[girl] ♪ Doobie doobie da da daa da da ♪
♪ It's gonna be a great day ♪
♪ Charlie used to be a stray... ♪
- [meowing] - [girl] Fine.
How about...
♪ And horses love to eat hay ♪
[meowing]
♪ I wanna eat a fresh beignet ♪
And the award goes to...
Me.
[humming]
Good morning, Ellen.
I said, "Good morning, Ellen."
Oh, good morning.
That's better.
You know it's gonna be a great day
when your day starts with such a great song.
- Right, Charlie? - [Charlie meowing]
I sound so good when I sing in the shower.
It's super echo-ey,
but the sad part is that no one else gets to hear how amazing I sound.
[gasps] Wait a minute.
You got to hear it, Charlie.
- You're the luckiest. - [meowing]
You're gonna have a great day, too.
And for extra luck, I'll sing you an encore.
♪ An encore ♪
♪ Tu tu tu du du du ♪
Ow! Thanks.
Sweet, Becky.
Yeah, Freckle.
[all] Little!
Ellen!
Gramsy!
♪ Tu tu tu du du du ♪
[children reading]
[Ellen] That's me!
[Ellen reading]
[Ellen humming]
Becky! Freckle! You're gonna see something amazing today.
This guy.
- Here we come, Mr. Macaw. - Who?
The new bird. He's a little blue macaw.
New? Where'd he come from?
Originally? South America.
It's his first day at the aviary.
C'mon, ya turkeys!
[cawing]
That's why I wanted to come today.
And why I wanted you to come, too.
'Cause it's always more fun to see new things with friends.
- Duck. - Hmm?
[quacking]
[gasps] Oh, ha! Duck. I get it.
- Duck! - Ahhh!
Whoops! Wrong "duck" again.
- Becky. I forgot the... - Masks?
Perfect. In case you want to fit in with the birds.
- And I think I forgot... - The tokens?
Yes. You can use these to buy food.
- Nice! - For the birds.
- For the birds? I'm starving. - Me, too.
Gramsy, you didn't forget the snacks, did you?
What snacks?
[all gasping]
I'm just pullin' your tail, feathers.
I got loads of snacks.
- [gasping] - For later.
[all groaning]
Now go get some birdseed and act like a bird feeder.
Gramsy's got work to do.
[cawing]
Come on, let's go find Mr. Macaw.
Mr. Macaw!
Where are you?
Where are you, Mr. Macaw? I have some birdseed for you.
- Where is he? - Is that him?
Yes. But...
Why is he all alone?
Guess he doesn't have any friends.
Poor guy. Friends are the best.
You can do stuff with friends like make up silly dances...
- Or songs. - Or share snacks.
Is it snack time yet? Please say it's snack time.
Nope. But I have the best idea.
Better than snacks?
Let's find Mr. Macaw a new friend.
Hey, Mr. Macaw. I'm Ellen. This is Freckle.
Well, Freckle is his nickname because...
[both] Every great jazz player has a cool nickname.
And this is my cousin Becky. They're my friends.
But you just said we were cousins.
You can be cousins and friends.
- Oh, frousins? - Uh, sure.
Anyway, Mr. Macaw. We're gonna help you find a friend.
There aren't many blue macaws in the wild.
So he probably hasn't had a lot of practice making friends.
[gasps] Let's make him feel more at home.
Come on down, Mr. Macaw.
I'll show you how to make friends.
But it's hard to find friends.
You really think you can help me?
It's easy.
Yeah, I make 'em all the time.
- Nice stick-man, Becky. - Thanks.
This is Mr. Stickington. He's such a great friend.
Uh, thank you?
Bye bye, Mr. Stickington.
That's it! Lots of birds greet each other with a dance.
Like this.
Nice ta meet ya. This is how I greet ya.
Now you try it out. It will help you find a friend.
Maybe not the hornbill.
- [screeches] - [grunts]
George, who was that?
Hmm, that might have been the wrong bird to try and make friends with.
Hornbills get pretty "stay-off-my-lawn" -ish. If you know what I mean.
Oh, I think I do.
Hey, El! Remember when I had a hard time making friends
but then I brought in cookies to share and suddenly I was Ms. Popular?
- Becky, you're a genius. - I know.
Blue macaws don't just dance to make friends. They bring food.
Mwah!
Monsieur Mr. Macaw,
may I impress you with an assortment of birdseed?
Excellent choice.
[in a bad French accent] Le dinner is le served.
[clears throat] Is this seat taken?
How you doin'?
Oi! What's shakin', mate? Aside from your tail feathers.
[clicks tongue]
[gulps]
[all screaming]
It's nice to, uh, meet...
Hey, birdies! Settle down.
Knock it off!
[laughing] That tickles.
That was feathery and didn't work.
So, Mr. Macaw...
Mr. Macaw?
[echoes] Mr. Macaw?
Where are you?
Is it safe to come out?
Yep. They're gone.
[sighs] Those birds turned into beasts.
You know what they say.
"Music soothes the savage beast."
- Freckle, you're a genius. - He knows.
Birds sing to find friends.
I hear birds singing in my backyard all the time.
Squawk!
Oh, no. I don't sing. Not by myself.
But I don't want you to sing alone.
We could be your backup band.
[drum roll]
You would do that?
It's kind of my thing.
Hit it, Freckle.
♪ Look around, and tell me What do you see? ♪
♪ There's a whole world Waiting to meet you ♪
[all sigh]
♪ New friends Waiting to greet you ♪
♪ So come down ♪
♪ Fly on out of your tree ♪
♪ 'Cause alone Is no way to be ♪
♪ Up in your canopy ♪
♪ I've said it before And I'll say it again ♪
♪ Nothing is better Than making a friend ♪
♪ So show us all who you are ♪
- ♪ Who you are ♪ - ♪ Who you are ♪
♪ Take center stage You're a star! ♪
♪ Squawk ♪
[microphone feedback]
George? George? What was that horrible noise?
Well, that didn't go as planned.
Making friends is just too hard. I give up.
You can't give up! You'll be all alone!
This is the worst.
All I wanted to do was help.
But I ruined everything.
Aw, Little Ellen, why are you sad?
Because I made so many mistakes.
First I said you should dance your way into somebody's heart
but when that didn't work we thought sharing food would help you make a friend,
but that was even worse.
And then I told you to sing, but that was...
Even worse than the first two?
She's right. I was a disaster.
It probably would have been better if I hadn't tried to help you at all.
Not really, because you did find me a friend.
I mean, what do friends do? They make up silly dances...
- And songs. - And share snacks.
Snacks.
You did all those things for me, Ellen. You're my friend.
You're all my friends.
I have friends.
- Are you all right? - Mmm-hmm.
I was worried about her until I saw what a good friend she has in you.
He is a good friend. The best kind of friend.
The kind that likes you even though you ruin everything.
Well, that's the kind of friend I'm looking for.
Will you be my friend?
I love to go to the ocean, what about you?
Do you like coconuts? I do.
So sometimes I vacation in Bolivia.
Yeah, but wait. I cried because I felt bad about all my mistakes
but my cries brought them together.
[Gramsy] Ca-caw! Ca-caw!
Fly, Egon! Fly!
Is it snack time yet?
There's a snack in here somewhere.
Sorry, kids. I forgot the snacks.
My mistake! Owning it!
[gasps] No snacks?
[chuckles] That's okay.
Sometimes mistakes can lead to something great.
Like how we're gonna stop for beignets on the way home
since you forgot the snacks.
Funny how things work out.
[all laughing]
[music playing]