( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) ( WOOD CRACKLING ) ( BEAR GROWLING ) ( WOOD CRACKLING ) ( TWIG SNAPPING ) ( GASPING ) ( BEAR GROWLING ) Whoa! Yes. Sophie! Ha! Ha! Ha! Gotcha! No, you didn'''t. Did, too. Stop it. Fritjof ripped you to shreds! Using a horse as bait
is cheating. The pony is
Fritjof'''s best friend. Whatever. I don'''t have
time to play anymore. Why not? I'''m going to visit Grandpa.
It will be so cool. I want to come, too. Don'''t count on it.
You'''re too little. I'''m not little. I'''m six years... six
months... and seven hours old. Forget it. You'''re not coming. ( TRAIN HORN BLASTING ) It was pretty lucky that I
could come with you after all,
wasn'''t it? It has nothing to do with luck. It was because you
kept pestering. It was pretty lucky that I
kept pestering. Are you going to read
the whole time? Yep. Do you want to trade places? Nope. I'''m sitting
the wrong way. Now I'''ll get carsick
and throw up. Stop it, Sophie. Where are you going? To the bathroom. I suppose you
want to come with me there,
too. Yuck! No way. ( SIGHS ) Mmm. Fritjof ate all my sweets. You'''re not getting
any of mine. As if I wanted any. There, there, Fritjof.
Don'''t be scared. Why did you have to come if
you'''re so afraid
of everything? I'''m not afraid of everything.
Just some things. And Mom says it'''s not
dangerous at Grandpa'''s place. You have no idea what
it'''s like there. What? Just wait till you hear the
sounds of the hungry
animals at night. <i>( DRAMATIC SCORE FADES UP )</i> ( BRAKES SQUEALING ) We'''re here. Ready? Nnh-nnh. You have to carry your own bag. ( GASPS ) Do you think that Grandpa
forget that we'''re coming? Then we'''ll have to sleep
on the ground... with all the
perilous predators. Stop it. Be careful what you wish for. Grandpa! Grandpa? Oh... hi. Is this the Great Forest? No, no, it'''s a
regular forest. It'''s been felled and
planted many times. The Great Forest is different.
It'''s never, ever been felled. It'''s just grown and grown and
grown as long as trees
have existed. The most wonderful thing is
that it starts in my garden. I think this forest is big. I
can'''t walk any further. Jonathan, can you carry
Sophie'''s bag? Yes, Jonathan. You can
carry my bag. Here we are. Ah, this is cool! But there are a few rules. You
can do whatever you
want except... Leave the yard, because you can
get lost in the Great Forest. Exactly. Okay! Last one in is a rotten egg! Look! A chimney and
bushes and trees. A tree house! Stop! It'''s not a tree house,
it'''s a hunting lodge. And it'''s my hunting lodge.
Don'''t get any closer. Why not? Because I said so. Sophie? What? Watch it. Why? If you do it again, I'''ll
give you a wedgie. You can'''t catch me! Just you wait. I'''ve got you.
Just you wait! Yay! ( WOOD CREAKS ) Jonathan? Grandpa said to help
you. What can I help you with? Nothing right now. That looks a bit rickety. Go get some more nails. Yeah. Hm? ( STRUGGLES ) Hi! ( CROAKS ) ( CROAKS ) Look, Jonathan. I found a rain frog. When it
croaks, it rains. What? Hm. Well, it didn'''t. It
did it before. Did what? It croaked and made it rain. Let me see it. Like this? Come on. Rain. Stop it. ( RIBBITS ) ( CROAKING ) What are you doing? Now it'''ll
start pouring down! Yeah, right. ( THUNDER CRASHING ) Grandpa, what'''s
behind the wall? The Great Forest. As far as
the eye can see. Why can'''t we go in there?
Is it dangerous? It'''s a very special forest. No one knows how big it is. And it'''s full of
strange animals. Jonathan says there are bears. There are. Or rather<i> a</i> bear.
And they say it'''s really big. Bigger than me? Much bigger than you, Sophie. No one knows where it came
from. It must be as old as
the forest itself. Once people lived in there, but
I don'''t think
they do anymore. No one has dared go in there
for many, many years. I don'''t dare either. But you have Jonathan to
look after you. ( GASPS ) ( THUNDER CRASHING ) Grandpa didn'''t tell
you everything. The bear eats little girls for
breakfast, and it'''s
always hungry. That'''s why we
can'''t go in there. No one has ever come out of the
Great Forest alive. What about the
people who moved? They didn'''t move away at all.
They were eaten. Alive! Please don'''t say
things like that. At night, the bear tries to get
out of the forest... and to where people live and
have some dinner. That'''s why the wall is there. If it wasn'''t there, we would
have been eaten a long time
ago. Goodnight! Jonathan? Jonathan, are you there? Ruh! ( SCREAMS ) It was just a joke. You'''re such a meany. ( GASPS ) ( BIRDS CHIRPING ) Hi, Frog. I'''ll take care of you. Huh? Sophie, what are you doing? Hi. Me and Fritjof are
making repairs. Geez! Sophie! ( WOOD CREAKING ) ( JONATHAN YELLING ) Jonathan? Jonathan, are you okay? ( GROANS ) You little brat! I'''ll
get you for that! Sorry. Do you realize how
much that hurt? I totally hurt myself. I told
you it was dangerous. Sorry. Ay! It'''s totally not fair. Your
ruining my vacation. Oh, no. You'''re not supposed to go in
there. Sophie, open up! No, I won'''t. You'''re crazy! Am not! Open up! No! Grandpa will get mad at us. Darn! Ouch. Jonathan? Did you hurt yourself? No. Are you still mad at me? No. You sure? Yes, I'''m positive. Okay, I'''ll open it now. Jonathan? I can'''t
open the door. That'''s too bad. I guess
you'''ll have to stay in there. Stop it. It'''s not funny. And here'''s your stupid frog. It can protect you from the
dangerous animals. You'''re so annoying! Whatever. Jo-na-than! ( SIGHS ) ( RUMBLING ) No! Huh? Sophie? Jonathan! Sophie!
What'''s going on? Oh, shoot. The tree house fell down. Are
you alright? Where are you? ( GLASS CRUNCHING ) Sophie? Whoa... whoa! Sophie! Come out. I didn'''t mean it. We'''re not
allowed to be here! ( HAWK SHRIEKS ) Sophie'''s boot. Found you! Huh? Ow! ( SQUAWKING ) ( THUD ) ( SIGHS ) Fritjof? Oh, no! Sophie. Sophie! Sophie, where are you? Sophie! <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES UP )</i> Sophie! Don'''t be afraid.
I'''ll find you. ( CROAKS ) ( RAINDROP SIZZLES ) ( LOUD CROAKING ) Sorry! Knock it off! Hi! Sophie! Sophie, you'''re alive! You can'''t just disappear like
that! I was really scared! It'''s wasn'''t my fault. You
held the door shut. And it'''s not my fault if
you catch cold. You'''re such a grouch. Because you ruin everything. No, I don'''t. Go back to sleep, or do you
want another toffee? What? I wasn'''t talking to you? Talking to teddy
bears is childish. I'''m not talking to a teddy.
I'''m talking to Mr. Bear. Go back to sleep. It'''s
just Jonathan. ( GROANS ) Ow! Let go! Hurry, Sophie! Run! Run faster! Run! ( GROWLS ) Come on, Sophie! ( MUFFLED YELLING ) Quiet, it
can hear us? Ssh. Let go! Why are you so dumb? Ssh! I'''ll protect you. No! You don'''t want me to be
here. I'''ll call out to him. No! Ow! I-- I'''m sorry. I'''m sorry,
Sophie. Mr. Bear! Quit it! ( MUFFLED YELLING ) Let me go! Let go! ( GROWLS ) Behave yourself.
Don'''t be angry. Sophie! He won'''t hurt you. I don'''t want a big
brother who hits me. Go home, if you want. Bye. Sophie, look out! Come down! No, I'''d rather be with Mr.
Bear. You idiot! Sophie, come back! We have to go home. Sophie! Hm? Is someone there? What the heck? Ow! What are you doing?
Stupid mini-moose! Ouch. ( MUSIC FADES UP ) ( WOOD CRACKLING ) Stupid moose! I hate
this forest. I'''m going home, Sophie! Stay
here if you want. I
don'''t care! ( TWIGS SNAPPING ) Ow! Ow... ow. It'''s a trap. Ow! That ... ow! Help! Help! Sophie! Help! I can'''t
get out of here! Hello? Is anyone there? Help! ( DOG BARKING ) Hello? Is anyone there? Help! Shut up, dog! ( WHINES ) Who are you? My name is Jonathan. What are you doing here? I don'''t know. Looking
for my sister. Don'''t you know, or
are you looking? I don'''t know. Both. You can'''t stay down there.
It'''s dangerous. I'''m not here on purpose.
I fell. I can'''t climb up. I
hurt myself. Tie the rope around you. Run along home. The Great
Forest is no place for kids. I don'''t know where home is. Go back the way you came... in
the Great Forest. Come along then. You'''re the first person
I'''ve seen in a long time. Aren'''t there other
people here? Not anymore. Why not? Where did they go? Ssh. ( DOG BARKS ) Ow! Are you a crybaby? It hurts. It will hurt even more if I
don'''t get all the gravel out. Did you shoot all of those? Every single one. Ow. That'''s the last one. What are you doing? Can'''t you see, I'''m
putting on a bandage. A leaf? It'''s the best remedy ever. This is a really
strange forest. Aren'''t you going home? I
can'''t do more for you. I can'''t. I have to
bring Sophie, too. Sophie? My little sister, she'''s here,
too. A great big bear took her. ( GASPS ) What did you say? It'''s true. I'''m not
making it up! Did you see it? Yes. Come with me. I want to
show you something. Take a look around. The bear did this. What happened? We built our village
on top of it. It must have been hibernating. We didn'''t know it was here
until the earth
started to shake. And when it got up... it was
the scariest thing I ever saw. I had to do something. Why? You saw how big it is. It'''s
too dangerous to live. Did it kill the others? They all fled. I was the only one who dug
traps and hunted it. It was chaos. But it was
the bear'''s fault! I had to try to take it out. Did you just make it mad? What else could I do? It
wrecked everything. It ruined everything.
Except this. I built it myself. For when the others come back. What if they don'''t? They will! Once the
bear is dead. I can show you
where I found it. ( DOG BARKS ) How did you two get in here? I was mad at her. She
ruins everything. She'''s like a Christmas
present you don'''t want, and
that you can'''t exchange. Easy now. We'''ll get
her back home. Why haven'''t you
killed it before? When it picks up my scent,
it hides. It uses the forest
as camouflage. Sometimes I think I'''ve got
it, but I never do. It'''s
just the forest floor. When it lies down, the dogs
can'''t track it. There'''s the cave
where I found it. It'''s very fresh. I think
you'''ve found it. Can you smell that? Yuck! Now what? Be brave and lure the bear out,
so I can shoot it. Why me? Why don'''t
you just go in? It'''s too dark in
there to take aim. Can'''t take aim? I bet he'''s
afraid of the dark. They'''re not in here. Whoa! Hm? Whoa! ( YELLING ) What are you doing? The cave almost
crashed down on me! I thought the bear
was behind you. It wasn'''t! Go on! Good dogs. Find it. Agh! What'''s wrong? It always hides when I'''m
around. It'''s hopeless. But it doesn'''t hide from me. What do you mean? When I found Sophie. Maybe it can'''t smell me like
it can smell you. How about I look for it alone? You found it by accident.
Take a dog with you. A dog? What will you do when
you find it? Uh... lure it into a trap. Does it trust you? No, but I bet it trusts Sophie. Everyone does. It'''s
really annoying. Not a bad idea. Can you see
that tree over there? Lure it over there, and I'''ll
lie in wait for you. Have you lost track of it? ( WHINES ) We'''re standing
in the footprint. Hm? <i>( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )</i> Not like that. [SOPHIE] Do it like this? [SOPHIE] There'''s only three
left. That'''s one
for each of us. Here'''s another one. Mind your manners, Mr. Bear.
Take the wrapper off first. You'''re doing it wrong.
Do it like this. Let me help you. ( GASPS ) What'''s wrong? Hi! Hey, don'''t be afraid. It'''s
just stupid Jonathan. [SOPHIE] What do you want? I was just passing by. I still don'''t want to go home
with you, if that'''s
what you think. I just wanted to apologize for
holding the door shut...
and hitting you. Sorry. Did you come all this way
just to apologize? I'''d like to be friends
with the bear. Really? Sure, I have something
cool to show you. [SOPHIE] What is it? [JONATHAN] A place full of...
butterflies. Wow, I love butterflies. But I won'''t come if
you'''re noisy. I won'''t be. Cross my heart. All right, Mr. Bear! You have
to apologize to him, too. For what? I don'''t know. Just
say it anyway. I'''m sorry, um, bear. When someone apologizes then
everything'''s okay. Good! Let'''s see the
butterflies. Which
way do we go? Um... that way. ( GIGGLING ) Wahoo! Go on, Mr. Bear! Does it do everything you say? Yes, he'''s fun, like a dog. You can'''t call it Mr. Bear. Why not? You can'''t be called
by what you are. It has to have a name. Yes, you can. Okay, then give me an example. Mom and Dad. They'''re called
what they are, mom and dad. I'''m glad you came back. Yeah... Fritjof! What? Fritjof! That'''s what
I'''ll call Mr. Bear. He'''ll be Big Fritjof and
Little Fritjof will be
Little Fritjof. Where is Little Fritjof? I don'''t know. Oh, no. Is something wrong? What? No. Nothing.
We'''ll be there soon. I knew you'''d love
Big Fritjof. ( SQUAWKS ) ( ALL SQUAWKING ) Where are the butterflies? Sophie, we have to get
out here... now! ( GUN FIRES ) ( YELLING ) Yeah! That'''s it. No! Don'''t! It
won'''t hurt you! Now I'''ve got you. ( BULLET RICOCHET ) ( SOPHIE SCREAMS ) Tell me where it went! I don'''t know. Let go! Ouch. Sophie! You little brat! Jonathan, help me! We had a deal. Give me the bear, and you'''ll
get your sister back. Why did you do that, Jonathan? Sophie! ( GROWLING ) Come here, dogs! Why were you hiding? I had to do it. It'''s your fault he
took Sophie. I'''m such an idiot. ( SQUAWKS ) Little Fritjof? <i>( SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING )</i> <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )</i> I'''m sorry. I know it'''s not your fault. The bullet is stuck
in your mouth. If we don'''t get it out,
it'''ll get worse. Come on. Open up! I can'''t help you if you
don'''t open your mouth. ( SIGHS ) Off with my bag and sweater.
Right. Whoa! Ow. ( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) I got the bullet out.
You'''ll be okay. ( BIRDS SQUAWKING ) Hm? <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )</i> [SOPHIE] Let me out! [SOPHIE] It'''s dark in here.
I don'''t like it. <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES UP )</i> ( MINI MOOSE BELLOWS ) ( BIRD SNORING ) ( GROANS ) ( LAUGHING ) Fritjof, it looks like
you'''ve made a friend. ( WOOD CREAKING ) Okay, but only one. Come on
now. We have to save Sophie. But you have to do
something first. Take a bath so the dogs can'''t
pick up your scent. Go on, Fritjof. ( HAIR TEARING ) ( LOUD GROWLING ) I'''m sorry, but we need it. Blah! It stinks!
It'''s perfect. Come here! I need your help,
too. No, go all the way under.
Don'''t just take a dip. Fritjof? That wasn'''t too bad, was it? Ugh! Yuck. Geez! ( SNIFFING ) Can you smell the bear? All right! It'''s working.
They'''re following the bird. No! Not this way! ( DOGS BARKING ) Is this where it'''s hiding? Are you sure? There'''s only one
way to find out. ( BIRDS SQUAWKING ) What'''s going on? Did you pick up its scent? Track it! Let'''s go. He'''s gone. Let'''s go. We have to get Sophie out
before he comes back. Hurry! ( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) Sophie! Sophie, are you in there? No. Sophie! I don'''t want to be
saved by you. Fritjof is dead, and
it'''s your fault. And the door is locked, so you
can'''t get me out of here. I'''ll never talk to you again! I miss Big Fritjof. Fritjof! I knew you would save me.
I just knew it! How did you survive? And
where'''s the hunter? Did you roar at Jonathan
because it'''s all his fault? ( DOGS BARKING ) What'''s going on here? Where is it? Does this look like a bear? Darn it! They'''ve tricked us. No, farther to the left. No,
not like that. Who cares about the house? I do. Someone lives here. ( DOGS BARKING ) [JONATHAN] The dogs!
He'''s coming! Let'''s go! <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )</i> My house! That darn... Jonathan, help! Sophie! Stop, Fritjof! Stop! Fritjof,
stop! Easy now, Fritjof. Sophie,
are you okay? I'''d like to get down now. That was no fun. Did you hurt yourself? Just a little, I think. Do you think the hunter is mad? I think he'''s really mad. We'''d better go home. Why? As long as we'''re here, the
hunter can use us to
find the bear. We have to stay. We'''re
protecting him. I think he'''s good at
protecting himself. Then you tell him. Why me? Because it will really upset
him. I don'''t want
to upset him. Okay, then. Fritjof? Huh? Hmm. Look at all the butterflies. ( TREES CREAKING ) ( LAUGHING ) Woo-hoo! This is the perfect
place for Fritjof. But he can'''t hide here. There
aren'''t enough trees. Fritjof? You can'''t stay here. We
have to go back. And you can hide in a place
where there'''s trees. It'''s for your own good. Just hibernate for, um, for... I don'''t know. For 20 years.
The hunter will be
dead by then. I hate the thought of
someone dying. But he'''s mean. In 20 years, Fritjof, then
we'''ll come and visit you. You can have him to play with.
He'''s not afraid of you. Now remember, you
can'''t hide here. You'''re a good bear,
Big Fritjof. ( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) ( ROARING SOFTLY ) Goodbye, Big Fritjof.
We'''ll miss you. Keep waving until you
can'''t see him anymore. Don'''t be sad. Come on. <i>( OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING )</i> I'''ll get you. ( SNIFFING ) What is it? Something smells funny. Did you fart? No, silly. It smells... burnt. A fire! What about Fritjof? Stay here, Sophie! <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )</i> ( WHINING ) ( DOGS BARKING ) ( DOG SQUEALING ) ( DOGS SQUEALING ) Now you'''re mine, you devil.
Ha! Fritjof, I'''m coming! Your days of wrack and
ruin are over. No! No! Give up. ( MUSIC FADES UP ) Lie still. You little brat. ( GUN FIRES, BULLET
RICOCHETING ) ( RUMBLING, ROARING ) <i>( DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES UP )</i> You... Ow. ( MUSIC CONTINUES ) Jonathan, are you okay? Ow... I told you to wait. What should we do? The
fire is everywhere. Fritjof! Where is he? He'''s gone for the hunter. We have to put out the fire. The frogs! The frogs? Yes, the frogs. Come on! [HUNTER] Get him, dogs! ( WHIMPERS ) ( ROCKS CLATTERING ) ( COUGHING ) I can'''t see a thing,
Jonathan! Sophie. [JONATHAN] Sophie,
where are you? Jonathan, we found them! Come on. Come on! Yes! Let'''s go, frogs. Come on. Come on. Yeah,
that'''s it. Start croaking, frogs. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on, frogs.
Start croaking. ( LOUD CROAKING ) ( THUNDER BOOMING ) ( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) ( THUNDER CRASHING ) We did it! Way to go! ( DISTANT GROWLING ) [JONATHAN] Fritjof, stop!
Don'''t! [SOPHIE] Fritjof, stop! Don'''t! Stop, Fritjof! Stop, Fritjof! Don'''t! Don'''t! Don'''t do it!
Don'''t kill him! You'''re not like that! You can both live in the forest
without hurting each other. That'''s good, Big Fritjof.
You'''re not the type
who hits people. ( GUN COCKS ) But I am. I did it! Finally! No, Fritjof, no, don'''t die. Sophie, we have to get
that bullet out! No. You'''ll be okay, Fritjof. ( SOBS ) [JONATHAN] I got the
bullet out, but... Thanks, but... but that
isn'''t enough. Come on, Fritjof!
You can do it. ( GASPS ) You'''re alive! Fritjof! You made it. Thanks for helping. ( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) Thanks for the ride. We'''ll come back and visit
you, Fritjof. We promise. Next summer. How many bear years is that? It'''s the same thing. We'''ll come back
next bear summer. We'''ve been gone for a long
time. What are we going to
tell to Grandpa? Little Fritjof! Boy, that is so weird. And I think it'''s weird, since
I told you to stay
in the garden! Grandpa! ( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING ) ( MUSIC CONTINUES )
