The Pelican and the Snipe

Wonder World

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00:00 [Music]

00:16 This is a story about a couple of pals who set up lighthouse keeping on top of a lighthouse near Montevideo.

00:24 And by a strange coincidence, their names happen to be Monty and Vidal.

00:31 I suppose you wonder why the little fella's keeping his eye on the big one.

00:36 Well, Monty, the big pelican, is a somnambulist.

00:42 You know, flies in his sleep, and somebody has to stay up and watch him in case he takes off.

00:50 And little Vidal, the snipe, he's that somebody.

00:56 And he watches over him with untiring devotion.

01:00 If that isn't true friendship, I don't know what is.

01:05 And Monty doesn't even realize it.

01:09 [Music]

01:26 See, what did I tell you? There he goes.

01:30 Whenever Monty dreams he's a dive bomber, it's little Vidal's job to pull him out of dives.

01:37 [Music]

01:43 Look, imagine what would happen to Monty if little Vidal wasn't along.

01:47 [Music]

01:52 See, just one narrow sweep after another.

01:56 [Music]

02:15 Poor little Vidal.

02:18 What a life he leads.

02:20 And this sort of thing goes on night after night.

02:24 It's wearing little Vidal down.

02:27 But here's the irony of it.

02:29 At the crack of dawn, Monty is up fresh as a daisy, full of vim and vinegar.

02:36 One, two, one, two, up, down, up.

02:42 He can't understand why Vidal is so dead tired in the morning.

02:46 [Music]

02:51 Oh well, thought Monty. No use waiting for that snoring snipe.

02:55 Am I hungry? Could I use a little seafood?

02:58 [Music]

03:04 Oh, I forgot to mention the airplanes.

03:08 Every day they practice maneuvers around the harbor.

03:12 Monty's crazy about planes.

03:14 [Music]

03:18 But poor little Vidal could get along without them.

03:24 [Music]

03:33 The next night, Vidal tried a new plan to keep Monty out of danger.

03:38 [Music]

03:41 Somehow I don't think this is going to work.

03:46 [Music]

04:09 [Music]

04:17 Poor little Vidal. No wonder he's getting tremendous bags under his eyes.

04:24 There must be a way out.

04:27 Little Vidal racked his brain. There must be a way out.

04:32 No, no, Monty, relax.

04:37 What to do? Oh, what to do?

04:42 No, no.

04:46 Oh, no.

04:48 Well, what do you got an elephant?

04:51 Oh, no, not that.

04:54 That?

04:56 Yes, that.

05:02 Well, looks like little Vidal's troubles are over.

05:05 Why didn't he think of this before?

05:08 [Music]

05:17 So, this is that snipe's idea of a practical joke.

05:22 [Music]

05:28 [Laughter]

05:34 He gave Vidy a withering look that said,

05:36 "You ungrateful gutter snipe.

05:40 You molting mallard.

05:43 Sleep all day and play tricks on me at night, will you?

05:47 You, you sawed off sandpiper.

05:50 You've destroyed my faith in birds.

05:55 Go and never darken my lighthouse again."

06:00 [Music]

06:22 Scram!

06:25 And Vidy scrammed.

06:32 And there's the end of a fine feathered friendship.

06:37 Now Monty's all alone.

06:41 Oh, just what I was afraid of.

06:44 There he goes and with no little Vidy to guide him.

06:47 Now he thinks he's a flying fortress.

06:51 He'll have to solo it tonight.

06:54 No, he'll have company.

06:56 The Air Force is out on night maneuvers.

07:03 Hey, what's the big idea, you?

07:05 Why don't you look where you're going?

07:07 Oh, how did I get up here?

07:09 And then it dawned on him.

07:11 Flying in his sleep.

07:13 What an injustice he'd done to poor Vidy.

07:16 Oh, what a cad I turned out to be.

07:27 Vidy!

07:37 Vidy! My little pal, Vidy!

07:49 Wait a minute.

07:50 Do you want to see how close this really is?

08:02 Well, everything's patched up and the two birds are buddies again.

08:06 I suppose you're wondering about Monty.

08:09 Oh, don't worry about him.

08:11 Little Vidy has solved that problem once and for all.

08:16 But I'll bet he'll have a dizzy pelican on his hands in the morning.

08:21 (MUSIC)

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