Hello, Duck.
Hello, little bear.
What's the matter?
All the puddles are frozen solid.
There's nowhere to splash or swim.
Hmm.
Maybe you should come with me to the North Pole.
The North Pole?
Do they have puddles there?
I don't think so.
It's where the snow comes from.
It's very cold, and nobody lives there.
Then why would you want to go there?
Because that's where explorers go.
It will be an adventure.
OK.
It's better than sitting on a frozen pond, I guess.
You do know how to get to the North Pole, don't you?
Oh, yes.
I'll just use this.
Oh.
What is it?
A compass, and that shows us the way to the North Pole?
All you have to do is point it at the end and follow the arrow.
Oh, can I hold it?
Sure.
Just follow the end.
Is that right?
Uh-huh.
Just follow the end.
A duck?
Just follow the end.
A duck?
Oof.
[SCREAMING]
Oops.
Oh.
Little bear, I found it.
This is where the snow comes from, and it's pointing to N.
I found the North Pole, the North Pole, here miles away.
[LAUGHING]
But the compass said so.
This isn't the North Pole, duck.
Nobody lives at the North Pole, remember?
Oh, I forgot.
But we must be close.
Maybe I should use the compass.
Good idea.
Compasses make my head hurt.
This looks like a good place to slide.
You see, duck?
Explorers have all kinds of adventures.
Come on, duck.
Oh.
[GRUNTING]
Come on, come on.
Shoot!
Shoot!
Look out!
Shoot!
Good player!
[LAUGHING]
Whoa!
Whoa!
[GRUNTING]
Hello, who are you?
I'm Little Bear.
This is duck.
We're explorers.
We're explorers.
Never heard of them before.
Anyway, do you want to play?
Sure, I guess.
But you don't have tails like us.
No, we don't.
That's all right.
We'll get you a stick.
We'll get you, too.
Thanks.
Come on.
I'm not sure I know how to play.
Hmm.
You better stand here and be the stopper.
Uh, the stopper?
What am I supposed to stop?
Ready?
Sure, I guess.
Go.
Come on!
Go right here!
Let's go!
I got it!
Open up me!
I got it!
What?
Whoa!
Huh?
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Oh!
It scores!
I did?
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoa!
What?
Whoa!
Whoa!
I thought you said you didn't know how to play.
I don't.
Well, you're good.
You can play for us any time.
Thank you.
But we're really explorers.
We're going to the North Pole.
Good luck.
Hmm.
Maybe we should start using these sticks.
We must be getting close to the North Pole.
It's getting awfully cold.
Here.
You can have my scarf.
Thank you, Little Bear.
I can't see.
Neither can I.
Oof.
Hello, Moose.
Hello, little ones.
Where are you off to?
We're going to the North Pole.
Do you know if we're close?
Hmm.
You might try those hills up ahead.
Well, could you give us a ride?
As I've always said, getting there is half the fun.
Hang on.
Whoa!
Yeah!
Whoa!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Huh!
Huh!
Huh!
Huh!
Look, Duck.
Huh!
Huh!
Huh!
Huh!
Huh!
- It's pointing to Ann, Duck.
This is where the snow must come from, little bear.
- We found it, Duck.
The North Pole.
- Yay! - Yay!
Hurry! - Woo!
- Wow!
The North Pole.
So now what do we do?
- I know.
Let's take it back with us.
We'll give the North Pole to Mother Bear as a present.
- Here, let me help.
- Yay!
- Thank you, Moose.
- We're real explorers now, Duck.
We found the North Pole.
- And even better than that,
I found a nice warm puddle of the splashing.
, bear. (laughing)
- Now you two get back into the pile and stay warm.
There, out.
- Hmm.
It's going to snow.
- Little bear.
Little bear.
What are you doing?
- I'm getting ready for snow.
- I think it's too early for snow.
- I know, but I saw the signs the father bear taught me.
- All of them?
- Mm-hmm.
Leaves falling in a pile to keep warm,
squirrels bearing lots of acorns,
and a bear with an itchy nose.
Those are the signs.
- Since father bear is away,
I'll have to take the first walk in the snow for him.
- Do you see any snow?
- No, not a flake.
- I can't wait to taste the first snowflakes.
- They are the sweetest.
- Mm.
Good night, little bear.
- Sweet.
- Snow!
- It's beautiful.
- Mm.
- Mm.
- Dance with me.
- Whoa.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Interesting.
- Gee.
- Oh, hello.
- Hey.
- Oh.
- Huh?
- Oh, hey, ow.
- Here I come.
I'm gonna get you.
- Whoa.
- Hi.
- Whoa.
- Hey.
- I know.
- Perfect.
Would you like to go ice skating?
Okay.
- Here I come.
- More snow.
- It's snowing.
Come on, mother bear.
- What is it?
- Oh, it's beautiful.
So sweet.
- One, two, three, look at me.
- Three, four, five, I'm alive.
- Let's make a few extra cookies.
- But there's only three of us.
- Four of us, five of us.
Oh, yes, we can't forget Lucy.
- Why don't we make enough for all of us?
- And all of our friends too?
- It's always a good idea to have extra gingerbread cookies.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hickory, dickory, six and seven.
Alabone, crackabone, 10 and 11.
Spin, spun, almost gun.
Twiddler, twaddle, 21.
- What's that?
- Oh, it's just a little rhyme I like to say
when I'm baking gingerbread cookies.
You try it.
Hickory, dickory, six and?
- Seven.
- Alabone, crackabone, 10.
- And 11.
- Spin, spun, almost done.
- Paddle it, mix some.
- Riddle it.
- In, paddle too.
- I'm the grand leader of the gingerbread cookies.
- And I'm the queen of the gingerbread cookies.
- What's that one supposed to be?
- I'm the polka dark gingerbread cookie.
- Oh, here, yeah, here we go.
- Oh, there, oh, that's nice little bit.
- Time to put the cookies in the oven.
- Now we have to wait.
- They smell delicious, Granny.
- Ah, ah, they're too hot to eat right now,
but you have to watch them very carefully.
- Watch them?
- I'd rather eat them.
- Oh, if you don't watch gingerbread cookies carefully,
they might just get up and run away.
- Really?
- Oh, Granny.
- Especially if it's snowing outside.
Gingerbread cookies love to play in the snow.
- Well, how long do we have to watch them?
- Until they're cool enough to eat.
- Oh.
- Don't let them out of your sight.
I'm going out back for some firewood.
Keep your eyes on them.
Gingerbread cookies can be very, very sneaky.
- I think I saw one blink.
I think I saw one move.
- Hickory, dickory.
- Six and...
- Alabones, sticks and bones?
- No.
- Alabone, crackabone.
- 10 and 11.
- Right.
- Spin, spun, almost done.
- Twit-a-lum, twat-a-lum.
- 21.
- We did it.
- We got it right.
- Spin, spun, almost done.
- Twit-a-lum, twat-a-lum, 21.
- Snowfall!
- Charge!
Snow, snow, snow!
- Wait!
You can't leave.
We're supposed to keep an eye on you.
Then we're supposed to eat you.
- You can't eat us if you can't catch us!
- Come back!
- They're getting away.
- Where'd they go?
- Gingerbread cookies can be very, very sneaky.
- There they are.
- Where?
- Who's there?
- Come back!
- Go away here!
Come back!
- What was that?
Something just ran through my house.
- Those were gingerbread cookies.
We're chasing them.
- I love gingerbread cookies.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- Come on!
- Ew!
- What hit me?
- It's the gingerbread cookies.
We have to catch them.
- Gingerbread cookies?
- Mm.
- Hey, come back here!
- Ow!
- What, what?
- I'm going to eat you.
Come back here!
Wait for me, gingerbread cookies!
- Whoo-hoo!
Gingerbread cookies?
Mm.
- There you are.
It's a good thing our gingerbread cookies
didn't run away.
- Huh?
Hmm.
Hmm.
There's only one way to make sure gingerbread cookies
don't run away.
- What's that?
- Eat them.
- Has anybody seen the grand leader, gingerbread cookie?
- Not me, you know.
Not me.
- Did you?
- I didn't see them.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- I'm free!