Once Upon a Forest (1993)

Benji Gregory: Edgar

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• Michelle : [speaking really fast]  Guess what? You'll never guess what, I'll betcha! Uncle Cornelius said I could go with you on your ramble today, but I'll betcha he's forgotten all about it, & I'll never, EVER get to see what the big surprise is!

  [inhales deeply] 

  Michelle : What took you so long?

  Abigail : My dad!

  Edgar : My mother!

  Russell : No breakfast!

• Cornelius : Well, what do you have to say?

  Edgar : Uh... sorry we're late?

• Edgar : [tapping a road with his foot]  This ground isn't normal. It's hard.

  Michelle : [sniffing the road]  And it smells kind of funny!

• Waggs : Aha! NOW the truth comes out! They're just here to steal our food!

  Edgar : No, we're just looking for lungwort & eyebright.

  Waggs : Liar!

  Edgar : It's true! We need the herbs to heal a sick badger back home!

  Waggs : More lies! Why would a mole, a mouse, and a hedgehog want to help a foul-smelling, worm-eating, good-for-nothing badger?

  Edgar : Michelle's none of those things. She's our friend, understand? And we've come too far to be stopped now. Step aside!

• Edgar's Mothers : Oh, Edgar! When we ran from the gas, I was worried sick about you! Did you forget your scarf somewhere?

  Edgar : No, Mama. This is what I forgot.

  [Edgar kisses his mama] 

• Edgar : We're going to climb?

  Russell : We can't DIG our way up!

• Edgar : You know, Abigail, sometimes I wish I was brave... like you.

  Abigail : You are.

• Edgar : How are we gonna get anybody to help us find the herbs?

  Russell : Maybe these guys won't be so grouchy after they eat.

  Abigail : Well, we can't wait that long!

• Russell : Wait a minute! I know how to get up there. We'll use Cornelius' Flapper-Wing-A-Ma-Thing.

  Edgar : Russell, good thinking! We'll FLY to the top of the cliff!

  Willy : You don't really mean "fly"?

  Waggs : You heard 'em, Willy. They'll flap their little paws & fly like birdies.

  [laughing] 

• Phineas : Is there a ray of hope?

  Wrens : [in unison]  A ray of hope?

  Edgar : [imitating Phineas]  Yes, there is a ray of hope! Brothers & sisters, we can SAVE Bosworth!

  Wrens : HALLELUJAH!

• Abigail : I can hardly see him behind his papers. He must be working on an experiment.

  Edgar : Good. Maybe he won't notice we're late.

  Michelle : I bet he's working on the big surprise, I'll betcha!

  Russell : Oh, I LOVE surprises! Let's have a look!

• Russell : What's he squawking about?

  Edgar : Shhhh... someone's died.

  Russell : Oh...

• Waggs : For all the good it'll do you, I'd like to see YOU get the lungwort! No one in Oakdale's ever been able to reach it! But I'll bet you three can!

  Russell : That's right! We've already got a plan, right, Edgar?

  Edgar : I don't know.

• Edgar : Come on, we'd better hurry!

  Michelle : If Uncle Cornelius asks, tell him it isn't MY fault you're late!

• Cornelius : There was nothing... I could do for my mother or father.

  [Michelle coughs and moans; Cornelius puts a wet cloth on her head] 

  Cornelius : But there is something you can do for Michelle.

  Edgar : Us, Cornelius?

  Cornelius : [opens a book]  I need special plants. Eye Bright, to soothe the burns on her eyes. And her lungs are badly damaged, so you must collect plenty of Lung Wort.

  Abigail : But everything in our meadow is dead.

  Cornelius : Then you must find another!

  Russell : Another meadow?

  Cornelius : There's no choice! You only have two days' time! The herbs *must* be applied before the moon waxes full, or it will be too late for Michelle!

  Russell : You-- You're coming with us, right?

  Cornelius : I wish I could, but I dare not leave her side.

  Edgar : We'll be by ourselves?

  Cornelius : No. You'll have each other. You'll want an early start. Get some sleep. And if you dream, dream of better times for Michelle and Dapplewood.