In the beginning...
The mist begin to melt away as the sun rose over the lush green canopy of trees.

A faint whistle could be heard as a single bird swooped down from a branch,calling to the other birds beneath him.With that one whistle,all the other birds in the jungle began to respond.Pretty soon,the entire Brazilian rain forest was full of the sounds of birds singing.Even a couple of little eggs cracks popped out to dance!
“Hey!” a mother bird shouted as a big group of colorful parrots and toucans and cockatiels flew by.But none of them slowed down-the rain forest was hopping with samba-style music and all the birds were excited to start the new day.
All except one.
Little baby Blu sat alone in his nest,frozen with fear.He was a very young bird-only just hatched-and he didn’t yet know how to fly!He desperately wanted to join the others in their song and dance,but he was too afraid.The nest seemed to be very high up and just looking down made him dizzy.

But then he watched the beautiful birds of all varieties having such a fun time,and something surprising happened.He noticed he was bobbing his head a little to the rhythm.Pretty soon,he was tapping his talons,getting into the groove!
All of a sudden,Blu got scared again-it seemed like his whole nest was vibrating!But when he turned around,he realized what was causing all the vibrations:his own butt!He was shaking his tail feathers to the music!
Just then a mother and her new chicks soared past his nest and Blu felt a surge of inspiration-now was the time!
He took one timid step toward the edge of his nest.Then another.And then...just as Blu was about to take the plunge out of his nest and into the beautiful dancing canopy of birds and leaves below,he heard an ugly,rumbling,roaring noise.The birds stopped singing all at once and as Blu watched,he saw something he’d never seen before.Something hulking and square and...
It was a truck.One of many trucks and jeeps full of poachers-men who steal wild birds!All the birds darted this way and that in a panic.The men tossed nets through the air as birds of all shapes and sizes squawked with fear.
Blu turned his head in either direction,watching as birds who one minute ago had been singing at the top of their lungs were now caught in the nets.It was a horrible sight.He heard a loud sound and got startled.As he jumped out of the way,he hit the edge of his nest...and slipped!
Down,down,down Blu was falling!He tried to open his wings and flap them but it was no use-he hadn’t learned how to flt yet.Instead,he plopped all the way to the ground,landing in a large pole of leaves.Just as he looked up at his towering nest,a cage dropped down around him.
He had been caught.
The poachers packed Blu’s cage into a shipping crate.Then they slammed a door on a cargo plane,which took off down the runway with little Blu inside.
Meanwhile,in a sleepy town in Minnesota called Moose Lake Village,a little girl named Linda was wishing and hoping for the perfect present.Moose Lake Village was cold and quiet and flat.There were no lush green trees or brightly colored birds here.There was snow-and lots of it.Snow blanketed the beautiful countryside as the eye could see.
In the morning,as the town was just waking up,a truck containing Blu’s cage rumbled along.All of a sudden, as the truck lurched over some snow, one of the locks on the back door shook loose,and out fell the crate-with Blu still inside.The truck turned a corner and was gone,leaving Blu’s crate all alone in the street.
Blu chirped and chirped for help, until finally a shadow passed over him.The shadow belong to Linda.She was smiling as her up.Little Blu was nervous at first,but then he smiled a little,too.He knew he’d be safe and happy with this girl.

And for many years, he was...

初始……
晨雾开始消散，太阳升起来了，阳光照耀着郁郁葱葱的森林。

伴随着一声微弱的鸟鸣，一只小鸟从一条树枝上俯冲下来，呼朋喊友地歌唱起来。紧随着这一声啼鸣，所有其他的鸟也在丛林中开始回应。很快，整个热带雨林里充满了鸟儿唱歌的声音，几个刚蹦出蛋壳的雏鸟甚至也随着音乐翩翩起舞!
“嘿!”一只鸟妈妈喊道，一大群五彩缤纷的鸟儿飞过。没有鸟放缓自己的飞翔，雨林里洋溢着桑巴风格的音乐，鸟儿们都非常兴奋，新的一天开始啦！
只有一只例外。

小布鲁独自卧在巢里，孤寂而又紧张。他还非常年幼，似乎是刚刚孵化出来，更要命的是，他不会飞！他很想加入其他鸟儿的舞蹈，但是他又心存顾虑。鸟巢建的太高了，光是看下去就使他头晕目眩。
他看着各种各样美丽的鸟儿高兴地飞舞着，神奇的事发生了，他脑袋上的羽毛在随着音乐有节奏地摆动。很快，他就被音乐完全吸引住了，情不自禁地翩翩起舞。
突然，布鲁被吓了一跳，鸟巢好像在震动。当他转过身,他才意识到是什么引起了这剧烈的震动：他自己的尾羽!他不停地随着音乐摇晃他的尾部羽毛。
就在这时，一只母鸟和她的雏儿们向上飞过他的巢，布鲁有了个计划：现在是时候起飞了!

他向巢边踏出一只小爪子，然后另一只，然后……就在布鲁到达巢边时，热情的舞蹈和音乐背后，他听到一个隆隆作响、咆哮的声音。鸟儿停止了歌唱，布鲁循着声音望过去，他看到了一些他从未见过的东西……
那是一辆卡车，许多载满偷猎者的卡车吉普车中的一辆——有人来偷猎野生鸟儿了！欢快的鸟儿很快陷入了恐慌。偷猎者向鸟儿抛出巨大的网，鸟儿们惊恐地尖叫起来。
布鲁向四周看了看，他看见一分钟前还在枝头唱歌的鸟现在被网捉住了，看见一片恐怖的景象。突然一声巨响，布鲁吓得跳了起来，他踩到了窝的边缘……滑了下来！

下落，下落，下落，布鲁还在下落！他张开他的翅膀胡乱地扑扇，但是无济于事——他还完全不会飞翔。结果，他“扑通”一声落在一片大树叶上。他抬头仰视他高大的巢，突然一个大铁笼扣了下来。
他被抓住了。

偷猎者把一个个鸟笼子垒起来，然后“砰”地关上货运飞机的舱门。飞机沿着跑道起飞了，布鲁就在其中。
与此同时，在明尼苏达州一个叫麋鹿湖的寂静小镇，有一个名叫琳达小女孩，她正期盼着完美的礼物。麋鹿湖寒冷而又祥和。没有郁郁葱葱的绿树，也没有色彩鲜艳的鸟儿。在这里只有雪——很多很多雪，满目的雪覆盖了整个美丽的乡村。

一天早上，城镇刚刚醒来,一辆卡车带着布鲁的笼子顺着大路行驶。红灯前一个急刹车，由于卡车轮胎上沾了雪，锁松开的后门打开了，布鲁的那个箱子掉了下来。卡车转了个弯走了，留下了布鲁的箱子。
布鲁胆怯地低声鸣叫寻求温暖。一个影子掠过，那是琳达。她微笑着端详它。布鲁被她抱起时很紧张,但很快他也露出了笑容。他知道自己安全了，这位女孩会让他幸福的。
许多年后，他变成了……

十五年后……
琳达长大成人了，开了一家书店。在过去的15年里，她一把屎一把尿地把布鲁喂养大。当琳达八岁时，她给布鲁喂药。当她十岁生日时，她让布鲁帮她吹她的生日蜡烛。当她参加中学毕业舞会时，布鲁的是她的舞伴。他们总是形影不离，他们是最亲密的朋友。新的早晨对他们来说还是一如既往的流程。

书店是时候开门了。在琳达的卧室，急促的闹玲声响起，琳达不情愿地伸出手拍打她的闹钟，但铃声还是不断的响起。最后琳达才发现那不是闹钟发出的声音，。布鲁站在他的床头模仿闹钟的声音!琳达笑了，拍了拍布鲁的头，假装他真是闹钟。布鲁把琳达的眼镜放到琳达的脸上。“早上好,布鲁!“琳达愉快地说。

然后,琳达和布鲁开始了他们的“清晨Style”：一起做吐司面包。琳达把布鲁最喜欢的粮食倒在他的碗里，他们一起吃早饭，然后一起刷牙。布鲁不小心吞下了他的牙膏，他还打了个饱嗝。“呃呃!“琳达厌恶地说。然后，她试图给布鲁喂下维生素，布鲁灵活地转动脖子躲避琳达的勺子。最后琳达摇晃水果麦片盒吸引布鲁的注意力，趁着布鲁张开大嘴时把整勺药喂了下去。
布鲁通过天花板上为他准备的的环，像耍杂技一样勾到了书架边，滑下楼梯，走到门口，准备开始书店一天的工作。琳达和布鲁一起整理书店，琳达将一摞书放在书架上,布鲁从书顶跳下来确认书垒的方方正正的。当他们完成了清理准备的工作，布鲁去窗口翻开了营业的牌子。琳达用她的手和布鲁的头对拳，宣告着新的开始，他们都笑了。
他们喜欢在一起的生活!
唯一的麻烦就是，他们的书店生意比较冷淡。麋鹿湖是一个很小的城镇，很少有人来这里。琳达和布鲁在书店玩积木。搭的积木块已经非常高了，轮到布鲁摆积木了，这时他们听到门铃响了。布鲁有些分心，积木块掉了下来。“我赢了!我赢了!我从来没赢过!“琳达兴奋地喊道。
正当琳达叫喊的时候，一个陌生人走进了书店。琳达看了看这个人，“你在找什么书吗?”她问。那人盯着她的眼睛说：“不，我长途跋涉六千英里，只为寻找你们两个。”

这个人递给琳达一张名片，名片上写着：

琳达盯着这个叫图利奥的人。他看上去有些滑稽。图利奥慢慢地走近布鲁。“唔,他可真漂亮!“图利奥开始一边挥动手臂转圈,一边咯咯叫着,模仿着鸟类的动作。“咕咕咕——呱呱呱——咕咕咕——”
布鲁尽力去理解图利奥的话——或者说鸟语。完全听不懂他在说什么!“呃,这家伙简直是疯了!“布鲁自言自语道，”琳达，帮个忙行不?“ 布鲁说的是“鸟语”, 当然, 这在人类听起来就像鸡叫声。所以琳达误认为布鲁在和图利奥沟通。“你看到了吗?“琳达喊道，“你真的能和布鲁谈话!”
图利奥自豪地脸红了。他清了清喉咙，从说鸟语过渡到讲人话,他告诉琳达：”我学习过他们的语言。尾巴上的羽毛逆时针摇晃，这是在表示我愿意服从于他。”“真……真的吗?“布鲁喃喃自语道，“我跟本不知道有这么回事。”“但是……你是怎么找到我和布鲁的呢?“琳达问道。“我看了你们的表演!“图利奥掏出他的智能手机。“看看这个!“他打开一个视频，视频上的琳达在和布鲁做滑稽的表演。“呃,今年冬天拍的”她笑着说,“这里的冬天很长，没有多少娱乐项目，我们就自娱自乐……”
图利奥笑了。“他的羽毛非常完美。”他把布鲁捧起来检查他的翅膀。“小心点。”琳达不安地说，“他是很胆小的。我的意思是,他甚至还不会飞……”“不可能的!“图利奥说。“他是一个天生的飞行员!”他高高地举起布鲁。“等等,你要做什么?“琳达问。“别担心,有些鸟需要一点刺激，它们的天性将让它们飞起来。“图利奥把布鲁扔向空中,想象着布鲁展翅飞翔的场景。但布鲁尖叫着重重摔到地板上。“嗯,总有特例……“图利奥喃喃自语。“布鲁，你没事吧?“琳达跑去问他。“我很抱歉”图利奥说。“我猜我有些兴奋过头了。我的意思是,你知道，你的金刚鹦鹉是一种非常特别的鸟。据我们所知,布鲁是这种鸟类中的最后一只雄鸟了。”
摔在地板上的布鲁喘着粗气，惊讶地听着图利奥的话。“我是最后一只了?”“不过，我们最近还发现了一只雌鸟。“图利奥继续说，“我们希望把它们聚在一起,这样它们就可以继续繁衍，挽救这个物种。”“我们该怎么做?“琳达问道。“我己经都计划好了!“图利奥说，“你只需要让布鲁去里约热内卢就行了!”“等等,”琳达打断兴奋的图利奥，“里约?巴西?那太远了!”
布鲁也开始担心。“这太疯狂了!”他用鸟语说。“里约好像在地球的另一面!”他用羽翼旋转地球仪试图找到里约。琳达在心不在焉地整理书架上的书籍,越过肩膀和图利奥说：“不!不,不,不,不,不。看,布鲁的和我不…...嗯,我们不是喜欢旅行的那类!此外……我们都不喜欢飞。”
图利奥在书店里尾随着琳达，试图说服她改变主意。“琳达。”他说,“我向你保证,在路上你会与布鲁一直待在一起。而我将会和你在一起。”“谢谢。“琳达叹了口气，“只是…我不知道，抱歉，只是……嗯……不。我的回答是否定的。“琳达,你还没明白吗吗?”他恳求道，“如果布鲁死了,这个物种就要灭绝了。你能想像没有布鲁这种鸟的世界吗?请再考虑考虑吧。”他把他的名片放在桌上,走出了书店。这注定是琳达所面对的最艰难的决择……
那天晚上,布鲁站在书柜的架子上,在一个笔记本画着草稿。“天性？我才不信呢。被仍过半个屋子才不叫天性!我要让他瞧瞧，我能飞！只需要处理一些数据。调整一下我的角度和风切变……就是这样。”
布鲁还是很紧张。他已经把一切数据都计算好了，但是他还是有点……害怕。飞翔不是容易的事!他继续喃喃自语:“好了,放轻松。我只是按计划运动就没问题了，信心应该来自…嗯…我自己。是的,你可你飞起来，相信自己!“布鲁在和自己说话,这是他最喜欢的消遣之一。“谢谢你!”他对自己说，“没问题,”他回答自己。
布鲁张开他的翅膀扇动,准备飞。现在他长大了,他的羽翼已经丰满了很多。“机翼打开，十分完美!”他抬起并检查起落架——健硕的爪子。然后他晃动长长的尾羽。“不错。”他对自己说,对自己的尾翼感到很自豪。看来他是准备好了!他决定从简单开始做起,一步一个脚印地来。“推力、升力、阻力、重力。推力、升力、阻力、重力。”他重复着这些话,他从书架的一端开始助跑，但它在书架边一个急刹车停了下来，他停得太快，失去了平衡,摔倒在书架上，从书架边掉下来，又砸到另一个书架上，最后摔下来掉到硬木地板上。“砰!”
布鲁抬起头，发现在琳达在看着他，他慢慢向琳达踱过去。布鲁像从前一样站在琳达膝盖上，他们像从前一样“谈心”。“我答应过，会一直照顾你。”琳达说,“是不是?“布鲁只是死死盯着她。她继续说：“我食言过吗?如果这么做有危险，我不会勉强你的。所以,你说,布鲁，我们要去里约吗?”她向它伸出拳头。他用脑袋撞了撞她的拳头,他们在用特殊的方式握手。“这就是我勇敢的布鲁。”琳达笑着说，“现在,走吧，我们得赶上去里约的航班!”

Blu and Linda drove through the bustling city, past beautiful sandy beaches, toward the Conservation Center in Rio de Janeiro.They were excited by all the colors they saw and the music they heard, but Linda still made sure she had sunscreen on her nose and Blu had some on his beak. A canary and a cardinal flew past and tried to talk to Blu, but they realized quickly from Blu’s accent that he was new there-he was a tourist.“That’s funny!”said the canary, whose name was Nico. “You sure don’t look like a tourist! But bird,behind bars-that’s no way to see Rio! It’s the most exciting city in the world!”The other bird,Pedro,said”Man,you got to get out so you can feel it in your feathers.Stand back, we’re gonna pop open your cage!”“No really,”said Blu.”I’m fine.”“Okay.Suit yourself,”said Nico.“Welcome to Rio.Ciao,”said Pedro.“Bem vindo,”said Nico as he and Pedro flew off.Blu watched them go. ”Yes,yes,bem... And to you as well.”

Meanwhile, Linda and Tulio sat in the front seat of the jeep, watching the people of Rio dancing by in wild costumes.“Why are they dressed like that?”Linda asked. ”What’s going on?”Tulio replied, “You’re arrived in time for Carnavale!”“Carnavale? What’s that?” Linda asked.“It’s the biggest party in the world! A time to cut loose!” Tulio said. Just then a woman in a very skimpy costume danced by.“Oh my gosh!”Linda said, feeling a bit embarrassed.But Tulio just smiled and said, “Oh ... That lady is just my uh,my dentist!” Tulio said as the woman danced by.The woman looked over her shoulder at Tulio and shouted,”Don’t forget to floss!”as she shook her butt and danced away.Tulio laughed when he saw Linda’s face.”If you think that’s something, by tomorrow, the party will take over the whole city!”
The jeep finally pulled into the driveway at the Conservation Center.“So,” Tulio said, helping them out of the car. ”This is the heart and soul of out aviary-where we keep the birds.” He led Linda through a large room inside the Conservation Center. ”It is our treatment room.”As he spoke, one of the birds flew over to him.“They must really like you,”Linda said.Just then a bunch of birds shot past her head and landed all over Tulio. He laughed-it was clear that he loved the birds as much as the birds loved him.He fed them straight from his mouth!“Many of these birds were rescued from smugglers,”he said to Linda.“Smugglers?”she asked.“Yes. Smugglers steal wild birds and try to sell them.The poor birds are often hurt or even killed in the process. Just look at this poor scared guy here,” Tulio said, reaching out to a large white bird-a cockatoo-who looked very sick and very afraid. ”Hey,buddy!”Tulio whispered at the bird. ”You’re looking great today!Much better.Much better.”Tulio stroked the bird’s feathers and Linda smiled at the bird.
“So where’s Jewel?”Linda asked.Jewel was the name of the female bird they were planning to introduce to Blu.She was the only other bird of his kind.“Oh, we have a special place for Jewel,”Tulio explained.”She is very...spirited!”Tulio walked over to one of the men who worked at the Conservation Center.The man turned, groaning in pain-because huge chunks of his hair were ripped out.And he had scratches on his face.Jewel had attacked the worker! ”Spirited,”the man muttered,rubbing one of his cuts.”I’ll say.”“Jewel did that?” Blu squawked, getting nervous all over again.”Okay,I’m gonna go home now.”But Tulio leaned in toward Blu and spoke to him in a calm voice. ”Blu,”he said,”are you ready to meet your new girlfriend?”Blu huddled in the back of his cage.No,he certainly did not want to meet her!“Don’t worry,”Tulio continued.”I’ll make you irresistible.She’ll love you”
Tulio spent a long time grooming Blu so that his feathers puffed out beautifully.Then Blu stood in the aviary,waiting to meet Jewel.The room came alive with a flowing stream and wonderful fake sunlight.But as usual, Blu was a bit nervous...to say the least.And then a gorgeous,exotic bird flew into the room.That was Jewel!Blu thought Jewel was beautiful.The most beautiful bird he had ever seen!“She’s like an angel!”Blu said aloud. ”An angel who is getting really close-aaaaagh!”Jewel had swooped down close to Blu and pinned him to the floor with her sharp talons.

Jewel cocked her head and looked Blu in the eye.”Where did you come from?”she asked.”What are you doing here?”Blu tried to answer her,but she was squishing his neck!”Tddlh sttng nn mmmmch,”he muttered.“What?”asked Jewel.Blu whispered as loud as he could,”You’re standing...on my...throat!”Jewel moved away.”Oh,sorry,”she said.Blu got up and tried to act normal.”You know,I need my throat for talking.So,thanks,”he said.“Um,who are you?”asked Jewel.“My name is Blu.You know,like the cheese?With mold on it.That smells really bad.”Ugh,Blu thought,stupid!That sounded so stupid!“All right,”said Jewel,”come on.We don’t have much time.”She grabbed him by the wing and pulled him toward a tree.Blu hit his head on a branch.“W-w-w-wait!”said Blu.”Ow!”“Are you ready?”asked Jewel.“For what?”Blu was getting more and more nervous.Then it him.She wanted to kiss... ”Oh,”he stuttered.”Um, well, wow. Okay, Ummm...sure . Why not ? No problem.Let’s ah ...let’s do this!”“All right!”said Jewel.
Blu took a deep breath.He closed his eyes tight and tried to prepare himself to kiss Jewel.“Ew!”“What?”Blu opened his eyes.Jewel pushed Blu away.“But!”said Blu,”I thought you wanted me to...but you know,just for...wait.What are you trying to do?”“I’m trying to escape,of course,”said Jewel.Oh!Thought Blu.She doesn’t want to kiss.She wants to escape.Blu was relieved.“Yeah,uh,escape!That was where I was going with that.That thing I just did...”“Wwwwwait,”shouted Jewel.”Did you actually think we were going to kiss?Even though we just met?!”“No!”Blu stammered.”No,no,no!It’s not...I just...that’s not what I meant!I mean,I know how my feathers look, but I’m not that kind of bird.”
Linda and Tulio,Who were watching the two birds’meeting from the observation room,looked at each other in concern.This was not working the way they had planned!Blu was too awkward and Jewel didn’t seem interested in him at all.This was supposed to be a bird romance, not a bird fight!Tulio shrugged and said,”I think they need a little help.”Then he turned on some soft music.”This should set the mood!”But Jewel glared at Blu when she heard the music start playing.
“What?”said Blu.”I had nothing to do with the music choice!But um,you have to admit...it’s actually a pretty good song.”Then Blu started to sing along with the music.But Blu’s awful singing just made Jewel more upset.She decided to take matters into her own talons and flew quickly at Blu.As she landed on him,hard,the branch he was standing on cracked and began to fall.Jewel landed on top of Blu on the ground.Blu and Jewel were miserable and annoyed.But to Tulio and Linda,who were watching from afar,it looked like the two birds were hugging!
Linda clapped her hands and raised her eyebrows. ”Wow!”she said.”That was fast!”Tulio smiled.”Lionel Richie song.Works every time.We should probably give these two lovebirds some privacy now.”They headed out of the observation room.But Linda was still worried.”I’m not so sure I should leave Blu here alone.”“Oh no,no,no,”Tulio said smiling, ”don’t worry. Sylvio will keep an eye on them all night.”Sylvio was a very large,very serious security guard.He could stab a fly with a pencil-that’s how fast Sylvio was.“And besides,”Tulio continued as they walked past Sylvio,”Blu’s got Jewel to keep him company!”Little did Linda and Tulio know that by then Jewel and Blu were strangling each other.
“Okay,look!”Blu said,choking.”We got off to a-bad start-but if you let me live-maybe you’ll-get to like me...”Jewel laughed at him. ”Ha!Not if you were the last Spix’s Macaw on earth!”Blu rubbed his throat and stared at her. ”Don’t you know?”he muttered,still trying to catch his breath.”I am the last Spix’s Macaw on earth.”Jewel started at Blu in shock.He stared right back at her and said,”That’s why I’m...here.To meet you.We’re the only ones left.”

布鲁和琳达开车穿过熙熙攘攘的城市,沿途可以望见美丽的沙滩,他们向保护中心进发。他们为此感到兴奋,他们见到了光怪陆离的景色，听到了各式各样音乐,不过琳达还是把防晒工作放在首位,她在布鲁的喙上也涂了一些防晒霜。一只金丝雀和一只红色冠红蜡嘴鹀飞来,试图跟布鲁打个招呼,但他们很快从布鲁蹩脚的口音中意识到他是个游客。“真有意思!“名叫尼科的金丝雀说,。“你看起来一点也不像游客!不过鸟兄，在笼子里可无法真实地领略这令人兴奋的城市!“另一只鸟佩德罗说:“老兄,你只有钻出鸟笼才能用羽毛来感受它。往后站,我们会帮你打开笼子!”“不用了，真的,”布鲁说，“我很好。”“好吧，适合自己的才是最好的,”尼克说。“欢迎来里约，你好哇！“佩德罗说。“Bem vindo！（欢迎）”尼科说,他和佩德罗飞走了，布鲁望着他们的背影，“是的,是的,Bem……呃……你们也一路顺风！”
与此同时,琳达和图利奥坐在吉普车前排上，看人们身着狂野的服装跳舞。“他们怎么穿成这个样子?“琳达问道，“这是怎么回事?“图利奥答道,“你刚好赶上里约狂欢节!”“狂欢节?那是什么?“琳达问道。“那是世界上最热闹的盛会!一个用来唱歌跳舞的节日!“图利奥说。就在这时,一个女人衣着单薄地跳着舞从车前经过的。“噢,我的天啊!”琳达有点尴尬地说。但图利奥只是笑了笑,说:“哦……那位女士是我的……呃……我的牙医。嗨，莫巴萨医生！“图利奥向那个跳舞的女人说,这个女人也发现了图利奥,回答道:“别忘了用牙线哦。”她摇着屁股,一边跳舞一边走开了。图利奥看着琳达，微笑着说“明天你也得穿成这样，因为整个城市都会狂欢的!”
吉普车终于驶入保护中心。“那么,”图利奥说,扶他们走出汽车，“这是鸟类保护中心的核心地带——养护中心。“他带领琳达通过一个大房间进入保护中心。“这是我们治疗受伤鸟儿的地方。“正当他说话的时候,一个鸟儿飞过来落在图利奥肩膀上。“它们一定很喜欢你,”琳达说。这时一群小鸟飞过去,落在图利奥头上。他哈哈大笑：鸟儿有多爱他，他就有多爱鸟儿，他甚至直接用嘴给鸟儿喂食!“这些鸟类里有很多是从偷猎者手中救回来的,”他说。“偷猎者?”她问。“是的，偷猎者走私野生鸟类。在走私中那些可怜的鸟常常会因此受伤，甚至死亡。看看这个可怜的家伙。“图利奥说,走近一只看上去病得很重的白色大鸟。“嘿,伙计!“图利奥低声对着鸟说。“今天你看起来棒极了，好多了，好多了！“图利奥抚摸着这只鸟的羽毛，琳达也对着这只鸟笑了笑。
“那么,珠儿在哪儿呢?“琳达问道。珠儿是他们计划介绍给布鲁的那只雌鸟的名字，她是布鲁这种鸟类中最后一只雌鸟了。“哦,我们给珠儿准备了一个特别的房间。“图利奥解释道，“她很……活泼。“图利奥走到一个工作人员身边，那人转过头来,他大块的头发都被扯掉了，他的脸上还有几道深深的爪痕：珠儿袭击过他!这位工作人员痛苦地呻吟着：“我会说，岂止活泼！”“这是珠儿干的?“布鲁紧张地叫唤着。“好了,我现在就要回家。“但图利奥俯身平静地对布鲁说：“布鲁,你准备好去见你的女朋友了吗?“布鲁蜷缩在笼子的后面，像是在说不,他当然不想见她!“别担心,”图利奥继续说，“我会让你帅到无法抗拒，她会喜欢你的！”
图利奥花了很长时间给布鲁梳理羽毛，然后把布鲁推进珠儿的房间，让他等待和珠儿见面。这个房间充满了潺潺的流水和绚烂的假日阳光。但布鲁还是极度紧张,至少可以这么说。突然，一只华丽的、惊艳的鸟飞进房间——那是珠儿!布鲁觉得珠儿才是世界上最美的鸟儿!“她就像一个天使!“布鲁大声喊出来。“一个天使，离我越来越近了……啊啊啊！ !“珠儿急速俯冲下来，把布鲁撞翻了压倒在地板上,锋利的爪子扼住布鲁的喉咙。
珠儿昂起头，锐利地目光盯着这位不速之客。“你从哪儿来的?”她问，“你在这儿干什么?“布鲁试图回答她,但是她踩住了他的脖子!“胒蛅……蛅哉窝餺……”他咕哝着说。“啥?“珠儿问。布鲁拼劲全力大声说道：“你站……站在我脖子上了!“珠儿移开了爪子，“哦,抱歉,”她说。布鲁站起身，试图表现得自然一些，“你知道,我需要喉咙来搭讪。所以,谢谢你。”他说。“嗯,你是谁?“珠儿问。“我的名字是布鲁（Blu）。说到蓝色(Blue)，你知道蓝纹奶酪吗?我很喜欢，虽然那东西闻起来臭臭的。“呃……布鲁自己都觉得这听起来太傻了！“好了好了,”珠儿说,“来吧,我们没有多少时间。”她抓住布鲁的翅膀,把他拉向一棵树，布鲁的脑袋撞在一枝树杈上。“等……等等!”布鲁嚷着，”噢!”“你准备好了吗?“珠儿问他。“准备什么?“布鲁越来越紧张。然后他猛然意识到，她是想亲……“哦,”他结结巴巴地说。“嗯,嗯,哇，好吧,嗯……准备好了，干嘛不呢?没问题，我们……我们开始吧!”“好吧!“珠儿高兴地回应。

布鲁深吸了一口气。他闭上眼睛，准备去吻珠儿。”呃呃!”“什么?“布鲁睁开眼睛。珠儿把布鲁重重地推开。”但是……”布鲁不安地说,“你不是想让我……你知道的,你不是……等等，你想做什么?”“我当然是想逃跑了“珠儿说。布鲁这才意识到她不是想亲他，她是想逃跑。布鲁放缓语气：“是的,呃……逃跑，我也正打算这么做。我刚才只是想……”“等等，“珠儿气急败环地喊道，“你真的以为我们要亲吻么?即使才刚刚见面? !”“不!“布鲁结结巴巴地否认，“不,不,不!这不是……我只是…那不是我的意思!我是说，虽然我的确很漂亮,但我绝不是你想的那种鸟。”
与此同时，琳达和图利奥在观察室里目睹了这一切。这可没有按计划进行!布鲁太拘束了，珠儿也似乎对布鲁不感兴趣。这本应是一场浪漫的鸟儿约会，不是一场鸟儿打架!图利奥耸耸肩说,“我认为它们需要一点帮助。”说完,他让珠儿的房间里播放起轻柔的音乐。“塑造浪漫的气氛!“音乐响起，珠儿怒视着布鲁。
“怎么回事?”布鲁说，“这可不是我策划的!但是，嗯……不得不承认，这首歌确实不错。“然后布鲁开始和着音乐唱起来。布鲁极具挑战性的歌唱使珠儿更加恼怒，她决定用爪子解决问题，于是飞快地朝布鲁扑了过去。当她落在他身上,巨大的冲击力把树枝撞断了,他们都掉了下去。落到地上时，珠儿正好躺倒在布鲁怀里，珠儿十分恼火。但是在图利奥和琳达的角度看来，就像两只鸟抱在一起一样。
琳达抬起眉毛，“哇!”她说，“进展真快!“图利奥笑了，“莱昂内尔里奇的歌，屡试不爽。我们应该给这两只情侣鸟一些隐私空间。“他们走出观察房。但是琳达还是有点担心，“我不放心把布鲁单独留在这里。”“哦,不,不,不,”图利奥笑着说,“别担心。希尔维奥会整夜在这里值班。“希尔维奥是一个非常壮实的警卫。他可以戳用铅笔戳中飞行的苍蝇。“再说了,”图里奥补充着，”布鲁还有珠儿陪着呢!“他们不知道的是,珠儿和布鲁现在正打得不可开交。
“好吧,听着!“快要窒息的布鲁说。“我们有了一个糟糕的开始，但如果你让我活下去，也许你会喜欢上我……“珠儿嘲笑他：“哈!你又不是地球上最后一只斯皮克斯鹦鹉!“布鲁清了清喉咙,盯着她说：“难道你还不知道吗?”他仍在努力保持镇定，“我就是地球上最后一只斯皮克斯鹦鹉。“珠儿震惊地盯着布鲁。他凝视着她继续说：“这就是我来这里见你的原因，我们都是最后一只了。”

过了很久,珠儿布鲁才停止打架去睡觉,希尔维奥在保护中心值班。希尔维奥是一个一脸严肃的保安。他高大而又强壮,对自己保护鸟类的工作很在行。但狂欢节的气氛弥漫在空气中，他可以听到无处不在的桑巴音乐。希尔维奥开始摇摆跳舞，他脱掉保安衬衫,里面穿的居然是一身怪怪的狂欢节舞蹈服装!但正当他开始跳舞时,希尔维奥听到一声打碎玻璃瓶的声音，是鸟儿遇到危险了吗?
希尔维奥循着声音跑过去，拿着手电筒向四周看了看。在地板上他看到一个破瓶子旁边有一只白色鹦鹉。白色鹦鹉看上去吓坏了，这是之前的那只白色鸟!它的眼神里透出可怜的神色，希尔维奥向它走近。“过来,可怜的小小鸟,“希尔维奥说,“没事的。我抓住你了，我抓住你了。“他弯下腰去捡那只鸟……但这只鸟在骗他!这是一只名叫奈杰的鹦鹉,当希尔维奥靠的足够近时,奈杰飞到他脸上,用蘸上乙醚的抹布捂住他的嘴，希尔维奥昏倒了。奈杰偷了希尔维奥的钥匙，然后飞到保护室的门口,打开了门锁,一个年轻的瘦男孩小心翼翼地走过来。这个男孩也是走私者，他来偷鸟了!
与此同时,布鲁没有注意到这惊心动魄的一切，他反而蜷缩起来正想睡觉。但就在这时,一声巨响驱散了他的睡意,噪声来自珠儿，她正用石头试图在保护室的通风口上撬开一个口子。“嗷啊啊……抱歉哈，我正睡觉呢”布鲁抱怨着。“哦,真是对不起,”珠儿说，”但我正逃跑呢。”“逃跑?“布鲁问。“为什么?这个笼子多棒啊!”“这笼……哦，哈哈”她又自言自语道，“我在想什么呢?我可不指望一个宠物能理解自由。”“你说什么?“布鲁说,坐起来有点生气。“宠物?你刚刚叫我宠物?严正声明,我不是宠物，我是人类的伙伴。你知道吗?今晚你爱干啥干啥,反正明天早上琳达就会来接我回家，然后这个噩梦就彻底结束了。”
“难以置信。“珠儿转向布鲁，“你宁愿与人类为伍，也不愿和你的同类在一起！”“嗯,在过去的十五年里，那人给了我关爱和温暖，而我的同类在见面15内后就像掐死我“布鲁怒视着珠儿。她梳理着她的羽毛说：“可正因为他们，我失去了一切。你不能信任人类！“
这时她听到一个吱吱作响的声音，珠儿抬起头看到保护室的门打开了,珠儿兴奋地飞了过去，她终于能回到大自然中自由地飞翔了!“你当然可以信任人类!“珠儿起飞时布鲁大声地回答她，“我相信琳达，这对我来说是最重要的,呃……珠儿?珠儿?“布鲁只听到一声沉闷的尖叫，然后一切归于沉寂。“珠儿?“一个黑影子掠过布鲁的头顶，使他不禁浑身发抖。“哦,嗯……你好!”他结结巴巴地仰望着黑影说。“我,呃……啊啊啊啊啊!“黑影把一个袋子套在布鲁头上，一切都黑了下来。
与此同时,琳达和图利奥在一家海滨餐厅吃饭，他们还不知道发生在保护中心的事。他们平时都太忙了，没有充足时间享受美景和音乐。图利奥看着琳达,这让他有点紧张和尴尬，这与面对里约女郎时不同。琳达扶了扶眼镜,露出微笑。图利奥说：“感谢你来和我共进晚餐，我喜欢独自吃饭。我的意思是,我的工作很忙嘛。”“布鲁和我也不常出门,”琳达说，“特别是像这种简直不可能来到的地方!”“这里吗?“图利奥环顾餐厅后说,，“哦,我敢说它和你在穆斯湖的餐馆一模一样。”
琳达笑了，就在这时,一个手提大刀的服务员冲过来，琳达尖叫起来!服务员举起大刀,向着一大块的牛肉劈过去，切下几块肉给琳达。”Picanha（巴西烤肉） !”这个服务员说,把肉递给她。玲达的另一边，又一个服务员拿着奇怪的托盘,大喊一声,“Linguica（某种小吃的前半部分音节）!”然后他点燃了盘子里的东西,大声喊道,“Flambada（某种小吃的后半部分音节） !“食物上的火焰冒出浓烟，烟灰把琳达的眼镜熏黑了。

就在这时,图利奥的电话响了。他接起电话,一个奇怪的表情弥散开来，是个坏消息……布鲁和珠儿被绑架了!琳达和图利奥跑回保护中心。这是到目前为止最糟糕的事情。布鲁是琳达的世界，是她的一切——现在它走了,她该怎么离开?她似乎一无所有了!
琳达坐在保护中心外面的台阶上，有警察在附近徘徊，有个警察在问保安希尔维奥问题，但到目前为止,他们没有得到任何有用的信息。琳达把脸埋在手心痛哭，“哦,布鲁……”她抽泣道，“这都是我的错……“她哭得更厉害了。图利奥站在她的背后,不知道该怎么安慰她。他也很难过，他把他的手臂搭在琳达的肩膀上,试图让她冷静一些。“不,琳达,不要这么说”他说,“这不是你的错。”琳达眼泪汪汪地看着图利奥说：“你说得对,这不是我的错……”突然,琳达生气了。这肯定不是她的错,因为来这里并不是她的想法，不是吗?琳达站起身来,转向图利奥,她说：“这全是你的错!都怪你的鸟语，什么’拯救物种‘ !“琳达开始取笑图利奥说鸟语的滑稽样子，模仿他那古怪的声音。“嗯,你知道我对那些鸟语作何评价么?那完全就是‘呱呱呱’!“琳达捂住了自己的嘴，她意识到自己有些冲动了。
“对不起,”琳达说，她也感觉得到图利奥的心情也十分糟糕。她也知道这不是他们的错，这是那些偷猎者的错。“我真是不明白，希尔维奥明明是我们这里最好的保安！”图利奥说。他们一齐看向希尔维奥,那个健壮的警卫。他还是穿着他的狂欢节服装,一个警察在和他说话，这位警察在不停地做笔录，“也就是说,你被小白鸟……袭击了?“警察盯着高大强壮的希尔维奥，像他一样的人怎么可能被一只鸟袭击了呢?简直是胡说八道!
“真的!“希尔维奥喊道。他举起那只鸟用的抹布，“他用这破布把我弄晕了，就像这样!“然后，希尔维奥把那块布捂在嘴上，然后他又晕过去，他像一块大石头一样倒了下去。警察拿起抹布也闻了闻,看它是否真的会把人弄晕。很显然那是真的,因为警察自己也当场晕倒了。琳达和图利奥互相看了一眼,叹了口气。
“这下完了。”琳达绝望地说。

Meanwhile...
Blu and Jewel had been captured. Someone had put a cover on their cage, so they had no idea where they were!Jewel was able to tear a hole in the covering, and she poked her beak out.Jewel looked around while Blu paced nervously inside the cage.“There’s no place like home,there’s no place like home,” said Blu. ”Oh,I wish I was back in my own cage with my mirror, and my swing,and my little bell.Oh how I miss my little bell....”
“Shhh!”said Jewel,flopping quickly onto her back. ”Lie down like me and play dead,”she whispered.“What?I don’t need to play dead.I’m about to have a heart attack anyway!”“Just do it!”said Jewel.“Fine.”Blu sighed, but instead of copying Jewel, he started staggering around.Then he pretended to choke and gag and hold his chest-really pretending to die.Jewel did not think this was funny at all.She stuck out her claw and grabbed Blu, pulling him down to the floor of the cage. ”Stop twitching!”she whispered. ”Stay quiet!”
As the birds were playing dead inside their cage, things were happening outside it.Someone picked up the cage from the back of a truck and opened a door into a big,old warehouse.The person holding the cage was Fernando, the young boy who had snuck into the aviary in the first place. Inside the warehouse sat a whole gang of bird smugglers.The gang was led by Marcel,a very scary-looking man.Marcel’s two friends,Tipa and Armando, stood behind him.Tipa and Armando were not very smart. Armando shouted at Fernando.”Come on in,kid.Let’s see what ya got.” Fernando stepped into the warehouse,still holding the cage.
Marcel smiled a nasty smile. ”Well,what do you know?”he said. “Good work, Fernando!You see, boys...what did I tell you about this kid?” Tipa cleared his throat. ”You told us that you were going to pay him half as much as you said... .”“No,you idiot!”said Marcel. “I said that he reminds me of myself when I was that age.Smart.Resourceful.”He handed a bunch of bills to Fernando. ”Here ya go,kid.” Fernando’s face lit up when he saw the money, and his tummy grumbled a little-this money would buy his dinner.But then he counted them.”Hey!”he said to Marcel.”This is only half of what you promised me!”
“Ah, shut up,kid,” Marcel said, distracted.He was staring eagerly at the cage.Slowly,he lifted off the cover,only to see...Two dead birds! Well, not really dead,but Blu and Jewel sure looked dead. Marcel was not pleased. ”What the ...! I thought I told you I needed these birds alive!Tell me, Fernando,does this look alive to you?Huh?”Marcel reached into the cage and pulled out Jewel’s limp body.Just then, Jewel snapped awake and bit Marcel’s hand with her beak. “Owwww!”said Marcel, letting go of Jewel, who flew madly toward a nearby window near the ceiling of the warehouse.
“Get her!”Marcel shouted at Tipa and Armando. Blu peeked open his eyes as Tipa and Armando lumbered around the warehouse,trying to catch Jewel. “Jewel!”cried Blu. “Come here!”shouted Marcel, lunging after her. Just as Jewel was about to fly to freedom,Nigel came out of nowhere and flew straight into her! He locked Jewel in his talons and held her against a pillar near the roof so she couldn’t escape. One of the evil bird’s white feathers floated to the floor as he spoke.”Hello,pretty bird,”he said to Jewel. ”What’s the matter? Cockatoo got your throat?” Jewel tried to fight the white bird off, but she wasn’s strong enough. Marcel shouted to the white bird, “Nigel, alive.” “Hmph,” Nigel responded,swooping down with Jewel still in his claws,and then pushing her back into the cage.

Blu was shocked.”That was your plan?To just take off and leave me?Wow thanks so much.” “Well,” Jewel replied, clearly frustrated, “why didn’t you follow me?” Before Blu could think of a clever explanation to hide the real truth,Marcel started talking to Nigel. “Nice work, Nigel,” he said, petting the white bird. “Yeah,” said Tipa.”Nice work,Nigel.” Marcel smiled to himself. “The last two blue Spix’s Macaws on earth.These are worth a fortune!”Then Marcel put a chain on Blu’s and Jewel’s ankle. “These birds are sp much more valuable as a set!”he said. Then he turned to Fernando. ”Hey, Fernando, hang these up in the other room.” He handed the cage with the chained-up Blu and Jewel inside to Fernando, who scuttled through a door into the other part of the warehouse.
When Fernando brought the cage through the door, Blu and Jewel noticed there were a lot more stolen birds there. In fact there were lots and lots of cages, all full of different wild birds that had been captured. All of the birds looked miserable, hungry and depressed. “let me out.Let me out.Let me out.Let me out,” repeated one bird, over and over again. “Pretty bird. Pretty bird. I’m a pretty bird. I’m a pretty bird.” That was another one, who seemed more crazy than sad. There was even a bat in the room! The bat kept saying, “I was framed! They got the wrong guy!”
Fernando walked farther into the room and found a spot for Blu and Jewel’s cage.”Sorry, guys,” he said to Blu and jewel. “Nothing personal.” For a minute, Fernando stared at the cage, feeling a little bit bad for Blu and Jewel and all the other trapped birds. But he had a job to do. He worked for Marcel, after all, and this is what Marcel paid him to do-capture birds. So he put down the cage and walked out of the room.
Fernando went back to Marcel and asked,”So...what’s gonna happen to them?Those new birds?” Marcel grinned wickedly. ”Oh, don’t you worry,” he said. “We’re going to find good homes for them.” Marcel started pushing Fernando toward the exit. “New go on home to your mama.” “But I don’t have a mama,”said Fernando. “A father?”asked Marcel. Fernando shook his head no. But he was trying to think more about the delicious food he would be able to buy now that he gad money.Ge was so hungry! “Brother?”asked Armando. Fernando shook his head again. “Houseplant?”asked Tipa. Fernando once again shook his head, feeling a little sad about the fact that he really had no one-he was all alone in the world.
“Aw,” said Tipa, feeling sorry for Fernando,”Can wo keep him,boss?” Marcel just looked at the foolish, weepy-eyed Tipa, and shouted”No!” Then he shoved poor Fernando out the door. Fernando took the money he made and left to get dinner.He went up to a rooftop to eat, but as he tried to get comfortable, he felt a tickle. He found a blue feather stuck in his shirt.Looking at the feather and thinking about what ge’d done, Fernando suddenly wasn’t hungry at all anymore.

Back at the warehouse, Marcel was on the phone.”Of course I have both macaws. Yes, you were very clear. Tomorrow or the deal’s off.”
Armando was now watching television in the other room.“Come on!” Armando called to Tipa.”The game is starting! Come on!”Tipa came in and plopped down on the couch just as Marcel got ready to leave for the day. Marcel turned to them both and said,”All right, you two.Load the truck tonight. First thing in the morning, we bring the birds to the airport.Got it?”Armando and Tipa, who were both staring at the TV watching a soccer game, nodded and muttered, “Uh, yeah sure, sure,yeah. Uh-huh.”“Oh, and one of you feed Nigel,”Marcel said. Upon hearing his name, Nigel fluttered his feathers and snapped at Tipa and Armando. They looked at each other nervously-they did not like Nigel. He was even meane than Marcel. They both had lots of bandages on their fingers because of all the times Nigel had bitten them.
As soon as Marcel left the office, Tipa and Armando turned to each other and played Rock,Paper,Scissors, to see who would have to feed Nigel.At the same time, they both shook their fists and said”Rock,paper,scissors,shoot!”Tipa did “rock”while Armando did “scissors.”Tipa won.“Yes!”said Armando suddenly.“Wait,” Tipa whined.”I thought I won!”But Armando pretended that scissors is what beats rock.“Well, I should picked scissors!” Tipa said, as he began to unwrap a chicken leg. Then he held it out toward Nigel. That was Nigel’s dinner. ”Nice birdie!”said Tipa.”Here ya go”All of a sudden, Nigel swooped down at Tipa,trying to get the chicken. Tipa screamed in fear and tried to cover his face with his hands as Nigel flew toward him and grabbed the chicken leg in his talons. Then Nigel flew up to the rafters to enjoy his feast. Tipa and Armando stared up at Nigel as he tore into the chicken meat.“Ew,”Tipa said, shaking his head. “Nigel’s a total cannibal.”But then they heard cheering from the TV and realized they were missing a really good part of the soccer game. Right away, Tipa and Armando went back to the couch to get comfortable and watch TV.
Meanwhile, in the other part of the warehouse, Blu and Jewel were looking around at all the sad, exotic birds trapped inside. This was not good.“Okay,” said Blu, “pull it together. The key is not to panic.”“I’m not panicking,”said Jewel.“I wasn’t talking to you,”said Blu. “I was talking to me. It’s gonna be okay. Linda will find us.”Jewel huffed, clearly annoyed with Blu. “Oh, great, and then she’ll stick us behind another set of bars, right?Look,’pet,’ cages might work for you but I don’t want to belong to anyone.”
Just then Nigel flew into the room, his white feathers fluttering smoothly, carrying a chicken bone. He dragged the bone across all of the other birds’cages, making a rattling sound against the bars.“Something seems to be lodged in my beak,” said Nigel with a scary grin. He stopped in front of a cage full of tiny birds. They were babies and they were very afraid.”Would you mind helping me out?”Nigel said to the tiny birds, opening his beak wide at them.There was a tiny piece of food at the back of Nigel’s beak and one of the baby birds was brave enough to try to help him, while the others huddled in fear. As the braver baby bird leaned in to reach for the food-SNAP!Nigel closed his beak and the bird fell over backwards.Nigel laughed at the baby birds. He liked making them afraid of him.
Then Nigel noticed Blu and Jewel. He remembered that they were the newest birds in the warehouse. Blu was watching all of this, and when Nigel turned his head toward Blu, Blu jumped back in shock.“Oh I know I’m not a pretty birdie like you,” said Nigel.”But I used to be quite a looker.”Nigel stepped to the side and pointed at a movie poster. On the poster was a bird that looked just like Nigel. It was Nigel, back when he was a younger, more handsome bird. Nigel used to be in movies!“See?” said Nigel. “That’s the funny thing about beauty. It’s nearly impossible to make something ugly beautiful. But you can take a beautiful thing and make it ugly just like that.” With a lightning-fast move, Nigel jumped in Jewel’s face, showing one of his razor-sharp claws.“Hey!”said Blu.”Leave her alone!”“Sweet nightmares,” said Nigel, and then he fluttered off.
“Not cool,man. Scary, but not cool,”Blu said before turning to Jewel, “Are you okay?”Jewel nodded. Then she took hold of two bars of their cage, and started to sway back and forth. The cage slowly started to rock with her.Blu instantly got nervous.”Whoa!!! Whoa, whoa,wait,wait,wait.What are you doing?”he squeaked.“Getting us out of here,” said Jewel.“No,no,no.Wait!All the survival guides say to sit and wait and help will come.”Jewel just stared at Blu. He was clearly in denial. “No one is coming!We’re on our own!”she hissed.

Back inside the office, Tipa and Armando were still watching the soccer game on TV, and Nigel was perched in the rafters, watching them.“Yes, yes, yes!” Tipa and Armando both cried, getting excited about the game. It was at a really good part. Tipa and Armando were so into the match that they didn’t even hear the crashing sounds coming from the next room-but Nigel did.Nigel swooped down and turned off the TV. Someone had to alert these idiots to the fact that the birds in the warehouse were trying to escape!Nigel stole the remote control and flew away.“Nooooooo!” shouted Tipa and Armando. “Nigel, what are you doing? Get back here, bird!”
Just then, in the other part of the warehouse, Jewel rocked their cage so hard that it hit the wall with a loud BANG!“Stop!” Blu said. “Why are you rocking the cage when you could just open the door?”And with that, Blu reached his wing around and flicked open the latch, sliding the cage door open.Jewel stare at Blu in amazement.“How did you...”“It’s easy. Just a standard Phillips slide bolt. Just rotate the latch and pull back on the...”“Come on!”Jewel shouted at Blu. “There’s no time. Let’s fly!”
Jewel tried to fly, but Blu was still dragging on the chain attached to her ankle. He clung to the bars with his beak.“What are you doing?”cried Jewel.“Well, I can’t fl...” mumbled Blu, with the bar of the cage still in his beak.Jewel pulled on the chain again and tried to fly. “Can’t what?!” she screamed at Blu.Just as Tipa, Armando, and Nigel came into the room, Blu finally let go of the cage with his beak as Jewel yanked on the chain.The cage shot out of Blu’s grip and hit Nigel in the head. As they started to fall, Blu finished his sentence:”Can’t flyyyyyy!”
Both Blu and Jewel soared through the window together, into the outside world, and then they both screamed as they went plummeting down, down, down.As they fell, screaming, Blu and Jewel caught onto a clothesline,, and zipped along it until they hit the wall and crashed down to another clothesline.Jewel scowled at Blu. “I hate you.”
They fell off that clothesline and then through a series of clotheslines before hitting the ground outside the warehouse with a hard thump.“You couldn’t have told me this before now?” Jewel snapped at Blu.“Okay, fine!”said Blu. “Yes, I can’t fly.I pick my beak, and once in a while, I pee in the birdbath. Are you happy?”
Blu suddenly realized they were not alone-there were crowds of people bustling about, all around them in the street.“Ahhh!” said Blu, feeling overwhelmed by all of the commotion.“Hey, snap out of it,” said Jewel. “Look, they’re after us!” Jewel pointed with her wing, and Blu saw that Tipa and Armando had come out of the warehouse. They were looking for him and Jewel.“We gotta get out of here,” Jewel commanded, quickly pulling Blu along with her. But it was really hard to walk when their ankles were tied together with a chain.