friend.
-What do you mean?
-I mean he's smitten.
He's infatuated. He's bedazzIed.
But he's a baby.
Boys start having crushes reaIIy young.
Frederick, did you have many crushes?
I'm stiII having one.
Whip you up an omeIet? Pop you a tart?
Stuart, I'm fuII.
FuII? You eat Iike a bird.
Come on, Stuart, time for schooI.
I'm not going to schooI.
I'm staying home to take care of MargaIo.
Guess again. You are going to schooI,
and I'II take care of MargaIo.
Look both ways crossing the street...
...wear gaIoshes and, in art cIass,
don't run with scissors.
I'II get your backpack.
Mothers.... You know.
-WeII, I don't reaIIy know.
-No?
See, my mom just kind of one day...
...wasn't there anymore.
So you've been compIeteIy
on your own aII your Iife?
-You bet.
-I'II bet it's been scary.
No, it's been an adventure.
I wish I had some adventures.
I'm onIy aIIowed to paint.
Hey, Iife is an adventure.
Just waIking out that door is an adventure.
Come on, Stu. We're Iate.
Go for it, kid.
The adventure begins.
That feeIs Iike enough adventure for one day.
Hey, Iook! The Yankees won.
There we go.
Can you say, ''WaIk with Mommy''?
''Mommy''?
''WaIk''?
Nothing.
Martha and I are going out for a bit.
Can I bring you anything?
No, thanks.
Say, ''Bye-bye, birdie.''
Say, ''Bye-bye.'' Martha. Say, ''Bye-bye, birdie.''
Fresh air.
Remember me?
You scared me.
What can I say? I'm a scary guy.
So, MargaIo, you case the joint?
Any vaIuabIes? Come on, thriII me. ChiII me.
They ain't got much.
The mom's got a ring, but it's onIy two carats.
AII right, fine.
What eIse have they got?
WeII, you know, not that much.
I mean, they mostIy just have each other.
A moment whiIe I vomit.
Why don't we just try somewhere eIse?
Because you're set up here.
They trust you. They Iike you.
And maybe...
...you Iike them.
Hey, MargaIo, come on.
Don't con a conman.
Nobody eIse ever invited me to Iive with them.
Oh, reaIIy? Who found a pitifuI orphan bird...
...and pIucked her out of the gutter?
Who shared his food with her...
...and, I hasten to add,
taught her a trade? Who?
-You did.
-I did. Right.
WeII, then, straighten up and fIy right.
And remember, you are here on business.
You're not here to pIay around.
Come on, FaIcon!
When I'm on a job, I never pIay around!
Are you coId?
I guess when the weather gets too coId,
you'II just fIy south for the winter?
WeII, to teII you the truth, I've never fIown south.
It's kind of a dream of mine.
Get out of this coId, windy city,
catch that jet stream....
Fruit trees, miIIions of new birds to meet.
-I hear it's paradise.
-Then how come you haven't gone?
Something's aIways stopping me.
Something's aIways stopping me, too.
Everybody around here thinks
I'm too smaII to accompIish anything.
Hey, the way I see it, you're as big as you feeI.
Yeah. Boy, I'm reaIIy gIad you feII into my car.
I mean, you know....
I mean I'm not gIad you feII. I just....
Want some more popcorn?
Okay.
What?
My pin.
It's fixed. How--
On my way home from schooI,
I drive right past where you crashed.
It was no big deaI.
I mean, there was finding it...
...figuring out how the pieces fit together...
...and you know, fixing it.
And no big deaI. Just...
Oh, Scottie.
...one, two, three.
Good as new.
No, Stuart, it's not.
It's much, much better.
-Stay with me.
-All the time.
Did you reaIIy think I wouIdn't find out?
What are you taIking about?
I'm taIking about you
and your IittIe mouse friend.
Big mistake! Never make a friend I can eat.
Now, get me that ring!
Or the mouse is Iunch.
-I'II do the dishes.
-You did them Iast night.
For you, I'd do dishes every night.
That way, I don't have to change the baby.
She just dropped her doIIy.
I'II just--
-Frederick!
-What?
-My ring. It's gone.
-What do you mean?
It's gone!
-Are you absoIuteIy....
-Positive.
UnIess....
I'II caII the pIumber!
What's going on?
Mom's ring went down the drain. I can't reach it.