Orphan #1: So what’s your story? Fievel Mousekewitz: I’m looking for my family. Orphan #2: Hey, fellas! He’s looking for his family. Orphan #1, Orphan #3: [Teasing] He’s looking for his family! Orphan #3: I stopped looking a long time ago. Orphan #2: At least you know who they are. Orphan #1: Besides, why are you looking for them? They should be looking… Orphan #1, Orphan #2, Orphan #3: …for you! Orphan #3: They don’t care. Forget 'em.
Fievel Mousekewitz: [Angry] You’re right! They don’t care, and if they did, they would have found me! Well, if they don’t care, I don’t care! I hope I never see them again! Orphan #2: Yeah! Forget about them! You’re one of us now! Orphan #1: Here. Make yourself a bed.
[They toss hay over Fievel].
Orphan #1: Ha-ha-ha! Pitiful. Fievel Mousekewitz: [Crying] I’ll never find them anyway. Never. Never. Never. This is my home now.
Orphan #1: So what’s your story?
Fievel Mousekewitz: I’m looking for my family.
Orphan #2: Hey, fellas! He’s looking for his family.
Orphan #1, Orphan #3: [Teasing] He’s looking for his family!
Orphan #3: I stopped looking a long time ago.
Orphan #2: At least you know who they are.
Orphan #1: Besides, why are you looking for them? They should be looking…
Orphan #1, Orphan #2, Orphan #3: …for you!
Orphan #3: They don’t care. Forget 'em. Fievel Mousekewitz: [Angry] You’re right! They don’t care, and if they did, they would have found me! Well, if they don’t care, I don’t care! I hope I never see them again!
Orphan #2: Yeah! Forget about them! You’re one of us now!
Orphan #1: Here. Make yourself a bed.
[They toss hay over Fievel]. Orphan #1: Ha-ha-ha! Pitiful.
Fievel Mousekewitz: [Crying] I’ll never find them anyway. Never. Never. Never. This is my home now.
Yeah! This! It’s just such an emotional gut punch to see the ever optimistic Fievel just give up at the very end.