a storm or fuss that passes
Longneck wants the geese under cover until the weather and the chaos die down.
find shelter while this blows over.The Wild Robot · 2024 — Chapter 10 of 15 · 3'48" · B1
Roz Leads the Flock Out, Explained: buy you some time
Trapped by a storm, the flock panics, and the only hope is to be led by someone who doesn't think like a goose. "When they do, lead them out," one says, handing the job to Brightbill, while another offers to buy time.
What happens
A storm forces the migrating flock to take shelter, but the animals panic and refuse to fall in. With no one able to lead, they turn to Brightbill, who is told he can do anything the others can, and instructed to lead the flock out when they follow.
Listen for
grew up withget a hold of yourselvesbuy you some timeblows over
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Phrase of the scene
buy you some time
stall so others can move
Longneck stays with the robots so the flock can leave.
Stall the client for five minutes and buy me some time.
Also in this scene
- grew up with
be raised alongside someone or something
- get a hold of yourselves
steady up, stop panicking
- blows over
a storm or fuss that passes
- made it
arrived, survived, pulled it off
- fall in behind
form up at someone's back
Everything marked in this scene
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get under cover
find shelter while this blows over.the hard part has passed
We can rest here till the worst is over.keep something as low as you can
Noise to a minimum, please.chewing on something, little bites
Honkington, stop nibbling on everything.steady yourselves, stop panicking
Get a hold of yourselves!be raised alongside someone or something
Longneck tells Brightbill he grew up with these machines and is not afraid of them.
You grew up with these things.pause and consider it
Uh, maybe we should just think about this.make them go with you
I'm going to get them to follow you.take them outside, in front
When they do, lead them out.form up at someone's back
Longneck puts Peck and Honkington in the rear of the line.
Peck, Honkington, fall in behind us.fly point, take the front lead the V, not a business lead
Now, Brightbill, take lead!stall so others can move
Longneck stays with the robots so the flock can leave.
I'll buy you some time.stay until I catch up
Don't wait for me.don't fall behind
Keep up.switched a device off
I may have turned off the transmitter.arrived, survived, pulled it off
Roz needed to know if Brightbill made the migration.
I needed to know if he made it.going against the rules
Breaking the rules?time clause
elision
flap
mild old-fashioned damn — period flavor; skip it in formal writing
liaison
liaison
hold on, slow down — cuts someone off when you can't keep up; informal
passive infinitive
relative clause
weak form
relative clause
weak form
concession clause
if-clause
flap
Roz Leads the Flock Out, explained
What's really going on
The scene is about who gets to lead and why. The flock's instinct fails them, and the answer is not a stronger goose but someone who does not think like one, as the line says — "Right now our only chance is to be led out by someone that doesn't think like a goose." The encouragement offered to Brightbill is the film's ethos in a sentence: "There's nothing I can do that you can't." The grown-ups give cover, buy time, and step back, and the young bird takes the lead. What looks like an action set piece is really a handover, and the older generation's job is to make the next one believe it can fly the flock out.
Theme
CourageA frightened young bird is asked to lead a panicking flock out, and everyone else makes room for him to try.
Coming of ageThe scene is a handover: the older birds give cover and step back so Brightbill can grow into leading.
What you'll learn
- Use grow up with for a shared childhood
- Hear get a hold of yourselves as calm down
- Use buy someone time to delay danger
- Hear lead them out as guide an escape
Listen for
- worst is over — elision
- Get a hold — flap
- not afraid of — liaison
- grew up with — liaison
There's nothing I can do that you can't.Encouragement that levels the two of them: whatever the grown-up can do, the young bird can learn to do too.
When they do, lead them out.The instruction that hands over the job: once the flock moves, be the one who guides it to safety.
Right now our only chance is to be led out by someone that doesn't think like a goose.The plan in one line: the flock's own instincts are the danger, so leadership has to come from outside its way of thinking.
There's something I needed to tell you, but-but there wasn't time.An unfinished confession, held back by urgency and picked up again once the danger has passed.
You're not afraid of them.An observation that marks Brightbill as different: raised among machines, he does not share the flock's fear.
Questions about this scene
Why does the flock need someone else to lead them?
The geese panic in the storm and keep getting in their own way, so the only way out is a leader who does not share their instinctive fear.
Why is Brightbill chosen to lead?
He grew up among Rozzums and is not afraid of them, so he can keep his head while the rest of the flock panics.
What does 'I'll buy you some time' mean here?
It means one character will hold off the danger long enough for Brightbill to get the flock moving.
What does Brightbill say when he is told to take lead?
He answers 'Yeah. Why not?' and then 'Okay', taking the role with nerves and a little bravado rather than certainty.
The Wild Robot · 15 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 11keep it togetherRoz Calls a Storm Truce
Chapter 1run for your livesRoz Boots Up on the Island
Chapter 2make it upRoz Becomes an Accidental Mother
Chapter 3in my natureFink Teaches the Gosling
Chapter 4eat those wordsRoz Names the Gosling Brightbill
Chapter 5do someone a favorBrightbill Takes the Swimming Test
Chapter 6bought thisBrightbill Learns the Truth About Roz
Chapter 7take something the wrong wayRoz Confesses It Overrode Its Code
Chapter 8small wings are teethThunderbolt Teaches Brightbill to Fly
Chapter 9worse for wearThe Geese Say Goodbye
Watching · Chapter 10buy you some timeRoz Leads the Flock Out
Chapter 11keep it togetherRoz Calls a Storm Truce
Chapter 12put at easeVontra Comes to Collect Roz
Chapter 13make it look goodRoz Refuses to Leave the Island
Chapter 14going off scriptRoz and Brightbill Say Goodbye
Chapter 15put rightRoz Says Goodbye to BrightbillChapter 10 of 15 · about 21 min to go