A Very, Very Large Animal

A Very, Very Large Animal is the first segment of the nineteenth episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

## Transcript

(Grumbles)

**Piglet**: Oh, dear, It's v-very large and very f-fierce.

**Christopher Robin**: Oh, Piglet. It's a magnifying glass. It just makes things look big.

**Tigger**: Yeah, even a very small you is bigger than an ant. A little bit anyway.

(Ant Laughs)

**Tigger**: Say, what's so funny? Wait a minute. Since when does ham got legs?

**Piglet**: My picnic!

**Ant**: Yikes.

(Crows Laughs)

**Piglet**: Oh, dear. Help! Help! Help!

**Pooh**: Oh, bother. It seem to be raining... picnic.

(Whip Crack)

**Piglet**: Oh, d-d-dear.

(Piglet Screams)

**Christopher Robin**: Are you all right, Piglet?

**Piglet**: How can an animal as very small as myself make such a very large mess?

**Christopher Robin**: Oh. It's OK, Piglet.

**Piglet**: No. I'm so small, I'm not even big. If I were big, those crows wouldn't have me to kick around.

**Christopher Robin**: Poor Piglet.

**Pooh**: Yes, poor Piglet.

**Tigger**: Yeah, the poor little runt.

**Piglet**: I'd have to be twice my size to even be small. (Sniffles) I wish... (Sniffles) I were at least a... (Sniffles) bit bigger.

**Pooh**: You know, I believe I have a very small idea.

(Door Creaks)

(Hammering)

(Sawing, Drilling)

(Door Closes)

(Cock Crows)

(Yawns)

**Piglet**: Ouch! Oh, my. Something's not quite right.

**Pooh**: Good morning, Piglet.

**Rabbit**: Do you see that? (Gasps) He's... He's...

**Tigger**: He's humungousable.

**Piglet**: What? B-but...

**Rabbit**: I don't think I've ever seen a piglet quite so tall before.

**Tigger**: He's certainly bigger than a bread basket now.

**Piglet**: Oh, dear, my wish came true. I am taller.

**Pooh**: Piglet, you're even bigger than the trees.

**Piglet**: (Chuckles)I am, aren't I?

**Rabbit**: (Sighs) Trees, schmeeze. I'm pooped.

**Pooh**: Piglet! Stop!

**Piglet**: Why, Pooh?

**Pooh**: You have to stop because the ground has stopped. The rest of it is very... down there.

**Piglet**: (Chuckles) Pooh, this is nothing more than a little ditch. Just watch how easily I can leap over it.

**Rabbit**: (Gasps) Oh, no!

(Piglet Hums)

(Tigger Groans)

(All Screams)

(Splash)

(Piglet Hums)

**Piglet**: I'll go over there. I'm somewhat tremendous.

(Strains)

**Piglet**: Let me take care of this pebble, Rabbit. A small animal such as yourself might get hurt.

**Rabbit**: I'd really appreciate that.

(Strains)

**Rabbit**: My, you're so big and... strong.

**Piglet**: Oh, it's nothing, little friend. Where shall I put it?

**Rabbit**: Little friend indeed. Oh, anywhere's uh... fine.

(Shrieks)

**Piglet**: Oh, dear. I threw it so far even I can't see it. Well, if there's anything else I can do for you, just call.

**Rabbit**: No. You've done quite enough. Thank you.

(Gobbling)

**Piglet**: And what do you think you're doing in the garden of my very small friend Rabbit?

**Rabbit**: Piglet! No!

**Piglet**: Why don't you pick on someone your own size? Small as it is.

(Growling Chuckle)

**Piglet**: Oh, d-d-dear. I'm not so very large as I thought I was. Ooh, dear!

**Pooh**: But, Piglet, we tried our best to help.

**Tigger**: We was trying it for your own good.

**Piglet**: My own good is just to go away. (Sniffs) So you won't have to waste your time on me. I'm just too small to be around.

**Pooh**: We can't just let him go.

**Rabbit**: I'm afraid his little mind is made up. (Sniffs) Smallness has come between us.

**Tigger**: I'm sorry, Pooh, it's over. He's just a teensy-weensy memory.

**Pooh**: But I can't do without him. He is my best friend, after all.

**Tigger**: There's only one thing to do. You'll need another best friend.

**Rabbit**: Of course, we'll get a new Piglet.

**Pooh**: A new Piglet? But I'd rather have the old one instead.

**Tigger**: Oh, don't worry, buddy bear. (Laughs) When we get done you won't know the difference.

**Piglet**: It wouldn't be so bad, If I used to be tall, but I've been small ever since I was knee-high to a knee.

(Ants Shriek)

**Piglet**: Why, if you looked up "tiny" in the dictionary you'd find a picture of me.

**Tigger**: If I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes, I never would have seen it.

(Rabbit Strains)

**Rabbit**: Why, the resemblance is amazing.

**Eeyore**: Ought to work out just fine.

**Pooh**: Doesn't he seem to be a bit... large for a piglet?

**Tigger**: You know, fuzz boy's got a point. Piglet wasn't so... round.

**Rabbit**: There's only one thing to do. We'll have to shrink him.

**Piglet**: Just once I'd like to hear, "My, Piglet, how you've grown," or "Why, Piglet, you shot up like a weed." But, no, everyone's always talking about how small I am. "Would you care for a little tea, Piglet?" "How about a small smackerel of honey, Piglet?" Oh, it's so frustrating.

**Tigger**: Well, has he shrunk yet?

(Squelches)

**Pooh**: Hmm,... No.

**Rabbit**: This isn't working. Let's get him out.

(Both Strain)

**Tigger**: Say, you know something? I think he's about to...

(Eeyore Screams)

**Tigger**: Do that.

**Pooh**: I know. Let's have a "Welcome home, Piglet" party. And then he'll have to be home.

(Ant Squeaks)

**Ant**: Help me! Help me!

(Spider Growls)

**Piglet**: When you're the size of a standard piglet, there's simply nothing you can do for anyone. You're just a tiny waste of space.

**Ant**: Hey!

(Ant Chatter)

**Piglet**:Why, what's this? For me? You don't need to thank me for helping you. I only did it because you're all so very, very small, and... and uh... Well, you are very, very small, aren't you?

**Tigger**: Oh, boy, this isn't a very celebrationest celebration.

**Pooh**: It's rather hard having a "Welcome home, Piglet" party when there's no Piglet to welcome home. If only we knew where Piglet lived now, then we could go there and welcome him home.

**Piglet**: But I live here. (Chuckles)

**All**: Piglet! Welcome home, Piglet. He's home!

**Eeyore**: Hooray for Piglet.

(Hooter Blares)

**Rabbit**: But what changed your mind, Piglet? I mean, you haven't really, uh, grown... any.

**Tigger**: What he means to say is you're still... You're still... You know, the same size.

**Piglet**: Yes, I am. (Chuckles) I just finally realized something. There's small and there's very small, and there's very, very small. And it really doesn't matter which you are.

**Pooh**: That's right, Piglet. Even if you are smaller than some, you have the biggest heart around.

(All Chatter)

**Pooh**: Hooray for Piglet! Hooray for Piglet!

(Tigger Laughs)

## VHS Releases

* The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Bubbles Bouncing
* The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Owl Lost Feathers
* Winnie the Pooh: Learning - Helping Others
* Winnie the Pooh: The Great Expert of Pooh
* Trouble for Pooh
* Best of Piglet