


Margalo sadly tells a shocked Snowbell that she believes Stuart has died. However, Snowbell, who has become concerned about Stuart, makes his way to the top of the building and finds Margalo while the Falcon is absent. The Falcon captures Margalo and imprisons her in a paint can as punishment. Despite Stuart's attempt to attack the Falcon, he drops Stuart off the building, although Stuart narrowly survives the fall by landing in a passing garbage truck. Stuart begs Margalo to come home with him, but the Falcon refuses to let Margalo quit her job. Margalo assures Stuart that although she was following the Falcon's orders, she is still his friend. Before Stuart leaves, he asks George to cover for him.įollowing advice from Snowbell's alley cat friend Monty, Stuart and Snowbell discover that the Falcon resides in the Pishkin Building. The next day, Stuart assumes Margalo has been kidnapped by the Falcon and decides to rescue her with the help of the Littles' cat Snowbell. Margalo saves Stuart using Eleanor's necklace, and leaves the Littles' house that night in order to protect him. Stuart offers to be lowered down the drain on a string to get it, but the string breaks, causing him to fall. When the Littles discover that Eleanor's ring is missing, they think it has fallen down their kitchen sink. Terrified for Stuart's safety, Margalo reluctantly complies. The Falcon threatens to kill Stuart unless Margalo steals Eleanor's wedding ring. Orphaned as a fledgling, Margalo grows reluctant to steal from the Littles and becomes close friends with Stuart. However, Margalo is secretly assisting her master, a greedy falcon, to steal valuables from households. Stuart invites Margalo to stay with his family for a while. Later on, Margalo, a seemingly injured canary, falls into Stuart's roadster as he is driving home from school. Stuart's adoptive father, Frederick, tries to encourage him, telling him that "every cloud has a silver lining."

Stuart's relationship with George is strained further after Stuart accidentally crashes a model airplane that he and George built in the house. Three years after his adoption, Stuart Little questions his abilities following a disastrous soccer match alongside his adoptive older brother George.
