Hoppers

Hey, turtle.

Is it dead? Touch it.

Why are you wearing your house?

Okay, everyone. Recess.

Shh.

I'm Mabel, and I'm gonna get you out of here.

Hey, you.

What's in that bag?

What? Hey! Hey, come back here!

I'm talking to you.

Uh, Mabel, what you doing?

-Is that THE Mabel? -It is.

Her bag, it's moving!

Ugh, she's doing it again!

Mabel, give it to me.

-Mabel, sweetie... -Come here.

Come here, young lady.

Mabel.

Easy, easy, just give us the bag, stay still.

- Drop it! - Get her!

Oh, gosh, she's so agile.

Stop, young lady.

- Mabel! - We have rules.

They apply to everyone including you.

You're part of a big class...

This behavior needs to stop.

We cannot have children doing whatever they want...

I know you love animals, Mabel,

but you bit someone.

You cannot bite people.

That is not something I should have to say.

Mom, I gotta get back to work.

Can you take her for a few hours? Thanks.

So, what they book you for this time?

The outlaw's life is pretty lonely, huh?

All right, you leave me no choice.

Come on.

When I was 12, I punched Suzie Perkins in the face.

I used to get really mad, but not anymore.

Wanna know my secret?

You just have to be very still and watch and listen.

Feel better?

That's what nature does.

It's hard to be mad when you feel

like you're part of something big.

Grandma, can I come here every day?

Anytime you want.

It could be our special place.

You and me.

Whoa.

Ooh!

No matter what happens,

you've always got this glade.

Gotta go, Grandma.

Safety check.

Check.

Wait! Hey! Stop!

Clear to proceed with ignition?

Safety's off. Earmuffs.

-PPE check. -Check.

Okay, ignition in five, four...

No!

-...three, two, one... -No! Wait! No!

Everyone, stop what you're doing!

This is canceled. Hey, put that down.

Hey, get off the beaver dam. It's full of dynamite.

-Then come take it out. -We can't!

Fine, I'll take it out.

No, no, no! Don't do that!

Relax, everyone. I'll take care of this.

Mabel.

-Mayor Jerry. -How's the arm?

Come find out.

When are you gonna wake up, Jerry?

Why do you keep doing this?

You'll have blood on your hands.

We've things to do, a freeway to build.

We have cars that need to move,

people who need to get to work.

Mabel, I can't keep having

this argument with you all the time.

We don't have this argument all the time.

-People love highways. -This highway is a disgrace.

Today is my day, it's not your day.

Why do you hate nature, Jerry?

-My mother lives here. -Can't sleep at night

because of the crushing guilt?

Seriously, Jerry, this is illegal.

How are you just gonna

blow up a pond full of animals?

Because there are no animals.

Oh, oh. You just gotta be, like,

very still and watch and listen.

No, you don't under--

You gotta give it a sec, Jerry.

Hey, babe, I might be home late.

Wait, where are the animals?

I was just here a few days ago.

We don't have time for this, kid.

I'm 19.

Whatever. Get off the dam.

I'm not going anywhere,

and there's nothing you can do--

- Wait! - Sorry, kid.

Stop. Let me go.

No one even wants your stupid highway.

Everyone wants my stupid highway.

It's why I'm gonna get reelected.

Jerry, you can't just take their homes.

Look, tell you what:

Start a petition, get some signatures,

then I'll hear you out.

You got 48 hours till we pour the concrete, starting...

Hi, I'm Mabel Tanaka.

I just need two minutes of your time.

Just need one minute of your time.

We can do this in 12 seconds, I timed it.

Sign here to save a rare and beautiful place

that apparently only I care about,

which is why you've already shut the door and I...

Oh. Are you from the Senior Sitter Service?

Oh, the glade is just special. You know?

Frogs, fish, cute duck family,

baby ducks, more baby ducks.

I basically lived in that glade growing up.

Oh, these pants look comfy.

It's just the perfect place to calm down and relax

and deal with your rage issues. You know?

Everyone's got rage issues. Am I right?

To some people, it's an empty piece of land.

But for those animals, it's home.

So, what do you say?

Um...

Come again?

I was just saying... thanks for today.

I like you. You've got a lot of energy.

Here.

Thank you!

Yes! Huh?

The Beaverton Beltway will be

my proudest accomplishment as mayor.

Finally, connecting Beaverton to itself.

I love animals almost as much as I love Beaverton.

We were very careful to locate the Beltway

only across land that wasn't home to any wildlife.

It's why the state gave us permission to build.

We went through several rounds of--

...only across land that wasn't home to any wildlife.

It's why the state gave us permission to build.

Doc! I need your help.

Uh. I-I don't go by "Doc."

Right, right, right, Dr. Sam.

I know Jerry has permission to destroy the glade,

but something doesn't add up.

Mabel, I'm in the middle of class.

Sup, Mabel?

A class that you are enrolled in.

Notwithstanding your repeated absences.

Look, I understand your passion, I do.

But you're failing my class, you're breaking your bones.

This obsession with the glade is ruining your life.

But Dr. Sam, we're running out of time.

My dear, you won't be in college forever.

You need a plan for the future.

Well, what about the glade's future?

The mayor's acting like the animals are gone,

but I'm not buying it.

-Mabel, the mayor is right. -What?

Those animals are gone.

They left after the resident beaver moved out.

B-But what does that mean?

I know how hard it's been for you

since your grandma passed.

But, Mabel, you can't save that place.

Only a beaver can.

Wait, what? A beaver can save the glade?

Oh, well, of course. It's a keystone species.

It just takes one to dam a stream, maintain the dam,

and pretty soon you've got a pond--

Pond full of animals! Of course!

So, so, so, so, if I bring a beaver back to the glade,

all the other animals will come back...

Well, maybe.

...and Jerry won't be able to build there.

One beaver can save the glade!

Theoretically, yes.

-I mean, you're stacking a-- -Thanks, Doc!

Gotta go find a beaver.

We live in Beaverton. How hard could it be?

One beaver. I just gotta get one beaver.

Mabel, are you sure you wanna do this?

You'll have more opportunities, sweetie,

if you come with us.

Mom, I'm not moving across the country.

Grandma needs me.

Nope.

Look after this place. Okay?

This is impossible.

It worked? It worked!

Oh!