The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993) s03e12 Episode Script
Homeward Bound
Sometimes an ill wind can bring good fortune. For owl, the great storm brought freedom
at last from her concrete prison. Much to the joy of her friends.
Rollo's nose led him to shadow who was rescued by the warden.
It's a badger, a female, good boy, rollo. Another casualty was tray, so badly injured
that he would never bully us again. Well, that hurricane did some good at least.
But not even the tempest was powerful enough to subdue our arch enemies, the rats.
Here's, we shall most certainly turn it white to a pot. But not until you are up to it,
I'm up to it now. I ate three mice this morning. Three rather small mice, but I caught them.
Well, you should have caught bigger ones. What, what, what? I want to go home.
Years, but what, you're far too weak. After all that time, you spent locked in your cement
overcoat. What, as I say, when you're up to it, then we'll go. I will decide when you're
up to it. I do wish you'd both shut up. You're making my head a ten times worse. Why
don't you tell him that if she can fly up to the clouds and swoop back and still manage
a big hoot, then you'll take her. An excellent suggestion. What? Yes, well, all right.
food.
She asked her to hold a big hold like a fed, or it doesn't count.
See, you're not up to it.
Yes, well, I've decided you are up to it.
No, let's go now. Wait, dear park is out there reaching for us.
My headache, it's gone, completely gone. Your heart cured me.
Oh, I can't wait to show adder what a handsome mate I found for myself.
I said you are up to it, didn't I?
And just as good a flyer as you are.
Don't say what I am the best flyer of the world.
Look here, what? Why don't we have a rest at that cops?
Coming up on the left, though, what?
I know these cops.
Yes, I came here on my journey looking for a mate, looking for you.
That dreadful hare can certainly not eat about a bit.
Owl, owl. My own dear is sweet owl. It's you.
You come back to me.
What? What? Do you know this mothy-dun-wook?
Well, in a way.
I've never stopped loving you. Every moment since we parted, I've thought of you.
I love you.
You love her? What?
I love her.
My wife was killed in the hurricane.
All the other works were two. So now I'm free.
We can live together forever.
Blissfully happy. Be a bar owl.
The cheek? What?
He's quite harmless.
He has a thing about owls.
Wib!
Unfortunately, I have a new responsibility which prevents me from flying away with you to bird paradise.
This poor little orphaned rook.
Wib!
I must be mother and father to it. There's no one else.
Do you understand?
Yes, of course.
Say that you love me all the more for sacrificing yourself in this way. Good.
What?
Whenever I hear a rook call, I shall think of you.
Oh, what a beautiful fate this side.
Wib!
My mate and I are flying to a dear park to live there happily ever after.
Who would give I? Fillow flapper.
Who would give I? And good luck.
Who would give I?
I'll always love you.
And you, of course.
I'll always love you.
Wib!
He was how I'm all eaten up like a home.
He had a dad.
No!
I'm sorry.
No!
I'm sorry.
I really am maisely.
Tuap!
We
That's it, Cleo.
Come on, maisely.
Weweasels.
Weasels.
Weasels.
Hello, Dash.
Meet the family.
Bunny rabbit.
That's nice. I like you.
You! Bunny rabbit.
Playing with me.
No! Bunny playing with me.
Bunny rabbit, come!
Mmm.
Guess what?
I couldn't possibly.
Weasels.
Weasels?
Uh-huh.
Not our weasels.
This is wonderful news.
These my little ones is my dear dog.
I'll do it to my ears.
Oh, weasel.
Misely.
It's so good to see you again.
And your little ones.
What kind of a welcome to call this?
Bird brain-fender-headed twat-booty.
Oh, I do apologize, weasel.
Weasel?
Weasel!
Oh, weasel, your little ones.
They're soweasely.
Oh, thank you, fixin'.
As they take after me, they're not at all like measly.
Yeah.
Misely, old friend.
You're here at last. And just in time.
We've never needed you more.
Me? Me, dude.
More for.
You see measly, white deer park.
Since you went away, it's become overrun with rats.
We've been fighting them.
We've killed hundreds.
Thousands.
But we can never kill enough.
But now you're here.
Yes, you're here at last.
I've been at my witsend.
We didn't come all the way back here just to fight your battles for you.
Typical behavior.
We're hoe.
We're gonna bring up our little ones in peace and quiet.
There'll be no peace and quiet, not with the rats here.
No life at all.
I thought you would help us in our struggle against them.
It seems I was wrong.
Um
Folks, I am
We didn't say we wouldn't help, no.
Yes, we did.
No, we didn't.
We didn't say we wouldn't help, no.
Ah, come.
We'll kill a few rats for you.
At first, we have to take Fido and Cleo.
Did he Fido?
What?
And this is Cleo?
Hunk.
How to deal with rats.
I crash course.
I was so glad to see you again.
Welcome home.
Hello.
Who wants to save me that, yes?
Oh!
Oh, a rat!
It's alright, matey's.
He's my pal, Spike.
He's on our side.
Listen carefully to your father, little ones,
and he will show you the correct way to kill a rat.
Spike here has kindly volunteered to etch the part of the rat.
We, we.
Eh?
Eek.
It's alright, matey.
They're not really going to kill you just for practice.
That's right.
Just for practice.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Ah, matey!
Wonderful!
Oh, never seen anything like it.
You were very good too, matey.
Basically, I was nothing like it, no good at all.
You useless.
Your mother will show you, little ones,
the correct way to attack and beat up a rat.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Oh, that hit!
That hit better.
Perfect!
You're the best!
Ah, ah, ah!
Fine, oh.
Now it's your turn.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Do excuse me, but I heard there were some weasels in the park.
I'm hurtled by the way.
I don't think we've met.
Oh, yeah!
I'm kind.
All weasels are my friends.
Ah!
You shouldn't do that, you know.
It's not kind.
Tally!
We've been teaching you that attack rats.
Oh!
I see.
That's all right then.
I thought you might help.
You see, my mate, Shadow, she's gone missing.
I've been looking everywhere for her.
Now I've lost my mole as well.
Haven't seen him, have you?
He'll come up either.
No!
Here!
Here!
I want to play!
How do you play?
Yeah!
Her call, there you are.
I've been looking everywhere.
I've found Shadow.
Oh, Shadow.
Is she all right?
She's okay.
She was not partying.
The warden found her and stuck her in a cage outside his cottage.
Oh, we must rescue her right away.
Your help, weaselies friends, won't you?
Oh, you're very kind.
I'm kind.
Too kind for my own good, I sometimes think.
What a peculiar bite!
Right, off we go then.
I'm going to play.
Oh, there she is.
Psst!
Wicked, wicked.
Her calls here.
Her calls.
Oh, I never thought I'd see your broad face again.
I brought some weasels to see you.
They're very kind.
And have sharp teeth.
You heard what the badger said, weasels?
I've been so worried about you.
Meow.
Excuse me, but I can't possibly allow you to release that badger.
It's sick.
Macy, skin that cat.
Yes, weasel.
Push off.
And I'll skin you, I will.
I've skinned bigger cats than you.
I'll fetch the warden's dog.
Heal sort you out.
Meow.
Honey, honey, there's a dog coming.
I think for all she's seen ever be,
with all the material and dripping fangs.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Yikes.
Who are you?
Don't hurt me, please.
I didn't mean to frighten you.
I was just trying to be a guard dog, but I'm useless.
You, slayers.
I'm a little bit of a dog.
My baby weasel.
Oh, my best little friends.
No, no.
We killed you at first.
I was a dead dog, but the farmer pulled me out
and locked me up with his prize pig.
I was a good weasel dog, wasn't I?
Is the only thing I was ever any good at?
A live again.
A beautiful, hairy, smelly weasel dog.
I didn't mean to frighten you, but I'm very sorry.
Me too.
I'm not hugely vicious and horrible.
I forgive you both.
Oh, yeah.
I'm sorry.
Roll out.
Roll out.
If you're causing for trouble.
Ah, roll out.
Wait for me.
Wait for me.
Hello, isla.
I hope you've been keeping well.
Speedy.
Thought I'd come home see my old friends.
I feel much safer here.
Fishing any good?
The stream was poisoned, you know.
No.
Hmm, drums and drums of poison just around the bend there,
leaking into the water, but the warden cleared it all up just the other day.
It'll be safe to drink again very soon.
Oh, what's that sound?
It's giving me goosebumps.
Oh, it'll be the stags, fighting it out to see who'll be their new leader.
Shall we flap over and see who wins?
Delighted.
Ah, floor.
It's been the other one.
Rain.
Rain.
Hard luck, butch.
You tried your best.
Go away, pesky foxes.
It's a pity trade didn't stump you all flat.
Go away.
I wanted lead to win anyway.
For there.
All I did, you beaten all the others,
but now you've got to face me.
I'm stronger than all of them.
And cleverer, you're tired, but I'm fresh and strong.
Come on then.
I'm ready for you.
Do your best.
Lead, come on, lead.
Lead hasn't a chance.
That brute will kill him.
He's a worse monster than trey.
Lead, win.
Just you watch.
Come on, lead.
Come on, lead.
Come on, lead.
All right.
Who's the strongest?
You are.
Who's the winner?
You are.
Who's the leader of the herd?
Oh.
You are.
As senior fox and leader of the animals who came here from Farthingwood,
it gives me the greatest pleasure to formally acknowledge you,
lead, as the leader of all the animals in the park.
Well done.
Brilliant fighting, lead.
It was so exciting.
Thank you, foxes.
Thank you for cheering me.
Please help me, friends.
You and I, just as you and my grandfather, the great white stag,
we're friends.
Which all live together peacefully and in friendship.
Thank you, lead.
This is a great day.
And if ever I need any advice, fox, I shall seek out your ways, and
I've got a wise head too.
Haven't I?
No. There's only one creature left who hasn't acknowledged me as leader.
Trey.
Trey's gone.
Gone?
The warden's men took him away in a big wagon.
He didn't see it.
I did.
They took Trey away to mend his bad leg.
He didn't roar or anything.
He just went.
They didn't hurt him or anything.
So, no more Trey.
That's one big problem solved.
What about the rats?
They're the biggest problem ever.
I'll help you deal with the rats.
Oh, well.
There you are then.
Nothing to worry about.
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
Rats.
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
Trey, Trey, Trey.
I've killed hundreds, thousands of rats,
since they murdered my poor seniors.
But who could kill all these?
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
I know.
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
I'm Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
I'm Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
This is the most beautiful,
the most impressively ratty sight,
whatever I did ever set eyes on.
But you're lovely.
Have there ever been so many whiskers and tails in one place?
All some along you've been coming
from the sores you've come, you've come to bully.
And more and more years have been born in nests,
deep in our mother earth.
Bulley, love your all.
Bulley, bulley.
Now it's lost.
This here very pleasant park will be ours,
an hour's alone.
Tomorrow we will attack and kill all the other animals.
We will rip them up.
We will kill them.
One right by itself is a small thing,
but together we are one single animal.
And huge animal, a monster that cannot be defeated.
No power on earth can stop us.
O-M-I!
Bulley, bulley!
VII
at last from her concrete prison. Much to the joy of her friends.
Rollo's nose led him to shadow who was rescued by the warden.
It's a badger, a female, good boy, rollo. Another casualty was tray, so badly injured
that he would never bully us again. Well, that hurricane did some good at least.
But not even the tempest was powerful enough to subdue our arch enemies, the rats.
Here's, we shall most certainly turn it white to a pot. But not until you are up to it,
I'm up to it now. I ate three mice this morning. Three rather small mice, but I caught them.
Well, you should have caught bigger ones. What, what, what? I want to go home.
Years, but what, you're far too weak. After all that time, you spent locked in your cement
overcoat. What, as I say, when you're up to it, then we'll go. I will decide when you're
up to it. I do wish you'd both shut up. You're making my head a ten times worse. Why
don't you tell him that if she can fly up to the clouds and swoop back and still manage
a big hoot, then you'll take her. An excellent suggestion. What? Yes, well, all right.
food.
She asked her to hold a big hold like a fed, or it doesn't count.
See, you're not up to it.
Yes, well, I've decided you are up to it.
No, let's go now. Wait, dear park is out there reaching for us.
My headache, it's gone, completely gone. Your heart cured me.
Oh, I can't wait to show adder what a handsome mate I found for myself.
I said you are up to it, didn't I?
And just as good a flyer as you are.
Don't say what I am the best flyer of the world.
Look here, what? Why don't we have a rest at that cops?
Coming up on the left, though, what?
I know these cops.
Yes, I came here on my journey looking for a mate, looking for you.
That dreadful hare can certainly not eat about a bit.
Owl, owl. My own dear is sweet owl. It's you.
You come back to me.
What? What? Do you know this mothy-dun-wook?
Well, in a way.
I've never stopped loving you. Every moment since we parted, I've thought of you.
I love you.
You love her? What?
I love her.
My wife was killed in the hurricane.
All the other works were two. So now I'm free.
We can live together forever.
Blissfully happy. Be a bar owl.
The cheek? What?
He's quite harmless.
He has a thing about owls.
Wib!
Unfortunately, I have a new responsibility which prevents me from flying away with you to bird paradise.
This poor little orphaned rook.
Wib!
I must be mother and father to it. There's no one else.
Do you understand?
Yes, of course.
Say that you love me all the more for sacrificing yourself in this way. Good.
What?
Whenever I hear a rook call, I shall think of you.
Oh, what a beautiful fate this side.
Wib!
My mate and I are flying to a dear park to live there happily ever after.
Who would give I? Fillow flapper.
Who would give I? And good luck.
Who would give I?
I'll always love you.
And you, of course.
I'll always love you.
Wib!
He was how I'm all eaten up like a home.
He had a dad.
No!
I'm sorry.
No!
I'm sorry.
I really am maisely.
Tuap!
We
That's it, Cleo.
Come on, maisely.
Weweasels.
Weasels.
Weasels.
Hello, Dash.
Meet the family.
Bunny rabbit.
That's nice. I like you.
You! Bunny rabbit.
Playing with me.
No! Bunny playing with me.
Bunny rabbit, come!
Mmm.
Guess what?
I couldn't possibly.
Weasels.
Weasels?
Uh-huh.
Not our weasels.
This is wonderful news.
These my little ones is my dear dog.
I'll do it to my ears.
Oh, weasel.
Misely.
It's so good to see you again.
And your little ones.
What kind of a welcome to call this?
Bird brain-fender-headed twat-booty.
Oh, I do apologize, weasel.
Weasel?
Weasel!
Oh, weasel, your little ones.
They're soweasely.
Oh, thank you, fixin'.
As they take after me, they're not at all like measly.
Yeah.
Misely, old friend.
You're here at last. And just in time.
We've never needed you more.
Me? Me, dude.
More for.
You see measly, white deer park.
Since you went away, it's become overrun with rats.
We've been fighting them.
We've killed hundreds.
Thousands.
But we can never kill enough.
But now you're here.
Yes, you're here at last.
I've been at my witsend.
We didn't come all the way back here just to fight your battles for you.
Typical behavior.
We're hoe.
We're gonna bring up our little ones in peace and quiet.
There'll be no peace and quiet, not with the rats here.
No life at all.
I thought you would help us in our struggle against them.
It seems I was wrong.
Um
Folks, I am
We didn't say we wouldn't help, no.
Yes, we did.
No, we didn't.
We didn't say we wouldn't help, no.
Ah, come.
We'll kill a few rats for you.
At first, we have to take Fido and Cleo.
Did he Fido?
What?
And this is Cleo?
Hunk.
How to deal with rats.
I crash course.
I was so glad to see you again.
Welcome home.
Hello.
Who wants to save me that, yes?
Oh!
Oh, a rat!
It's alright, matey's.
He's my pal, Spike.
He's on our side.
Listen carefully to your father, little ones,
and he will show you the correct way to kill a rat.
Spike here has kindly volunteered to etch the part of the rat.
We, we.
Eh?
Eek.
It's alright, matey.
They're not really going to kill you just for practice.
That's right.
Just for practice.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Ah, matey!
Wonderful!
Oh, never seen anything like it.
You were very good too, matey.
Basically, I was nothing like it, no good at all.
You useless.
Your mother will show you, little ones,
the correct way to attack and beat up a rat.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Oh, that hit!
That hit better.
Perfect!
You're the best!
Ah, ah, ah!
Fine, oh.
Now it's your turn.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Do excuse me, but I heard there were some weasels in the park.
I'm hurtled by the way.
I don't think we've met.
Oh, yeah!
I'm kind.
All weasels are my friends.
Ah!
You shouldn't do that, you know.
It's not kind.
Tally!
We've been teaching you that attack rats.
Oh!
I see.
That's all right then.
I thought you might help.
You see, my mate, Shadow, she's gone missing.
I've been looking everywhere for her.
Now I've lost my mole as well.
Haven't seen him, have you?
He'll come up either.
No!
Here!
Here!
I want to play!
How do you play?
Yeah!
Her call, there you are.
I've been looking everywhere.
I've found Shadow.
Oh, Shadow.
Is she all right?
She's okay.
She was not partying.
The warden found her and stuck her in a cage outside his cottage.
Oh, we must rescue her right away.
Your help, weaselies friends, won't you?
Oh, you're very kind.
I'm kind.
Too kind for my own good, I sometimes think.
What a peculiar bite!
Right, off we go then.
I'm going to play.
Oh, there she is.
Psst!
Wicked, wicked.
Her calls here.
Her calls.
Oh, I never thought I'd see your broad face again.
I brought some weasels to see you.
They're very kind.
And have sharp teeth.
You heard what the badger said, weasels?
I've been so worried about you.
Meow.
Excuse me, but I can't possibly allow you to release that badger.
It's sick.
Macy, skin that cat.
Yes, weasel.
Push off.
And I'll skin you, I will.
I've skinned bigger cats than you.
I'll fetch the warden's dog.
Heal sort you out.
Meow.
Honey, honey, there's a dog coming.
I think for all she's seen ever be,
with all the material and dripping fangs.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Yikes.
Who are you?
Don't hurt me, please.
I didn't mean to frighten you.
I was just trying to be a guard dog, but I'm useless.
You, slayers.
I'm a little bit of a dog.
My baby weasel.
Oh, my best little friends.
No, no.
We killed you at first.
I was a dead dog, but the farmer pulled me out
and locked me up with his prize pig.
I was a good weasel dog, wasn't I?
Is the only thing I was ever any good at?
A live again.
A beautiful, hairy, smelly weasel dog.
I didn't mean to frighten you, but I'm very sorry.
Me too.
I'm not hugely vicious and horrible.
I forgive you both.
Oh, yeah.
I'm sorry.
Roll out.
Roll out.
If you're causing for trouble.
Ah, roll out.
Wait for me.
Wait for me.
Hello, isla.
I hope you've been keeping well.
Speedy.
Thought I'd come home see my old friends.
I feel much safer here.
Fishing any good?
The stream was poisoned, you know.
No.
Hmm, drums and drums of poison just around the bend there,
leaking into the water, but the warden cleared it all up just the other day.
It'll be safe to drink again very soon.
Oh, what's that sound?
It's giving me goosebumps.
Oh, it'll be the stags, fighting it out to see who'll be their new leader.
Shall we flap over and see who wins?
Delighted.
Ah, floor.
It's been the other one.
Rain.
Rain.
Hard luck, butch.
You tried your best.
Go away, pesky foxes.
It's a pity trade didn't stump you all flat.
Go away.
I wanted lead to win anyway.
For there.
All I did, you beaten all the others,
but now you've got to face me.
I'm stronger than all of them.
And cleverer, you're tired, but I'm fresh and strong.
Come on then.
I'm ready for you.
Do your best.
Lead, come on, lead.
Lead hasn't a chance.
That brute will kill him.
He's a worse monster than trey.
Lead, win.
Just you watch.
Come on, lead.
Come on, lead.
Come on, lead.
All right.
Who's the strongest?
You are.
Who's the winner?
You are.
Who's the leader of the herd?
Oh.
You are.
As senior fox and leader of the animals who came here from Farthingwood,
it gives me the greatest pleasure to formally acknowledge you,
lead, as the leader of all the animals in the park.
Well done.
Brilliant fighting, lead.
It was so exciting.
Thank you, foxes.
Thank you for cheering me.
Please help me, friends.
You and I, just as you and my grandfather, the great white stag,
we're friends.
Which all live together peacefully and in friendship.
Thank you, lead.
This is a great day.
And if ever I need any advice, fox, I shall seek out your ways, and
I've got a wise head too.
Haven't I?
No. There's only one creature left who hasn't acknowledged me as leader.
Trey.
Trey's gone.
Gone?
The warden's men took him away in a big wagon.
He didn't see it.
I did.
They took Trey away to mend his bad leg.
He didn't roar or anything.
He just went.
They didn't hurt him or anything.
So, no more Trey.
That's one big problem solved.
What about the rats?
They're the biggest problem ever.
I'll help you deal with the rats.
Oh, well.
There you are then.
Nothing to worry about.
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
Rats.
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
Trey, Trey, Trey.
I've killed hundreds, thousands of rats,
since they murdered my poor seniors.
But who could kill all these?
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
I know.
Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
I'm Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
I'm Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey, Trey.
This is the most beautiful,
the most impressively ratty sight,
whatever I did ever set eyes on.
But you're lovely.
Have there ever been so many whiskers and tails in one place?
All some along you've been coming
from the sores you've come, you've come to bully.
And more and more years have been born in nests,
deep in our mother earth.
Bulley, love your all.
Bulley, bulley.
Now it's lost.
This here very pleasant park will be ours,
an hour's alone.
Tomorrow we will attack and kill all the other animals.
We will rip them up.
We will kill them.
One right by itself is a small thing,
but together we are one single animal.
And huge animal, a monster that cannot be defeated.
No power on earth can stop us.
O-M-I!
Bulley, bulley!
VII