An American Tail Page #5

---

It's Gussie Mausheimer!

Oh.

Ooh-whee, the richest and most

powerful mouse in New York.

What's she doing

slumming in this part of town?

There's a dead mouse on that table.

It's an Irish custom, Gussie.

The cats got him today.

Precisely why I am here to see you.

Would you care for a wee

drop of the creature?

Today was the worst ever.

Those cats are killing everyone!

They don't even know the

difference between rich and poor.

The wretches!

Oh, shameful!

As you know,

I have dedicated my life

to helping those less

fortunate than myself.

Uh, that's everyone.

And now I want you to help me.

We must have a wawwy.

A wawwy? What's a wawwy?

You know, a wawwy.

A large gathering

of mice for a reason.

Oh, a rally!

That's what I said, a wawwy.

Tomorrow at Mausheimer Park,

we will all decide what to do.

I'll bring the uptown mice

and you bring

the mice from downtown.

Madam,

you can count on Honest John.

At last, we're all getting

together about the cats.

Bridget.

Oh, Fillie.

Honest John, he's lost his family.

By any chance, do you

know the Mousekewitzes?

Oh, hmm.

Are they registered to vote?

They just got off the boat.

Oh.

Sorry, don't know them yet.

That's my mother and father.

The cats got them

two years ago November.

Now, don't you worry.

Yours are all right.

And they're out there somewhere.

Now.

Get some sleep.

Somewhere

Out there

Beneath the

Pale moonlight

Someone's

Thinking of me

And loving me tonight

Somewhere

Out there

Someone's saying a prayer

That we'll find

One another

In that big somewhere

Out there

And even though I know

How very far apart we are

It helps to think

we might be wishing

On the same bright star

And when the night wind

starts to sing

A lonesome lullaby

It helps to

think we're sleeping

Underneath the same big sky

Somewhere

Out there

If love can

See us through

Then we'll be

Together

Somewhere out there

Out where dreams

Come true

Attention, please!

Attention, please!

You all know why we are here.

We have got to do something

about these cats.

Not so loud! They'll hear you!

So?

Let them hear me.

You can talk!

You're rich!

Money is not everything.

I know, because I have money

and I have everything,

but what are they

worth without freedom?

Hear, hear!

Yeah! Right!

Why did we come to America?

For freedom!

Why are they building that statue?

What does it stand for?

Freedom!

So what do we want?

Freedom!

Right!

Freedom from cats.

And because this is America, we

can do something about them!

What do we do?

Papa, I can't see.

They're bigger than we are!

Not if we all work together.

What are you afraid of?

Are we men, or are we mice?

Mice!

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes