Big Mama | You, poor little fella. It�s all right. Big Mama�s here. You know, you�re gonna need some caring for. Now, let�s see, darlin�. You need, um� Oh no, no, no, no. No, not me. Not Big Mama now. Now, I�m thinking though tapping noise Mmm-hmmm. Oh, uh-huh! Now, now, don�t, don�t you move, honey. Big Mama�s gonna be right back. |
Dinky | Good work, Boomer. We�ll get him this time grunting and looking through the hole Shh! I think he�s in there. |
Big Mama | Whew. Am I glad I found you boys. There�s no time to lose. I need your help. Now come on. Come on. |
Dinky | Let�s go, Boomer. Come on. |
Boomer | Yeah, b-b-but. Oh sh-shucks! |
Copper | Oh whew! sighs The trio arrive where the fox is hidden. |
Boomer | Oh poor little guy. |
Big Mama | Don�t you worry now. We�re going to find someone to look after you. |
Dinky | Hmmm! looking to the Widow Tweed�s farm Hmm. Hey! I think I got an idea whispering |
Big Mama | Yeah, that�s a good idea! |
Dinky | Okay, Boomer, now you know what to do. |
Boomer | Yeah! Leave it to me! Leave it to me! |
Widow Tweed | Who is it? Um. Well I was sure I heard someone knocking gasps Oh dear! My laundry! Big Mama and Dinky are taking away the laundry and so the woman, running after them could find the fox cub Oh here! Stop it! Oh you pesky birds. Will you come back here? Oh! Stop! Well I wonder what got into those birds. Well, bless my soul! Oh, why it�s� it�s a baby fox. Oh, hello, little fella. I wonder where its mother is. Come on now. I�m not going to harm you. Now, now. Oh isn�t that� Oh my, my. You�re a feisty little rascal, aren�t you? There, there, now. Calm down. No I just can�t leave you out here all alone. Oh, isn�t he darling she takes the young fox with her and feeds him Not, not so fast. Now, now. Not so fast. Oh my. You�re such a little toddler. Say, that�s what I�m going to call you. Tod. You know, Tod, I�m not going to be so lonesome any more. |
That day, Amos, her neighbour and a bad tempered hunter, brings with him a beautiful hound puppy called Copper, to learn from Chief, another dog, how to hunt. | |
Amos Slade | I got a surprise for you, Chief, old boy, heh-heh Chief receives his master barking Now, now, now, take it easy he shows a sack from which we hear someone whimpering: it�s a puppy Well, how�s this for a huntin� dog? He�s just a little runt now, but he�ll grow. May as well get used to him, Chief. He�s for you to look after from now on. Copper wants to play with Chief, and finally they sleep together |
Widow Tweed�s farm. She�s milking her cow, Abigail, but Tod wants to play� and something more. | |
Widow Tweed | Tod, stop pestering Abigail. Abigail, you�re going to have to be patient with Tod, He�s one of the family now. Tod attracts lady�s attention Of course. Now I know. I declare, I never will get my chores done Tod tries to play with the chicks but the hen thinks he�s going to harm them and also Abigail is scared Oh! Mercy! Tod! Stop it! Abigail! Abigail! Oh no, there goes my milk. Oh no! Easy, easy Abigail. Steady, old girl, steady. There! Tod tries to hide Tod, you come here. I said come here! Just look what you�ve done. Now don�t try to butter me up but he does Oh Tod, I just can�t stay angry with you. You little imp. Now, run along and play. Go on, and try to stay out of mischief. |
Tod feels himself lonely because he has nobody to play with. Then he sees Dinky and Boomer | |
Tod | Hey, it�s Dinky and Boomer. Maybe they wanna play. |
Dinky | Is this it, Boomer? |
Boomer | Oh sure, Dinky. This is the place I never forget a tree. I never forget a tree laughs |
Dinky | He won�t get away this time laughs Hold it, Boomer. I think I hear somethin�. |
Boomer | Oh, that�s him, all right, Dinky, That�s him, all right. laughs |
Dinky | Shh, shhh. Get ready, Boomer. Hey! I can hear him movin�. Listen. |
Boomer | That�s funny. I don�t hear nothin�. |
Dinky | Shh! Quiet! |
Boomer | Oh, that�s him, all right, Dinky. That�s him, all right laughs |
Dinky | Button your beak, will ya? I�ll check it out looking through the hole we see the caterpillar Would you look at that. Okay Boomer, he�s right there. Yikes! Watch it! |
Boomer | Why, you! |
Dinky | Nail him, Boomer. Sock it to him. |
Tod | Hiya fellas! Watcha doing? Wanna play? |
Dinky | Stay outta this, kid. This don�t concern you. Let him leave it! the caterpillar runs away by a tree hole back, but Boomer follows him Don�t let the creep get away! You can take him Boomer. Give him a left, a right. Let him have it. |
Boomer | Which way did he go? |
Dinky | This way. There he is! Boomer falls down |
Tod | What happened to ya? Golly. |
Boomer | Oh shucks. I think I bent my b-b-b-beak. |
Dinky | Now see what you done? You cost us our breakfast. |
Boomer | I cost us our breakfast? It was your fault. |
Dinky | What are you talkin� my fault? |
Boomer | Yeah. |
Dinky | Aw no-You were the one who let him� |
Tod | A worm? For breakfast? Yuk! Blah! he leaves |
Tod enjoys himself very much with the gently woman keeping her company and behaving as a �naughty� toddler. One day, Copper smells something different that happens to be Tod himself. | |
Chief | Hey, there, Copper, what you sniffin� at? |
Copper | Something� I never smelled before, Chief. |
Chief | Huh! Let me see he tries Ah, shucks, that�s easy. The master�s just a-cookin� grits and fatback. You ougtha know that. |
Copper | Mm-mmm. That�s not what I smell he follows the trail into the forest where he meets Tod I don�t know Chief, it�s something else. |
Chief | Ha-ha! Sonny, you got a lot of learnin� to do about a-sniffing and a-smellin�. Hmm. Hey, where you goin�? |
Copper | I want to find out what that smell is. |
Chief | Okay Copper, but the master ain�t gonna like you wandering off. |
Copper | I won�t get lost, Chief. I can smell my way back. |
Chief | Humph. Can�t tell these young whippersnappers anything. |
In the forest. Tod sees how Copper follows a trail, but he doesn�t know what is it. | |
Tod | Watcha smellin�? |
Copper | I�m on the hail of something. |
Tod | Trail of what? |
Copper | I don�t know yet he smells Tod Why, it�s� it�s you! howling |
Tod | What do you that for? |
Copper | We�re supposed to do that when we find what we�ve been trackin�. |
Tod | I�m a fox. My name�s Tod. That�s your name kid? |
Copper | Mine�s Copper. I�m a hound dog. |
Tod | Gee, I bet you�d be good playing hide a seek. You wanna try it, Copper? |
Copper | Can I use my nose? |
Tod | laughing Sure, okay. Now go ahead and close your eyes and count. |
Copper | One, two, three he looks for Tod before time |
Tod | No Copper! You can�t peek! |
Copper | Oh! |
Tod | Now start again. |
Copper | One, two, three, four, five, six, seven� |
Big Mama | She�s witness of this friendship My, my. Look at that. A fox and a hound playin� together. When you're the best of friends having so much fun together you're not even aware you're such a funny pair you're the best of friends Life's a happy game you could clown around forever neither one of you sees your natural boundaries life's one happy game |
Amos Slade | from the distance and whistling Copper! |
Copper | Gee, I gotta go. |
Big Mama | If only the world wouldn't get in the way if only people just let you play they say you're both being fools you're breaking all the rules they can't understand the magic of your wonderland When you're the best of friends |
Tod | Copper! |
Big Mama | sharing all that you discover when these moments have passed will that friendship last who can say if there's a way Oh, I hope I hope it never ends |
Tod | Come on, Copper! |
Big Mama | 'cause you're the best of friends |
Tod | Copper, you�re my very best friend. |
Copper | And you�re mine too, Tod. |
Tod | And we�ll always be friends, forever, won�t we? |
Copper | Yeah, forever. |
Tod | Hey, let�s go swimming! |
Copper | Give a head start and I can beat ya. |
Big Mama | Whoo! |
Amos Slade | Dognabit, that Copper pup�s gone and strayed off again. Come on, Chief, If�n that little rascal�s gonna make me a good huntin� dog he�s gonna learn to mind whistling Copper! Get over here! whistling Copper! |
Copper | Uh-oh! I gotta go home. |
Tod | Do ya have to? We�re having too much fun. |
Copper | I gotta. He sounds awful mad. |
Tod | I�ll see ya tomorrow. And don�t forget! |
Copper | running to home I won�t. |
Copper is bawled out for having run off and the following day is tied up to his barrel. When he fails to appear in the forest Tod goes to find him. | |
Tod | Hey Copper, what happened to ya? Why didn�t you� Golly! You�re all tied up. |
Copper | Yeah, and it�s no fun either. The master says I gotta stay home. |
Tod | Well, we can play around here then laughs |
Copper | No, no. Not with old Chief over there. |
Tod | Chief�s snoring Is that him making that awful noise? |
Copper | He keeps awake at night Tod approaches to Chief Oh don�t in there. He can get awful mean. He�s cranky. |
Tod | Gee whillikiers is he ever big. His ears isn�t as big as yours Copper. |
Copper | That�s not the part you gotta worry about. |
Tod | Wow! Look at those teeth. |
Copper | That�s the part you gotta worry about. |
Chief | dreaming I�m gainin� on him. He won�t get away now. |
Copper | He�s having a dream. He�s chasin� somethin�. |
Chief | When I get him cornered� laughing Ah, it�s� it�s� it�s a big old badger. |
Tod | Copper! He�s chasin� a badger chuckling |
Chief | No, no. It ain�t a badger. It�s a� it�s a� sniffing Tod it�s a fox. A fox? He awakes and dragging his barrel behind him gives snarling chase |
Copper | Run, Tod, run. Tod runs in terror into the chicken yard and all the squawking and barking rouse the hunter |
Tod leaps aboard Widow Tweed�s fortuitously passing truck just in time to avoid being blasted with shotgun pellets | |
Widow Tweed | Tod! Amos Slade, you trigger-happy lunatic! Give me that gun! she shoots to his car |
Amos Slade | My radiator! Why, you blasted female! I�ll� I�ll� |
Widow Tweed | Hold it right there! |
Amos Slade | Watch it. That thing�s loaded. |
Widow Tweed | She shoots to the air Now it ain�t loaded. |
Amos Slade | Dognabit, woman, your thievin� fox was after my chickens. |
Widow Tweed | Rubbish and poppycock! I don�t believe it. He wouldn�t hurt a thing. |
Amos Slade | You callin� me a liar, you muddle-headed female? I saw it happen! |
Widow Tweed | Amos Slade, that temper of yours is going to get you into a lot of trouble someday. |
Amos Slade | Temper? Temper! Woman, you ain�t seen my temper! If I ever catch that fox on my property again, I�ll blast him. And next time, I won�t miss. |
From that moment Tod must stay at home. | |
Widow Tweed | Poor little tyke. It�s a shame I have to keep him cooped up. Oh-ho. Tod, stop looking at me like that. It�s not my fault, you know. You caused a lot of trouble yesterday Tod hears a dog barking Oh, now, what are they up to? Huh! Why, it looks like Amos is going on a hunting trip. A long one, from the looks of it. Hmmm. Well, good riddance Tod escapes by the window without been seen |
Amos Slade | Doggone meddlin� female, shootin� up my radiator. Dad blame it, get goin�. Well, that�s more like it. Keep runnin�, old girl. Well Copper, me and old Chief are gonna teach you all about huntin�, yes sir. It�s about time, too. Atta boy laughing Yeah, you�re really gonna like trackin� down those varmints for me. |
Chief | Copper sits in the truck with him Uh-uh. Get in the back, half pint. You gotta earn your right to sit up front. |
Amos Slade | Well boys, we�re getting� outta here �til next spring Copper howls from the truck saying goodbye to Tod, who�s there watching the scene |
Big Mama | Tod, honey, what are you doin� over here? |
Tod | Gee, I just wanted to say goodbye to Copper, but I�m too late He�s disappointed |
Big Mama | Well, what did you plan to do if you ran into old Chief? |
Tod | Aw, Chief. I can outfox that dumb old dog anytime. |
Big Mama | Tod, now hold it just a minute. Didn�t you learn anything yesterday? Now you listen good, Tod, because it�s either education or elimination. Now if you�re so foxy and old Chief�s so dumb then why does that hound get the fox on the run? �Cause he�s the hunter, and the hunter�s got the gun. Kabaam! Elimination. Lack of education. If you pal around With that Copper hound You�ll wind up Hangin� on the wall Keep your nose to the wind And you�ll keep your skin �cause you won�t be home when the hunter comes to call |
Tod | Oh Big Mama, I know Copper would never track on me down. Why, Copper he�s my very best friend. |
Big Mama | Ho-ho! Your best friend! Now Copper�s gonna do what he�s been told. Supposed to chase the little fox in the old fox hole. And along comes the hunter with a buckshot load. |
Boomer | K-Kabaam! |
Big Mama | Elimination |
Dinky | Lack of education |
Big Mama | You better believe it, Tod, yes siree! |
Tod | You mean Copper is gonna be my enemy? |
Dinky | Hey, kid, you better step over here and take a good look Boomer and Dinky opens a hut in which Amos puts his traps and some animals� skins |
Tod | Why� why that�s awful. Those poor things. |
Big Mama | I�m sorry Tod. Honey, Copper�s gonna come back as trained huntin� dog. A real killer. |
Tod | Oh no, not my friend Copper. He won�t ever change. |
Big Mama | I hope you�re right, Tod. |
Tod | And we�ll keep on being friends forever. Uh, won�t we, Big Mama? |
Big Mama | Darling, forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changin� things. |
The seasons pass, autumn, winter� It�s a snowy winter and our old chap, the caterpillar has to find a warm place where he can live during this hard season. The best place is a plant which Widow Tweed has at home. | |
Dinky | Oh! OH Jimminy! It sure turned cold. |
Boomer | Brrr, I�m freezin� my b-b-b� |
Dinky | Hey! They are living in the scarecrow because they don�t have any nest in which they could spend the winter It�s that fuzzy worm. Let�s get him. Charge! |
Boomer | Hey Dinky. Dinky, quick, over here. I got him. I got him! |
Dinky | Do I look like a worm? That�s who we�re after. Come on! looking through the keyhole Look at that little creep, warm and cosy by the fire. |
Boomer | Let me take a look. How do you like that g-g-guy? S-snug as a bug. |
Caterpillar | Mmm. |
Boomer | While we�re out here freezin� our b-b-beaks off. |
Dinky | Oh, well, yackin� and shiverin� ain�t getting� us anywhere. We�ll get that no good worm when we come back. |
Boomer | Oh� sh-shucks. |
Dinky | So log, Big Mama. |
Boomer | Yeah, we�re going south for the winter. |
Big Mama | Goodbye boys! See ya next spring! |
The winter is so long and Tod feels himself lonely. He miss so much his old friend Copper. There are the empty barrels in which Copper and Chief used to stay. In another place, Amos and Chief are teaching Copper to be a good hound dog. Chief has taking good care of him, like a good old nurse. Copper grows up but he has to be trained: he wants only to play, it�s time to learn how to help the hunter. Soon we see how the hunter�s hat is going to be filled with animals� skins. Spring again and Amos comes back to home; Big Mama cleans her nest of dried leaves; Tod� he is now a handsome adult fox. | |
Big Mama | She hears somebody laughing Well, look who�s here. Oh my goodness laughs I�m sorry, Tod, honey. I hope---- |
Dinky | Hiya, Big Mama. We�re back. We flew all the way. |
Boomer | Yeah, we did, we did. |
Big Mama | Welcome home boys! You know, it�s been kind of lonesome around here without you little rascals. |
Tod | Hi, fellas! |
Boomer | Hey, who�s that? Who�s that? |
Dinky | Hey, this can�t be that scrawny little squirt we found by the fence post, can it? Come on. |
Boomer | I-I-I can�t believe my eyes. |
Tod | Ha, ha! Oh it�s me, all right. |
Dinky | Hey, looky here. He�s got himself a real fancy collar. |
Boomer | Hey, hey, hey. Just look at this bushy tail giggling B-b-beautiful everybody laughs |
Tod | Aw, come on, cut it out. You guys are always teasin� me. Widow Tweed appears with a dead plant in her hands: it�s the place where the caterpillar has spent the winter. |
Dinky | Hey, it�s him! Squeeks! to Tod We�ll see ya later, kid. We gotta take care of some unfinished business. |
Widow Tweed | I can�t understand. It was so healthy she waters it There. That ought to perk it up. |
Boomer | Where�d he so? Where�d he go? |
Dinky | echoing his voice He�s going up the drain pipe. I�ll head him off. Okay Boomer. We got him trapped. Let him have it. |
Boomer | Did you get him? |
Dinky | No, I didn�t. |
Boomer | Neither did I. |
Dinky | Come on, look! |
Boomer | A caterpillar under glass gligging Oh boy! they receive an electric charge wheezing Holy--- |
Dinky | Smoke! |
Boomer | Hey, hey, hey. How�s he do that Dinky? How�s he do that? |
That day, Amos, Chief and Copper return home. | |
Amos Slade | I ain�t got no job I�m hurting man And I�d rather have A dog than a dollar So let�s go banjo Ring-a-ling-a-ding ho Give a little hoot And a holler Oh, come on, Chief. Just �cause you�re not sittin� up front, that ain�t no reason to be sorehead Copper licks Chief Shucks, if it weren�t for you, Copper�d never have turned into a good huntin� dog. Yes, siree. Now I got me the best two dogs there is. Right Copper? he howls Ha, ha, ha, isn�t the somethin� Chief? laughing Amos and Copper howl together |
Tod | hearing them Look, Big Mama. Copper�s back. Huh, boy, has he grown big. |
Big Mama | Uh-huh. And look at that big pile of skins he helped track down. |
Tod | I know Big Mama, he�s a huntin� dog now. |
Big Mama | You�re right. And you�re a fox. |
Tod | Ah, that won�t make any difference. Copper�s gonna be glad to see me. |
Big Mama | Well honey, just don�t get your hopes too high. |
Tod | Look, don�t worry. I�ll be careful. I�ll go over tonight when Chief and the hunter are sound sleep. |
Copper | Boy, it�s great to be back home, isn�t is, Chief? |
Chief | Huh? |
Copper | Aw, come on, Chief. You aren�t still sore, are you? Hey, hey, come on. Let�s scuffle. We ain�t scuffled in a long time. Come on, Chief. Let�s have some fun. |
Chief | Oh, lay off Copper, you overgrown pup, you. Ha, ha, ha. Oh let go. Dognabit, let go, I say. |
Copper | Oh okay, okay. |
Chief | You know that was your trouble on the hunt. |
Copper | Aw, come on, old timer. You treat me like a pup, you know that? Oh I think I done real good trackin� down them varmints for ya. |
Chief | Smellin� and hackin� ain�t enough. You gotta think nasty. Heh! |
Copper | Ohay, okay. I know. I know. Night. Everybody sleeps but Copper hears leaves rusting. |
Tod | Copper soft whistle Hey Copper. It�s me, Tod. |
Copper | I thought that was you, Tod. I heard ya comin�. Boy you�ve really grown. |
Tod | You have too, Copper. I saw you comin� back with Chief and the hunter. |
Copper | It�s great to see ya, Tod. But ya know, you shouldn�t be over here. You�re gonna get us both into a lot of trouble. |
Tod | Hey, look I--- I just wanted to see ya. We�re� we�re still friends, aren�t we? |
Copper | doubting Tod, those days are over. I-I�m a huntin� dog now Tod�s disappointed Uh, you�d better get out of here before old Chief wakes up. |
Tod | Aw, Chief. He doesn�t worry me. |
Copper | Tod, I�m serious. You�re fair game� Chief is awaking as far as he�s concerned. Chief discovers Tod and gives the alarm |
Amos Slade | It�s that fox again he fires |
Widow Tweed | Oh no! No! They�re after Tod! |
Amos Slade | After him, boys! Go git him! Tod is persecuted by Amos and his dogs, but it�s Chief who has more interest on him. Tod hides in the railway but is found by Copper. The later let him escape after their old friendship |
Amos Slade | Copper! Copper! Copper! |
Copper | Tod, I� I don�t wanna see you to get killed. |
Amos Slade | Tracked him down, boy! |
Copper | I�ll let you go this one time so he runs in other direction howling |
Amos Slade | Don�t lose him! Tod thinks he�s saved but he faces to Chief again. Amos hears Chief and goes where the old dog is. There they are! Old Chief�s got him on the run. We see how a train is coming. Tod can hide because of his size but not Chief who has to jump Jump, Chief, jump! The dog obeys but in the fall he breaks his leg |
Copper | Chief! Chief? Oh no! Oh To Tod who�s watching from the railway Tod, if it�s the last thing I do, I�ll� I�ll get you for this! Some time later, Widow Tweed finds Tod and they come back home |
Widow Tweed | Tod! Tod? Tod! Oh Tod, thank heaven you�re safe! Amos� house. He�s so angry and goes to Widow Tweed�s home. He wants to kill Tod. |
Copper | Oh, poor Chief. It�s all my fault. I shouldn�t have let Tod go. |
Dinky | Big Mama! Wake up! Wake up! There�s trouble. |
Widow Tweed | Tod! Well what is it? Tod hides himself because he has heard Amos approaching What on Earth? |
Amos Slade | Widow, get out here! |
Widow Tweed | Why Amos! What are you� |
Amos Slade | And where is he? Where is he? I know he�s in there. |
Widow Tweed | Now, just a minute. You can�t come barging onto my property, Amos Slade! She slams the door |
Amos Slade | That fox of yours almost killed Chief, and I�m gonna get him! You can�t keep him locked up forever! Next day morning, Widow Tweed, sadly, looks an old photo of Tod�s birthday. She has to do a very hard thing: to leave Tod in the woods for his own safety. Tod is happy. He doesn�t know where theygo, but he loves to stay with her and so, he doesn�t understands why she�s so blue |
Widow Tweed | thinking We met it seems Such a short time ago You looked at me Needing me so Yet from your sadness Our happiness grew And I found out I need you too I remember how we used to play I recall those rainy days The fire�s glow That kept us warm And now I find We�re both alone Goodbye may seem forever farewell is like the end but in my heart's the memory and there you'll always be. Now Tod is alone in the forest and he has to learn to do things by himself. Starts raining and he must find a place where to spend the night. The problem is� how to find that place if he doesn�t know how to search. He feels himself sad and lonely. A porcupine watches him from his house at the tree: he is going to enter in a hole but the holes has a proprietor�. |
Badger | Hold it, sonny. Back off! Consarn it! Where, where, where do you think you�re goin�? |
Tod | Oh! Oh, excuse me. I-I-I-I was just trying to--- |
Badger | You barge in on somebody�s house like you own it. Tarryhootin� around them woods. Wakin� up folks in the middle of the night. |
Tod | Hey, I honestly didn�t know anybody lived here and I--- |
Badger | Well you know it, now. Now get off my property! Go on, beat it! |
Porcupine | I�ve been watching you, sir. You can stay with me if you want to. |
Tod | That�s very nice of you. |
Porcupine | Come with me. Meanwhile, Widow Tweed arrives at home. Amos notices Tod�s not with her anymore. |
Amos Slade | She dropped that fox off at the game preserve. We�ll get him. We�ll get him. |
Chief | Ooh! Well, now if you gotta have a busted leg, ahh, this is the way to do it. Good, good, soft pillow, ha, warm stove, ha, ha. Sure beats sleepin� in that barrel Door creacking open Well now, here comes visitors to see the invalid. Ooh! Ooh! Oooh! Ooooh! but there�s nobody to �help� him How do you like that? They didn�t even ask how I�m feelin�. Hmmm. He enters in the other room whimpering |
Amos Slade | Chief, get back in there before I break your other leg. Copper, Copper. Look it here. Now when that fox comes traipsin� along suspectin� nothin��. he shows Copper what will happen with Tod using a log Next Day Big Mama has gone to the woods searching Tod. |
Big Mama | Tod. Tod? Whew! Ooh boy, These old wings ain�t what they used to be sighs Big Mama, you better lose a few pounds. Uh-oh, uh-oh, there he is, there he is. Tod! Tod! Tod! |
Vixey | Oh hi, Big Mama! |
Big Mama | Oh it�s you, Vixey. |
Vixey | Hey, what brings you way out here? |
Big Mama | I�m looking for a fox named Tod. He�s new here in the forest. |
Vixey | Oh, new? Um, well, what does he look like? |
Big Mama | Oh, he�s young; about your age. And handsome. |
Vixey | Handsome? Oh say. Gee, uh, he sure sounds nice. Uh, um, I�m not doing anything. I-I�ll help you find him. |
Big Mama | laughing Come on, honey. He�s gotta be around here somewhere. |
In another part of the forest Tod�s still sleeping with his new fried, the porcupine. This one huts Tod by mistake awaking him. | |
Tod | Wha-what happened? Where am I? he falls down the tree to the badger�s hole |
Badger | So it�s you again, hm? You barged in on me last night, and now you--- |
Tod | I didn�t mean to. |
Badger | Just look at the--- mumbling mess you made. Dognabit , you clumsy bonehead. |
Tod | I�m sorry, It was an accident. |
Badger | Excuses, excuses. |
Porcupine | Mr. Digger, sir? It was so too an accident. |
Badger | You keep outta this, you walkin� pincushion. |
Porcupine | Why, you-you shouldn�t be so grumpy to someone who�s new un the neighborhood. |
Badger | A stranger, eh? Why don�t you go back where you came from? |
Tod | Wha--- sighs |
Badger | Well, go on. Git goin�. Git! |
Tod leaves the place sadly and then Big Mama and Vixey see him. | |
Vixey | Aw, gosh, he seems so. I don�t know, so down hearted, Big Mama. |
Big Mama | Well, you can�t blame him, honey. He was dropped out here and left all alone without a friend in the world. |
Vixey | Well, maybe there�s something I could do. You know, cheer him up. |
Big Mama | Honey, you just said the magic words! Now, whispering to her |
Vixey | What? Oh! But, Big Mama, I don�t--- |
Big Mama | Darling, don�t move. You look beautiful. |
Vixey | Thank you. |
Big Mama | Mornin� Tod. |
Tod | Oh, hello, Big Mama. |
Big Mama | Last night was pretty miserable for you, wasn�t it, honey? |
Tod | Just terrible! |
Big Mama | Cheer up and look around. The forest is beautiful this morning. |
Tod | After last night nothin� looks beautiful then he sees Vixey Wow! Who� who is� is that? |
Big Mama | Oh, just another fox. A lady fox. |
Tod | Golly! Is she beautiful! I wonder what her name is. |
Big Mama | Well, why don�t you go ask her? |
Tod | Yeah, yeah. Guess�. Guess I will. I�ll� I�ll go up to her and I�ll say, �you�re the most gorgeous, uh, the most beautiful, uh, f-f�� I�ve never seen anyone anywhere. I�ll say�. Hi. |
Vixey | Hello. |
Tod & Vixey | Big Mama told me, uh. I just happened to be�. You know� |
Vixey | laughing Um, tsk. |
Tod | May I call you by your first name? |
Vixey | Oh, oh sure. Why not? |
Tod | chuckles Th-thanks, but wha-what is your first name? |
Vixey | Vixey. |
Tod | Vixey. |
Vixey | Uh-huh. |
Tod | My name is, is, uh, uh Tod. |
Vixey | Tod? Thata�s a�. that�s a nice name�. Tod. |
Boomer | It looks like the farm boy is makin� it b-b-b-big with her laughs. |
Big Mama | Shhh! Now just keep it down. |
Vixey | Ah, Tod, you know something? This stream is just full of trout. Do you think you could catch one? |
Tod | One what? |
Vixey | One what? Fish, silly! |
Tod | Oh, oh, yeah! Oh, oh yeah! My dear young lady, you happen to be looking at an expert fishen-fox. |
Big Mama | Oh Tod, Tod, don�t overdo it. |
Tod | I know all the tricks. In fact, I--- I never miss� |
Big Mama | Please, let him catch a fish. |
Tod | Uh-oh. Here comes a whopper! Now watch closely. |
Vixey | Tod, do you need help? |
Tod | No, no. I-I-I do it this way all, all the--- all the time! I got him he has captures a branch |
Vixey | laughing Oh, that farm boy, he don�t know nothin� about f-f-fishing. He ain�t gonna hook her that way. |
Vixey | Oh gosh! Tod, you�re the funniest thing I ever saw! |
Tod | Go ahead! Go ahead and laugh! You�re like everyone else around here. |
Vixey | chuckles Oh, I�m sorry. I can�t help it. You are so funny. |
Tod | Go, I can�t fish. You�re a silly, empty-headed�. Female! |
Vixey | angry Now, just a minute. You�ve got a nerve. Why don�t you grow up? |
Big Mama | Tod, that�s no ways to talk Vixey. |
Tod | Ah, raspberries! I�ve had it! |
Big Mama | Honey, don�t stay mad. You gotta be natural. That�s the trick. Can�t you see? When you have a natural attraction you deserve a mutual reaction you're gonna get a whole lot of satisfaction here's all you gotta do When you feel that natural affection lead you in the positive direction you gotta stop showin' off start showin' up with little ol' natural you |
Vixey | sniffing Ah-choo! |
Big Mama | Yes you gotta appreciate the lady |
Tod | sniffing Ah-chooo! |
Big Mama | and now that is a natural fact 'cause when you be yourself with the lady, yeah! you gonna get appreciated right back Shh. |
Dinky | But, Big Mama--- |
Boomer | It�s just getting interesating. Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! |
Vixey | Tod� I-I just know you�re gonna love the forest. Listen, come on. Let me show you around. |
Tod | Sure. |
Vixey | Come on! giggling They cross with a quails family Look, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven laughs Oh, I think six� would be just right. |
Tod | Six? Six what? Now Tod is not alone anymore |
Amos Slade | reading an advertisment �No hunting�, well now. We ain�t gonna do none of that, are we Copper? We�re just gonna get us a no-good fox. All right boy, get trackin�. Smell him out. Copper finds finally the track Watch got there, Copper? Good work, boy. He�ll be comin� right through here headin� for water. But he won�t be drinkin� any. |
Tod | What a beautiful morning, Vixey. You know, I�ve never been happy. |
Vixey | Oh, Tod, me too squeaks |
Amos Slade | That does it He has put some traps for Tod Amos you crafty old coot. Ha ha! The devil himself couldn�t have done no better! |
Meanwhile, Tod and Vixey walk to drink, but suddenly she stops. Something is wrong. | |
Vixey | Tod? Tod, wait a minute. |
Tod | What is it, Vixey? |
Vixey | I don�t wanna go in there. It�s too quiet. |
Tod | Aw, Vixey. |
Amos Slade | Copper has smelt Tod�s presence and growls What? |
Vixey | Tod, be careful. |
Suddenly Tod hears Amos and when he tries to run some of the traps close behind him. Amos fires but Tod can escape. | |
Amos Slade | Dad blast it, he�s getting away! |
Tod | Quick Vixey! Go on. Head for the burrow he waits for Copper giving time to Vixey |
Copper and Tod are now face to face. They are not friends anymore, so they have to fight to save their own life. | |
Tod | Quick Vixey! Out the back! |
Vixey | Tod! There Amos is waiting for them. They are trapped Oh! Oh, no Tod. Amos is making fire in the back, so they�ll have to go out by the other side in which will be Copper waiting for them |
Amos Slade | laughing Copper, Copper! We got �em now for sure. This is their only way out. Steady boy, steady. Be ready. |
Vixey | Tod! coughing We�re trapped! Tod, I�m scared. |
Tod | Quick Vixey! This is our only chance. |
Amos Slade | Whoa! Oh I don�t believe it! the foxes escape by the back way out |
The pair arrive near the waterfall. There they have only a way to cross by an old big log to the other slope. | |
Amos Slade | Copper, we�ve trapped him now then a big shadow appears in front of Amos: it�s a grizzly. Amos fires but only hurts him, and then, the bear is really furious. Copper tries to protect his master who�s walking back being trapped by one of his own traps Ah! Ow! Copper! |
Tod listens his old friend�s lament and after all, he decides to help him, if he can. | |
Vixey | Tod! |
In the moment in which the bear is going to kill Copper, Tod appears and fights with the giant leading him to the old log. The weight breaks the log and Tod and the bear fall in the water. Only Tod reappears. He�s bad hurt and Amos sees that it is his chance to kill him. But, now is Copper who protect his old friend. | |
Copper | Tod? |
Amos Slade | Come on, Copper. Get outta the way the dog doesn�t obey and the hunter understands he�s doing wrog and leaves Tod Well� come on, boy. Let�s go home. |
Both friends smile each other. They�re still the best of friends. | |
Boomer and Dinky continue their hunting of the caterpillar. | |
Dinky | Shh, shh, This is it. We got him for sure now. |
Boomer | Oh my g-g-gosh! Whoa! |
Dinky | Yow! Wha-what happened? |
Boomer | Hey, there�s something very familiar about those eyes, Dinky. |
Dinky | Nah, it couldn�t be. Could it? the caterpillar is now a beautiful butterfly |
Big Mama | laughing Bye Squeeks, bye. Good luck, honey. |
Amos Slade | Ouch! You--- you�re killing me! Ouch! grunting and groaning |
Widow Tweed | Amos Slade, will you hold still? |
Amos Slade | Ouch! |
Widow Tweed | You�re behaving like a child. |
Amos Slade | Well, for gosh sakes, you�re hurtin� my foot, woman! |
Widow Tweed | Nonsense! Your foot is mendin� fine. You�ll soon be yourself. Oh land sakes, I don�t know if I like that laughing |
Amos Slade | Ow! Be careful! Ouch! Oh! Ah! |
Chief | Huh! He�s sure makin� a big fuss over a little ol� hurt leg. |
Copper | he recalls his time as puppy with Tod. Copper? You�re my best friend. And you�re mine too, Tod. And we�ll be friends forever, won�t we? Yeah, forever. |