(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIREN BLARING AT DISTANCE)
NARRATOR: It was the end of the work day for some...
DETECTIVE: Good night, Tom.
But just the beginning for the Cat & Mouse Detectives.
(THUNDER CLAPPING)
I don't think it's made of cheese, do you?
And if it was, probably wouldn't taste good.
Ever had gray cheese?
So, I got a problem here.
I haven't slept in days.
NARRATOR: His parents didn't name the kid Tuffy for nothing.
It's gonna take a lot more than milk and a binky to help me sleep.
See, my house, it's haunted.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
You don't believe me, do you?
You think I'm being a little kid.
But I hear a moan at night.
And sometimes he even talks to me.
(IMITATING GHOST) Beware, I'm coming for you.
Get this, I've seen him with my own eyes.
You will, too.
(THUNDER CLAPPING)
Unless you're too scared to help me.
NARRATOR: Scared of what?
You don't know who you're dealing with here.
The Cat & Mouse Detectives eat fear for breakfast.
Mmm. This is pretty good stuff.
(BURPING)
NARRATOR: The only ghost the Cat & Mouse Detectives were gonna find
was in this kid's imagination.
Judging by Tuffy's disappearing act,
the kid was afraid of lightning, too.
The list was growing.
With Tuffy missing, Tom sprung into action, looking for the kid.
(GULPING)
(WOOD CREAKING)
(TEETH CHATTERING)
(DOOR SLAMMING)
Hi, guys.
You okay, Mr. Cat?
There are no ghosts up there.
(CRASHING)
(BULBS CRACKLING)
(WHISPERS) Ghosts like the dark better, I think.
Come on, follow me.
(WHISPERS) I usually hear the ghost when I'm in this room.
(CLOCK CHIMING)
(ECHOING) Wow!
It's a lot roomier in here than you think.
Let me show you around.
And if you hear someone moaning,
don't be scared, it's just a ghost.
This is usually when he comes out.
GHOST: Boo!
(TEETH CHATTERING)
NARRATOR: It was time to pull out the big boy equipment
and prove this is nothing more than a hoax.
After all they're no amateurs.
(CLATTERING)
You'll hear him. Yep, you will.
I hear the chains every... (YAWNING) Night,
right after the moaning.
Clank.
(SNORING)
(STATIC)
(SCREAMING)
(CLOCK CHIMES)
(PIANO PLAYING)
(TEETH CHATTERING)
-(SCREECHING) -(CHITTERING)
(WOOFING)
-(TRUMPETING) -(NEIGHING)
(CHUCKLING)
GHOST: (ECHOING) Beware, I am coming for you.
Yes, you.
(SCREAMING)
What's all this ruckus?
Ghost! (GRUNTING)
I haven't slept for a week!
That's for Monday, and this is for Tuesday,
and Wednesday, and a double dose of this for Thursday!
I didn't even get till the weekend.
Sorry, Mr. Cat.
Okay, maybe there's no ghost.
Want some pie?
Hey!
(SCREAMING)
Now you gotta believe in ghosts, right?
Wow, I've never seen a ghost catching machine before.
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
(SCREAMING)
Whoopsie daisy.
(THUDDING)
There it is! Let's get him!
(HICCUPS)
Help, please let me out.
It's dark in here.
But I thought ghosts liked the dark.
Please let me out and I'll explain everything.
(HINGES CREAKING)
Thank you.
You look just like a rat.
I am.
-A ghost rat? -A rat rat.
I didn't mean anybody no harm.
I just needed a place for me and my family to live.
That's all.
I figured the easiest way to get rid of you
was to scare you away.
(SCREAMING)
(CLOCK CHIMES)
(PIANO PLAYING)
(SCREAMING)
NARRATOR: Oh, so the little mouse was wrong
when he thought his house was haunted, huh?
Admit it. There's no such things as ghosts.
I was right. It was Mildred all the time.
Milfred.
Whatever. Case closed.
Tolucaville can sleep knowing there's no such things as ghosts.
Well, I guess that means I should be going.
Well, I don't mind sharing the place, if you don't.
Not at all!
Hey, maybe you can be part of the family.
What's one more mouth to feed, right?
I am kinda hungry.
But I should probably go to sleep now.
Night, Mildred.
(MUMBLING)
NARRATOR: Well, butter my buns and call me a biscuit.
There are such things as ghosts after all.
You okay?
Well...
I can't wait to meet my brothers and sisters.
Yeah, yeah, it's gonna be great, kid.
But maybe you shouldn't do that walking through walls thing
till everyone gets to know you.
You got it, Mildred.
Oh, and one more thing, it's Milfred.
There's a "fred" at the end.