The Mouse and His Child (1977)
Marcy Swenson: The Mouse Child
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Quotes
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The Mouse Child : Papa, I'm afraid! I wanna go home! What's gonna happen to us?
The Mouse : Well, something good, son, as easily as something else. Why, anything can happen.
Manny the Rat : But it won't! Not this evening, my lads!
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The Mouse : [after witnessing Ralphie dismantle the donkey] That was horrible!
The Mouse Child : You're a bad rat!
Manny the Rat : You noticed?
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The Frog : What would you have from the future? It could be anything you like.
The Mouse Child : I want the Elephant to be my mama.
The Mouse : You what - ?
The Mouse Child : And the Seal to be my sister. And we'll all live together in the toy store.
The Frog : An elephant? That's rather a large order. And you?
The Mouse : I don't want anything given to me. I want something taken away.
The Frog : What's that?
The Mouse : Our key. The world being what it is, we'd be better off if we were free to wind ourselves.
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The Mouse : [underwater] Please, take us to the surface
The Mouse Child : ...And wind us up
C. Serpentina : Wind you up? Hm'... In what sense?
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The Mouse Child : Oh, uncle Frog, it *is* coming true. All of it!
Manny the Rat : [shows up, crazed with revenge] Not quite, my little lovelies, not quite!
[the mice, Frog, Kingfisher and Seal shiver in fear]
Manny the Rat : It's nice to see you again. I have missed your company.
The Frog : No, no you don't! Not this time, Manny Rat!
Manny the Rat : Yes I do, Frog! THIS TIME!
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The Mouse Child : I wanna go home.
Manny the Rat : The very place I had in mind. Come on, now, my lovelies, I'm taking you home.
The Mouse Child : We're going back to the toy shop?
The Mouse : I don't think that's the home he's talking about.
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Ralphie : [talking to himself] Now, let's see, first thing, I go, uh, in the morning I go to the, um, uh, the guard!
The Mouse Child : No, the manager.
The Mouse : Son, don't help him. They'll make us thieves soon enough.
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The Frog : Tell you your fortune? Give me your palm.
The Mouse Child : [indicating their permanently linked hands] We don't have one.
The Frog : Can't read your hand. Well, no matter, I'll just read your feet.
Ralphie : Their feet?
The Frog : An ancient form of divination taught to me by the praying mantis of the Babylonian persuasion.