- Michelle: [speaking really fast] Guess what? You'll never guess what, I'll betcha! Uncle Cornelius said I could go with you on your ramble today, but I'll betcha he's forgotten all about it, & I'll never, EVER get to see what the big surprise is!
- [inhales deeply]
- Michelle: What took you so long?
- Abigail: My dad!
- Edgar: My mother!
- Russell: No breakfast!
- Waggs: Aha! NOW the truth comes out! They're just here to steal our food!
- Edgar: No, we're just looking for lungwort & eyebright.
- Waggs: Liar!
- Edgar: It's true! We need the herbs to heal a sick badger back home!
- Waggs: More lies! Why would a mole, a mouse, and a hedgehog want to help a foul-smelling, worm-eating, good-for-nothing badger?
- Edgar: Michelle's none of those things. She's our friend, understand? And we've come too far to be stopped now. Step aside!
- Edgar's Mothers: Oh, Edgar! When we ran from the gas, I was worried sick about you! Did you forget your scarf somewhere?
- Edgar: No, Mama. This is what I forgot.
- [Edgar kisses his mama]
- Michelle: Look, Uncle Cornelius! All the mommies & daddies are coming back!
- Cornelius: Not all of them, my dear. I'll never be able to replace your mummy & daddy, but I'll do my best.
- [Michelle sniffles]
- Michelle: I guess nothing will ever be the same again, will it, Uncle Cornelius?
- Cornelius: Well, my dear, if we all work as hard to save Dapplewood as your three friends worked to save you, it will.
- Michelle: What's that?
- Cornelius: Great Honk!
- [sees the Flapper-Wing-A-Ma-Thing]
- Cornelius: My Flapper-Wing-A-Ma-Thing! But how did you get it here?
- Abigail: We built it.
- Russell: And we flew it!
- Cornelius: Marvelous! Magnificent! Stupendous! You three have changed so much these past few days, I hardly recognize you.
- [happily]
- Cornelius: You're no longer my Furlings. You've grown up.
- Abigail's Father: I'll have you know that when I was a Furling, I couldn't WAIT to get to Cornelius' class!
- Abigail: Yes, daddy!
- Abigail's Father: Well, at least he's taught you to behave! But you never stop climbing trees!
- Abigail: Yes, daddy!
- Russell: [whining] Mom, they won't give me a chance for breakfast!
- Russell's Mother: [washing dishes] Well, you'll just have to be quicker, Rollin!
- Russell: [annoyed] I'm not Rollin, Mother! I'm Russell! RUSSELL!
- Cornelius: There was nothing... I could do for my mother or father.
- [Michelle coughs and moans; Cornelius puts a wet cloth on her head]
- Cornelius: But there is something you can do for Michelle.
- Edgar: Us, Cornelius?
- Cornelius: [opens a book] I need special plants. Eye Bright, to soothe the burns on her eyes. And her lungs are badly damaged, so you must collect plenty of Lung Wort.
- Abigail: But everything in our meadow is dead.
- Cornelius: Then you must find another!
- Russell: Another meadow?
- Cornelius: There's no choice! You only have two days' time! The herbs *must* be applied before the moon waxes full, or it will be too late for Michelle!
- Russell: You-- You're coming with us, right?
- Cornelius: I wish I could, but I dare not leave her side.
- Edgar: We'll be by ourselves?
- Cornelius: No. You'll have each other. You'll want an early start. Get some sleep. And if you dream, dream of better times for Michelle and Dapplewood.