[Max] You're not gonna believe this.
[sighs] It's a riddle.
"Tiny though I am, when you see me, you may shriek,
and if you'll listen closely, you will hear my dancing feet."
♪♪
"Listen even closer and your mind will know my song.
"You'll find me where the heart is.
Lucky Seven is The One."
I'm just gonna say it. Whaaaaat?
Ah, perfect timing. Dinner.
Oh, great! Is it ready?
No. We're making it. Together.
As a thank you for Dottie.
Ooh, uh, sounds fun. Can't do it.
Oh, what do you mean, "Can't do it"?
What's that in your hand?
A surprise.Yeah.
For Jake, you know? We're making him something.
[both] Bye!
♪♪
[sighs]
Okay, bye.
Guys! "You'll find me where the heart is"?
Home is where the heart is. It's in the house.
Oh, that was fast!
Nika the riddle-solving master.
One line down, on to the next.
Ha-ha!
Do you think the riddle might lead to the treasure?
Maybe.[computer chiming]
It's Jake.
[both on video chat] Hey! Hey.
Ooh, love the shawl!
Shawl?
This isn't a shawl. It's the curse!
Wait. Curse?
Yeah, curse! Wait, who are you?
Oh, uh, Jake, Oliver. Oliver, Jake.
Well, long story.
But quick version? Our new friend.
Well, uh, welcome aboard, mate.
Watch out for Dotty Dottie.
That's my mom.
Oh, did I say dotty?
Oh, no, I meant grotty.
Wait, that's even worse. Uh...
Did you bring the curse into our house?
I got it from your house!
No, he didn't. Look, it's okay.
Look, uh, Jake, full disclosure:
You're not cursed. What?!
Please, stop talking about curses.
It attracts more curses.
No, it doesn't, because curses aren't real, Jake!
Explain this! Wait, no.
Let me, then tell me there's no curse.
This cast, yeah?
Well, it itches like there are ants inside.
So I borrow this old lady's knitting needle--
perfect for reaching the unreachable.
Only the sweater's still attached.
It unravels, I get tangled up in the wool,
and then she tries to pull the sweater back.
[laughing] Oh, that's hilarious!
I dislocate my shoulder.
Oh... by hilarious, I mean awful.
And then the TV in my room stops working.
I get flies in my pudding!
Okay, Jake, listen. What do you need?
I need you to lift the curse!
Okay, well, we'll find something, I promise.
Thanks.
Better safe than sorry.
Okay.
[bed whirring] What did I press?
[whirring continues]
Ugh!
[grunting] Do it quick, please!
♪♪
[Anika] So where do we start?
[Oliver] The Protection Chest.
She keeps it chained up
so no one can steal it.
Um, that's dedicated.
Wow, that's a whole lot of protection.
That's it.
[chuckles]
You have to. For protection.
[scoffs]
I'm not really sure how it works, but--
Protection against bland meals.
Must have been hard growing up with your mom's rituals.
Not hard. Just... confusing.
What happens if she stops?
Does that mean the curse will finally get us?
So what if they do?
I mean, who made up the rules
that curses always have to be bad?
What if there's a curse that says,
"I curse you to a long, happy life"?
That'd be a curse I'd happily get.
I curse you to a life full of riches!
I curse you to never, ever, ever make a fashion no-no again.
So... are we gonna help Jake or what?
The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can help Sal with the riddle.
So, tell me, what's this?
This is the Hex-a-Gone.
For protection against curses... and hexes.
♪♪
"Tiny though I am." Tiny. Size.
Measurement. Scale maybe?
No, I know.
[whispering] One... two...
What are you doing?
Ooh, a poem.
No, it's not a poem. It's a...
It's a riddle.It's confusing.
What does it mean?That's what I'm trying to work out.
I think-- I think it's some sort of code.
I've worked out that there are seven "A"s in the riddle.
So maybe that connects to Lucky Seven?
[Erik]Guys?!What is that?
[Erik] Guys!
Oh, I forgot. Erik said...
[mocking Erik] "Get Sal down here right now!"
♪♪
[Dottie] Out and hip, hip.
[Erik and Dottie murmuring]
Yeah, again.
What is going on in here?
Um, line dance.
I've been doing it on my own all the time.
Well, line dancing for one can't be much of a line.
Isn't that just dancing?
Oh, I hadn't thought of it like that.
But line dancing for four
is definitely a line.
Yes! Yes, it is!
Well, yeah, but, you know, maybe three is better.
♪♪
Uh, Sal, what are you doing?
Uh... do-si-do?
No, you do-si-don't.
We're Dottie's guests.
Good, polite guests.
And Dottie has a lot to show us.
All of us.
[whispers] Please don't leave me.
[Dottie] Yes, the more the merrier! Okay, here.
Uh, they're not exactly cowboy hats,
but I won't tell the cowboys if you don't.
All right, this is the Chicken Dance.
And then there's the Watermelon Crawl.
And I can't wait to show you the Cowboy--
Ah! Ah! Oh, I think I--
Oh, I stepped on something furry!
I think it was a mouse.
♪♪
[screams and sighs]
It's my pom-pom.
It fell off my hat and I was looking for that.
All right, shoulders square.
Wings on hips. Chest out proud.
And hold on to your hats.
No, no, not yet.
I meant, uh, as in, "ready steady."
Oh... Oh...Okay.
Wings on hips. Chest out proud.
Hold on to your hats. Here we go!
♪♪
[whispers] Tiny shriek mouse.
♪♪
Chicken! [squawks]
"To save a cursed family, eat six tablespoons
of the mother's hair washed down with treacle."
Eww!
We did that.
Six years ago.
I'm still coughing up hair.
[coughs and gags] [laughs]
"Potion for lifting general curses."
"This potion should be drunk by the accursed.
Once imbibed, the accursed will be freed."
"All of the ingredients can be found in nature.
"Remember that some plants and berries are poisonous.
Only use those illustrated below."
[camera shutter clicks]Okay.
Cursebusters are go.
[grunting]
Aww.
♪♪
Hey! Pine cones!
Oliver.
Sweet chestnuts.
Hey.
Oh...
Huh, willow bark.
[imitating duck quacking]
What are you doing?
Looking for a curly duck.
It's curly dock, not curly duck.
And it's only the seeds.
♪♪
And finally... the tam-tam root.
♪♪
[Oliver] So we're only missing the tam-tam root.
And a chicken's foot.
Hopefully that one's optional. Yeah.
So, what do we do next?
Well, there is someone we could ask.
Great!
What are we still doing here?
Well, we don't really talk to each other any more.
Oh, good!
Wait. Not good.
But they don't call me "The Fixer" for nothing.
Actually, they don't call me "The Fixer" at all.
But they will once I fix this.
Come on.
♪♪
Ka-kaw! [trilling tongue]
What was that?
That's our signal.Your friend a bird?
Ka-kaw! [trilling tongue]
[sighs]
I'm Jasmyn. And you are...?
Pleased to meet you?
Oh, you mean my name.
Um, uh, it's Anika.
Nika to my friends.
What are you doing here?
Oh, uh, Oliver tells me you two are old friends.
Were.Were.
Yeah, see, about that.
I'm not really a great fan of the whole "past tense" thing.
I like to live in the now.
Oh, yeah?Yeah.
And right now, I-- well, we--
could really use your help.
So we're gonna play a little game.
We are?
Mm-hmm. It's called...
"let's forget why we're mad at each other and become BFFs again."
I hate that game.
Why?
Did he tell you what happened?
Of course not.
We were supposed to build a tree house.
[raven cawing]
That's it?
You stopped talking because of a tree house?
I dragged a bunch of wood from my house to the tree.
He was supposed to meet me and help.
But he never showed up,
and he never told me why he never showed up,
and that was the last I ever heard from him.
Well, why did he do that?
My question exactly.
Oliver?
I... I didn't want to tell her.
I'm scared of heights.
Oh...
It's okay, I get it. I'm scared of heights too.
But I'm also kind of feelin' Jasmyn here.
Getting stood up after she dragged all that wood
into the woods, which is already full of wood.
That's pretty annoying.
It was.
But still, don't you guys miss each other?
Before dark, please.
Yes.I guess.
Great! See? The Fixer.
You should've told me. Well, I wanted to,
but then I felt bad, then I didn't,
then I felt worse, and I never did.
Okay, uh, time for hugs and stuff later.
Right now, we need your help finding something
that's called the tam-tam root.
The tam-tam root?
Why didn't you say?
Well, it's kind of hard when no one's speaking to each other.
[phone ringing]
[Dottie] Erik, it's the mechanic.
[Erik] Oh, right.
Hello?
[Erik] Nice! All right!
She got the spare part. Will be here in five minutes.
Sal, can you and Evie help Dottie with dinner?
Evie, what are you doing?
I'm looking for a mouse hole.
Oh, you won't find any. The mice left years ago.
I think my singing scared them off.
Right-o, I need to, uh... [whistles and chuckles]
Right.
Chop, please. Skins on.
That's where the nutrition is.
One potato, two potato, three potato, four,
five potato, six potato,
and one for luck, seven potato more.
Lucky seven! There, now we can eat them.
Wait, what did you just say?
Now we can eat them.
No, no, before that.
Lucky seven.
Look at the time! I was having so much fun,
I forgot to feed my chickens.
Poor babies. Darlings, I'm coming!
What?
"Lucky Seven is The One."
One potato, two potato.
Mouse.
Good luck with the nut roast.
Huh, so I'm the family chef now?
[insects chirping]
The tam-tam root.Wow!
It's a type of Dahlia.
How did you know where to find it?
It's in my blood. My dad's the forest ranger.
You might see him around sometimes.
Big, beardy. Answers to the name Lyman
and "Big, scary man."
[chuckles]Speaking of scary...
my arms, they feel like they're on fire!
What's wrong with him?!
What's wrong with me?!
Um...
What?What is it?
You've got Dutch Elm Disease.
There's no cure.
What?! What?
Kidding!
When did you start itching?
Um, after we picked up the willow bark, I think.
Looks like you're both having
some kind of reaction to it.
Lucky for you, I've got a remedy for that.
Wait here.
Where is she going?
To her house. It's just behind those trees.
Hey, uh, Nika?
I, um... [chuckles]
I wanted to thank you for, you know,
uh, fixing things between me and Jasmyn.
Last week, I didn't have any friends.
But now I've got Jasmyn back and I've got
two brand-new one-- aah-- ones!
See? Good things can come from curses.
Yeah.[grunts]
♪♪
So... potatoes roasted, vegetables chopped and boiled,
roast in the oven.
I could really use some help setting the table.
Sorry, too young to be near a hot oven.
"Listen even closer
and your mind will know my song."
♪♪
Uh, Sal, shouldn't you be setting the table?
[sighs]
[Anika] OMG! This is like bathing in banana ice cream!
Well, it's funny you say that. It's made from banana skin.
You can take it with you.
Thanks.Wow.
The itching completely stopped.
You are a genius!
Oh!
So, uh, feel free to say no, but...
I wanted to give you something to say thank you
for patching things up between me and Ollie.
My tortoise has quite a lot of brothers and sisters,
and I wondered if you wanted one.
I would love one!
Oh, don't take her out here. It's too cold.
Well, can I take a little peek?
Sure.
[gasps] Ohh, I love her! What's her name?
She doesn't have one yet.
Well, I officially name her Tammy.
Named after the tam-tam root that brought
the three of us together.
Hooray for Tammy Hunter!
[all] Hooray!
Sal! Sal! Look what I got!
Oh, you're so adorable.
[Sal]Whoa.
You need a tortoise to lift a curse?
No, that's all in the bag.
But this is Tammy, and she's the new Hunter.
Say hi to your big brother, Tammy.
"Hi, Sal."
So, uh, what have you been doing?
Well, I learned how to line dance,
turned into a chef, and now I'm the bus boy.
There's a mouse in the house!
N-N-N-No, no.
We don't need to tell them about that.
It was a pom-pom.
No... there's a mouse in the house!
Okay, where?
"There's a mouse in the house and he's dancing unawares."
Oh, I got it. [imitates mouse squeaking]
That's mouse for, "Hey, Evie!"
Oh, so Evie's a dancing mouse?
Ugh! You're not listening!
♪ There's a mouse in my house and he's dancing unawares ♪
Oh, I love this song![Oliver whimpers]
[both] ♪ There's a mouse in my house and he's running up the stairs ♪
Up the stairs?! Ugh!
Wait! What--
♪♪
Okay, so it's an old kids' song.
What does that have to do with anything?
It's the riddle!
"Tiny though I am, when you see me you may shriek."
A mouse!
"And if you listen closely, you will hear my dancing feet."
Dancing unawares!
[sighs]
"Listen even closer
and your mind will know my song."
That song!
"You'll find me where the heart is."
Home.
Lucky Seven is The One."
The stairs!
One, two, three, four,
five, six... seven.
That's it! It's that step!
That's what the riddle means!
Wow, Evie! You little genius!
You solved the riddle all by yourself!
Except for the part about the house.
I solved that.
I mean, I probably could have solved it,
but someone had to cook dinner.
But, hey, pretty cool.
♪♪
Whoa. Whoa.
♪♪
Here, Evie. You do the honors.
Whoa.
Jaguars? What does that mean?
I think it means the adventure's just begun.
[Erik] Okay, guys! Adventure's over!
The car's fixed. Pack up.
Dinner, and then we leave!
[together] What?!
♪♪