The Sissy Duckling (1999) Movie Script
1
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT SNOWFLAKES,
DON'T WE ?
AND WE'VE ALL HEARD
THAT NO TWO SNOWFLAKES
ARE EXACTLY ALIKE,
RIGHT ?
OF COURSE,
WE ALL KNOW THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST SNOWFLAKES
THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
IN NATURE, NO TWO THINGS
ARE EXACTLY ALIKE.
NOT TREES.
NOT ANIMALS.
AND CERTAINLY
NOT PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCES ARE ON
THE OUTSIDE AND EASY TO SEE.
BUT SOMETIMES
THEY'RE ON THE INSIDE
AND TAKE CAREFUL STUDY
TO FIND.
WE'RE ALL,
IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
DIFFERENT FROM
EACH OTHER...
INDIVIDUALS,
UNIQUE.
THE STORY I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU IS ABOU ONE OF THE MOS UNIQUE LITTLE FELLOWS
THAT IT'S EVER BEEN
MY PLEASURE TO MEET.
HE WAS A DUCK.
A LITTLE DUCK.
A DUCKLING,
YOU MIGHT SAY.
AND HIS NAME WAS ELMER.
AND ELMER...
WAS WHAT SOME FOLKS WOULD
SEE AS VERY DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT ?
EXCUSE ME, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO CLARIFY JUST EXACTLY
WHAT YOU MEAN
BY "DIFFERENT".
OKAY.
"DIFFERENT": NOT THE SAME.
DISSIMILAR.
NOW, WHEN YOU SAY,
"DIFFERENT, NOT THE SAME,
DISSIMILAR",
DO YOU MEAN IT IN
A NEGATIVE WAY AS IN "WEIRD",
OR ARE YOU PUTTING I IN A POSITIVE LIGH AS IF TO SAY
"UNIQUE" ?
I MEAN TO SAY
"UNIQUE".
I SEE.
THEN I CAUTION YOU TO BE MORE
ATTENTIVE IN THE FUTURE.
WORDS ARE POWERFUL TOOLS THA CAN HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS.
CHOOSE THEM CAREFULLY.
AND ALWAYS...
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN !
ELMER WAS UNIQUE.
ALRIGHT FOR YOU.
CONTINUE.
MAYBE I'D BETTER STAR FROM THE BEGINNING.
ELMER BEGAN LIFE MUCH LIKE ANY
OTHER DUCKLING: AS AN EGG.
MY GOODNESS !
ISN'T THIS EXCITING ?
IS THIS YOUR FIRS HATCHLING, DEARIE ?
YES.
HOW COULD YOU TELL ?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
BY YOUR SECOND DOZEN,
THE EXCITEMEN SOMEHOW DIMS.
HERE HE COMES !
OH, YEAH.
IT'S A MIRACLE ALRIGHT.
QUACK.
QUACK.
QUACK.
OH !
MY DARLING
LITTLE DRAKE !
MUDDAH !
QUACK, QUACK,
QUACK, QUACK.
OH !
HI.
I GUESS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ?
ANOTHER FEATHER IN
HIS FATHER'S CROWN.
I COULDN'T BE PROUDER.
MA ?
YOU GOT IT, GENIUS.
LET'S MOVE IT OUT.
C'MON, C'MON, WE GOT PLACES
TO GO, THINGS TO DO, HURRY UP.
MA ?
HELLO ?
ELMER ?
ANYBODY IN THERE ?
THAT'S FOR ME TO KNOW
AND YOU TO FIND OUT.
ELMER, DARLING.
IT'S ME.
YOUR MOTHER.
OH !
HI, MA !
HELLO, ELMER, DARLING.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING IN THERE ?
JUST CONSIDERING
MY OPTIONS, MA.
JUST CONSIDERING
MY OPTIONS.
LIKE I SAID,
RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO
EVERYBODY KNEW
ELMER WAS DIFF--
UNIQUE.
HE WAS UNIQUE.
ELMER, BABY, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING IN THE HOUSE ?
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT AND PLAY
WITH THE OTHER DUCKLINGS ?
I'M BUSY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?
I'M MAKING A NES FOR MY BABY DUCKIES.
I DON'T CARE WHAT HE SAYS,
ELMER WAS DIFFERENT !
AND ELMER WAS, IN FACT,
NO LESS DIFFERENT AT SCHOOL.
ELMER ?
DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO
DIG RIGHT INTO THAT PAIN AND REALLY FEEL
THE COLOR ?
YEAH.
RIGHT.
AND MESS UP
MY NEW OUTFIT ?
NOT IN THIS MILLENNIUM,
THANK YOU.
OOPSI.
THIS LOOKS SILLY, HUH ?
NOT AT ALL, ABNER.
I THINK THAT IS A LOOK
THAT YOU CAN PULL OFF.
REALLY ?
THANKS !
SOMEONE SAVE ME
FROM KINDERGARTEN.
ELMER...
DIFFERENT.
GET THE POINT ?
HAS ANYONE EVER ACCUSED YOU
OF KICKING A DEAD HORSE ?
THEY GOT THE POINT.
CAN WE PLEASE
MOVE ALONG ?
MAYBE IF YOU
ENCOURAGED HIM.
ME ?
WHY'S IT MY FAULT ?
IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH FAULT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF ELMER
SPENT MORE TIME WITH HIS FATHER
AND LESS
TIME AT HOME...
WELL, MAYBE IF YOU DIDN' BABY HIM ALL THE TIME !
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ?
ARE YOU IMPLYING THA I'M OVERBEARING !
NOT AT ALL, DEAR.
HOW ABOUT I
TAKE THE BLAME ?
AND SO, TO PLEASE HIS FATHER,
ELMER THOUGHT HE'D GIVE
TEAM SPORTS A TRY.
YOU WANT TO GO OVER THIS
WITH ME ONE MORE TIME ?
PLAYING TEAM SPORTS
IS A GOOD THING.
YOU MAKE FRIENDS.
YOU HAVE FUN.
YOU GET YOUR MOTHER
OFF MY BACK !
AND THAT HELPS
ME OUT HOW ?
JUST BETWEEN US,
I DO NOT SEE WHAT ALL
THE FUSS IS ABOUT BASEBALL.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,
IT'S A PRETTY POINTLESS GAME.
BASEBALL IS NO JUST A GAME.
IT IS THE GREA AMERICAN PASTIME.
WELL, MAYBE IF MORE PEOPLE WEN TO THE THEATER OR READ A BOOK
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
SO MUCH TIME TO PASS.
JUST A THOUGHT, POPPI.
LET IT GO.
ARE YOU GONNA
PLAY TOO ?
AND MY OTHER
CHOICES ARE ?
YOU GOT IT !
YOU GOT IT !
IT'S YOU'RE BALL !
NICE HIT, KID.
HUH !
WHAT DID I DO
TO DESERVE THIS ?
CAN'T HIT, CAN'T CATCH,
CAN'T FIELD.
WHAT AM I
SUPPOSED TO DO ?
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ?
WHAT !
IS THAT ALL
YOU HAVE TO SAY ?
YES.
BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE
OF ANOTHER OPINION.
BATTER CAN'T HIT.
BATTER CAN'T HIT.
DO I POINT OU YOUR SHORTCOMINGS ?
I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT, PLEASE, DON'T GE ME STARTED ON THE OBVIOUS.
SWING !
SWING !
SWING !
HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO CONCENTRATE
WITH EVERYONE SHOUTING
AT ME ALL THE TIME ?
STRIKE THREE.
YOU'RE OUT !
THANK GOODNESS.
NOW, CAN I GO HOME ?
YOU ASKED IF I'D LIKE TO
PLAY A NICE GAME OF BALL.
WELL, IF THIS IS
YOUR IDEA OF A NICE GAME
THEN I THINK YOU PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN OUT IN THE SUN TOO LONG.
RUN, CATCH, HIT, SWING !
YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GE YOURSELVES A HOBBY.
STAMP COLLECTING.
MONSTER-TRUCK RACING.
BOWLING !
ANYTHING THAT WILL
LET YOU KNOW
THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD OF
POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE
AND THIS AIN' ONE OF THEM !
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH,
THE HOME TEAM NEEDS
JUST ONE HIT TO WIN.
UP TO BAT, DRAKE.
AND IT'S A HOMERUN !
IT'S OUTTA HERE !
THE HOME TEAM WINS !
YEAH !
THAT'S MY BOY !
ELMER DIDN'T LIKE TO PLAY THE
GAMES THE OTHER DUCKLINGS DID.
HE PREFERRED TO GO OFF
ON HIS OWN, AND MAKE THINGS,
AND PLAY PRETEND.
I HAVE CAPTURED YOU.
NOW, YOU MUST DO WHATEVER
I DEMAND BECAUSE I AM A MAN !
OH, YOU BIG
AND STRONG MAN.
I AM A YOUR EVERY COMMAND...
NOT !
YOUR KID ?
WELL...
I...
SISSY !
THAT'S WHA THEY CALLED HIM.
ALL OF THEM.
SISSY !
AND YOU DIDN'T STOP THEM ?
I TRIED.
I HOLLERED AT THEM.
I THREATENED
A FEW OF THEM.
I EVEN OFFERED TO
BUY A ROUND OF DRINKS.
THEY JUST LAUGHED HARDER.
I WOULD'VE
MADE THEM STOP.
OH, MAMA, WHEN
THEY'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE RIGHT.
HE IS A SISSY !
FATHER !
WELL, IT'S TRUE.
THE WAY HE WALKS
AND TALKS AND ACTS !
ELMER'S A SISSY !
AND THANKS TO HIM,
I'M THE LAUGHING STOCK
OF THIS WHOLE FLOCK !
POPPI ?
I DON'T WANT TO
BE DIFFERENT.
I'M NOT TRYING
TO BE DIFFERENT.
IT'S JUST THE WAY I AM.
I KNOW, BABY.
I WANT TO BE LIKE
THE OTHER DUCKLINGS,
BUT I DON' FEEL LIKE THEM.
MAMA, THEY CALL ME SISSY,
BUT I'M NOT A SISSY.
I'M NOT.
MAMA ?
WHY DO THEY
CALL ME SISSY ?
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS
SOMEONE A NAME,
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
WHAT THE NAME IS,
OR WHAT IT MEANS.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING
TO BE HURTFUL.
CALLING NAMES HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH ANYTHING, BUT BEING CRUEL.
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS YOU A NAME
IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT YOU,
BUT IT SAYS THAT THE NAME CALLER
IS NOT A NICE PERSON.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
I THINK SO.
BUT WHAT DOES
SISSY MEAN ?
SISSY IS A CRUEL WAY OF SAYING
THAT SOMEONE DOES NOT AC LIKE A "REAL DUCK".
OH.
WELL, WHAT'S
A REAL DUCK ?
TO ME...
I THINK I'D HAVE TO SAY THA A REAL DUCK IS ONE WHO
STANDS UP FOR
HIMSELF.
A REAL DUCK IS ONE WHO
MAKES UP HIS OWN MIND.
A REAL DUCK IS ONE WHO
DOES THE RIGHT THING,
AND TAKES RISKS,
AND ISN'T AFRAID TO TRY.
A REAL DUCK ISN'T AFRAID
OF NEW THINGS OR TO LEARN.
BUT MOST OF ALL I THINK A REAL
DUCK IS ONE WHO IS WILLING
TO FOLLOW HIS OWN HEAR NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ?
I GUESS SO.
YOU THINK I COULD
BE A REAL DUCK, MAMA ?
I THINK YOU'VE GOT JUST ABOU THE BEST CHANCE OF ANYONE
I'VE EVER MET.
REALLY ?
OH.
YOU'RE JUS SAYING THAT.
REALLY.
AND I'M NO JUST SAYING THAT.
YOU JUST KEEP LISTENING
TO YOUR HEART.
YO+OLL SEE.
AND OUR LITTLE FRIEND
WENT TO BED THAT NIGH WITH A LO TO THINK ABOUT.
YES, INDEED.
YOU WILL LEARN THA LIFE'S A SPECIAL JOURNEY
TRANSFORMING US IN WAYS
THAT WE CAN'T SEE
THE PERSON
THAT YOU ARE TODAY
CAN'T HELP GROWING UP
ALONG THE WAY
TO WHO YOU'RE
MEANT TO BE
TIME TAKES TIME
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS NOW
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU'RE GONNA BE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE TIME
TAKES TIME
FIND THE FAITH IN KNOWING
THAT YOU'LL GET THERE
FIND THE STRENGTH TO NO DO WHAT FEELS WRONG
LISTEN TO
YOUR VOICE INSIDE
YOU CAN'T RUSH LIFE,
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE RIDE
TO GE WHERE YOU BELONG
TIME TAKES TIME
YOU CAN'T HAVE
ALL THE ANSWERS NOW
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU NEED TO BE
SO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE TIME TAKES TIME
IF YOU FOCUS
ON THE PRESENT
TOMORROW'S A SURPRISE
IF YOU ENJOY EACH MOMEN AS IT COMES
THEN LIFE WON' PASS YOU BY
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU REALLY ARE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE
TIME TAKES TIME
AND THE NEXT MORNING,
HE AWOKE AND WENT OUT INTO
THE WORLD WITH A NEW PURPOSE.
SISSY.
WELL, LOOK WHO
WE'VE GOT HERE.
YEAH.
LOOK WHO WE GOT HERE.
GOOD MORNING,
GENTLEMEN.
WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING ?
TO MY SCHOOL.
WHO SAID IT WAS
YOUR SCHOOL ?
HUH ?
YEAH.
HUH ?
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME...
MAYBE I DON' WANNA EXCUSE YOU.
MAYBE I DON'T WAN NO SISSIES IN MY SCHOOL.
I AM NO SISSY !
"I'M NO SISSY."
YEAH.
NO SISSY.
I'M A REAL DUCK
BECAUSE I LEARN AND I LISTEN
AND I'M TRUE TO MYSELF.
WHO HANDED
YOU THAT LINE ?
MY MAMA !
I'M SO HOT
CAN'T YOU SEE
I'M UNIQUE
AND PERFECTLY ME
I'M CUTE AS A BUG,
DON'T YOU KNOW
WHEN THEY MADE ME,
THEY STOMPED ON THE MOLD
I AM SO BEAUTIFUL
I'M A VISION
THE WAY I AM
YES, I'M SASSY,
YOU BETTER BELIEVE
'CAUSE THERE'S NO ONE
EXACTLY LIKE ME
WELL, I SHIMMER
LIKE A SNOWFLAKE
BUT HONEY
I'M HOTTER THAN HOT
YOU WAIT UNTIL
I'M ALL GROWN UP
YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE
WHAT I GOT
I AM PROUD TO BE ME
'CAUSE I WAS
BORN THIS WAY
AND IF I'M A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT
WELL, COOKIE,
THAT'S MORE THAN OKAY
YOU SEE, I'M NO INTO PLAYIN' BALL
OR WRESTLIN'
OR TACKLING FOOLS
I'M MUCH BETTER AT USING
MY BRAINS THAN MY BRAWN
AND I PLAY BY
MY OWN SET OF RULES
I AM ME,
YES, I AM
AND I'M QUACKIN'
A DIFFERENT QUACK
I'M BLAZIN' MY TRAIL
OUT OF DARKNESS TO LIGHT
AND, MY DEAR, THERE'S
NO NEED TO LOOK BACK
I'M UNIQUE
TRES CHIC
I AM ME...
YES, I TESTIFY
TO THAT FACT EVERYDAY.
WELL, HERE'S AN EARFUL
FOR YOU, LITTLE ELMER DUD:
IF IT WALKS LIKE A SISSY,
AND TALKS LIKE A SISSY,
IT IS A SISSY !
IT IS A SISSY !
GO BACK AND TELL
YOUR MAMA THAT ONE !
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE ?
NOTHING,
MRS. HENNYPECKER.
I HEARD SOMEONE
CALLING SOMEONE NAMES.
I DIDN'T HEAR NOTHIN'.
ME TOO.
I DIDN'T.
ARE THESE BOYS
BOTHERING YOU, DEAR ?
I...
UH...
THAT'S RIGHT,
KEEP YOUR BEAK SHUT.
ALRIGHT, YOUNG DUCKS.
FOR THAT YOU COULD
ALL STAY AFTER SCHOOL.
WHAT ?
NOW, JUST MARCH
YOURSELVES INTO CLASS
AND I'LL SEE YOU
ALL IN DETENTION.
YOU'RE DEAD MEAT, SISSY.
DEAD SISSY MEAT, YOU.
OH, POOR ELMER.
ELMER.
LITTLE SISSY ELMER.
ALRIGHT,
WHO SAID THAT ?
WHERE ARE YOU HIDING ?
ELMER.
WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT HERE
AND FACE ME LIKE A REAL DUCK ?
WHY DON' YOU MAKE ME ?
YOU GE SOME REST, BABY.
I'LL BE RIGHT IN THE OTHER ROOM
IF YOU NEED ME, OKAY ?
ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME
THAT IT'S MY FAULT AGAIN ?
I DID EVERYTHING
I COULD WITH THAT DUCK.
HE'S HOPELESS.
HE'S A SWEET CHILD.
HE'S THE LAUGHING STOCK
OF THE WHOLE FLOCK.
HE'S A WEAKLING.
HE'S A GOOD-NATURED
DUCKLING !
HE'S A LOSER !
IT'S A "DUCK EAT DUCK"
WORLD OUT THERE.
IN A FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE TIME
TO FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.
IT WILL BE EVERY
DUCK FOR HIMSELF.
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE.
IF YOU'D STOP TALKING LIKE
A BEER COMMERCIAL SOMETIME
AND LOOK AT HIM,
HE'S REALLY
VERY SPECIAL.
HE'S A SISSY !
HE'S YOUR SON !
HE'S NO SON OF MINE.
POOR ELMER.
WHERE DO YOU TURN WHEN YOUR
OWN DADDY DOESN'T WANT YOU ?
HIS SWEET LITTLE HEAR WAS BREAKING.
ELMER DECIDED THA MAYBE HIS FATHER,
HIS CLASSMATES,
HIS MAMA...
WELL, EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPIER
IF HE JUST DISAPPEARED.
AND SO HE HEADED OFF TO FIND
A PLACE WHERE HE COULD
BE HIMSELF AND NOT BE
MADE FUN OF FOR IT...
A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD
AT LAST FEEL SAFE.
A PLACE WHERE
HE COULD BE AT EASE.
I GUESS YOU COULD
CALL IT A HOME.
THE WARM DAYS OF SUMMER PASSED
AND SOON THE COLD NORTH WIND
BEGAN TO BLOW.
IT WAS AUTUMN
IN THE FOREST.
FELLOW DUCKS.
THE INEVITABLE TIME
IS UPON US AGAIN !
NOW, IS THE MOMENT FOR ALL GOOD
DUCKS TO FLY TO THE SOUTH
FOR THE WINTER !
IT WON'T BE
EASY OUT THERE.
NOT EVERY DUCK WHO TAKES OFF
WILL LAND SAFELY.
SO I SAY TO ALL OF YOUS
WHO DON'T MAKE IT...
NICE KNOWING YA.
AND TO THE REST OF YOUS I SAY,
"SEE YOUS ON THE BEACH !"
C'MON, DUCKS.
LET'S FLY !
TIME TO GO, DEAR.
WE CAN'T LEAVE
WITHOUT ELMER.
WE HAVE TO.
IT WILL BE WINTER SOON
AND WE'LL NEVER SURVIVE HERE.
WE HAVE TO FLY TO
THE WARM WEATHER SOUTH.
I KNOW, PAPPA.
I KNOW.
IF I COULD ONLY BE SURE
THAT ELMER WAS ALRIGHT.
I'M ALRIGHT, MAMA.
JACK, JACK,
WATCH OUT !
THEY GOT JACK !
OH, NO, POPPI !
ELMER.
RUN.
FLY AWAY !
LEAVE ME.
THE DOGS WILL BE
HERE ANY SECOND.
I CAN'T LEAVE YOU, POPPI.
LISTEN TO ME, BOY.
I'M WOUNDED AND OLD.
I'LL NEVER BE
ABLE TO FLY SOUTH.
FORGET ABOUT ME
AND SAVE YOURSELF.
THAT'S WHA I TAUGHT YOU TO DO.
POPPI, I CAN'T.
FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE CAN' YOU ACT LIKE A REAL DUCK ?
BUT ELMER KNEW IN HIS HEAR THAT HIS FATHER WAS WRONG.
HE COULD HEAR THE TRUTH OF
HIS MOTHER'S WORDS IN HIS HEAD
AND THEY GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH
TO DO WHAT HE KNEW WAS RIGHT.
WHERE AM I ?
YOU'RE WITH ME, POPPI.
HERE, HAVE SOMETHING
TO EAT.
HOW DID I GET HERE ?
I CARRIED YOU, POPPI.
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW
TO DO ALL OF THIS ?
I TAUGHT MYSELF, POPPI.
LISTEN TO ME, SON.
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME HERE
AND FLY TO WHERE IT'S WARM.
YOU'LL NEVER SURVIVE
THE WINTER HERE.
GO.
THAT'S WHAT A REAL DUCK
WOULD DO !
YOU'VE BEEN ASLEEP
FOR A WHILE NOW.
IT'S ALREADY
TOO LATE, POPPI.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO MAKE IT HERE.
TOGETHER.
OH, SON.
WHAT HAVE
I DONE TO YOU ?
IT'S OKAY, POPPI.
EAT SOME SOUP, PLEASE.
AND SO ELMER STAYED
BEHIND IN THE COLD
TO TAKE CARE
OF HIS FATHER.
HE KNEW IN HIS HEAD THAT IT WAS
NOT THE SMART THING TO DO.
BUT HE KNEW IN HIS HEART THA IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND SO HE REALLY
HAD NO CHOICE.
FOR EVERY NIGHT,
THERE IS A MORNING.
FOR EVERY WINTER,
THERE IS A SPRING.
AND WITH EACH SPRING,
COMES THE FAMILIAR.
OKAY, CAN WE KEEP
THE QUACKIN' DOWN.
DUCKS !
ATTENTION, DUCKS !
WELL, THAT WAS SOME LONG JOURNEY
FROM MIAMI BACK UP HERE
TO OUR HOMES.
WE SHOULD ALL CONGRATULATE
OURSELVES ON MAKING I THROUGH ANOTHER WINTER.
YEAH !
I THINK WE SHOULD THANK
THE MAPPING COMMITTEE
AND THE ADVANCE TEAM.
AND WHILE WE LOOK FORWARD TO
A BEAUTIFUL AND FRUITFUL SUMMER,
WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THE ONES
WHO WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE.
SO HOW ABOUT A MOMENT OF SILENCE
FOR THOSE WE LOS IN THE HUNTER'S ATTACK
LAST FALL.
IRA AND SHIRLEY...
PABLO AND JACK.
AND ELMER !
DON'T FORGET WE LOST MY ELMER
LAST FALL AS WELL.
WHO COULD FORGET ELMER ?
THAT LITTLE FRUIT.
HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU ?
HE WASN'T NO FRUIT.
HE WAS A SISSY !
IF ELMER IS A SISSY,
THEN I WISH I WAS A SISSY TOO !
WHO SAID THAT ?
AND YOU, DRAKE DUCKLING, AREN' HALF THE DUCK THAT ELMER IS !
WHO SAID THAT !
I DID.
HUH !
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO DO ABOUT IT ?
IT CAN'T BE !
I SAW HIM SHOT MYSELF !
OH, IT'S ME ALRIGHT,
DRAKE DUCKLING.
IT'S ME.
AND I'D GLADLY TRADE
A DOZEN FOWLS LIKE YOU
FOR ONE PRICELESS DUCK
LIKE MY ELMER.
PAPPA !
MAMA !
EVERYONE WAS AMAZED !
NO DUCK HAD EVER SURVIVED
A WINTER IN THE FOREST BEFORE.
NO ONE.
EVER !
ALL THE OTHER DUCKS
WANTED TO KNOW HOW.
HOW COULD FATHER DUCK
HAVE PERFORMED THE IMPOSSIBLE
ALL BY HIMSELF ?
ELMER, SWEETHEART.
AREN'T YOU GOING TO
GIVE YOUR MAMA A BIG HUG ?
I ALWAYS BELIEVED
IN YOU.
I'M SO PROUD THAT YOU LEARNED
TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
ELMER !
COME OUT HERE
AND SEE WHAT I'VE FOUND !
LOOK WHAT I FOUND, ELMER.
ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS.
HEY ELMER,
JACK, YOUR DADDY,
HAS TOLD US ALL
ABOUT YOUR BRAVERY,
AND UNSELFISHNESS
AND INGENUITY.
AS DULY ELECTED
HEAD DUCK OF THE GAGGLE,
I WISH TO SAY...
I JUST WANT TO SAY...
HEY, WAY TO GO, ELMER !
I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR:
I AM THE SAME DUCK I ALWAYS WAS.
I'M A BIG SISSY
AND PROUD OF IT.
I HAVEN'T CHANGED.
NO, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED.
BUT, HOPEFULLY, I HAVE.
YEAH !
YES, MY FRIENDS, DUCKS MAY,
AT FIRST GLANCE,
ALL LOOK ALIKE.
BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF THEM IS DIFFERENT.
UNIQUE !
NOT DIFFERENT !
UNIQUE !
AS I WAS SAYING, EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM IS UNIQUE.
JUST LIKE SNOWFLAKES.
JUST LIKE ELMER.
AND JUST LIKE YOU.
YOU WILL LEARN THA LIFE'S A SPECIAL JOURNEY
TRANSFORMING US IN WAYS
THAT WE CAN'T SEE
THE PERSON
THAT YOU ARE TODAY
CAN'T HELP GROWING UP
ALONG THE WAY
TO WHO YOU'RE
MEANT TO BE
TIME TAKES TIME
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS NOW
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU'RE GONNA BE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE TIME TAKES TIME
IF YOU FOCUS
ON THE PRESENT
TOMORROW'S A SURPRISE
IF YOU ENJOY EACH MOMEN AS IT COMES
THEN LIFE WON' PASS YOU BY
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU REALLY ARE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE
TIME TAKES TIME
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT SNOWFLAKES,
DON'T WE ?
AND WE'VE ALL HEARD
THAT NO TWO SNOWFLAKES
ARE EXACTLY ALIKE,
RIGHT ?
OF COURSE,
WE ALL KNOW THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST SNOWFLAKES
THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
IN NATURE, NO TWO THINGS
ARE EXACTLY ALIKE.
NOT TREES.
NOT ANIMALS.
AND CERTAINLY
NOT PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENCES ARE ON
THE OUTSIDE AND EASY TO SEE.
BUT SOMETIMES
THEY'RE ON THE INSIDE
AND TAKE CAREFUL STUDY
TO FIND.
WE'RE ALL,
IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
DIFFERENT FROM
EACH OTHER...
INDIVIDUALS,
UNIQUE.
THE STORY I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU IS ABOU ONE OF THE MOS UNIQUE LITTLE FELLOWS
THAT IT'S EVER BEEN
MY PLEASURE TO MEET.
HE WAS A DUCK.
A LITTLE DUCK.
A DUCKLING,
YOU MIGHT SAY.
AND HIS NAME WAS ELMER.
AND ELMER...
WAS WHAT SOME FOLKS WOULD
SEE AS VERY DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT ?
EXCUSE ME, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO CLARIFY JUST EXACTLY
WHAT YOU MEAN
BY "DIFFERENT".
OKAY.
"DIFFERENT": NOT THE SAME.
DISSIMILAR.
NOW, WHEN YOU SAY,
"DIFFERENT, NOT THE SAME,
DISSIMILAR",
DO YOU MEAN IT IN
A NEGATIVE WAY AS IN "WEIRD",
OR ARE YOU PUTTING I IN A POSITIVE LIGH AS IF TO SAY
"UNIQUE" ?
I MEAN TO SAY
"UNIQUE".
I SEE.
THEN I CAUTION YOU TO BE MORE
ATTENTIVE IN THE FUTURE.
WORDS ARE POWERFUL TOOLS THA CAN HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS.
CHOOSE THEM CAREFULLY.
AND ALWAYS...
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN !
ELMER WAS UNIQUE.
ALRIGHT FOR YOU.
CONTINUE.
MAYBE I'D BETTER STAR FROM THE BEGINNING.
ELMER BEGAN LIFE MUCH LIKE ANY
OTHER DUCKLING: AS AN EGG.
MY GOODNESS !
ISN'T THIS EXCITING ?
IS THIS YOUR FIRS HATCHLING, DEARIE ?
YES.
HOW COULD YOU TELL ?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
BY YOUR SECOND DOZEN,
THE EXCITEMEN SOMEHOW DIMS.
HERE HE COMES !
OH, YEAH.
IT'S A MIRACLE ALRIGHT.
QUACK.
QUACK.
QUACK.
OH !
MY DARLING
LITTLE DRAKE !
MUDDAH !
QUACK, QUACK,
QUACK, QUACK.
OH !
HI.
I GUESS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ?
ANOTHER FEATHER IN
HIS FATHER'S CROWN.
I COULDN'T BE PROUDER.
MA ?
YOU GOT IT, GENIUS.
LET'S MOVE IT OUT.
C'MON, C'MON, WE GOT PLACES
TO GO, THINGS TO DO, HURRY UP.
MA ?
HELLO ?
ELMER ?
ANYBODY IN THERE ?
THAT'S FOR ME TO KNOW
AND YOU TO FIND OUT.
ELMER, DARLING.
IT'S ME.
YOUR MOTHER.
OH !
HI, MA !
HELLO, ELMER, DARLING.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING IN THERE ?
JUST CONSIDERING
MY OPTIONS, MA.
JUST CONSIDERING
MY OPTIONS.
LIKE I SAID,
RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO
EVERYBODY KNEW
ELMER WAS DIFF--
UNIQUE.
HE WAS UNIQUE.
ELMER, BABY, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING IN THE HOUSE ?
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT AND PLAY
WITH THE OTHER DUCKLINGS ?
I'M BUSY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?
I'M MAKING A NES FOR MY BABY DUCKIES.
I DON'T CARE WHAT HE SAYS,
ELMER WAS DIFFERENT !
AND ELMER WAS, IN FACT,
NO LESS DIFFERENT AT SCHOOL.
ELMER ?
DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO
DIG RIGHT INTO THAT PAIN AND REALLY FEEL
THE COLOR ?
YEAH.
RIGHT.
AND MESS UP
MY NEW OUTFIT ?
NOT IN THIS MILLENNIUM,
THANK YOU.
OOPSI.
THIS LOOKS SILLY, HUH ?
NOT AT ALL, ABNER.
I THINK THAT IS A LOOK
THAT YOU CAN PULL OFF.
REALLY ?
THANKS !
SOMEONE SAVE ME
FROM KINDERGARTEN.
ELMER...
DIFFERENT.
GET THE POINT ?
HAS ANYONE EVER ACCUSED YOU
OF KICKING A DEAD HORSE ?
THEY GOT THE POINT.
CAN WE PLEASE
MOVE ALONG ?
MAYBE IF YOU
ENCOURAGED HIM.
ME ?
WHY'S IT MY FAULT ?
IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH FAULT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF ELMER
SPENT MORE TIME WITH HIS FATHER
AND LESS
TIME AT HOME...
WELL, MAYBE IF YOU DIDN' BABY HIM ALL THE TIME !
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ?
ARE YOU IMPLYING THA I'M OVERBEARING !
NOT AT ALL, DEAR.
HOW ABOUT I
TAKE THE BLAME ?
AND SO, TO PLEASE HIS FATHER,
ELMER THOUGHT HE'D GIVE
TEAM SPORTS A TRY.
YOU WANT TO GO OVER THIS
WITH ME ONE MORE TIME ?
PLAYING TEAM SPORTS
IS A GOOD THING.
YOU MAKE FRIENDS.
YOU HAVE FUN.
YOU GET YOUR MOTHER
OFF MY BACK !
AND THAT HELPS
ME OUT HOW ?
JUST BETWEEN US,
I DO NOT SEE WHAT ALL
THE FUSS IS ABOUT BASEBALL.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,
IT'S A PRETTY POINTLESS GAME.
BASEBALL IS NO JUST A GAME.
IT IS THE GREA AMERICAN PASTIME.
WELL, MAYBE IF MORE PEOPLE WEN TO THE THEATER OR READ A BOOK
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
SO MUCH TIME TO PASS.
JUST A THOUGHT, POPPI.
LET IT GO.
ARE YOU GONNA
PLAY TOO ?
AND MY OTHER
CHOICES ARE ?
YOU GOT IT !
YOU GOT IT !
IT'S YOU'RE BALL !
NICE HIT, KID.
HUH !
WHAT DID I DO
TO DESERVE THIS ?
CAN'T HIT, CAN'T CATCH,
CAN'T FIELD.
WHAT AM I
SUPPOSED TO DO ?
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ?
WHAT !
IS THAT ALL
YOU HAVE TO SAY ?
YES.
BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE
OF ANOTHER OPINION.
BATTER CAN'T HIT.
BATTER CAN'T HIT.
DO I POINT OU YOUR SHORTCOMINGS ?
I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT, PLEASE, DON'T GE ME STARTED ON THE OBVIOUS.
SWING !
SWING !
SWING !
HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO CONCENTRATE
WITH EVERYONE SHOUTING
AT ME ALL THE TIME ?
STRIKE THREE.
YOU'RE OUT !
THANK GOODNESS.
NOW, CAN I GO HOME ?
YOU ASKED IF I'D LIKE TO
PLAY A NICE GAME OF BALL.
WELL, IF THIS IS
YOUR IDEA OF A NICE GAME
THEN I THINK YOU PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN OUT IN THE SUN TOO LONG.
RUN, CATCH, HIT, SWING !
YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GE YOURSELVES A HOBBY.
STAMP COLLECTING.
MONSTER-TRUCK RACING.
BOWLING !
ANYTHING THAT WILL
LET YOU KNOW
THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD OF
POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE
AND THIS AIN' ONE OF THEM !
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH,
THE HOME TEAM NEEDS
JUST ONE HIT TO WIN.
UP TO BAT, DRAKE.
AND IT'S A HOMERUN !
IT'S OUTTA HERE !
THE HOME TEAM WINS !
YEAH !
THAT'S MY BOY !
ELMER DIDN'T LIKE TO PLAY THE
GAMES THE OTHER DUCKLINGS DID.
HE PREFERRED TO GO OFF
ON HIS OWN, AND MAKE THINGS,
AND PLAY PRETEND.
I HAVE CAPTURED YOU.
NOW, YOU MUST DO WHATEVER
I DEMAND BECAUSE I AM A MAN !
OH, YOU BIG
AND STRONG MAN.
I AM A YOUR EVERY COMMAND...
NOT !
YOUR KID ?
WELL...
I...
SISSY !
THAT'S WHA THEY CALLED HIM.
ALL OF THEM.
SISSY !
AND YOU DIDN'T STOP THEM ?
I TRIED.
I HOLLERED AT THEM.
I THREATENED
A FEW OF THEM.
I EVEN OFFERED TO
BUY A ROUND OF DRINKS.
THEY JUST LAUGHED HARDER.
I WOULD'VE
MADE THEM STOP.
OH, MAMA, WHEN
THEY'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE RIGHT.
HE IS A SISSY !
FATHER !
WELL, IT'S TRUE.
THE WAY HE WALKS
AND TALKS AND ACTS !
ELMER'S A SISSY !
AND THANKS TO HIM,
I'M THE LAUGHING STOCK
OF THIS WHOLE FLOCK !
POPPI ?
I DON'T WANT TO
BE DIFFERENT.
I'M NOT TRYING
TO BE DIFFERENT.
IT'S JUST THE WAY I AM.
I KNOW, BABY.
I WANT TO BE LIKE
THE OTHER DUCKLINGS,
BUT I DON' FEEL LIKE THEM.
MAMA, THEY CALL ME SISSY,
BUT I'M NOT A SISSY.
I'M NOT.
MAMA ?
WHY DO THEY
CALL ME SISSY ?
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS
SOMEONE A NAME,
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
WHAT THE NAME IS,
OR WHAT IT MEANS.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING
TO BE HURTFUL.
CALLING NAMES HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH ANYTHING, BUT BEING CRUEL.
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS YOU A NAME
IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT YOU,
BUT IT SAYS THAT THE NAME CALLER
IS NOT A NICE PERSON.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
I THINK SO.
BUT WHAT DOES
SISSY MEAN ?
SISSY IS A CRUEL WAY OF SAYING
THAT SOMEONE DOES NOT AC LIKE A "REAL DUCK".
OH.
WELL, WHAT'S
A REAL DUCK ?
TO ME...
I THINK I'D HAVE TO SAY THA A REAL DUCK IS ONE WHO
STANDS UP FOR
HIMSELF.
A REAL DUCK IS ONE WHO
MAKES UP HIS OWN MIND.
A REAL DUCK IS ONE WHO
DOES THE RIGHT THING,
AND TAKES RISKS,
AND ISN'T AFRAID TO TRY.
A REAL DUCK ISN'T AFRAID
OF NEW THINGS OR TO LEARN.
BUT MOST OF ALL I THINK A REAL
DUCK IS ONE WHO IS WILLING
TO FOLLOW HIS OWN HEAR NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ?
I GUESS SO.
YOU THINK I COULD
BE A REAL DUCK, MAMA ?
I THINK YOU'VE GOT JUST ABOU THE BEST CHANCE OF ANYONE
I'VE EVER MET.
REALLY ?
OH.
YOU'RE JUS SAYING THAT.
REALLY.
AND I'M NO JUST SAYING THAT.
YOU JUST KEEP LISTENING
TO YOUR HEART.
YO+OLL SEE.
AND OUR LITTLE FRIEND
WENT TO BED THAT NIGH WITH A LO TO THINK ABOUT.
YES, INDEED.
YOU WILL LEARN THA LIFE'S A SPECIAL JOURNEY
TRANSFORMING US IN WAYS
THAT WE CAN'T SEE
THE PERSON
THAT YOU ARE TODAY
CAN'T HELP GROWING UP
ALONG THE WAY
TO WHO YOU'RE
MEANT TO BE
TIME TAKES TIME
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS NOW
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU'RE GONNA BE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE TIME
TAKES TIME
FIND THE FAITH IN KNOWING
THAT YOU'LL GET THERE
FIND THE STRENGTH TO NO DO WHAT FEELS WRONG
LISTEN TO
YOUR VOICE INSIDE
YOU CAN'T RUSH LIFE,
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE RIDE
TO GE WHERE YOU BELONG
TIME TAKES TIME
YOU CAN'T HAVE
ALL THE ANSWERS NOW
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU NEED TO BE
SO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE TIME TAKES TIME
IF YOU FOCUS
ON THE PRESENT
TOMORROW'S A SURPRISE
IF YOU ENJOY EACH MOMEN AS IT COMES
THEN LIFE WON' PASS YOU BY
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU REALLY ARE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE
TIME TAKES TIME
AND THE NEXT MORNING,
HE AWOKE AND WENT OUT INTO
THE WORLD WITH A NEW PURPOSE.
SISSY.
WELL, LOOK WHO
WE'VE GOT HERE.
YEAH.
LOOK WHO WE GOT HERE.
GOOD MORNING,
GENTLEMEN.
WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING ?
TO MY SCHOOL.
WHO SAID IT WAS
YOUR SCHOOL ?
HUH ?
YEAH.
HUH ?
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME...
MAYBE I DON' WANNA EXCUSE YOU.
MAYBE I DON'T WAN NO SISSIES IN MY SCHOOL.
I AM NO SISSY !
"I'M NO SISSY."
YEAH.
NO SISSY.
I'M A REAL DUCK
BECAUSE I LEARN AND I LISTEN
AND I'M TRUE TO MYSELF.
WHO HANDED
YOU THAT LINE ?
MY MAMA !
I'M SO HOT
CAN'T YOU SEE
I'M UNIQUE
AND PERFECTLY ME
I'M CUTE AS A BUG,
DON'T YOU KNOW
WHEN THEY MADE ME,
THEY STOMPED ON THE MOLD
I AM SO BEAUTIFUL
I'M A VISION
THE WAY I AM
YES, I'M SASSY,
YOU BETTER BELIEVE
'CAUSE THERE'S NO ONE
EXACTLY LIKE ME
WELL, I SHIMMER
LIKE A SNOWFLAKE
BUT HONEY
I'M HOTTER THAN HOT
YOU WAIT UNTIL
I'M ALL GROWN UP
YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE
WHAT I GOT
I AM PROUD TO BE ME
'CAUSE I WAS
BORN THIS WAY
AND IF I'M A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT
WELL, COOKIE,
THAT'S MORE THAN OKAY
YOU SEE, I'M NO INTO PLAYIN' BALL
OR WRESTLIN'
OR TACKLING FOOLS
I'M MUCH BETTER AT USING
MY BRAINS THAN MY BRAWN
AND I PLAY BY
MY OWN SET OF RULES
I AM ME,
YES, I AM
AND I'M QUACKIN'
A DIFFERENT QUACK
I'M BLAZIN' MY TRAIL
OUT OF DARKNESS TO LIGHT
AND, MY DEAR, THERE'S
NO NEED TO LOOK BACK
I'M UNIQUE
TRES CHIC
I AM ME...
YES, I TESTIFY
TO THAT FACT EVERYDAY.
WELL, HERE'S AN EARFUL
FOR YOU, LITTLE ELMER DUD:
IF IT WALKS LIKE A SISSY,
AND TALKS LIKE A SISSY,
IT IS A SISSY !
IT IS A SISSY !
GO BACK AND TELL
YOUR MAMA THAT ONE !
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE ?
NOTHING,
MRS. HENNYPECKER.
I HEARD SOMEONE
CALLING SOMEONE NAMES.
I DIDN'T HEAR NOTHIN'.
ME TOO.
I DIDN'T.
ARE THESE BOYS
BOTHERING YOU, DEAR ?
I...
UH...
THAT'S RIGHT,
KEEP YOUR BEAK SHUT.
ALRIGHT, YOUNG DUCKS.
FOR THAT YOU COULD
ALL STAY AFTER SCHOOL.
WHAT ?
NOW, JUST MARCH
YOURSELVES INTO CLASS
AND I'LL SEE YOU
ALL IN DETENTION.
YOU'RE DEAD MEAT, SISSY.
DEAD SISSY MEAT, YOU.
OH, POOR ELMER.
ELMER.
LITTLE SISSY ELMER.
ALRIGHT,
WHO SAID THAT ?
WHERE ARE YOU HIDING ?
ELMER.
WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT HERE
AND FACE ME LIKE A REAL DUCK ?
WHY DON' YOU MAKE ME ?
YOU GE SOME REST, BABY.
I'LL BE RIGHT IN THE OTHER ROOM
IF YOU NEED ME, OKAY ?
ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME
THAT IT'S MY FAULT AGAIN ?
I DID EVERYTHING
I COULD WITH THAT DUCK.
HE'S HOPELESS.
HE'S A SWEET CHILD.
HE'S THE LAUGHING STOCK
OF THE WHOLE FLOCK.
HE'S A WEAKLING.
HE'S A GOOD-NATURED
DUCKLING !
HE'S A LOSER !
IT'S A "DUCK EAT DUCK"
WORLD OUT THERE.
IN A FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE TIME
TO FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.
IT WILL BE EVERY
DUCK FOR HIMSELF.
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE.
IF YOU'D STOP TALKING LIKE
A BEER COMMERCIAL SOMETIME
AND LOOK AT HIM,
HE'S REALLY
VERY SPECIAL.
HE'S A SISSY !
HE'S YOUR SON !
HE'S NO SON OF MINE.
POOR ELMER.
WHERE DO YOU TURN WHEN YOUR
OWN DADDY DOESN'T WANT YOU ?
HIS SWEET LITTLE HEAR WAS BREAKING.
ELMER DECIDED THA MAYBE HIS FATHER,
HIS CLASSMATES,
HIS MAMA...
WELL, EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPIER
IF HE JUST DISAPPEARED.
AND SO HE HEADED OFF TO FIND
A PLACE WHERE HE COULD
BE HIMSELF AND NOT BE
MADE FUN OF FOR IT...
A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD
AT LAST FEEL SAFE.
A PLACE WHERE
HE COULD BE AT EASE.
I GUESS YOU COULD
CALL IT A HOME.
THE WARM DAYS OF SUMMER PASSED
AND SOON THE COLD NORTH WIND
BEGAN TO BLOW.
IT WAS AUTUMN
IN THE FOREST.
FELLOW DUCKS.
THE INEVITABLE TIME
IS UPON US AGAIN !
NOW, IS THE MOMENT FOR ALL GOOD
DUCKS TO FLY TO THE SOUTH
FOR THE WINTER !
IT WON'T BE
EASY OUT THERE.
NOT EVERY DUCK WHO TAKES OFF
WILL LAND SAFELY.
SO I SAY TO ALL OF YOUS
WHO DON'T MAKE IT...
NICE KNOWING YA.
AND TO THE REST OF YOUS I SAY,
"SEE YOUS ON THE BEACH !"
C'MON, DUCKS.
LET'S FLY !
TIME TO GO, DEAR.
WE CAN'T LEAVE
WITHOUT ELMER.
WE HAVE TO.
IT WILL BE WINTER SOON
AND WE'LL NEVER SURVIVE HERE.
WE HAVE TO FLY TO
THE WARM WEATHER SOUTH.
I KNOW, PAPPA.
I KNOW.
IF I COULD ONLY BE SURE
THAT ELMER WAS ALRIGHT.
I'M ALRIGHT, MAMA.
JACK, JACK,
WATCH OUT !
THEY GOT JACK !
OH, NO, POPPI !
ELMER.
RUN.
FLY AWAY !
LEAVE ME.
THE DOGS WILL BE
HERE ANY SECOND.
I CAN'T LEAVE YOU, POPPI.
LISTEN TO ME, BOY.
I'M WOUNDED AND OLD.
I'LL NEVER BE
ABLE TO FLY SOUTH.
FORGET ABOUT ME
AND SAVE YOURSELF.
THAT'S WHA I TAUGHT YOU TO DO.
POPPI, I CAN'T.
FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE CAN' YOU ACT LIKE A REAL DUCK ?
BUT ELMER KNEW IN HIS HEAR THAT HIS FATHER WAS WRONG.
HE COULD HEAR THE TRUTH OF
HIS MOTHER'S WORDS IN HIS HEAD
AND THEY GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH
TO DO WHAT HE KNEW WAS RIGHT.
WHERE AM I ?
YOU'RE WITH ME, POPPI.
HERE, HAVE SOMETHING
TO EAT.
HOW DID I GET HERE ?
I CARRIED YOU, POPPI.
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW
TO DO ALL OF THIS ?
I TAUGHT MYSELF, POPPI.
LISTEN TO ME, SON.
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME HERE
AND FLY TO WHERE IT'S WARM.
YOU'LL NEVER SURVIVE
THE WINTER HERE.
GO.
THAT'S WHAT A REAL DUCK
WOULD DO !
YOU'VE BEEN ASLEEP
FOR A WHILE NOW.
IT'S ALREADY
TOO LATE, POPPI.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO MAKE IT HERE.
TOGETHER.
OH, SON.
WHAT HAVE
I DONE TO YOU ?
IT'S OKAY, POPPI.
EAT SOME SOUP, PLEASE.
AND SO ELMER STAYED
BEHIND IN THE COLD
TO TAKE CARE
OF HIS FATHER.
HE KNEW IN HIS HEAD THAT IT WAS
NOT THE SMART THING TO DO.
BUT HE KNEW IN HIS HEART THA IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND SO HE REALLY
HAD NO CHOICE.
FOR EVERY NIGHT,
THERE IS A MORNING.
FOR EVERY WINTER,
THERE IS A SPRING.
AND WITH EACH SPRING,
COMES THE FAMILIAR.
OKAY, CAN WE KEEP
THE QUACKIN' DOWN.
DUCKS !
ATTENTION, DUCKS !
WELL, THAT WAS SOME LONG JOURNEY
FROM MIAMI BACK UP HERE
TO OUR HOMES.
WE SHOULD ALL CONGRATULATE
OURSELVES ON MAKING I THROUGH ANOTHER WINTER.
YEAH !
I THINK WE SHOULD THANK
THE MAPPING COMMITTEE
AND THE ADVANCE TEAM.
AND WHILE WE LOOK FORWARD TO
A BEAUTIFUL AND FRUITFUL SUMMER,
WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THE ONES
WHO WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE.
SO HOW ABOUT A MOMENT OF SILENCE
FOR THOSE WE LOS IN THE HUNTER'S ATTACK
LAST FALL.
IRA AND SHIRLEY...
PABLO AND JACK.
AND ELMER !
DON'T FORGET WE LOST MY ELMER
LAST FALL AS WELL.
WHO COULD FORGET ELMER ?
THAT LITTLE FRUIT.
HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU ?
HE WASN'T NO FRUIT.
HE WAS A SISSY !
IF ELMER IS A SISSY,
THEN I WISH I WAS A SISSY TOO !
WHO SAID THAT ?
AND YOU, DRAKE DUCKLING, AREN' HALF THE DUCK THAT ELMER IS !
WHO SAID THAT !
I DID.
HUH !
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO DO ABOUT IT ?
IT CAN'T BE !
I SAW HIM SHOT MYSELF !
OH, IT'S ME ALRIGHT,
DRAKE DUCKLING.
IT'S ME.
AND I'D GLADLY TRADE
A DOZEN FOWLS LIKE YOU
FOR ONE PRICELESS DUCK
LIKE MY ELMER.
PAPPA !
MAMA !
EVERYONE WAS AMAZED !
NO DUCK HAD EVER SURVIVED
A WINTER IN THE FOREST BEFORE.
NO ONE.
EVER !
ALL THE OTHER DUCKS
WANTED TO KNOW HOW.
HOW COULD FATHER DUCK
HAVE PERFORMED THE IMPOSSIBLE
ALL BY HIMSELF ?
ELMER, SWEETHEART.
AREN'T YOU GOING TO
GIVE YOUR MAMA A BIG HUG ?
I ALWAYS BELIEVED
IN YOU.
I'M SO PROUD THAT YOU LEARNED
TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
ELMER !
COME OUT HERE
AND SEE WHAT I'VE FOUND !
LOOK WHAT I FOUND, ELMER.
ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS.
HEY ELMER,
JACK, YOUR DADDY,
HAS TOLD US ALL
ABOUT YOUR BRAVERY,
AND UNSELFISHNESS
AND INGENUITY.
AS DULY ELECTED
HEAD DUCK OF THE GAGGLE,
I WISH TO SAY...
I JUST WANT TO SAY...
HEY, WAY TO GO, ELMER !
I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR:
I AM THE SAME DUCK I ALWAYS WAS.
I'M A BIG SISSY
AND PROUD OF IT.
I HAVEN'T CHANGED.
NO, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED.
BUT, HOPEFULLY, I HAVE.
YEAH !
YES, MY FRIENDS, DUCKS MAY,
AT FIRST GLANCE,
ALL LOOK ALIKE.
BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF THEM IS DIFFERENT.
UNIQUE !
NOT DIFFERENT !
UNIQUE !
AS I WAS SAYING, EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM IS UNIQUE.
JUST LIKE SNOWFLAKES.
JUST LIKE ELMER.
AND JUST LIKE YOU.
YOU WILL LEARN THA LIFE'S A SPECIAL JOURNEY
TRANSFORMING US IN WAYS
THAT WE CAN'T SEE
THE PERSON
THAT YOU ARE TODAY
CAN'T HELP GROWING UP
ALONG THE WAY
TO WHO YOU'RE
MEANT TO BE
TIME TAKES TIME
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS NOW
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU'RE GONNA BE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE TIME TAKES TIME
IF YOU FOCUS
ON THE PRESENT
TOMORROW'S A SURPRISE
IF YOU ENJOY EACH MOMEN AS IT COMES
THEN LIFE WON' PASS YOU BY
TIME TAKES TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT
EVERY DAY YOU'RE CHANGING
INTO WHO YOU REALLY ARE
SO LISTEN
TO YOUR HEART
'CAUSE
TIME TAKES TIME