Ratigan's Ex-Thugs

Once she got far away from the tea party, Rapunzel looked back and said, "Well, I've had enough nonsense! I'm going home! Straight home!"

As she began walking away, she said, "That hornbill. Who cares where he's going anyway? Why, if it hadn't been for him, I..."

She stopped talking when she noticed a gray sign that had "Ratigan's Old Lair" written on it in black letters. "Ratigan's Old Lair. Hmm, curious. I don't remember this." she said, as she turned away from the sign, unaware of Samuel and Alexander, who were wearing glasses, staring at her.

"Now, let me see."

Alexander jumped on Rapunzel's face, and she gasped when she spotted Agent 001, who was holding a mirror in his hand. When she looked into it, Agent 001 looked like he was wearing glasses because of Alexander.

She placed Alexander on the tree branch next to Agent 001 as she said, "Uh, no, no, please. No more nonsense."

She walked past them, and came up to a log as she said, "Now, if I came this way. I should go back this way!"

She climbed over the log and accidently stepped on Walker DeBeaumont's tail as he said, "Ouch!"

"Oh, I beg your pardon!" Rapunzel said, as Walker and the mouselings went over to a lake. Walker jumped in the water and paddled away as Walker said, "I won't go so easy on you next time!"

He then jumped in the water, and followed the mouselings.

The ripples in the water woke up Terry, who was holding a drum, and Thomas, who was holding a pair of cymbals, and they jumped on waterlilies as they played the drum and cymbals.

As Rapunzel stepped on the stepping stones, she said, "Goodness. When I get home, I shall write a book about this place. If I...If I ever do get home."

Then she looked over a log to see John Robertson, Maxwell "Max" Henshaw, Butch, Old Blind Joe, and Peewee Pete taking a shower in a small waterfall.

"Oh, umm, excuse me!" she said, as she got John, Max, Butch, Old Blind Joe, and Peewee Pete's attention, "Um, could one of you tell me..."

She was interrupted when John, Max, Butch, Old Blind Joe, and Peewee Pete screeched as they ran away, climbed a tree, sat on a branch above Rapunzel, and glared down at her. She chuckled nervously as she said, "Uh. Haha. Never mind."

As she wandered around through the forest, she said, "Oh dear. It's getting dreadfully dark. And nothing looks familiar."

She looked to her left to see George, who was digging through the dirt with a shovel. "I shall certainly be glad to get out of..."

She tried to say something else, but she bumped into Chris, who was holding a bird cage with Gunsmoke Gary and Snotty Sam inside it. Chris opened the cage door, and Gunsmoke Gary and Snotty Sam ran out. Chris chased after them, and he it them in the cage as Gunsmoke Gary and Snotty Sam landed inside the bird cage.

Then Jerry, who was holding an accordion, woke up and called out to the other ex-thugs. As he flew down at Rapunzel, she ducked, and then Jerry flew away, still playing the accordion.

"It would be so nice if something would make more sense for a change." Rapunzel said.

Moments later, she came across more ex-thugs nailing gray signs to a tree with hammers, and a few remaining ex-thugs wrote words on each sign in black letters with pencils.

As they walked away, Rapunzel looked at the signs, and said, "Don't step on the mouselings. The mouselings?"

Suddenly, the mouselings popped out of the ground, circled around Rapunzel, and got together to form an arrow as they walked. Rapunzel looked ahead to see the mouselings pointing at a path as she said, "Oh! A path!"

As she ran down the path, a vision of Eden appeared in sepia. Rapunzel said, "Oh, thank goodness. Why, I just knew I'd find one sooner or later! Oh. If I hurry back, I might even be home in time for dinner with my parents Genie and Eden and my brothers Tod and Copper!" Then a vision of Pascal also appeared in sepia as she said, "Oh, won't Pascal be happy to see me! Oh, I just can't wait till I...Oh!"

She stopped when she saw Bill the Lizard sweeping the path away with a broom. He stopped, walked behind Rapunzel, and continued to sweep the path.