The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993) s01e07 Episode Script
New Friends, Old Enemies
Look! Of all the perils we encountered on our journey from Farthingwood, crossing
the river was the most disastrous.
I know what he needs.
Oh! Conqueracious!
Fox was swept far away downstream and was feared dead.
With a heavy heart, I took on the leadership of the party and then the field mice produced
babies and refused to continue.
What is it here?
Eh, there's been a happy event.
What do we do now, Badger?
Perhaps it's time we all had a rest.
We can stay here.
I found us a home.
I'm not alone.
What's the better with him?
Shhh!
The wake up the baby is found your home!
New deep to shoot!
Soft earth, shady side of hedge, lost of grass and very near the fields.
What more do you want?
Water?
Trigger running through the ditch.
Sounds lovely.
What were the babies and me so tired?
I couldn't face going on.
I want to know what's going on too.
Eh, but you'll be breaking up the party.
Badger's not going to like it, you know.
He told us right.
He won't.
Well, he'll just have to lump it, won't he?
If you ask me, it's time we small creatures stood up for ourselves.
With the right to self-determination shame as anybody.
What do you say, field mouse?
I suppose so, only.
That's it then.
We'll tell him straight.
Ah!
Shhh!
Badger, we are staying where we are.
Hahahaha!
I insist on a vote.
Fair enough.
The proposal is we all stay here.
Hands up all who say aye.
It's you, Nana-mush.
Hey!
The motion is carried.
Hey!
Hey!
Poor Badger.
Who'd be a leader?
And he gets so confused.
I wonder if we should help things along.
What do you say?
I'm always glad to be of service.
Hmm.
Peace at last.
Thank you, Anna.
Taste these grubs.
Make a nice breakfast.
Just as well.
Looks like you have guests.
Hem, hem, hem.
Ah!
Morning.
How are the little ones today?
They're very well.
Thank you, Badger.
A Badger?
As you lectured representatives of the mouse and the bowl party.
How are you, Badger?
Oh, mustn't grumble you know.
And you, I'll never better thank you.
Can we get on with it, please?
We have come to tell you.
Well, more to ask your permission, really?
Shut up.
We've come to tell you that after due consideration and discussion,
the bowl and mouse party have voted unanimously to stay here.
To put it another way, we'd like your permission
so we don't need his permission.
Are you telling me that you don't want to go on to White Deer Park
with the rest of us?
If only Fox were here.
Can you get him?
Come on Foxy, we only want to help you.
As an earl of angry.
I've got his teeth.
I've got a point.
Ruby, can I have him as a pet?
Watch out.
It's Trotty's game.
Careful.
I'm sure he came up here.
He's behind those boxes.
Meow.
A cat.
He was just a cat all the time.
It's a song cat.
Just a cat.
Can I help you, Mr. Cat?
Remove your eye, for instance.
I'm not a cat.
And I'm not a full either.
No offense meant.
I take it, this is your territory.
Who wants to know?
I've come to ask for sanctuary.
Sanctuary?
Oh.
That's quite a different matter.
Sanctuary from humans.
Humans, eh?
Might've guessed it.
Take a tip from me, Fox.
All you got to do is learn how to handle them.
Do you know I can get anything I want round here?
Is that a fact?
Come on, tell me.
What would you give for a collar like mine, eh?
I don't know.
I've never had a collar.
See? Never even had a collar.
Well, I tell you.
Don't know how to handle them, do you?
I'll smoke your angry, too, eh?
Starving.
It's a meat over here.
Yes, it is.
Smells a bit.
Let bother you at all.
Just how I like it.
Personally, I wouldn't settle for anything less
than the best, freshest, most expensive, leanest cuts.
This
tasting.
Lovely.
Wait a minute.
Not so fast.
I'll let you eat this lovely bit of meat.
What do you do for me, eh?
What do you want me to do?
Well, I suppose you could do my due is for me.
Keep the humans happy.
Do you, Teth?
Yeah.
Every morning, I'll allow a meat line of dead mice, rats, and, eh,
someone for inspection, you see?
Prove on worth keeping.
And what do the humans do for you in return?
Feed me!
Not that much, of course.
All right.
I'll catch a few rats for you.
Can I eat now?
Each to his own, I suppose.
As long as I don't think I eat it, oh dear me.
That would create a problem if they thought I'd settle for that garbage.
Of course.
I could always play ill.
Yeah.
Oh!
See with humans you've got to learn and turn everything to your advantage.
They think I'd rancid me because they didn't give me enough fresh stuff.
And look what happens.
Oh dear me.
Better give four tom something extra specially nice to make him better.
Fresh chicken livers, for instance.
Yeah.
You eat up, Foxmeow, mate.
You eat up.
You are eating up, aren't you?
Where the Fox is here or not is of little consequence.
We must decide what is best.
Clearly the field mice as good parents must do the best they can for their children.
And if that means staying here, then that is what they must do.
Oh, thank you.
Owl.
Whereas the rest of us are committed to continue our journey.
Are we not badger?
Hmm.
That is true, Owl.
Oh dear.
This is most confusing.
If only Fox were here.
I don't know.
You Foxes always boasting our good you are a hunting, but you're always scavenging aren't you?
I get no peace from you, like especially winter nights.
Terrible.
Is it sleep here at night then?
Supermarket closes in the evening.
Mind you delivery lorries come very early in the morning.
So could I stay here?
Oh, you better mate.
You got some hunt in to do.
Three.
Six.
Ten.
No.
Fourteen.
Good lord, that's enough.
Better.
I'm worried about the babies.
Their father's not there to protect them and add up not now, Molly.
Oh dear.
Perhaps you should sing to them.
Shh.
You're my dear.
Perhaps I can be of some assistance.
I've had a lot of practice, and there's some arising.
Yes, you mesmerise your prey and then you eat them.
Just watch me little ones.
First I sway gently from side to side.
What's going on?
Then I start saying over and over very slowly.
You are going to sleep.
Help! Get mad, Dra!
You are going to sleep.
I think you are going to sleep.
If the mice stay, we all stay.
Well, before we started this journey, every one of us took an oath to look after one else.
I just going to eat the berry bees.
What the?
Didn't panic, Badger.
She was trying to hypnotise the babies, but she sent herself to sleep instead.
Let this be a lesson to us all.
Our leader insists we move on.
With the mice?
No. The wolves and mice are staying behind.
The oath says we all look after each other.
We can't leave them behind.
That's what the wolf says. That's why he's staying.
He's got a point. What does Badger say?
He says the oath means the wolves have to stick with us.
Excuse me, but I think our leader's got us all going round in circles.
I'll second that. Burn in me is he.
Just like toad.
Going round in circles.
Don't trust either of them.
I'll second that too.
This oath thinks stupid anyway.
Now there I must contradict you, Weasel.
The oath is necessary.
I could live without it. I could live very well.
Good luck.
We are right, you know. You'll see.
Badger. Badger.
Now what? They've all lost faith in me.
Lost faith, Toady?
They don't believe I can lead them to white deer park.
Why do they feel awful poor, Toady? And it wasn't your fault.
Your homing instinct confused you.
I'd like to see anyone else doing it better.
I know, my E.
But suppose my home in instinct gets the better of me all over again.
Then where shall we be?
My dear chap. It won't.
Ourland Kestrel will make sure of that.
Where is our?
It would be a leader. Kestrel.
We're going on, Kestrel. Can you scout ahead for us?
You can rely on me.
The sooner we're on our way, the better.
Come on, Tone. Back up. There's a good fella. Right you are, matey.
We go that way.
All right, everyone. We're moving off.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Badger.
Now what is it?
I don't still have sleep.
Oh dear. How on earth are we going to wake her up?
I know.
Weasel, you're wanted.
Someone wants me.
Pull the other one.
Ah!
Badger wants you to sing a song.
Well, why didn't you say so?
You wanted me.
Uh, did we?
Yes, Badger. Weasel's going to sing a song to add her to wake her up.
To wake her? Oh, I see.
Charmed, I'm sure.
Damn panic.
Beautiful dreamer, wake her today.
I couldn't hear.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Beautiful dreamer, wake her today.
Why for me?
It's alright. They're all gone.
Hello there. Nice day.
Very pleasant. Nice to see a friendly face, I must say.
Can I offer you some refreshment?
Grass isn't my favourite food.
Pity, mean just four.
But I wouldn't mind a rest in the shade.
Be my guest.
No, yee-hah!
What's so funny?
Bit ironic, really.
Been hunting foxes all my life.
And here I am now chin wagging with you.
Hunting?
Yeah, not of that rind here.
Oh dear, sore pointe.
Didn't mean to upset you.
Isn't your fault?
True, only obeying orders.
Humans are a funny lot.
Crawl one minute, coin the next.
Have to take them as you find them, I suppose.
Word of advice.
Don't hang a bike rind here.
Hunting tuntry.
Miles rind.
Wouldn't like to think of your worm.
You know.
Oh, yee-hah!
Don't worry.
I'm only passing through.
On my way back to my friends.
Friends?
You've got friends?
Oh.
Yes.
I wonder how they're getting on.
Excuse me.
Is that one of us?
Don't panic.
Get undercover.
Here, you're the first to do this.
Go back and see what's happened to the field mice.
Shry.
Shry.
Shry.
Shry.
Oh, chapbert.
Yee-hah!
That's what I call thee!
The whole field mouse.
Where are you?
Haaah.
Where are the others?
That goodness you've come.
My poor babies.
Haaah!
Over here.
Don't worry.
We'll get you out of here.
Oh, no.
Hedgehog.
The babies have all gone.
But I'm sorry, Bagger.
I was wrong.
It was brave of you to want to stay with the mice.
Well, anyway.
I think we'd all vote to go on with you now.
If you'll let us.
Of course you can.
I blame myself.
Well.
Yes.
This crow told me a tale of a bunch of travelling animals.
Nobody believed him, of course.
Suppose they must be missing you.
Yes.
I've rested here long enough.
Sun's getting high.
Yes. Better hurry on.
Find a safe hiding place for the rest of the afternoon.
Thanks, horse.
Good luck.
And watch out for the hunt.
I blame myself.
There are three ways of acting wisely.
The first is through meditation.
This is the nobest.
Second, by imitation.
This is the easiest.
Third, by experience.
This is the bitterest.
Fox would never forgive me.
It's time we all accepted. Fox is dead.
I don't believe you.
So there.
He's alive and making his way back to us.
Well, it's no use quarreling about it.
We must move on out of this terrible place.
Come on, everybody.
It's what Fox would want.
And if we're quick, I think we can make a nice spinny by nightfall.
You are beginning to remember the way, aren't you, Toad?
That's right, mate.
So buck up, Badger.
We'll make white gear park yet.
No, please don't get up.
Fourth thing, you look exhausted.
I'm sorry.
Is this your ear?
Yes, but you're welcome to use it.
I do have several others.
Actually, I was just going to hunt.
Are you hungry?
Starving.
Haven't eaten since yesterday.
Then your wits will be sharp.
Care to join me.
So looking up.
I'm going to hunt.
I'm going to hunt.
I'm going to hunt.
the river was the most disastrous.
I know what he needs.
Oh! Conqueracious!
Fox was swept far away downstream and was feared dead.
With a heavy heart, I took on the leadership of the party and then the field mice produced
babies and refused to continue.
What is it here?
Eh, there's been a happy event.
What do we do now, Badger?
Perhaps it's time we all had a rest.
We can stay here.
I found us a home.
I'm not alone.
What's the better with him?
Shhh!
The wake up the baby is found your home!
New deep to shoot!
Soft earth, shady side of hedge, lost of grass and very near the fields.
What more do you want?
Water?
Trigger running through the ditch.
Sounds lovely.
What were the babies and me so tired?
I couldn't face going on.
I want to know what's going on too.
Eh, but you'll be breaking up the party.
Badger's not going to like it, you know.
He told us right.
He won't.
Well, he'll just have to lump it, won't he?
If you ask me, it's time we small creatures stood up for ourselves.
With the right to self-determination shame as anybody.
What do you say, field mouse?
I suppose so, only.
That's it then.
We'll tell him straight.
Ah!
Shhh!
Badger, we are staying where we are.
Hahahaha!
I insist on a vote.
Fair enough.
The proposal is we all stay here.
Hands up all who say aye.
It's you, Nana-mush.
Hey!
The motion is carried.
Hey!
Hey!
Poor Badger.
Who'd be a leader?
And he gets so confused.
I wonder if we should help things along.
What do you say?
I'm always glad to be of service.
Hmm.
Peace at last.
Thank you, Anna.
Taste these grubs.
Make a nice breakfast.
Just as well.
Looks like you have guests.
Hem, hem, hem.
Ah!
Morning.
How are the little ones today?
They're very well.
Thank you, Badger.
A Badger?
As you lectured representatives of the mouse and the bowl party.
How are you, Badger?
Oh, mustn't grumble you know.
And you, I'll never better thank you.
Can we get on with it, please?
We have come to tell you.
Well, more to ask your permission, really?
Shut up.
We've come to tell you that after due consideration and discussion,
the bowl and mouse party have voted unanimously to stay here.
To put it another way, we'd like your permission
so we don't need his permission.
Are you telling me that you don't want to go on to White Deer Park
with the rest of us?
If only Fox were here.
Can you get him?
Come on Foxy, we only want to help you.
As an earl of angry.
I've got his teeth.
I've got a point.
Ruby, can I have him as a pet?
Watch out.
It's Trotty's game.
Careful.
I'm sure he came up here.
He's behind those boxes.
Meow.
A cat.
He was just a cat all the time.
It's a song cat.
Just a cat.
Can I help you, Mr. Cat?
Remove your eye, for instance.
I'm not a cat.
And I'm not a full either.
No offense meant.
I take it, this is your territory.
Who wants to know?
I've come to ask for sanctuary.
Sanctuary?
Oh.
That's quite a different matter.
Sanctuary from humans.
Humans, eh?
Might've guessed it.
Take a tip from me, Fox.
All you got to do is learn how to handle them.
Do you know I can get anything I want round here?
Is that a fact?
Come on, tell me.
What would you give for a collar like mine, eh?
I don't know.
I've never had a collar.
See? Never even had a collar.
Well, I tell you.
Don't know how to handle them, do you?
I'll smoke your angry, too, eh?
Starving.
It's a meat over here.
Yes, it is.
Smells a bit.
Let bother you at all.
Just how I like it.
Personally, I wouldn't settle for anything less
than the best, freshest, most expensive, leanest cuts.
This
tasting.
Lovely.
Wait a minute.
Not so fast.
I'll let you eat this lovely bit of meat.
What do you do for me, eh?
What do you want me to do?
Well, I suppose you could do my due is for me.
Keep the humans happy.
Do you, Teth?
Yeah.
Every morning, I'll allow a meat line of dead mice, rats, and, eh,
someone for inspection, you see?
Prove on worth keeping.
And what do the humans do for you in return?
Feed me!
Not that much, of course.
All right.
I'll catch a few rats for you.
Can I eat now?
Each to his own, I suppose.
As long as I don't think I eat it, oh dear me.
That would create a problem if they thought I'd settle for that garbage.
Of course.
I could always play ill.
Yeah.
Oh!
See with humans you've got to learn and turn everything to your advantage.
They think I'd rancid me because they didn't give me enough fresh stuff.
And look what happens.
Oh dear me.
Better give four tom something extra specially nice to make him better.
Fresh chicken livers, for instance.
Yeah.
You eat up, Foxmeow, mate.
You eat up.
You are eating up, aren't you?
Where the Fox is here or not is of little consequence.
We must decide what is best.
Clearly the field mice as good parents must do the best they can for their children.
And if that means staying here, then that is what they must do.
Oh, thank you.
Owl.
Whereas the rest of us are committed to continue our journey.
Are we not badger?
Hmm.
That is true, Owl.
Oh dear.
This is most confusing.
If only Fox were here.
I don't know.
You Foxes always boasting our good you are a hunting, but you're always scavenging aren't you?
I get no peace from you, like especially winter nights.
Terrible.
Is it sleep here at night then?
Supermarket closes in the evening.
Mind you delivery lorries come very early in the morning.
So could I stay here?
Oh, you better mate.
You got some hunt in to do.
Three.
Six.
Ten.
No.
Fourteen.
Good lord, that's enough.
Better.
I'm worried about the babies.
Their father's not there to protect them and add up not now, Molly.
Oh dear.
Perhaps you should sing to them.
Shh.
You're my dear.
Perhaps I can be of some assistance.
I've had a lot of practice, and there's some arising.
Yes, you mesmerise your prey and then you eat them.
Just watch me little ones.
First I sway gently from side to side.
What's going on?
Then I start saying over and over very slowly.
You are going to sleep.
Help! Get mad, Dra!
You are going to sleep.
I think you are going to sleep.
If the mice stay, we all stay.
Well, before we started this journey, every one of us took an oath to look after one else.
I just going to eat the berry bees.
What the?
Didn't panic, Badger.
She was trying to hypnotise the babies, but she sent herself to sleep instead.
Let this be a lesson to us all.
Our leader insists we move on.
With the mice?
No. The wolves and mice are staying behind.
The oath says we all look after each other.
We can't leave them behind.
That's what the wolf says. That's why he's staying.
He's got a point. What does Badger say?
He says the oath means the wolves have to stick with us.
Excuse me, but I think our leader's got us all going round in circles.
I'll second that. Burn in me is he.
Just like toad.
Going round in circles.
Don't trust either of them.
I'll second that too.
This oath thinks stupid anyway.
Now there I must contradict you, Weasel.
The oath is necessary.
I could live without it. I could live very well.
Good luck.
We are right, you know. You'll see.
Badger. Badger.
Now what? They've all lost faith in me.
Lost faith, Toady?
They don't believe I can lead them to white deer park.
Why do they feel awful poor, Toady? And it wasn't your fault.
Your homing instinct confused you.
I'd like to see anyone else doing it better.
I know, my E.
But suppose my home in instinct gets the better of me all over again.
Then where shall we be?
My dear chap. It won't.
Ourland Kestrel will make sure of that.
Where is our?
It would be a leader. Kestrel.
We're going on, Kestrel. Can you scout ahead for us?
You can rely on me.
The sooner we're on our way, the better.
Come on, Tone. Back up. There's a good fella. Right you are, matey.
We go that way.
All right, everyone. We're moving off.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Badger.
Now what is it?
I don't still have sleep.
Oh dear. How on earth are we going to wake her up?
I know.
Weasel, you're wanted.
Someone wants me.
Pull the other one.
Ah!
Badger wants you to sing a song.
Well, why didn't you say so?
You wanted me.
Uh, did we?
Yes, Badger. Weasel's going to sing a song to add her to wake her up.
To wake her? Oh, I see.
Charmed, I'm sure.
Damn panic.
Beautiful dreamer, wake her today.
I couldn't hear.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Starlight a few drops of white ink for thee.
Beautiful dreamer, wake her today.
Why for me?
It's alright. They're all gone.
Hello there. Nice day.
Very pleasant. Nice to see a friendly face, I must say.
Can I offer you some refreshment?
Grass isn't my favourite food.
Pity, mean just four.
But I wouldn't mind a rest in the shade.
Be my guest.
No, yee-hah!
What's so funny?
Bit ironic, really.
Been hunting foxes all my life.
And here I am now chin wagging with you.
Hunting?
Yeah, not of that rind here.
Oh dear, sore pointe.
Didn't mean to upset you.
Isn't your fault?
True, only obeying orders.
Humans are a funny lot.
Crawl one minute, coin the next.
Have to take them as you find them, I suppose.
Word of advice.
Don't hang a bike rind here.
Hunting tuntry.
Miles rind.
Wouldn't like to think of your worm.
You know.
Oh, yee-hah!
Don't worry.
I'm only passing through.
On my way back to my friends.
Friends?
You've got friends?
Oh.
Yes.
I wonder how they're getting on.
Excuse me.
Is that one of us?
Don't panic.
Get undercover.
Here, you're the first to do this.
Go back and see what's happened to the field mice.
Shry.
Shry.
Shry.
Shry.
Oh, chapbert.
Yee-hah!
That's what I call thee!
The whole field mouse.
Where are you?
Haaah.
Where are the others?
That goodness you've come.
My poor babies.
Haaah!
Over here.
Don't worry.
We'll get you out of here.
Oh, no.
Hedgehog.
The babies have all gone.
But I'm sorry, Bagger.
I was wrong.
It was brave of you to want to stay with the mice.
Well, anyway.
I think we'd all vote to go on with you now.
If you'll let us.
Of course you can.
I blame myself.
Well.
Yes.
This crow told me a tale of a bunch of travelling animals.
Nobody believed him, of course.
Suppose they must be missing you.
Yes.
I've rested here long enough.
Sun's getting high.
Yes. Better hurry on.
Find a safe hiding place for the rest of the afternoon.
Thanks, horse.
Good luck.
And watch out for the hunt.
I blame myself.
There are three ways of acting wisely.
The first is through meditation.
This is the nobest.
Second, by imitation.
This is the easiest.
Third, by experience.
This is the bitterest.
Fox would never forgive me.
It's time we all accepted. Fox is dead.
I don't believe you.
So there.
He's alive and making his way back to us.
Well, it's no use quarreling about it.
We must move on out of this terrible place.
Come on, everybody.
It's what Fox would want.
And if we're quick, I think we can make a nice spinny by nightfall.
You are beginning to remember the way, aren't you, Toad?
That's right, mate.
So buck up, Badger.
We'll make white gear park yet.
No, please don't get up.
Fourth thing, you look exhausted.
I'm sorry.
Is this your ear?
Yes, but you're welcome to use it.
I do have several others.
Actually, I was just going to hunt.
Are you hungry?
Starving.
Haven't eaten since yesterday.
Then your wits will be sharp.
Care to join me.
So looking up.
I'm going to hunt.
I'm going to hunt.
I'm going to hunt.