(bright violin music)
(applause)
- [Alice] I don't
think I'll ever be able
to do that wedding
waltz, Angelina.
- Of course you will, Alice!
It's just one, two, three, one.
(girl gasps)
What beautiful flowers!
- Who are they for?
- They must be for Miss Lilly.
Look, pink roses!
How romantic!
- I wonder who sent them.
- There's no note.
- We've already looked.
- Miss Lilly must have
a secret admirer, Alice,
and I'm going to
find out who it is.
Mrs. Nimble, has
anybody been in here
ordering hundreds of flowers?
- No.
Why do you ask?
- Oh, just wondering.
(bell rings)
- [Miss Lilly] Good
day, Mrs. Thimble.
- Ah, Miss Lilly.
I've been keeping
a package for you.
- [Miss Lilly] Thanks you.
(girl gasps)
- I bet you anything it's a
present from the secret admirer.
(woman gasps)
- Cheesy hazelnut truffles!
(woman gasps)
A Dacovian specialty!
(girl gasps)
- He's come from Dacovia!
(girl hums)
- What time is it, please?
- [Mrs. Thimble]
Nearly half past two.
- Oh dear!
I must hurry!
I'm invited to tea
at the Grand Hotel.
Apparently, a dear friend
has an exciting proposal
to put to me.
(girl gasps)
Goodbye!
(bell rings)
- You know what that
means, don't you Alice?
The secret admirer is going to
ask Miss Lilly to marry him!
- Gosh.
- Come on, Alice.
We've got to hurry.
- But where are we going?
- To the Grand Hotel, of course.
(birds chirp)
- [Alice] Do you think
he's asked her yet?
- I don't know, Alice.
I can't hear what
they're saying.
We've got to get closer.
- At last, my dreams are
going to be realized!
Here is a glimpse of the future.
My future, your future!
Da-dum!
(woman gasps)
- It's wonderful, darling!
- That must be the
house they're going
to live in when they're married!
- It's a pity we can't
see what he looks like.
(crash)
(girls yell)
- Please, be careful!
- Alice?
- So, we meet again,
little mouselings.
(girl gasps)
- Oops.
Sorry.
- Mr. Operatski!
(man clears throat)
Why did she have to go
and choose Mr. Operatski?
- Well, perhaps she loves him.
- He hates little mouselings,
he has a terrible temper.
Don't you remember
what he was like
the last time he came here?
- Yes.
But he's not all bad, Angelina.
- Alice, I simply
can't stand by and let
Miss Lilly ruin her life!
We've got to stop
this wedding now!
- Gather round, darlings.
Today, we have a
very special guest.
I'm sure you all remember
Mr. Ivor Operatski,
the world-famous
theater director.
(students giggle)
I have been telling
Mr. Operatski
about the new dance
I have taught you.
- The Dacovian wedding waltz.
Such a beautiful dance.
So full of thump and ceremony.
Yes.
- So, I want you all
to dance your very best
for Mr. Operatski.
Now, pick up your
garlands, be brightly.
Angelina, come along.
(girl sighs)
(upbeat piano music)
- I'm going to remind Miss Lilly
just what a terrible
temper Mr. Operatski has.
(upbeat piano music)
(girl growls)
- Stop it, Angelina!
Ouch!
- Oh sorry, Priscilla!
Don't worry.
I'll dance the
bride's part for you.
- Oh no you won't.
- Angelina, darling!
I don't think...
(girl growls)
(girl giggles)
(girl growls)
- Crumbs, I don't
remember this bit.
(boy yells)
(students yell)
- [Miss Lilly] Oh no!
My poor darlings!
(man laughs)
- My dear, you are a genius!
This is the funniest wedding
waltz I have ever seen!
- Thank you, Ivor.
- You must come to Dacovia.
Together, we will
be a sensation!
You see Lilly, this is why I
cannot possibly do without you.
(girl gasps)
- Oh no!
We can't let him take Miss
Lilly away from us, Alice!
(girl whimpers)
(girl sighs)
(door opens)
(door closes)
- Angelina, I need your advice.
Do you happen to know
Miss Lilly's favorite
spot in Chipping Cheddar?
- The dance studio?
- I want to take
her away from here
to a peaceful, beautiful place.
- You could take her
to Miller's Pond.
- Miller's Pond.
The water is not
to deep, I hope.
- No.
Why?
- Well you see,
Angelina, I cannot swim.
(girl gasps)
- What a pity.
Because Miss Lilly
loves the water.
(woman hums)
(man growls)
(girl growls)
Can't you get us
any closer, Alice?
- I'm trying, Angelina.
- Now remember, when I fall in,
you've got to
pretend to rescue me.
- But why?
You're a fantastic swimmer.
- Look, the mass of
Mill Lilly's dreams
would jump in and save
a drowning mouseling,
but Mr. Operatski won't
because he can't swim.
- So, Lilly, are
you going to make me
a happy mouse?
- Ivor, it's such
a long engagement.
- I beg you, Lilly.
Think again.
I need you...
(dangerous music)
Oh my, oh my!
- Angelina!
- Don't worry, Lilly!
I will save her!
- Help!
(splash)
No, Mr. Operatski!
- I was supposed to do that!
- Oh, Ivor!
- He can't swim!
- Can't swim?
- Help!
(woman gasps)
- I'm coming, Mr. Operatski!
- I can't drown!
- I've got you!
Just hold on to me!
(suspenseful music)
(man coughs)
- Oh thank you!
I tried to save you and
you end up saving me.
- Ivor, you must go back to
your hotel straight away,
have a hot bath and
change your clothes.
- Yes.
(man sneezes)
Now I have caught a cold!
(man whimpers)
- Angelina.
(man sneezes)
I want a word with you.
- Yes, Miss Lilly?
- I am very disappointed
in your, Angelina.
Very.
Mr. Operatski is
my dearest friend.
How could you do such
a terrible thing?
(girl growls)
- Oh Alice!
I've never been so
unhappy in my whole life!
(man shivers)
(man sneezes)
(man groans)
- Angelina.
My little heroine.
- You're the hero,
Mr. Operatski, not me.
I'm really sorry about what
happened at Miller's Pond.
- I have already
forgotten all about it.
(man sneezes)
Well, now I must go and pack.
- But you can't leave
yet, Mr. Operatski.
I think Miss Lilly has something
she wants to say to you,
something that will
make you very happy.
- Angelina!
I shall go and see
her straight away.
(man sneezes)
(students whispering)
- Oh I wish I knew
what they were saying!
(man chuckles)
- Thank you, Angelina.
Now I can return to
Dacovia a happy mouse.
- That's wonderful,
Mr. Operatski.
- And of course, you will be
our chief bridesmaid, yes?
- Yes!
I'd be happy to.
- Marvelous.
Then I will see you
all again very soon.
Goodbye, little mouselings.
- [Students] Goodbye
Mr. Operatski!
- Glad to meet you!
- I'm so proud of you, Angelina.
You did the right thing.
- Yes, Alice.
But sometimes doing the
right thing is very hard.
(dreary music)
- [Student] Angelina
needs to hurry up.
- [Student] I know.
It could be anything.
(teacher claps)
- Your attention
please, darlings.
I have a very important
announcement to make.
(students chatter)
Mr. Operatski came here to make
me a very exciting proposal
and I am pleased to
tell you that I have
decided to accept
his wonderful offer!
(students cheer)
- I hope you'll
both be very happy.
(girl cries)
- Angelina, darling.
Whatever is the matter?
- I'm sorry, Miss Lilly.
It's just I'm going to miss
you when you go to Dacovia.
- But aren't you
going to come too?
After all, it was your amusing
version of the wedding waltz
that so impressed Mr. Operatski.
(girl sniffs)
- But I don't understand.
- That is the dance
he wants us to perform
for the grand opening
of his new theater.
(students gasp)
- His theater?
You mean, it's not your
new house, Miss Lilly?
- No, Angelina.
- So, you and Mr. Operatski
are not getting married?
- Married?
You are a funny
little mouseling.
- Oh Miss Lilly, I'm so happy!
And I'm going to be the funniest
chief bridesmaid too,
that's a promise.
(girl giggles)
(bright music)
(upbeat piano music)
(teacher claps)
- Very good, darlings.
That was beautiful.
Now, this afternoon is
the annual charity show
in aid of those poor
Dacovian orphans
and I am proud
that so many of you
will be taking part
again this year.
- We're going to recite
a poem, Miss Lilly.
- Yes.
We've wrote it all by ourselves.
- How...delightful.
And Alice, will you
be in charge of the
Cheese Floss stall again?
- Yes, Miss Lilly.
- And we're going to do the
dance of the happy mouselings,
aren't we William?
- Well, actually...
- William?
- I thought I might
do Mr. Chuckles again.
- Not Mr. Chuckles again!
(students groan)
- I think he's really funny,
especially when
his head falls off.
(boy laughs)
- What am I going to do now?
- Tah-dah!
Behind the Great Fondue,
mouse of mystery.
(boys gasp)
Tah-dah!
- Wow dad!
I didn't know you
could do magic.
- Ah, yes.
You come from a long
line of magicians, son.
I was tidying up and I
found my old magic set.
It belonged to my father
and his before him.
- Dad, what's that?
- [Dad] That's my
old disappearing box.
Always the grand finale.
- Dipasearing box?
- Gosh.
- Disappearing.
(man chuckles)
Someone gets inside,
you say the magic word
and pop, they've gone.
(boy gasps)
(boy trembles)
Gets them every time.
(man chuckles)
Speaking of which, it's
time I disappeared.
Don't want to be late for work.
I'll see you at
the show, William!
- Dad, can I borrow
your magic set?
(man chuckles)
- [Dad] Of course you can.
Here you go, William.
(man chuckles)
- Thanks, dad!
Right.
I'll need the jug
of water now, Henry.
(boy growls)
- Oops.
Here you are, Mr. Fondue.
- Thanks Henry.
Tah-dah!
- Hooray!
(boy sighs)
- All right, let's try
the disappearing trick.
(boy trembles)
Henry, what's wrong?
- I don't want to
be disappeared.
- Henry, you won't
really disappear.
It's just a trick.
- I'm scared, William.
(boy sighs)
- Hello William.
- Hello Angelina.
- What a wonderful costume.
You look great.
- He's the Great
Fondue, mouse of misery.
- Mystery.
(boy chuckles nervously)
- How wonderful.
It must be nice to have
an act for the show.
(girl clears throat)
Oh well, I suppose I
can always help Alice
with the Cheese Floss stall.
(girl sniffs)
If she'll have me.
- All right Angelina,
I'll dance with you.
- You will?
Great!
I knew you wouldn't let me down.
- [William] On one condition.
- What?
- You do my disappearing
trick with me.
- What?
Get in that horrible,
dirty old box?
(boy clears throat)
All right.
What, now?
- We need to practice, Angelina.
- Hurry up.
I need to get a ribbon
for my ballet shoe.
(mysterious music)
And I promised to help Alice
set up her Cheese Floss stall!
- Where's the
instruction book, Henry?
- Here it is!
(mysterious music)
- It's a bit wet.
- Oh crumbs.
- Is that pales and blisters?
- William, I haven't
gotten all day!
(girl groans)
Ow!
Well, I'm off.
He'll just have to practice
his silly trick without me.
- Got it.
(boy clears throat)
Tails and whiskers!
(boy gasps)
- Gosh!
She's really disappeared!
How will we get her back?
- Don't worry, Henry.
I'll just reverse the spell.
Whiskers and tails!
- William.
(boy gasps)
- She hasn't come back!
- Angelina?
- Angelina!
- Angelina!
- Angelina!
- Angelina, where are you?
- Angelina!
- And what color
would you like, dear?
- Pink.
- Now let's see.
- Peachy pink?
- This kind of...
- [Mrs. Thimble] Bluey pink?
(girl gasps)
- My ballet shoes!
Where are they?
(girl gasps)
William's silly magic box!
- Here we are, dear.
Angelina?
(boy trembles)
- I'll never see Angelina again!
- I know.
We'll go to the library.
There's bound to be lots
of books on magic there.
(boy trembles)
- Don't worry, Angelina.
We'll get you back.
(boy trembles)
(frantic music)
- William?
Henry?
Where are they?
William!
(door opens)
- Shh!
- Sorry.
- Sorry.
- Here we are, Henry.
How to recover missing whiskers.
- Not all of Angelina's missing.
- Well, we'll just need more
ingredients, that's all.
Right.
We need to rub the following
into Angelina's head.
- How can we do that
if she's not here?
- Well, we'll rub it into
her ballet shoes instead.
- Four Dacovian smoked plums.
- Have you seen Angelina?
She's just vanished
into thin air!
- No.
Not recently.
- If you do, tell her she's
supposed to be helping me!
- Hello dears.
I was just closing.
The charity show
is about to start.
What can I get you?
- The root of a
weeping stilton tree,
some essence of
Camembert, Edam truffle.
(woman chuckles)
- I'm sorry, dear.
I don't have any of those.
- Oh crumbs.
- I wish your dad
didn't have a magic set!
(boy gasps)
- Dad!
Of course!
Come on Henry.
- [Girls] We love our
mommy and daddy too.
They buy us clothes
and ballet shoes.
- Where are William
and Angelina?
They should've
been here ages ago.
- [Girls] With butterflies
(giggles) and tutus frilly.
- Dad!
Dad!
- [Girl] But I'm the best.
- [Girl] No you're not.
- Am so.
- You're not!
- Yes, I'm the best!
- [Girl] Prove it then!
- Have you seen Angelina?
- She's disappeared!
- I know, darling.
It's not like her to be
late for a performance.
- The only reason
you're good at sums
is because I tally
all the answers.
- [Miss Lilly] I think you
better do your act now.
- Miss Lilly, she
really has disappeared.
- Thank you Penelope
and Priscilla
(applause)
for such a rousing poem.
(girl groans)
Now, please give a warm
welcome to William.
And Henry.
(drum roll)
- [Dad] That's my boy!
(man chuckles)
- Where's Mr. Chuckles
then, long tail?
Lost his head again?
- Shh!
Please.
- William's the Great
Fondue, mouse of-
- Mystery.
Right.
I shall now turn my magic wand
into a bouquet of red roses.
(boys laughs)
- Don't worry, darling.
- Try again.
- Right.
(boy laughs)
- Hey, long tail,
what's in the big box?
- Nothing.
- The show!
It must've started.
- I shall now...
- Do the disappearing
trick, William!
It'll knock their socks off!
(audience yells)
- I can't because Angelina
was supposed to do it with me
and she disappeared.
(audience gasps)
- I'll do it.
- What?
- I'll get in the box!
- But Alice, you
don't understand.
(applause)
- Come on, William.
Everyone wants you to do it.
- My shoes.
(girl gasps)
(drum roll)
- Tails and whiskers.
(audience cheers)
I shall now make, I hope,
Alice Nimbletoes reappear!
(drum roll)
Whiskers and tails.
(audience cheers)
- Angelina!
- Wonderful.
- Are you just going to
stand there, William,
or are we going to dance?
- Angelina.
You're back!
(boy chuckles)
(upbeat piano music)
(applause)
(man chuckles)
- Well done, son.
- I'm glad you're not doing
magic anymore, William.
- So am I.
Well, actually,
I've just got one last
disappearing trick to do.
- Oh no!
(drum roll)
- Goodbye, Mr. Chuckles!
In you go.
(boy chuckles)
- Bye bye, Mr. Chuckles!
(boy giggles)
(boy laughs)
(upbeat music)
(bright piano music)
- [Narrator] Scarlet
dances really well
and she has such a
gentle look on her face.
It makes me feel as
though she's dancing
as a nice character.
(bright music)
It looks like Hamish is
going to do a magic trick
just like William.
I love ballet 'cause
when you dance,
you don't need a magic
box to do tricks.
Watch.
(suspenseful music)
He's turned Scarlet into
the Wicked Fairy Carabosse!
(suspenseful music)
Thus must be the story
of the "Sleeping Beauty"
and Baby Aurora must
be in that basket.
Oh dear.
It looks like Carabosse is
going to cast an evil spell.
(suspenseful music)
Aurora will prick
her finger and die!
Oh no!
(suspenseful music)
That must be the spell!
(suspenseful music)
And don't come back!
(suspenseful music)
I wonder why that naughty
little fairy is staying behind.
That's the Lilac Fairy.
I hope she's not too late.
(dreamy music)
Aurora will prick her
finger, but she won't die.
Aurora will prick her
finger and fall asleep!
And one day, a handsome
prince will come
and wake her with a kiss.
Oh good.
(dreamy music)
Watch out, Lilac Fairy.
That naughty little fairy's
going to reverse your spell.
What's that other fairy doing?
She's turned the naughty
fairy back into a good one.
I told you, dancing is magic.
(upbeat piano music)
02x01 - The Proposal/William the Conjuror
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British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.
British childrens series about Angelina Mouseling, a young mouse who loves dancing ballet, her family, and her classmates.