Rapunzel meets Donald Duck and Jose Carioca

In the glade of the forest, Rapunzel made her way into the center of the woods, calling out his name twice.

"Mister Hornbill! Oh, Mister Hornbill!"

However, Zazu was gone again. There was still no luck for the blonde-haired German princess to catch the hornbill.

"Oh, dear. I’m sure he came this way,” she said, looking around with her fists on her hips. "Do you suppose he could be hiding somewhere?"

Little did she know that there was a duck and a parrot peeking from behind the bushes.

The duck was a white one with a yellow bill and webbed-feet, wearing a blue hat and sailor suit with a black bow tie, white lining, and four white buttons. His name was Donald Duck.

The parrot was a green one with a yellow beak and feet, wearing a yellow suit, a straw boater hat, and a black bowtie. He was holding an umbrella. His name was Jose Carioca.

"Where could he possibly be hiding?" Rapunzel wondered, as she looked behind a tree. The duck and parrot moved between the bushes and the tree, yet they were hidden within a shadow. As Rapunzel turned toward an open log, the duck and parrot moved next to the tree and they stood right behind her.

"Not here…," Rapunzel said, before kneeling down to the log’s level. "I wonder..."

As she crawled into the log, the duck and parrot looked at each other and skipped on top of the log in unison, before stopping in front of the other side of the log. Once Rapunzel came out from the log, she stood still for a moment and brushed her dress with her hands.

"I suppose he—" she started to say, before she jolted and gasped in shock when she turned and glanced at the duck and parrot.

"Why… what peculiar birds."

Just then, she spotted two blue ribbons with their names embroidered in yellow and read them one at a time: "Donald Duck...And Jose Carioca. Why, he goes by either Joe or Zé!"

Rapunzel placed a finger on the duck's beak, and a low honking sound came out of his mouth, surprising her.

"If you think we're made of wax, you ought to pay to see us, you know." Donald said, and he jabbed his friend with his left elbow. As a result, a high honking noise emitted from Jose's mouth.

"If you think we've come to life, you ought to say something to us." Jose added, before jabbing his friend with his right elbow. The same low honk came out of Donald's mouth, and Donald bounced into Jose, the same high honk emitting from him. The duck and parrot then hopped on the log and made the same honking noises by jabbing one another with their average-sized feet, svelte hips, torsos, and backs before landing on the grassy terrain.

"That's logic!" the duck and parrot said in unison, holding their left index fingers up.

"Well," Rapunzel said with a short chuckle, as she gave them a short curtsey. "It's been nice meeting you boys. Goodbye."

Just as she started walking away, however, the duck and parrot darted and stood right in her way.

"You’re beginning backwards." Donald said to her.

"Aye, the first thing to say actually is,” Jose added, before the duck and parrot broke out in song again and took Rapunzel's hands. They spun her around in a circle, like a game of ring-around-the-Rosie, before they shook her hands rapidly and released her, causing her to fall on the ground.

Donald and Jose: *How do you do*
*And shake hands*
*Shake hands*
*Shake hands*
*How do you do*
*And shake hands*
*State your name and business*

"That's manners!" the duck and parrot said to her, holding up their opposite index fingers in front of her.

The two front bangs of Rapunzel's hair were covering her face, so Alice flipped them out of the way to give herself a better view.

"Really?" Rapunzel asked them, and she then stood up on her feet. "Well, my name is Rapunzel, and I’m following a blue hornbill, so—"

As she turned to leave, the duck and parrot suddenly appeared in front of her again, stopping her in her tracks.

"You can't leave yet." Donald said to her, waving his hands in front of her.

"No, the visit has just started." Jose added.

"I'm very sorry, but—" Rapunzel said as she continued walking, with the duck and parrot still in her way.

"Would you like to play hide and seek?" Jose asked, as multiple clones of the duck and parrot popped up from the trees and a single bush. The clones disappeared, and the duck and parrot then fused themselves into one body, yet their legs and arms were still with each of the duck and parrot.

"Button! Button! Who's got the button?" Donald said.

"No thank you." Rapunzel replied to them politely, only to see the duck and parrot in front of her again in fighting stances.

"If you stay a little longer, we’ll have a battle." Jose said, and the duck and parrot began bopping one another in a honking, comical fight.

"That’s very kind of you, but I must get going." Rapunzel said, as she gently pushed them out of the way. The duck and parrot then jolted in front of her and stood next to two trees that served as an archway in the woods.

"Why?" they asked her in unison.

"Because I’m following a blue hornbill." Rapunzel answered them, only to be blocked by them again.

"Why?" the duck and parrot asked her once more.

"Well, I'm curious to know where he's going." Rapunzel replied to them, before finally starting to leave again.

"Ohhh, she's curious." Jose whispered, as he and Donald had inquisitive expressions on their faces.

"The oysters were curious, too, weren’t they?” Jose whispered to him, causing Rapunzel to stop and turn around to listen to what the duck and parrot were saying.

"Aye. And you remember what happened to them."

The duck and parrot huddled with one another and started crying before Rapunzel came walking straight back to them as they removed their hats and placed them over their hearts to pay respect.

"Poor things!" they said in sad voices.

"Well, what did happen to the oysters?" Rapunzel asked them. Donald and Jose began marching towards the log as they twirled their hats on their fingers.

"Oh, you wouldn’t be interested in hearing about it." Donald said to her.

"Oh, but I am." Rapunzel replied to them, as she followed them and got in front of them.

"Ohhh, no. You’re in much too much of a hurry." said Jose.

Rapunzel was still in front of them as she was walking in reverse towards the log, and said, "Well, perhaps I could spare a little time."

"You could?" the duck and parrot said, smiles of delight forming on their faces. "Well!"

With that said, Donald and Jose set their hats back on their heads and placed Rapunzel on the log before making back-flips and landed in front of the bushes and trees.