Chapter 2

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Princess Atta: Well, what do you have to say for yourself?
Flik: Sorry. I--I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I especially didn't wanna be make you look bad, Princess.
Princess Atta: Well, Flik, ya did.
Flik: I was just trying to help.
Mr. Soil. Then help us--don't help us.
Flik: Help, help. Help?
Flik, you are sentenced to one month diggin' in the tunnels.
Thorny: Excuse me, Your Highness. Need I remind you of Flik's tunnel-within-a-tunnel project?
Flik: Helpers to help us. That's it! We could--
Thorny: It took two days to dig him out. Send him to Health and Ant Services.
Dr. Flora: Heavens, no!
Flik: We could leave the island, the river bed's dry. We could walk across and get helpers. We could! We could go find helpers to help us. It's perfect!
The Queen: Perfect? What's so perfect?
Flik: Your Highness, don't ya see? We could send someone to get help!
[all gasp]
Princess Atta: Leave the island?
The Queen: Now, why didn't I think of that? Oh! Because it's suicide!
Thorny: She right. We'd never leave the island
Elderly Ant: Never leave!
Thorny: There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there!
Flik: Exactly! Bigger bugs! We could find bigger bugs to come here and fight and forever for us of Hopper and his gang!
Mr. Soil: Ludicrous!
Dr. Flora: Who would do a crazy thing like that?
Flik: I'll volunteer. I'd be happy to volunteer.
The Queen: [laughing] You got a lotta spunk, kid, but no one's gonna help us a bunch of ants.
Flik: At least we could try. Oh, I could travel to the city! I could search there!
Princess Atta: If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks.
Thorny: Royal huddle. Great idea, Princess. It's perfect.
Elderly Ant: Exactly.
Princess Atta: Wait a minute. What'd we just decide here?
Mr. Soil: To let Flik leave.
Elderly Ant: While we keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands.
Dr. Flora: You see, with Flik gone, he can't--
Princess Atta: He can't mess anything up! Flik, after much deliberation, we have decied to grant you your request.
Flik: Really:
The Queen: Really?
Princess Atta: Uh, really.
Flik: Oh, thank you, Princess. Thank you so much for this chance. I won't let you down, I promise, I promise, I promise.
Princess Atta: That's fine. No, forget it. Forget it.
Flik: I should probably help repair some the damage before I go, don't you think?
[all]: No! No, no!
Princess Atta: Just go. Just go.
Elderly Ant: Just leave!
Flik: [breathes deeply] Hey. Don't worry! The Colony is in good hands! Bye, now.
[ants cheering]
Flik: All right.
INHALES DEEPLY)
(EXHALES)
Hey.
Don't worry!The colony is in good hands!Bye, now.
(ANTS CHEERING)
All right.
Hey, fellas. Beautiful morning, huh?
My dad says he gives you one hour
before you come back
to the island crying.
-Does he, now?
-My dad doesn't think that.
-He doesn't?
-No, he's betting you're gonna die.
Yeah, he says if the heat
doesn't get you, the birds will.
DOT: Well, I think he's gonna make it.
-Nobody asked you, Royal Shortness.
-Yeah, Dot. What do you know?
Hey, hey, hey.
Ease up, all right? Come on.
She's entitled to her opinion, too.
(FLIK GASPS)
(BIRDS CAWING IN DISTANCE)
(SAND CRACKLING)
FLIK: Ohh...
So go, already.
-Hey!
-The city's that way.
I know.
You're supposed to look for bugs,not dandelions.
You leave him alone.
He knows what he's doing.
FLIK: That's right.
Here I go. For the colony,
and for oppressed ants everywhere!
DOT: Wow!
FLIK: Hey!
Bye, Flik!
Wow.
(WIND GUSTING)
Whoa!
DOT: Good luck, Flik!
Bye!
Flik!
FLIK: (MUFFLED) I'm okay!
-Your dad's right. He's gonna die.
-You just watch.
He's gonna get the bestest,
roughest bugs you've ever seen!

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