The idea of Olivia and Fidget being friends with Tod and Copper has been in my head since my teens. Not everyone agrees with this crossover like most people agree with The Fox and the Hound and Bambi or Lady and the Tramp with The Fox and the Hound. Anyway, on with the story.
One day, Basil and co were in the forest, having a picnic after taking a train to a new country, Canada, far from London since they wanted to travel. After lunch, Mr. Flaversham said to his daughter, Olivia and her best friend, Fidget, "Olivia. Fidget. Why don't you run along and play?"
"Yes, father," Olivia said. "Come on, Fidget! It'll be fun!"
"Coming, Livy!" Fidget shouted happily.
Out of the blue, a yellow butterfly fluttered in their view. So they chased it in the glade.
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Two birds, a woodpecker named Boomer and a goldfinch named Dinky were after a caterpillar named Squeaks, whom they called a "worm" so that they could eat him.
The young fox came up to them and asked them what they were doing and if they wanted to play.
"Stay out of this, kid!" Dinky snapped, "This don't concern you!"
"Hey! Don't talk to him like that!" Fidget scolded.
"What?" Dinky asked.
"He asked you a simple question and you bit his head off!" Olivia retorted.
"I'll take care of this buzzard!" Fidget said as he lassoed his rope and roped it around Dinky's beak, silencing him.
Boomer laughed at his own friend's misfortune and forgot all about the "worm".
Eventually, Olivia and Fidget weren't the only ones chasing a butterfly in the woods. So was a young fox. He stopped himself to greet the mouse and bat. "Hello, little guys," he said, "Whatcha doing?"
"The same thing you were doing," Fidget replied.
"What he means is we're chasing a butterfly just like what you were doing," Olivia said.
"Oh, okay. I'm Tod and I'm a fox. What are your names, kids?"
"My name's Olivia, the mouse and this is my bat friend, Fidget."
"Hi, Tod," Fidget greeted as he waved.
Tod turned his attention to something else. It was a hound pup sniffing in the log. The fox kit had to meet him and the mouse and bat followed and climbed up on him. "He's like Toby," Olivia said.
"He is," Fidget agreed.
"Hey, whatcha sniffing?" Tod asked the pup.
The pup stopped sniffing to look up at him. "I'm on the trail of something, guys," he answered.
"Trail of what?" everyone asked.
"What is it?" Olivia asked.
"I don't know yet, guys." Then the pup's sniffer got stronger when he sniffed a fox, mouse, and bat. "Why, it's you guys!" With that, Copper howled.
Tod hopped off the log and asked, "Why did you sniff?"
"Toby does this all the time," Olivia replied.
"We're supposed to do that when we're tracking," Copper answered.
"I'm Tod, the fox, and these are my new friends, Olivia, the mouse, and Fidget, the bat," said Tod.
"I'm Copper, the hound dog and nice to meet you guys!" Copper cried excitedly.
"Would you like to play hide and seek?" Tod asked.
"You can use your nose," Fidget said.
"That's what Toby would've done," Olivia pointed out.
Copper counted to ten until Tod and the others each found a place to hide.
Tod wrapped himself up on a stump, while Fidget and Olivia hid in the bushes. Copper sniffed them out. Olivia and Fidget jumped out of the bushes, surprising Tod and Copper, but Olivia and Fidget were just playing.
Big Mama came to see the four of them playing. "My, oh, my! Dinky! Boomer! Come here! We have a fox, hound, a mouse, and a bat playing together."
Dinky and Boomer arrived at the scene.
"Aww, look at those cute little guys," Boomer said.
"Yeah," Dinky agreed. "I was hard on them and Tod."
The fox, hound, mouse, and bat made each other giggle by telling jokes that they landed on the ground laughing.
"Copper!" Copper's owner called, much to their disappointment.
"Gee, guys! I gotta go!" Copper called, "See you tomorrow!"
"See you then!" Tod cried after him.
"Yeah!" Fidget and Olivia cheered.
"Fidget! Olivia!" Basil cried.
"Coming, Basil!" Fidget and Olivia called and followed the voice.
"Oh, you guys got an owner, too?" Tod inquired.
"That's our friend, Basil," Olivia said.
"Yeah, he's a detective," Fidget added and the two ran over to Basil, Dawson, Mr. Flaversham, and Toby.
"Did you have fun, kids?" Mr. Flaversham asked.
"We sure did, Father," Olivia replied.
"We played with a fox and a hound," Fidget said.
"Hmm…" Basil said thoughtfully.
"Toby would've loved to play with them, eh, Basil?" Dawson said.
"Yes, I'm sure he would," Basil mused.
"Tod wouldn't hurt anybody," Olivia said.
"Who's Tod?" asked Basil.
"A fox," Olivia replied.
"He didn't try to eat us or anything," Fidget told Basil.
Dawson checked to see if Olivia and Fidget had rabies, but fortunately, there wasn't any. "No rabies that I've seen," the doctor told them.
"Good work, Dawson," Basil said, "I would like to see this Tod."
"And Copper!" Fidget and Olivia added enthusiastically.
"The hound?" Basil asked.
Olivia and Fidget nodded.
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"Slow down, children!" Basil shouted to the running Olivia and flying Fidget.
"You want to see Tod and Copper, don't you, Basil?" Olivia reminded him.
"And like you said, Toby's gonna love playing with them!" Fidget recalled Basil saying.
"That's right, I did," Basil remembered.
The six friends made it down the hill and found Tod and Copper bounding in the forest to greet them.
"Hello, I'm Basil of Baker Street, and this is my partner, Dr. Dawson, and my dog, Toby," Basil said introducing himself and his friends.
"And this is my father, Mr. Flaversham," Olivia told Tod and Copper.
Toby took a good sniff at Tod and Copper, causing them to laugh and licked the two.
"Toby likes you already," Olivia giggled.
"Anyone want to go swimming?" Tod asked.
"Yes, please!" Fidget and Olivia squealed in delight and they, their father and friends went behind the bushes to change into their swimming suits.
Olivia wore a two-piece suit. The bottom was like a skirt. The rest of them wore swim trunks. Finally, everyone took a leap in the pond and started splashing one another until Copper was called again by his owner, Amos Slade. Chief, the old grey hound cantered over to his side, looking for the "lost" hound pup. Amos cried out his pup's name until Copper gave in, but assured them that he'll be back.
"We'll be there if you won't," Tod told him.
"You will?" Copper asked.
"Yeah, sure," Tod said earnestly. "We're your friends."
"And friends are there when they need each other," Copper stated.
"Yep!"
Satisfied by Tod's words, Copper headed home to his master.