...one, two, three.
Good as new.
No, Stuart, it's not.
It's much, much better.
- Stay with me.
- All the time.
Did you really think I wouldn't find out?
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about you
and your little mouse friend.
Big mistake! Never make a friend I can eat.
Now, get me that ring!
Or the mouse is lunch.
- I'll do the dishes.
- You did them last night.
For you, I'd do dishes every night.
That way, I don't have to change the baby.
She just dropped her dolly.
I'll just...
- Frederick!
- What?
- My ring. It's gone.
- What do you mean?
It's gone!
- Are you absolutely...
- Positive.
Unless...
I'll call the plumber!
What's going on?
Mum's ring went down the drain. I can't reach it.
Hey! What about me?
I can do it. Let me go, Dad.
- Go where?
- Down the drain.
I can bring it back up. It's an adventure.
I don't know. It's awfully dark down there.
And smelly. And cold.
But it's Mum's ring. She loves that ring.
Come on, Dad. Let me try.
Now, if it gets too cold, or too scary...
...you just tell us.
Don't worry, Dad. I can handle it.
- Or yank on the string, we'll pull you up.
- Will do.
How's it so far?
Wet. There's a lot of slimy stuff
all over the walls.
- What does it look like?
- Like the inside of your nose.
- Can you see the bottom yet?
- No, just more pipe.
And everything we ate for dinner last week.
And the pipe seems to go on and on.
Well, the plumber said...
What's going on?
Is that a new top?
You know, you have such taste.
Simple elegance is what I call it.
What's on the other end of that string?
- This string?
- Yes.
Well, now, don't get excited,
but someone that you and I love...
...has volunteered to go down the drain
to get your ring.
- Stuart?
- Good guess, Mum.
You let our son go down the kitchen drain?
Now, Eleanor, don't be upset.
It's been well thought out.
If there's a problem, I pull on the string and...
Now you can be upset.
Are you okay? Can you hear me?
Hurry! I'm slipping.
- Get more string.
- Great.
There must be string here.
- There is no more.
- What else can we use?
- Spaghetti?
- We're out of spaghetti.
- Well, do we have macaroni?
- That's too short.
- We can tie it together with...
- No.
Hurry!
Hang on, Stuart!
- Margalo, what are you doing?
- Stuart, I'm coming! Grab on!
Lower! Lower!
I got it!
- Are you all right?
- Are you hurt?
Don't scare me like that.
Margalo, you're the best friend I ever had.
What if someone had accidentally
turned on the garbage disposal?
I would not have let that happen.
- You let him go down the drain.
- He wanted to go.
If Martha wanted to go up the chimney...
...or George wanted to go into the toilet,
would you let them?
I love Stuart as much as you do.
I just don't happen to be quite as...
Emotional? Irrational?
What were you going to say?
I forget.
I know I'm overprotective, it's just...
...I can't stand the idea of Stuart getting hurt.
I'm sorry, Stuart.
What?
You people sure like your meat loaf.
You find the ring?
Everything but.
Has anyone seen Margalo?
I can't find her anywhere.
Maybe she just went for a walk
or a little flight around the neighbourhood.
Sure, to strengthen her wing.
Yeah, maybe. But why'd she leave me her pin?
Oh, you know, Stuart...
...Margalo is kind of a free spirit.
Maybe she just felt it was time to go.
Without even saying goodbye?
What are you doing?
I think I know what happened.
I think that falcon got her.
- Yeah?
- I'm going to find her.
And don't try to talk me out of it.
I've made up my mind.
Are you crazy? You can't go out there.
Because I'm too small? Let me tell you
something, you're as big as you feel.
Then let me come with you.
No, I need you to stay and cover for me.
Cover for you? How?
Make something up. You're smart.
Stuart, she's just a bird.
No, George, she's my friend.
And when you're friends with Stuart Little,
you're friends for life.
Well, if you won't let me