Now my favorite song from the movie and the three mice meet the town's hero. Enjoy!
Fievel and Tony soon had all the evidence they could find to prove what Cat R. Waul was really up to.
"I hope this will be enough." said Fievel.
"It better be." said Tony. "If not, then all the mice are done for."
Suddenly, they heard evil laughing. Fievel and Tony looked up and gasped when they saw Chula above them.
"I think I'll be taking those back now, cat chow!" he chortled.
"It's Chula!" gasped Fievel.
"Aw nuts!" gasped Tony.
Chula spat a web, which knocked all the evidence against the wall, and trapped it.
"Hey, you can't do that!" shouted Fievel.
Suddenly, Fievel and Tony were grabbed by another one of Chula's webs and we're thrown into a glass bottle.
"Hey, let us out, bug breath!" shouted Tony.
"I don't think so." smirked Chula. "You mice will taste great nice and cooked."
Fievel and Tony struggled to get out as Chula took them to a small lit candle.
"Nice mice just need a little spice!" chortled Chula.
Meanwhile, Tanya was about to go on stage. But it wasn't just the cats who were planning to eat everyone in town that made her nervous, but also the fact that she never sang in front of an audience before.
"I can't do this." Tanya said scaredly.
"Sure you can." assured Miss Kitty. "If anyone throws so much as a radish at you, I'll slap 'em so hard their meow'll fall off."
Tanya nodded as she walked onto the stage. All the talking stopped as they looked at her.
"A mouse?!" exclaImed Slim.
"Throw the mouse out of the house!" shouted Felonious.
Tanya tried to sing. "Do you ever miss…"
The cats all began to boo.
"The boss has hit the catnip again." said Sweet William.
"What's wrong with the boss?" asked One-Eye.
Tanya plucked up the courage once again,
"Do you ever miss the girl, You left behind?" she sang as she held the word 'behind' in an aria.
It was so loud, not only did it have to make Fievel, Tony, and Chula cover their ears, but it also broke the bottle trapping the two mice.
"Gosh!" all the cats said in awe as they looked at Tanya.
(The Girl you Left Behind from "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" plays)
Tanya: Is the girl you left behind out there tonight romancin',
Makin' eyes at someone else and singin' is she dancin'?
As Tanya sang and danced, Fievel and Tony ran away from Chula.
"Come back mice! You wouldn't want me to miss dinner!" shouted Chula.
Tanya: Puts teardrops in your eyes from secrets she is keepin'
Fievel and Tony climbed the curtains. Chula tried to spit a web at them, only for it to fall back on his face.
"I'm blind! I'm blind!" he shouted.
Fievel: and Tony swung on a stage rope over Tanya.
"Help, Tanya!" shouted Fievel.
"Tilly!" screamed Tony.
Tanya heard them, but continued to sing to distract the cats.
Tanya: Have the fiddlers play a tune and dance the night away #
"Come back here, you pointed heads!" snarled Chula as he swung on another rope.
Fievel and Tony swung towards a mirror. Chula tried to shoot a web at them, but he only shattered the mirror.
The glass shards fell near Tanya, but didn't hit her.
Tanya: You know you'll always miss her
Lonely is the lover's heart if only you could
kiss her
kiss her,
kiss her
Fievel and Tony crawled up to the second floor, Chula hot on their tails.
"Come here! Come here!" shouted Chula.
The three ran through the human saloon, the humans shrieking in fear. Eventually, Fievel and Tony ran up on top of a beer keg.
A cowboy saw them and aimed his gun ad them. "Durn mice!" he snarled as he tried to shoot, them only managing to miss and shoot the keg.
"Bug off, Batty!" shouted Chula.
Then, the human shot the keg again, making it explode.
Fievel and Tony fell back down below onto a table and ran off. Chula landed in a beer glass and then got covered in said drink.
Tanya: All the girls you left behind could fill up California
Just don't leave 'em too darn long,
I think I oughta warn ya
Absence makes the heart grow cold
and makes a heart to wander
If you stay there by their side
you'll feel their hearts grow fonder
Tanya then swung on one of the hanging lights as the cats joined in.
Cats: Hope you see her someday
Hope I find my way
Back to the girl I left behind
Tanya landed back on stage.
Tanya: So tell me you will never roam
Cats: We swear we won't go roamin'
Tanya: You'll be by your fireside
Cats: We'll all be home sweet homin'
Kiss her miss her, kiss her
Fievel and Tony hid behind a bottle of perfume as Chula neared them.
"The itsy-bitsy spider caught some mice in his web." he sang creepily. "The itsy-bitsy spider BIT OFF THE MICE'S HEADS! Hee-hee-hee!"
Quickly, thinking, Fievel sprayed the perfume on Chula.
"Ow! I'm in pain!" Chula groaned as the two mice ran away.
Tanya: So where's the girl you left behind?
Cats: She's waitin' for her sister
We won't stop until we're home
We'll hug and hug and kiss her
I'll find the girl
I'll find the girl
I'll find the girl
Tanya & Cats: You'll find the girl
You'll find the girl I left behind
Tonight,
tonight,
tonight
That's right,
all right
(The Girl you Left Behind from "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" ends)
The cats all cheered, whistled, and applauded as Tanya bowed.
"Encore, encore!" shouted Frenchy.
Fievel and Tony soon came out of the crowd, a pink sent coming off them. Tony took notice.
"Hey, Filly, we're covered in Miss Kitty's perfume!" Tony said, stopping Fievel.
Fievel noticed this and quickly used his hat to scoop away the perfume.
"Nice work." smirked Tony.
Then, the two spotted Chula hauling away their evidence
"Oh no! Our evidence!" cried Fievel.
"Aw man!" groaned Tony.
Fievel and Tony ran up to where Tanya was.
"Hey nice job up there Tilly, but we gotta scram." Tony said urgently.
"Yeah." nodded Fievel. "Come on, Tanya, let's get out of here."
Tanya was about to reply when she saw Cat R. Waul looking at her with a raised eyebrow. She knew that she had to make it look like she wasn't involved in exposing Waul. So she decided to fool him so she could escape without suspicion and he would be more focused on her rather than her brother and friend.
"I must stay. My public needs me." Tanya said dramatically.
Waul smiled as he walked away.
Fievel and Tony stared at Tanya in shock and disbelief.
"Are you out of your mind Tilly?!" Tony asked in shock. "We gotta get goin' and stop that evil cat!"
Tanya said nothing as she wrote down on a piece of paper and handed it to Fievel before running off to the dressing room.
"'Thank you for your... a-du-lation.'" read Fievel. "Tanya..." he whispered sadly.
"Oh Tilly…" Tony said sadly.
Outside, Fievel and Tony walked down the dirt road.
"We got no evidence, no one believes us, and now Tanya's left us." Fievel said sadly. "Now how are we gonna stop Cat R. Waul?"
"We can't give up now Filly." said Tony. He stood in front of Fievel and bent down to his level. "You were never one to give up. You didn't give up against Warren and the Mod Street Maulers, against those Cheese Factory owners and their corrupted policemen, or against Mousey andher 'Night Monster,' so you can't give up now." he said encouragingly.
Fievel looked at Tony. "You really think we can still beat Cat R. Waul?" he asked.
"I know we can." Tony said with a smile.
"Me too." came a voice.
Fievel and Tony's eyes widened when they turned to see… Tanya! She was out of her stage clothes and was now back in her normal clothes.
"Tanya!" Fievel exclaimed happily.
"Tilly!" Tony said in equal happiness.
"Sorry I ran off like that." Tanya apologized. "But I had to fool Waul."
"Say no more Tilly, we understand." said Tony.
"Now that we're all together, we gotta think of a way to stop Cat R. Waul and his goons." said Fievel. "It won't be easy, but we have to figure out a way."
"We can't give up." said Tony.
"We may be smaller than Cat R. Waul and his gang, but together, we can be stronger." said Tanya.
The three mice thought long and hard, but nothing came to mind, much to their annoyance and sadness. Then, a voice called out to them.
"What's the matter, kids?"
Fievel, Tanya, and Tony turned and saw the old dog in front of the police station.
"Did you ever know something important but nobody will believe ya?" asked Fievel.
"'Cause that's the situation we're in right now." said Tony.
"Boy, I wish Wylie Burp was here." sighed Fievel. "He could help us."
"You do? Well, then, he... he... he's right here." said the old dog.
Fievel, Tanya, and Tony perked up.
"He is?" asked Tanya.
"Where?" asked Fievel.
"The old dog's right under your whiskers." said the dog. "Read the badge, kids."
Fievel, Tanya, and Tony ran up to the deck and saw something shiny on the dog's vest. Upon closer look, they saw that it was a sheriff's badge.
"'Wylie Burp, Sheriff.'" Fievel read in shock.
Tanya and Tony gasped.
"You're Wiley Burp?" Tanya asked in surprise.
"You know it." Wiley said tiredly.
"The famous law dog himself." Tony said in awe.
"Wow!" Fievel said excitedly. "We need you, Sheriff Burp! The cats are gonna turn us into mouseburgers! You gotta help us now!"
"You're our only hope." added Tanya.
Wylie groaned heavily. "Let this sleepin' dog lie, kids. Doggone it, I'm dog tired. I'm tired of leadin' a dog's life... and fighting like cats and dogs against cats and dogs, and young pups doggin' my trail trying to become top dog. I'm goin' to the dogs in a dog-eat-dog world, kids. I'm so far over the hill, I'm on the bottom of the other side."
Fievel, Tanya, and Tony sighed sadly. The one person/animal that believed them couldn't help them after all. The three slowly walked away, thinking that there was nothing they could do now.
Wylie saw them leave. Remembering how excited Fievel was to meet him managed to bring up his spirits a little. "But you know, I think I might be able to help ya." he said as he slowly got up.
Fievel, Tanya, and Tony turned to face him in surprise and happiness.
"How? We've only got 'til sundown tomorrow." said Fievel.
"Gotta find me a dog. I'll teach him the stuff. I'll make a hero out of him." said Wiley.
"Train the next one in a day?" asked Tony. "That'll never be possible."
"Never say never Tony." Fievel said with a grin, making Tanya giggle.
"So we need a new dog huh?" asked Tanya.
"That's right." said Wylie. "You three know any?"
Fievel, Tony, and Tanya thought for a minute.
"The only dog I know is Lone Wolf." said Tony. "But he's back all the way in New York."
"And the only other dog than him that I know is Madame Mousey." added Tanya. "But she was a bad dog." she added.
"Very bad." Tony said in agreement.
"I don't know any other dogs…" said Fievel. Then, an idea flew into his head. "But I do know a god!"
Tony looked confused while Tanya looked surprised.
"Fievel, are you sure?" she asked, a bit worried by his idea.
Fievel turned to Tanya. "I know he can do it." he assured her. "You know he can be brave when he has to be."
Tanya conceded Fievel's point. She smiled at her little brother.
"Ok Fievel. I'll come with you to help." she told him.
Fievel beamed and hugged his sister. "Thanks Tanya!" he said happily.
"Who in the name of Italian Cheese are ya talking about?" asked Tony, still puzzled.
Indian mice campground:
"Oh, no, I can't. You got the wrong cat." said Tiger dismissively.
Fievel, Tanya, and Tony had gone back to the Indian campground to convince Tiger to come back to Green River to help them. Tony was shocked to hear that Tiger was who Fievel was talking about.
"I am a god of eternal peace and cosmic love, my friends." said Tiger. "But why argue? I'm here, you're here. We're all here."
"But we're going to Green River." said Fievel.
"We need your help Tiger." said Tanya, pleadingly.
"You're our last chance to stop Waul." added Tony.
"I'm gonna stay right here." Tiger said firmly. "So, you know, give my regards to everybody."
Tanya and Tony rolled their eyes.
But Fievel had an idea. He took off his hat as Kiss Kitty's perfumed flew out of it, which surprised Tanya and Tony.
"Too bad... because there's a very, very pretty cat there you might remember." Fievel said with a grin,
Tiger was entranced by the perfume as it took the shape of a cat. "My darling baby bubby-bunka-boo." he purred.
"Oh. You convinced me!" he said with a grin.
The three mice cheered.
"Alright!" cheered Tony.
"Now we got the five of us!" cheered Tanya.
"So what do I gotta do?" asked Tiger.
"Ah, it ain't nothin' much. You just gotta pretend to be a dog!" replied Fievel.
"A dog! You got it." nodded a Tiger before realizing what Fievel just said. "A dog?!" he exclaimed in fright, briefly turning into one.
"Tiger it's ok." said Tanya.
"How is being a dog ok when you're a cat?!" asked Tiger.
"Because the kind of dog we need ya to be is gonna be a hero." said Tony.
"Tiger... anyone can be a god, but... it takes grit to be a dog!" Fievel said encouragingly.
To be continued…
Next chapter, the training starts, plus one more song.
See ya next time!