[gentle music rising slowly]
[thunder rumbles]
[tinkling]
[gentle orchestral music plays]
[female choir vocalizing]
- [thunder claps] - [yelps]
[choir vocalizing continues]
[frogs croaking]
[thunder claps]
[birds chirping]
[cat purring]
[thunder claps]
[wind blowing]
[thunder rumbling]
[crunching]
[gentle music swells]
[wind blowing]
[thunder claps]
[squeaking]
- [child] It's a round hoopy thing. - [Dad whispers] Come on.
What did you steal?
- I got a sugar cube. - I got a biscuit crumb.
- [child hums] - [mice pant, giggle]
- I got a toenail. - Oops.
- Dad? - Yes?
On the next sneak, can we break into the house with the...
What... What's that?
- Huh? - Hm?
[Dad] Oh, it's a...
- [Dad gasps] - [thunder claps]
- [mice gasp] - Inside! Now!
[purring]
[ominous music plays]
[gasps]
[suspenseful music plays]
[cracking]
- [gentle music plays] - [all gasp]
It's a... It's...
Funny-looking. Can we eat it?
No! It's a...
- [chick chirps] - [Dad] Well, it's a robin, I think.
Hi, Robin.
[sneezes]
[gasps] Can we keep her?
[Robin chirps]
[chuckles] Well, maybe.
[gentle music continues]
After all, she's only one little...
[chirps]
[chuckles]
...Robin.
[mice gasping]
- Wow... - Ow! Ooh! Ow! Ooh!
- [Robin chirps] - [mice laugh]
[gentle choral music swelling]
[music crescendos]
[horn plays]
[wind blowing]
[tense music plays]
Wait.
[mice grunting]
Wait for it.
[gentle woodwind sting]
[mice panting]
Okay, let's go slowly...
- Yes! Yes, yes! - Hey!
[mice grunting]
- [mice laugh] - Ow...
♪ We're on our way to break into a house ♪
♪ Might be a bird But I sneak just like a mouse ♪
[yelps, grunts]
[Robin humming]
♪ Da-da-da-da ♪
♪ Da-la-la-da-da-da-da! ♪
[grunting, gasping]
[gentle music plays]
- So, what are you getting tonight? - I might get a pie crumb?
- Something moldy, I think. - Well, I'm going to sneak a whole crust.
Well, I'm going to sneak a whole sandwich.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
- You can't sneak a whole sandwich. - How do you sneak a sandwich?
- Um... - Hm.
- [laughs] - [Robin] Like this.
- [mice gasp] - [grunts, yells]
[laughs] Race you to the fence!
[children grunting]
[boy mouse] That's in my eye! Don't do that.
[mice grunt, laugh]
- Pip, you're up front. - Yes, Dad.
- Dink, don't drag your tail. - Okay.
- Flynn, Flin, no showing off. - All right.
And, Robin...
[Robin grunts, gasps]
Got it, Dad!
[grunts]
I didn't say anything.
Robin!
[Dad] Ro... Robin?
[bouncy music plays]
[children humming]
[people chat indistinctly]
- [children humming] - [switch clicking]
♪ The rules of The Sneak are simple And thus ♪
♪ Follow them close You could steal a crust ♪
- ♪ Or a crumpet rind ♪ - ♪ Or a pinch of pie ♪
♪ Or the grease from the tip Of a soggy french fry ♪
♪ Crumbs and crusts and stale bread ♪
♪ Soggy flakes and bin dregs ♪
♪ Any old leftovers ♪
♪ We'll sneak home with us ♪
♪ First find a secret entrance Keep your eyes open wide ♪
- ♪ For a hole ♪ - ♪ Or a crack or a window with a gap ♪
♪ Just enough to squeeze inside ♪
[female choir vocalizing]
♪ Once we're in, we creep around Tiptoe past without a sound ♪
♪ Keep to the shadows Don't get heard ♪
♪ Whisper every single word ♪
♪ Da-di-la-di-da! ♪
[music stops]
- [whispers] What? - Come on.
[chorus hums]
♪ Last, the most important Remember in the who-man place ♪
♪ They're choosy who's invited ♪
♪ So we must never leave a trace ♪
♪ Crumbs and crusts and stale bread Soggy flakes and bin dregs ♪
♪ Any old leftovers We'll sneak home with us ♪
[Robin gasps] A whole sandwich!
♪ When we're done, we disappear Nobody knows that we were here ♪
- ♪ With crumbs in our hands ♪ - ♪ Warmth in our hearts ♪
♪ And the sludge from the tin Of a moldy jam tart ♪
- ♪ Don't make a sound ♪ - Robin!
♪ Don't leave a trace Keep to the shadows, take what we need ♪
♪ The rules of The Sneak are these ♪
♪ Da-da-doo-da-loo, whoop! ♪
[loud clinking]
[man grunts]
[gasps] Who-mans!
- [footsteps thudding] - [gasps]
- [door creaking] - [gasping]
[all gasp]
[panting]
[gasps]
- [grunting] - [door continues creaking]
[gasping, panting]
[gasps]
Robin!
- [woman screams] - [music crescendos]
[Dad] Well, let's not go back there again.
[chuckles] They'll be setting out traps or,
maybe even getting a... [gulps]
- ...kitten. - [kids groan] Kittens!
[whispers] Don't listen to them. [sniffles]
- [sighs] Nice one, Robin. - What?
Well, the spoon, and the sandwich, and...
Pip, enough of that.
Come on. We've still got plenty to eat.
There's the bag of Earl Grey.
I'm sick of Earl Grey!
[Pip snorting]
[Dad clears his throat] All right. Well, come on now. Off to bed.
- [Robin sighs] - [sad music plays]
It's okay, Robin. We'll figure this out together.
Yeah. I mean, next time, I'll just...
stay away from... spoons. Yeah.
[gentle whistling tune playing]
[mice snoring]
[Dink sniffs]
All that mold!
[mice snoring]
[sighs]
[footsteps]
[snoring]
S-s-sandwich. Mm...
[Dad snoring softly]
[gasps]
[whimsical music playing]
[bell chime]
[Robin humming]
[Robin] "Oh! Hi, Robin. What's all this?"
"Crumbs? For the whole family?"
"Yeah. It was easy. Just got them from a who-man house."
"Oh, wow, Robin! You're the most amazing sneak ever!"
[creaking]
[thud]
Huh? Hm.
Can't wait to see the look on Pip's face
when I come back with a crumb the size of his head.
[Robin laughs]
[female choir vocalizing]
Hm.
No. No. No. No.
[Robin] Oh, uh, excuse me.
- Do you know where the... - No! No. No...
[Robin] Oh. Okay. Thanks anyway.
- [music builds] - [Robin gasps]
[Robin] The who-man house.
♪ Da-dum-dum-dum ♪
♪ Doodloo-doodloo, ba-dum-bum ♪
[grunts]
♪ Doodloo-doodloo, da-dum-dum Dum-bum-bum-bum ♪
♪ Da-dum-bum-ba ♪
[grunts]
[Robin hums a crescendo]
[purring]
[Robin] Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize this was a...
[Robin yelps]
[growling]
[gasps] ...cat house!
[Robin gasping]
No. No.
[gasps]
Now, that's a yes!
[Robin] Cat! [panting]
[Cat meows]
Oh, dear.
- [yelps] - [Cat growls]
Silly bird, fly!
What? Wait!
[birds yelping, panting]
[suspenseful music plays]
[birds gasping]
- Why aren't you flying? - [Robin] Oof!
[gasping] I can't fly.
[birds panting, grunting]
Why aren't you flying?
- Well, I've got a broken wing! - Oh, no. How did that happen?
[Robin yelps]
[purring]
[Robin] Magpie? Wait for me!
[intense music playing]
Phew!
- Let's get you safe indoors, hey? - [gasps] Thanks. Is the cat still...
Poor little thing.
[grunts, gasps]
[somber music plays]
Oh, awful!
Out there all by yourself...
[gasps] Oh! Oh.
- Oh. Uh... - [Robin gasping]
- Are we safe in here? - Ah. Yes. We're safe.
The thorns keep unwanted visitors out.
Usually.
Oh, good.
Is this your house?
It's very...
[sound echoes]
Oh. Why, thank you. I suppose it is rather, um...
[gasps] Perfect.
Well... [chuckles]
Oh.
- A who-man house. - [bottle caps clink]
[Robin] Bet they've got loads of crumbs in there.
Oh. Them. Yes.
They've got loads of everything.
[both sigh]
And all because of that magic shiny wishing star, eh?
[Robin] Yeah.
- The magic shiny... - Mm.
Wait. Sorry, what?
The star.
You don't...
[laughs]
Right!
Okay. It must be here somewhere.
[magpie clears throat]
Once a year, the who-mans take the spikiest tree in the woods,
cover it in tin-soil and boo-bells,
until their tree is all twinkling and beautiful.
Just like mine.
[creaking, snapping]
Then, they put a shiny magic star on top,
make a wish, and in the morning, they get anything they want.
Oh.
Like crumbs.
[stammers] Crumbs?
[scoffs] Don't be absurd.
[Robin] Well, what could be better than crumbs?
[scoffs] "What could be better than..."
Things!
[music crescendos]
Huh?
♪ Things, they make you happy ♪
♪ Things won't fly away ♪
♪ Things will stick... ♪ Ow.
♪ ...with you till the end Oh, yes, on things you can depend ♪
[yelps]
♪ See my bathtub? It's designer ♪
♪ Finest china! Well, kinda ♪
♪ Simply must have the latest bottle top I love it so, I'll never stop ♪
♪ This chair? Hedgehog hair ♪
♪ Pamperclips? I've got the pair ♪
♪ This is a limited edition ♪
♪ Piece of string ♪
♪ I was a bird who couldn't fly Felt tiny while they flew up high ♪
[bugs gasp]
♪ Surrounded myself With things so gorgeous ♪
♪ Felt enormous! ♪
♪ So afraid and alone ♪
♪ Things turn a hovel to a home ♪
♪ Got no personality? I let my lampshade speak for me ♪
♪ Hollow inside? You're not enough? Just stuff that hole with lovely stuff ♪
♪ Things are things that make you happy Who needs friends? I've got a shoe chair ♪
♪ No one there for you to care for? Polish up your silverware for? ♪
♪ There's no better company Than one penny ♪
[magpie and bugs sustain last note]
[magpie gasps]
Look, my point is, wish for something far better than crumbs.
[bugs gasp]
[swallows]
Oh. Right.
[church bells ring]
[Robin] Better than crumbs?
Hm.
[gentle melodic music plays]
[Robin gasps]
Like a... Like a whole sandwich!
[groans] Never mind.
Okay, then.
I'll do it.
- Do what? - I'll go get the star.
Impossible! It's inside the who-man house.
[Robin] Tsk.
Maybe I forgot to mention? I was raised by mice.
Explains the ears.
And if there's one thing us mice are good at,
it's sneaking.
[music crescendos]
Sorry, what?
Oh, like, into houses.
To get stuff. Like, stealing it.
[sighs] Right.
[gasps] Right!
Show me.
[muffled grunting]
[Robin yelps, grunts]
[panting]
- [Okay. I'm in. - grunting]
[magpie yelps, gasps]
What are you doing?
- You're supposed to wait outside. - I thought that we were...
- Who-mans! - [footsteps thudding]
[footsteps thunder away]
[Robin sighs]
[door creaks]
[both gasping]
[tinkling]
[ethereal music crescendos]
[Robin] Okay.
We're going to have to be the sneakiest mice...
- [magpie scoffs] - ...we've ever been.
- ♪ Ba-dum-bum-bum ♪ - I'm not a mouse.
Shh!
Just do exactly what I do.
[Robin sighs]
♪ Da-da-da-da-du-dum ♪
Ah!
♪ Da-da ♪
[grunts] Da!
♪ Da-da-da ♪
[grunts] Doh!
[clears throat]
♪ Da-da-da ♪
[muffled singing]
♪ Da-da-da-da ♪
[grunts, gasps]
♪ Da-da ♪
♪ Da-da-da-da-da ♪
[gasps]
Hmm.
[hums cheerfully]
♪ Ba-ba-ba ♪
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba ♪
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba ♪
♪ Bi-dah-ba-dum-bum-bum ♪
♪ Ba-dum-bum-bum Ba-ba-doo-ba-da-da-da ♪
♪ Ba-li-bi-di-la-ba-rum ♪
- Shh! - [Magpie yelps]
[whispers] What are you doing? You'll wake the who-mans!
I'm... I'm being a sneaky mouse.
That's not sneaking.
The whole point of being a mouse is you don't draw attention to yourself.
[Robin sighs, grunts]
[electrical humming, tinkling]
[melodic music plays]
[Robin] Careful.
[Robin grunts] Care... ful.
- Ow! - [Robin grunts]
- Got it! Oh. - [Magpie gasps]
[clinking loudly]
- [thud] - [gasps] Who-mans!
[suspenseful music plays]
[Magpie grunts]
Hah! Not bad for a couple of flightless fools, eh?
- [grunts] - [wood creaks]
Why is it you don't fly?
Oh. I just never learned. I mean, mice don't fly!
[Robin screams]
[grunts]
Well, it's easy! You just flap!
No, thanks. I'll just...
[Robin screams, gasps]
All right!
[Robin grunts, yelps, gasps]
Oh, you're a natural!
Ahh!
- [frantic music plays] - [Robin screams, grunts]
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
Whoa!
- [Robin screaming] - [bells jingling]
- [Robin] Whoa! - Woo-hoo!
[uplifting music soaring]
[Robin quavering]
[gasps] Oh!
[Robin groans]
[music stops]
Oh, dear.
[gasping, quivering]
[spitting]
[sighs]
[gasps] The star!
[suspenseful music plays]
[Robin sighs]
Per...
[cat purring]
...fect.
[ominous music plays]
[Robin quavers]
Hm.
[smacks]
- Hello. - Ahh!
[Robin panting]
[Cat] What's this?
An unexpected visitor.
- [Robin gasps] - Hm.
Why...
[Robin pants, grunts]
...it's the little bird who
sneaks about on the floor like a...
mouse?
[Robin panting]
And who are you trying to fool with those... funny things?
- My family are mice, so... - Mice? Oh.
- Oh, and the ears are... - [Robin gasps]
- [star tinkles] - [Cat] Oh.
[laughs] Oh, I see.
[gasps] So tragic. So sad.
Trying to fit in.
[Robin gasps]
You know you'll never be a real mouse.
Oh, no, I...
You see,
you're a misfit.
You're an oddball.
You're a freak.
No, I'm not.
♪ Micey ears atop a birdy beak ♪
Well, yeah.
♪ But I've never seen a bird So peculiar, so absurd ♪
♪ How about we play a game Of hide-and-seek, if you can? ♪
♪ As a mouse, to me You seem to be just terrible ♪
♪ Fitting in is more Than dress-up and pretend ♪
♪ If it's fitting in you're desperate for Come down, search no more ♪
♪ I know the perfect place For you, my friend ♪
♪ For you, I've the perfect place ♪
♪ Not picky, stick with me What's in a name? ♪
♪ A robin or a mouse? ♪
♪ After all, under the skin You're all the same ♪
♪ It's what's inside that counts ♪
♪ Fitting in could be a breeze ♪
[Robin grunts]
♪ Just a squash and a squeeze ♪
♪ Brush out those ears Come along with me ♪
[Robin grunts]
♪ Quick as a glug You could be sitting snug, perfectly ♪
♪ You don't fit in But you'd fit into my belly ♪
♪ For you, I've the perfect place ♪
- [Robin gasps] - [Cat sighs]
You really are a terrible mouse
with nowhere left to sneak.
- [gasping] - [wood creaking]
Robin! And the star!
- And the... - [hissing]
This is bad.
Ge-ge... Get back!
[all gasp]
Oops.
Oh. That's made it worse.
- [birds] Ahh! - [Cat meows]
[intense music plays]
[birds panting]
[Robin yelping]
Oh!
[music crescendos]
[birds panting]
We did it! Everlasting happiness awaits!
Told you us mice are good at... sneaking.
- [gasps] Sneaking? - [fireworks explode]
[Magpie] You know, I think we make very bad mice.
- Yes. Quite terrible. - [people exclaim]
- But who cares? We got the star! - Terrible?
[sirens wail]
I'm not a terrible mouse.
[somber music plays]
Am I?
[fireworks hissing, banging]
[emergency sirens wailing]
[Magpie grunts] Ah!
[cheery music playing]
This goes here.
Oh, oh, oh!
There we go.
[laughs]
[gasps] Isn't this wonderful?
[sighs] Suppose so.
[scoffs] Well, I hope you thought of something better to wish for
than a soggy old sandwich.
You know, like a hubcap. Or a shiny fork. Or a pencil sharpener.
Or... a thimble.
[yawns] Or how about a safety pin...
[yawning]
- [Magpie snores] - Hmm. Yeah.
[delicate music playing]
[gasps]
Oh!
Well, I... I wish I wasn't a bird.
I wish I was a mouse.
A real one.
[gasps]
[sighs]
[delicate music continues]
[tinkling]
[female choir vocalizing]
[Robin] Magpie?
[Magpie speaks indistinctly]
- Robin? - [Robin sniffles]
It...
[sniffles] It didn't work.
Did it?
No.
[Robin crying, sniffling]
[sighs] Come now.
It was always a bit of a long shot, eh?
Stars and wishes. Hmm.
A fool's dream...
[sighs] ...was what it was.
A mad...
[gentle, hopeful music builds]
[tinkling]
...fool's...
[gentle music rising]
...dream!
[whimsical music playing]
It... It... It works!
- Huh? - Robin! The star!
It works!
Woo-hoo-hoo!
[whimsical music continues]
[gasps]
[Robin] A real one.
What's that? For me?
A lovely, shiny...
[grunting]
[gasps] Wonderful!
[grunts] What the...
[mice panting, grunting]
- Robin! - [children] Robin!
- [Dad] Robin! - Huh?
Uh... Dad?
Oh! We've been looking everywhere for you!
- Robin? - Sorry, I...
I went to sneak us some crumbs, but,
it all went wrong.
Because, well,
I think I'm a
terrible mouse.
[sighs deeply]
[Magpie sighs]
Robin...
I couldn't have said it better myself.
[tense music plays]
Oh! In! In!
[purring]
A kitten!
[Cat growling]
[hissing, growling]
- [all gasp] - It's all right.
[suspenseful music plays]
[thundering footsteps]
Don't worry. There's no way she could fit through the...
[all scream]
...door!
[growls]
[all gasp]
[Cat] Oh, look.
It's the whole family.
[all gasping]
[tense music builds]
Oh...
[music crescendos]
[Robin vocalizing]
[Cat] What are you doing?
[continues vocalizing]
[gasps]
[singing]
Huh? [scoffs, snarls]
- [gasps] Robin! - What is she doing?
She's being a terrible mouse.
[whimsical music plays]
[Robin grunts]
[gasps] Oh! Ooh! Ugh!
- [snarls] - [Robin pants]
♪ The rules of The Sneak are these ♪
[Robin] And that! And this! And that!
[music swells]
[grunts] Hah!
[snarling]
- [creaking] - [yowls]
- [sings] - [metal crashing]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[sighs]
[whimpers]
[ominous music plays]
[grunting]
[metal clanging]
[panting] You
really
are a terrible,
terrible, terrible
mouse...
[whimpers]
...with nowhere left to sneak.
[Robin] Wait.
I don't... I don't need to sneak.
[chuckles]
I'm a... I'm a bir...
[Robin yelps]
...d.
[suspenseful music plays]
[crash]
Robin!
[grunting]
Robin! [gasping]
♪ Da-da-da-da ♪
[all gasp]
[uplifting music soars]
[gasps]
[snarls]
[grunts, yowls]
[yelps]
[all] Woo-hoo!
- Oof! - [all] Ooh. Ouch.
Oof!
[Robin grunts]
- [gasps] Robin! - [Robin] Dad!
- [sighs] - [mice laugh]
[mice] Robin!
That was the most un-sneaky...
- And stupid... - And brilliant...
Birdy-mousy thing we've ever seen!
Robin, you were marvelous.
Oh.
[chuckles] Thanks, Dad.
Robin, you're... you're not a mouse.
But of course,
you're a mouse.
[kids] Huh?
- Sorry, is that confusing? - Yeah, what? She's a bird.
Exactly. She is a bird, and that's wonderful.
And what I mean is, we're the Mouse family.
All of us.
[Robin laughs]
- Is the cat one of the family? - [Dad] No, Dink. The cat tried to eat us.
Because she loves us?
[Dad] No. Because she's a predator.
So, you fly now?
Well, yeah. I guess so.
But we're all still hungry, and you've ruined Magpie's house.
[gasps] That's okay. They're only things.
[sniffles]
Yeah, and I'm bad at sneaking.
If anything, I just draw attention to myself.
[melodic music crescendos]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[all grunting]
[gasps] Mm.
- [grunts] - [Magpie chuckles]
[gentle music playing]
- [grunts] - [banging]
[gasps]
♪ Hey! Over here! A song for your ear ♪
[person mutters]
♪ While we keep to the shadows ♪
♪ Don't get heard Whisper every single word ♪
♪ Ba-ba-bum-bum-bum-bum ♪
[coughs]
♪ Look at me fly Catching your eye ♪
[Magpie sings gibberish]
♪ With crumbs in our arms And a raisin or two ♪
♪ And a coin from the middle Of this sticky brown poo ♪
♪ Look at me And you won't see my sneaky family ♪
- ♪ Don't make a sound ♪ - ♪ Do make a sound ♪
- ♪ Don't leave a trace ♪ - ♪ Do leave a trace ♪
- ♪ Keep to the shadows ♪ - ♪ And the light ♪
- ♪ What we need ♪ - This is more than we need.
- Magpie! - Thank you!
♪ The rules of The Sneak are these ♪
[Robin grunts, yelps]
Sorry!
[music crescendos]
♪ Dum-dum-dum ♪
[gentle music playing]
[Magpie gasps]
- [kids] Wow! - Well.
[chuckles] Hmm.
It's a sandwich!
[all laugh]
[whimsical music playing]