(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
Lay low, Tom, it's a windy one.
NARRATOR: Laying low isn't an option
when you're the Cat and Mouse Detectives.
Ta-da!
(COUGHING)
RECORDING: Introducing the magnificent Ronnie the Rabbit!
Appearing nightly at the Back Alley club.
(APPLAUDS AND WHISTLES)
NARRATOR: Ronnie the Rabbit was a wannabe magician.
Hey, can a wannabe do this?
NARRATOR: Yeah. Pretty sure.
(YAWNS)
(APPLAUDS)
(SNEEZES)
NARRATOR: Rabbit was used to a rough crowd.
He had a bigger problem.
Percy the Pigeon is missing!
Everyone at the club scoffed at my act.
They said I would never make it as a magician.
Everyone but Percy.
That pigeon just fluttered into the club one night.
(APPLAUDS)
(COOING)
So, when I needed a volunteer for the disappearing trick,
Percy was my first choice.
Only he disappeared for real.
Perhaps I don't fully understand
my magical abilities yet.
So, you gonna help me find Percy or not?
Meet me at the club. I'm performing tonight.
NARRATOR: The Back Alley club was the club behind the club.
It's where the animals and the acts go to unwind after their shows
and poke fun at the ambitious Rabbit.
DOVE: Give it up, you stink!
You're getting sleepy.
NARRATOR: But the Cat and Mouse Detectives weren't here to be entertained.
(THUDS)
They were here to find a missing pigeon.
On three, you will strut and you will cluck like a chicken.
One! Two! Three!
I don't feel like no chicken. Do I look like a chicken?
(CLUCKING)
(JERRY CROWING)
NARRATOR: While they waited for Ronnie's act to end,
the boys poked around the magician's props.
Percy had to be somewhere.
(SCREAMS)
No one vanishes into thin air.
(SCREAMING)
This place was nuttier than a peanut factory
on "Bring Your Crazy Uncle to Work" day.
It was time to hear what the others
-thought happened to the absentee bird. -(LAUGHING)
Come on, it's the oldest trick in the book.
The pigeon was a plant.
Not that kind of plant, kibble.
Percy was in on it.
So, this mysterious Percy wanders in one night.
Never seen the feather brain before.
And then he magically disappears, really?
It's not like we ain't seen it all, you know.
Then Ronnie hires detectives Frick and Frack
to find the magically missing pigeon.
It's called a publicity stunt.
It's called magic, Bunny.
Face it, Ronnie, you're not a magician.
You gotta know your place in the world.
My place is in the second act after the juggling monkey.
Only a magician can do this.
Yeah. That's the second oldest trick in the book.
NARRATOR: The detectives knew there was only one thing left to do.
They had Ronnie make them disappear, too.
Presto, change 'o, dilimango!
I say, you say, where they go.
Didn't see that comin'.
-(HORN HONKING) -(BOTH SCREAMING)
NARRATOR: A pigeon feather.
Looked like the boys were on the right bus.
The Percy Express.
Hey, a cat and a mouse.
Ronnie must've made you disappear, too.
Man, that rabbit's good.
Welcome to The Other Side.
Lemme show you around.
NARRATOR: Percy's magic bus ride must've knocked a marble lose.
The bird actually thought he was in some kind of magic waiting room.
There's plenty to do here and lots to eat until Ronnie brings us back.
You're gonna love this place. I mean, really.
Is that the most magical thing you've ever seen?
NARRATOR: Uh, excuse me, happy guys in magic land,
you think we can get on with the story now?
It was time to get Percy back to the club.
But he had a different idea.
I'm not going.
Magic got me here.
Magic'll bring me back.
RONNIE: So Percy's waiting for me to magically make him reappear?
How am I supposed to do that?
NARRATOR: Ronnie was grateful Percy had been found.
But a part of him wanted to believe maybe he was magic.
I don't understand.
Someone must have monkeyed with the shoot under the disappearing box.
NARRATOR: It was starting to get obvious.
RONNIE: Why'd ya do it?
NARRATOR: No, not the dove.
Who monkeyed with the shoot?
Monkey? Come on!
You ever consider that construction crew had something to do with it?
You might've confused the building's vents with Ronnie's shoot.
Hey, what about this shoot?
Hook it up to that vent already.
Case closed.
NARRATOR: The monkey was right.
The final piece of the puzzle found.
Yeah, but what about Percy?
If he's waiting for me to magically bring him back, he's gonna be there forever.
NARRATOR: Jerry knew exactly what was needed.
This time it was up to the Cat and Mouse Detectives to work their magic.
(TIRE SCREECHES)
PERCY: (MUFFLED) Hey! Wait! Who pulled the plug?
Yay, it's magic!
NARRATOR: Lucky for the detectives, the city bus was right on schedule.
PERCY: Whee!
RONNIE: Presto, change 'o, dilimango!
Soda pop fizz, give him the bizz!
There he is.
That was awesome.
(APPLAUDS)
(ALL LAUGHING)
Oh, yeah.
Look, Percy, there's something I gotta tell you.
I'm just a wannabe magician who knows some basic tricks.
That's all.
What are you talking about?
You made me disappear.
I went to The Other Side.
That ain't basic.
Will you tell him? You were there.
Well, where have I been?
NARRATOR: The city pier with the other tourists.
Someone had to say it.
(ALL LAUGHING)
BUNNY: Really!
Oh, brother, you are good. I mean, that was the greatest trick ever.
I really believed you made me disappear.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Hey, Ronnie, I got your next trick. Wanna hear it?
You make these guys disappear.
Yeah, right.
I'd like to see that.
Know your place, Rabbit.
Oh, come on, Ronnie, make 'em disappear.
In your mind, pal, send them away. Poof!
In my mind?
-(ALL LAUGHING) -MONKEY: You're a genius.
You did it! All those big-mouthed dream-squashing magic pets,
they're gone.
Good riddance.
That might be my favorite trick yet.
ALL: What's the pigeon talking about?
What do you mean we disappeared?
We're right here.
Ah, you here that, Ronnie? Silence.
-We're right here. -Isn't it nice?
Hey, you're right.
Finally, some quiet.
Funny how they disappear when you close your ears.
Let's call it a night, pal.
Ever been to The Other Side?
NARRATOR: It turns out the rabbit and pigeon's friendship
was the real magic in Ronnie's act,
and that pigeon wasn't as dumb as he looked.
Hey, what do you think of a rabbit and pigeon magic act?
Sounds great.
Ronnie? You think maybe I can be the pigeon?
NARRATOR: So, with another case solved,
it was time for the detectives to head back to the agency.
But not by bus.
No, siree!
They'd had enough bus rides for a night, thank you.
No, they'd rather walk
and take in the magic of friendship on another beautiful day in the city.