( thunder rumbling )

( Chirp giggling )

NARRATOR:
One day, when Peep was exploring
in Nellie's backyard,

he discovered the most amazing,
the most stupendous,

the most incredible thing
he had ever seen.

CHIRP:
It's just a ball.

Yeah, but it's... it's round...

and blue... and green.

Blue and green.

Let's play.

CHIRP:
Okay, Peep.

( both giggling )

( Quack humming )

Oh!

( gurgling )

( spitting )

What? What? What?

PEEP:
Sorry, Quack.

QUACK:
Aah, I should say so.

( scoffs )

My hat! Where's my hat?!

Who's got my hat? Where is it?

Who took my...

Ah!

Ah, there, a duck is not a duck
without his hat.

Remember that, Peep.

Okay, off you go.

( both giggling )

NARRATOR:
All was right with the world,
but then suddenly...

( birds cawing )

NARRATOR:
...It wasn't.

PEEP:
Oh, no, it's those blue jays.

CHIRP:
Let me do the talking, okay?

And hide that ball.

( inhales, then gulps )

JAYS:
Hey, it's Peep and Chirp.

What are you doing?

CHIRP:
Uh, nothing.

( chuckles )

CHIRP:
Not a thing.

We were just leaving!

A ball!

Would you look at that?

Nice, big ball.

Oh, a beautiful ball.

( blue jays laughing )

CHIRP:
Be careful.

It's not yours, you know.

We'll be careful.

We're always careful.

Careful is our middle...

Uh-oh!

CHIRP:
Oh, no!

Now look
what you did.

NARRATOR:
It's always the same
with blue jays, isn't it?

They don't mean
to cause trouble,

but every time they show up,
something goes wrong.

Look at the time.

We got to go.

Bye-bye.

They make me so mad, those guys.

( thunder rumbling )

And now it's raining.

( groans )

Come on, Peep.

PEEP:
Hmm...

PEEP:
Hey, Chirp, look at that.

CHIRP:
It's floating right
to the top.

Peep, bend down.

PEEP:
What? Why?

Ow!

CHIRP:
Hold on...

Wait...

I've got it!

Oh, no!
Oh, no!

( both groan )

CHIRP:
There it is!

PEEP:
Hooray!

Hooray!
Hooray!

Whoo-hoo! Yeah!

NARRATOR:
And so the afternoon wore on.

Peep and Chirp played kickball

while Quack dreamt about
his favorite thing-- ducks--

until...

JAY 1:
Hey, it's Quack.

JAY 2:
Shh, he's asleep.

JAY 1:
Really? You think?

JAY 2:
Hey, Quack,
are you asleep?!

QUACK:
What are you doing?

Hey, go away!

Be gone.

Leave the duck alone.

Hey, that feels great.

JAY 1:
You try it, Quack.

( Quack sputters )

Give me my hat.

JAYS:
In a minute.

Two.

In two minutes.

Three.

In three minutes
we'll give it back.

PEEP:
Stop it.

CHIRP:
Go find some other duck
to bother.

JAYS:
Okay, okay.

We were just
playing catch.

Here, catch.

( Quack gasps, blue jay caws )

QUACK:
My hat!

I'm ruined!

JAYS:
I dropped it, and
the wind took it...

And threw it
into the jar.

Can you believe it?

CHIRP:
It wasn't the wind.

It was you,
and you'd better go get it.

JAYS:
Relax.

Not a problem.

We'll get it out.

We have the perfect plan.

We always manage.

It's perfect.

( Quack sighs )

Just a little to the left.

No, the other left.

JAY:
Nope, too far.

Too close,
too close.

Too close.

There you go!

Perfect!

QUACK:
What are you doing?

Put me down!

( Quack screams )

One duck
and one hat reunited.

JAYS:
Uh-oh!

QUACK:
Get me out of here!

What are you
talking about?

It's perfect.

You can see.

JAY:
And it's warm.

Oh, yeah, warm.

If I had a place
like that, I'd...

Never leave.

CHIRP:
He can't stay in there.

Do something.

Hmm.

Um, Chirp,
I think I've got it.

I mean, well,

Quack is sort of like
a ball, isn't he?

QUACK:
I am not a ball!

I am a duck!

Quack.

PEEP:
I mean you float
like a ball,

so if we put water
in the jar...

CHIRP:
That's it.

You got it.

You are an extremely
clever Peep.

NARRATOR:
The blue jays sprang
into action.

They scooped up Quack's puddle
and poured it into the jar.

QUACK:
Hey! Ahh!

Watch where you're
putting that!

NARRATOR:
The more water they poured in,
the higher Quack floated.

( Quack gurgling ) :
I want out of here! Help!

( Quack sputtering )

( coughing )

NARRATOR:
Finally Quack arrived
at the top only to discover

that he had a long way to go.

CHIRP:
Okay, Quack, we
know you can do it.

BOTH:
Jump! Go, Quack!

( quacking fearfully )

PEEP:
Quack, if you don't jump,

how will you ever
get your hat back?

( Chirp gasps )

NARRATOR:
Quack really had no choice,
did he?

So he closed his eyes...

and then he opened his eyes.

Big mistake.

So he closed them again,
and prepared to jump...

And prepared some more,
and some more...

until finally...

( Quack screaming )

CHIRP:
Quack, are you all right?

All I want to do right now

is put on my hat
and go sit in my puddle.

Aah!

What happened
to my puddle?!

PEEP:
We had to put it
into the jar

so you could float to the top.

Remember?

Like the ball.

QUACK:
I... am going home.

( giggles )

( caws )

JAYS:
Good-bye, Peep.

Good-bye, Quack.

Good-bye, Chirp.

That was fun.

Let's do it again.

Don't you say good-bye to me--
not until you apologize!

QUACK:
Do you hear me?!

You owe my hat an apology!

Oh. What?

Ah, there.

( Peep and Chirp giggling )

( Quack scoffs )

( Peep and Chirp giggling )