(The colony is having a party in celebration of the bird. Francis is talking to the Blueberries.)

Francis: Blueberries dismissed!!!

(The Blueberries all skip off excitedly. Francis calls after them.)

Francis: Oh, and, ah, quit picking the boys up!

(The other circus bugs gather around him. Francis is smiling serenely.)

Francis: Those little raisins do grow on ya....

(Flik is walking up to the circus bugs and trying to seem inconspicuous.)

Flik(rather loudly): Some party, eh? Is that grain dip fresh or what?

(Flik gets in closer with the bugs, who listen intently.)

Flik(in a low voice): OK, I've told everyone that you'll be stationed deep in the command bunker. The party quiets down, I sneak you out the back way, and you're outta here forever.

(The circus bugs suddenly look sad.)

Dim: Dim don't wanna go!

Rosie: Well, if Dim stays, he's gonna need me here. He's not fully trained-I mean house trained.

(Dim laughs.)

Francis: I...uh...I kinda promised the Blueberries I'd teach 'em Canasta....

Gypsy: It seems we've been booked for an extended engagement!

(Tuck & Roll go up to Flik and kiss him once on each cheek. Flik smiles at the circus bugs. Atta approaches Flik and the bugs.)

Atta(very happy): Would you look at this colony? Would you just look at this colony?!? I don't even recognize them!

(Cornelius is doing push-ups while several other ants, including the queen, watch.)

Cornelius: I feel 70 again!

Queen: Work that ab, baby!

(She laughs.)

Atta: And I have you bugs to thank for it, so thank you. And, thank you for finding 'em, Flik....

Flik(turns his head toward her): Me?

(He accidentally gets one of his antennae tangled up with one of Atta's.)

Flik: Oops! I'll get it! I mean, if you don't mind, I'll just....

Atta: It's a little tangled-up....

(Flik untangles them. The two are acting very awkward toward each other.)

Flik: There.

Atta: Ow.... I think I'll go check on the bird....

(Atta walks off. In a moment, she comes back.)

Atta(points in the other direction): The bird's this way....

Flik(acting goofy): Yeah, the bird's that way....

(The circus bugs look at him knowingly.)

Flik: What?

(Meanwhile, Thorny is at his lookout post. He sees the other lookout ants signal him of trouble. There is something large moving through the clover forest below.)

Thorny: Jiminy H. Cricket!

(He blows on the warning horn to warn the rest of the colony. Everyone becomes immediately alert. Princess Atta takes charge as the colony gets organized.)

Atta: Battlestations, everyone! This is not a drill! C'mon, everyone, you know your jobs! Now, let's go, go, go!!

(She's nearly run over by a large object, which almost hits several others. The object is P.T.'s circus wagon. The confused ants gather around it.)

P.T.(stopping the wagon): Whoa, there! Steady, girls!

(The circus bugs see him and hide.)

P.T.(to the colony): Greetings and salutations! Boo-bappa-doo and how do ya do! I am the great P.T. Flea! Ha-ha! I am in need of your assistance....

(He gives up the act and starts talking normally.)

P.T.: Oh, let's just cut to the chase.... I've been going from anthill to anthill. I'm looking for a bunch of circus performers. Have you seen 'em?

(The two fireflies roll out a circus poster with all of the circus bugs on it. Flik gasps.)

Cornelius: Wait a second, ain't that Staff Seargent Slim?

(Flik runs up to the poster and tries to block it with his body.)

Flik(frantically): No! No, no, no! I'm sorry, no, but I've never seen anyone like that around here! No one has ever seen anyone like that around here, so you'll probably wanna get going now! I guess you got a lot of anthills to check into, so bye!

(As Flik is talking, P.T. notices the circus bugs trying to escape underneath a leaf. He points at them.)

P.T.: Hey!

(The lightning bugs put two spotlights on the leaf. P.T. pulls the leaf away.)

P.T.: Guys! I've been looking all over for ya!

(The circus bugs are trying to shush P.T.)

P.T.: Flaming Death is a huge hit!

Francis: P.T., shh!

P.T.: Word-of-mouth got around, and the next day there was a line of flies. It went on forever. It must have been a foot long!!!

Rosie: Shh! P.T., no!

P.T.: I've got it all figured out! You burn me twice-a-night, I take a day off to heal, and we do it all over again! We'll be the top circus act in the business!

(The others have all gathered around. The circus bugs realize that that P.T. has given their secret away.)

Atta(amazed): You mean...you're not warriors?

P.T.: Are you kiddin'? These are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich!

(P.T. hugs Tuck & Roll. and laughs loudly.)

Thorny: You mean to tell me that our entire defensive strategy was concocted by clowns?!?

Francis: Hey, hey, hey! We really thought Flik's idea was gonna work!

(The colony is shocked. They all look at Flik, who is now under the spotlight.)

Francis(realizing what he's done): Oops....

Atta(walks up to Flik): Tell me this isn't true.

(Flik just looks back at her with shame in his eyes.)

Mr. Soil: This couldn't have happened at a more inopportune time! The last leaf is about to fall!

Dr. Flora: We haven't collected any food for the grasshoppers!

Thorny: If Hopper finds out what we almost did-

(The queen interrupts, and everyone looks at her.)

Queen: Hopper is not going to find out! We are going to hide all this and pretend it never happened.

(She turns toward the circus bugs.)

Queen: You bugs were never here, so I suggest you all leave.

(Flik runs between the queen and the circus bugs.)

Flik: The bird-the bird will work!

Queen: I never thought I'd see the day when an ant would put himself before the rest of his colony!

Flik: What?!?

Queen: The point is, Flik, you lied to us.

Flik: No, no, no, I-I just-

(Atta cuts him off.)

Atta: You lied, Flik! You lied to her! You lied to the colony! You lied to me!!! And, like an idiot, I believed you....

Flik(quietly): I was just afraid that if you knew I'd gotten circus bugs.... I just wanted to make a difference....

Atta(sadly): I want you to leave, Flik, and, this time, don't come back...

(Flik looks down at the ground and begins to walk off with the sad circus bugs. P.T. is on top of the wagon again.)

P.T.: Tough crowd.... Yee-ha!

(The wagon starts moving.)

Dot(reaches toward them): Flik....