What did you do to make him so mad?
Nothing. He's just a grumpy old lion.
Well, after all, waking him up in the middle of the night. Wouldn't you be grumpy, too?
I didn't wake him up in the middle of the night. I just walked into a thing--
[fade to black]
She tried to kill us. That terrible woman! Oh, if I was only a 10-foot mouse, I'd show her.
"To Morningside Orphanage, New York." Hmm. Most difficult to decipher. I can't make it out.
"I am... In a terrible... terrible trouble." Oh. Oh, dear. It's all watered out. "H-h-hurry! Help! Penny."
Penny? Morningside Orphanage? Dash it all! It's not much to go on, is it?
Oh, that poor little girl. Oh, Mr. Chairman. Please! Please, may I have this assignment?
You? Miss Bianca? [laughs] Dear lady, this is absolutely without precedent. I mean, it's not like the old days, when it was a man's world. However, I suppose there has to be a first time.
I can't. It'll wrinkle my dress.
Flight leaves 6:45. [looks at the clock, which indicates that it's 7:00] Oh, no! We missed the flight! Miss Bianca, if you hadn't...
You worry too much. You know that flights are always late.
Now, what did I tell you? We are lucky, Mr. Bernard!
Luck? Flight 13? Maybe we'd better take the train.
Dad-drat it! Somebody answer down there! Get off the dime! Hello! Hello! Is anybody down there?!
Where in tuck have you been, huh, ya lazy knucklehead?
Well, we just got here, sir. You see, my co-agent insisted on packing her, uh...
Look, bud. Am I clear to land? Traffic up here's thicker than fleas on a hound dog!
WOW! WOW! [angrily] Dad-blast, you dirty road-hog! Road hog! Crazy! See, look! What is--! You stupid lunk-headed...
What did he say, Mr. Bernard?
I wouldn't dare repeat it.
Well, then give him the permission to land.
Well, it's about time, bud!
She seemed happy enough, but the next thing I heard, Penny was gone.
Well, aren't the police still looking for her?
No. They gave up weeks ago.
This is terrible. That poor little girl.
I just can't believe that Penny would run away. Mr. Rufus, please think. There must be something else.
Well, come to think of it, there was. [pauses] No. No. It's nothing. Penny wouldn't get in with her.
Get in what? With who?
A weird lady tried to give Penny a ride, but she wouldn't have anything to do with trashy people like them.
Trashy people? Who?
She and her partner run a sleazy pawn shop down the street.
Miss Bianca, we must go down there and investigate.
Suit yourself. But you'd be wasting your time goin' down there.
She could be in real trouble. We gotta find her and help her.
Please bless Rufus and Teddy, and all the kids at the orphanage: Jennifer, Bobby, Mary, Julie. And please let someone find my bottle. There's a message in it. Because running away isn't working. Amen. [to her stuffed bear] Don't worry, Teddy. We'll... We'll be... [tearfully] ...all right.
Penny? Penny?
Penny. Penny, dear, now don't cry. We are here to help you.
Wait. Hi! Where'd you come from?
We found the bottle with your message, and we've come to rescue you.
Did you hear that, Teddy?! Our bottle worked! [to the two mice] Didn't you bring somebody big with you? Like the police?
Uh, no. There's just the 2 of us.
But if the 3 of us work together, and we have a little faith...
That's what Rufus said! "Faith makes things turn out right".
She's insane. Utterly mad.
I want that diamond. I've got to have the Devil's Eye! You didn't leave the girl down in the cave long enough.
She won't take orders.
You are too soft!
But the water was rising and the tide was coming in, and all she did down there was fuss about her teddy bear getting wet.
Snoops, you don't have a way with children. You must gain their confidence. Make them like you.
Yeah? How do you do that?
You force them to like you, idiot! At the next low tide, I'm going to put her down there myself, and keep her there, until she finds it. And it is as simple as that!
Oh, as simple as that, is it? Well, you're the boss, boss.
Yes.
What's taking so long?!
It's stuck tight!
Stuck tight? You get that diamond, or you'll never see daylight again!
No, no, back, back, Penny!
Oh, Penny, you’ll fall!
Who could be ringing at this time of night? [answers; kindly] (Hello?) Madame Medusa's Pawn Shop Boutique.
Hello, Boss!
Snoops! Don't tell me, Snoops. Let me guess! You've found it! [laughs like crazy] You've found the diamond! [Mr. Snoops speaks indistinctly through the phone; in annoyance] Give you time? You bungler! You have been down there for three months! [Mr. Snoops indistinctly continues; firmly] Bottles? What bottles? [seethes] You caught Penny sending messages in bottles?! [enraged] You blundering fool! Can't you control a little girl?! SHUT UP! I am taking the next flight down to Devil's Bayou! [hangs up in outrage, picks up her suitcase and opens it, and storms off to get her stuff, leaving Bernard to fall over, and causing objects to collapse on top of Bianca]
This is terrible. We've got to go with her.
Yeah, come on. In the suitcase. [climbs into the suitcase]
Bumbling boob. He fouls up everything. Leave him for a few weeks and… [scoffs and puts on her purple coat while Bianca tries to get in with Bernard, but ends up falling out; tries to close her suitcase] Oh, why won't this stupid thing close?! [finally closes her trunk, then leaves Bianca out]
