- Otis: Maybe you don't realize it, Milo, but this a major day for me, because... well, maybe you don't realize it, but this is the day I've become... a watchdog!
- Narrator: The noise upstairs didn't disturb the dogs that slept in the barn. They could sleep through anything. But a lot of the other animals were awakened by all the scurrying overhead. Some of them just accepted it... some were pretty annoyed... and a few quietly plotted revenge.
- Narrator: Naturally, the sight of a dog and a cat watching an egg brought the usual string of gawkers... and thrill-seekers.
- Deer: Just let your heart lead and your feet will follow, and we'll bound and leap like a gentle breeze. Bound and leap like a zephyr set free. Bound, and, of course, leap.
- Narrator: Milo started walking too close to the edge.
- Milo's Mother: Milo, dear.
- Narrator: His mother called.
- Milo's Mother: [as Milo falls] That's not a good idea! Come back here, Milo!
- Narrator: She yelled.
- Chicken #1: Did you hear about Gloria?
- Chicken #2: Oh, the egg! So it finally happened! Is she staying at home with it or is she going back to work?
- Milo: [taunting the bear in the drawers] Wanna come in? I'll help you. I'll pull you in by your nose!
- Narrator: Otis resumed his search for Milo. He saw in the distance an animal that he thought might be helpful.
- Fox: [singing and swimming in a creek] Deeya-da da da dat da, deya-da datta da... Eeyo edata da, de do doo datta-da.
- [Otis runs down the hill]
- Fox: Eeya dat-datta da!
- [continues singing, climbs out of creek]
- Fox: Oh... ah! Gah...
- [shakes water off]
- Fox: Ooh, that's better.
- [proceeds to jump in meadow]
- Otis: Excuse me! I'm looking for a friend of mine!
- Fox: I'm looking for, uh, someone to play with! Wanna race me across the stream, eh?
- Otis: I haven't got time!
- Narrator: ...Otis said, sensing that this fox wasn't going to be any great help.
- Fox: Hey wait a second... What kind of animal are you anyway?
- Otis: I'm a dog, of course.
- Fox: How can you be a dog? You have no tail!
- Narrator: Otis was outraged.
- Otis: I certainly do! Look!
- [wags his tail]
- Fox: Ha! You call that a tail? THIS is a tail! Ha ha ha!
- [waves his tail wildly]
- Narrator: And with that, the fox jumped away laughing.
- Narrator: Sometime later, during the last weeks of the long winter, Joyce was making preparations. The time was drawing near.
- Milo: [about her soon-to-come babies] You okay, Joyce? Want some more dinner? Remember, you're eating for eight now.
- Joyce: Milo... Milo, I think it's time.
- Milo: Okay! Remember the way to breathe?
- [Joyce breathes deeply]
- Narrator: Now the bear was raging mad. He'd had enough of rummaging through drawers after a cat. Now he was gonna pull the whole shack apart.