Once Upon a Forest (1993)

Michael Crawford: Cornelius

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Quotes 

• Cornelius : Well, what do you have to say?

  Edgar : Uh... sorry we're late?

• Michelle : Uncle Cornelius, why do you look so sad?

  Cornelius : My goodness!

  The Furlings : Michelle!

  Cornelius : Oh, Michelle! You're all right!

  Michelle : Of course, I am! I just had...

  [yawns] 

  Michelle : ... a long nap!

• Michelle : Look, Uncle Cornelius! All the mommies & daddies are coming back!

  Cornelius : Not all of them, my dear. I'll never be able to replace your mummy & daddy, but I'll do my best.

  [Michelle sniffles] 

  Michelle : I guess nothing will ever be the same again, will it, Uncle Cornelius?

  Cornelius : Well, my dear, if we all work as hard to save Dapplewood as your three friends worked to save you, it will.

• Michelle : What's that?

  Cornelius : Great Honk!

  [sees the Flapper-Wing-A-Ma-Thing] 

  Cornelius : My Flapper-Wing-A-Ma-Thing! But how did you get it here?

  Abigail : We built it.

  Russell : And we flew it!

  Cornelius : Marvelous! Magnificent! Stupendous! You three have changed so much these past few days, I hardly recognize you.

  [happily] 

  Cornelius : You're no longer my Furlings. You've grown up.

• Cornelius : Well, Furlings, there are times when we must learn to accept... setbacks.

  Michelle : Looks like one of those times, doesn't it?

• Cornelius : Russell, your mouth is hanging open!

  Russell : Oh, I want to fly it! PLEASE?

  Abigail : Don't be silly, you'll crash it!

  Cornelius : Correct, Abigail. It's far too delicate for Furlings.

  Abigail : Huh? I didn't mean me!

• Russell : I guess we wrecked the big surprise.

  Cornelius : No, you just wrecked months & months of work!

• Michelle : Uncle Cornelius, what's "ru-rumertism"?

  Cornelius : Rheumatism, Michelle.

  [his back snaps] 

• Cornelius : Russell, you are one lucky hedgehog. It's far too rare for a Furling to survive an encounter with... with...

  Michelle : A monster?

  Cornelius : That is a good name for it.

• Cornelius : Oh dear heavens, not here.

  Michelle : What happened? Where is everyone? MOMMY! DADDY!

  Cornelius : Michelle!

  [to Furlings] 

  Cornelius : We must stop her! It's not safe!

• Cornelius : There was nothing... I could do for my mother or father.

  [Michelle coughs and moans; Cornelius puts a wet cloth on her head] 

  Cornelius : But there is something you can do for Michelle.

  Edgar : Us, Cornelius?

  Cornelius : [opens a book]  I need special plants. Eye Bright, to soothe the burns on her eyes. And her lungs are badly damaged, so you must collect plenty of Lung Wort.

  Abigail : But everything in our meadow is dead.

  Cornelius : Then you must find another!

  Russell : Another meadow?

  Cornelius : There's no choice! You only have two days' time! The herbs *must* be applied before the moon waxes full, or it will be too late for Michelle!

  Russell : You-- You're coming with us, right?

  Cornelius : I wish I could, but I dare not leave her side.

  Edgar : We'll be by ourselves?

  Cornelius : No. You'll have each other. You'll want an early start. Get some sleep. And if you dream, dream of better times for Michelle and Dapplewood.