FABLES of the GREEN FOREST
Today's episode: "Whose footprint is the other one?"
Oh... it's cold!
Well, if it isn't Jimmy! Hey...!
Where have you been so early in the morning?
What? I could tell you, Uncle Billy,
but it be bad to make you envious.
Oh, you saying such a thing makes me want to know all the more. Stop teasing and tell me.
I just went to Mr. Brown's chicken house to have some fresh eggs for breakfast.
Eh? Eggs, you say?
Really, a freshly laid egg is so delicious!
Tell me, Jimmy, did you finish up all those eggs?
Hardly, there's still lots left!
As soon as Uncle Billy heard the eggs story from Jimmy,
he couldn't think about anything else.
Blimey... eggs...
What are you mumbling to yourself about?
You sure can dirty things up, no matter how much I clean up, there's no end, really!
Mother, have the children gone to sleep yet?
What foolishness are you talking about?
The children are sleeping soundly right in front of your eyes!
That's right, Mother, that's right, that's right!
Oh, Mother, just look at those cute sleeping faces!
What delicious looking eggs!
Such smooth skin...!
Huh? What? Why are you talking about eggs?
Huh... That is...
Before we begin our winter hibernation,
I thought we should eat a lot of eggs!
I'm shocked! I thought you were fidgety, but...
...is this all you were thinking about?
When we're hibernating, we won't be able to eat them!
Why don't you look at the ground...?
The snow is piled up!
On such a day, if you roam about Mr. Brown's house, you'll leave tracks!
Besides, you've been caught before, haven't you? Learn a little from your experience!
Hey, are you listening to what I'm saying?
Oh... I'm listening, Mother!
Dear... where are you going?
You surely aren't thinking of going to Mr. Brown's chicken house, are you?
Oh! Never happen!
I just couldn't sleep, so I was thinking of taking a little walk.
If that's the case, it's alright, but please don't do anything foolish!
No, I won't!
If I precede to walk in Jimmy's footsteps,
they'll think it's Jimmy who sneaked in to the chicken house!
Dear!
Don't forget the time that you were once caught!
Oh, I'd be safer just to quit right now!
Wait...
Well, after coming out here it would be irritating to turn back!
Oh, well...
Wait...
Well, if I'm really, really careful, I shouldn't get caught!
Uncle Billy was carefully walking exactly on top of Jimmy's footprints,
but in the confusion wether to stop or go on,
he completely forgot about his tail.
And so he proceeded on, dragging his tail over the snow.
Now I'm going to eat, eat, eat everything up!
Pardon me!
Oh, that's right. Jimmy has already completely devastated the bottom shelves.
Wow, these upper shelves haven't even been touched!
Hmm, after all I said about not going, that guy...!
He'll be lucky if nothing happens!
Oh... boy, did I eat, did I eat!
And now, my tummy is full, I'm getting sleepy!
I'll just rest a little bit before taking off.
Oh, my...! I guess I'd better start for home!
But...
...at the time before daybreak, as long as I start, by then...
This is terrible, I've overslept!
An egg thief?!
This looks like the work of a skunk!
If that so... there must be footprints in the snow...
Looking for footprints...
Well, all he'll find are Jimmy's tracks there....
Just as I thought!
Oh, the tone of that shout means he's found Jimmy's tracks!
Ah'm pretty smart to walk exactly on top of Jimmy's footprints!
What's this?! These footprints are strange!
Traces of a tail here!
No matter how you look at it, this looks like the trail of a large rat!
M-hm, the thief who came here yesterday was not alone,
there are traces of the skunk leaving the chicken house,
but of the other's strange, when there are no traces of him leaving.
That one!
He must still be hiding somewhere inside!
No mistake! OK, I'll catch him!
I wonder if I failed up somewhere!
That's funny! How did he escape?!
This time I'll fix it so he can never get in here again!
Oh, deary me, when is that husband of mine coming home?
Here I am, worrying myself to death!
Ah...! That's it, I'll ask Sammy, maybe I'll find out something!
- Morning, Sammy! - Good morning, Mrs. Billy!
Ah, is Uncle Billy home?
He went out for a walk, but did you see him anywhere in the forest?
Hm. Course I haven't.
Sammy, you mean that you wouldn't know?
You're always bragging that you know everything in the forest!
You know, Sammy, you must be at beside yourself, enjoying how worried I am!
Why, w-w-w-why...?
You needn't tell me. You probably just got up and don't know anything, anyway.
You mean jay Sammy!
I got up with the sun, Mrs. Billy, and your husband wasn't anywhere in the forest!
He must be napping somewhere in a burrow, huh!
Thank you, Mr. Jay! Usually you wouldn't talk too much to me...!
Now, boys, come on, Mother is going out!
Hmm... this is good!
Anyone, without exception, trying to enter here, will be caught!
Oh, setting traps, is he!
It looks like I'm trapped inside the chicken house!
Uh? Uncle Billy?!
That's right! Seeing that he's not home by now, maybe...
...maybe he might have been caught inside Mr. Brown's chicken house!
Here! Here, be quiet!
Johnny, can you do something?
If only these young ones didn't need so much attention!
Mm, my-my...! See what you've done now, oh!
Breachers!
No, children, see what you've done!
Johnny, excuse us, please! Really, what should I do about all this?
Say, Johnny, couldn't you please just run down to Mr. Brown's place and see...?
Eh? Me?
Here, here! Mother won't forgive you!
Or if you could watch these kids for a while, I would be able to go!
Why can't you obey me? I won't bring you here anymore!
Ah, Ma'am! Don't you worry yourself about Uncle Billy!
I'll go to the chicken house and check!
- My, Johnny, you'd do that for me? - Uh-huh.
My, I'm glad I talked to you about this!
Don't go outside! Wait, kids, wait!
Then, Johnny, I'm relying on you!
Don't go outside! Can't keep my eyes off these kids!
Oh... M-Mrs. Billy, there's still one left!
Johnny's weakness was cold weather.
When walking on the snow, his hands and legs would immediately become numb.
So he decided to call Peter.
Johnny, Johnny, hurry, come on, Johnny!
Feeling weak in cold weather, I know, but I didn't think you'd be that bad!
Johnny, try harder! You couldn't hate the cold that much! Fight!
- Uncle Billy! Uncle Billy! - Answer if you're in there, Uncle Billy!
Is it Johnny and Peter?
- Hey! You're alive! - Hey!
- Uncle Billy! - Yeah!
Then hurry, let's go home, your wife is worried!
Well, I want to go home, but I can't!
- Can't? - Why, are you hurt?
Wait there, I'm coming in!
Don't do that, don't come in, there are traps set up!
I'm as well as always, but with traps everywhere, I can't leave!
Well, son, you go home and tell my wife
that I think I'll be able to find a way to escape,
when spring comes and the snow melts.
Until then I'll just stay here and try not to get caught.
But, Uncle Billy!
Say, Peter! You have any good ideas?
Uh... no. Not that I can think of.
What a fix!
It's OK, you two.
No matter how much thought is given, there's no other way.
Instead, when you go home, tell Jimmy
not to come around because there are traps set up!
OK, Uncle Billy, keep your hopes up!
Be extra careful if you don't get caught, OK, Uncle Billy?
Thank you!
Wish me luck!
Johnny, what's the matter, anyway?
Hey, Uncle Billy, you can escape right away without waiting for the spring!
Johnny, cut out your bad jokes, please!
It's the truth! If you think it's a lie, just look outside!
- The snow is falling! - Hey, Johnny, I'll get mad!
That's right, Johnny.
It's bad to tease Uncle Billy, knowing he doesn't like the snow!
You haven't noticed it yet?
If a lot of snow falls on the trap, it won't be able to operate!
So that's it! And Uncle Billy can easily escape!
Isn't that nice, Uncle Billy?
Thanks, Johnny. I'll just have to bear it until tomorrow morning.
And eat your tummy full of eggs before you leave then!
Wow, the snow stopped!
Indeed. It's just like Johnny said.
Uncle Billy was afraid that at any moment
there would be the sound of a click beneath his feet.
But he past over without any problem.
The chicken house was nearly covered with snow.
Uncle Billy, overjoyed and having so easily escaped from the chicken house,
had forgotten one very important thing.
It wasn't until only he had covered almost half the distance
to the Green Forest, before he noticed it.
Oh... my tracks! This is just like asking them to come right after me!
Oh, why am I such a silly fool!
But right now there's not a thing I can do, but just keep right on running!
Oh my, oh my!
How far do I have to walk? My feet are getting cold.
Still, if I walk directly home, my wife and children will get caught too!
What a fix, what a fix!
I can throw them off by crawling in there!
Johnny said he should be home today!
But, my goodness, he's surely late!
Bowser, right here, boy!
You thief! I won't let you escape this time!
Johnny! This is terrible, come quickly!
What's the matter, Polly?
I just heard from Sammy that Uncle Billy is about to be caught!
You mean... Uncle Billy, Polly?
You possum, probably playing dead!
I'll split the tree!
Hmm... That's funny...! There aren't any tracks leaving here.
That possum couldn't have wings...!
Well, come on, Bowser, let's go home!
What's anybody looking for?
There...
Ah...! Uncle Billy, weren't you in this other tree?
I was at first, but then Tom found me, and I changed over to this one!
But without leaving one single track...
...how did you change?
Just use my head a little.
After Tom turned back,
I thought, and thought, and thought...
...about how I could get rid of Tom and that flea bitten dog.
And... that's how it was...
Hey... without wings, Uncle Billy!
You changed trees without leaving tracks!
Right you are, I'm not quite ready to be thrown away!
It's snowing!
Well, goodbye!
- Say, Mother? - Yes...?
Is it alright to walk like this, leaving so many tracks?
Can't you see that it's snowing? Come on, let's go!
By tomorrow, the snow will have piled up and erased everything!
Yes, you're right!
Uncle Billy realized that it was easy to fall into trouble,
but so very difficult to get out of.
So, happily, he and Mrs. Billy returned home.
Subtitle: South Wind Subs