretty! Look at that!

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Egg-cellency?

Um...

Just one moment, please.

- Is there anything you wanted? - Uh... ahem...

Well... um...

Where are we taking this blue brute?

Where the sun sets at night. Yes?

- And where is the sun? - Oh, oh! Oh, oh!

I know! I know!

Oh, no, it's me. Down here. Yeah.

- Yes? - It's up.

- Up where? - Upwards.

- Where? - Up in the sky, bin face.

Up in the sky? Yes, yes, of course.

Yeah, right. Come on! Come on!

Go on, go get on. Go and get on. Step on.

Up to the sun!

Here we go. That's it. That's it.

Come on, Mechanic! Put your back into it.

Comfy?

Oh, careful, careful, careful!

Whoa, whoa!

No!

You call yourself a mechanic?

This is no way to travel!

Wheel

Mechanic, do something!

I don't know how much more I can take of this.

Why am I doing all the work?

Oh, come on. Make an effort!

Ooh! Wow! Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa! Whoa!

Mommy!

Now where are we?

What is this place? Is this the horror?

Let's get this thing going, you stupid featherhead!

Do I have to do everything around here?

Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Enough!

You didn't get us here. Hassan did all the work.

Ready? Let's go! All aboard!

- Wait for me! - That's the ticket! Come on!

Next stop, the sun!

Not much further for me.

I'm so thirsty. Not to mention hungry.

We are at the top.

Where is it? Where's the sun?

We followed it all the way.

It must be around here somewhere.

Hello?

Hello? Hello?

Anybody there?

Hello?

Where are you hiding the sun? I know it's up here somewhere.

Hello? Anybody there?

Look at that.

- Oh, hey! - Yeah, let's have a look.

- Water? - Oh, water!

Water! Oh, I could use a drink.

Oh, here we are.

I can hear it again.

It's a buzz.

- It's over here! - Aha!

There!

There it is! Listen.

I can hear it.

- What's that noise? - You can hear it?

You can! You can hear it!

Shh.

I kept telling everyone. They wouldn't listen.

Where are you?

Oh!

I'm going to...

eat you!

Oh!

Wow!

What have you done?

- What... is... - What is it?

- ...that? - Should we hide?

Where? We're dead ducks!

Wherever we hide, we're dead ducks.

After all that pedaling.

It's the house of the sun!

We found it!

Where the sun goes at night!

Really? We made it?

How clever of me! I've done it!

Who would've thought it? Oh, little suns!

Oh. No, no, no.

If only we had one for our little tree.

Little suns for little trees

for little birds with little brains.

More suns...

more trees, more fruit...

more eggs.

We can still be hidden from the horror, and yet have so much more space.

I will be the greatest king of Birdabad ever.

So there, Mommy!

Mechanic, I want you to collect up all those little suns.

Just shake them down, like the fruit.

Up in the sky!

Listen, I don't know why you did this,

but we have to leave Kondor here.

He can't join us when we go above and beyond.

Hey, hey, wake up. We're here.

Now, you keep your end of the deal.

Take us to Birdabad.

Ooh, that looks nice. But wait a minute.

Can't we just stay here?

Because this is where the buzz is, you see?

I think if we could just find a way to stay here,

it might be really lovely. What do you think, Bat?

Hassan, baby...

You're a big bully, that's what you are.

You know we can't go back home, don't you?

- Stupid featherhead. - You never listen to me...

- Birdabad will never change. - Oh, no, no, no, no, no, my friend.

- Birdabad has to change. - Really?

Come on, now.

Time to go home.

Nonstop to Birdabad, and be quick about it.

Don't you ever think there might be something better than Birdabad?

- You remind me of my mother. - I do?

Always full of bright ideas and big questions.

Well, she sounds wonderful.

Curiosity Killed her. But don't let that put you off.

What's that noise?

Now, unless you want to be dinner.

We can't trust him, an egg eater.

We have to lose him. He'll eat our egg.

We should be going to a better place. The bat promised.

Did you feel that, baby?

What? What?

Oh, yes. Your king has returned.

He's still here. The bat said above and beyond.

Where are all my little suns?

The bat! He's taken them. Thief!

Wait a minute.

We haven't gone anywhere.

He slept all night as well as all day.

So much for your deal.

Is that the sun? It's so close.

- What's that, you say? - The sun!

We're all going to fry!

This is a terrible place. A place of horror.

This monster is in league with the horror.

Oh, ghastly view, isn't it?

What are you all looking at? Whoops.

Hassan.

- Stay still! - Don't panic!

Oh!

Oh, my egg!

- My egg is coming! - This is no place for an egg!

Come on. Get to the other end.

No, get the other end.

Oh, stop it!

It's coming!

Oh...

That could've been worse.

Look, Hassan.

Our egg! My darling, look!

Oh, I caught an egg! It was me that saved it.

I saved the egg, you see? That's why it's looking safe and sound,

and, well, I'll leave you just to it.

Isn't it lovely?

Between you and me,

that was my first egg catch.

I know. Pretty slick, eh?

Well done.

Tell me...

What exactly did the bat say?

He promised. He betrayed us.

We took him where he wanted,

- now take us home. - No, get off. Leave him alone.

Wake up, horrormonger. Wake up!

- He's doing his best. - Stupid blind bat!

- Blind? - Hmm?

- Blind? - Didn't I mention that?

Whoa! Oh!

Oh, that's cool.

Blind! Oh, I must have missed your brilliant plan.

We've been lugging a blind sleeping monster to feed us to the horror.

It sounded so lovely.

"Above all fear and beyond all horror."

What was wrong with Birdabad?

Even a blind bat could do better than Birdabad.

Evidently.

My perfect system, pride of my life.

Under the one tree, safe from the horror.

A fair exchange, eggs and fruits and...

- and... - What's that? What?

I got you. Whoa, that's hot!

Oh, I thought it was the buzz.

Meat.

That's a big noise. Should we be worried about it?

We have to lose him. He'll eat our egg.

He can't be trusted.

It's quite chilly here. I don't think a buzz would survive.

Oh, hello.

- Breakfast. - Oh!

No! My egg!

Let's get out of here.

Hey, where do you think you're going?

- Get back here! - Come on, my darling. Let's go.

Marooned, eh? Hmm.

Well, at least he left lunch.

Oh, what are we having?

Hmm?

No! What are you doing, Hassan? Stop.

Please, darling. Stop.

That's kind. Thank you.

Oh, the horror!

Let's get out of here.

Row, Mechanic, row! Row!

Oh, what's the point?

Where are we going?

I know we keep running from the horror,

but if it comes to us out here, there's nowhere...

I'm sorry, my darling.

I wanted life to be perfect for you.

A better life, above and beyond,

and now this.

How will you ever forgive me?

This is a desert of water.

There's no shelter, no tree to hide us. We're doomed.

Doomed, my blockhead friend, utterly.

They don't listen to me.

Nobody listens to me.

"Shut up, Mi. Don't be stupid, Mi."

Achoo.

Oh, you didn't mean anything bad.

Just turned out wrong.

I know how that feels. See, I heard this noise...

this buzz.

I knew it was real, but they all laughed at me.

My brothers and sisters, my dad.

Well, basically everyone.

But now it keeps getting bigger and bigger,

and still... they won't listen.

Oh.

Oh.

Pay no mind to others.

What do they know?

No, no, no.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, okay. Okay.

This is probably just me hearing things again,

but did you, by any chance, just speak to me?

To anyone with ears to hear.

Never listen to naysayers.

- Er... - What do they say?

Nay, nay, nay.

- Nay, nay. - Wow! That's great.

- I'm Mi. - And I am I.

Hi, I. Mi.

Mi? I.

Whoa. Everyone, this is I.

He's awake!

And he talks!

Okay, start talking, Bat.

He's breaking the raft!

Oh, this is a waste of time.

Where are we?

Come on, Mechanic.

I know how to fix this problem.

Where do you want to be?

Above and beyond, like you promised.

Hmm...

Beyond? Where is that?

He has no clue, I told you.

Why? Why did you leave?

- There was this seed. - Never mind that.

Look, we took you to where the sun goes at night.

Why didn't you keep your side of the bargain?

Oh, where the sun goes...

Ya einy ya einy...

Stop that right now, and start giving us some answers!

Oh... so many questions.

Where to begin?

- Let me tell you a story. - Oh!

A story?

I love stories.

Once I lived in a dismal cave.

- And you still do. - Shh, shh. He's telling a story.

Lonely and dreary, and dark as a grave.

In my heart...

I knew there was more.

In my heart...

the smell of the sun...

so rich and alluring...

full of laughter and fun.

Unable to see...

...but the smell of the sun

drove me wild with desire

to abandon this cave

and not live my life with a foot in the grave.

So I left...

and journeyed on.

How can an ant reach the sun?

- An ant? - He can't.

All alone, it can't be done.

The taunts of the naysayers

rang in my ears...

but I had to keep going to conquer my fears.

My senses were guide as I followed the trail...

touch, taste, sound and smell

would lift my dark veil.

Ah, the trail...

Oh...

on, ever onwards, never ceasing to scout,

but in my heart growing

a terrible doubt.

Were they right to revile my journey in song?

Where is the sun?

Have I always been wrong?

Have I gone past the sun...

on into the cold...

too fast and too far,

growing tired and old?

Have I given up everything

to feed my desire?

What have I gained?

Cold ashes, no fire.

Then...

I met a wise... bird.

My heart drummed with joy as I waited to hear

the wise words he would offer to let me draw near.

My goal, at last...

and in triumph declare...

after so many years, I am finally here.

How can an ant reach the sun?

An ant, he can't.

All alone, and it can't be done.

Can a single sand grain build a tower?

A drop of rain make deserts flower?

Round and round you have been going.

All this time without you knowing.

All your journey is...

illusion!

You've been under a delusion.

Round and round, you have been going...

All this time without you knowing.

Silly old bat.

- And? - What happened next?

Go on, what did the Wise Bird tell you?

Did you get to the sun?

Of course he didn't.

He's blind... and stupid.

He knows even less than us.

But he's wise.

And he's here to help us, aren't you?

You've got all the answers hidden away.

- Is this an answer? - I don't care!

I don't care what he is or where he wants to go.

I just need somewhere safe for my egg,

not freezing or boiling, not spitting fire or ice.

A nice little nest. Is that so much to ask?

You could've had all that in Birdabad

instead of dragging it all to the end of the world.

- Yes, if you weren't such a bully! - If you weren't so selfish.

- Oh! Bully! Bully! Bully! - Selfish. Selfish. Selfish.

- You yolk-headed, big meat eater. - Selfish, selfish, selfish.

You scavenging, war-mongering...

- meat-chomping bully! - Selfish, selfish, selfish.

Would you like to go somewhere...

- nice? - Nice?

I think... I think we've had enough of your nice,

- thank you very much. - I can take you.

Can I not move?

That's right. No more nasty surprises in the morning.

Very, very good.

Oh...

So, where are we going?

No talking, prisoner.

Stop that hum.

One more murmur from you...

Leave him alone, you big, big bully!

You float just as well dead as alive.

I say where we go from now on.

Now watch him.

Mm... hmm...

Well, well.

- What are you on to? - Whoa!

Nothing. Leave me alone.

Treachery?

You're the traitor.

He offered to help us and you tied him up.

You're a big bully, that's what you are.

You never listen and you never learn.

- You just... - I think it's time for dinner.

He's going to help us. He said he would.

- You nosy little lunch-pack. - No!

No, don't!

Ooh! Let go of me. Go on, let go of me.

Let him be! No!

Whoa!

Ah!

Oh, okay, okay.

He's just fluff and feathers anyway.

Everyone's in roost 'til the morning.

It's a fortress.

It's huge!

Finished! We've arrived!

We've arrived! This must be where the bat meant.

- This is the... - White sand.

Look! Oh, that's some... Oh, it's nicer on the feet, that is.

Careful, it's very slidey.

Solid ground.

Hmm...

Feel that.

I've got a feeling in my feathers about this place.

It's going to be good.

Come here, little egg.

Come.

Oh! What was that?

Wow, there's falling fruit! It's just like Birdabad!

Come on, follow me.

Up to the sun!

The bat was right!

A better place.

You, me, our egg...

all the fruit, the water.

I couldn't have imagined anything so beautiful.

Good.

It's dancing.

Oh, I wish I was eight times bigger than I am.

I used to, you know, respect them...

but not anymore.

They're actually worse than your naysayers,

because they were only saying nay, no, to you,

but Kondor and Huppu, they won't let us do our thing.

You'll scramble yourself.

We have to do what they want.

You're the only one who understands me.

We need stronger ones.

And I'm the only one who understands I.

- Uh-oh. Big Beak's here. - I brought you these.

- Here. - No, thanks.

I'm sorry. I was hungry and you were the only...

What's this?

Oh! Meat!

Not that strong.

Oh!

I'm just trying to make you nice and make you tidy.

- Hassan! - Oh, don't worry. I'll get it.

No!

Ah...

Oh...

Mm...

Go on, off you go, back to the tree.

Go and finish the nest. It'll hatch any minute.

It's very good.

Everything we need to survive.

Food, water, shelter.

Just like Birdabad.

I keep thinking about that story.

After the horror killed Mommy,

I vowed such a thing would never happen again,

so I made Birdabad secure.

I didn't have time for anything else.

Yahoo!

Come on, everybody! See what I found!

- See what I found! - What's that?

We've been looking for it! And who found it?

Mi found it! Mi found it!

Come on, come on, come on, come on!

I found the path to the sun!

It's like a big bath! It's like a big, big...

- How'd you do that? - What?

- Well, you're on the water. - Look at me!

What's all the noise about? I just got the egg settled.

Look at me! Look at me! I'm in the water!

- Oh, I'm running on the water! - Oh, no!

The sun! It's falling into the water!

What fools we are.

It was always impossible.

It was all an illusion.

Are we like the bat,

circling a cave in the dark,

misunderstanding everything?

This is a good place. We have fruit and meat and shelter.

We have our egg. We can be happy here.

I agree.

And when the horror comes for us, what then?

Another escape, another journey...

or do we cower under the tree like we did in Birdabad,

hoping it will spare us?

What is this "horror," huh?

Oh, don't pretend you don't know.

- You keep taking us right into it. - I do?

How does it smell?

Smell? I don't know.

It smells like a whole flock's dropped one all together.

It's a monster with a thousand terrible tentacles.

It's fiery, and choking, and burning.

It's wild and-and scary.

Like a storm. It's...

- The horror. - It's the horror!

The horror!

I only follow the smell of the sun.

When I found it, my work was done.

But you never got there.

The journey is...

what the journey is.

But we can see.

And our eyes tell us...

that your journey's madness. Complete madness.

The more you look...

the less you see.

- What does your heart tell you? - Nothing.

- Hmm? - Well,

nothing worth hearing.

Did we bring you here or did you bring us?

Did the first bird come from an egg?

Oh, I know this one! I know! I know it! Um...

Um... um...

- Now it's gone. - But what's the answer?

You carried me all day...

and I carried you all night.

But we didn't know where we were going.

And who carries us now?

Nobody. We're not going anywhere.

Are you sure?

Nothing has changed.

Of course it's changed! It was day before, and now it's night.

Did you make it night?

Did you move the water...

or make the wind blow?

There's a king who makes all that happen?

Oh, think of the power.

Look up.

Look up, my friends.

There is so much power in the universe.

The sun and moon take turns to carry us.

So kind of them.

Wind and cloud...

forest and mountain...

moon and stars...

night and day...

fur and feathers.

Everything is provided for...

if only we trust.

Look at your wings.

What are they for?

Wow.

I smell it.

The smell of the sun is coming.

The trail of bliss.

Come.

Come. Come.

It's the horror!

What are you doing?!

Hold on, hold on. Don't panic. Don't panic.

My egg!

Oh! Hassan!

I knew it! He's in league with the horror.

Don't worry.

Little egg!

You are perfect. Perfect.

I am Kondor, your great leader.

Trust in the power in the universe.

Every night it has carried you on its wings.

Baby, don't worry! I'm here.

Time to take flight...

into the arms of the universe.

Oh, all right, into the arms of the universe.

Here we go. Okay.

Whoa! Hey, hey, hey.

I am the buzz and the buzz is me!

Oh! Oh!

Look at me!

We're so high!

Look at this!

Baby, look at you!

Oh!

I made it, Mommy!

I'm on the top of the world!

Yeah, take that, you naysayers!

Take that, you naysayers!

Whee!

May you journey on, my friends.

What is that?

No, it can't be. Birdabad!

Birdabad! Home sweet home.

Come along!

Come along! Come along! Come along!

Oh...

Well...

let's show them what they can be.