Uncle Stretch quotes from Stuart Little (1999)

Oh, hello!

Hello, we're here.

Oh, Crenshaw!

Hi, auntie.

Crenshaw!

Uncle Crenshaw

Frederick!

Little high, Little low!

Little hey, Little ho!

We come bearing gifts for young Stuart.

Yes, where is my new nephew?

Uncle Crenshaw

The Little family's getting bigger and bigger.

Stuart

Boy.

Stuart

That's a lot of Littles.

George

Uncle Crenshaw!

Uncle Crenshaw

Ah! Oh! Ah! [chuckles] There's my favorite little nephew.

Uncle Stretch

Oh, you can't say that anymore, Crenshaw.

That's right. Now we have two favorite little nephews.

That's right. Where is the lad?

Uncle Stretch

He has a lot of gifts to open.

George

Are any of those for me?

Attention, everybody. We'd like to introduce you to someone.

This is Stuart.

Stuart

Hello, everyone.

Uncle Stretch

He's a, a...

...dorable!

Adorable!

Uncle Stretch

Yeah, that's right. I couldn't think of the word.

Oh, Stuart, look!

Look at that! This is a real Schmelling.

Stuart

Those are the best kind.

Uncle Crenshaw

You know what they say: "If it ain't Schmelling"...

"It ain't bowling".

Uncle Stretch

Look here, Stuart. Climb on up here, son. Plant your caboose right up here.

He may have to grow into it.

I think he's grown a little since we've been here.

That's what happened to me. One summer, I just shot right up.

Stuart

May I say something? In the orphanage, we used to tell fairy tales of finding our families and having a party like this. A party with cakes and presents and all varieties of meat loaf. A party with a big family who came from far away just to wish us well. I don't know much about families, but this must be the nicest family in the world. So I just wanted to thank each of you. Because now I know, fairy tales are real.

Snowbell

Fairy tales are real? Oy, I think I'm gonna cough up a furball.

Uncle Crenshaw

And now, it's time for the best present of all. It's something for you and George.

George. Stand next to Stuart.

Uncle Crenshaw

This is something that gave your father and me hours of enjoyment when we were young brothers just like you and Stuart. This ball belonged to your great-great-grandfather, Jedediah Little. [He gives an old brown baseball to George.] Remember, Frederick, those long summer days playing catch?

Yeah.

George, why don't you take your brother outside and toss around the old horsehide?

Uncle Crenshaw

Yeah, what do you say, George? You ready?

George

Are you all nuts? Bicycles and bowling balls? How's he gonna toss a baseball? How's he gonna do any of those things? He's not my brother, he's a mouse.

Uncle Stretch

Time to go.

Excellent idea.

George and Stuart

Little high, Little low!

Little hey, Little ho!

Frederick, look at them.

Uncle Crenshaw

You know what? This calls for a picture.

What's wrong?

Uncle Stretch

Well, It's just... you four look great together.

Stuart

This is the happiest moment of my life. I feel 10 inches tall.

I'll get that.

Mr. Little.

Yes?

Down here. Very sorry to disturb you at your lovely abode.

I hope we're not intruding.

My name's Reginald Stout. This is my wife, Camille.

An extreme pleasure.

We're looking for Stuart.

Are you friends of his?

Well, not exactly.

Fellow yachtsmen?

Guess again.

Reggie, just tell them.

We're his parents.

Reggie, stop it! It's so good to see you again, Stuart. There's so much we have to catch up on.

Stuart

Why didn't you want me?

Stuart, it shames me to say this, but you weren't born into a prosperous home.

That's right. We couldn't feed you, dear.

George

Couldn't feed him? How much could he eat?

George, please.

Letting you go was the toughest choice we ever made.

Stuart

It was?

Yes. But now we can be a family again.

Absolutely. Are these salted?

Dear. The children.

Uh, yeah. George, Stuart, I think we need to talk to the Stouts alone.

George

Don't worry. Mom and Dad will take care of it.

Mr. and Mrs. Stout, I'm afraid there's been a mistake.

Right.

Stuart can't leave with you. He's...

One of the family.

Exactly.

You may feel like he's family, but he'll never really be family.

You may not realize it, but I'm sure he does.

There's something you'll never be able to give him, because you're human. No offence!

It's a place that you'll never be able to fill.

An empty space.

Stuart

Mom... Dad, you want me to leave?

No.

Oh, dear, we just want what's best for you.

George

But Stuart lives here.

George, come on. This is hard for all of us.

George

This stinks!

Stuart

I don't understand. I thought I was in a fairy tale.

Fairy tales are made-up stories, Stuart. This is real. This is about where you belong.

Please come home, Stuart. Your real home.

You're gonna love it, son. We live on a golf course! We look right over the ninth fairway!

It's beautiful.

Beautiful.

George...

Well, I think we have to...

Tell him.

Yeah.

I put 'em back right here.

627 Fifth Avenue. I need three cabs.

George

Who has the glue?

Uncle Crenshaw

I'm the glue man.

Here's 5000 more.

What's going on?

We're making posters.

Uncle Stretch

We're gonna put 'em up all over the city.

That's right. They describe Stuart and offer a reward when we find him.

Uncle Crenshaw

Isn't it wonderful? It was all George's idea.

George.

George

Never stop trying. Right, Dad?

Listen, I'm afraid this isn't gonna work.

George

Why not?

Frederick.

Because there's no picture. We need a picture of Stuart.

The family photo.