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along.
    Eduardo and Roberto just looked at him. An awkward silence hung in the air. Thankfully, the music changed and Jewel’s face lit up. “Oh wow, I remember this one!” she said.
    â€œHow could you forget?” Roberto said. “It’s in our blood, baby! It’s who we are.” Roberto turned to Blu. “You don’t mind if I borrow her for a minute, do you? I promise I’ll bring her right back.”
    â€œOh, well . . .” Actually Blu did mind. But Roberto had already swept Jewel onto the middle of the makeshift dance floor. Blu watched as the bird spun his wife expertly around. From the side, Nico, Pedro, and Carla bobbed to the beat.
    â€œCome on, cutie!” Aunt Mimi said, taking Blu’s wing. “Let’s dance!” After a few seconds of spinning, Blu felt dizzy—and turned green. But Roberto and Jewel were on fire, singing and dancing together as if they’d never been apart. Everyone was watching them.
    â€œYo, this is untapped territory,” Pedro said, shaking his feathers as he listened to them sing. “I am loving this sound!”
    Eduardo brought Bia, Carla, and Tiago over, encouraging them to sing and dance too, and soon the whole tribe was singing. Blu tried his best to give it his all, but in the end, he found himself alone on the side, watching everyone else have fun.
    â€œCome on, Dad!” Tiago urged, hopping around.
    â€œOh, that’s okay,” Blu assured him. “You guys have fun. I’m good.”

Chapter 7

    W hile the macaws were having a party, Nigel, Gabi, and Charlie were having a good dose of misery. They were hot. Sweaty. And uncomfortable. Especially Charlie. Nigel was perched on top of the anteater, and Gabi rode on top of Charlie’s hat, fanning Nigel with a leaf. She hadn’t stopped talking.
    â€œYou’re the only one who knows what it feels like to be all alone. Misunderstood. You’re the evil to my lethal.”
    Nigel shot her a look. “I can see why they call you Gabi.” He glanced around. “Where are you, you filthy fowl?”
    â€œOh, I love watching you work,” Gabi cooed.
    Looking past Gabi, Nigel saw a group of blue birds flying overhead.
    â€œHalt!” he shouted. Charlie stopped short and Gabi was thrown off. “I’ve been going about this all wrong. I need to search from higher ground.”
    Nigel climbed down Charlie’s head, not caring that he was stepping on his face. Puffing out his chest, he took a running start and jumped. Bam! He slammed hard into a tree. He tried it again. And again. But each time he failed, finally belly flopping unsuccessfully onto the ground.
    â€œYou stayed airborne for almost a full second that time!” Gabi said encouragingly. “Bravo! Bravissimo !”
    Ignoring her, Nigel whipped around to face Charlie. “What are you looking at? Get me up there!”
    Moments later, Nigel was standing on Charlie’s head. Charlie used his tongue like a rope to scale the tree. “Higher! Higher . . . even higher!” Nigel commanded. “A little bit higher! Stop. Lower. Lower now. Yes! Perfect!” But when Nigel finally reached the perfect vantage point he was unhappy to see that Blu and his family weren’t alone. Instead, they were among hundreds of blue macaws.
    â€œUgh, it’s an infestation. Keep celebrating,” Nigel said to himself. “I’ll be pooping on your party promptly.”
    Beneath him Charlie stretched to reach an ant, which caused him to lose his grip on the tree and slip. They all tumbled to the jungle floor.
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    Back at the macaw’s village, the party was wrapping up. Nico and Pedro were very excited.
    â€œWe came to the right place!” Pedro enthused. “This is poppin’! It’s poppin’ in the Amazon!”
    Nico nodded. “We can bring these macaws back to Rio and have the best Carnaval show ever! I am inspired!”