Balto: Wolf Quest

Aleu:
I know who I am. I am Aleu, daughter of Balto and Jenna, who happens to be a pure-bred husky. Who are you?

Aleu:
I knew there was something wrong with me.

Balto:
There is nothing wrong with you. You have a proud heritage.

Aleu:
Oh, sure.

Balto:
Your mother is a pure-bred husky.

Aleu:
Then what are you?

Balto:
I-I'm the one who's part wolf.

Aleu:
How could this happen?

Balto:
Look. Aleu. My dad was a husky who... had pups with a wolf.

Aleu:
Great. My grandmother was a wild animal? Did the wolf teach you how to know when a human wants to kill you?

Balto:
I was accidentally separated from her when I was young, so I never spent much time with... the wolf. I remember that she was as white as snow, and she had this warm voice that made me feel safe. Well, then Boris took me in, and, after being raised by a goose it's a wonder I don't honk instead of bark.

Aleu:
Why didn't you tell me this before?

Balto:
Because I wanted to protect you.

Aleu:
Protect me? From what? From the fact that no human will ever want me because I'm part wild animal?

Balto:
Aleu.

Aleu:
And what about my brothers and sisters? They've got wolf in them, too. Why did humans want them?

Balto:
Because they don't look it,

[sighs]

Balto:
and you do.

Aleu:
It's not fair. I hate you!

[jumps off the boat crying]

Balto:
Aleu? Aleu, come back!

Aleu:
Leave me alone! [runs away crying]

Yak:
[scratching an itch] You think that could be them, Sumac?

Sumac:
Eh, it's beatink me. What do think, Nuk?

Nuk:
[chewing on a bone] I never think. [chews] I just eat. [chews] Eet's more fillink.

Balto:
Jenna.

Jenna:
Balto, what are you doing here so early? Is Aleu alright?

Balto:
I don't know. I was hoping she was with you. She's... kinda mad at me.

Jenna:
Stay there.

[runs outside]

Jenna:
Now tell me what happened.

Balto:
[hops down from stack of crates] A hunter took aim at her.

Jenna:
[gasps]

Balto:
No, no. Don't worry. We got away. But I... finally had to tell her how humans see her.

Jenna:
You mean you told her about being part...?

Balto:
Yes. I should've done it sooner. I know that now. She's so angry with me. She must've run away.

Jenna:
Run away?

Balto:
I'm sorry, Jenna. I never thought it would turn out this way. I thought I could keep her safe.

Jenna:
B-B-But she's not safe, she's running wild! [starts to follow]

Balto:
No, not you, Jenna. This is my fault, and it's something Aleu and I have to work out together. Don't worry. I'll find her.

Balto:
Where are you?

Fox:
Where are you?

Balto:
Here. Keep talking and I'll find you.

Aniu:
A cunning trickster.

Fox:
You look disappointed.

Balto:
Sorry. Just thought you might be a raven.

Fox:
And I thought that you might be a hunter, but unlike you, I'm not disappointed. Say, I'll help you find your daughter if you'll help me out of this trap.

Balto:
How did you know I was looking for my daughter?

Fox:
The raven told me.

Balto:
What do you know about the raven?

Fox:
Much less than you, I'm sure. Now do we have a deal, or don't we?

Balto:
Yes. But no tricks. [takes rope off fox] There. How can you help me find my daughter?

Fox:
Easy. By giving you a little push. [pushes Balto into the water]

Balto:
Ahhhhh! [surfaces] Why did you do that? Help me!

Fox:
Oh, but I did. And now you must help yourself.

Balto:
[goes underwater, then surfaces again] Are you crazy? The current is too strong!

Fox:
Then let the current take you!

Aleu:
So I'll always be your baby.

Boris:
Look at me! I'm an uncle.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
Get them, you sniveling cowards!

Boris:
You don't sit nowhere for more than five seconds!

Aleu:
That's "anywhere", Uncle Boris.

Boris:
What's anywhere? Don't try to confuse me, young lady!

Balto:
Boris took me in and, after being raised by a goose it's a wonder I don't honk instead of bark.

Balto:
Calm down, Boris. There's also a fox, a wolverine...

Yak:
You aren't going

[scratches an itch]

Yak:
nowhere!

Aleu:
[angrily] It's "anywhere", fleabag.

Balto:
Aleu, I hardly think that this is the time to be correcting his grammar.

Balto:
So what if I was? It's just a dream.

Balto:
How did you get so stubborn?

Aleu:
I take after you, remember?

Balto:
Come on Aleu, you'll always be my baby, no matter how old you are.

Aleu:
You're hopeless.

Aleu:
Where do I belong?

Aleu:
I hate you!

Balto:
I just wanted to protect you.

Aleu:
Protect me? From what? From the fact that no human will ever want me because I'm part wild animal? I hate you! [jumps off the boat, crying]

Balto:
Goodbye, [pause] daughter.

Yak:
Okay, okay. You don't have to yell.

Balto:
Face it, Jenna. She looks more like a wolf than me. No human is ever going to want her.

Jenna:
Aleu, honey, please don't howl like that.

Aleu:
Sorry, mama. It just happens when I'm excited.

Aleu:
You're hopeless.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
She will be a great leader.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
That is not our concern.

Balto:
Aleu may look like a wolf, but she is going to be all dog. [looks shocked when Aleu howls]

Boris:
I wouldn't count on it.

Aleu:
No, you don't belong here.

Saba:
I can't wait to get a human! And chew on their socks!

Dingo:
Are you gonna get a human, too?

Balto:
Nah. You see, humans like cute little puppies like you, not grisly grown-ups like me.

Nuk:
I thought all doggies could swim!

Sumac:
And go to heaven... yeah all doggies go to heaven! [laughs, ends with an "oink" sound] Oops.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
Let him speak! It is his right.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
The old ways will die with you, old one!

Balto:
Oh, Jenna. They're beautiful, just like you.

Nuk:
Come on, boys! Let's get some caribou!

Wolf clan member:
When you're hungry, there is no right!

Muru:
This only tells us what we are, not who we are

Balto:
What, me forget? Never! [yawns]

Balto:
Hey, pups! It's good to see you, too!

Balto:
How about they spend the night with me, then tomorrow we can all go on a picnic?

Balto:
Take it easy there, tiger.

Balto:
Come on, being different is painful. Nobody knows that better than me. You know how some of the dogs around here still tease me because I'm half wolf?

Balto:
It's been a long day, Jenna. Let's go home.

Muru:
I am shedding light where darkness lies.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
I'll never leave our lands... never!

Aleu:
I know what I am, but not who I am.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
We are masters of our own design.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
[during the song "The Grand Design"] We are wolves! We take what we need!

Aleu:
We have to jump!

Balto:
But we'll be killed!

Aleu:
We'll be killed if we don't! [pushes Balto off the cliff, then jumps after him]

Balto:
At least you're still talking to me!

Aleu:
[head tilted, curious] You've been following a raven?

Balto:
Yeah. I know it sounds dumb.

Balto:
At least we know the raven's on our side.

Nuk:
Who's going on a diet?

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
Clear a path for our visitors.

Balto:
If I did that I'd get splinters

Sumac:
Bye bye, doggie!

Balto:
It's been a long day, Jenna. Let's go home.

Jenna:
Not until a human adopts Aleu!

Balto:
Face it, Jenna. She looks more like a wolf than me. No human is ever going to want her.

Jenna:
That's not true! We have to keep trying.

Aleu:
I say Niju's afraid to cross the great water!

Hunter:
The spirits must be trying to trick me.

Aleu:
I'm not a wild animal.

Balto:
He... he thought you were.

Boris:
Would you stop with the bouncing and make with the talking? I'm getting dizzy!

Terrier:
There you are, laddies! I've been sniffin' all over for ye! The stork has landed. I repeat, the stork has landed!

Balto:
Jenna? Jenna!

[runs toward the building Jenna's in]

Boris:
What stork? I thought we were talking about raven.

[sudenly realizes]

Boris:
Oh boy, *that* stork. I'm coming, Balto!

Boris:
Of course I come. I'm not finished nagging you yet!

Jenna:
Come on in. They don't bite, at least not yet.

Aleu:
No, it's a human. He wouldn't hurt me. Maybe he'll want to adopt me. [starts running toward him]

Aleu:
Tell mom I've truly found my home.

[smiles]

Balto:
Boris, I hate it when you get dramatic.

Balto:
Mush! [the wolves stare at him] I-I-I mean, move out!

Niju the Evil Wolf:
Step down and let a true leader take your place!

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
I *will* step down, Niju, when a *true* leader takes my place.

Balto:
I've led a dog team before, but never a wolf pack.

Boris:
He's a wolf on a mission.

Boris:
This "just a dream" is keeping you from a decent sleep, and if your eyes get any droopier, you'll have to keep them open with toothpicks. [lifts Balto's right eyelid]

Balto:
It's just so hard to let my baby go.

Aleu:
I'm not your... [sadly] Oh. So I'll always be your baby.

Balto:
She's a good pup.

Boris:
Good, yes. Pup, no.

Aleu:
Goodbye, papa.

Balto:
I'm going to find Aleu and bring her home!

Aleu:
I'm running but I have no idea where I'm going. I've got to get out of the sun.

Aleu:
Since I'm not a baby anymore, I don't need a babysitter, and you can tell that to my father.

Balto:
No time to argue! I'm your father, you do what I say!

Aleu:
And I say I'm too big to be ordered around!

Muc:
I wish we had a mum, too. [Muc and Luc start crying]

Boris:
Goose to the rescue!

Jenna:
I know that human. He'll be a good home for Dingo.

Muc:
Bears to the rescue!

Muc:
Do you still need us, Uncle Boris?

Boris:
Yes. Like a hole in the head. [makes a gun gesture at his head]

Muru:
[singing] Go to the east. Go to the west. The road is rocky but the waaaaay is faaaaar.

Balto:
Come on, now! Uncle Boris isn't a chew toy!

Jenna:
[about the puppies] Watch out, they're teething.

Boris:
No kidding!

Aleu:
[about the bear] I looked at its thoughts.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
Only my spirit is strong.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
[to Niju] Do not mistake my old age for weakness.

Balto:
Dreams don't mean anything, Boris. They're just [starting to yawn] dreams. [yawns]

Boris:
[about Muc and Luc] You two have ants in pants?

"Taking You Home" singer:
Somebody wants you. Somebody needs you. Someone is searching for your heart alone.

"Taking You Home" singer:
Your path is clear now. Sings in your ear now.

"Taking You Home" singer:
Someone who loves you is taking you home.

Harvey Fierstein wolf:
The old one spoke the truth about Balto!

Niju the Evil Wolf:
Ha ha ha ha ha! The old one thinks the trees and grass can talk!

Balto:
I just don't want her to be different.

Boris:
But she *is* different, and vive la difference!

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
The caribou will not come this year, nor any other year.

Yak:
Sorry, but you're not going [scratches an itch] nowhere!

Aleu:
[angrily] It's "anywhere", fleabag.

Balto:
[out of the corner of his mouth] Aleu, I hardly think this is the time to be correcting his grammar.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
I simply became one with the tree.

Balto:
If I tried that, I'd get splinters.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
It was I who sent for you.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
You're outnumbered, half-breed.

Aleu:
Nava won't be able to make the swim.

Niju the Evil Wolf:
[to Nava] You will not stop me!

Balto:
When the right time comes, she'll... find a home.

Boris:
Yes, but when the right time comes, will you let her?

Jenna:
Each of our children have their own lives to live.

"Taking You Home" singer:
Somebody wants you, somebody needs you./ Someone is searching for your heart alone./ Someone is dreaming, waiting and watching./ Someone is coming to take you home./ Time, it will fly like the sun through the sky./ And what once was hello turns to goodbye./ Tomorrow is here now, sings in your ear now./ Child of my heart, your life is your own./ Never you fear, now./ Your path is clear now./ Someone who loves you/ Someone who loves you... is taking you home.

Muru:
[singing] Praise for the high tide./ Praise for the seaside./ Praise for the sun at high noon./ Praise for the lightning./ Praise for the singing./ Praise the father sun, and sister moon./ Praise for the red dawn./ Grass that we walk upon./ Praise for the river's whispered tune./ Praise for the wind brother./ Praise for the earth mother./ Praise the father sun,and sister moon./ Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ya./ [Aleu howls; howling continues] Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ya.

Balto:
I'll go.

Aleu:
No. You don't belong here. You belong home, with my mother. But I *do* belong here. It's my destiny.

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
[to Balto] Aniu told me it would be the one who is wolf but does not know. I believed it was you, but I was wrong. It is your daughter.

Balto:
Are you sure?

Aleu:
[nods]

Balto:
It's just... so hard to let my baby go.

Aleu:
Papa, I'm not your... okay. So I'll always be your baby. Goodbye, papa. Tell mom... I've finally found my home. [smiles]

Balto:
[climbing onto the ice floe; an angry look is on his face] Niju! Leave her be!

Aleu:
Papa! You should be with the rest of the clan! You've got to lead them across!

Balto:
I will! Once I take care of him!

Balto:
Aleu! Are you alright?

Aleu:
Yes! You go on with the rest of the pack! I'll get Nava!

Balto:
[quietly] Be careful, Aleu.

Balto:
This has gone too far, Aleu, and it isn't our battle.

Aleu:
But papa, I saw caribou!

Balto:
Look, this could get very dangerous. Despite my dreams or anything else, I will not put you in any danger.

Aleu:
But this isn't just about us anymore, papa. This is about something bigger. Don't you see? We're supposed to help them. I'm sorry, but whether I stay or go should be my decision.

Balto:
That wind is a sign that winter's coming early. Your mother will be worried sick. We both leave in the morning.

Aleu:
Why did you come and find me?

Balto:
I came to bring you home, Aleu.

Aleu:
No. I don't wanna go home. Not until I find out who I am.

Balto:
That's ridiculous, Aleu. You know who you are.

Aleu:
No. I know *what* I am, but not [short pause] *who* I am, and I'm not stopping until I find out.

Balto:
Then I'm coming with you.

Aleu:
[sweetly] Oh, papa.

Balto:
I'll hold him off and you run for it!

Aleu:
No, *I'll* hold him off and *you* run for it!

Balto:
There's no time to argue! I'm your father, you do what I say!

Aleu:
And I say that I'm too big to be ordered around!

Balto:
How did you get so stubborn?

Aleu:
I take after you, remember?

Balto:
She's a good pup.

Boris:
Good, yes. Pup, no. At more than year old, Aleu should have home of her own.

Balto:
When the right time comes... she'll find a home.

Boris:
Yes, but when the right time comes, will you let her? [depressedly] Oy, I hope so.

Jenna:
But it's their time now. Why, I was their age when I was adopted by my girl.

Balto:
But I don't think I can let them go, Jenna. Not yet.

Jenna:
Balto, each of our children have their own lives to live. It's our job to love them, and then...

Boris:
[in the background] LET GO!

Jenna:
If we wait any longer, it will be harder for them to find homes. You know how humans have a soft spot for puppies.

Balto:
Yeah. And so do I.

Wolverine 2:
[to Balto] You invade our territory. What do *you* want?

Wolverine 2:
Stop following the raven.

Wolverine 1, Wolverine 2, Wolverine 3:
[vanishing into thin air] Don't go!

Balto:
It's almost like they were... never there.

"The Grand Design" singer:
The land no more belongs to us, than the eagle owns the skies.

Balto:
[to Aleu about Niju] His blood may be pure but his motives aren't.

Balto:
[Aniu appears to Balto, changing from a raven to a white wolf] [groans] Now what?

Aniu:
Only the journey home, my son.

Balto:
Aniu? You're my - [Aniu smiles and nods, then howls and disappears with the wind] Goodbye to you, too... mother.

Balto:
We don't have much time, so mush!

Wolf pack:
Huh?

Balto:
[realizing that a wolf pack wouldn't know what mush means] I mean, move out!

Nava the Wolf Shaman:
A star dies, and another is born. All is a great dance of balance. [to Aleu] Any questions?

Aleu:
I don't understand papa, why did you attack him, what if he wanted to adopt me.

Balto:
Err, guys, could you help me out here?

Muc:
Oh of course err [Muk gets pushed by luk] Sorry mate but a wise polar bear always minds his own business.

Boris:
[Clears throat] It is my opinion that... [gets dragged away by Luk] Ahhh!

Aleu:
Well?

Balto:
Okay, see, that hunter, was looking for wild animals to kill, for food and fur.

Aleu:
So, I'm not a wild animal.

Balto:
Well, He thought you were.

Aleu:
What, why?

Balto:
He thought you were a wolf.

Boris:
BALTO! WAKE UP! [Throws bucket of water on Balto to wake him up]

Balto:
Huh? What? What? What's the matter?

Boris:
The matter is, you are having dream again. [Balto shakes water all over Boris. Boris yells] AHHH!

Balto:
So what if I was, it's just a dream.

Boris:
Hah! This "just a dream" is keeping you from a decent sleep! And if your eyes get any droopier, you will have to keep them open with toothpicks! [Sticks his "finger" under Balto's eyelid to emphasize his point]

Balto:
Boris, they'll stop drooping if you just go away and let me get some rest.

Boris:
Wrong! You won't be getting any rest, not with that dream hanging 'round like... dark cloud. [Sticks his wings over his head]

Balto:
I hate it when you get dramatic.

Boris:
How else to reach you? I'm telling you, boitshick, if you keep having same dream again and again, it MEANS SOMETHING.

Balto:
Boris, dreams don't mean anything there just [yawns] dreams. now, do you wanna come with me? I have to go check on Jenna.

Boris:
Of course I come. I'm not finished nagging you yet!

Balto:
I sure would like to know why I keep seeing that raven.

Aleu:
You're been following a raven.

Balto:
Yeah, I know it sounds dumb, I've been seeing this raven in my dreams.

Aleu:
You're dreams?

Balto:
I only followed it because it promised to help me find you.

Aleu:
I've been seeing a raven too, I wasn't sure if I was following it, or if it was following me.

Jenna:
What do you mean he just ran off?

Boris:
I mean he's got Aleu scent, told me to tell you not to worry and away he went. He's a wolf on a mission.

Jenna:
I'm going to help him look. [as Jenna walks to the door Boris steps in front of her]

Boris:
No, Jen! This is a journey for father and daughter. You must have faith in them.

Jenna:
You're sure Balto as her trail? [Boris nods] And you're sure Balto's alright?

Boris:
Don't worry Jenna. Remember, they're are well-equipped. They are both... part... wolf.